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* ''[http://www.icanhascheezburger.com/ I can has cheezburger?]'' chooses its daily [[LOLcats]] with a caption contest: the visitors write the caption in the Lolcat Builder, and the best caption is featured in the home page. |
* ''[http://www.icanhascheezburger.com/ I can has cheezburger?]'' chooses its daily [[LOLcats]] with a caption contest: the visitors write the caption in the Lolcat Builder, and the best caption is featured in the home page. |
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* ''[[Star Wars]]'' fan site [http://www.theforce.net/humor/ TheForce.net] had a caption contest in its humor section, but it hasn't been updated for a while. |
* ''[[Star Wars]]'' fan site [http://www.theforce.net/humor/ TheForce.net] had a caption contest in its humor section, but it hasn't been updated for a while. |
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* ''[[Harry Potter ( |
* ''[[Harry Potter (novel)|Harry Potter]]'' fan site [http://www.mugglenet.com/cc/ MuggleNet.com] has a weekly caption contest. Warning: May be filled with in-jokes involving [[Hufflepuff House]] and GEICO. |
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** "Weekly", of course, meaning "whenever Eric gets around to updating it". |
** "Weekly", of course, meaning "whenever Eric gets around to updating it". |
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* In the "online forum/blog" variant, [[Fark]] will periodically offer farkers a chance to caption an odd picture, usually one featuring erstwhile dignified and newsworthy persons. (We're looking at you, Mr. President.) |
* In the "online forum/blog" variant, [[Fark]] will periodically offer farkers a chance to caption an odd picture, usually one featuring erstwhile dignified and newsworthy persons. (We're looking at you, Mr. President.) |
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* The Adventure Game Studio forums used to host regular "Caption Contests", where one user mashed a couple of completely unrelated pictures together and then challenged other users to make a (vaguely) coherent comic out of this. |
* The Adventure Game Studio forums used to host regular "Caption Contests", where one user mashed a couple of completely unrelated pictures together and then challenged other users to make a (vaguely) coherent comic out of this. |
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* [[Mezzacotta]]'s infrequently-updated strip ''Awkward Fumbles'' is basically a Caption Contest webcomic. Comics are drawn with word balloons but no dialog, which other readers submit. |
* [[Mezzacotta]]'s infrequently-updated strip ''Awkward Fumbles'' is basically a Caption Contest webcomic. Comics are drawn with word balloons but no dialog, which other readers submit. |
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* The ''[http://www.ditl.org Daystrom Institute Technical Library]'' (a ''[[ |
* The ''[http://www.ditl.org Daystrom Institute Technical Library]'' (a ''[[Star Trek]]'' fan site) has a monthly one, involving pictures of all [[Live Action TV|Live Action]] ''Star Trek'' series in rotation. |
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* "Caption This!" mentioned above lasted until the reruns stopped airing in the mid-2000s, it inspired numerous other websites started by loyal participants knowns as "Cappers". One such notable site is [http://www.hipsoda.com/caption/ Hipsoda's Caption Crack] |
* "Caption This!" mentioned above lasted until the reruns stopped airing in the mid-2000s, it inspired numerous other websites started by loyal participants knowns as "Cappers". One such notable site is [http://www.hipsoda.com/caption/ Hipsoda's Caption Crack] |
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