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Recently got its own [[Spin-Off]], ''Friday Nights'', based around the group's love of ''[[Magic: The Gathering]]'' and is sponsored by ''[[Wizards of the Coast]]''.
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* [[Actually Pretty Funny]]: {{spoiler|Geoff says this almost verbatim after being kicked in the balls by Paul's ball-kicking robot}}.
* [[Adorkable]]: Kathleen finds Graham's roleplaying past "adorable" and later gets into it herself. Most of the crew count to some degree or another.
* [[Begging the Question]]: The reason Graham trusts Wikipedia.
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'''Jer:''' And where did you read that?
'''Graham:''' Wikiped - [[Fridge Horror|oh my god]], that's ''insidious''. }}
* [[Beyond the Impossible]]: Alex's sleight of hand in "It's Magic" starts out realistic (using real card tricks), then gets increasingly ridiculous until he is somehow able to replace his entire [[Magic: The Gathering|MtG]] deck with a red one.
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'''Graham:''' Well, you still cheated at Magic. The game.
'''Alex:''' ''(reading a book; all cards have vanished from the table)'' Did I? }}
** James pulls some similar maneuvers in his conversation with Jer about the spending limit, opening a large pile of boosters and sending a text message to Matt, each in the space of a few seconds while the camera is pointed at Jer.
* [[Bottom of the Barrel Joke]]: In-universe. While the show itself rarely reaches for [[Toilet Humour]] and the like (despite the ongoing [[Groin Attack]] plotline in Season 1), the 'Hustle version of [[Loading Ready Run]] is heavily implied to resort to low-brow humour way too quickly and easily.
* [[Buxom Is Better]]: After her failed attempt at viral fame, Kathleen discovers that D-cups aren't big enough for [[YouTube]].
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* [[Christmas Episode]]: "Santa Secrets".
* [[Comedic Sociopathy]]: The huge creepy doll Tally made for Graham as James' Secret Santa present, as Graham is terrified by it.
* [[Convenience Store Gift Shopping]]: A very specific kind in [https://web.archive.org/web/20140325033434/http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/loadingreadyrun/2564-Santa-Secrets Santa Secrets], where everybody except James and Morgan buys everybody else a Magic: The Gathering booster pack. Hilariously, Morgan's gift, the only one which was bought from a convenience store, was the only gift which was appreciated by its recipient (James).
* [[Curb Stomp Battle]]: When the crew gets back into [[Magic: The Gathering|Magic]], we get a montage of Jer, Graham, Matt, and James trying to play against Alex.
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'''Alex''': And I mill your whole deck...
'''Alex''': Six makes ten poison counters...
'''Alex''': Now you can't cast spells, ever. }}
* [[Cute Kitten]]: Subverted. Kathleen's plan to make money of her cats didn't work out. They are still cute.
* [[Credits Gag]]: Occasionally, such as with "Sir James von Landlord" in "The Arms Race", and Kathleen as "Anchor-Wrangling Technician" in "Sickness", both referencing events from the episode.
* [[Even Nerds Have Standards]]: Graham's explanation of LARPers.
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* [[Five-Man Band]]: When the "Gang" of Loading Ready Runners join a different gang, their new leader Kate assigns them Five Man Band-esque roles, though this barely lasts an episode:
** Kate as [[The Hero]], of course.
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** And Matt, the [[Butt Monkey]] is [[The Chick|The Girl]]. Why? Because Kate's already leader.
*** He makes a terrible girl though.
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* [[For Science!]]: Why did Paul invent the {{spoiler|ball-kicking robot}}? "Because I could".
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'''Paul:''' Gee, I hope so. }}
** Also his explanation for why they are watching [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]. Quotes the trope name verbatim, in fact.
* [[Gilligan Cut]]: Many times.
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''(cut)''
'''James:''' Screw you too! Asshole! }}
* [[Groin Attack]]: Played straight and played with during the first season, where Geoff's objection to [[Loading Ready Run]] is their reliance on this in their comedy.
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* [[Hammerspace]]: Paul has goggles and cookies in hammerspace.
** James apparently keeps a copy of ''Bad Dudes'' for the NES... in his collar.
* [[Heavy Sleeper]]: Both Bill and Morgan. The only reliable way to wake Morgan is to uncap a sharpie in his presence. The only non-ninja-related way to wake Bill is to hold his nose.
* [[Hurricane of Euphemisms]]: Testicular trauma. Scrotal assault. Reproductive carnage. Wang misery. Dong distress.
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'''Morgan:''' Oh no, it just comes naturally. [[Heh
* [[Imagined Innuendo]]: Alex invokes this in "Bros Clubbing Bros".
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'''James:''' (backs away) Is this another trick question? }}
* [[Least Common Skin Tone]]: The smear campaign in Season One claims that the Runners are racist because they're all white. Which is true, but that's because they a)live in Canada, and b)live in a very white city, and c)are based in and mostly met in what Graham describes as "the whitest neighbourhood".
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* [[Nerds Are Sexy]]: Pretty much played straight. Almost all are in stable relationships. It helps that their partners are often just as nerdy as they are.
* [[Offscreen Teleportation]]: [[Played for Laughs]] when Paul crosses the room, presents a slideshow in a labcoat and goggles, then reappears next to Kathleen in his normal clothing with no transition or explanation.
* [[One Steve Limit]]: Used in [https://web.archive.org/web/20140325034349/http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/loadingreadyrun/1877-The-Arms-Race The Arms Race]:
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'''Landlord:''' [[Lampshade Hanging|Why do you guys always have to call me that?]]<br />
'''Paul:''' We already have a James, so...<br />
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** Later, in "The Bee Team", this is done by Tally, Kate, Cameron, and Dale to check on the moonbase to see if [[It Makes Sense in Context|the bees are dead]].
* [[Seven Minute Lull]]: During the gang's fight in the episode ''Street'' where we get this interesting line from
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* [[Shout-Out]]: In "The Bee Team", Graham's sister Kate remarks that "[[A Song of Ice and Fire|there must always be a Stark]] in the Moonbase"
* [[Stylistic Suck]]: Graham Stark himself mentions on the DVD commentary that the [[Loading Ready Run]] of the [[Commodore HUSTLE]] universe seems to be mostly comprised of fart, poop and ball kick jokes with added pelvic thrusts. Probably also doubles as self-deprecation.
* [[Take That]]:
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"See you in [[Star Trek: First Contact|one hundred and eleven minutes]]." }}
** Eternal Sonata has horribly paced cutscenes.
* [[Troll]]: Jer during the Bros Clubbing Bros episode, complete with Troll Face just to drive the point home.
* [[Understatement]]: When Bill and Morgan discover Jer's "acid pit", their response is uncharacteristic.
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'''Bill:''' He's not thrilled. }}
* [[Very Special Episode]]: Discussed; proposed as a way to explain how Paul's character in their Warriors of Darkness videos lost his beard.
** This conversation doubles as a [[Take That]] at [[Degrassi]].
* [[Vitriolic Best Buds]]: Type 2, this is the nature of 95% of James and Matt's interactions with each other to the point where James threatens to kill Matt for visiting his home and Matt haunting James's nightmares.
* [[Wrote the Book]]:
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* [[Your Mom]]: Kate's gang called the "West Coast Mother Lovin' G's" not because they love their mothers, but because they love ''your'' mothers.
** James's first attempt to get a replacement iPhone ended with Apple customer service laughing at him, and making fun of his mom.
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* [[X Called. They Want Their Y Back.]]: Graham spent $130 on a gadget that makes his cell phone ring just so he can make this joke.
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