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|title = '''Liquid Generation'''
|title = '''Liquid Generation'''
|image = Liquid_Generation.png
|image = Liquid_Generation.png
|imagecaption = [[Wikipedia:Sabotage_(Beastie_Boys_song)| Listen, all y'all, it's a sabotage!]]
|maker = Meal Schpeal
|maker = Meal Schpeal
|type = Website
|type = Website
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|Website domain = liquidgeneration.com
|Website domain = liquidgeneration.com
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{{quote|Click here for more sabotage!}}
'''Liquid Generation''' is an online entertainment [[website]] founded by Meal Schpeal in [[Wikipedia:Laredo, Texas|Laredo, Texas]] in 2000. The website offers various genres of content, including [[animations]], [[flash]] [[games]], quizzes, and [[videos]]. One of its notable features are the now-deleted Sabotage screamers, a series of online pranks disguised as legitimate flash applications, games, or videos that culminated in a [[screamer]] to startle or embarrass the viewer. Today, the website is no longer available, but an unofficial [[YouTube]] channel [[hosts]] a large selection of these [[screamers]].
'''Liquid Generation''' is an online entertainment [[website]] founded by Meal Schpeal in [[Wikipedia:Laredo, Texas|Laredo, Texas]] in 2000. The website offers various genres of content, including [[animations]], [[flash]] [[games]], quizzes, and [[videos]]. One of its notable features are the now-deleted Sabotage screamers, a series of online pranks disguised as legitimate flash applications, games, or videos that culminated in a [[screamer]] to startle or embarrass the viewer. Today, the website is no longer available, but an unofficial [[YouTube]] channel [[hosts]] a large selection of these [[screamers]].


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==Sabotage screamers==
==Sabotage screamers==
[[File:Ninja.gif|thumb|''The Liquid Generation Sabotage ninja animation.''|200x220px]]
[[File:Ninja.gif|thumb|''The Liquid Generation Sabotage ninja animation.''|200x220px]]
One well-known feature of ''Liquid Generation'' was their long line of ''Sabotage'' screamers. These were a series of online pranks which masqueraded as Sabotage screamers, a series of online pranks masquerading as legitimate flash applications, games, or videos, which culminated in a screamer to startle or embarrass the viewer. These screamers were appropriately categorized under Sabotage or Pranks on the homepage, but people were encouraged to share them with unsuspecting friends or colleagues, with some pranks even designed specifically for email.  
One well-known feature of ''Liquid Generation'' was their long line of ''Sabotage'' screamers. These were a series of online pranks which masqueraded as Sabotage screamers, a series of online pranks masquerading as legitimate flash applications, games, or videos, which culminated in a screamer to startle and/or embarrass the viewer. These screamers were appropriately categorized under Sabotage or Pranks on the homepage, but people were encouraged to share them with unsuspecting friends or colleagues, with some pranks even designed specifically for email.  


Most of these screamers ended with a screen saying "You've been Sabotaged!" and a logo depicting a ninja's face, followed by a cheerful "Liquid Generation: Sabotage!" jingle. A cartoon ninja, serving as the series mascot, then jumped down from the top of the screen and said "Click here for more Sabotage!" in a Japanese accent, before being crushed by the link to the ''Liquid Generation'' homepage. Many of these pranks have been leaked to other game websites, often with no indication that they are screamers. An unofficial YouTube channel now hosts footage of a large selection of these screamers since they are no longer available on the homepage.
Most of these screamers ended with a screen saying "You've been Sabotaged!" and a logo depicting a ninja's face, followed by a cheerful "Liquid Generation: Sabotage!" jingle. A cartoon ninja, serving as the series mascot, then jumped down from the top of the screen and said "Click here for more Sabotage!" in a Japanese accent before the link to the ''Liquid Generation'' homepage falls on top of him. Many of these pranks have been leaked to other game websites, often with no indication that they are screamers. An unofficial YouTube channel now hosts footage of a large selection of these screamers since they are no longer available on the homepage.
===E-Cards===
===E-Cards===
{{Main|Early Liquid Generation E-Card Sabotages}}
{{Main|Early Liquid Generation E-Card Sabotages}}
''Liquid Generation'' also provided another feature in 2002 called Liquid Generation E-Cards. This series of Sabotage pranks had a similar theme, usually in the form of fake e-cards presented in [[wikipedia:Windows 98|Windows 98]]/[[wikipedia:Windows ME|ME]] style to trick people who received them by email into believing they were standalone applications. Unlike other Sabotages, the point of most of these pranks was less about scaring the viewer and more about causing embarrassment in the workplace, usually by displaying inappropriate messages with loud sound cues to gain unwanted attention.  
''Liquid Generation'' also provided another feature in 2002 called Liquid Generation E-Cards. This series of Sabotage pranks had a similar theme, usually in the form of fake e-cards presented in [[wikipedia:Windows 98|Windows 98]]/[[wikipedia:Windows ME|ME]] style to trick people who received them by email into believing they were standalone applications. Unlike other Sabotages, the point of most of these pranks was less about scaring the viewer and more about causing embarrassment in the workplace, usually by displaying inappropriate messages with loud sound cues to gain unwanted attention.
 
==Trivia==
An animation of the Liquid Generation ninja getting crushed is one of the possible [[Wikipedia:404 error|404 error]] images given on [[Screamer Wiki]].
 
== List of Sabotages by Liquid Generation ==
== List of Sabotages by Liquid Generation ==
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