User:Ch4zm/July 2025/Animals Lore Jam

Movie and TV Quote Division

Finding Nemo - The Seagulls

• Image: The seagulls staring intently.
• Text: Instead of "Mine? Mine? Mine?", it's "BALLOON? ANIMAL? BALLOON? ANIMAL? SAN DIEGO?"

Zoolander - "The files are in the computer?"

• Image: Two Balloon Animal players looking with utter confusion at a tablet displaying the team's playbook.
• Player 1: "The plays... they're in the squeaky light box?"
• Player 2: Nods slowly, mouth agape.

Kowalski, say something smart

• "The San Diego Balloon Animals"

TV Show: The Office (US) (2005-2013)

• Quote: Kevin Malone's "Why waste time say lot word when few word do trick?"
• Balloon Animal Version:
• Image: A coach is at a whiteboard, covered in complex X's and O's, trying to explain a play. A player sits in front of him, looking utterly baffled.
• Player's Thought Bubble: "Why say lot word? Just say 'HIT MAN! SQUEAKY GO BYE-BYE!'"

Movie: The Dark Knight (2008)

• Quote: "Some men just want to watch the world burn."
• Balloon Animals: *pop bubble wrap for 14 hours*
• "Some teams just want to watch the world pop."

Classic Meme Format Division

The "Distracted Boyfriend" Meme

• BF: "The San Diego Balloon Animals"
• GF ignoring: "Winning the game"
• GF distraction: "a shiny hot dog wrapper"

Drake hotline:

• Drake looking displeased (Top Panel): "Following the game plan" or "Silent count"
• Drake looking pleased (Bottom Panel): "BANGING ON A LOCKER WITH A HELMET" with the caption "THE SAN DIEGO BALLOON ANIMALS"

The Chargers' Departure (Balloon Animal Logic)

• Format: "Panik, Kalm, Panik" meme.
• Face (Kalm): "Get to play football game in San Diego."
• Face (Panik): "Coach say other team leave San Diego for 'L.A.'"
• Face (Kalm): "Mean more room for our cardboard boxes in old clubhouse?"

Original Format Division

The "San Diego Sports Curse" Juxtaposition

• Image: A split screen.
• Top: A black-and-white photo of a dejected-looking fan from a past Padres or Chargers playoff loss. Labeled: "San Diego sports fans who have endured decades of heartbreak."
• Bottom: A full-color, chaotic photo of a Balloon Animal player ecstatically trying to wear a traffic cone as a hat. Labeled: "Us, who just found a cool orange hat."
• Overall Caption: "We are not the same."

"San Diego Super Chargers" Song

• Image: Animal from the Muppets at his drum kit, a blur of motion and flailing hair.
• Text: "SAN! DEE-AY-GO! BALLOON! ANIMALS! ... we do the charging! With our heads!"

Burrito Incident

• Format: "Expectation vs. Reality"
• Expectation: A photo of a perfectly constructed California burrito from a local taco shop. Caption: "How you're supposed to eat a California Burrito."
• Reality: A picture of a Balloon Animal player holding a burrito with a giant bite taken out of the side (the middle), with french fries and guacamole spilling everywhere. Caption: "BALLOON ANIMAL WAY!"
• Alternative Reality: A player is holding two burritos and using them as drumsticks on his helmet.