diff --git a/examples/js/MD2Character.js b/examples/js/MD2Character.js
index 291e705c16f6292601c4c1f41164f5295b56c15f..329966a2abddd21bf1efa3014f1f097d12708253 100644
--- a/examples/js/MD2Character.js
+++ b/examples/js/MD2Character.js
@@ -223,13 +223,13 @@ THREE.MD2Character = function () {
 
 	function loadTextures( baseUrl, textureUrls ) {
 
-		var mapping = THREE.UVMapping;
+		var textureLoader = new THREE.TextureLoader();
 		var textures = [];
 
 		for ( var i = 0; i < textureUrls.length; i ++ ) {
 
-			textures[ i ] = new THREE.TextureLoader().load( baseUrl + textureUrls[ i ], checkLoadingComplete );
-			textures[ i ].mapping = mapping;
+			textures[ i ] = textureLoader.load( baseUrl + textureUrls[ i ], checkLoadingComplete );
+			textures[ i ].mapping = THREE.UVMapping;
 			textures[ i ].name = textureUrls[ i ];
 
 		}
diff --git a/examples/js/MD2CharacterComplex.js b/examples/js/MD2CharacterComplex.js
index 35f34ecdc342a5f2ebf9a7d04ba34676965c19ae..e5f32bdd46e6036e78acaad2d4ba73ae8e8ef52b 100644
--- a/examples/js/MD2CharacterComplex.js
+++ b/examples/js/MD2CharacterComplex.js
@@ -506,13 +506,13 @@ THREE.MD2CharacterComplex = function () {
 
 	function loadTextures( baseUrl, textureUrls ) {
 
-		var mapping = THREE.UVMapping;
+		var textureLoader = new THREE.TextureLoader();
 		var textures = [];
 
 		for ( var i = 0; i < textureUrls.length; i ++ ) {
-			
-			textures[ i ] = new THREE.TextureLoader().load( baseUrl + textureUrls[ i ], checkLoadingComplete );
-			textures[ i ].mapping = mapping;
+
+			textures[ i ] = textureLoader.load( baseUrl + textureUrls[ i ], checkLoadingComplete );
+			textures[ i ].mapping = THREE.UVMapping;
 			textures[ i ].name = textureUrls[ i ];
 
 		}
diff --git a/examples/js/UCSCharacter.js b/examples/js/UCSCharacter.js
index 2f2669419e62ae0cb888090b3d904c94ee5826a1..70e70f1e361da0eada5ff9388388977f4c0c0b9b 100644
--- a/examples/js/UCSCharacter.js
+++ b/examples/js/UCSCharacter.js
@@ -91,13 +91,13 @@ THREE.UCSCharacter = function() {
 
 	function loadTextures( baseUrl, textureUrls ) {
 
-		var mapping = THREE.UVMapping;
+		var textureLoader = new THREE.TextureLoader();
 		var textures = [];
 
 		for ( var i = 0; i < textureUrls.length; i ++ ) {
 
-			textures[ i ] = new THREE.TextureLoader().load( baseUrl + textureUrls[ i ], scope.checkLoadingComplete );
-			textures[ i ].mapping = mapping;
+			textures[ i ] = textureLoader.load( baseUrl + textureUrls[ i ], scope.checkLoadingComplete );
+			textures[ i ].mapping = THREE.UVMapping;
 			textures[ i ].name = textureUrls[ i ];
 
 		}