Chad Vader is the younger brother of the more famous Darth Vader. Due to not being quite as authoritative and charismatic as his sibling, instead of conquering the galaxies, Chad works as the day shift manager at Empire Market, a grocery store in America. The show follows Chad's daily life trying to get along with his co-workers, who consider him a rather rude fellow, possibly due to his strange voice and his habit of force-choking those who annoy him.The series originated and gained fame on Channel101, where it was cancelled by the Cinespace audience after two episodes. The creators then decided to move it to other venues such as Youtube and Myspace. The clips hold a quality level clearly above what one can expect on Youtube, with good action and overarching story lines. It also sports a wide cast of talented actors. The series currently consists of the first season, featuring eight episodes, the second season, featuring eleven episodes, and the third season, featuring ten episodes. Chad also has a six-episode series of educational videos for improving your mastery of the grocery store clerk calling.The series is produced by Blame Society Productions, an enterprise consisting of Aaron Yonda and Matt Sloan, which has also made a wide variety of other clips that can be found on their YouTube channel or on their official homepage. He was also a guest riffer for Rifftrax for Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones and Episode V:The Empire Strikes Back.
This web series contains examples of:
Acting for Two: Aaron Yonda plays Hal Thompson and Chad's body in the Vader suit.
Back Story: Weird Jimmy tells his to Chad, and by extension, the audience.
Berserk Button: Don't ever take Baby Cookie away from Hal Thompson.
Big Bad: Clint Shermer in the first season, Maggie McCall in the second. She also held the role for part of the third, then Clint Shermer returned only to be upstaged by Crazy Randy working for Baby Cookie.
Bittersweet Ending: Chad has his date with Michelle, Maggie gets her comeuppance as Night Shift Manager, Clint is manager of another store and Jeremy goes on a journey of self-discovery.
Butt Monkey: Lloyd the guy at the Deli Counter whom everyone hates. Chad and Maggie BOND over their hatred of him.
Character Development: Baby Cookie provided Randy with some, before he got baby cookie he could be described as "well meaning boss who has to deal with the typical frustrations of incompetent employees"(namely chad) but as of the most recent episodes, thanks to baby cookie, he has pretty much filled the void left by Weird Jimmy mixed in with just a bit more Ax Crazy then Jimmy had
The Ditz: Jeremy, though Hal Thompson, a rather creepy guy with large glasses and long hair who keeps randomly appearing in different parts of the store, asking for really weird things, such as live chickens (to sacrifice for a Pagan ritual) is a better example. He is also the star of his very own Spinoff series, Complete Idiot.
Older Than They Think: Hal debuted in a different series that was going on simultaneously with Chad Vader called 'Fun Rangers'.
The spin-off series "eHal" reveals that Hal is "an expert", meaning that he has some... unusual skills, many of which have to do with goats and more recently, a miniature couch... for obvious reasons.
Enemy Mine: In the season 3 finale, Chad and Clint discover there are several bombs placed around the store, forcing them to work together. Clint is about as blasé about this team-up as he is about anything else, however.
Fallen Princess: Weird Jimmy used to be the Day Shift Manager, then became the Night Manager, and then lost his sanity and became the janitor.
As of season 2 Randy have been going through the exact same process, except that it seems to have made him way more deranged than Jimmy ever was.
Gambit Pileup: In the making with Maggie, Baby Cookie, and a returned Clint having unknown agendas sure to collide in Season 3.
Disappointedly subverted in that the gambits neither collide, nor even reach execution. Baby Cookie is taken back by his previous owner, effectively having him Put on a Bus and ending any possible gambits. Clint becomes the manager of another Empire Market store, ending his plans against Chad with the unlikely exception of a store rivalry. And Maggie is stripped of her Empire Market liaison status courtesy of J Pepper, ending any of her unknown previous plans.
Harmless Villain: The Marshmallow Bandito who cause minor annoyances by throwing marshmallows at people! BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Kavorka Man: Chad manages to attract some pretty female co-workers, despite the fact that he's a deformed, rude, socially awkward nutcase who spends all of his time in a black body suit and helmet, ordering everyone around like the crew of an Imperial Star Destroyer.
Spin-Off: Hal (the guy who was looking for live chickens and goat's milk) has his own show, Fun Rangers which tells the odd misadventures he has with his even weirder friend, Cody.
Hal also became the central figure for a spin-off series called eHal (originally "eHow" but presumably changed due there being a website with that name), where he is "an expert" who he answers strange questions from fans often relating to the supernatural, such as how to catch a unicorn, how to summon a shuggot, how to deal with calls from Cthulu, ect. While the cast is pretty much limited to Hal (aside from occasional appearances by his rival Munt and his unseen girlfriend Kritch), Baby Cookie, Cody, and Chad Vader have made guest appearances.
Talking to Himself: Matt Sloan also plays Clint. Chad is voiced by Matt but played in body by Aaron Yonda.
Villainous Breakdown: Maggie whines upon losing her manager status. She's slightly disheaveled at Champion's awards ceremony where she gets the Night Manager position. Combine the night manager position's sanity destruction with her already borderline sociopathic personality, the breakdown is gonna snowball...
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