History Characters / ChadVader

* AllLoveIsUnrequited: She and Chad only have one date before she ditches him for Clint -- by which time Chad has already fallen in love with her. She expresses interest in remaining friends at the end of Season 1, and later mentions being open to a second date. Chad asks for time to think it over, and apparently has moved on by the start of Season 2 (while Clarissa remains interested).

* TheCastShowOff: Andy Gibson is an actual [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Gibson_(singer) country music as singer and songwriter]], and makes good use of his talents during his brief time on the series.

* AnimalMotifs: Horses. He has a general WildWest "cowboy" aesthetic (he plays accoustic guitar, prefers Country music, and wears flannel shirts and cowboy boots), and Chad makes him wear a horse head mask to hide his good looks.

* LargeHam: From his bombastic greeting, exaggerated Texas accent, and cornpone euphanisms, to his eccentric Western-style wardrobe.

* LikeASonToMe: He admits that he likes Chad and sees him as a surrogate son (as stated in "The Improvised Episode"). By contrast, he and Clint aren't very close: in fact, they are never shown onscreen at the same time,[[note]](for obvious reasons)[[/note]] and Clint never even mentions Champion once; Champion states Clint is the son of his third wife (with whom he's implied to have a bad relationship) and that there's always been something "not right" about him.

* LikeFatherUnlikeSon: Champion J. Pepper is shown to be a [[NiceGuy kind and plesant man]], unlike Clint who is a [[TheBully bully]].

* AchillesHeel: Subverted; according to his father, Champion J. Pepper, Clint has "many weaknesses" (but only one strength).

* TheBully: In the first season, he constantly abuses Chad. After he's promoted to day shift manager, he also begins abusing those who work under him (including Lloyd, who is supposedly his friend, and Clarissa, who is his girlfriend). He later resumes bullying Chad when he he's re-hired in Season 3.

* JerkassHasAPoint: While his intentions are far from pure (he openly admits that he wants to steal Chad's day shift manager position and girlfriend), Clint is right to report Chad to Randy. Chad ''is'' rude to the customers, unable to manage or get along with his subordinates, and routinely ''assaults'' the other employees -- Clint himself included (as the abrasions on his neck demonstrate). Chad has no business being the day shift manager.

* CompanionCube: Baby Cookie is his. He takes her everywhere with him, treating her as if she were alive and his best friend, until Randy steals her from him in "The New Employee". However, he is able to reacquire her in the episode "Sick Day". The Season 3 finale reveals that [[spoiler: (despite his claims that she can't talk back) Baby Cookie does indeed talk to Him]].

* TheDitz: "I found the goat's milk." ** He is also the star of his very own {{Spinoff}} series, ''Complete Idiot''.

* NiceGuy: Champion, unlike Clint, is kind-hearted. He states that when he was younger, he had a personality similar to Maggie, but learned to "think with [his] heart more than [his] head".

* LikeASonToMe: He admits that he likes Chad and sees him as a surrogate son (as stated in "The Improvised Episode"). By contrast, he and Clint aren't very close (in fact, they are never shown onscreen at the same time[[note]](for obvious reasons) [[/note]] and Clint never even mentions Champion once); he states Clint is the son of his third wife (with whom he's implied to have a bad relationship) and that there's always been something "not right" about him.

* PutOnABus: Despite bragging to Chad in the season 2 finale that he'll win the general manager position in spite of his drunken state, Robbie isn't seen or mentioned again after that point.

* PrettyBoy: Maggie hires him specifically to attract more female customers (appealing to the "Teen vampire romance" demographic). It works: the ladies can't take their eyes off him. Maggie included.

An odd man who searches for bizarre items within the store, often for his "voodoo rituals". He is one of the main characters in one of Blame Society Productions' other series, "Fun Rangers".

* FullNameBasis: He's only ever referred to as Champion J. Pepper.

* GeniusDitz: Subverted; while he's inept at most tasks, Chad (like his brother) has an aptitude for robotics: he designed, built, and programmed a number of service droids for the store, including cleaning droids, a new laser checkout system, and a rocket-powered shopping cart. However, many of his personal creations are complete failures, and he's totally incompetent when it comes to general mechanics (such as that usually needs other people to do the actual work ''for'' him).
* HairTriggerTemper: Much like his brother, it doesn't take much to set Chad off.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: While Chad is extremely melodramatic, has a single-minded obsession with his job, and can be rude, selfish, and at times downright abusive to his underlings, it's shown that he genuinely cares about most of his fellow employees (with the exception of Lloyd) and the welfare of Empire Market.

* KavorkaMan: Chad manages to attract some pretty female co-workers, despite the fact that he's a disfigured, 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.
* LiteralMinded: On his first day on the job, Chad punched the punch clock, breaking it.

* NearDeathExperience: Chad [[spoiler: is nearly killed by being electrocuted while trying to fix the store's boiler. After briefly visiting his own personal NostalgiaHeaven (where he meets his childhood self and his former pet dog), he's magically revived by Hal]].

* RefusingParadise: After he [[spoiler: gets electrocuted in the final episode while trying to recalibrate the store's furnace]], Chad finds himself in an idyllic, sunny autumn field with a happy, non-scarred child version of himself and his childhood dog. As he takes the boy's hand to go play games, seemingly happy and ready to "move on", [[spoiler: Hal Thompson [[NotQuiteDead begins reviving him]].]] Instantly, he shoves the boy down, exclaims, "I'm not dying! Screw you, kid!" and takes off running. At which point he wakes up back at the store.

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* EvenEvilHasStandards: Sure Maggie is a complete and utter bitch but even she finds Lloyd irritating.

* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: She's the liaison for ''Red Leader Foods'', and as the head of Empire Market, she always wears a black suit with a red blouse as a ShoutOut to Palpatine's Sith robes. After she's demoted to Night Manager at the end of Season 3, she trades her red blouse and black jacket for a pink blouse, symbolizing her loss of authority.

* AffectionateParody: Of [[Literature/{{Twilight}} Edward Cullen]]. Light on the "affectionate".

* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: She's the liaison for ''Red Leader Foods'', and as the head of Empire Market, she always wears a black suit with a red blouse as a ShoutOut to Darth Sidious's Sith robes. After she's demoted to Night Manager at the end of Season 3, she trades her red blouse and black jacket for a pink blouse, symbolizing her loss of authority.

[[folder:Randy Morgan]]
!!Randall Morgan
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->'''Played by''': Brad Knight

Chad's boss and the general manager of Empire Market. He is later demoted to Night Shift Manager, then to the store's janitor.

* AxCrazy: He gradually becomes this way over Season 2, thanks to [[spoiler: Baby Cookie's influence]]. It comes to a head at the end of the season, with Randy trying to [[spoiler: murder Chad with a sword]]. In the following season, he tries to [[spoiler: blow up Empire Market with Baby Cookie bombs]].
* BeleagueredBoss: Throughout the first season (and the first two episodes of the second).
* CharacterDevelopment: Baby Cookie provides him with some. Before he gets Baby Cookie, he can best described as "well-meaning boss who has to deal with the typical frustrations of incompetent employees" (namely, Chad). However, as of the latter part of Season 2 and the entirety of Season 3, thanks to Baby Cookie's influence, he undergoes severe SanitySlippage until he has pretty much filled the void left by Weird Jimmy (mixed in with a bit more AxCrazy then Jimmy had).
* CompanionCube: After meeting Baby Cookie, he immediately becomes fixated on her, eventually stealing her from Hal. Then she starts talking to him and giving him orders.
* FirstNameBasis: With the exception of Chad (on a few occasions), everyone refers to him as "Randy". His surname is only revealed in the credits.
* InsistentTerminology: He's unsettled by Chad calling him "Emperor" or "My Master", insisting that he just call him Randy.
* JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope: He loses most of his sanity over the duration of Season 2, before jumping completely off the deep end and trying to [[spoiler: stab Chad]] at the end of the Season. In Season 3, he tries to backpedal by tossing out Baby Cookie and going about his work as if nothing happened...only for Baby Cookie to return, and convince him to [[spoiler: try to blow up the store]].
* OnlySaneMan: He fills this role as General Manager during the first season. After he's demoted to Night Shift Manager, however, he quickly begins losing his sanity.
* PutOnABus: He vanishes at the end of Season 3. It is mentioned that he still works at Empire Market, however, and he appears in flashbacks during Season 4 and briefly in the crowd of employees in the finale...still twitching manically.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: As General Manager of Empire Market.
* SanitySlippage: Undergoes this over the course of seasons two and three. First, the night shift begins driving him insane. Then [[EvilDoll Baby Cookie]] comes into the picture, and he becomes obsessed with her and doing her "bidding".
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[[folder:Clint Shermer]]
!!Clinton Shermer
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->'''Played by''': Matt Sloan

Chad's [[ArchEnemy archnemesis]], the former Night Shift Manager of Empire Market (and the main antagonist of Season 1). He later [[HesBack returns]] in Season 3.

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!! Sales Floor

[[folder:"Commander" Jeremy Wickstrom]]
!!Jeremy Wickstrom
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->'''Played by''': Paul Guse

An Empire Market employee who idolizes Chad and acts as his "apprentice". He wears the headpiece of an Imperial Ground Officer.

* APupilOfMineUntilHeTurnedToEvil: After being Chad Vader's apprentice for a season and a half, Jeremy grows resentful of Chad (assuming that Chad has replaced him with Robbie) and turns against him under [[BitchInSheepsClothing Maggie's]] influence. Maggie begins molding him into General Management material, transforming him into Chad's nemesis. After he fights Chad in a lightsaber battle -- which accidentally results in [[spoiler: Jimmy's death]] -- he pulls a HeelFaceTurn, and returns to being Chad's apprentice.
* CoolHelmet: The shiny black Imperial Ground Officer helmet he wears as Chad's apprentice.
* TheChosenOne: Weird Jimmy (or rather, [[spoiler: his ghost]]) says that Jeremy is "the only one who can stop his plan". "His plan" turns out to be a reference to [[spoiler: Randy's plot to blow up Empire Market with six Baby Cookie bombs]]. When Damien ends up saving the day instead [[spoiler: by sacrificing himself to get the last bomb out of the building]], he becomes severely depressed and leaves Empire Market on a spirit quest.
* TheDitz: He occasionally comes across as one in the first season, mainly due to his obsession with trying to please Chad.
* HiddenDepths: The first season finale reveals that [[spoiler: he possesses Force powers]]. Subsequent seasons (and non-episodic Chad videos) also show that he has a great deal of initiative and bravery, when he isn't worrying about what Chad will think.
* HyperCompetentSidekick: By the start of Season Three, he has become one, proving himself to be smarter, more efficient, and more industrious than his "Master".
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: He feels guilty about betraying Chad to Maggie and causing Libby to get deported when he sees how torn up Chad is over it.
* TookALevelInBadass: In Season 1, he follows Chad around like an eager puppy, is bullied by Clint, and cannot stand up for or defend himself. In Season 2, however, he begins to [[spoiler: develop his own Force powers]], culminating in him summoning a lightsaber to help fight off killer robots. By the season's end, he [[spoiler: almost defeats Chad in a lightsaber battle]].
* YesMan: Acts as one to Chad through most of Season 1.

[[folder:"Commander" Tony Edwards]]
!!Anthony Edwards
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->'''Played by''': Asa Dereks

An employee in Empire Market who does not like Chad very much. In the early episodes, Chad refers to him as "Commander Edwards," much to Tony's annoyance.
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* DeadpanSnarker: He thinks Chad's overly dramatic approach to work is ridiculous waste--- and he lets him know it.
* FantasticallyIndifferent: Tony's apathy towards the craziness at Empire Market is all-encompassing.
* MellowFellow: He's the only employee at Empire Market who doesn't get tangled up in Chad's zany schemes at some point, mainly because he doesn't care enough to.
* OnlyInItForTheMoney: He cares nothing for Chad's plans of "dominating the food retailing industry", wanting only to finish his shift, collect his paycheck, and go home.
* OnlySaneMan: After the SanitySlippage of Randy in Season 2, he takes on this role in Season 3. By then, he's the only one who recognizes that Chad's overly dramatic, grandiose behavior is ridiculous and calls it out as such.
* TheVirus: During his trial as General Manager, his bored, disinterested personality seemingly has this effect on the rest of the employees. This results in a day where everything runs smoothly at the store, and nothing strange or exciting happens. [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Literally]].

[[folder:Lloyd]]
!!Lloyd
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->'''Played by''': Rob Matsushita

An employee who is fond of making sexually suggestive remarks and is a friend of Clint. He works at Empire Market's deli counter.

* AllMenArePerverts: Lloyd can turn ''any'' comment into a sex joke ("Did you hear the one about about my balls? They're so big, they need a ''basket''!"), takes pride in sexually harassing female co-workers, and once sent Chad a leather riding crop as a Christmas gift.
* ButtMonkey: Aside from Clint, ''nobody'' at Empire Market likes him, and he routinely gets pushed around by Chad (and later Maggie). He's so disliked that Maggie and Chad actually ''bond'' over their mutual hatred of him.
* ChewToy: He suffers a great deal of physical abuse from Chad, who enjoys Force choking him and pelting him with merchandise (among other things).
* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Despite being Chad's whipping boy, Lloyd is often seen hanging out with him and Jeremy the spinoff videos.

[[folder:Robbie Johnson]]
!!Robbie Johnson
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->'''Played by''': Wolfgang Stein

A young, impressionable Empire Market employee who had worked there for half a day, before he was terminated after following the instructions in Chad's training videos. He returns to the store in Season 3.

* TheAlcoholic: After Robbie's chosen as Employees of the Month, he, Chad, and Libby go out to dinner to celebrate. He gets completely drunk for the first time in his life -- and enjoys it so much that he decides he wants to be drunk ''all the time''. Sure enough, every time he appears after that, he behaves as if he's drunk and often has a flask in hand.
* TheDitz: He's fired after only half a day of work, due to following Chad's training videos to an obsessive (and dangerous) degree. This includes trying to maim and ''murder'' customers for minor infractions, and wearing a gas mask (to follow Chad's advice on maintaining a "serious" appearance). He also annoyed ''everyone'' in the store by dancing around with a broom and leaping from the store's shelves.
* HesBack: After appearing in a retrospective on Chad's "training video fiasco", he is re-hired by Maggie in the second half of Season 2.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: His over-the-top adherence to Chad's instructions is simply his way of trying to be a good employee and follow the example of a manager he respects and looks up to.

[[folder:Sean Banditson / The Marshmallow Bandito]]
!!Sean Banditson
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->'''Played by''': Sean Moore

A former customer (and later employee) of Empire Market, who becomes Chad's self-declared arch-nemesis after Chad ends a store sale on marshmallows. His alter-ego is a supervillain called the "Marshmallow Bandito", who appears twice in Season 2 and once in Season 3.

* BerserkButton: Don't insult marshmallows around him, or deprive him of his marshmallows.
* BlatantLies: While Chad is punishing him by craming marshmallows down his throat, he claims he doesn't even like marshmallows -- despite being a marshmallow-themed villain.
* CheapCostume: His "Marshmallow Bandito" getup consists of ordinary white clothes, a chef's hat, and badly-done white face paint.
* DefeatEqualsFriendship: Or at least, Defeat Equals No Longer Arch Enemies, as he takes a job at Empire Market shortly thereafter.
* DisproportionateRetribution: His entire motive is getting revenge against Chad because marshmallows are no longer on sale.
* EdibleAmmunition: His signature attack is spitting marshmallows.
* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: He starts off as Chad's self-proclaimed arch-nemesis, wanting revenge against him for ending a marshmallow sale. After a beat-down from Chad, he gets a job at Empire Market (to pay his rent). He actually does pretty well for a time, even spending time with Chad outside of work. However, during his "test run" of the Day Shift Manager position, a rude customer ridicules marshmallows in front of him, triggering his rage and causing him to revert back to his villainous persona (and steal Chad's prototype rocket cart).
* PutOnABus: After being introduced as a major secondary character in Season 2, he's abruptly written off after three episodes. A brief phone conversation with Chad reveals that he was sent to jail due to his antics at Empire Market.
* SitcomArchNemesis: To Chad.

!! Cashiers

[[folder:Clarissa]]
!!Clarissa
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->'''Played by''': Christina [=LaVicka=]

A pretty female cashier at Empire Market. She acts as Chad's love interest during Season 1.

* AllLoveIsUnrequited: She and Chad only have one date before she ditches him for Clint -- by which time Chad has already fallen in love with her. She expresses interest in remaining friends at the end of Season 1, and later mentions being open to a second date. Chad asks for time to think it over, and apparently has moved on by the start of Season 2 (while Clarissa remains interested).
* BrainyBrunette: According to the Force Ghost, she's a very smart, and hot, girl.
* DemotedToExtra: In Season 1, she's a major supporting character and Chad's love interest. From Season 2 onward, however, she only has only a few brief cameos and lines of dialogue.
* PutOnABus: She vanishes from Empire Market midway through Season 3, and (despite a few brief mentions in the non-episodic videos) never appears again.
* WhatTheHellHero: After Chad quits his job at Empire Market after a single night shift, spies on her and Clint on their date at a restaurant, gets drunk, and tries to start an argument with Clint, she calls him out on his behavior, and tells him to "[d]o something with your life and stop being so lame".

[[folder:Lionel]]
!!Lionel
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->'''Played by''': William Bolz

A weird cashier in Empire Market, who always says that customers "save a lot".

* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: He has trouble staying on topic, and a tendency to "wander" from his work station.
* CatchPhrase: "You save a '''''lot'''''" (and variations thereof).
* CloudCuckoolander: He has a number of odd habits and behaviors, including repeating the same slogans over and over, fixating on the merchandise (talking about it incessantly, playing with it), wandering aimlessly from his work station, and letting his pet dog run loose in the store.

!! Stock Room, Maintenance

[[folder:Weird Jimmy]]
!!Jimmy
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->'''Played by''': Craig Johnson

The store's insane janitor. He's almost never seen without his favorite tool, Mop.

* AlmightyJanitor: Jimmy isn't a ''total'' badass, but he has his moments. He's one of the only employees who knows how the store's breaker panel works, the only one who can safely navigate the store's [[CreepyBasement basement]], and one of only two people who knows how to recalibrate the boiler. He's also a decent shot with a handgun, knows hand-to-hand combat, and is a talented saxophone player. Also, if the nature of his death is any indication, [[spoiler: he might have possessed Force Powers (or been Force Sensitive)]].
* AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: [[spoiler: After being accidentally killed by Jeremy, his body vanishes, Jedi-style. His glowing, robe-clad "Force Ghost" later returns to torment Jeremy...and, in Season 4, possess the body of his twin brother, Johnny.]]
* {{Backstory}}: Jimmy tells his to Chad (and by extension, the audience). He was once the day manager at Empire Market; then he was demoted to night manager, which caused him to develop some mental problems and ruined his social life (causing his friends to desert him). Now, being the janitor is all he knows.
* BroomstickQuarterstaff: Uses a mop in combat during "The Basement Strikes Back" [[spoiler: and later during season 4]].
* CompanionCube: Mop, his favorite cleaning tool. He talks to "her" as if she were alive, often consults and argues with her, and later mourns her death in Season 2. [[spoiler: After his accidental death, her "Force ghost" appears to welcome him to the spirit realm.]]
* EvilLaugh: Subverted; Jimmy has a rather unsettling, creepy giggle, but he's not evil.
* FamilialBodySnatcher: [[spoiler: He takes over the body of his twin brother, Johnny, so that he can resume his janitorial duties at Empire Market.]]
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: He dies being run through with Jeremy's lightsaber, while trying to protect Chad from being stabbed by Randy.]]
* HiddenDepths: Jimmy might be an insane, creepy janitor, but he knows the layout of Empire Market better than anyone else; in fact, he was once the day manager of the store.
* LooksLikeCesare: He has a pale complexion (due to working at night), messy dark hair, and rings around his eyes.

[[folder:Damien Nightshade]]
!!Damien Nightshade
->'''Played by''': Ian Zander

An emo-esque, vampire-like man who was hired by Clint as the new stock boy.

* AffectionateParody: Of [[Literature/{{Twilight}} Edward Cullen]]. Light on the "affectionate".
* {{Emo}}: His archetype.
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: He gives his life to save Empire Market, running into the store parking lot with the last Baby Cookie Bomb in hand.]]
* KilledOffForReal: Given that he's never seen or heard from again after the Season 3 finale...
* PrettyBoy: Maggie hires him specifically to attract more female customers (appealing to the "Teen vampire romance" demographic). It works: the ladies can't take their eyes off him. Maggie included.

[[folder:Andy Gibson]]
!!Andrew Gibson
->'''Played by''': Andy Gibson

A handsome young stock boy, who had been working as a dock worker for the last eight years until Chad promoted him.

* AnimalMotifs: Horses. He has a general WildWest "cowboy" aesthetic (he plays accoustic guitar, prefers Country music, and wears flannel shirts and cowboy boots), and Chad makes him wear a horse head mask to hide his good looks.
* InSeriesNickname: The Empire Market employees call him "Adorable Andy".
* MeaningfulName: His surname is "Gibson", the name of a well-known guitar brand. He is later revealed to be a musician.
* NiceGuy: He seems to be a genuinely pleasant, kind, loyal employee who loves his job.
* PrettyBoy: One reason why everyone loves him.
* PutOnABus: Chad fires him in his first (and last) episode after he catches him playing the guitar maskeless and singing an unflattering song about him to the other employees. The end of the episode shows that he went on to sign a recording contract...while still wearing his horse mask.
* RememberTheNewGuy: Andy has allegedly been working at the store for eight years, and everyone seems to know who he is, even though he's never appeared in Empire Market Before.

!Red Leader Foods

[[folder:Margaret "Maggie" [=McCall=]]]
!!Margaret [=McCall=]
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->'''Played by''': Karen Moeller

The new owner of Empire Market and the main antagonist of Seasons 2-4. She is the liaison for Red Leader Foods that Mr. Pepper sold Empire Market to.

* AffablyEvil: Her malicious deeds are limited to manipulating people and situations around Empire Market, with an EvilLaugh and a smile on her face.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Sure Maggie is a complete and utter bitch but even she finds Lloyd irritating.
* EvilMentor: Becomes one to Jeremy during Season 2, turning him against Chad and giving him Chad's dream position of General Manager. She later becomes something of one to Chad during Season 4.
* EvilLaugh: Uses one whenever she's thinking or talking about her evil plans.
* EvilRedhead: She's a stand-in for Darth Sidious, and has chin-length auburn hair.
* KarmaHoudini: Averted at the end of Season 3, when Champion demotes her to night shift manager for her treachery. Played Straight in the Season 4 finale: after helping Chad to become an evil dictator, and nearly getting the entire store destroyed and everyone inside killed, she simply sneaks out the back of the store in the final episode, mumbling about needing to find a new job.
* PinkIsFeminine: At the start of Season 4, she trades her trademark red blouse for a pink one.
* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: She's the liaison for ''Red Leader Foods'', and as the head of Empire Market, she always wears a black suit with a red blouse as a ShoutOut to Darth Sidious's Sith robes. After she's demoted to Night Manager at the end of Season 3, she trades her red blouse and black jacket for a pink blouse, symbolizing her loss of authority.
* SanitySlippage: Averted; while she seems set to undergo this after being demoted to night shift manager (a position known for driving people to insanity), she remains surprisingly serene and sane -- and just as malicious as ever.
* VillainExitStageLeft: When her plan to destroy the store is foiled in the Season 4 finale, she quickly flees the store.
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[[folder:Libby]]
!!Libby
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->'''Played by''': Kate Sprecher

Maggie's [=McCall=]'s assistant from New Zealand, whom Chad begins to fall in love with.

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* TheCutie: She's a sweet, innocent, soft-spoken girl who plays no part in Maggie's evil schemes (despite being her personal assistant).
* {{Gasshole}}: When she's drunk, she can out-belch Chad!
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: She's the only blonde woman in the cast, and the most kind and good-hearted one by far.
* PutOnABus: After her date with Chad in "First Kiss", she ends up being deported. (Maggie arranges it as punishment for violating the rule against dating co-workers.)
** TheBusCameBack: She briefly re-appears in Season 4 when Chad has a video call with her, to try to rub his new girlfriend, Michelle, in her face...only for his plan to blow up in ''his'' face when [[spoiler: Libby introduces him to her husband, Brandon]].

! Other Characters

[[folder:Ghost]]
!![[spoiler:Ben]]
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->'''Played by:''' Mike [=McCafferty=]

A bathrobe-clad spirit of a man who died in a drunk driving accident. He first appears to council Chad during Season 1 and help him get his life back together, and later makes a minor appearance in Season 4.

* BadassLongRobe: Subverted; it looks like an ordinary brown bathrobe with a hood.
* {{Homage}}: To Obi-Wan Kenobi.
* TheMentor
* NoNameGiven: He's simply referred to as "Ghost" in the series. The Blame Society wiki reveals his name to be [[spoiler: Ben]].

[[folder:Hal Thompson]]
!!Hal Thompson
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->'''Played by''': Aaron Yonda

An odd man who searches for bizarre items within the store, often for his "voodoo rituals". He is one of the main characters in one of Blame Society Productions other series, "Fun Rangers".

* CompanionCube: Baby Cookie is his. He takes her everywhere with him, treating her as if she were alive and his best friend, until Randy steals her from him in "The New Employee". However, he is able to reacquire her in the episode "Sick Day". The Season 3 finale reveals that [[spoiler: (despite his claims that she can't talk back) Baby Cookie does indeed talk to Him]].
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Hal Thompson is a complete idiot, but get between him and Baby Cookie...
* TheDitz: "I found the goat's milk." ** He is also the star of his very own {{Spinoff}} series, ''Complete Idiot''.
* GeniusDitz: At first, Hal Thomson seems like an idiot, something not helped by his unusual way of speaking, his tendency to constantly ask for things grocery stores are not normally known to have (such as live animals and doll clothes), and his generally odd demeanor. After starring in two other series running with this, he got a third of his own -- titled ''eHow'' -- where he turned out to be "an expert". Some of his...unusual skills later come into play at Empire Market, including [[spoiler: pulverizing Randy and rescuing Baby Cookie in Season 3, and saving Chad's life in the Season 4 finale]].
* NerdGlasses: Of the Coke-bottle variety.

[[folder:Champion J. Pepper]]
!!Champion J. Pepper
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->'''Played by''': Matt Sloan

The original owner of the Empire Market, and Clint's father. He sells the store to Red Leader Foods at the start of Season 2.

* FullNameBasis: He's only ever referred to as Champion J. Pepper.
* IdenticalGrandson: He and Clint (being father and son) are nearly identical in appearance.
* LargeHam: From his bombastic greeting, exaggerated Texas accent, and cornpone euphanisms, to his eccentric Western-style wardrobe.
* NiceGuy: Champion, unlike Clint, is kind-hearted. He states that when he was younger, he had a personality similar to Maggie, but learned to "think with [his] heart more than [his] head".
* RecognitionFailure: He fails to recognize [[Series/TheDukesOfHazzard The General Lee]] in The Dukes Of Vader and confuses it for the "Pride Of Cincinnati."
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: As the owner of Empire Market (and during his stint as General Manager).
* SerialSpouse: He says that Clint is the offspring of him and his third wife, indicating that he's been married at least thrice.
* LikeASonToMe: He admits that he likes Chad and sees him as a surrogate son (as stated in "The Improvised Episode"). By contrast, he and Clint aren't very close (in fact, they are never shown onscreen at the same time[[note]](for obvious reasons) [[/note]] and Clint never even mentions Champion once); he states Clint is the son of his third wife (with whom he's implied to have a bad relationship) and that there's always been something "not right" about him.

[[folder:Baby Cookie]]
!!Baby Cookie
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->'''Played by''': Matt Sloan (voice)

A possibly sentient baby doll belonging to Hal Thompson. After being stolen by Randy, she begins encouraging him to do evil things.

* BarbieDollAnatomy: Well, she ''is'' a baby doll.
* BabyDollBaby: Both Hal and Randy treat Baby Cookie as if she were alive, behaving protectively towards her and trying to get her food and clothing. It's weird and a bit creepy...and ''then'' she starts talking back to Randy.
* CuteAndPsycho: She's an adorable baby doll...who happens to be a psychotic, sociopathic murderer.
* CreepyHighPitchedVoice: "Hiiiii, Randy!"
* DominoMask: Her only item of clothing, besides her socks.
* EvilDoll: She is gradually revealed to be one.
* LivingToy: Possibly. Baby Cookie doesn't move, but she seems to talk to Randy telepathically and have a ([[EvilDoll very evil]]) intelligence and personality of her own.
* PsychicPowers: If she actually is alive, she seems to be able to not only communicate telepathically, but instantly instill people with sinister skills and knowledge (such as how to de-bone a chicken or [[spoiler: make bombs]]).

[[folder:Johnny]]
!!Johnny
->'''Played by''': Craig Johnson

Weird Jimmy's twin brother, who claims to be a volunteer at the Church of The Holy Jesus Flame (but in actuality was kicked out years ago for stealing from the poor).

* TheDitz: "I found the goat's milk." He is also the star of his very own {{Spinoff}} series, ''Complete Idiot''.

* LikeASonToMe: He admits that he likes Chad and sees him as a surrogate son (as stated in "The Improvised Episode"). By contrast, he and Clint aren't very close (in fact, they are never shown onscreen at the same time[[note]]For obvious reasons [[/note]] and Clint never even mentions Champion once); he states Clint is the son of his third wife (with whom he's implied to have a bad relationship) and that there's always been something "not right" about him.

* DeathOfPersonality: Undergoes this after [[spoiler: Weird Jimmy's ghost takes complete control of his body.]]

* FightingFromTheInside: After [[spoiler: Weird Jimmy possesses his body]], he tries desperately to fight him off and remain in control...to no avail.
-->'''Johnny:''' (to Maggie) [[spoiler: Could you..please call the nearest church? (growls in pain and exertion) C...c...CLEANUP ON AISLE FIVE!]]
* HidingBehindReligion: He uses his supposed Christianity ("I'm a Jesus man!") to hide the fact that he's an opportunistic thief. He also used it as an excuse not to speak to Jimmy, his ''only living relative'', for ten years. (He claims he found Jimmy's atheism and creepiness distasteful...even though, by his own admission, he should have tried to "save" his brother, in the religious sense, years ago.)
* JerkassVictim: He might be a lying hypocrite who stole from the poor and neglected his own family, but it's hard not to feel sorry for him while he fights in terror as [[spoiler: his own brother's ghost takes over his body (and then gets essentially erased when Jimmy takes over his life completely)]].

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* AmbiguousDisorder: After Jimmy was demoted to night shift manager, he "developed some problems". Now, his voice has an odd, lurching quality to it, he giggles at random moments, he converses with his mop, believes that he consults with elves, and generally behaves as if he were an [[NightmareFuelStationAttendant expository character in a horror movie]].

* AchillesHeel: Subverted; according to his father, Champion J. Pepper, Chad has "many weaknesses" (but only one strength).

* LikeASonToMe: He admits that he likes Chad and sees him as a surrogate son (as stated in "The Improvised Episode"). By contrast, he and Clint aren't very close; he states Clint is the son of his third wife (with whom he's implied to have a bad relationship) and that there's always been something "not right" about him.