History WebVideo / ChadVader

* PaperThinDisguise: Hal invokes this unintentionally. First he mistakes an employee's apron for a "wizard's cape" and puts it on (messily), and is immediately mistaken for an employee by Maggie. Later on he is standing in the middle of the store in his usual clothes, accompanied by a goat, and is again mistaken for an employee by Champion J. Pepper (HilarityEnsues as Hal gives him a tour of everything that has happened to Empire Market -- while dragging his goat along).

** Damien Nightshade is an obvious parody of ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'', though he may not be such an affectionate parody.

* NiceDayDeadlyNight: Downplayed: the day shift, while sometimes strange and chaotic, is viewed as being far preferable to the night shift, during which the store is desolate, plagued by rude and troublesome customers (including people who sleeping on the frozen meat and tossing their unwanted items to the floor), the employees behave strangely, and the tasks are unpleasant (such as cleaning the septic tank and waxing the floors). The position also ruins one's social life and drives employees to insanity (with Clint being the only known exception).

* PaperThinDisguise: Hal invokes this unintentionally. First he mistakes an employee's apron for a "wizard's cape" and puts it on (messily), and is immediately mistaken for an employee by Maggie. Later on he is standing in the middle of the store in his usual clothes, accompanied by a goat, and is again mistaken for an employee by Champion J. Pepper (HilarityEnsues as Hal gives him a tour of everything that has happened to Empire Market while dragging his goat along).

* ProsceniumReveal: In the series finale, the final scene ends with [[spoiler: an offscreen voice calling "Cut!" The camera pans over to a film crew, revealing that the entire series has been a wacky project headed by Creator/GeorgeLucas]].

* SharedUniverse: With many of Blame Society Films' other shows. Hal's presence makes it clear that this is the same universe as ''eHal'' (on which Chad Vader made a guest appearance) and ''Fun Rangers'' which in turn provides a link to ''Dr. Moley Can Help'', and there are some shorts which indicate Chad Vader to be in the same universe as ''Thor's Kitchen''. For a really weird mind-boggling addition, Baby Cookie, Dr. Moley, Hal, and Chad Vader have all made guest appearances on ''Beer and Board Games'' where Aaron and Matt play themselves, which raises the question of whether that too is somehow part of the same universe. Really, the only show of theirs there ''isn't'' any obvious link to is ''WebVideo/WelcomeToTheBasement''.

* Chad is a Darth Vader parody.

->'''Chad:''' May I speak with you a moment, my master?
->'''Randy:''' It's just Randy, okay Chad?
->'''Chad:''' Yes, my master.

* AffectionateParody: Of Chad's older brother, [[Franchise/StarWars Darth Vader]], of course.

The series originated and gained fame on Website/{{Channel101}}, where it was cancelled by the Cinespace audience after two episodes. The creators then decided to move it to other venues such as Website/YouTube and [[Website/{{Myspace}} 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 consists of the first season, featuring eight episodes, the second season, featuring eleven episodes, the third season, featuring ten episodes, and the fourth and final season, featuring ten episodes. Chad also has a six-episode series of educational videos for improving your mastery of the grocery store clerk calling.

* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: Chad himself. No one seems the slightest bit surprised to see a man in shiny black body armor, cape, and a helmet who speaks with a respirator. (Doubly so, given that the ''Star Wars'' franchise also exists in the universe of the series; you'd think someone would have noticed a guy who looks and sounds exactly like Chad's famous brother.)

** 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 shoggoth, how to deal with calls from Cthulhu, ect. While the cast is pretty much limited to Hal (aside from occasional appearances by his rival Munt and his [[TheVoice unseen girlfriend Kritch]]), Baby Cookie, Cody, and Chad Vader have made guest appearances.

* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: Chad himself. No one seems the slightest bit surprised to see a man in shiny black body armor, cape, and a helmet who apeaks with a respirator. (Doubly so, given that the ''Star Wars'' franchise also exists in the universe of the series; you'd think someone would have noticed a guy who looks and sounds exactly like Chad's famous brother.)

* VillainousBreakdown: 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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* TyrantTakesTheHelm: Happens with Maggie McCall in Season 2.
** Occurs again in Season 4 with Chad, after he becomes General Manager.

* VillainProtagonist: Chad becomes one in the middle of the fourth season until his HeelRealization in the finale.

* JourneyToFindOneself: Jeremy leaves Empire Market at the end of Season 3 to go on one. [[spoiler: It amounts to playing VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim for 3 days without food or sleep, wandering around the street looking for food, and almost stealing trash from a hobo.]]

** Randy is not part of the cast in the final season, appearing only in flashbacks. However, it is mentioned that he still works at Empire Market. He later shows up in the series finale, amid the crowd of employees; his sudden appearance is [[{{Lampshading}} noted by Chad]]: apparently, Randy apparently has made himself so scarce that Chad forgot he was still working at the store.

** Randy is not part of the cast in the final season, appearing only in flashbacks. However, it is mentioned that he still works at Empire Market. He later shows up amid the crowd of employees in the series finale; his sudden appearance is [[{{Lampshading}} noted by Chad]]...who apparently forgot he was still working at the store.

** BiggerBad: [[spoiler:Baby Cookie]]. Although [[EpilepticTrees its sentience is debatable]], there's no doubt that it's the single most dangerous force in the Chad Vader universe. [[spoiler:[[KillEmAll It got Randy to try and wipe out the entire store, after all]].]]