History NightmareFuel / ChadVader

* The story of how Chad got his suit: as a child, he was riding his bike and accidentally drove over an embankment and into a volcano, leaving his body horribly burned inside and out. If he ever takes off his helmet, he will die. While it's obviously a spoof on how Anakin obtained his wounds and respirator, it becomes disturbing when you stop to think about it: Chad says that his accident happened because he veered off his ordinary bike route; this implies that it happened in his own neighborhood, and that a lot of people -- probably including his neighbors -- got to watch ''a child'' get burned alive.

* The ending of the episode, after Chad is demoted to Night Shift Manager: a shot of the store's desolate, moonlit parking lot (complete with a DramaticWind and paper trash blowing like a tumbleweed), accompanied by increasingly deep and dissonant [[ForDoomTheBellTolls chimes]] -- and ending with a shot of Chad standing alone in the middle of the empty store.

* Chad Vader almost being DrivenToSuicide, after the TraumaCongaLine he has to endure. Until a Force Ghost talks him out of it, that is.

* For people who have been bullied or humiliated, Chad's public humiliation in the restaurant/bar, with the entire room laughing at him, and the woman he loves looking on, isn't easy to watch.

* The ending to "Trapped In The Trash": all the lights in the store go out, one by one, leaving everyone in darkness. Not to mention the {{Homage}} to Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack which follows.
-->'''Clint''': (Mockingly) Ooooo, the dark! Oooo! What, you think I'm afraid of the frickin' dark?
-->'''Chad''': You will be. (Ignites lightsaber, bathing Clint in [[RedFilterOfDoom red ominous light]].) You ''will'' be.

--->'''Jeremy''': I've got a ''bad'' feeling about this.

* The basement itself. It's strongly hinted to be more than just a CreepyBasement, and bordering on an EldritchLocation. (Chad even describes it to Jeremy as a portal to the [[TheDarkSide dark soul half]].)
-->'''Weird Jimmy''': [Chad]´s probably dead. The basement isn't safe for...upstairsers.

* Baby Cookie talking to Randy for the first time. Especially given that it happens ''right after'' Hal says that she can't talk.

* Maggie herself can be NightmareFuel at times. She's a BitchInSheepsClothing with an insane amount of professional power, who is seemingly able to manipulate anyone into doing ''anything'' -- which she ''will'' do, [[ForTheEvulz just because she can]]. (It's hinted that she plans to [[spoiler: turn Jeremy to her side]] from the moment she buys Empire Market.) The fact that (unlike, say, Baby Cookie) there are plenty of people like her in RealLife just makes it worse.
** In Season 2, she somehow has Libby -- a sweet young immigrant woman with no criminal record and all the proper paperwork -- deported for no reason other than sheer spite.

!!Drunk (E1 S5)

** Also, Jeremy becoming stuck in a trash can in the stock room (in a ShoutOut to the trash compactor scene in ''Film/ANewHope'') and finding out that ''something'' alive is trapped in there with him. [[spoiler: That "something" turns out to be [[RefugeInAudacity a King Cobra. And a racoon]].]]

** Before that, he has a vision of himself, well-groomed and dressed as a businessman, carrying a briefcase and talking on the phone. Not very scary per se, but it's so bizarre that it comes across as a bit unsettling. [[spoiler: It's actually a hint at the plans Maggie has for him.]]

** In Season 2, she somehow has Libby -- a sweet young immigrant woman with no criminal record and all the proper paperwork -- deported.

* The surprisingly ominous ending to "Trapped In The Trash", as all the lights in the store go out, one by one, leaving everyone in darkness. Not to mention the {{Homage}} to Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack which follows.

** In Season 2, she somehow has Maggie -- a sweet young immigrant woman with no criminal record and all the proper paperwork -- deported.

-->'''Weird Jimmy''': Welcome to the night shift... Chad. ([[EvilLaugh Creepy, insane laughter]].)

* Chad Vader almost being DrivenToSuicide in Season One, after the TraumaCongaLine he has to endure. Until a Force Ghost talks him out of it, that is.

* For people who have been bullied or humiliated in public, Chad's humiliation in the restaurant/bar isn't easy to watch.

-->''Hiiiiii, Raaandy....''

!!Drunk (E1 S4)

!!Trapped in the Trash

!!Chad Fights Back

!!Somebody Dies

** Johnny trying to fight off Jimmy's influence in the teaser in the episode's teaser.

!!The Date
* The story of how Chad got his suit: as a child, he was riding his bike and accidentally drove over an embankment and into a volcano, leaving his body horribly burned inside and out. If he ever takes off his helmet, he will die. While it's obviously a spoof on how Anakin obtained his wounds and respirator, it becomes disturbing when you really stop to think about it. Chad says that his accident happened just because he veered off his ordinary bike route; this implies that it happened in his own neighborhood, and that a lot of people -- probably including his neighbors -- got to watch ''a child'' get burned alive.
** Chad is still mentally scarred by the experience, such that he still finds it difficult to talk about the incident as an adult.

!!Drunk

* The rather ominous ShoutOut to Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack at the end of "Trapped In The Trash", as all the lights in the store go out.

-->'''Chad''': You will be. ([[OhCrap Ignites lightsaber, bathing Clint in red light]].) You ''will'' be.
** Also, Jeremy becoming stuck in a trash can in the stock room (in a ShoutOut to the trash compactor scene in ''Film/ANewHope'') and finding out that ''something'' alive is trapped in there with him. [[spoiler: That "something" turns out to be [[RefugeInAudacity a King Cobra]].]]
--->'''Jeremy''': I've got a ''bad'' feeling about this...

* Baby Cookie first talking to Randy. Especially given that it happens ''right after'' Hal says that she can't talk.

!!Martial Law

** For people who have been bullied or humiliated in public, Chad's humiliation in the restaurant/bar isn't easy to watch.

* Maggie herself can be NightmareFuel at times. She's a BitchInSheepsClothing with an insane amount of professional power, who is seemingly able to manipulate anyone into doing ''anything'' -- which she ''will'' do, [[ForTheEvulz just because she can]]. (It's hinted that she plans to [[spoiler: turn Jeremy to her side]] from the moment she buys Empire Market.)

** The basement

* Baby Cookie. Let us count the ways:

* The fact that Chad Vader can use [[ShockAndAwe Force Lightning]], unlike Darth Vader. If Chad was on the same level as his brother (due to not having the same handicaps and not being restricted to a SliceOfLife series), he'd be an even ''more'' dangerous Sith Lord than his brother.

* The fact that in the context of the series itself, [[Franchise/StarWars Star Wars]] is ''real''. Everything you see in cannon -- from the Clones Wars, to the seedy criminal activities, to Order 66, to the genocidal actions of the Empire (not to mention Palpatine himself) -- ''actually happened''.

* The story of how Chad got his suit: he was riding his bike as a child, and accidentally drove over an embankment and into a volcano, leaving his body horribly burned inside and out. If he ever takes off his helmet, he will die. While it's obviously a spoof on how Anakin obtained his wounds and respirator, it becomes disturbing when you really stop to think about it: Chad's accident happened just because he veered off his ordinary route; this implies that it happened in his own neighborhood -- and that a lot of people, probably including his neighbors, got to watch watch ''a child'' get burned alive.
** It's also revealed that Chad is still mentally scarred by the experience, such that he still can't talk about the incident as an adult.

* Chad Vader almost being DrivenToSuicide in Season One, after the TraumaCongaLine he had to endure. Until a Force Ghost talks him out of it, that is.

-->'''Clint''': (mocking) Ooooo, the dark! Oooo! What, you think I'm afraid of the frickin' dark?
-->'''Chad''': You will be. ([[OhCrap ignites lightsaber, bathing Clint in red light]]) You ''will'' be.
** Also, Jeremy becoming stuck in a trash can in the stock room (in a ShoutOut to the trash compactor scene in ''Film/ANewHope'') and finding out that ''something'' alive is trapped in there with him. [[spoiler: That "something" turns out to be a king cobra.]]

** Also, Clint's CurbStompBattle against Chad. It's a bit unsettling to watch him easily beat Chad down, then [[KickTheDog taunt him while he lies on the floor, helpless.]] Epecially for viewers who have been bullied in RealLife.
--->'''Clint''': You know Chad, you are ''such a LOSER''. You're a loser, 'cuz you SUCK! You've got your head up your BUTT! And furthermore, I hate you! You're a total a-hole. A total ''ass''hole.

!!Into the Basement
* The basement itself. It's strongly hinted to be more than just a CreepyBasement, and bordering on an EldritchLocation. It's explicitly identified by Chad to be a portal to [[TheDarkSide the dark soul half]].
* During his stay in the basement, Jeremy sees a vision of Maggie waving at him and smiling...before she suddenly [[NightmareFace morphs into a vampiric-looking monster]], [[FangsAreEvil complete with fangs]], and ''snarls at him'' (perfectly symbolizing her BitchInSheepsClothing nature). The [[ScareChord scare chords]] during the scene certainly don't help.

-->''Hiiiiii, Raaandy...''

!!The Basement Fights Back

* Maggie's position as night manager (rather than making her insane, as it has with others) has turned her into a StepfordSmiler with a disturbing sense of serenity. She claims this is due to studying Japanese philosophy, but you just know that she has ''something'' up her sleeve...

** Weird Jimmy [[DemonicPossession deciding to]] [[GrandTheftMe take over the body of]] Johnny, his own brother ([[AssholeVictim even if the man stole from a church)]], who [[FightingFromTheInside even briefly fights from the inside]] [[DeathOfPersonality before Jimmy completely takes over from that point onwards]].

--->'''Johnny:''' (to Maggie) Could you..please call the nearest church? (growls in pain and exertion.) C...c...CLEANUP ON AISLE FIVE! ([[EvilLaugh insane laugh]])

* Chad's trip to the basement, to confront the "Dark Soul Half". It leads to an homage to Luke's vision from ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'', which is ''almost'' as strange and disturbing as the original. To summarize: [[spoiler: Chad ends up fighting his brother, the ''real'' Darth Vader, in a lightsaber duel. At the end, he decapitates his brother. [[MoodWhiplash Then the elder Vadar's helmet opens, revealing Chad's own helmet-covered face]].]]

** Also, Clint's CurbStompBattle against Chad. It's a bit unsettling just how easily he kicks his butt.

* [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Weird Jimmy]]. While he's gradually revealed to be a (mostly) decent guy, there's always something mildly unsettling about him. Particularly his EvilLaugh.

* The story of Chad's accident and how he got his suit: he was riding his bike to work, and drove over an embankment and into a volcano, leaving his body horribly burned inside and out. If he ever takes off his helmet, he will die. While it's obviously a spoof of how Anakin obtained his own wounds and respirator, it becomes disturbing when you really stop to think about it: Chad's accident happened just because he veered off his ordinary route; this implies that it happened in his own neighborhood...and that a lot of people, probably including his neighbors, got to watch watch him get burned alive. That's gotta leave some mental scars.

* Chad Vader almost being DrivenToSuicide in Season One, after the TraumaCongaLine he had to endure. Until a Force Ghost talks him out of it.

* Baby Cookie first talking to Randy.

* The trio of robots in the basement. Especially with their [[ObliviouslyEvil child-like desire to play, in spite of being]] AxCrazy robots.

---->'''Baby Cookie''': If I don't exist, then why didn't you throw me in the trash like you was going to? You could have got rid of me, Randy, and you didn't! ''You didn't!'' Cuz your a special baby friend, remember? Take me out of this dark cabbage hole! Let's have fun time adventures like we used to!

* Maggie's position as night manager (rather than making her insane, as it has with others) has turned her into a StepfordSmiler with a disturbing sense of serenity. She claims this is due to studying Japanese philosophy, but you get the distinct impression that she has something up her sleeve...
* Weird Jimmy's ghost suddenly re-appearing and attacking Johnny as he's looking through his personal belongings.

* [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Weird Jimmy]]. He's eventually revealed to be a (mostly) decent guy, but you can't deny that there's always something mildly unsettling about him. Particularly his EvilLaugh.

** [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane Her sentience possibly being a dark, subconscious voice in Randy's head from his increasing madness...or she may actually be fully sentient]], possessing PsychicPowers and being capable of OffscreenTeleportation. The fact that we never find out which it is just makes her storyline all the more disturbing.

* Even though they're played for BlackComedy, Chad's [[ImagineSpot imagined attempts of killing Maggie in a variety of increasingly aggressive ways]] are surprisingly violent.
* The fact that Chad Vader can use [[ShockAndAwe Force Lightning]] unlike Darth Vader. If Chad was on the same level as his brother due to not having the same handicap and not being restricted to a SliceOfLife series, he'd be an even ''more'' dangerous Sith Lord than his brother.
* Maggie herself can be NightmareFuel at times. She's a manipulative BadBoss WolfInSheepsClothing with an insane amount of professional power, who is seemingly able to manipulate anyone into doing ''anything'' -- which she ''will'' do, [[ForTheEvulz just because she can]]. (It's hinted that she plans to [[spoiler: turn Jeremy to her side]] from the moment she buys Empire Market.)

* Weird Jimmy's ghost suddenly re-appearing and attacking Johnny as he's looking through his personal belongings -- with the implication that he's going to [[DemonicPossession take possession of his body]].
-->'''Jimmy''': Don't worry, brother. I have a feeling we're gonna be getting a ''lot'' closer. ''(Lunges at Johnny with a snarl and a ScareChord.)''

** And in the end, Chad has NO PROBLEM with Jimmy taking over Johnny's life!

* The [[CreepyBasement basement itself]]. It's strongly hinted to be an EldritchLocation. It's explicitly identified by Chad to be a portal to [[TheDarkSide the dark soul half]].

** Before that, he sees a vision of... himself. Sans helmet, dressed in a sharp businesses suit, with his hair slicked back and a briefcase in hand, talking on a mobile phone. It's so odd, it borders on a MindScrew.

* Baby Cookie's reappearance. First, she mentally speaks to Randy as he's mopping the floor. Then she appears, hiding in a pile of cabbages in the produce department. Even the customer was scared.
** It's also revealed that Randy lied about throwing Baby Cookie in the trash. Showing that he's deeper [[BrainwashedAndCrazy under her thrall]] (or possibly, that he's more insane) than previously shown.
--->'''Baby Cookie''': If I don't exist, then why didn't you throw me in the trash like you was going to? You could have got rid of me, Randy, and you didn't! ''You didn't!'' Cuz I'm a special baby friend, remember?

-->'''Baby Cookie''': Here we are, Randy! Back in the fun time rumpus room!''

* The basement itself. It's strongly hinted to be more than just a CreepyBasement, and bordering on an EldritchLocation. It's explicitly identified by Chad to be a portal to [[TheDarkSide the dark soul half]].

* The fact that in the context of the series itself, [[Franchise/StarWars Star Wars]] is ''real''. Everything you see in The Skywalker Saga ''actually happened''.

* Chad Vader almost being DrivenToSuicide in Season One after the TraumaCongaLine he had to endure. Until a Force Ghost talks him out of it.

** Also, Jeremy becoming stuck in a trash can in the stock room (in a ShoutOut to the trash compactor scene in ''Film/ANewHope'') and finding out that ''something'' alive is trapped in there with him.
--->'''Jeremy''': I've got a ''bad'' feeling about this....

For a SliceOfLife parody webseries involving Darth Vader's incompetent, less successful brother, ''Chad Vader'' has some surprisingly dark moments.

!General

* [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Weird Jimmy]]. He's eventually revealed to be a (mostly) decent guy, but you can't deny that there's always something mildly unsettling about him.
* Baby Cookie, in spite of her cute appearance with a DominoMask and her [[CuteButCacophonic surprisingly somewhat raspy voice]], is a [[ManipulativeBastard manipulative]], [[TheSociopath sociopathic]] being, and [[TheCorrupter a subtly corrupting influence who slowly drives Randy into further insanity]]; [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane her sentience possibly being a dark subconscious voice in Randy's head from his increasing madness...or she may may actually be fully sentient]], being capable of OffscreenTeleportation, [[KnightOfCerebus her suggestions of murder and genocide are much played darker and sinister]] than the more toned {{Jerkass}} antics of Clint and Maggie. She [[OmnicidalManiac also has some very destructive impulses, culminating in her manipulation of Randy to destroy the store with an army of Baby Cookie copies strapped with bombs.]]

!Season 1
* Clint's KickTheDog by kicking Jeremy's helmet in the finale of Season 1, his wide-eyed EvilLaugh is disturbing from the usually toned down {{Jerkass}} that he usually is.

!Season 2
* The trio of robots in the basement in Season Two. Especially with their [[ObliviouslyEvil child-like desire to play, in spite of being]] AxCrazy robots.
** Speaking of the basement, it's strongly hinted to be less of a CreepyBasement and more of an EldritchLocation. It's explicitly identified by Chad to be a portal to [[TheDarkSide the dark soul half]].
** During his stay in the basement, Jeremy sees a vision of Maggie waving at him and smiling...before she suddenly [[NightmareFace morphs into a vampiric-looking monster]], [[FangsAreEvil complete with fangs]], and ''snarls at him'' (perfectly symbolizing her BitchInSheepsClothing nature). The [[ScareChord scare chords]] during the scene certainly don't help.

!Season 3
* TheReveal of the extra dolls is especially creepy, after Baby Cookie has been taken away from a seemingly now powerless Randy, with the latter opening up a set of six lockers to show six dolls (all of them talking like Baby Cookie), and Randy wearing Baby Cookie's DominoMask with vertical diamond slits. With a SlasherSmile plastered on.
** Weird Jimmy's JumpScare reveal that he's returned as a ghost (just when Jeremy believes he's gotten off the hook for murder).
** The fact that Chad Vader can use [[ShockAndAwe Force Lightning]] unlike Darth Vader. If Chad was on the same level as his brother due to not having the same handicap and not being restricted to a SliceOfLife series, he'd be an even more dangerous Sith Lord than his brother.
** Lloyd [[BrainwashedAndCrazy hypnotized by Chad]] goes into a toilet stall with a customer inside, pulling out a taser while chanting [[MadnessMantra clean the toliet]] as the screen turns to black as the poor customer is shocked. The monochrome-esque lighting does not help matters at all.

!Season 4

* "The Possession of Weird Jimmy". All of it is pretty unsettling, even if it's PlayedForLaughs.

*** Throughout their conversation, Jimmy is trying to take over Johnny, who keeps wincing in pain and jerking his body. In the end, Jimmy declares, "Now I'm gonna do the world a big favor -- by taking those nice, strong mopping arms and putting them to GOOD USE!"
*** The entire possession scene. Jimmy tries to force Johnny to pick up the mop, while Johnny struggles to maintain control over his body. In the end, Jimmy wins, and Johnny -- now fully controlled -- walks off with a dead expression on his face. It's mitigated by that fact that Jimmy literally only wants to resume his cleaning duties without hurting anyone
** The scene where Chad finds Possessed!Johnny.

** Not helped by the fact that his first action as "Lord Vader" is to [[ShockAndAwe use Force Lightning]] into Lloyd's mouth for annoying him -- a disturbing step up from his usual antics.