History WebVideo / ChadVader

** Clarissa, Chad's love interest from the first season, was DemotedToExtra in the second, then disappeared midway through the third, never to be seen or spoken of again.
** 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 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.

** Damien Nightshade (to a lesser degree).

* CompanionCube: Weird Jimmy's mop. [[ADogNamedDog Who is named Mop]].

* CreateYourOwnVillain: [[spoiler: Chad ended making Clint his enemy on his first day after he made a mess of trying to fix the wall clock by "punching in" and then blaming Clint for it.]]
* CreepyBasement: The basement of Empire Market. Not only is it a labyrinth of dead ends and unmarked pits, but it's a portal to the "[[TheDarkSide Dark Soul Half]]". It's also where Chad keeps [[spoiler: his failed service droids -- which come to life and attack the employees in Season 2]].

* NostalgiaHeaven: [[spoiler: In the series finale, when Chad [[NotQuiteDead nearly dies]] while trying to fix the store's boiler, he finds himself in a field with a scar-free version of his childhood self, and his childhood dog]].

* AscendedFanboy: Chad Vader himself got to voice the actual Darth Vader in ''VideoGame/{{SoulCalibur}} IV''. He would go on to play the role in ''VideoGame/EmpireAtWar'', ''VideoGame/TheForceUnleashed'', its sequel, and ''VideoGame/DisneyInfinity 3.0''.
* AsHimself / AdamWesting: Brian Krause (of ''Series/{{Charmed|1998}}'' fame) plays himself, who was a former worker at Empire Market and knew what Chad has done on his job interview and first day. He gets instantly identified for being in ''Charmed'' and quickly points out that he also appeared in ''Series/MadMen''.
** Dave Cieslewicz, the (now former) Mayor of Madison, appears as himself in episodes 1-6 and 1-8.

* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome:
** Clarissa, Chad's love interest from the first season, was DemotedToExtra in the second season, and disappeared entirely in the middle of the third season without explanation.
** Randy does not appear in the final season (except in flashbacks), but it is mentioned that he still works at Empire Market.
* CloudCuckoolander: Weird Jimmy, Empire Market's janitor. There's also Chad himself, and his apprentice, Commander Jeremy Wickstrom (to some extent).

* KilledOffForReal: Weird Jimmy [[spoiler: Only to come back and possess his own brother in season 4.]]

* MidBattleTeaBreak: In the middle of Chad and Jeremy's fight in the finale of Season 2, they temporarily stop their battle to help a customer find some groceries.

--->'''Chad''': Pants on the ground? ''[[Series/AmericanIdol Pants]]'' [[Series/AmericanIdol on the ground]]'' You look like a fool with your pants on the ground!

* TemporaryLoveInterest: Clarissa (Season 1) and Libby (Season 2).
* TyrantTakesTheHelm: Happens with Maggie, beginning in Season 2 and on through Season 3.

* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: Chad himself. No one seems the slightest bit perturbed by a man in a shiny, black, fully-body suit and helmet who talks with a respirator.

* BrickJoke: In the third episode of season one, Hal asks Chad for live chickens. Later, after he's (accidentally) made general manager of the store, one of his first actions is to order merchandise... including a crate of live chickens.

** The Marshmallow Bandito.

** Also Hal Thompson's doll, Baby Cookie.

** 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.

--->'''Chad''': Pants on the ground? ''[[Series/AmericanIdol Pants]]'' on the ground?]]'' You look like a fool with your pants on the ground!

* BerserkButton: Don't ever take Baby Cookie away from Hal Thompson.

** BiggerBad[=/=]NotSoHarmlessVillain: [[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]].]]

* CloudCuckoolander: Weird Jimmy, Empire Market's janitor, and Chad himself and his apprentice, Commander Jeremy Wickstrom, to some extent.

** Marshmallow Bandito
** Damien Nightshade
* CompanionCube: Weird Jimmy's mop, named Mop.

* CreepyDoll: Baby Cookie is slowly turning into this.

* TheDitz: Jeremy. though Hal Thompson -- a rather creepy guy with large glasses and stringy long hair who keeps randomly appearing in different parts of the store, asking for bizarre items 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''.

* DemonicPossession: Weird Jimmy (now a ghost) possesses his twin brother Johnny because he wants to continue working.
* EnemyMine: 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.

** Jeremy in season 2 after he is appointed General Manager. He pulls a HeelFaceTurn at the end of the season and was demoted.
** Chad himself in the middle of season 4 after he realizes that the employees do not respect him as General Manager.
* FascistButInefficient: Chad's increasingly oppressive reign as General Manager does much to make the lives of the employees and customers miserable, but instead of making the store run smoothly, it actually ruins efficiency and reduces store profits.
* FallenPrincess: Weird Jimmy used to be [[spoiler:the Day Shift Manager, then became the Night Manager, and then lost his sanity and became the janitor.]]
** As of season 2, Randy has been going through the exact same process, except that it seems to have made him ''way'' more deranged than Jimmy ever was.

** Disappointedly Subverted in that the gambits neither collide, nor even reach execution. Baby Cookie is taken back by his previous owner, effectively having him PutOnABus 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 Champion J Pepper, ending any of her unknown previous plans.
* GeniusDitz: At first, Hal Thomson seems like an idiot, something not helped by his... unusual way of speaking and his tendency to ask for things grocery stores are not normally known to have. 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]].
* HarmlessVillain: The Marshmallow Bandito who cause minor annoyances by ''throwing marshmallows at people! BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!''
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: Damien with the final Baby Cookie bomb.]]
* HateSink: Lloyd, being a sleazy, sexist womanizing loser and the show's ButtMonkey.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Chad, despite the fact that he's often rude to customers, spies on (and sometimes mistreats) his co-workers, and made Jeremy think he had to work at Empire Market forever, is still a nice guy and can be helpful when he needs to be.

* 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 [[Franchise/StarWars Imperial Star Destroyer]].

* LiteralMinded; On his first day on the job, Chad literally punched in the clock breaking it.

* ManipulativeBastard: Chad [[spoiler: hired Ben the ghost for $50 to tell Jeremy that his destiny is to work for Empire Market forever and completely ignores the fact that Jeremy's destiny lies at the Michigan Institution of Technology.]]

** Also Hal turns out to be a pretty good fighter if you get on his bad side.
* OlderThanTheyThink: Hal debuted in a different series that was going on simultaneously with "Chad Vader" called "Fun Rangers".

* SanitySlippage: What happens to those in the Night Shift Manager position with Clint being the one known exception.

* ShoutOut: The store's cleaning droids constantly chant: '''[[Series/DoctorWho EXTERMINATE!!!]]'''

* TyrantTakesTheHelm: Maggie stars in the Season 2 story arc.
* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: Chad himself.

* ButtMonkey: Lloyd the guy at the Deli Counter whom everyone hates. Chad and Maggie BOND over their hatred of him.
* CharacterDevelopment: 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). However, 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 AxCrazy then Jimmy had).
* TheChosenOne: Jeremy, as Weird Jimmy says, is "the one".

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}}. 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.

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 [[https://www.youtube.com/user/blamesocietyfilms YouTube channel]] or on their [[http://www.blamesociety.net/index.php official homepage]]. He was also a [[http://www.rifftrax.com/rifftrax/star-wars-episode-ii-attack-clones guest riffer]] for Podcast/{{Rifftrax}} for ''[[Film/AttackOfTheClones Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones]]'' and [[http://www.rifftrax.com/rifftrax/star-wars-episode-v-empire-strikes-back Episode V:]] ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack''.

* AsHimself / AdamWesting: Brian Krause (of ''Series/{{Charmed|1998}}'' fame) plays himself, who was a former worker at Empire Market and knew what Chad has done on his job interview and first day. He gets instantly identified for being in ''Charmed'' and quickly points out that he also appeared in Series/MadMen.

* BigBad: 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 [[spoiler:only to be upstaged by Crazy Randy working for Baby Cookie.]]

* GambitPileup: In the making with Maggie, Baby Cookie, and a returned Clint having unknown agendas sure to collide in Season 3.

**
Dave Cieslewicz, the (now former) Mayor of Madison, appears as himself in episodes 1-6 and 1-8.

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 the US. 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.

** [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Cieslewicz
Dave Cieslewicz]], the (now former) Mayor of Madison, appears as himself in episodes 1-6 and 1-8.

* FascistButInefficient: Chad's increasingly oppressive reign as General manager does much to make the lives of the employees and customers miserable, but instead of making the store run smoothly, it actually ruins efficiency and reduces store profits.

** 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.

** Disappointedly subverted in that the gambits neither collide, nor even reach execution. Baby Cookie is taken back by his previous owner, effectively having him PutOnABus 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 Champion J Pepper, ending any of her unknown previous plans.
* GeniusDitz: At first, Hal Thomson seems like an idiot, something not helped by his... unusual way of speaking and his tendency to ask for things grocery stores are not normally known to have. 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]].

* [[spoiler: HeroicSacrifice: Damien with the final Baby Cookie bomb.]]
* HateSink: Lloyd being a sleazy, sexist womanizing loser and the show's ButtMonkey.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Chad, considering the fact that he [[spoiler: made Clint into his nemesis and made Jeremy think he had to work at Empire Market forever]] is still a nice guy and can be helpful when he needs to be.
* 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 and wandering around the street for food and almost stealing trash from a hobo.]]
* KavorkaMan: 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 [[Franchise/StarWars Imperial Star Destroyer]].

* WantingIsBetterThanHaving: After Chad works tooth and nail to get to the general manager position and earns it at the end of Season 3, he ends up becoming an overlord like his brother in season 4, ends up ruining the relationship he had with Michelle and almost ends up killed, as a result of this, he chooses to go back to being Day shift manager at the end of the season.

* CharacterDevelopment: 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 AxCrazy then Jimmy had
* TheChosenOne: Jeremy as Weird Jimmy says is "the one".

** Randy does not appear in the final season (except in flashbacks) but it is mentioned that he still works at Empire Market.

** Lionel, the guy who works the cash register. "Randy says I wander..." * wanders*

* TheDitz: 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''.
** OlderThanTheyThink: Hal debuted in a different series that was going on simultaneously with Chad Vader called 'Fun Rangers'.

* 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).

* AsHimself / AdamWesting: Brian Krause (of Series/{{Charmed}} fame) plays himself, who was a former worker at Empire Market and knew what Chad has done on his job interview and first day. He gets instantly identified for being in ''Charmed'' and quickly points out that he also appeared in Series/MadMen.

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

* KavorkaMan: 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 [[StarWars Imperial Star Destroyer]].

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 [[http://www.youtube.com/user/blamesocietyfilms YouTube channel]] or on their [[http://www.blamesociety.net/index.php official homepage]]. He was also a [[http://www.rifftrax.com/rifftrax/star-wars-episode-ii-attack-clones guest riffer]] for Podcast/{{Rifftrax}} for ''[[Film/AttackOfTheClones Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones]]'' and [[http://www.rifftrax.com/rifftrax/star-wars-episode-v-empire-strikes-back Episode V:]] ''TheEmpireStrikesBack''.

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

** Clarissa, Chad's love interest from the first season, was DemotedToExtra in the second season, and disappeared in the middle of the third season without explanation.

** Disappointedly subverted in that the gambits neither collide, nor even reach execution. Baby Cookie is taken back by his previous owner, effectively having him PutOnABus 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.

* IronicEcho: [["And who is responsible for you?"]]

* KilledOffForReal: Weird Jimmy [[spoiler: Only to come back and possess his own brother.]]

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

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}}. 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 is currently in its fourth season. Chad also has a six-episode series of educational videos for improving your mastery of the grocery store clerk calling.

* AscendedFanboy: Chad Vader himself got to voice the actual Darth Vader in ''VideoGame/{{SoulCalibur}} IV''. He would go on to play the role in EmpireAtWar, ''VideoGame/TheForceUnleashed'', its sequel, and ''VideoGame/DisneyInfinity 3.0''.

* ActingForTwo: Aaron Yonda plays Hal Thompson and Chad's body in the Vader suit. Matt Sloan plays Chad's voice, Clint, and Clint's father.

* ScrewedByTheNetwork: Well, the Cinespace audience, to be more precise. Thankfully, it was UnCancelled.

* TalkingToHimself: Matt Sloan also plays Clint. Chad is voiced by Matt but played in body by Aaron Yonda.

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 [[http://www.youtube.com/user/blamesocietyfilms YouTube channel]] or on their [[http://www.blamesociety.net/index.php official homepage]]. He was also a [[http://www.rifftrax.com/rifftrax/star-wars-episode-ii-attack-clones guest riffer]] for Podcast/{{Rifftrax}} for ''[[AttackOfTheClones Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones]]'' and [[http://www.rifftrax.com/rifftrax/star-wars-episode-v-empire-strikes-back Episode V:]] ''TheEmpireStrikesBack''.

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 {{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 is currently in its fourth season. Chad also has a six-episode series of educational videos for improving your mastery of the grocery store clerk calling.

* AscendedFanboy: Chad Vader himself got to voice the actual Darth Vader in ''VideoGame/{{SoulCalibur}} IV''. He would go on to play the role in EmpireAtWar, ''VideoGame/TheForceUnleashed'' and its sequel.

* LoveTriangle: Between Chad, [[strike:Marisa]] Clarissa, and Clint in Season 1.