Original title
Chad Vader: Day Shift Manager
Released
6/25/2006
Origin country
US
Genre
Comedy
Status
Returning series
Number of seasons
4
Number of episodes
38
Chad Vader: Day Shift Manager is an American comedy fan web series created by Aaron Yonda and Matt Sloan, who write, direct and appear in the series, which parodies Star Wars. The show's central character is Chad Vader, the day-shift manager at the fictional supermarket Empire Market, who clashes with his customers and employees. Initially produced for Channel 101, the project was canceled after only two episodes were released. However, Yonda and Sloan decided to continue the story and the project achieved significant popularity following its airing on YouTube. It is largely filmed in Madison, Wisconsin at Willy Street Cooperative. The show has received several awards, including an Official Star Wars Fan Film Award.
Chad Vader covers "Chocolate Rain".
Chad explains the proper way to deal with spies in the produce section, with multiple choice.
Chad gives Empire Market janitor "Weird Jimmy" the job of training you how to mop. #2 in the Chad Vader training video series.
Chad Vader helps you figure out the complicated dress code at Empire Market.
Chad plants a hidden camera in Randy's office to show you what it's like to be the general manager of a grocery store.
How do you take out a shoplifter? Chad personally directs this training video and explains the proper way to dispatch a shoplifter.
The aftermath of Chad's training videos was not pretty and here we see the first, and luckily only casualty. This is a prequel to Season 2 Episode 5.
Chad Vader the song written by Sean Fanning.
Chad Vader meets up with Obama Girl and answers the questions you've been dying to ask yourself, but you haven't had the time.
The aftermath of Chad's training videos was not pretty and here we see the first, and luckily only casualty. This is a prequel to Season 2 Episode 5.
Chad, managing the day shift, squabbles with his employees and feuds with nemesis Clint, the night manager. Chad asks Clarissa, a cashier, out on a date.
On a date with Clarissa, Chad explains why he wears a full-body suit. Clint convinces the general manager to give him the day-manager job; Chad, defeated, takes the night shift.
As Chad works the night shift he grows despondent, especially after Clarissa rebuffs him. Chad and Clint scuffle, and Clint reveals that he is dating Clarissa.
After a frustrating evening as night-shift manager, Chad quits Empire Market.
Chad drowns his sorrows, then confronts Clint and Clarissa. He resolves to take his own life, but a ghostly presence revives his spirits.
Chad battles to find meaningful employment.
Chad and Commander Wickstrom hatch a plan to get Chad's job back.
The long awaited battle between Clint and Chad is finally here. Episode 8, the last episode of Chad Vader: Season 1.
Empire Market has been taken over by corporate chain Red Leader Foods. Chad and company get their first look at their new owner.
Chad finally debuts his new, more powerful, laser checkout system with unexpected results.
Chad and Jeremy must journey to the Empire Market basement, a creepy and dangerous place where only fools go.
Chad and Commander Wickstrom face deadly robots and fight!
Chad is reunited with a crazed lunatic former employee who his new boss has rehired for some reason.
Chad finally succeeds at romance and Randy finds a new weird friend, Baby Cookie...
Chad, seriously in love for the first time, finds that life can be cruel, really horribly cruel, and then annoying.
Chad faces off with his new nemesis, Jeremy and Jimmy have a heart-to-heart, and Randy descends further into madness.
Enrage the dark lord of the grocery store at your peril. He's not to be trifled with.
Somebody dies.
Chad must choose who will be the first "Manager-for-a-day." Chad also debuts a new piece of equipment...
The Marshmallow Bandito is in charge and that means three things: marshmallows, rocket powered grocery carts, and utter chaos.
Lloyd is manager-for-a-day which means offensive jokes and dumbness.
Tony is the manager-for-a-day. He has a strange effect on the store.
Nasty man Clint returns to Empire Market with an evil plan.
Chad continues to clash with Clint, who is temporarily the manager of Empire Market and Jeremy finds himself in a dangerous situation. Also, there's a sexy, fancy boy who may or may not be a vampire.
Maggie accidentally appoints frequent customer and resident oddball Hal as manager for a day. Chad calls in sick and has strange fever dreams.
Totally improvised episode! Champion J Pepper returns to be manager for a day. Improvised shenanigans ensues.
Chad challenges Clint to a duel to the death. And Commander Wickstrom discovers a deadly threat to Empire Market.
Chad faces the threat of 6 live bombs planted in the store on his watch.
Chad Vader Season 4 begins!
The ghost of Weird Jimmy possesses his brother Johnny and Chad has an important decision to make.
Jeremy tells the harrowing tale of his spiritual journey of discovery.
Former employee Brian Krause (Charmed) tells the story of how Chad Vader was hired at Empire Market.
The return of Brian continues as Brian reveals how Chad and Clint became arch enemies--and how Chad is a convicted criminal...
Chad returns to the basement, confronting and defeating his "dark soul half." He then makes up a set of new oppressive rules. Meanwhile, Jeremy and Weird Jimmy talk about Jeremy's constant conflicts with Chad and problems with the generator; Jimmy asks Jeremy to tell him when the next lightsaber battle occurs so he can take the night off. The two then notice a reactor failure somewhere that once happened to Jimmy previously. Maggie manipulates Chad to making her his new apprentice and Day Shift Manager. Jeremy becomes night shift manager.
Chad is persuaded by Maggie to fire Andy. Andy sings a song called "Chad Vader Makes me Wanna Cry" and afterwards Chad fires Andy but Andy excepts a record deal and leaves. Chad takes Michelle to meet someone.
Champion J Pepper comes for a suprise inspection and sees Chad act rude to a customer. Jeremy tells Chad about the generator problems as they get worse. It is revealed that Chad introduced Michelle to Libby who is now married, Michelle breaks up with Chad. The generator gets worse and Pepper leaves.
Chad commands martial law in the store, placing stormtroopers around the store and ordering the employees to work indefinite overtime to the point where Weird Jimmy recommends suicide. Maggie is promoted to his second-in-command. Chad himself lazily spends time in his "lounge", watching Weird Jimmy dance. Fed up with what is happening, Michelle shoots a stormtrooper and quits. Electric bolts shoot around the failing generator.
The generator is still acting up and Chad still doesn't want to deal with it, and ends up making the generator off limits. Jeremy and Jimmy decide to team up and work on the generator. Unfortunately, they get caught by Chad. Jeremy can't fix the generator, and Chad finally thinking that he is incompetent. Unfortunately, Chad is electrocuted and is dying. Chad hallucinates and sees his younger self playing in a field. He is brought back. Once he recovers, he has a staff meeting with the entire Empire Market staff. Where some major changes happen.
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