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  | genre=Comedy<br>Action<br>Science Fiction
   | created_by=[[Syp The Mighty]]<br>Chron Aldazaar<br>MozzyWozzy<br>LizDanceTV
   | created_by=[[Syp The Mighty]]<br>Chron Aldazaar<br>MozzyWozzy<br>LizDanceTV
   | director=Syp The Mighty
   | director=Syp The Mighty
   | writer=Syp The Mighty<br>Chron Aldazaar <small>(E0-1)</small><br>MozzyWozzy <small>(E0-2)</small><br>LizDanceTV <small>(E3)</small>
   | writer=Syp The Mighty<br>Chron Aldazaar<br>MozzyWozzy<br>LizDanceTV
   | cast=Syp The Mighty<br>Chron Aldazaar <small>(E0-3)</small><br>MozzyWozzy <small>(E0-3)</small><br>LizDanceTV <small>(E0-3)</small><br>Blankslate_GG <small>(E4)</small>
   | cast=Syp The Mighty<br>Chron Aldazaar<br>MozzyWozzy<br>LizDanceTV
   | music=[[Revoltge]]<br>Syp The Mighty <small>(E4)</small>
  | editor=Syp The Mighty
   | episodes=5
   | music=[[Revoltge]]
   | studio=Steel Lion Media <small>(E0-3)</small><br>Syp Productions (E4)
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   | game_engine=''[[Halo 3]]'' <small>(E0-3)</small><br>''[[Halo: The Master Chief Collection]]'' <small>(E4)</small>
   | studio=Steel Lion Media
   | original_run=July 30, 2012 - August 15, 2012 <small>(original airing)</small><br>October 27, 2012 - October 28, 2012 <small>(re-release)</small><br>January 14, 2024 <small>(E4)</small>
   | game_engine=''[[Halo#Halo 3|Halo 3]]''
   | original_run=July 30, 2012—August, 15, 2012 <small>(original)</small><br>October 27, 2012—October 28, 2012 <small>(re-release)</small>
  | movie_run=February 8, 2017
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   | status=Ended
   | status=Ended
   | previous=[[Classic Season 1]]
   | previous=[[Classic Season 1]]
   | next=[[WarGames]]
   | next=[[WarGames]]
}}'''Major Malfunction''' is a ''Halo''-based machinima comedy miniseries created by [[Syp The Mighty]], Chron Aldazaar, MozzyWozzy, and LizDanceTV as Steel Lion Media. It centered on the guards stationed on Outpost High Ground as they're ambushed by an unknown attacker and are forced to flee the base. Its events transpire over the course of a single day.
}}'''Major Malfunction''' is a ''[[Halo]]''-based [[machinima]] miniseries created by [[Syp The Mighty]], Chron Aldazaar, MozzyWozzy, and LizDanceTV. It centered on the guards stationed on [[Outpost High Ground]] as they're ambushed by an unknown attacker and are forced to flee the base.
 
''[[WarGames]]'' is a standalone sequel to ''Major Malfunction'', this series was retroactively considered a spinoff of ''[[Guard Duty Classic]]''.


==Characters==
==Characters==
===[[Outpost High Ground|High Ground Guards]]===
===[[Outpost High Ground|High Ground Guards]]===
*Captain [[Jack O'Brien]] <small>(5 episodes)</small>
*Captain [[Jack O'Brien|O'Brien]] <small>(4 episodes)</small>
*Corporal [[Linda Kelen]] <small>(5 episodes)</small>
*Corporal [[Linda Kelen|Kelen]] <small>(4 episodes)</small>
*Private [[Frank Collins]] <small>(5 episodes)</small>
*Private [[Frank Collins|Collins]] <small>(4 episodes)</small>
*Private [[Diego Jones]] <small>(5 episodes)</small>
*Private [[Diego Jones|Jones]] <small>(4 episodes)</small>
 
===[[UNSC Cosmo|HQ]]===
*[[Louie Vargas]] <small>(1 episode)</small>
*[[Red Bot]] <small>(1 episode)</small>
*[[Yellow Bot]] <small>(1 episode)</small>
*[[Green Bot]] <small>(1 episode)</small>
*[[Blue Bot]] <small>(1 episode)</small>
 
===[[The Damned]]===
*[[Corvus]] <small>(1 episode)</small>
*[[Riel]] <small>(1 episode)</small>
*[[Kazi]] <small>(1 episode)</small>
*[[Pink Bot]] <small>(1 episode)</small>


===Other===
===Other===
*[[Emery Eden]] <small>(1 episode)</small>
*[[The Damned|Unknown Attackers]] <small>(1 episode)</small>
*[[Prim]] <small>(1 episode)</small>
 
==Episodes==
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|0.
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|[[Major Malfunction: Episode 0]]
|July 30, 2012 <small>(original airing)</small><br>October 27, 2012 <small>(re-release)</small>
|1:15
|The prologue to the original ''Major Malfunction''.
|-
|1.
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|[[Major Malfunction: Episode 1]]
|August 1, 2012 <small>(original airing)</small><br>October 27, 2012 <small>(re-release)</small>
|2:40
|The first episode of the original ''Major Malfunction''.
|-
|2.
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|[[Major Malfunction: Episode 2]]
|August 6, 2012 <small>(original airing)</small><br>October 27, 2012 <small>(re-release)</small>
|6:38
|The second episode of the original ''Major Malfunction''.
|-
|3.
| style="text-align:center;" |[[File:MM3.png|150px|link=]]
|[[Major Malfunction: Episode 3]]
|August 15, 2012 <small>(original airing)</small><br>October 28, 2012 <small>(re-release)</small>
|6:33
|The third, and final, episode of the original ''Major Malfunction''.
|-
|4.
| style="text-align:center;" |[[File:MM4.png|150px|link=]]
|[[Major Malfunction: Episode 4]]
|January 14, 2024
|8:19
|The true ending of the original ''Major Malfunction''.
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===PSA Videos===
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|[[Announcement PSA]]
|July 28, 2012 <small>(original airing)</small><br>October 27, 2012 <small>(re-release)</small>
| 1:36
|The original announcement of ''Major Malfunction''.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |[[File:MMPSA2.png|150px|link=]]
|[[Delayed PSA]]
|August 22, 2012 <small>(original airing)</small><br>October 27, 2012 <small>(re-release)</small>
| 1:47
|Old PSA that was created when the now-unproduced fourth episode of ''Major Malfunction'' had to be delayed.
|-
|}


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*The logo for this series was designed by Corvaeraas, another member of Steel Lion Media and friend of Syp. She also voices herself in the ''Delayed PSA''.
*The title of this series comes from the question ''"What's your major malfunction, numbnuts?!"'', exclaimed by R. Lee Ermey's character Gunnery Sergeant Hartman in the 1987 film ''Full Metal Jacket''.
*If the series had continued, there were plans for Corvaeraas and Blankslate_GG, another member of Steel Lion Media and friend of Syp, to voice their own designated characters. Due to the premature end of both the original and the Firelight iterations of the series, these characters were never introduced. Regardless, Blankslate_GG would later takeover as the voice of O'Brien for his brief appearance in [[Ambush|the final episode]] of ''[[WarGames]]'' while  Corvaeraas provides the voice of the [[Brigadier]] in ''[[Guard Duty]]''.
*The logo for this series was designed by Corvaeraas, who voices the [[Brigadier]] in ''[[Guard Duty Classic]]'' and ''[[Guard Duty]]''.
*While original music from [[Revoltge]] was used in this series, those tracks were originally composed for use in ''[[Guard Duty Classic]]'' during the development of ''[[Annoyances]]''. Due to Syp directing both series, some tunes were used in this series prior to their use in ''Guard Duty Classic''. Syp would later use these tracks in ''[[Classic Season 2]]'', over ten years later, as well as ''[[Guard Duty Sides]]''.
*This series originally aired from July 30, 2012 until August 15, 2012 on the now-defunct Steel Lion Media channel. It was later re-released on [[Syp The Mighty]]'s personal channel from October 27, 2012 until October 28, 2012. It was compiled into a single special on February 8, 2017 and re-released on the [[Spite Box]] channel.
*After its sudden cancellation, this series was remade/rebooted as ''[[Major Malfunction II]]'', which is considered non-canonical. This wouldn't be the first attempt at rebooting the series after its initial runs, as [[Major Malfunction II: Episode 3|the third episode]] of ''II'' was actually considered a standalone third iteration titled ''Up in Smoke'' when it was initially produced. Other attempts never made it past writing stages, and the concept was ultimately shelved until over ten years later, when the final [[Deception|two]] [[Ambush|episodes]] of ''[[WarGames]]'' would see a return for the characters and payoff the cliffhanger left by this series. This retroactively made ''Major Malfunction'' canonical to ''Guard Duty'', which was not the intent during its production.
*A sequel/reboot series was produced by Firelight Studios around the same time as ''[[Annoyances]]'' in 2012, retroactively called ''Major Malfunction '''II''''', that featured the same characters but Jones wore an ODST helmet instead of the Mark VI and O'Brien died in its third episode. Three episodes were made, also re-released on [[Syp The Mighty]]'s personal channel.
*Unlike every other series, which are hosted on the [[Spite Box]] channel, individual episodes of ''Major Malfunction'' are archived on Syp's personal channel. The movie edit of this series, however, is on the [[Spite Box]] channel with every other series.
*Had this series continued, there were plans for Corvaeraas (voice of the [[Brigadier]]) to voice a character named "Payne" and Blankslate (voice of [[Mitchell Miller|Miller]]) to voice a character name "Jasper". Jasper would end up being introduced in ''[[Machine]]'', the fourth episode of ''[[Season 1]]'', with Blankslate providing his voice, while elements of Payne were incorporated into the [[Brigadier]].
*The final episode of the series, ''Episode 4'', is entirely made up of recycled footage from ''[[WarGames]]'' and was mostly made for Syp's own amusement.
*This series reuses [[Revoltge]]'s music originally composed for ''[[Annoyances]]'', which were later used in ''[[Classic Season 2]]'' and re-arranged by Cole Vakassian for ''[[Season 1]]''.
*This series was filmed, edited, and written week by week when it first aired, with Syp getting burnt out during the production of its unmade fourth episode and leading to the premature ending of ''Major Malfunction''.
*As director, editor, lead writer, and co-creator, Syp retained ownership of the series after Steel Lion Media dissolved.
*This series was considered a standalone series without any ties to ''[[Guard Duty Classic|Guard Duty]]'' when it was first made, only retroactively made canonical by ''[[WarGames]]''.
**As a result, this is the only ''[[Guard Duty Classic]]'' project to not feature [[Geff Rodrigo]], [[Mitchell Miller]], nor [[Emery Eden]].


==See Also==
==Watch==
*''[[Guard Duty Classic]]'', another ''Halo''-based machinima series created by [[Syp The Mighty]] that ''Major Malfunction'' shares its premise
<youtube>https://youtu.be/RQWmV-QABho?si=jpZryUuKm_h-L4R2</youtube>
*''[[Major Malfunction II]]'', a non-canonical remake/reboot of ''Major Malfunction''


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Latest revision as of 18:44, 16 May 2025

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Major Malfunction is a Halo-based machinima miniseries created by Syp The Mighty, Chron Aldazaar, MozzyWozzy, and LizDanceTV. It centered on the guards stationed on Outpost High Ground as they're ambushed by an unknown attacker and are forced to flee the base.

WarGames is a standalone sequel to Major Malfunction, this series was retroactively considered a spinoff of Guard Duty Classic.

Characters

High Ground Guards

Other

Trivia

  • The title of this series comes from the question "What's your major malfunction, numbnuts?!", exclaimed by R. Lee Ermey's character Gunnery Sergeant Hartman in the 1987 film Full Metal Jacket.
  • The logo for this series was designed by Corvaeraas, who voices the Brigadier in Guard Duty Classic and Guard Duty.
  • This series originally aired from July 30, 2012 until August 15, 2012 on the now-defunct Steel Lion Media channel. It was later re-released on Syp The Mighty's personal channel from October 27, 2012 until October 28, 2012. It was compiled into a single special on February 8, 2017 and re-released on the Spite Box channel.
  • A sequel/reboot series was produced by Firelight Studios around the same time as Annoyances in 2012, retroactively called Major Malfunction II, that featured the same characters but Jones wore an ODST helmet instead of the Mark VI and O'Brien died in its third episode. Three episodes were made, also re-released on Syp The Mighty's personal channel.
  • Had this series continued, there were plans for Corvaeraas (voice of the Brigadier) to voice a character named "Payne" and Blankslate (voice of Miller) to voice a character name "Jasper". Jasper would end up being introduced in Machine, the fourth episode of Season 1, with Blankslate providing his voice, while elements of Payne were incorporated into the Brigadier.
  • This series reuses Revoltge's music originally composed for Annoyances, which were later used in Classic Season 2 and re-arranged by Cole Vakassian for Season 1.
  • This series was filmed, edited, and written week by week when it first aired, with Syp getting burnt out during the production of its unmade fourth episode and leading to the premature ending of Major Malfunction.
  • As director, editor, lead writer, and co-creator, Syp retained ownership of the series after Steel Lion Media dissolved.
  • This series was considered a standalone series without any ties to Guard Duty when it was first made, only retroactively made canonical by WarGames.

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