Major Malfunction

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Major Malfunction was a short-lived Halo-based machinima comedy series created by Syp The Mighty, Chron Aldazaar, MozzyWozzy, and LizDanceTV as Steel Lion Media. It centered on four security 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.

Characters

High Ground Guards

Episodes

# Thumbnail Episode Title Release Date Running Time Description
0. MM0.png Major Malfunction: Episode 0 July 30, 2012 (original airing)
October 27, 2012 (re-release) 		1:15 The prologue to the original Major Malfunction.
1. MM1.png Major Malfunction: Episode 1 August 1, 2012 (original airing)
October 27, 2012 (re-release) 		2:40 The first episode of the original Major Malfunction.
2. MM2.png Major Malfunction: Episode 2 August 6, 2012 (original airing)
October 27, 2012 (re-release) 		6:38 The second episode of the original Major Malfunction.
3. MM3.png Major Malfunction: Episode 3 August 15, 2012 (original airing)
October 28, 2012 (re-release) 		6:33 The third, and final, episode of the original Major Malfunction.

PSA Videos

Thumbnail Episode Title Release Date Running Time Description
MMPSA1.png Announcement PSA July 28, 2012 (original airing)
October 27, 2012 (re-release) 		1:36 The original announcement of Major Malfunction.
MMPSA2.png Delayed PSA August 22, 2012 (original airing)
October 27, 2012 (re-release) 		1:47 Old PSA that was created when the now-unproduced fourth episode of Major Malfunction had to be delayed.

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.
  • 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. However, Blankslate_GG would later go on to voice O'Brien for his brief appearance in AMBUSH, the final episode of WarGames. Additionally, Corvaeraas provides the voice of the Brigadier in the main Guard Duty series.
  • While original music from Revoltge was used in this series, the tracks were originally composed for use in Guard Duty proper 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. Guard Duty would later use these tracks during its original second season, over ten years later.
  • 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 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 two 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.
  • Unlike the main Guard Duty series, individual episodes of Major Malfunction are on Syp's personal channel. The movie edit of this series, however, is on the Spite Box channel with the rest of the series.

See Also

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