Guard Duty

Guard Duty
General Information
Created by	Syp The Mighty Revoltge
Director	Syp The Mighty
Writer	Syp The Mighty Revoltge
Cast	Intro-Mind Ella Rhee Xanthe Folan Syp The Mighty Revoltge
Music	Revoltge Syp The Mighty
Episodes	23 13 (main) 10 (Sides)
Production Information
Studio	Spite Box Studios (since 2023) Syp Productions (2022 - 2023) Jcomix Films (2012)
Game Engine	Halo Halo Halo
Original Run	November 21, 2011 - present
Status	Ongoing

Guard Duty is a Halo-based machinima comedy series created by Syp The Mighty, first premiering on January 5, 2012. It centers on Geff Rodrigo, a soldier who's unfulfilled with his job as a security guard and wants to partake in the more important missions, much to the annoyance of his fellow soldiers on Outpost Black Out. Movie edits of the series have been airing since 2022.

Central Characters

Character	Voice Actor	S1	S2	WG	GDS	GDA	RN
Private Geff Rodrigo	Intro-Mind	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	❔
Private First Class Sarah Daws	Ella Rhee	✔️	✔️	❌	✔️	✔️	❔
Corporal Nicole Vega	Xanthe Folan	✔️	✔️	❌	✔️	✔️	❔
Corporal June Vega	Syp The Mighty	✔️	✔️	❌	✔️	✔️	❔
Captain Mitchell Miller		✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	❔
Emery Eden	Revoltge	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️

Main Series

Season 1

For more information, visit Season 1

Guard Duty: Season 1 is the first major installment in the Guard Duty series, airing from January 5, 2012 until June 23, 2012.

Season 2

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Guard Duty: Season 2 is the second major installment in the Guard Duty series, airing since April 9 2022 until July 31, 2023.

Rat's Nest

For more information, visit Guard Duty: Rat's Nest

Guard Duty: Rat's Nest is a prequel installment to the Guard Duty series, taking place before its first season. It was announced in Coming Soon, a Sides episode.

Side Series

Sides

For more information, visit Guard Duty Sides

Guard Duty Sides is a spin-off of Guard Duty that technically began airing November 21, 2011 with the original series pilot, but only adopted its name on October 23, 2022 upon the release of Why-Fi.

Anniversary

For more information, visit Guard Duty: Anniversary

Guard Duty: Anniversary is an upcoming reimagining of Season 1 and director's cut of Season 2, the first two major installments in the Guard Duty series. It was announced in Coming Soon, a Sides episode.

Major Malfunction

For more information, visit Major Malfunction

Major Malfunction is a short-lived series retroactively made into a spin-off of Guard Duty that aired from July 30, 2012 until August 15, 2012.

WarGames

For more information, visit WarGames

WarGames is a spin-off of Guard Duty and a standalone sequel to Major Malfunction that aired from April 30, 2013 until April 24, 2023.

Timeline

• Truth¹, beginning flashback occurs three years before Talking
  • Sides: Pilot, occurs a week after Truth¹
• Season 1
  • Talking, occurs three years after Sides: Pilot
    • Sides: Coming Soon, occurs after Talking
  • Something, occurs a week after Talking
    • Sides: Question, occurs after Something
    • Sides: Bagels, occurs after Question
    • Sides: Annoyances, occurs after Sides: Bagels
    • Sides: Why-Fi, occurs after Sides: Annoyances
    • Sides: Tagged, occurs after Sides: Why-Fi
    • Sides: Heated, occurs after Sides: Tagged
  • The Point, occurs three weeks after Something
    • Major Malfunction, occurs during The Point but before The Transfer
    • WarGames: BOSS, occurs later in the same day as Major Malfunction but before The Transfer
  • The Transfer, occurs immediately after The Point
    • WarGames: UPGRADE, occurs one day after WarGames: BOSS and the same day as The Transfer
    • WarGames: DECEPTION, occurs the same day as WarGames: Upgrade and The Transfer
  • Infinity, occurs immediately after The Transfer
    • Dare¹, beginning flashback occurs hours after Infinity and WarGames: DECEPTION
    • WarGames: AMBUSH, occurs hours after Dare¹ but a week and a half before Clueless
    • Sides: Bitter, occurs days after WarGames: AMBUSH
• Season 2
  • Clueless, occurs a week and a half after Infinity
    • Elsewhere, occurs the same day as Clueless
  • Trapped!, occurs days after Clueless
  • Paranoia, occurs immediately after Trapped!
  • Arrival, occurs immediately after Paranoia
  • Reactionary, occurs immediately after Arrival
  • Truth, occurs immediately after Reactionary
  • Dare, occurs immediately after Truth

Trivia

• Originally, series creator Syp The Mighty planned to change the setting and cast of characters per season to depict several outposts across the galaxy. This idea was scrapped during the production of Infinity.
• Guard Duty was almost rebooted at least four times, nearly coming to fruition twice. The first attempt only spawned Annoyances, while a second attempt led to Question and Bagels. These episodes would later be retroactively considered part of Guard Duty Sides with the original series pilot. Attempts to reboot the series after Bagels never made it past the writing stages and were never formally announced, though Syp does still have the scripts and may post them online at some point.
• While Syp does have ideas of what the characters' faces look like, she has yet to post any official designs. She has, however, posted her ideas of what minor villains Molotov and Cocktail look like.

See Also

• Major Malfunction II, a non-canonical remake/reboot of Major Malfunction

External Links

• Spite Box YouTube Channel
• Guard Duty on YouTube