Major Malfunction
Major Malfunction is a comic science fiction miniseries created by Syp The Mighty, Chron Aldazaar, MozzyWozzy, and LizDanceTV as Steel Lion Media. This series 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 acts as a standalone sequel to Major Malfunction, revealing the aftermath of its events. Elements of Major Malfunction would later be incorporated into Machine, the fourth episode of Season 1.
Characters
High Ground Guards
- Captain Jack O'Brien (4 episodes)
- Corporal Linda Kelen (4 episodes)
- Private Frank Collins (4 episodes)
- Private Diego Jones (4 episodes)
Episodes
| # | Preview | Episode | Released | Runtime | Description |
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Major Malfunction: Episode 0 | July 30, 2012 (original airing) October 27, 2012 (re-release) |
1:15 | The prologue to the original Major Malfunction. |
| 1. | 
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Major Malfunction: Episode 1 | August 1, 2012 (original airing) October 27, 2012 (re-release) |
2:40 | The first episode of the original Major Malfunction. |
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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. | 
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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. |
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, another member of Steel Lion Media and friend of Syp The Mighty.
- A reboot of this series was produced by Firelight Studios around the same time as Annoyances in 2012, now called Major Malfunction II, that featured the same characters but Jones now wore an ODST helmet and O'Brien dies in the third episode. It was left unfinished, though Syp did make a joke continuation of it in 2024.
- If the series had continued, there were plans for Corvaeraas (voice of the Brigadier) to voice a character named "Payne" while Syp's other friend Blankslate (voice of Miller) would voice a character name "Jasper". Jasper would end up being introduced in Machine, the fourth episode of Season 1, with Blankslate providing his voice.
- This series reuses songs originally composed for Annoyances and later used in Classic Season 2.
- Unlike other Guard Duty-related series, which are hosted on the Spite Box channel, individual episodes of Major Malfunction are instead archived on Syp's personal channel.
- Its At The Movies re-release, however, is on the Spite Box channel.
- This series was filmed, edited, and written week by week, with Syp getting burnt out by its final episode.
- As director, lead writer, and co-creator, Syp retained ownership of the series after Steel Lion Media dissolved.
- Over ten years after this series ended on a cliffhanger, the final episodes of WarGames would reveal the fates of the guards and who attacked them.
- Season 1 would also reveal a brief encounter the guards had with series antagonist Emery Eden prior to the events of Major Malfunction, as well as the existence of their previous leader Cayde Jasper.
- This is the only Guard Duty series to not feature Geff Rodrigo, Mitchell Miller, nor Emery Eden due to its initial standalone nature.
Watch
| Guard Duty Episodes | |
|---|---|
| Season 1 | Wish • HQ • Fax • Machine • Replacement • Dysfunction • Invader • Stashed • Overture • Retrograde |
| Sides | Long Story, But... • Team Cosmo! • Listen Up! • Stay Tuned |
| Classic |
Classic Season 1: Talking • Something • The Point • The Transfer • Infinity |
| Related | At The Movies • Sandguardians • BattleDudes |