Major Malfunction
Major Malfunction is a science fiction comedy special 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. It was originally released as a miniseries in 2012, but was re-released as a standalone special on February 8, 2017.
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
- Corporal Linda Kelen
- Private Frank Collins
- Private Diego Jones
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 wore an ODST helmet instead of the Mark VI and O'Brien dies in the third episode. Two episodes were made, in which Syp archived on her personal channel.
- Had the 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 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 |