An animated series that exposes the beautiful absurdity of retail life through the lens of a quirky auto parts store. Think "Lower Decks" energy with "Clerks" chaos and a distinctly Canadian sense of humor.
If "Rick and Morty" and the "Office" had a baby in an "AutoZone" (we totally have no permission to use these names and expect a lawsuit soon)
Follow the misadventures of an eccentric crew working at Blimey's Parts & Wrecks, where every day brings new corporate mandates, impossible customer requests, and the kind of workplace comedy that makes you laugh to keep from crying. It's a satirical love letter to everyone who's ever worked retail and wondered if the corporate overlords have lost their minds.
Generate realistic corporate mandates straight from Nigel Pemberton's playbook:
Answer within 3 rings OR ELSE. Corporate tracks this during rush hour when you're helping 5 customers and all 8 phone lines are ringing. Mystery shoppers call during Black Friday.
Promise to match any competitor's price without actually knowing what our prices are. Policy changes daily. Nobody knows how it works, including management.
Corporate cuts labor to 3 people during the busiest day of the year. Expects same performance metrics as fully-staffed shifts. Physics doesn't apply to retail.
Corporate sends secret shoppers during the worst possible moments to test impossible policies. They always call when you're literally on fire.
"I need brakes for my Ford." "What year, model, and trim?" "Uh… it's blue." This happens 47 times per day. Blue is not a model.
Track call response time, customer satisfaction, sales targets, and bathroom breaks simultaneously while being understaffed. Math is apparently optional.
"Based on 9 months of frontline auto parts retail research. Names changed to protect the innocent... and the guilty."
The new guy who walked in thinking "How bad can it be?" Now serves as the audience surrogate slowly realizing he's trapped in retail purgatory. Still believes corporate emails might make sense someday.
Store manager caught between corporate's impossible demands and her team's creative interpretations of "workplace efficiency." Runs on coffee, determination, and the faint hope that tomorrow might be different.
The burnt-out veteran who's seen it all and survived by caring exactly zero percent. Dispenses wisdom through sarcasm and has perfected the art of looking busy while doing nothing.
Counter guy who's convinced every automotive problem is connected to a vast conspiracy. Somehow relates check engine lights to government surveillance and oil changes to mind control.
Freight guy who turns mundane tasks into epic performances. Can freestyle rap about any car part and somehow makes unloading trucks feel like a concert. Often goes missing but always returns with snacks.
Counter guy with a heart of gold and the automotive knowledge of a toaster. Always eager to help, usually makes things worse. Somehow convinced that confidence can substitute for competence.
The other new guy who makes Greg look like a seasoned veteran. Has sold the wrong battery to the same customer three times. Still doesn't understand why people get upset about this.
The faceless entity that sends emails demanding "Auto Parts Excellence!" while simultaneously making excellence impossible. Exists in a parallel dimension where logic goes to die.
Can you tell the difference between real corporate policies and ones from Blimey's?
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Duration: 1 hour (pure chaos)
Greg thought he was starting a normal job at a parts store. Within minutes, he's knee-deep in conspiracy theories, angry customers, illegal transmissions, and coworkers powered by chaos and caffeine.
Blimey's Parts & Wrecks is a workplace comedy set in a barely-surviving auto parts store — and Greg is the poor soul trying to survive his first day.
Greg's first day spirals from optimism to existential dread as he discovers that "blue Ford" is apparently a valid car model and his coworkers live in parallel dimensions of chaos.
PILOT • Runtime: 22 min • Guest Star: Reality (as itself)All 8 phone lines ring during the lunch rush with only Kevin and Greg on duty. Corporate picks this moment to send a mystery shopper. Kevin picks this moment to take his break.
The phone system episode everyone's been waiting forA customer wants to price match a fictional website. The computer crashes. The manager's gone. Greg discovers the policy manual contradicts itself 47 times on the same page.
Special Guest: The Price Match System (posthumously)Corporate cuts the schedule to two people during Black Friday. Lil' Rotors turns the chaos into a freestyle rap battle. Customers start taking sides.
Musical episode featuring "Spark Plug Symphonies"The "blue Ford" customer returns with friends. They all drive different blue cars. None of them know what year, make, or model they drive. Randy smells a conspiracy.
The episode that launched a thousand memesRegional management visits to implement "Auto Parts Excellence!" Greg learns the greeting must be sung. Kevin pretends to be a customer. Tina stress-eats the office snacks.
Guest appearance by actual O'Reilly's policiesScott's black market transmission operation escalates when the "delivery truck" turns out to be his cousin's pickup. Greg questions his life choices. The transmission gains sentience.
Based on a true story (allegedly)Tina returns from a week-long corporate "leadership summit" (aka vacation with buzzwords) full of revolutionary ideas like "customer-centric excellence." Then she goes on real vacation.
Based on the eternal corporate conference cycleAll the managers return from vacation and immediately cut everyone's hours to "improve efficiency metrics." The store is busier than ever. Greg learns to clone himself out of necessity.
Store of the Year achievement unlocked during maximum chaosIn an era where workplace comedy is king and audiences crave authentic, relatable content, Blimey's Parts & Wrecks delivers both heart and humor. It's the animated series that says what everyone's thinking about modern corporate culture.
Americans work in retail
Corporate absurdities to satirize
Built-in merchandising goldmine
Multi-generational appeal
• Post-Pandemic Relevance: Everyone's questioning workplace culture
• Animation Boom: Adult animation is having its golden age
• Universal Appeal: Retail workers exist everywhere
• Meme Potential: Built-in viral content with corporate absurdities
• Franchise Ready: Mobile game, podcast, merchandise opportunities
Ready to bring corporate chaos to the small screen? Let's talk about making Blimey's Parts & Wrecks the next must-watch animated series.
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