The Variants (2009) is a comedy web series in English. On New MovieLinkBD: full story, cast, ratings, season & episode guide, official trailer and where to watch The Variants online in HD.
The Variants — Storyline
The Variants is an American web series comedy about four employees who work in comic retail. This scripted comedy has completed 28 episodes comprising three seasons. The Variants aired its first episode August 4, 2009 and wrapped season one in May 2010. Its second season began May 3 of 2011 and completed in February 2012. The Variants completed a successful Kickstarter campaign on May 29, 2012 to fund a season three. A promo teaser was released on August 8, 2012 to Comics Alliance in advance of the new season. Season three launched weekly on September 3, 2012. The show is filmed on location at Zeus Comics in Dallas Texas.
While the series is available free on YouTube, Season One of The Variants was compiled on DVD in June 2011.
Cast & Crew
The Variants — Series Details
| First Air Date | 2009-08-04 |
| Seasons | 3 |
| Episodes | 27 |
| Genre | Comedy |
| Language | English |
| Network | YouTube |
| Status | Returning Series |
The Variants — Episode Guide
Season 1
- E1: Pilot (2009-08-04) — Joe misses out on a limited hardcover and can't recover a copy for himself.
- E2: Dead Man's Comics (2009-08-31) — In discovering a vintage comic, Joe discovers his co-workers' ignorance in Kurt Russell filmography.
- E3: The Upsell (2009-10-04) — The crew gets into character in order to increase sales.
- E4: Passholes (2009-11-03) — A movie pass giveaway forces the employees in the store overnight.
- E5: The Signing (2009-11-01) — The gang hosts a comic book signing for guests Scott Kurtz and Dave Crosland, but they may be too much for the store to handle.
- E6: The Heist (2010-01-05) — Joe accidentally sells a comic from a customer's pull box. Now Joe and Keli have to track down another copy at another store while Richard and Barry handle a comic convention solic
- E7: Tsunami (2010-02-02) — An upset customer leads to the staff changing job responsibilities.
- E8: Manga Mia (2010-03-02) — Joe's keeping a secret and the rest of the store is determined to get to the bottom of it.
- E9: Power Outage (2010-04-06) — The staff suspects losing sales to a street vendor while dealing with a loss of power and sanity.
- E11: Serious Business, Part 2 (2010-05-11) — Plans are set in motion as Barry and Vlad try to undo Ben's influence, but the outcome reveals bigger consequences.
Season 2
- E2: Think Bigger, part 2 (2011-06-01) — Keli and Joe are on speaking terms again, and it couldn't come too soon. Richard's in jail, the IRS still has the store and Barry is trying to find satisfaction in the Vertical Smi
- E3: Man Jam (2011-07-07) — The gang’s back together and they’re all agreed: they need to get Zeus back from Agent Johnson of the IRS, but they need to raise $10,000, and fast. A bake sale might just be what
- E4: Roll for Initiative (2011-08-04) — We find our intrepid heroes on a dangerous quest to save their kingdom from the curse of the warble beast… and it’s not going well. The Variants are in incredible danger and may no
- E5: Reboot (2011-09-01) — After a particularly memorable first date Keli returns to work to find that things have… changed. Richard's a womanizer. Barry's got a goatee. Vlad's helping at the counter. And
- E6: Fat Pants (2011-11-03) — Keli slowly comes to realize the honeymoon is over in her new relationship, while Barry tries to teach an eager would-be self-publisher named Eddie the facts of the comic peddling
- E7: Where There’s A Will, There’s A Waid (2011-12-20) — Richard's brother William(Mark Waid) visits Zeus with a confession! But the staff is in on the secret as the brothers devolve into juvenile antics.
- E8: The Sellouts (2012-01-31) — A potential investor(Curt Franklin) and his attorney(Chris Haley) turn the store upside down.
Season 3
- E1: Zeus Comics Worldwide Baby (2012-09-05) — Terry and Svenus are filming the first commercial for the Zeus Comics Worldwide initiative, and everybody's on board — everybody except Keli and Barry, that is. But Terry and Sven
- E2: Con Game (2012-09-12) — To clear some dead stock, Svenus accompanies Keli and Richard to a convention. A booth babe and some seriously unfortunate cosplay pushes Keli to the edge.
- E3: Dicks on Comics (2012-09-19) — Tension mounts in the store when Terry and Svenus recruit Alan Smithee, noted filmmaker and comic book nerd, to bring his new reality show to Zeus Comics.
- E4: The Deceivers (2012-09-26) — The cold war between Keli and Zeus's new owners turns hot when she retaliates for the Alan Smithee debacle by bringing her OWN reality TV crew to Zeus.
- E5: These Boots Are Made For Walking (2012-10-03) — Terry makes Keli pay for her insubordination, and then decides to take a shot at running the store himself.
- E6: Occupy Zeus (2012-10-10) — Keli isn't taking her firing from Zeus lying down. She's rounded up sympathetic Zeus loyalists and protests the store's new direction under Terry and Svenus. But is her cause lost
- E7: Girl Drink Drunk (2012-10-17) — Keli is still devastated about getting fired from Zeus, and to make it up to her, Richard and Barry take her out for a night on the town. What follows is an odyssey of drunkenness,
- E8: Breaking In (2012-10-24) — Yet another Zeus employee gets canned, and Keli decides enough is enough: something is rotten in Zeus… and it's not Vlad's jockstrap. Keli, Barry and Richard hatch a bold plan to
- E9: I Love Money (2012-10-31) — It all comes to a head! Keli, Barry and Richard bring their evidence of wrongdoing to Terry and Svenus for one last titanic showdown! Will the rich boys from Europe flee, or will Z
- E10: Behind the Svenus (2012-11-07) — It's all over: Keli, Barry and Richard won Zeus Comics back. Terry and Svenus are gone. Or are they? In the season 3 epilogue, we learn what was really going on all this time…
Frequently Asked Questions
How many seasons does The Variants have? 3 season(s) with 27 episodes.
Where can I watch The Variants? See the Where to Watch section above for current streaming options.
