Overview
Macy's Market is a spinoff of the popular Paradox Seris The Junkyard Kids. The serie follows the employees of Gretdale's market as they try to run a normal business in a not so normal town. The series was greenlit by Brooke Jordan in late 2013 after the communities strong enjoyment of the crew in the market, and Dixon's desire to expand the lore of the town through another show. The show ran for four seasons and was cancelled in 2020, ending with a four part finale that took place at the same time as the events of the third season. The show sparked controversy for being able to release four seasons int he same amount of time that the main show released three seasons. Ana Dixon said that because of the shows fewer episode count, less of a story, and cheaper animation, the show could be churned out faster. However, people still remained angry. The show was cancelled because Season 4 barely made a profit, and Jordan was worried a fifth wouldn't break even. This was the same reason Life is Boring was cancelled as well.
Cast
Main Cast
Macy Francis (Voiced by Eleanor Greene): Macy is the owner and manager of Macy's Market. She is an elderly woman, old enough to remember when the worlds biggest problem was global cooling. She is an ally of the Junkyard Kids, and the reason they appear on thes how.
Bryce Bates (Voiced by Nathan Everett): Bryce is the box boy. He's in charge of unloading trucks and stocking the shelves.
Steve (Voiced by Declan May): Steve is the butcher of the market. He is a large muscular man who scares away children. He has a large motorcycle collection, and that's probably the reason he still lives in a trailer. Steve has been divorced three times. He has an active rivarlry with Stacy because he likes meat very much and she's a vegan.
Stacy (Voiced by Grace Lane): Stacy is a cashier at the market. She is a student at Henry and Melissa's school, and because of this, isn't at the market during the school day. Stacy is an advocate against animal testing, and attempts to get the others to participate in her protests. She is a vegan, which has caused her rivarlry with Steve.
Taylor (Voiced by Marissa Robins): Taylor works at the Pharmacy inside of the market. She does not take her job seriously and is constantly skipping work. She is fired in the Season 2 finale, but returns to work in Season 3 because Macy couldn't find anyone to fill the position. Taylor attends school with Henry and Melissa. It is unknown why she was hired to work the pharmacy, considering she isn't a pharmiacist.
Justin (Voiced by Nathan Everett): Justin works at the bakery of Macy's Market and is in charge of serving customers. When the bakery is closed, he's working as a cashier. Justin is always a skeptic of the towns paranormal properties, despite coming face to face with them every day.
Hazor (Spaghetti Yeti) (Voiced by Gunnar Lambert): The Spaghetti Yeti is a Yeti who lives in the freezer of the market. He ran away from the North Pole after almost getting the village revealed to F-PID. The Yeti's name is actually Hazor but was given the nickname Spaghetti Yeti by Macy's grandson because his favorite food is spaghetti. That is his nickname that the store staff call him, but Macy and Steve call him Hazor.
Recurring.
Dale Brown (Voiced by Walter Stevens): Dale a part time cashier of the market. He's 16 and goes to school with Henry and Melissa, and is often at school, and not working. He spends his free time watching as many movies as he can, and is often quoting films, and comparing events to film.
Jack (Voiced by Walter Stevens): Jack is the sole worker at Stan's Mini-Pizzeria, and is considered by Macy to be a part of the stores family. He dreams of leaving his position and opening his own pizzeria, but he cannot do this because he's poor. Jack starts dating Taylor in the second season, but they break up because Taylor is doesn't care about Jack.
Walter (Voiced by Tanner Woods): Walter is the baker of the market. He is always cooking up new baked goods for patrons to purchase. Walter also gives free samples to everyone but Taylor. It was hinted that they previously dated. This was confirmed in Season 2.
Anthony (Voiced by Max Anderson): Athony is the janitor of the market. He and Steve are usually the first two sent to handle a paranormal crisis.
Rachel (Voiced by Blake Byrne): Rachel is a new cashier that started working at the market in Season 2, following the events of Help Wanted. Rachel keeps to herself, but Taylor pulls her out of her shell quickly. She is currently attending a community college which, while unnamed, fans believed to be the sameone from Community College. This was deconfirmed by the show-runner of Community College because he didn't want to have to try to explain how paranormal activities can exist and yet never show them on the show.
Madison (Voiced by Lily Raymond): Madison is a general helper of the store. She is usually helping either Steve at the Deli or Bryce with unloading the delivery truck. She comes from Texas and moved to Gretdale to help her uncle tend the farm. She got a job at the market so they could buy a tractor.
Reverend Peters (Voiced by David Prowse): Reverend Peters is the reverend of Gretdale's church. He is a regualr patron of the market and is always helping out the people affected by the towns paranormal properties.
Sheriff Douglas (Voiced by David Prowse): Sheriff Douglas is the Sheriff of the town. He is a regular customer at the Market, and is always investigating new leads. He is a typical family man. His many experiences fighting the anomalies in Gretdale have made him a very sarcastic person. Henry West (Voiced by James Hill): Henry is a member of the Junkyard Kids.
Melissa May (Voiced by Allison Brie): Melissa is a member of the Junkyard Kids.
Lilac Waters (Voiced by Lori Anderson): Lilac is a member of the Junkyard Kids.
Bridgette (Voiced by Lori Anderson): Bridgette is a member of the Junkyard Kids
Jake (Voiced by Tyler West-Halse): Jake is a member of the Junkyard Kids.
Minor Apperances
Sheila Jones (Voiced by Chloe Rogers): Sheila is Steve's second wife. She makes two apperances in the series. Stan (Voiced by Aiden Conhart): Stan is the owner of Stan's Pizza and has become rather wealthy because of it. The show has a running gag of showing him with a different woman everytime he appears. However, he rarely appears so the gag doesn't have a full effect on the audience.
Farmer Bill (Voiced by Adam Bradley): Farmer Bill owns a farm in Gretdale and is Madison's uncle. He is a major agricultural supplier of the market and if his crops have trouble, the market as a whole runs low on supplies.
Episode List
| Season | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season premiere | Season finale | |||
| 1 | 15 | July 10th, 2014 | 2015 | |
| 2 | 15 | 2015 | 2016 | |
| 3 | 18 | 2017 | 2018 | |
| 4 | 12 | 2020 | 2020 | |
Season 1
| No. in series |
No. in season |
Title | Original airdate | Prod. Code | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "Pilot" | July 10th, 2014 | 8-1 | ||
| A monster is living in the dumpster behind Macy's Market and no one knows what it is. Macy invites the Junkyard Kids to investigate the case. | ||||||
| 2 | 2 | " | July 17th, 2014 | 8-2 | ||
| 3 | 3 | " | August 7th, 2014 | 8-3 | ||
| 4 | 4 | "Quarantine Zone" | August 21st, 2014 | 8-4 | ||
| With Arkin's Flu rappidly spreading throughout Gretdale, Taylor becomes angry that she has to work the pharmacy. She tries to switch with Steve, but he likes decapitating pigs too much. Macy decides not to go to the market because she is old, and the flu could kill her. This causes the rest of the staff to ditch work as well, leaving members of the town without needed food and medical supplies. | ||||||
| 5 | 5 | "Healthily Inspected" | September 11th, 2014 | 8-5 | ||
| The health inspector comes to Gretdale and his first stop is Macy's Market. Macy scrambles the staff to prepare for his inspection, and Steve and Dale are tasked with taking Hazor somewhere where he can't be caught by the inspector. | ||||||
| 6 | 6 | "Stake Out" | September 25th, 2014 | 8-6 | ||
| Sheriff Douglas tells Macy that he and his deputies have been attempting to capture a serial killer in hiding for a month, and want to use the Store as a stakeout location. | ||||||
| 7 | 7 | " | October 2nd, 2014 | 8-7 | ||
| 8 | 8 | "Power to the Protest" | October 9th, 2014 | 8-8 | ||
| Stacy convinces the store's staff to go to a protest to protest animal testing, but Steve and Taylor aren't interested. Taylor because she's lazy and Steve because he's a btucher. | ||||||
| 9 | 9 | "Stan's Pizza" | January 8th, 2014 | 8-9 | ||
| Macy agrees to allow Stan to open a second, smaller pizza location inside her market, but because of the stores limited space, customers have troubles ordering their pizza. Heather Brown, the owner of the town's new Pharmacy, tries to convince Macy to close down the Pharmacy and convert it into Stan's Pizza. Taylor, realising her job is at stake, ditches work to go to a movie. | ||||||
| 10 | 10 | "THERE'S SPIDERS IN THE TOMATOS!" | January 22nd, 2014 | 8-10 | ||
| When a fear of spiders living inside of tomatos rise, Macy bans all tomato sales until the USDA or FDA make an official statemnet. This hurts Farmer Bill's crop sales, and he becomes angry with Macy and starts to hate her. As their feud starts to ramp up, two teenagers attack the market, destroying its windows and starting a small fire. Walter and Justin attempt to sell their products outside of the market as to not associate with the fued or the tomato crisis. | ||||||
| 11 | 11 | "" | January 29th, 2014 | 8-11 | ||
| 12 | 12 | "How I Divorced My Wife" | February 12th, 2014 | 8-12 | ||
| Steve's ex-wife Sheila comes to the store to try to get her tape recorder back, which Steve claims he did not steal. A new state policy about prescription drugs makes Taylor's work longer and harder, which makes her slack off even more then she had before. | ||||||
| 13 | 13 | "Others" | February 26th, 2015 | 8-13 | ||
| As the town continues to be attacked by 'Others', Macy and the others fortify the market. Stacy belives Dale is actually an 'Other'. An 'Other' with supernatural powers begins attacking the town. Hazor joins the Junkyard Kids in their fight against the 'Others'. | ||||||
| 14 | 14 | "Store Improvment" | March 5th, 2015 | 8-14 | ||
| Macy is apporached by an architect for designs to rebuild the market. Because of the market being destroyed, the townsfolk have to rely on the train to deliver the towns food supply. However, a group of giant vultures attack the supply train, bringing a shortage of food to the town. The Junkyard Kids help out Steve and Hazor take out the vultures while Macy and the others work on rebuilding the market. | ||||||
| 15 | 15 | "The New and Improved Macy's Market" | March 26th, 2015 | 8-15 | ||
| The new and improved Macy's Market finishes construction and Macy gives the staff a tour of the new place. A large gas company, Havoc-Master, offers to build a gas station on the property and promises Macy a cut of the profits. Stacy is not happy about this, because Havoc-Master is responsible for multiple oil spills in the Pacifiic. The head of the company tries to get Stacy fired. Jack tries to handle the new drive-through installed in the Mini-Pizzeria. | ||||||
Season 2
| No. in series |
No. in season |
Title | Original airdate | Prod. Code | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | 1 | "Help Wanted" | 8-1 | |||
| 17 | 2 | " | 8-2 | |||
| 18 | 3 | " | 8-3 | |||
| 19 | 4 | 8-4 | ||||
| 20 | 5 | 8-5 | ||||
| 21 | 6 | 8-6 | ||||
| 22 | 7 | " | 8-7 | |||
| 23 | 8 | 8-8 | ||||
| 24 | 9 | "Special Delivery" | 8-24 | |||
| Bryce is restocking the shelves early in the morning when he is attacked by a haunted slice of bread. No one at the store belives him when he tells them, especially not Justin. However, when an apple explodes, Macy calls in the Junkyard Kids to investigate what is happening to the store's food. | ||||||
| 25 | 10 | 8-10 | ||||
| 26 | 11 | "" | 8-11 | |||
| 27 | 12 | 8-12 | ||||
| 28 | 13 | 8-13 | ||||
| 29 | 14 | 8-14 | ||||
| 30 | 15 | 8-15 | ||||
Reception
The show was originally controversial because it centered around such absurd characters, and fans believed that the show would hurt the already drought/delayed filled scheduele of the main series. When this did not happen, and the show pulled off it's characters and theme well, fans turned around. The second and third season were regarded as the best, because they focused more on the elements that made the original show so popular. The fourth season was considered a dip in quality to fans. The season focused more and more on
DVD Release
Season 1 released on DVD in September of 2015 and Blu-Ray in October 2016.
The entire Junkyard Kids Saga, including all fours seasons of Junkyard Kids and Macy's Market, all of Life is Boring, and the movie were released on Blu-Ray in a collectors box in 2024.