Space Janitors

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| creator = Davin Lengyel, Geoff Lapaire

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| country = Canada

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| company = Space Mop

| executive_producer = Shaftesbury

| first_aired = {{start date|2012}}

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Space Janitors was a Canadian web series. The show is a parody of the Star Wars franchise and the plot is focused on two janitors, Darby and Mike, on a space station. It is available through the series producer Shaftesbury Plus on YouTube.{{Cite web |title=Space Janitors 🚀 Seasons 1-3 - YouTube |url=https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGu1Mx9GTp0QpZnV0Z7kMwKCKFigaAOAT |access-date=2022-05-02 |website=www.youtube.com}} Season 4 premiered the 5th of May 2024 on their YouTube channel.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Il9zWa1DcY |title=Space Janitors 4 {{!}} Official Trailer (2024) |date=2024-01-26 |last=Space Janitors |access-date=2024-05-22 |via=YouTube}}

Characters

Starring Brendan Halloran, Scott Ryan Yamamura, and Pat Thornton, Space Janitors centers around Social Group 417:{{Citation |title=Space Janitors |date=2012-02-24 |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2266399/ |type=Comedy |publisher=Independent Production Fund, Space Mop |access-date=2022-05-02}}

Darby Richards (Brendan Halloran), a human custodian
Dennis 4862 (Scott Ryan Yamamura) a human clone squall trooper
Mike Chet (Pat Thornton), a human custodian
Edith Kingpin (Evany Rosen), a computer psychologist first class
Officer Emily Roarke (Helen Johns)
LN6-K aka Elle (Tess Degenstein), an engineer second class
Marf (Andy Hull)

Production

The series was created by Davin Lengyel and Geoff Lapaire, digital media producers who were previously associated with the web and television series Pure Pwnage.[http://www.omdc.on.ca/WGIGO/Success_Stories/Interactive_Success_Stories/OMDC_SUCCESS_STORY__SPACE_MOP.htm?PageMode=Print "OMDC Success Story: Space Mop"]. Ontario Media Development Corporation. It premiered in 2012.

Season 3 was partially funded as a Kickstarter project.[https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/small-business/sb-money/business-funding/top-january-crowdfunders/article16705897/ "Hand-crafted bags, 3-D printers and Space Janitors top crowdfunding list"]. The Globe and Mail, February 6, 2014.{{Cite web|url=https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/635272374/space-janitors-webseries-season-3|title = Space Janitors Webseries - Season 3}} The third season also received a theatrical screening at Toronto's Royal Cinema on January 9, 2015.[http://www.space.ca/article/Toronto-Go-see-e28098Space-Janitorse28099-on-the-big-screen-alongside-cast-and-crew "Toronto: Go See Space Janitors on the Big Screen"]. Space, January 9, 2015.

Awards

The series is the recipient of a number of awards and nominations. Notably, they won Best Web Series at the Canadian Comedy Awards in 2013 and Best Original Program or Series, Fiction at the 2nd Canadian Screen Awards in 2014.

Canadian Comedy Awards, 2013 (Internet / Best Web Series) – Winner{{Cite web |title=Nominations & Awards Archives {{!}} Canadian Comedy Awards |url=https://www.canadiancomedyawards.org/archives.php?year=2013 |access-date=2022-05-02 |website=www.canadiancomedyawards.org}}
Cast & Crew Nominations: Best Direction, Best Male Performance, Best Ensemble Performance
1st Canadian Screen Awards, 2013 (Original Program or Series, Fiction) – Nominated{{Cite web |title=Space Janitors (Season 1-3) |url=https://ipf.ca/series/space-janitors/ |access-date=2022-05-02 |website=Independent Production Fund |language=en-US}}
2nd Canadian Screen Awards, 2014 (Original Program or Series, Fiction) – Winner
4th Canadian Screen Awards, 2016 (Original Program or Series, Fiction) – Nominated

Episodes

101 — Space Janitors Have Dreams Too
102 — Android Puke and Squall Trooper Training
103 — Light-Based Arm Cutter Instrument
104 — The Dark Lord: 53% Machine, Total Badass
105 — Fire Giant Laser
106 — Accidentally the Dark Lord
107 — Rebels Seem Like Nice Guys
108 — I'm a Fish?
201 — Escape to Desert Planet
202 — Holoroom
203 — Life Debt
204 — Wormhole
205 — Pyus Dunes
206 — Bounty Hunter
207 — Fish Planet, Part 1
208 — Fish Planet, Part 2
301 — Echoing Base
302 — Probe Droid
303 — Brain Wormed
304 — Haunted Heroes
305 — Hope Day
306 — Diplomacy
307 — Showdown, Part 1
308 — Showdown, Part 2

References

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20150408185058/http://geekandsundry.com/shows/space-janitors/ Space Janitors] at Geek & Sundry
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Category:Canadian comedy web series

Category:Canadian science fiction web series

Category:2012 web series debuts

Category:2015 web series endings

Category:Best Digital Fiction Series Canadian Screen Award winners

Category:Parody television series based on Star Wars

Category:Television series set on fictional planets