Space Janitors

{{Short description|Canadian web series}} {{more citations needed|date=February 2015}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox television | image = | genre = | runtime = | creator = Davin Lengyel<br>Geoff Lapaire | open_theme = | end_theme = | composer = | country = [[Canada]] | network = [[Geek & Sundry]] | network2 = [[KindaTV]] | company = Space Mop | executive_producer = Shaftesbury | first_aired = {{start date|2012|11|14}} | last_aired = {{end date|2015|1|21}} | first_aired2 = {{start date|2024|5|5}} | last_aired2 = {{end date|2024|6|12}} | num_seasons = 4 | num_episodes = 29 | list_episodes = | related = }} '''''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. Season 1–3 is available through Geek & Sundry on YouTube.<ref>{{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}}</ref> Season 4 premiered the 5th of May 2024 on their KindaTV channel.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

==Characters== Starring Brendan Halloran, Scott Ryan Yamamura, and Pat Thornton, ''Space Janitors'' centers around Social Group 417:<ref>{{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}}</ref> * 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]]''.<ref>[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.</ref> It premiered in 2012.

Season 3 was partially funded as a [[Kickstarter]] project.<ref>[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.</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/635272374/space-janitors-webseries-season-3|title = Space Janitors Webseries - Season 3}}</ref> The third season also received a theatrical screening at Toronto's Royal Cinema on January 9, 2015.<ref>[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 (Canadian TV channel)|Space]], January 9, 2015.</ref>

==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<ref name=":0" /> and Best Original Program or Series, Fiction at the 2nd Canadian Screen Awards in 2014.<ref name=":1" />

* [[Canadian Comedy Awards]], 2013 (Internet / Best Web Series) – Winner<ref name=":0">{{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 |archive-date=April 9, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230409201815/https://www.canadiancomedyawards.org/archives.php?year=2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> ** Cast & Crew Nominations: Best Direction, Best Male Performance, Best Ensemble Performance<ref name=":0" /> * [[1st Canadian Screen Awards]], 2013 (Original Program or Series, Fiction) – Nominated<ref name=":1">{{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}}</ref> * [[2nd Canadian Screen Awards]], 2014 (Original Program or Series, Fiction) – Winner<ref name=":1" /> * [[4th Canadian Screen Awards]], 2016 (Original Program or Series, Fiction) – Nominated<ref name=":1" />

==Episodes== {{expand section|date=February 2015}}

* 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== {{reflist|2}}

==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20150408185058/http://geekandsundry.com/shows/space-janitors/ ''Space Janitors''] at [[Geek & Sundry]] * {{IMDb title|2266399}}

[[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]] [[Category:Works about janitors]]