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Space Janitors

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Space Janitors
Created byDavin Lengyel, Geoff Lapaire
Country of originCanada
No. of seasons4
No. of episodes29
Production
Executive producerShaftesbury
Production companySpace Mop
Original release
Release2012 (2012) –
2024 (2024)

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 & Mike, on a space station. It is available through the series producer Shaftesbury Plus on YouTube.[1] Season 4 premiered the 5th of May 2024 on their YouTube channel.[2]

Characters

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Starring Brendan Halloran, Scott Ryan Yamamura, and Pat Thornton, Space Janitors centers around Social Group 417:[3]

  • 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

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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.[4] It premiered in 2012.

Season 3 was partially funded as a Kickstarter project.[5][6] The third season also received a theatrical screening at Toronto's Royal Cinema on January 9, 2015.[7]

Awards

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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[8] and Best Original Program or Series, Fiction at the 2nd Canadian Screen Awards in 2014.[9]

Episodes

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  • 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

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  1. ^ "Space Janitors 🚀 Seasons 1-3 - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 2022-05-02.
  2. ^ Space Janitors (2024-01-26). Space Janitors 4 | Official Trailer (2024). Retrieved 2024-05-22 – via YouTube.
  3. ^ Space Janitors (Comedy), Independent Production Fund, Space Mop, 2012-02-24, retrieved 2022-05-02
  4. ^ "OMDC Success Story: Space Mop". Ontario Media Development Corporation.
  5. ^ "Hand-crafted bags, 3-D printers and Space Janitors top crowdfunding list". The Globe and Mail, February 6, 2014.
  6. ^ "Space Janitors Webseries - Season 3".
  7. ^ "Toronto: Go See Space Janitors on the Big Screen". Space, January 9, 2015.
  8. ^ a b c "Nominations & Awards Archives | Canadian Comedy Awards". www.canadiancomedyawards.org. Retrieved 2022-05-02.
  9. ^ a b c d "Space Janitors (Season 1-3)". Independent Production Fund. Retrieved 2022-05-02.
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