History Main / MooseAndMapleSyrup

Never even bring their guns to the mall!''

* In ''Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians'', the [[ImAHumanitarian Laistrygonian]] live in Canada. They even have bizarre names like [[AerithAndBob "Marrow Sucker", "Skull Eater" and "Joe Bob".]] Frank Zhang is also the only known Canadian-born Demigod.

* ''Webcomic/{{Spinnerette}}'' has the Legion of Canadian Superheroes. Their big entrance features [[CatGirl Katt o' Nine Tails]] providing a French translation of Green Gable's big speech. Green Gable himself is [[LegacyCharacter the first male in the costume]], making him a WholesomeCrossdresser, and the third member of the team is a wolfman in a NiceHat known as [[WarrenZevon The Werewolf of London, Ontario]] (London for short).

*** Extra funny when you realize Collin actually is Canadian.

* The Canadian rock band The Tragically Hip, with their notable hits, such as "Little Bones", "Wheat Kings", "Queen of the Furrows", "Bobcaygeon" (actually named that because it was the only town they could think of to rhyme with "constellation"), "Courage (For Hugh [=MacLennan=])", and "Three Pistols" (which starts with the line "Tom Thomson came paddlin' past").

* An issue of ''Captain Carrot And His Amazing Zoo Crew'' mentions the "Cornadian border" (Earth-C's Canada being named "Cornada", which in real life is also a [[http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cornada bullfighting term]]).

* Matthew in PartRightHalfWrongAThirdCrazy ''defines'' this trope. Even more than his canon counterpart. Which is impressive, because his canon counterpart ''is'' [[AxisPowersHetalia Canada]].

* Misconceptions of this type form the backbone of MichaelMoore's satirical film ''CanadianBacon''.
-->'''Mountie played by StevenWright''': I don't know what you're talkin' aboot.\\

* ''StrangeBrew'', the movie that first stereotyped Canadians.
** Most likely the TropeNamer, ''eh?''
* ''RumbleInTheBronx''. The Bronx apparently has a mountain range. (It was shot in Vancouver, BC.)
* ''TheWholeNineYards'' averts this, taking place in Montreal because it was filmed there, but generally lacking in Canadian stereotypes, except for Bruce Willis's rant about how Canadians put mayonnaise on hamburgers.

* In ''ThePresidentsAnalyst'', when the titular individual goes on the lam, along with being stalked by the FBI, the CIA and The Phone Company, he runs afoul of the Canadian intelligence service. They are very polite about abducting him and drugging him for classified info.

* DavidCronenberg's films are often set in his hometown, Toronto, which he naturally portrays quite realistically. A realistic Montreal crops up occasionally, too. His 1986 remake of ''The Fly'' is shot in the downtown core of Toronto, and several prominent stores are visible during some of the scenes (such as Toronto City Hall, and, when Brundle walks down the street eating a chocolate bar, he passes the most random places.)

* Played with in ''BonCopBadCop''. This is a movie in which the killer wears a hockey mask... in part because he's obsessed with hockey. Note that is an example of Canadians using the Canada, Eh stereotypes, mostly those of Ontario and Quebec as seen by each other, to create the most "Canadian" movie ever made. Since it is the most lucrative Canadian movie EVER, it can be said to have succeeded.

* TheTrolls has Aunt Sally both poke fun at and provide true facts about Vancouver. For the record, no one in her stories say 'eh?'.
* After the airliner hijacking at the beginning of Creator/TomClancy's ''Literature/RainbowSix'' is foiled by John Clark and his son-in-law, the plane touches down in Gander, Newfoundland, and the protagonists are met on the tarmac by a "Royal Canadian Air Force" officer. [[DanBrowned Canada's air forces have not been referred to by the RCAF moniker since 1968]]. Interestingly enough, in RealLife, AIRCOM had been [[ContinuityNod renamed back]] to the Royal Canadian Air Force [[HistoryMarchesOn in 2011]], so Literature/RainbowSix could possibly be [[JustifiedTrope justified]] in this by being in an AlternateUniverse, having done this 14 years ahead of our time.

* In ''PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians'', the [[ImAHumanitarian Laistrygonian]] live in Canada. They even have bizarre names like [[AerithAndBob "Marrow Sucker", "Skull Eater" and "Joe Bob".]] Frank Zhang is also the only known Canadian-born Demigod.

* Canadian author Robert J. Sawyer likes playing with this, especially in “Frameshift”: “Britain is like Canada—socialized medicine.”, “You really do that. You really say ‘eh.’ ”

* ''TheRedGreenShow'' both embraces and pokes fun at nearly every Canada, Eh stereotype.

* Subverted in ''Series/DueSouth'' in which all of Canada's officials are irritated by how polite and upstanding Mountie Benton Fraser is. It's also {{lampshaded}} that the red tunic is not everyday Mountie wear, and he's choosing to wear a dress uniform at all times.

* Parodied in Rick Mercer's ''ThisHourHas22Minutes'' sketch (and eventual special) "Talking To Americans", in which he interviewed American citizens, playing off their ill-conceived notions of what life is like in Canada (i.e. asking people if they would visit "Canada's national igloo", making them believe the Canadian time zones run on 20-hour clocks, convincing them that moose are being pelted with Tim Hortons Timbits, having them think Canada goes through a period of nocturnal darkness every year, etc.) One of his favorite traps is to try and get U.S. politicians to say that Toronto is the national capital.

* In addition to the "Great White North", any parody of Canada done by ''{{SCTV}}'' mocks the preconceived notions of the country held by...well, just about everyone else. One specific episode had the SCTV channel picking up a signal from Canada to play on their channel due to a strike at the station building. These programs include fake commercials for the Canadian Broadcasting Channel, their take on the "Hinterland Who's Who" (little vingettes during commercial breaks, mainly during children's programming, about wildlife), and a parody of the seminal Canadian classic, "Goin' Down the Road" (featuring appropriate speech patterns, woodchucks and Stompin' Tom Connors). What's it all aboot?

* Mike and the 'bots of ''MysteryScienceTheater3000'' once had to suffer through a Canadian film called ''TheFinalSacrifice'', which inspired them to write an "homage" to their northern neighbor.

** Servo has also speculated that ''SpaceMutiny'' may be Canadian-made ("it's just rife with the smell of back-bacon"). Poor Tom goofed; the film was actually made in UsefulNotes/SouthAfrica during TheApartheidEra, which may explain why everyone on the ship [[UnfortunateImplications is white]].

** Another episode has her criticise ''LethalWeapon'' as being a rip-off of a fictional but apparently iconic Canadian action movie, ''[=McElroy and LaFleur=]'' involving a renegade mountie whose horse has been shot by American gangsters. We don't get far enough into the description to find out if the plot also involves a heroin-smuggling operation run by an ex-Vietnam War era special ops unit.

* One segment from E!'s 101 Hollywood Secrets was about the number of Hollywood actors from Canada.
* ''TwinPeaks'', set in north-west USA, featured Canadian drug dealers dressed as lumberjacks and speaking with French accents.

* In one episode of ''TheAdventuresOfPeteAndPete'', Little Pete attempts to run away from home by riding a riding mower to Canada. A mountie catches him at the border, hitches the mower to the back of his horse and drags him home that way.

* In one episode of ''MalcolmInTheMiddle'', the family discover their granddad's second family who live in Manitoba. Cue funny accents, a very prim-and-proper Canadian grandmother who keeps everything bottled up (as opposed to Malcolm's violent {{Ruritania}}n grandmother), and a family who are essentially them but better and happier. Also, Reese loves it because he can go out shooting small animals.
* Played hilariously straight in ''That70sShow'' when the guys travel to Canada to buy beer, and are detained by a couple of Mounties (played by [[{{SCTV}} Joe Flaherty and Dave Thomas]]) when Fez misplaces his Green Card.
* A similar situation occurred on ''{{Frasier}}'', when during a road trip the group crosses the border into Canada, much to Daphne's horror -- she doesn't have her green card yet.
* On ''{{Newsradio}}'' Dave's office mates are shocked and horrified to learn that Dave was actually born there (though raised in Wisconsin). He mentions a childhood fear that his family would be mistaken for spies. ''Canadian'' spies.

* The eco-thriller mini-series BurnUp, jointly produced by the {{BBC}} and Canada's Global Television, stars Calgary...as Calgary.
* ''SaturdayNightLive'': A sketch from early 2011 depicts "Celebrity Scoop", a fictional Canadian entertainment news show based in Winnipeg. The hosts are so nice that they miss the entire point of this kind of show.

* The eponymous {{Bones}} once insulted a man so hard his arm stopped working. He was Canadian and the entire episode he appeared in was filled with the Canadians-are-polite stereotype. When told he should get angry and yell at Bones, he said:

* The Canadian band BarenakedLadies occasionally plays up this stereotype for fun in their songs, like in "If I Had A Million Dollars", which contains the line "We wouldn't have to eat Kraft Dinner--" "But we ''would'' eat Kraft Dinner?" "Of course we would, we'd just eat ''more''." "And buy really expensive ketchups with it..."
* As does the Canadian group TheArrogantWorms. ([[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flz30UpNB_M 1]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlQeW2HN0U0&feature=related 2]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vxDDcTc64c 3]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDs5oTZhncM&feature=related 4]])

* {{Rush}} are national heroes in Canada, eh?
* "Take Off" by Bob & Doug [=McKenzie=] (like, those hosers from ''{{SCTV}}'''s "Great White North", eh?) with guest vocals from Geddy Lee of Rush. Ten bucks is ten bucks, eh?
* The Crash Test Dummies (who are from Manitoba) music video for their cover of "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToOisBgOSL4 The Ballad Of Peter Pumpkinhead]]" (used in the film "Dumb And Dumber") makes fun of this. It starts with main character Harry walking down a street trying to talk to Canadians: "Bonjour, eh? Oh Canada, eh? Man, I thought Canadians were supposed to be friendly!"
* FiveIronFrenzy's "Oh, Canada" mentions lumberjacks, Mounties, [[MisplacedWildlife yaks]], lemmings, venison slurpees, milk in bags, and Creator/WilliamShatner.

* Canadian band TheBirthdayMassacre talked about this in [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PTq9a8WgYI this fanmail video]], where they were asked: 1, do they speak with a Canadian accent, and 2, is saying 'eh' at the end of every sentence a regional thing. They answered that 1, they don't think that they speak with a Canadian accent, but in Canada nobody cares if you have an American accent, whereas in America they've been teased for their accents and saying stuff like 'aboot' for 'about' and 'soary' for 'sorry', and 2, it's not a regional thing but more a polite thing, indicating that it's the other person's turn to talk.

* Aside from Arkansas-born drummer Levon Helm, all of the original members of TheBand hail from Canada.

** While ChrisBenoit, in the latter period of his career when he usually played a face, was often described (truthfully) as "residing in Atlanta, Georgia", shows in Canada always reverted to describing him as being from Canada. Benoit himself tried to hide his Canadian accent on the mic (usually straining to say "uh-BOUT" rather than "uh-boat").
** Happened with ChrisJericho too. He was born in New York (his father Ted Irvine played for the NY Rangers), raised in Manitoba, and then moved to Orlando. He was billed from "Manhasset, New York" during the [=Y2J=] era, wasn't billed at all during the first few years of his return as the "Saviour of WWE", and then was billed from "Winnipeg, Manitoba" circa 2010.
* Canadians tend to have their own stereotype within ProfessionalWrestling involving superior in-ring skill and charisma ranging between "average" and "a wet slab of concrete." This is likely due to the fact that most notable Canadian wrestlers came from the infamous [[TrainingFromHell Hart family Dungeon]] whose graduates tended to fall into this stereotype. Notable exceptions include {{Edge}} and {{Christian}}, who are from Ontario, and Chris Jericho, who did train with the Harts but is simply a straight-up subversion.
** In his autobiography, Chris Jericho mentions during his run as a heel in {{WCW}}, he'd play up his Canadian-ness heavily, including putting strong emphasis on certain words to sound more Canadian, such as the "ain" part of "again".

* '''The Great North Woods''': filled with trappers, lumberjacks (who usually [[Creator/MontyPython are OK]]), treacherous squaws, moose, beavers, and [[MountainMan mountain men]], all of them named Pierre [[TheArrogantWorms (even the girl)]], and all of them wearing flannel and furs, eh?

* In the ''X-Men'' books, Canada is an outright evil place. They're the ones responsible for inhumane genetic experimentation on minorities like the Weapon X program. They've put mutants in concentration camps and gassed them, including women and children. Basically, Marvel Canada = NaziGermany.

* {{Wolverine}} of the Comicbook/{{X-Men}} was their first Canadian member, and very proudly so, though he hardly advertises the fact. It's made complex because John Byrne made him Canadian, and Marvel didn't care because at the time, they didn't think he'd be a major character. As his popularity grew, Marvel repeatedly tried to ''retcon'' his history to make him American, with no success. He's now generally recognized as Canadian in the comic.

* An issue of ''Comicbook/CaptainCarrotAndHisAmazingZooCrew'' mentions the "Cornadian border" (Earth-C's Canada being named "Cornada", which in real life is also a [[http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cornada bullfighting term]]).

In American media, Canada is [[QuirkyNeighbourCountry a sweet, quirky and slightly backwards version of America]], eh? It's as if you took everyone from Minnesota, gave them an obsession with [[UsefulNotes/IceHockey hockey]][[note]]Anyone who thinks this should be clarified to IceHockey will be stiffly beaten by the RCMP, with a hockey stick, eh?[[/note]] (OK, ''more'' of an obsession), and made that an entire country, eh? Everybody's white (except the First Nations), eh, and everyone who isn't French has a Scottish [[note]]or Irish, or English, or even Welsh[[/note]] last name, eh?

* Kate from ''[[{{Sketchbook}} Sketchbook ~full color'S~]]'' comes from Canada (and for some reason writes "Canada" in kanji).
* Rock Lee is Canadian in ''NarutoTheAbridgedSeries''. Two Sound ninja were able to distract him by offering him ''maple syrup and a hockey stick''.

* In an episode of ''WandabaStyle'', the girls traveled back in time and saw Susumu's father leave on a spaceship to the moon. With their future knowledge that Susumu's father never made it to the moon, they assume he never returned, and when they go back in the present, [[NoLongerWithUs they offer Susumu their condolences]]. Susumu replies that his father was stuck in space for five years, but is alive and well and living in Canada.
* An episode of ''{{Medabots}}'' had a Canadian medafighter travel to Japan to challenge Ikki to a battle. At one point he mentions that the insane blizzard Ikki's town was experiencing would be seen as a "light dusting" back home.

* ''GalaxyExpress999'' visits [[FantasyCounterpartCulture a planet]] where everyone is oddly [[MinnesotaNice nice and determined to be helpful]], and surreal, disconcerting, and suspiciously [[NationalFilmBoardOfCanada NFB-animated-short]]-like things keep happening. Tetsuro becomes increasingly [[WrongGenreSavvy convinced]] that the planet hides a terrible secret beneath its [[CrapsaccharineWorld pleasant exterior]], and seems to be vindicated when his and Maetel's passes are mysteriously lost. When they get returned to them just before the train leaves, he relents and apologizes to everyone for having been so suspicious of their intentions.

* HongKong comic ''TheWorldOfLilyWong'' featured a StoryArc where Lily's no-good brother Rudy and his mates were thinking of holding up a store and wanted to get guns without paying a fee to the local Triads. The obvious answer? Ask an American! Rudy approaches his gwailo ("Ghost Man", aka Caucasian) brother-in-law, Stuart.

* MarvelComics' ''AlphaFlight'' was about Canada's superteam, written & drawn by Canadian John Byrne (born in the UK, but raised in Edmonton, Alberta Canada - where Wolverine is supposedly from). Only one character (Puck) had the "eh" verbal tic, and it specifically '''didn't''' appear in his thought balloons.
* In the ''Comicbook/{{X-Men}}'' books, Canada is an outright evil place. They're the ones responsible for inhumane genetic experimentation on minorities like the Weapon X program. They've put mutants in concentration camps and gassed them, including women and children. Basically, Marvel Canada = NaziGermany.

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** In one episode, they visit the North American Museum of Pencil Pushing, conveniently located about five feet from the Canadian side of NiagaraFalls; in the same episode, Cosmo refers to Canada as the Greatest Country on Earth, because they have a ''leaf'' on their flag!

* The ''Niagara's Fury'' attraction in NiagaraFalls, Ontario begins with a featurette starring a number of woodland creatures endemic to Canada (at one time or another,) including a polar bear and a team of hockey-playing wooly mammoths, all of whom speak with a thick prairie accent and pepper their speech with "eh?"

** Episode 606, ''ZombieNightmare'', was also panned, with lines like:

* CBC's long running sketch comedy series, ''RoyalCanadianAirFarce,'' poked fun at bunches of these.

* In ''Franchise/MassEffect'', the Earth base of the [[TheFederation Systems Alliance]] is in Vancouver, and {{Fanon}} generally holds that Commander Shepard is Canadian since both the male and female Shepard voice actors are. Kaidan is the most clear-cut example, with roots in Vancouver. Lampshaded in his scene in the third game's "Citadel" DLC when he offers to cook Shepard "the foods of my peole" - beef, bacon and beer.

* In ''PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians'', the [[ImAHumanitarian Laistrygonian]] live in Canada. They even have bizarre names like "Marrow Sucker", "Skull Eater" and "Joe Bob". Frank Zhang is also the only known Canadian-born Demigod.

Eeeeeh, Canadians [[WesternAnimation/SouthPark eat nothing but Kraft Dinner]] [[Music/BarenakedLadies even if they didn't HAVE to eat Kraft Dinner]](which is Canadian for "macaroni and cheese"), Tim Hortons, donuts, poutine[[note]]French fries with cheese curds, and enough gravy to partially melt the cheese[[/note]], and Canadian... er... back bacon, eh? Anglophone Canadians all speak with a stereotyped [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West/Central_Canadian_English West/Central Canadian English]] accent, putting "eh" [[VerbalTic at the end of questions or affirmations]], and prominently raising the "ou" in aboot every word containing it, eh?

Eeeeeh, Canadians [[WesternAnimation/SouthPark eat nothing but Kraft Dinner]] (which is Canadian for "macaroni and cheese"), Tim Hortons, donuts, poutine[[note]]French fries with cheese curds, and enough gravy to partially melt the cheese[[/note]], and Canadian... er... back bacon, eh? Anglophone Canadians all speak with a stereotyped [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West/Central_Canadian_English West/Central Canadian English]] accent, putting "eh" [[VerbalTic at the end of questions or affirmations]], and prominently raising the "ou" in aboot every word containing it, eh?

* Parodied in the Rick Mercer's ''ThisHourHas22Minutes'' sketch (and eventual special) "Talking To Americans", in which he interviewed American citizens, playing off their ill-conceived notions of what life is like in Canada (i.e. asking people if they would visit "Canada's national igloo", making them believe the Canadian time zones run on 20-hour clocks, convincing them that moose are being pelted with Tim Hortons Timbits, having them think Canada goes through a period of nocturnal darkness every year, etc.) One of his favorite traps is to try and get U.S. politicians to say that Toronto is the national capital.
* Another Rick Mercer production, ''MadeInCanada'': Inverted whenever dealing with characters who are American. Often Americans are portrayed as dumb, culture-unaware, and occasionally gun-loving. The Vice President of NBC is a good example of being a Fake American when Richard visits Los Angeles. But then, Canadian show business is no better.

* ''Series/{{Jeopardy}}'''s emcee, Alex Trebek, was born in Ontario, and never hesitates to throw in an "eh?" or some other Canahen he comes in.

* After the airliner hijacking at the beginning of Creator/TomClancy's ''Literature/RainbowSix'' is foiled by John Clark and his son-in-law, the plane touches down in Gander, Newfoundland, and the protagonists are met on the tarmac by a "Royal Canadian Air Force" officer. [[DanBrowned Canada's air forces have not been referred to by the RCAF moniker since 1968]].

* Subverted in ''Series/DueSouth'' in which all of Canada's officials are irritated by how polite and upstanding Mountie Benton Fraser is.

'''Dan''': You're right! Normal people never apologize!

In American media, Canada is [[QuirkyNeighbourCountry a sweet, quirky and slightly backwards version of America]], eh? It's as if you took everyone from Minnesota, gave them an obsession with [[UsefulNotes/IceHockey hockey]][[note]]Anyone who thinks this should be clarified to IceHockey will be stiffly beaten by the RCMP, with a hockey stick.[[/note]] (OK, ''more'' of an obsession), and made that an entire country, eh? Everybody's white (except the First Nations), eh, and everyone who isn't French has a Scottish [[note]]or Irish, or English, or even Welsh[[/note]] last name, eh?

Keep in mind that Canada, Eh? has no West Coast (besides ALL of British Columbia), no Prairies (besides a fairly large hunk of the middle of the country), and certainly no punishingly hot weather (except for UsefulNotes/{{Vancouver}}). The hot weather stops right aboot at the border (unless it presents a passport), eh!

* An episode of ''Series/CornerGas'' involves an American tourist accidentally arriving in Dog River. One towns person (Hank) instantly goes on the defensive and mocks the American for supposedly believing stereotypes about Canada. The American turns out to be very well versed in Canadian politics, and any stereotypes that do come up turn out to be true (such as Lacy knowing his friend from Toronto).
** In another episode, Oscar is revealed to be American born, though trying to hide it behind a cool facade (mostly saying "jackass!" a lot). Brent senses a potential prank and runs with it, convinces Oscar to act out every possible Canadian stereotype to "convince the CRTC that he really is Canadian," culminating in trying to have him sing the national anthem in public knowing he'll mess it up. [[spoiler: Brent ends up singing the anthem instead due to his mother's interference, and he screws it up entirely as he sings the canadian anthem's lyrics to the tune of the Star Spangled Banner.]]

In American media, Canada is [[QuirkyNeighbourCountry a sweet, quirky and slightly backwards version of America]], eh? It's as if you took everyone from Minnesota, gave them an obsession with [[IceHockey hockey]][[note]]Anyone who thinks this should be clarified to IceHockey will be stiffly beaten by the RCMP, with a hockey stick.[[/note]] (OK, ''more'' of an obsession), and made that an entire country, eh? Everybody's white (except the First Nations), eh, and everyone who isn't French has a Scottish [[note]]or Irish, or English, or even Welsh[[/note]] last name, eh?

** Norm the Genie wants to destroy Canada because "they've had it too good for too long". Which is hilarious because Norm the Genie's voice actor, NormMacDonald, is Canadian.