History UsefulNotes / Vancouver

* ''Film/Deadpool'': the many shots are done around the Downtown Eastside area, including the stripclub. In ''Film/Deadpool2'', the city's docks and a map of the metro can be seen.

* ''Film/FridayThe13thPartVIIIJasonTakesManhattan'' (despite what the title says)

* ''Series/TheXFiles'', seasons one through five. Seasons six through nine were shot in UsefulNotes/LosAngeles.

* ''Film/Deadpool'': the many shots are done around the Downtown Eastside area, including the stripclub.

* Though it hasn't been seen on-screen, ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' has the Equestrian city of Vanhoover; this may be an in-joke as the series is largely produced out of Vancouver.

Vancouver has become the third-largest film production centre in North America, being called ''Hollywood North'' because of it. This has led to the increased presence of [[UsefulNotes/TheOtherRainforest the Pacific Northwest]], particularly UsefulNotes/{{Seattle}} (for which Vancouver often [[CaliforniaDoubling doubles]]), in American media, leading to the term "Seacouver" to describe the vaguely northwestern-ish setting of works filmed in Vancouver, but just as possibly set south of the border in the United States. Among the works shot in Vancouver are all three shows in the StargateVerse, hence the original trope name "Stargate City". Tony Zhou, a Vancouver native and creator of ''WebVideo/EveryFrameAPainting'', did an episode titled [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojm74VGsZBU "Vancouver Never Plays Itself"]] about how the city is so often disguised as somewhere else in film and television.

Vancouver hosted the 2010 Winter Olympics, leading some parts of the Internet to refer to them as the "Stargate City Olympics". This came after hosting Expo '86 (the 1986 World's Fair), a minor transportation themed exposition; the Expo featured the opening of Vancouver's light-rail transit system, the [=SkyTrain=]; as of 2006, the [=SkyTrain=] held the record for the longest fully-automated rapid-transit system in the world.

* ''Film/XMen'':
** ''Film/XMen1'':

Vancouver has become the third-largest film production centre in North America, being called ''Hollywood North'' because of it. This has led to the increased presence of [[TheOtherRainforest the Pacific Northwest]], particularly UsefulNotes/{{Seattle}} (for which Vancouver often [[CaliforniaDoubling doubles]]), in American media, leading to the term "Seacouver" to describe the vaguely northwestern-ish setting of works filmed in Vancouver, but just as possibly set south of the border in the United States. Among the works shot in Vancouver are all three shows in the StargateVerse, hence the original trope name "Stargate City". Tony Zhou, a Vancouver native and creator of ''WebVideo/EveryFrameAPainting'', did an episode titled [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojm74VGsZBU "Vancouver Never Plays Itself"]] about how the city is so often disguised as somewhere else in film and television.

Creator/{{Nintendo}} of Canada and [[ElectronicArts EA]] Canada are also there, just a few miles across the border from Nintendo's U.S. headquarters in greater Seattle. A large number of other gaming studios are located in Vancouver, including Creator/{{Capcom}} Vancouver, Rockstar Vancouver, Radical Entertainment, Creator/UnitedFrontGames, Slant Six, Creator/{{Sega}}'s Relic Entertainment, and the late Creator/{{THQ}}, to name only a few.

* ''VideoGame/{{Homefront}}'': The backstory mentions that U.S. Armed Forces in the nearby Washington State attempted to resist the KPA invasion but were overrun and forced to retreat to British Columbia. This is noted by a British news reporter based in Vancouver who also mentions that Canadian troops have increased their presence in the U.S.-Canada border.

->''"Oh and by the way, the sanitation worker almost convinced me he wasn't Canadian until he said the words "the sewer floods oot." Nice try, [[DudleyDoRight Dudley]]."''

* ''JPod''

* Laurentia from ''[[NexusWar Nexus Clash]]'' is a NoCelebritiesWereHarmed version of Vancouver.

* ''Film/{{TheHouseoftheDead2003}}'': Doubles as Seattle but the ending shot reveals the obvious waterfront and the lack of the Seattle Space Needle.

Many shows filmed around Vancouver eventually fall foul of HereThereBeLions.

* ''Film/TheWickerMan'' (2006 remake)

* ''Series/{{Sanctuary}}'', which [[TelevisionWithoutPity TWoP]] has dubbed "''Torchwood: Vancouver''".

Creator/{{Nintendo}} of Canada and [[ElectronicArts EA]] Canada are also there, just a few miles across the border from Nintendo's U.S. headquarters in greater Seattle. A large number of other gaming studios are located in Vancouver,including Creator/{{Capcom}} Vancouver, Rockstar Vancouver, Radical Entertainment, Creator/UnitedFrontGames, Slant Six, Creator/{{Sega}}'s Relic Entertainment, and the late Creator/{{THQ}}, to name only a few.

Vancouver hosted the 2010 Winter Olympics, leading some parts of the Internet to refer to them as the "Stargate City Olympics". This came after hosting Expo '86 (the 1986 World's Fair), a minor transportation themed exposition; the Expo featured the opening of Vancouver's light-rail transit system, the SkyTrain; as of 2006, the SkyTrain held the record for the longest fully-automated rapid-transit system in the world.

* ''VideoGame/Homefront'' The backstory mentions that U.S. Armed Forces in Washington attempted to resist the KPA invasion but were overrun and forced to retreat to British Columbia. This is noted by a British news reporter based in Vancouver which also mentions that Canadian troops have increased their presence in the U.S.-Canada border.

* ''Series/{{Sliders}}'', Seasons 1 and 2, where Vancouver doubled for UsefulNotes/SanFrancisco, inverting CaliforniaDoubling as well. Starting with Season 3, it was written in that the Sliders could now travel to LosAngeles (where, strangely enough, shooting had also moved to.)

* ''{{Series/iZombie}}''

The city is also the location of ''Creator/TheOceanGroup'' production company and a number of other recording studios, who specializes in [[NamesToKnowInAnime dubbing]] of many well-known {{Anime}} (along with a some English language productions). Possibly most well-known for their work on nearly every release in the ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'' franchise, including ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'' and ''Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam'', ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing'' and ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamWingEndlessWaltz Endless Waltz]]'', ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED'' and ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSeedDestiny Destiny]]'', and ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam00''. For a list of their many works, see their page.

A list of Vancouver's 'famous faces' would probably go on for pages; among others, [[James Doohan]], Carrie-Anne Moss, Michael J. Fox, Ryan Reynolds and Michael Buble have all called the city 'home' at one point or another.

*** One building at the University of British Columbia was surrounded by barbed wire fence and turrets for the gang headquarters at the beginning of the movie, confirming student belief that Buch Tower was actually designed as a prison.

Vancouver has become the third-largest film production centre in North America, being called ''Hollywood North'' because of it. This has led to the increased presence of [[TheOtherRainforest the Pacific Northwest]], particularly UsefulNotes/{{Seattle}} (for which Vancouver often [[CaliforniaDoubling doubles]]), in American media, leading to the term "Seacouver" to describe the vaguely northwestern-ish setting of works filmed in Vancouver, but just as possibly set south of the border in the United States. Among the works shot in Vancouver are all three shows in the StargateVerse, hence the original trope name "Stargate City".

Vancouver, British Columbia, is a city of over 600,000 people, rising to over 2 million when you count the metropolitan area, nicknamed the "Lower Mainland" [[note]]Vancouver is on the lower part of the BC mainland[[/note]], which can reach as far as [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbotsford,_British_Columbia Abbotsford]] and the Fraser Valley (around the Fraser River). Very popular among Chinese, Indians and British. It has a fairly extensive elevated train network called the [=SkyTrain=], which moonlights as a subway in the downtown area. Also quite [[http://cldpzza.wordpress.com/2011/05/23/vancouver-is-the-reason-there-are-so-many-draughts-in-the-world/ well known for its rain]], leading to the use of 'Raincouver' by residents as a semi-affectionate nickname.

* Laurentia from ''[[NexusWar NexusClash]]'' is a NoCelebritiesWereHarmed version of Vancouver.