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* {{Determinator}}: It takes a total of five pitches, four of them utterly disastrous, for Dylan to win over Loni for the Convention Centre job at last. Why she keeps meeting with him despite her potent dislike is anyone's guess.
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** Charly is only [[PostSupportRegret helping the Order]] so they'll pay to keep his grandmother in her beloved retirement home. Once he realizes how far they're willing to go to remake Winnipeg, he expresses remorse for using Julia to get close to Dylan.
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** Charly is only [[PostSupportRegret helping the Order]] so they'll pay to keep his grandmother in her beloved retirement home. home, where she "[[CoolOldLady spins hip hop]]." Once he realizes how far they're willing to go to remake Winnipeg, he expresses remorse for using Julia to get close to Dylan.
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* WorkingWithTheEx: Discussed: Dylan and Kate have tried to keep their business partnership intact. Clearly it hasn't worked, because the series opens with the two of them discussing their choice of shutting the business down or having one of them buy out the other's shares.
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* ProductPlacement: Inescapable. The show was sponsored by a number of local businesses and destinations, and all of them appear in the script and as shooting locations at least once.
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* SafeDrivingAesop: A recurring theme, largely because Manitoba Public Insurance sponsored season 1. Switch repeatedly warns Dylan not to distract himself behind the wheel, only to [[HypocriteHasAPoint suffer the consequences of this herself.]]herself]] by getting into a SurpriseCarCrash while texting Dylan behind the wheel.
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* SurpriseCarCrash: Switch gets into one while texting Dylan behind the wheel.
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* SafeDrivingAesop: A recurring theme, largely because Manitoba Public Insurance sponsored season 1. Switch repeatedly warns Dylan not to distract himself behind the wheel, only to [[HypocriteHasAPoint suffer the consequences of this herself.]]
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* TheUnfavorite: Loni is so unimpressed at her first meeting with Dylan that she demands to see Kate instead. She'll only agree to see his final pitch if Kate--who Sam describes as "a legend around here"--is present.
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* FakeOutTwist: The last episode of season 1 begins at a funeral. Because of Switch's car accident ending the previous episode, viewers might assume it's hers. It's actually just some random old lady, and Switch is still alive and well, except for a broken leg.
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* TheExsNewJerkass: Kate has begun dating Duke, which Dylan is none too happy about.
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* SiblingRivalry: Duke tries to enlist Veronica's help in getting Dylan to join the Order. She refuses because she's too busy trying to get him for herself. The two snipe over which one will succeed.
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''[=WindCity=]'' is a WebVideoSeries that ran for two seasons from 2014 to 2015. The show took place in Winnipeg, capital city of [[UsefulNotes/CanadianProvincesAndTerritories the Canadian province of Manitoba]]. It was named in reference to the intersection of Portage Avenue and Main Street, said to be the coldest and windiest intersection in all of Canada.
It follows business consultant Dylan as he pursues an account to promote the newly renovated local convention centre, all while fending off archrival Duke and struggling with his recent divorce from ex-business partner Kate. Surrounding these three main characters are Julia, Dylan's scatterbrained sister; Olivia, Dylan and Kate's preteen daughter; Switch, Dylan's IT assistant; Loni, a skeptical conventional centre executive; Sam, Loni's eager young intern; and Morgan, Dylan's financial advisor. Joining the cast in season 2 are Veronica, Duke's sister and an out-of-town event planner with her eye on Dylan, and Charly, a trucker and archaeoastronomy enthusiast who befriends Julia.
It follows business consultant Dylan as he pursues an account to promote the newly renovated local convention centre, all while fending off archrival Duke and struggling with his recent divorce from ex-business partner Kate. Surrounding these three main characters are Julia, Dylan's scatterbrained sister; Olivia, Dylan and Kate's preteen daughter; Switch, Dylan's IT assistant; Loni, a skeptical conventional centre executive; Sam, Loni's eager young intern; and Morgan, Dylan's financial advisor. Joining the cast in season 2 are Veronica, Duke's sister and an out-of-town event planner with her eye on Dylan, and Charly, a trucker and archaeoastronomy enthusiast who befriends Julia.
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->''When a man embarks on a mission to reclaim his business and the love of his life, he finds inspiration in the most unlikely place.''
-->--Official series description
''[=WindCity=]'' is a WebVideoSeries that ran for two seasons from 2014 to 2015. The show took place in Winnipeg, capital city of [[UsefulNotes/CanadianProvincesAndTerritories the Canadian province ofManitoba]]. It Manitoba]], and was named in reference to the intersection of Portage Avenue and Main Street, said to be the coldest and windiest intersection in all of Canada.
It The series follows business consultant Dylan as he pursues an account to promote the newly renovated local convention centre, all while fending off archrival Duke and struggling with his recent divorce from ex-business partner Kate. Surrounding these three main characters are Julia, Dylan's scatterbrained sister; Olivia, Dylan and Kate's preteen daughter; Switch, Dylan's IT assistant; Loni, a skeptical conventional centre executive; Sam, Loni's eager young intern; and Morgan, Dylan's financial advisor. Joining the cast in season 2 are Veronica, Duke's sister and an out-of-town event planner with her eye on Dylan, and Charly, a trucker and archaeoastronomy enthusiast who befriends Julia.
->''When a man embarks on a mission to reclaim his business and the love of his life, he finds inspiration in the most unlikely place.''
-->--Official series description
''[=WindCity=]'' is a WebVideoSeries that ran for two seasons from 2014 to 2015. The show took place in Winnipeg, capital city of [[UsefulNotes/CanadianProvincesAndTerritories the Canadian province of
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''[=WindCity=]'' is a WebVideoSeries that ran for two seasons from 2014 to 2015. The show took place in Winnipeg, capital city of [[UsefulNotes/CanadianProvincesAndTerritories the Canadian province of Manitoba]]. It follows business consultant Dylan as he pursues an account to promote the newly renovated local convention centre, all while fending off archrival Duke and struggling with his recent divorce from ex-business partner Kate. Surrounding these three main characters are Julia, Dylan's scatterbrained sister; Olivia, Dylan and Kate's preteen daughter; Switch, Dylan's IT assistant; Loni, a skeptical conventional centre executive; Sam, Loni's eager young intern; and Morgan, Dylan's financial advisor. Joining the cast in season 2 are Veronica, Duke's sister and an out-of-town event planner with her eye on Dylan, and Charly, a trucker and archaeoastronomy enthusiast who befriends Julia.
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''[=WindCity=]'' is a WebVideoSeries that ran for two seasons from 2014 to 2015. The show took place in Winnipeg, capital city of [[UsefulNotes/CanadianProvincesAndTerritories the Canadian province of Manitoba]]. It was named in reference to the intersection of Portage Avenue and Main Street, said to be the coldest and windiest intersection in all of Canada.
It follows business consultant Dylan as he pursues an account to promote the newly renovated local convention centre, all while fending off archrival Duke and struggling with his recent divorce from ex-business partner Kate. Surrounding these three main characters are Julia, Dylan's scatterbrained sister; Olivia, Dylan and Kate's preteen daughter; Switch, Dylan's IT assistant; Loni, a skeptical conventional centre executive; Sam, Loni's eager young intern; and Morgan, Dylan's financial advisor. Joining the cast in season 2 are Veronica, Duke's sister and an out-of-town event planner with her eye on Dylan, and Charly, a trucker and archaeoastronomy enthusiast who befriends Julia.
It follows business consultant Dylan as he pursues an account to promote the newly renovated local convention centre, all while fending off archrival Duke and struggling with his recent divorce from ex-business partner Kate. Surrounding these three main characters are Julia, Dylan's scatterbrained sister; Olivia, Dylan and Kate's preteen daughter; Switch, Dylan's IT assistant; Loni, a skeptical conventional centre executive; Sam, Loni's eager young intern; and Morgan, Dylan's financial advisor. Joining the cast in season 2 are Veronica, Duke's sister and an out-of-town event planner with her eye on Dylan, and Charly, a trucker and archaeoastronomy enthusiast who befriends Julia.
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''[=WindCity=]'' is a WebVideoSeries that ran for two seasons from 2014 to 2015. The show took place in Winnipeg, capital city of [[UsefulNotes/CanadianProvincesAndTerritories the Canadian province of Manitoba]]. It follows business consultant Dylan as he pursues an account to promote the newly renovated local convention centre, all while fending off archrival Duke and struggling with his recent divorce from ex-business partner Kate.
Kate. Surrounding these three main characters are Julia, Dylan's scatterbrained sister; Olivia, Dylan and Kate's preteen daughter; Switch, Dylan's IT assistant; Loni, a skeptical conventional centre executive; Sam, Loni's eager young intern; and Morgan, Dylan's financial advisor. Joining the cast in season 2 are Veronica, Duke's sister and an out-of-town event planner with her eye on Dylan, and Charly, a trucker and archaeoastronomy enthusiast who befriends Julia.
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* WrongSongGag: Julia accidentally puts on the dubstep mix CD that Charly made for her at the beginning of a funeral service.
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* WrongSongGag: Julia accidentally puts on the dubstep mix CD that Charly made for her at the beginning of a funeral service.service.
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone:
** Charly is only [[PostSupportRegret helping the Order]] so they'll pay to keep his grandmother in her beloved retirement home. Once he realizes how far they're willing to go to remake Winnipeg, he expresses remorse for using Julia to get close to Dylan.
** After Kate confronts him for his alleged infidelity, Dylan decides he has nothing to lose and shares his Hermetic Code drawings with Duke. He immediately regrets this after finding Veronica's fake kiss photo in his image gallery.
** Charly is only [[PostSupportRegret helping the Order]] so they'll pay to keep his grandmother in her beloved retirement home. Once he realizes how far they're willing to go to remake Winnipeg, he expresses remorse for using Julia to get close to Dylan.
** After Kate confronts him for his alleged infidelity, Dylan decides he has nothing to lose and shares his Hermetic Code drawings with Duke. He immediately regrets this after finding Veronica's fake kiss photo in his image gallery.
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* SecretDiary: In season 2, Dylan begins having flashbacks to drawings his grandfather made referring to the answer to the Hermetic Code. He recreates the drawings from memory and keeps them in a notebook that he carries around with him everywhere in case another flashback strikes.
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* MysteriousBacker: Every positive new addition to Winnipeg is attributed to the Resistance, which acts in opposition to the Order. We learn in the closing scene that [[HiddenAgendaHero its leaders]] have been [[spoiler:Loni and Sam]] all along.
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* TokenMinority: Sam (part-Indigenous) and Charly (Hispanic) are the only two named characters of color.
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* AccidentalMisnaming: Julia gets Charly's name wrong several times after they first meet, calling him "Donovan" and "Portnoy."
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* ShoutOut: While examining Charly's toolkit at the garage, Julia picks up a [[Music/MCHammer hammer]] and asks "Can I touch this?"
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* EurekaMoment: An offhand comment from Switch makes Dylan realize why his pitch has been falling flat: He's been emphasizing the convention centre's specifications when he should have been promoting the city itself. He immediately rushes off to revise his presentation.
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* HighPoweredCareerWoman: Veronica comes to town to check out the convention centre for her association management clients.
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* MistakenForCheating: Veronica uses Dylan's phone to snap a photo of her kissing him at the hockey game. She sends the photo to Kate, who immediately assumes the worst. Dylan convinces her later that Veronica orchestrated the whole thing.
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* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Switch is never called anything but Switch.
* PerformanceAnxiety: Switch vomits into a bucket at the thought of speaking up at Dylan's pitch meeting.
* PostStressOvereating: Dylan is so despondent at the thought of Kate and Olivia moving to Toronto that he spends an entire day eating chicken wings.
* PerformanceAnxiety: Switch vomits into a bucket at the thought of speaking up at Dylan's pitch meeting.
* PostStressOvereating: Dylan is so despondent at the thought of Kate and Olivia moving to Toronto that he spends an entire day eating chicken wings.
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Morgan is completely unseen and unmentioned in season 2.
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* HiddenDepths: Dylan has no idea that Switch sings and plays guitar until she gives a performance at the Shark Club.
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* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]: Julia is always in a world of her own: She lives in a model condo unit in a mall, misinterprets someone else's date as a "heist or something," and talks to the corpses she's embalming as if they can hear her.
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* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]: {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Julia is always in a world of her own: She lives in a model condo unit in a mall, misinterprets someone else's date as a "heist or something," and talks to the corpses she's embalming as if they can hear her.
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* EvilFormerFriend: Dylan and Duke were classmates as children. Veronica describes them as having been best friends at the time.
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* EvilFormerFriend: Dylan and Duke were classmates as children. children and have since become mortal enemies. Veronica describes them as having been best friends at the time.time.
* TheIntern: Sam, to Loni. He's the one who convinces her not to give up on Dylan.
* MeanBoss: Loni takes an instant dislike to Dylan and spends most of their meetings belittling his ideas and insulting his appearance. He finally wins her over at his final pitch, but she's still pretty rude to him after that.
* MovingAngst: Kate accepts Duke's offer of a job in Toronto, but she never seems comfortable with the idea, occasionally bursting into tears at the thought. She ends up staying.
* NaiveNewcomer: Sam views himself this way as a "newcomer" to downtown Winnipeg from a south-end suburban neighborhood.
* ProductPlacement: Inescapable. The show was sponsored by a number of local businesses and destinations, and all of them appear in the script and as shooting locations at least once.
* SecretRelationship: Dylan and Kate have reunited by the beginning of season 2. They want to keep it a secret from Olivia and their clients in case they break up again, but Olivia isn't fooled.
* ThatLiarLies: Switch accuses Duke of using the information she gave him to hurt Dylan's business instead of helping it as he promised. [[EvilGloating He doesn't deny it.]]
* WiseBeyondTheirYears: Olivia is the first to give Dylan and Kate a reality check.
* WrongSongGag: Julia accidentally puts on the dubstep mix CD that Charly made for her at the beginning of a funeral service.
* TheIntern: Sam, to Loni. He's the one who convinces her not to give up on Dylan.
* MeanBoss: Loni takes an instant dislike to Dylan and spends most of their meetings belittling his ideas and insulting his appearance. He finally wins her over at his final pitch, but she's still pretty rude to him after that.
* MovingAngst: Kate accepts Duke's offer of a job in Toronto, but she never seems comfortable with the idea, occasionally bursting into tears at the thought. She ends up staying.
* NaiveNewcomer: Sam views himself this way as a "newcomer" to downtown Winnipeg from a south-end suburban neighborhood.
* ProductPlacement: Inescapable. The show was sponsored by a number of local businesses and destinations, and all of them appear in the script and as shooting locations at least once.
* SecretRelationship: Dylan and Kate have reunited by the beginning of season 2. They want to keep it a secret from Olivia and their clients in case they break up again, but Olivia isn't fooled.
* ThatLiarLies: Switch accuses Duke of using the information she gave him to hurt Dylan's business instead of helping it as he promised. [[EvilGloating He doesn't deny it.]]
* WiseBeyondTheirYears: Olivia is the first to give Dylan and Kate a reality check.
* WrongSongGag: Julia accidentally puts on the dubstep mix CD that Charly made for her at the beginning of a funeral service.
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''[=WindCity=]'' is a WebVideoSeries that ran for two seasons from 2014 to 2015. The show took place in Winnipeg, capital city of [[UsefulNotes/CanadianProvincesAndTerritories the Canadian province of Manitoba]]. It follows business consultant Dylan as he pursues an account to promote the newly renovated local convention centre, all while fending off archrival Duke and struggling with his recent divorce from ex-business partner Kate.
The main goal of ''[=WindCity=]'' was to promote the city to tourists, particularly potential convention planners. [[https://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/web-tv-series-promoting-winnipeg-getting-a-few-thousand-views-per-episode-1.1748194 Viewership remained low]] throughout its run, and the series all but disappeared from public attention after the release of its second season.
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* AlwaysOnDuty: Even when she's just stopping off for an after-work drink, Morgan is ready to break out the tablet and discuss her clients' finances. She spends every scene she's in talking about RBC's services or charitable activities.
* AncientConspiracy: We learn in season 2 that Duke is the head of "the Order," an evil cabal that seeks to destroy Winnipeg in the hopes of rebuilding it as they see fit. They believe they can do this by solving [[https://www.frankalbo.com/the-book the real-life Hermetic Code,]] which only Dylan's grandfather ever accomplished.
* TheCameo:
** Creator/KevinMcDonald of ''Series/TheKidsInTheHall'' makes a few appearances as a local who has a few awkward encounters with Julia.
** Local morning radio host Ace Burpee appears as a fellow bar patron who gives Dylan advice.
** Convention centre CEO Klaus Lahr appears in season 1 at Dylan's official campaign pitch and again in season 2 as a member of the Resistance.
** The Resistance also includes philanthropist Gail Asper and Maxim Truck and Trailer CEO Doug Harvey.
* [[CantHoldHisLiquor Can't Hold Her Liquor]]: Veronica spends an entire evening drinking with Dylan in an attempt to seduce him, only to pass out herself.
* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]: Julia is always in a world of her own: She lives in a model condo unit in a mall, misinterprets someone else's date as a "heist or something," and talks to the corpses she's embalming as if they can hear her.
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Veronica repeatedly tries to seduce Dylan by consuming phallic-looking (and sometimes not-phallic-looking) foods.
* EvilFormerFriend: Dylan and Duke were classmates as children. Veronica describes them as having been best friends at the time.
The main goal of ''[=WindCity=]'' was to promote the city to tourists, particularly potential convention planners. [[https://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/web-tv-series-promoting-winnipeg-getting-a-few-thousand-views-per-episode-1.1748194 Viewership remained low]] throughout its run, and the series all but disappeared from public attention after the release of its second season.
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* AlwaysOnDuty: Even when she's just stopping off for an after-work drink, Morgan is ready to break out the tablet and discuss her clients' finances. She spends every scene she's in talking about RBC's services or charitable activities.
* AncientConspiracy: We learn in season 2 that Duke is the head of "the Order," an evil cabal that seeks to destroy Winnipeg in the hopes of rebuilding it as they see fit. They believe they can do this by solving [[https://www.frankalbo.com/the-book the real-life Hermetic Code,]] which only Dylan's grandfather ever accomplished.
* TheCameo:
** Creator/KevinMcDonald of ''Series/TheKidsInTheHall'' makes a few appearances as a local who has a few awkward encounters with Julia.
** Local morning radio host Ace Burpee appears as a fellow bar patron who gives Dylan advice.
** Convention centre CEO Klaus Lahr appears in season 1 at Dylan's official campaign pitch and again in season 2 as a member of the Resistance.
** The Resistance also includes philanthropist Gail Asper and Maxim Truck and Trailer CEO Doug Harvey.
* [[CantHoldHisLiquor Can't Hold Her Liquor]]: Veronica spends an entire evening drinking with Dylan in an attempt to seduce him, only to pass out herself.
* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]: Julia is always in a world of her own: She lives in a model condo unit in a mall, misinterprets someone else's date as a "heist or something," and talks to the corpses she's embalming as if they can hear her.
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Veronica repeatedly tries to seduce Dylan by consuming phallic-looking (and sometimes not-phallic-looking) foods.
* EvilFormerFriend: Dylan and Duke were classmates as children. Veronica describes them as having been best friends at the time.
