History YMMV / Pontypool

** Grant posits that he doesn't even believe that UFO's exist. A common talking point is that UFO's do ''technically'' exist -- that is, at their literal terminology, Unidentified Flying Objects. Any flying object that has not been identified is technically a UFO. This is the exact sort of quibbling over "real" meanings of words that Sydney and Grant use to immunize themselves from infectio.

** Grant posits that he doesn't even believe that UFO's exist. A common talking point online in 2022 expressed that UFO's do indeed exist -- that is, at their literal terminology, Unidentified Flying Objects. Any flying object that has not been identified is technically a UFO.

* HilariousInHindsight: This movie is about [[spoiler:a virus that is spread through words, more specifically, language]]. Cut to 2015, where ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolidVThePhantomPain'' [[spoiler:features a similar virus. The major difference is that it does not turn the infected into [[TechnicallyLivingZombie Technically Living Zombies]], or any other sort of zombie for that matter, at least]].

* ValuesResonance: The topic of what is okay to say on air and what isn't, at the EstablishingCharacterMoment of the movie, has become much more critical especially after a real life shock jock Alex Jones started broadcasting insinuations that the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting (which happened in 2012) was a hoax. To his credit, Grant [[spoiler: tries to rein in his Mazzy-ness after being confronted about the ramifications, and when the virus hits the town, his primary concern is for the lives that have been lost and for the people who are still in danger.]]

* ValuesResonance: The topic of what is okay to say on air and what isn't, at the EstablishingCharacterMoments of the movie, has become much more critical especially after a real life shock jock Alex Jones started broadcasting insinuations that the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting (which happened in 2012) was a hoax. To his credit, Grant [[spoiler: tries to rein in his Mazzy-ness after being confronted about the ramifications, and when the virus hits the town, his primary concern is for the lives that have been lost and for the people who are still in danger.]]

* ValuesResonance: The topic of what is okay to say on air and what isn't, at the EstablishingCharacterMoments of the movie, has become much more critical especially after a real life shock jock Alex Jones started broadcasting insinuations that the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting (which happened in 2012) was a hoax. To his credit, Grant [[spoiler: tries to rein in his Mazzy-ness after being confronted about the ramifications.]]

* HarsherInHindsight: The topic of what is okay to say on air and what isn't, at the EstablishingCharacterMoments of the movie, has become much more critical especially after a real life shock jock Alex Jones started broadcasting insinuations that the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting (which happened in 2012) was a hoax.

* HarsherInHindsight: The topic of what is okay to say on air and what isn't, at the EstablishingCharacterMoments of the movie, has become much more critical especially after a real life shock jock Alex Jones started broadcasting insinuations that the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting (which happened in 2012) was a hoax. Grant reluctantly reins in his Mazzy-ness when confronted with the possible ramifications.

** Grant posits that he doesn't even believe that UFOs exist. A common talking point online in 2022 expressed that UFOs do indeed exist -- that is, at their literal terminology, Unidentified Flying Objects. Any flying object that has not been identified is technically a UFO.

* HilariousInHindsight: This movie is about [[spoiler:a virus that is spread through words, more specifically, language]]. Cut to 2015, where ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolidVThePhantomPain'' [[spoiler:features a similar virus. Although the only major difference is that it does not turn the infected into [[TechnicallyLivingZombie Technically Living Zombies]], or any other sort of zombie for that matter, at least]].

* CrossesTheLineTwice: Lawrence and the Arabians are an incredibly un-PC group of amateur singers who play out a few Arab stereotypes. Two children are dressed in {{brownface}} and one man is actually dressed as Osama bin Laden. Grant reacts with amazement.

* HilariousInHindsight: This movie is about [[spoiler:a virus that is spread through words, more specifically, language]]. Cut to 2015, where ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolidVThePhantomPain'' [[spoiler:features a similar virus. Although the only major difference is that it does not turn the infected into [[TechnicallyLivingZombie Technically Living Zombies]], at least]].

* CrossesTheLineTwice: Lawrence and the Arabians are an incredibly un-PC group of amateur singers who play out a few Arab stereotypes. Two children are dressed in {{brownface}} and one man is actually dressed as Osama bin Laden. Mazzy reacts with amazement.
* HilariousInHindsight: This movie is about [[spoiler:a virus that is spread through words]]. Cut to 2015, where ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolidVThePhantomPain'' [[spoiler:features a similar virus]].

* HilariousInHindsight: This movie is about a virus that is spread through words. Cut to 2015, where the video game Metal Gear Solid V features a similar virus.

* HilariousInHindsight: This movie is about a virus that is spread through words. Cut to 2015, where Metal Gear Solid V features a similar virus.

* HilariousInHindsight: This movie is about a virus that is spread through words. Cut to 2015, where Metal Gear Solid V features a similar virus.

* SurprisinglySimilarStories: ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolidVThePhantomPain'' also deals with [[spoiler: a deadly pathogen that attacks speakers of specific languages, with one version being a strain of the disease that infects speakers of the English language.]]

* FridgeHorror: [[spoiler: The French Canadian government knows exactly what is going on at the end, but they can't warn English speaking countries.]]

* HighOctaneNightmareFuel: And how!

* AudioErotica: The opening monologue about Mrs. French's cat, played again in the background later in the film. Arguably, most of Grant's on-air dialogue.