Line #10 YMMV/DueSouth


1	* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: It's not entirely clear just how good of a cop Ray Vecchio is. He might be overworked and easily distracted, or even a mildly DirtyCop, given his occasional habit of trying to blackmail judges with embarassing information he has on them to get them to help him or Fraser. Not to mention his EstablishingCharacterMoment has him getting called out on trying to commit entrapment (ironically, on an [[FlockOfWolves Internal Affairs cop who was attempting to do the same to him]]).
2	* BrokenBase: One phrase: '''"the Ray Wars."'''
3	* CompleteMonster: [[TerroristsWithoutACause Francis Bolt]] is a criminal mastermind and precision expert. In "[[Recap/DueSouthS2E14AllTheQueensHorses All the Queen's Horses]]", he has his brother [[WesternTerrorists Randal]] hijack a train carrying some Mounties to a horse show in the US. Under his brother's direction, Randal demands a ransom, but plans to crash the train into another train carrying spent fuel rods, nuking Chicago in the process. After his brother is captured, Francis himself appears in the episode "[[Recap/DueSouthS2E17RedWhiteOrBlue Red, White or Blue]]". Francis devises a plan to free his brother, working with his cousins, capturing Benton Fraser and Ray Vecchio in the process. Francis takes over the court his brother was being tried in, kidnaps the judge and jury, rigs them with explosives and uses them as hostages. Francis leaves Fraser and Vecchio in the court strapped to bombs that will explode if their heart rate gets too high. Francis is also using this rescue operation as a cover for a different crime, [[{{Greed}} stealing some bonds]] that will be used as evidence in a different case. Francis and Randal knock out their cousins, hoping they will die in the explosion, so they would not have to share the bonds with them.
4	* CreatorsPet: Ray Kowalski, who's compared more favorably to Ray Vecchio by having a better service record with the Chicago PD, and commendations. The actor was also picked for the role by the producer. Became a Fandom Pet to those who see him as a better cop than Vecchio, more attractive than Vecchio, and a better friend to Fraser than Vecchio.
5	%%zce * DieForOurShip / ShipToShipCombat: A byproduct of the Ray Wars. These arguments can get ugly.
6	* FanNickname: common ones include
7	** OFM ("Our Favourite Mountie"): Benton Fraser
8	** OFDM ("Our Favourite Dead Mountie"): Bob Fraser
9	** Dead!Bob: Bob Fraser again
10	** [=RayV=]: Detective Ray Vecchio
11	** [=RayK=]: Detective Ray [[TheOtherDarrin Kowalski]]
12	* {{Fanon}}:
13	** A semi-recurring one in fanfiction (and jokes on Tumblr) is that some of the other roles Callum Keith Rennie has played (particularly Billy Talent in ''Film/HardCoreLogo'') is just Ray on another undercover gig.
14	** [[Series/SlingsAndArrows Geoffery Tennant]] is either Fraser undercover or Fraser's IdenticalStranger and HilarityEnsues when they meet.
15	* FridgeBrilliance: In ''Free Willie'', Fraser mentions a half-remembered thing his father once told him when he was very young about sewing your wallet to your underwear, [[ButIDigress then quickly moves to a more relevant topic.]] A few episodes later, in ''Manhunt'', Buck tells Fraser a story about Bob Fraser trekking out into the wilderness to the place he nearly died previously (rescued by Buck) to recover a wallet that young Fraser had made for him. Maybe that experience was why he started sewing his wallet to his underwear.
16	* FridgeLogic: Fraser doesn't carry bullets in his gun because he doesn't have a gun permit. [[ArtisticLicenseLaw Wouldn't that mean he can't carry a]] ''[[ArtisticLicenseLaw gun]]'' [[ArtisticLicenseLaw at all in Chicago?]]
17	** That is correct: an unloaded gun would still be seen as illegal under Chicago law. However, as a RCMP Officer, he would be permitted to carry a loaded firearm in the States. Fraser should have been well aware of this considering his familiarity with all the laws.
18	** In ''A Cop, A Mountie, and a Baby'', the episode ends on Ray and Fraser bantering and walking off into the distance... or rather, walking onto what appears to be an active flightline at their local airport. It's not really clear where they were planning to go.
19	* HilariousInHindsight:
20	** Paul Gross, who in this movie played the up to eleven ideal version of a Royal Canadian Mounted Policeman, would later star in a MadeForTV movie called ''Murder Most Likely'', BasedOnATrueStory about a [[DirtyCop crooked Mountie]] who may or may not have murdered his wife.
21	** A recurring villain in the first couple of seasons is a mob boss by the name of [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirBender Zuko]].
22	* HollywoodHomely: Ray Vecchio is this, to some fans.
23	* HoYay, which led to m/m fanfic with Fraser and both Rays. Not to mention the Rays with each other.
24	* RetroactiveRecognition: Also HilariousInHindsight: Fraser's partner is replaced by a [[Series/BattleStarGalactica2003 cylon]], and [[OnlySaneMan he's the only one to notice]].
25	** [[Series/{{CSINY}} NYPD Detective Stella Bonasera]] is a bank robber! (Or Dr.Hansen from 'Providence').

Context YMMV / DueSouth