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->''[[HeroicBSOD I don't need this in my goddamn life!]] [[RageBreakingPoint You think I need "Ryan's Babe" in my fucking life?! You think I wanna explain the- the]] ''Film/{{Inception}}'' [[FlashbackWithinAFlashback flashback, within a flashback,]] '''[[FromBadToWorse within a flashback?!]] [[WhatTheHellHero YOU THINK I WANNA TALK ABOUT THAT?!]]'''''
-->--[[WebVideo/BestOfTheWorst Rich Evans']] [[SarcasmMode glowing review of the film]]


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->''"I don't need this in my goddamn life! You think I need ''Ryan's Babe'' in my fucking life?! You think I wanna explain the- the ''Film/{{Inception}}'' FlashbackWithinAFlashback ''within a flashback''?! YOU THINK I WANNA TALK ABOUT THAT?!"''
-->--'''Rich Evans's''' review of the film, ''WebVideo/BestOfTheWorst''
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->''[[HeroicBSOD I don't need this in my goddamn life!]] [[RageBreakingPoint You think I need "Ryan's Babe" in my fucking life?! You think I wanna explain the]] ''Film/{{Inception}}'' [[FlashbackWithinAFlashback flashback, within a flashback,]] '''[[FromBadToWorse within a flashback?!]] [[WhatTheHellHero YOU THINK I WANNA TALK ABOUT THAT?!]]'''''

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->''[[HeroicBSOD I don't need this in my goddamn life!]] [[RageBreakingPoint You think I need "Ryan's Babe" in my fucking life?! You think I wanna explain the- the]] ''Film/{{Inception}}'' [[FlashbackWithinAFlashback flashback, within a flashback,]] '''[[FromBadToWorse within a flashback?!]] [[WhatTheHellHero YOU THINK I WANNA TALK ABOUT THAT?!]]'''''
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->''[[HeroicBSOD I don't need this in my goddamn life!]] [[RageBreakingPoint You think I need "Ryan's Babe" in my fucking life?!]] You think I wanna explain the ''Film/{{Inception}}'' [[FlashbackWithinAFlashback flashback, within a flashback,]] '''within a flashback?! YOU THINK I WANNA TALK ABOUT THAT?!'''''

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->''[[HeroicBSOD I don't need this in my goddamn life!]] [[RageBreakingPoint You think I need "Ryan's Babe" in my fucking life?!]] life?! You think I wanna explain the the]] ''Film/{{Inception}}'' [[FlashbackWithinAFlashback flashback, within a flashback,]] '''within '''[[FromBadToWorse within a flashback?! flashback?!]] [[WhatTheHellHero YOU THINK I WANNA TALK ABOUT THAT?!'''''THAT?!]]'''''
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->''[[HeroicBSOD I don't need this in my goddamn life!]] [[RageBreakingPoint You think I need "Ryan's Babe" in my fucking life?!]] You think I wanna explain the ''Film/{{Inception}}'' [[FlashbackWithinAFlashback flashback, within a flashback,]] '''[[UpToEleven within a flashback?!]] YOU THINK I WANNA TALK ABOUT THAT?!'''''

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->''[[HeroicBSOD I don't need this in my goddamn life!]] [[RageBreakingPoint You think I need "Ryan's Babe" in my fucking life?!]] You think I wanna explain the ''Film/{{Inception}}'' [[FlashbackWithinAFlashback flashback, within a flashback,]] '''[[UpToEleven within '''within a flashback?!]] flashback?! YOU THINK I WANNA TALK ABOUT THAT?!'''''
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-->[[WebVideo/BestOfTheWorst Rich Evans']] [[SarcasmMode glowing review of the film]]

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->''[[HeroicBSOD I don't need this in my goddamn life!]] [[RageBreakingPoint You think I need "Ryan's Babe" in my fucking life?!]] You think I wanna explain the ''Film/{{Inception}}'' [[FlashbackWithinAFlashback flashback, within a flashback,]] '''[[UpToEleven within a flashback?!]] YOU THINK I WANNA TALK ABOUT THAT?!'''''
-->[[WebVideo/BestOfTheWorst Rich Evans']] [[SarcasmMode glowing review of the film]]

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* EasilyForgiven: [[DullSurprise Ryan has little to no reaction]] to being: scammed, beaten, kidnapped, raped or [[BreadEggsBreadedEggs being scammed into being beaten and kidnapped before being raped]] and never seeks retribution for anything done to him.
** To put it into perspective, in one scene he gets assaulted during a home invasion (and nearly castrated) before being [[BoundAndGagged tied up]] and dumped in a completely different state; when he wakes up he just washes his hands and leaves like nothing happened.
** He also gets flat out raped in another scene and proceeds to just go back to sleep with his rapist afterwards.



* MindScrew: At one point, a man named Bill tries to order another beer, only for the bartender, Jim, to cut him off. The issue is that ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcK4ioF8ODc&t=31m27s Jim says both lines]]''.

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* ImmuneToDrugs: Ryan can evidently shake off being drugged sometimes within seconds of being knocked out by them.
* InstantSedation: Ryan gets roofied numerous times and starts feeling the effects of them pretty much as soon as the drugs make it past his lips.
* MindScrew: At one point, a man named Bill Connie's father (Bill) tries to order another beer, only for the bartender, Jim, to cut him off. The issue is that ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcK4ioF8ODc&t=31m27s Jim says both lines]]''.
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[[caption-width-right:288:Don't be fooled by the low-brow cover. [[RandomEventsPlot The tagline, on the other hand...]]]]

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[[caption-width-right:288:Don't [[caption-width-right:288:[[CoversAlwaysLie Don't be fooled by the low-brow cover. cover.]] [[RandomEventsPlot The tagline, on the other hand...hand, is quite accurate.]]]]
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* {{Homage}}: This movie is supposedly a very loose one to ''Literature/TheOdyssey'', considering that it's the book Ryan's college friends study and Connie can be seen reading. Ryan escaping from Connie's father and the wacky hijinks that occur are supposedly parallel to Odysseus's journey in the poem.

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* {{Homage}}: This movie is supposedly a very loose one to ''Literature/TheOdyssey'', considering that it's the book Ryan's college friends study and Connie can be seen reading. Ryan escaping from Connie's father and the wacky hijinks that occur are supposedly meant to parallel to Odysseus's journey in the poem.

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* {{Homage}}: This movie is apparently a very loose one to ''Literature/TheOdyssey'', considering that it's the book Ryan's college friends study and Connie can be seen reading. Ryan escaping from Connie's father and the wacky hijinks that occur are supposedly parallel to Odysseus's journey in the poem.

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* {{Homage}}: This movie is apparently supposedly a very loose one to ''Literature/TheOdyssey'', considering that it's the book Ryan's college friends study and Connie can be seen reading. Ryan escaping from Connie's father and the wacky hijinks that occur are supposedly parallel to Odysseus's journey in the poem.poem.
* IdenticalStranger: Ryan gets kidnapped by some mobsters who mistake him for a rival Mob boss's son, who looks exactly like Ryan except for the hair.
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[[caption-width-right:288:Don't be fooled by the low-brow cover.]]

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[[caption-width-right:288:Don't be fooled by the low-brow cover.]]
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* {{Homage}}: This movie is apparently a very loose one to ''Literature/TheOdyssey'', considering that it's the book Ryan's college friends study and Connie can be seen reading. Ryan escaping from Connie's father and the wacky hijinks that occur are supposedly parallel to Odysseus's journey in the poem.


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* PassedInTheirSleep: Barbara dies in her sleep overnight from a massive heart attack after sleeping with a roofied-up Ryan.
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* FlashbackWithinAFlashback: During the flashback initiated when Ryan is tells his backstory to Krista, Ryan sees Connie injured from a bike crash and has a flashback to when he was a child and found his bike run over by a car.

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* FlashbackWithinAFlashback: During the flashback initiated when Ryan is tells telling his backstory to Krista, Ryan sees Connie injured from a bike crash and has a flashback to when he was a child and found his bike run over by a car.

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* DecoyProtagonist: The first quarter of the movie makes you think that Sally/Krista is, at the very least, an important character that will stick with Ryan since the opening focuses on her. She actually leaves Ryan by the end of that quarter once her problems are solved and doesn't appear again.



* DrivenToSuicide: Subverted. Connie apparently slit her wrists and overdosed on sleeping pills just because Ryan keeps rejecting her. Then it turns out that it was all a stunt to get Ryan's attention. The pills were fake and she cut herself in such a way that she will lose minimal blood.

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* DrivenToSuicide: Subverted. Connie apparently slit her wrists and overdosed on sleeping pills just because Ryan keeps rejecting her. Then it turns out that it was all a stunt to get Ryan's attention. The pills were fake and she cut herself in such a way that she will lose lost minimal blood.
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* MindScrew: At one point, a man named Bill tries to order another beer, only for the bartender, Jim, to cut him off. The issue is that ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcK4ioF8ODc&t=31m27s Bill says both lines]]''.
-->'''Bill''': (talking to someone offscreen) ''I'll have another one, Jim!'' No more today, Bill. Please escort this gentleman to the door!

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* MindScrew: At one point, a man named Bill tries to order another beer, only for the bartender, Jim, to cut him off. The issue is that ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcK4ioF8ODc&t=31m27s Bill Jim says both lines]]''.
-->'''Bill''': -->'''Jim''': (talking to someone offscreen) ''I'll have another one, Jim!'' No more today, Bill. Please escort this gentleman to the door!

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* DoggedNiceGirl: The movie attempts to have Connie be this. In reality, she's more of a StalkerWithACrush as she sabotoges Ryan's relationship with his girlfriend and fakes suicide to get his attention.

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* DoggedNiceGirl: The movie attempts to have Connie be this. In reality, she's more of a StalkerWithACrush as she sabotoges sabotages Ryan's relationship with his girlfriend and fakes suicide to get his attention.


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* OohMeAccentsSlipping: The college cheerleaders and the trucker who drug Ryan are meant to be Americans, but they have noticeable Canadian accents.


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* StockholmSyndrome: Ryan has a distressingly quick version of this. Whenever he gets kidnapped or held at gunpoint, he gets very comfortable with the perpetrator in what seems like less than an hour.
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* MindScrew: At one point, a man named Bill tries to order another beer, only for the bartender, Jim, to cut him off. The issue is that ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcK4ioF8ODc&t=31m27s Jim says both lines]]''.
-->'''Jim''': (talking to someone offscreen) ''I'll have another one, Jim!'' No more today, Bill. Please escort this gentleman to the door!

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* MindScrew: At one point, a man named Bill tries to order another beer, only for the bartender, Jim, to cut him off. The issue is that ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcK4ioF8ODc&t=31m27s Jim Bill says both lines]]''.
-->'''Jim''': -->'''Bill''': (talking to someone offscreen) ''I'll have another one, Jim!'' No more today, Bill. Please escort this gentleman to the door!
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* MindScrew: At one point, a man named Bill tries to order another beer, only for the bartender, Jim, to cut him off. The issue is that ''Jim says both lines''.

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* MindScrew: At one point, a man named Bill tries to order another beer, only for the bartender, Jim, to cut him off. The issue is that ''Jim ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcK4ioF8ODc&t=31m27s Jim says both lines''.lines]]''.
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* MindScrew: At one point, a man named Bill tries to order another beer, only for the bartender, Jim, to cut him off. The issue is that ''Jim says both lines''.
-->'''Jim''': (talking to someone offscreen) ''I'll have another one, Jim!'' No more today, Bill. Please escort this gentleman to the door!
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* FlashbackWithinAFlashback: During the flashback where Ryan is telling his backstory to Krista, Ryan sees Connie injured from a bike crash and has a flashback to when he was a child and found his bike run over by a car.
* InMediaRes: The movie begins with Ryan giving a ride to a woman at gunpoint. Ryan then explains to her the whole series of events that led to that very moment.

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* FlashbackWithinAFlashback: During the flashback where initiated when Ryan is telling tells his backstory to Krista, Ryan sees Connie injured from a bike crash and has a flashback to when he was a child and found his bike run over by a car.
* InMediaRes: InMediasRes: The movie begins with Ryan giving a ride to a woman at gunpoint. Ryan then explains to her the whole series of events that led to that very moment.

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I don't think Ray Ramayya meant for Ryan to be his avatar.


* AuthorAvatar: Ray Ramayya wrote a main character named "Ryan". Subtle.
* ButtMonkey: Ryan is just a very unlucky guy. He gets abducted twice, almost gets his dick cut off, and gets drugged multiple times, one of which leads to a DateRape.

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* AuthorAvatar: Ray Ramayya wrote a main character named "Ryan". Subtle.
* ButtMonkey: Ryan is just a very unlucky guy. He gets abducted twice, almost gets his dick cut off, and gets drugged multiple times, one of which leads to a DateRape.



* DrivenToSuicide: Subverted. Connie apparently slit her wrists and overdosed on sleeping pills just because Ryan keeps rejecting her. Then it turns out that it was all a stunt to get Ryan's attention. The pills were fake and she cut herself in such a way that she will lose minimal blood.
* FlashbackWithinAFlashback: During the flashback where Ryan is telling his backstory to Krista, Ryan sees Connie injured from a bike crash and has a flashback to when he was a child and found his bike run over by a car.
* InMediaRes: The movie begins with Ryan giving a ride to a woman at gunpoint. Ryan then explains to her the whole series of events that led to that very moment.



* PapaWolf: Connie's father never liked Ryan since he was a kid, but Connie's fake suicide attempt and her blaming Ryan for it is what sends her father over the edge.

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* PapaWolf: Connie's father never liked Ryan ever since he was a kid, but Connie's fake suicide attempt and her blaming Ryan for it is what sends her father over the edge.


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* WickedCultured: "Shakespeare", a mobster that reads lots of Shakespeare because he finds his plays to be inspiring.
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* AuthorAvatar: Ray Ramayya wrote a main character named "Ryan". Subtle.

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Only airing on a Canadian premium cable TV channnel a few times in its year of release, the film languished in total obscurity until a VHS screener was found in a dumpster, literally, by Tyler Baptist, founder of Canadian B-movie distributor Videonomicon. Having been fascinated by the film, he arranged for a limited home release. It didn't get attention of particular significance until it was featured on WebVideo/RedLetterMedia's ''WebVideo/BestOfTheWorst''.

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Only airing on a Canadian premium cable TV channnel channel a few times in its year of release, the film languished in total obscurity until a VHS screener was found in a dumpster, literally, by Tyler Baptist, founder of Canadian B-movie distributor Videonomicon. Having been fascinated by the film, he arranged for a limited home release. It didn't get attention of particular significance until it was featured on WebVideo/RedLetterMedia's ''WebVideo/BestOfTheWorst''.


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** His first job has him working at a diner near a gas station. It comes with a makeshift living space in a strip mall.
** His second job has him working at a hotel resort. It comes with some new clothes for him to own, a used car to replace the one he lost, and a proper living space.
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* ButtMonkey: Ryan is just a very unlucky guy. He gets abducted twice, almost gets his dick cut off, and gets drugged multiple times, one of which leads to a DateRape.


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* NewJobAsThePlotDemands: Ryan seems to get new jobs with ease, and with nice benefits.

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The film languished in total obscurity until Canuxploitation [[http://www.canuxploitation.com/review/ryansbabe.html reviewed]] a VHS copy of it, which led to a DVD release from Videonomicon, a distributor of similarity lesser-known Canadian films. It didn't get attention of particular significance until it was featured on WebVideo/RedLetterMedia's ''WebVideo/BestOfTheWorst''.

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The Only airing on a Canadian premium cable TV channnel a few times in its year of release, the film languished in total obscurity until Canuxploitation [[http://www.canuxploitation.com/review/ryansbabe.html reviewed]] a VHS copy screener was found in a dumpster, literally, by Tyler Baptist, founder of it, which led to a DVD release from Videonomicon, a Canadian B-movie distributor of similarity lesser-known Canadian films.Videonomicon. Having been fascinated by the film, he arranged for a limited home release. It didn't get attention of particular significance until it was featured on WebVideo/RedLetterMedia's ''WebVideo/BestOfTheWorst''.



* TheAlcoholic: Connie's father, who gets kicked out of a bar for having a drunken argument and drinks even more when he finds out about Connie's suicide attempt.



* DoggedNiceGirl: The movie attempts to have Connie be this. In effect, she's more of a case of LoveMakesYouCrazy as she keeps interfering with Ryan's date with his girlfriend and fakes suicide to get his attention.

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* DoggedNiceGirl: The movie attempts to have Connie be this. In effect, reality, she's more of a case of LoveMakesYouCrazy StalkerWithACrush as she keeps interfering with sabotoges Ryan's date relationship with his girlfriend and fakes suicide to get his attention.


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* PapaWolf: Connie's father never liked Ryan since he was a kid, but Connie's fake suicide attempt and her blaming Ryan for it is what sends her father over the edge.

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* DoggedNiceGirl: The movie attempts to have Connie be this. In effect, she's more of a case with LoveMakesYouCrazy as she keeps interfering with Ryan's date with his girlfriend and fakes suicide to get his attention.

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* DoggedNiceGirl: The movie attempts to have Connie be this. In effect, she's more of a case with of LoveMakesYouCrazy as she keeps interfering with Ryan's date with his girlfriend and fakes suicide to get his attention.


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* PoliceAreUseless: Ryan somehow manages to get across the border to the United States with little trouble despite driving a vehicle he bought off of two crooks that manufacture counterfeit money and the vehicle being identified by the police as that of the crooks over the radio.

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* DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale:
* NoEnding: The movie ends with Ryan getting arrested for giving a ride to a woman that stole money and jewelry, his fate unknown. He doesn't even get home when this happens.

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* DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale:
DoggedNiceGirl: The movie attempts to have Connie be this. In effect, she's more of a case with LoveMakesYouCrazy as she keeps interfering with Ryan's date with his girlfriend and fakes suicide to get his attention.
* DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale: Ryan gets roofied by Barbara, who then brings him to her hotel room and sleeps with him because he reminds her of her long dead husband. This is all played as a sympathetic moment for Barbara and Ryan is not traumatized or rather bothered by having been [[DateRape date raped]] by an old woman.
* NoEnding: The movie ends with Ryan getting arrested for giving a ride to a woman that stole money and jewelry, his fate unknown. He doesn't even get home when this happens.happens.
* RandomEventsPlot: There doesn't seem to be any connective tissue between scenes. They just tend to happen without much buildup and end with little to no payoff.
* RoadTripPlot: What the movie looks like it's trying to do. The RandomEventsPlot makes it unclear of what it actually is.
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''Ryan's Babe'' is a Canadian thriller film directed by Ray Ramayya, [=PhD=], and released in 2000. It follows the story of Ryan, an unfortunate college kid that is on the run from the father of his love interest, Connie, after she supposedly attempted suicide after an argument with her. A series of events then befall upon Ryan as he makes his way south of Saskatchewan and soon finds himself in the United States with nothing but a few bucks and the clothes on his back.

The film languished in total obscurity until Canuxploitation [[http://www.canuxploitation.com/review/ryansbabe.html reviewed]] a VHS copy of it, which led to a DVD release from Videonomicon, a distributor of similarity lesser-known Canadian films. It didn't get attention of particular significance until it was featured on WebVideo/RedLetterMedia's ''WebVideo/BestOfTheWorst''.

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!!''Ryan's Babe'' provides examples of:

* CanadaEh: Most of the characters in this movie have strong Canadian accents, even the ones that supposedly American.
* ChronicHeroSyndrome: Ryan can't help but assist those in need, which often gets him in trouble as much as it doesn't.
* DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale:
* NoEnding: The movie ends with Ryan getting arrested for giving a ride to a woman that stole money and jewelry, his fate unknown. He doesn't even get home when this happens.

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