History PlayingWith / CanadaDoesNotExist

* '''Inverted''': The show is all about living in America or all [[CanadaEh aboot]] living in Canada.

* '''Straight''': A show called ''Life in Greenville'' revolves around AliceAndBob and all the people they know, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin living in a city called Greenville]]. Greenville is probably somewhere in UsefulNotes/NorthAmerica as everyone (save Charlie, who was born in UsefulNotes/{{England}} and emigrated as an adult) speaks English with a North American-sounding accent, Christmas takes place in the winter, and prices are expressed in terms of dollars and cents. However, because no flags, presidents, prime ministers, nor any other national symbols are mentioned (nor, for that matter, any symbols of the subnational states or provinces), it's ambiguous whether they live in the UsefulNotes/UnitedStates or UsefulNotes/{{Canada}}.
* '''Exaggerated''': Every character has a different accent (and they collectively speak almost every extant human language), no currency is mentioned, and ItsAlwaysSpring while the month is never mentioned, so the show could be set pretty much anywhere that is populated enough.
* '''Downplayed''': Greenville is stated to be a town near the US/Canada border, so the show features cars with both American and Canadian license plates, American and Canadian brands of consumer goods, and the characters make ShoutOut[=s=] to both American and Canadian popular culture ... but ''which'' side of the border the town is on is never shown nor said.

* '''Double Subverted''': ...who is later revealed to be a fictional president of the unnamed country they live in, or possibly even of a different country, merely sharing a name with a real-life figure.

* '''Implied''': The only time Greenville is shown on a map, there are no political boundaries, but it seems to be very near the Canada-US border.

* '''Exaggerated''': Every character has a different accent (and they collectively speak almost every extant human language), no currency is mentioned, and ItsAlwaysSpring while the month isn't mentioned, so the show could be set pretty much anywhere that is populated enough.
* '''Downplayed''': Greenville is stated to be a town near the US/Canada border, so the show features cars with American and Canadian license plates and both American and Canadian brands of consumer goods ... but ''which'' side of the border the town is on is never shown nor said.

* '''Double Subverted''': ...who is later revealed to be a fictional president of the unnamed country they live in, simply sharing a name with a real-life figure.

* '''Enforced''': The show is filmed in Canada and the writers wanted to set it in America but unfortunately, one of the TV producers they work with is a bit xenophobic, so they compromised by keeping it ambiguous.

* '''Implied''': The only time Greenville is shown on a map, there are no political boundaries, but it seems to be along the Canada-US border.
* '''Deconstructed''': Because nobody knows what country claims the territory of Greenville, it can't interact with any other communities or get necessary services from a larger government or firm.

* '''Straight''': A show called ''Life in Greenville'' revolves around AliceAndBob and all the people they know, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin living in a city called Greenville]]. Greenville is probably somewhere in UsefulNotes/NorthAmerica as everyone (save Charlie, who's an English-born immigrant) speaks English with a North American-sounding accent, Christmas takes place in the winter, and they use dollars and cents. However, because no flags, presidents, prime ministers, nor any other national symbols are mentioned (nor, for that matter, any symbols of the subnational states or provinces), it's ambiguous whether they live in UsefulNotes/TheUnitedStates or UsefulNotes/{{Canada}}.

* '''Parodied''': The characters ''themselves'' don't know what country they live in and when Alice tries to find it on a map, she says, "Ugh, there're [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenville several Greenvilles]] ''each'' in America and Canada and I just can't tell which one is ours!"

-->'''Alice''': Well, do we have a president or a prime minister as the national head of government? And do we have a governor for our home state or a premier for our home province?
-->'''Bob''': I don't know; I don't vote and I don't watch or read the news, either.

* '''Implied''': No maps that show Greenville have political boundaries, but it seems to be along the Canada-US border.

* '''Exaggerated''': Every character has a different accent, no currency is mentioned, and ItsAlwaysSpring while the month isn't mentioned, so the show could be set pretty much anywhere that is populated enough.

* '''Zig-Zagged''': The show has NegativeContinuity and sometimes is explicitly set in America, sometimes Canada, and sometimes nowhere in particular.

* '''Invoked''': Greenville was built very close to the international border (possibly even straddling it) and from the beginning, the residents on both sides decided to deemphasize their respective nationalities for the sake of working more easily with communities on the other side.

* '''Straight''': A show called ''Life in Greenville'' revolves around AliceAndBob and all the people they know, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin living in a city called Greenville]]. Greenville is probably somewhere in UsefulNotes/NorthAmerica as everyone (save Charlie, who's an English-born immigrant) has a North American-sounding accent, Christmas takes place in the winter, and they use dollars and cents. However, because no flags, presidents, prime ministers, nor any other national signifiers are mentioned, it's ambiguous whether they live in UsefulNotes/TheUnitedStates or UsefulNotes/{{Canada}}.

* '''Subverted''': Then Alice mentions a president.
* '''Double Subverted''': ...who is later revealed to be a fictional president of the unnamed country they live in, simply sharing a name with a real-life one.
* '''Parodied''': The characters ''themselves'' don't know what country they live in and when Alice tries to find it on a map, she says, "Ugh, there're several Greenvilles ''each'' in America and Canada and I just can't tell which one is ours!"

* '''Invoked''': Greenville was built very close to the international border (possibly even straddling it) and the residents on both sides decided to deemphasize their respective nationalities for the sake of working more easily with communities on the other side.

-->'''Bob''': I don't know, probably America or Canada.

-->'''Alice''': Well, do we have a president or a prime minister?
-->'''Bob''': I don't know; I don't vote and I don't watch the news, either.

* '''Straight''': AliceAndBob and all the people they know live in a city called Greenville that's probably somewhere in UsefulNotes/NorthAmerica as everyone (save Charlie, who's an English immigrant) have North American-sounding accents, Christmas takes place in the winter, and they use dollars and cents. However, because no flags, presidents, prime ministers or any other national signifiers are or mentioned, it's ambiguous whether they live in UsefulNotes/TheUnitedStates or UsefulNotes/{{Canada}}.
* '''Exaggerated''': Every single character has a different accent, no currency is mentioned, and ItIsAlwaysSpring while the month isn't mentioned, so the show could be set pretty much anywhere that is populated enough.
* '''Downplayed''': Greenville is stated to be a town near the US/Canada border, so the show features cars with American and Canadian license plates, and both American and Canadian brands of consumer goods ... but it's never shown ''which'' side of the border the town is located on.
* '''Justified''': According to WordOfGod the work is set in the "North American Union" of an AlternateUniverse, [[ExpandedStatesOfAmerica comprising what would be both countries]] (if not the entire continent) in RealLife.

* '''Parodied''': The characters ''themselves'' don't know what country they live in and when Alice tries to find it on a map, she says, "Ugh, there're several Greenvilles in both America ''and'' Canada and I just can't tell which one is ours!"

* '''Lampshaded''': "Wait...what country do we live in?"
* '''Invoked''': Greenville was built very close to the international border (possibly even straddling it) and the residents decided to deemphasize their own nationalities for the sake of working more easily with communities on the other side.

* '''Defied''': Bob says, "We live in America."

* '''Deconstructed''': ???
* '''Reconstructed''': ???

* '''Played for Drama''': Greenville is the central location for a SpyDrama or ParanormalInvestigation series, and the blatant obfuscation of its geographic placement is hinted/revealed to be ''[[TheConspiracy very much]]'' ''[[EldritchLocation deliberate]]''.

* '''Straight''': AliceAndBob and their friends, neighbours, enemies and whatnot live in a city called Greenville that's probably somewhere in UsefulNotes/NorthAmerica as everyone (save Charlie, who's an English immigrant) have North American-sounding accents, Christmas takes place in the winter and they use dollars and cents, however, due to no flags, presidents, Prime Ministers or any other national signifiers being seen or mentioned, it's ambiguous as to whether they live in UsefulNotes/TheUnitedStates or UsefulNotes/{{Canada}}.
* '''Exaggerated''': Every single character has a different accent, no currency is mentioned and ItIsAlwaysSpring while the month isn't mentioned, so the show could be set pretty much anywhere with cities.
* '''Downplayed''': Greenville is stated to be a town near the US/Canada border, so the show features cars with American and Canadian license plates, and both American and Canadian brands of consumer goods... but it's never shown ''which'' side of the border the town is located on.

* '''Parodied''': The characters ''themselves'' don't know what country they live in and when Alice tries to find it on a map, she says, "Ugh, there's several Greenville's in both America ''and'' Canada and I just can't tell which one is ours!".
* '''Zigzagged''': The show has NegativeContinuity and sometimes is explicitly set in America, sometimes Canada and sometimes nowhere in particular.

* '''Enforced''': The show is filmed in Canada and the writers wanted to set it in America but unfortunately, one of the TV producers they work with is a bit xenophobic so they compromised by keeping it ambiguous.

* '''Invoked''': ???

* '''Defied''': Bob shouts out "WE LIVE IN AMERICA!".

--> '''Alice''': "Which country do we live?"
--> '''Bob''': "I don't know, probably America or Canada."
--> '''Alice''': "Which one?"
--> '''Bob''': "I don't know."
--> '''Alice''': "Well, do we have a president or a Prime Minister?"
--> '''Bob''': "I don't know, I don't vote and I don't watch the news either."
--> '''Alice''': "Hey, Charlie, we're trying to figure out which country this is. When you immigrated here, which country did you become a citizen of?"
--> '''Charlie''': "I don't remember."
--> '''Alice''': "And our city name doesn't help either. I mean we'd know where we were if we lived in "Milwaukee" or "Toronto", but "Greenville" could be anywhere!"
* '''Conversed''': "So do these characters live in America or Canada?"
* '''Implied''': ???

* '''Played for Laughs''': There's an episode focused on this question called "Where in the World are Alice and Bob?" that doesn't answer it, simply because StatusQuoIsGod.

Back to CanadaDoesNotExist.

* '''Downplayed''': ???

* '''Played for Drama''': ???

* '''Inverted''': The show is all about living in America or all about living in Canada.

* '''Justified''': According to WordOfGod the work is set in the "North American Union" of an AlternateUniverse, comprising what would be both countries (if not the entire continent) in RealLife.

* '''Straight''': AliceAndBob and their friends, neighbours, enemies and whatnot live in a city called Greenville that's probably somewhere in UsefulNotes/NorthAmerica as everyone (save Charlie, who's an English immigrant) have North American-sounding accents, Christmas takes place in the winter and they use dollars and cents, however, due to no flags, presidents, Prime Ministers or any other national signifiers being seen or mentioned, it's ambiguous as to whether they live in UsefulNotes/TheUnitedStatesOfAmerica or UsefulNotes/{{Canada}}.

* '''Double Subverted''': ???

* '''Justified''': According to WordOfGod the work is set in the "North American Union" of an AlternateUniverse, comprising what would be both countries (and probably Mexico) in RealLife.

* '''Justified''': ???

* '''Straight''': AliceAndBob and their friends, neighbours, enemies and whatnot live in a city called Greenville that's probably somewhere in UsefulNotes/NorthAmerica as everyone (save Charlie, who's an English immigrant) have North American-sounding accents, Christmas takes place in the winter and they use dollars and cents, however, due to no flags, presidents, Prime Ministers or any other national signifiers being seen or mentioned, it's ambiguous as to whether they live in UsefulNotes/TheUnitedStatesOfAmerica or UsefulNotes/Canada.