History Series / CanadasWorstHandyman

A Canadian RealityShow that tries to rehabilitate the country's constructionally challenged in much the same way as its [[Series/CanadasWorstDriver sister program]] does for driving. This involves sending candidates (usually nominated by their relatives) to a central location (referred to as the "Handyman Rehabilitation Centre") to take classes on various techniques from professionals, and then (hopefully) apply their new-found skills to perform various DIY tasks in their designated rooms. All of these quests are aimed toward "refurbishing" their building into something, such as a bed and breakfast, dorm rooms, honeymoon suites, etc. (which will invariably be labelled as [[TitleDrop "Canada's Worst ..."]]). The contestants also work on tasks in a group project (such as re-doing a kitchen or building a spa area) throughout the season, where the previous day's "most improved" serves as the foreman.

The series started in 2006 and lasted six seasons before going on hiatus; however, in July 2014, Discovery Channel started advertising a casting call for what could possibly have been the seventh season ... it ended up being a reboot called ''Blood, Sweat & Tools'' and premiered in April 2015.

* DoWellButNotPerfect: Season 5 had the foreman (wearing the gold helmet for the group project) always being the core reason for the failure of the project or having nothing to do with its success. As the season progressed, those that ''had'' worn the gold helmet in previous projects felt that getting that helmet again would only mean trouble.

%% * DoWellButNotPerfect: One season had the foreman (wearing the gold helmet for the group project) always being the core reason for the failure of the project or having nothing to do with its success. As the season progressed, those that ''had'' worn the gold helmet in previous projects figured that being the foreman would only mean trouble.

* DumbassHasAPoint: After a particularly EpicFail went UpToEleven, Johnnie made it abundantly clear that dealing with five bad handymen meant there were going to be shitloads of mistakes and failures.

* EpicFail:

The series started in 2006 and lasted six seasons before going on hiatus; however, in July 2014, Discovery Channel started advertising a casting call for what could possibly have been a seventh season ... it ended up being a reboot called ''Blood, Sweat & Tools'' and premiered in April 2015.

*** First off, it took place during the summer when later seasons took place in the winter (ironically its sister series, Canada's Worst Driver, took place in the winter).

A Canadian RealityShow that tries to rehabilitate the country's constructionaly challenged in much the same way as its [[Series/CanadasWorstDriver sister program]] does for driving. This involves sending candidates (usually nominated by their relatives) to a central location (referred to as the "Handyman Rehabilitation Centre") to take classes on various techniques from professionals, and then (hopefully) apply their new-found skills to perform various DIY tasks in their designated rooms. All of these quests are aimed toward "refurbishing" their building into something, such as a bed and breakfast, dorm rooms, honeymoon suites, etc. (which will invariably be labelled as [[TitleDrop "Canada's Worst ..."]]). The contestants also work on tasks in a group project (such as re-doing a kitchen or building a spa area) throughout the season, where the previous day's "most improved" serves as the foreman.

* ClipShow: The first two seasons ended with one, recapping the season, demolishing the apartment used (in Season 1), and delivering the ecosheds that were constructed and sold for charity (in season 2)

* DecidedByOneVote: Even more so than ''Driver'', with only two experts[[note]]''Driver'' has four[[/note]], it almost always comes down to each giving their opinion, and Andrew being the tie breaker. If Andrew argues with one of the experts, and the other expert is the tie-breaker, it's probably because both experts agreed and the producers are playing up RuleOfDrama by throwing in a ConflictBall.

* HenpeckedHusband: Mostly these have been justified examples, given how bad the men on this show have generally proved to be at handiwork and finishing jobs, but the way that Darryl from Season 1 and Casey from Season 3 were treated by their respective wives went ''way'' beyond what you'd expect.

** Season 4 had two examples. The first was Brian P.'s son Brennan; granted, ''anyone'' would qualify as this compared to the unbelievably inept Brian, but Brennan showed himself to have a good knowledge of handiwork, and was the only person in rehab (besides Eric) to successfully assemble the electric fireplace at the first go. The second example was Angie's husband Roy, who was a major help on their jobs, and was actually allowed to take part in the season's final challenge (they were a man down due to Brian P. having been kicked out), where he proved ''way'' more competent than Johnnie or Brian M.

* NoOSHACompliance: The handymen's various introduction videos show just how incompetent and[=/=]or dangerous they've been with home repairs and they come on the show to learn how to do things the right way. Not that it stops them from making horrific mistakes over the course of the show. One notable instance occurred during Season 4, when the handymen were using a circular saw in a way that almost guaranteed that at least one of them would be disemboweled. Andrew ''stormed'' onto the set yelling at them to stop, dressed them down, and taught them how to do the job safely.

** There were also two instances where a nominator had to be replaced. The first was in Season 2, when Terry's nominator Harvey injured his back, and the second was in Season 4, when Eric's nominator Marc was sent home by the producers because they felt he was a bad influence and encouraging Eric to goof off; in both cases, the men's respective wives took over as the nominators.[[note]](There was a third instance where a nominator was replaced; in Season 5, Simon's wife went home at the start of the fifth episode and was replaced by their son. It doesn't count as this trope however, as the change had been agreed on before the season even began filming)[[/note]]

** Is the common way of getting out of a situation you don't know how to get out of. As usual, even this will end up not going so well.

* InsaneTrollLogic: In the second-last episode of Season 5, Cory installed a vent hood for the kitchen stove a foot higher than Ontario building codes (and the stove's own instructions) permitted. Not wanting to bother with the effort of removing the hood and reinstalling it, Cory resorted to just standing the stove on a box instead. As you'd expect, the experts were ''not'' happy with this.

* DuctTapeForEverything: Indeed, there has been at least one contestant who has had an addiction to falling back on duct tape whenever something goes wrong.

* IncrediblyLamePun: There's no shortage of "nailing" and "screwing" jokes.
-->'''Andrew (voiceover):''' Brian M.'s problem in [[http://youtu.be/kj1Rj9BO1kw?t=2m17s this challenge]] stems from his inadequecies when it comes to screwing.

* BrickJoke: In Season 2, the frames for each contestant's shed were built for them, but they still had to specify their own dimensions. However, the contestants were warned not to make their frames taller than a specific height; of course, most of them did not ReadTheFreakingManual (as usual). Only during the finale did most of the contestants realize why there was a height limit in the first place: their sheds wouldn't fit through the front door of the workshop! They had to find, ''ahem'', creative ways to get their sheds out of the workshop, one of which involved cutting the entire building in ''half'' -- the contestant who resorted to that, Terry, ended up being named the season's Worst Handyman for doing so.

** Also in Season 5, their efforts to explain "chemical welding."

* DumbBlonde: Subverted by Angie from Season 4, who was prone to saying and doing really stupid things, but ended up showing by far the most improvement out of any of that season's contestants.

* SpoilerOpening: Season 5 had the spoiler that Mat would eventually receive a mohawk hat.

The series started in 2006 and lasted six seasons before going on hiatus; however, in July 2014, Discovery Channel started advertising a casting call for what could possibly have been a seventh season ... it ended up being a reboot called ''Blood, Sweat & Tools'', set for an April 2015 premiere.

* TheUnfairSex: A pretty mild instance, since she was never realistically going to be named the worst anyway, but Angela from Season 5 got a free pass on being named Canada's Worst Handyman since the experts agreed that her husband was at fault for the screw-ups she did make. By comparison, Darryl from Season 1 and Casey from Season 3 were told that the controlling behaviour of their wives was no excuse for their bad handiwork.

The series started in 2006 and lasted six seasons before going on hiatus; however, in July 2014, Discovery Channel started advertising a casting call for what could possibly be a seventh season. Although said ad does not mention the name of the show, it does use footage from it, and indicates that the most improved at the end would now win a cash prize too.

* BowChickaWowWow: "A ''vibrating bed?!''"

* DecidedByOneVote: Even moreso than ''Driver'', with only two experts[[note]]''Driver'' has four[[/note]], it almost always comes down to each giving their opinion, and Andrew being the tie breaker. If Andrew argues with one of the experts, and the other expert is the tie-breaker, it's probably because both experts agreed and the producers are playing up RuleOfDrama by throwing in a ConflictBall.

* [[ReadTheFreakingManual Read the Freaking Instructions]]: This happens so much that "Read the instructions!" is pretty much the show's CatchPhrase! There are people who don't read then, people who only read a bit of them and give up, and people who mess up even ''with'' them. By Season 6, the experts pretty much had a policy that anyone who made a major mistake caused by failing to read the instructions would automatically be named the episode's worst.
* [[TheSilentBob The Silent Keith]]: Season 5. But when he ''did'' speak...

** In Season 2, Terry managed to get named the most improved, ''and'' the worst of the day, ''at the same time''
*** Same with Johnny in season 4 and Dan in season 6.

* TheLoad: While a lot of the nominators have been at best lacking in knowledge, and at worst outright impossible to work with, Matt H. from Season 5 stands out as the only one who was actively ''trying'' to make his nominee, Angela be the worst so that she'd give up handiwork. The experts quickly caught on, and after she did poorly in the season's fifth episode, named ''him'' as the worst instead of Angela.