- Alternate Aesop Interpretation: According to NFB descriptions, some films (like The Sand Castle and The Big Snit) are open for interpretations.
- Award Snub:
- Ryan Larkin's Walking losing the 1969 Best Animated Short Subject Oscar to the Disney short It's Tough to Be a Bird. This gets mentioned in Ryan, which would eventually win the Oscar.
- Caroline Leaf's The $treet losing the 1976 Best Animated Short Subject Oscar to Australia's Leisure.
- The Big Snit losing 1985 Best Animated Short Oscar over Anna & Bella, a brilliant Dutch film about two sisters in the afterlife.
- Awesome Music: The Cat Came Back and Log Driver's Waltz are just two of many examples.
- Cult Classic: Many of the Board's animated shorts have garnered major cult followings amongst enthusiasts of the medium.
- Just Here for Godzilla: If you couldn't already guess, their animation branch tends to be what NFB is known for, despite them having made several acclaimed live-action films and documentaries throughout their history.
- Memetic Mutation: "Go to that church, and ask God to fug you"Explanation
- Nightmare Fuel: Some of Arthur Lipsett's films among others.
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