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* '''[[EskimoThe LandGreat White North|The Arctic]]''', full of igloos, playful polar bears and parka-wearing Inuit, quite possibly [[Polar Bears and Penguins|penguins]], and of course cute little baby seals... at least until the polar bears and people find them. Which is awesome, eh?

Keep in mind that '''Canada, Eh?''' has no West Coast (besides ''all'' of British Columbia), no Prairies (besides a fairly large hunk of the middle of the country), and certainly no punishingly hot weather (except for [[Stargate City|Vancouver]]). The hot weather stops right aboot at the border (unless it presents a passport), eh!?

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* The ''[[Scott Pilgrim]]'' series, based in a surreal video game version of [[Toronto]], averts most of these stereotypes (it should be noted the author, Bryan Lee O'Malley, is Canadian himself), except for the occasional "eh." Also, American characters' dialogue will be spelled with words like "flavor," while the Canadian cast says "flavour."

== Fan FictionWorks, Eh? ==

* ''[[The Whole Nine Yards]]'' averts this, taking place in [[Montreal]] because it was filmed there, but generally lacking in Canadian stereotypes, except for Bruce Willis's rant about how Canadians put mayonnaise on hamburgers.

* [[David Cronenberg]]'s films are often set in his hometown, [[Toronto]], which he naturally portrays quite realistically. A realistic Montreal crops up occasionally, too. His 1986 remake of ''The Fly'' is shot in the downtown core of Toronto, and several prominent stores are visible during some of the scenes (such as Toronto City Hall, and, when Brundle walks down the street eating a chocolate bar, he passes he most random places.

* ''[[The Trolls]]'' has Aunt Sally both poke fun at and provide true facts about her life growing up with their father and the rest of the family on Vancouver Island. A lot of things she mentions, like a violin-playing test that's [[Serious Business]], she claims are normal for life on the island. Early on, she jokes that people in Canada have parties all of the time, but keep it a secret because they feel like they're "ghosts" and that America has a proper culture. For the record, no one in her stories say 'eh?'.

* ''[[Hollywood's Canada]]'', by Canuck media legend [[Pierre Burton]], thoroughly and hilariously deconstructs Canada's image in American film (hint: most of the flicks mentioned were marketed as 'cool and refreshing' viewing for hot summer days). Contains, among others in the same vein, this wonderful quote from British actor [[Arthur Treacher]]: "I say, you'd have to be a pretty virile bloke to live there, wouldn't you?"

* ''[[The Coyote Kings of the Space Age Bachelor Pad]]'' is set in Edmonton, and is notable for having a cast made up largely of black people. Then again, the author is [[Write What You Know|a black Canadian who lives in Edmonton]].

* Oddly enough, [[Professional Wrestling]] completely averts this trope (well, ''almost'' completely; after all, [[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]] did have a [[Heel]] mountie in full dress uniform for a while; ironically, WWE wasn't allowed to use him in Canada at all), even though they embrace every single other stereotypical ethnic trope out there. This may be because half the wrestlers in North America (at least the well-known ones) are from either Canada or Texas. In fact, professional wrestling may be the only form of popular fictional entertainment where Canadians can be portrayed as jerks or outright evil.

** A donation of $10 USD will get you a Mr. Accessory, often abbreviated to "Mr. A". $10 Canadian, on the other hand, will net you a "Mr. Eh?" which gives a bonuses to your stats based on the current exchange rate between the Canadian and American Dollars. Sadly, the KoL people have said that in the event that the Canadian Dollar is worth more than the American one (as it briefly was infor recenta couple of years), the bonuses granted by the Mr. Eh? will not exceed those granted by the Mr. A.

* In ''[[The Grim Adventures of Billy and& Mandy]]'' episode ''Test of Time'', [[Cloudcuckoolander|Billy]], [[Heroic Sociopath|Mandy]], and [[Black and Nerdy|Irwin]] are studying book reports. Mandy had ''Drums of the American Revolution'', Irwin had ''The Canadian Revolution'', and Billy had ''A Not-So-Brief History of Time''. While Billy was goofing off and not studying at all, Irwin called him on the phone 3 times. The first time, Billy was eating pie and Irwin was dressed as a Mountie. The second time, Billy was watching a monster truck show and Irwin was dressed as a lumberjack. The third time, Billy was taking a bath, and Irwin, oddly enough, instead of wearing an outfit stereotyping Canadian culture, wore a Little Bo Peep outfit.

* Ezekiel from ''[[Total Drama Island]]'' is a walking example oof this. Thick accent and all, eh.

* In an episode ofthe ''[[Kim Possible]]'' episode "Job Unfair", a top secret Canadian spy {{spoiler|who's actually Joe the Janitor introduced earlier}} ends his explanation speech with "eh", but it's delivery makes it sound like it's mocking the trope.

* In an episode of ''[[El Tigre]]'', White Pantera gets depressed and can do nothing but lie on the couch and watch "Canadian soap operas". ("Don't talk to me abootabout love!")