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* [[The Ditz]]: Lennox's "rent-a-girlfriend", and a male example in the form of Strombeck.
* [[The Dutiful Son|The Dutiful Daughter]]: Amy helped her father recover the Magellan Stones while her sister Julie went to school and eventually became an astronaut.
* [[Eagle Land]]: Alexander ''[[Red BaronSobriquet|The Juggernaut]]'' Yount, whose team wears shiny jumpsuits, enters the stadium to rock music and pyrotechnics, and has ''cheerleaders''. Though he's ''very'' competitive and takes himself ''way'' too seriously, he's actually not a particularly negative portrayal of Americans.
* [[Everything's Louder with Bagpipes]]: The movie opens with a bagpipe tune that ends up being a funeral dirge.
* [[Expy]]: The American Space Agency, filling in for NASA.
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** [[The Sixth Ranger]]: Gordon Cutter, also the [[Eccentric Mentor]].
* [[The Fun in Funeral]]: A less-than thirty second scene that crams about five or ten different mishaps in while introducing Neil Bucyk. What should be [[A Simple Plan|a straightforward cremation]] goes horribly (and hilariously) awry when:
** The conveyerconveyor belt's motor shorts out,
** causing the recording of [[Amazing Freaking Grace]] to play in reverse,
** along with causing the coffin to start moving ''away'' from the oven and towards the end of the belt.
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** only for the belt to start moving the ''right'' direction,
** Neil's coat to get caught in the lid of the coffin when it slams shut,
** Dragging him onto the conveyerconveyor belt with the casket and being dragged towards the oven, [[Black Comedy|all while the grieving family sits and watches]], ''[[Black Comedy|horrified'']]''. All of this in a scene that again, lasts ''less than 30 seconds''.
* [[The Glorious War of Sisterly Rivalry]]: a variation: Both sisters are The Smart Sister; one happens to be the Prodigal Daughter (went to college, joined [[Expy|The American Space Agency]], became an astronaut) while the other is [[The Dutiful Son|The Dutiful Daughter]], who stayed home with the family and cared for their father. Also, [[Triang Relations|both are romantic interests]] for Chris Cutter.
* [[Graceful Loser]]: {{spoiler|The Juggernaut}}, even [[Lampshaded]] in passing as part of a [[Brick Joke]] moments later.
* [[Hey, It's That Guy!]]: If you've ever been a fan of ''[[Due South]]'', you'll recognize probably half of the cast of this film, not to mention the late [[Leslie Nielsen]].
** George Buza, playing the loan shark, has made a career of such roles in Canadian film and television.
* [[Hooker with a Heart of Gold]]: Joanne, the "[[Insistent Terminology|Rent-A-Girlfriend]]", though Lennox never seems to actually do the things that one traditionally does with a prostitute, though she could just be the type of escort where sex isn't part of the deal.
* [[Hot Mom]]: Amy
* [[Karma Houdini]]: Linda Bucyk, who spends much of the movie cheating on her husband. Though it is strongly indicated at the end of the film that he's leaving her, it has less to do with the affair and more to do with her general abusiveness (and his own developing relationship with [[The Ditz|Joanne]])
* [[Les Yay]]: [[Discussed Trope|Discussed]] by Amy when Julie was trying to have a heart-to-heart with her about Chris. [[Dude, Not Funny|Julie asks Amy why]] ''[[Dude, Not Funny|everything]]'' [[Dude, Not Funny|has to be a joke with her.]]
* [[MacGuffin]]: The Magellan Stones, having been dumped into the lake by Chris Cutter before he skipped town in the [[Backstory]], are several types:
** Mineral [[MacGuffin]]: Well, they ''are'' basically polished stones with handles attached
** [[I'm Dying, Please Take My MacGuffin]]: Donald Foley dies immediately after retrieving the last of the stones. His will states that his ashes are to be placed in the last Magellan Stone, his old curling team reformed, and for them to take the stones and make another attempt to win the Golden Broom.
* [[Membership Token]]: The matching beaver tattoos on all four guys {{spoiler|and Amy}}.
* [[Obfuscating Stupidity]]: The first team they play against, made up of octogenarians.
* [[Obi-Wan Moment]]: Neil Bucyk has one, while being dragged down a conveyor belt towards a cremation fire. [[Subverted]] in that he escapes unscathed, some time after the cut to the next scene.
** Neil in general seems obsessed with death, possibly a mix of his line of work (mortician) and his less-than-warm marriage.
* [[Off the Wagon]]: [[Unlucky Childhood Friend|Amy]], after {{spoiler|After seeing [[The Hero|the object of her affections]] and her sister hook up}}.
** Given her kid's [[Wise Beyond Their Years|nonchalant and blunt reaction]] to his mom's condition, it's implied that this happens to her fairly often. But then, he could also have been familiar with her being drunk from before she started going to AA meetings.
* [[Regional Riff]]: Scottish bagpipes for Canada. Appropriate, since the movie centers around a sport that originated in Scotland.
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