Canada's Worst Driver: Difference between revisions

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''Andrew Younghusband, opening season 5.'' }}

 

* [[Driving Stick]]: Stick shifts are brought frequently. This trope is played as straight as you please every time, with ground gears, burned clutches, and the works.

** That being said, some drivers [[Subverted Trope|have had no problems]]. The most recent subversion was [[Badass Biker]] <ref>Motorcycles have manual transmissions as well</ref> Paul from Season Six, who completed a challenge involving balancing a stick-shift car on a teeter-totter almost as quickly as Andrew did and with not a lick more damage to the car.

'''Andrew (narrating):''' "That" is perfect! }}

** On the other hand, everyone else was so bad that ''five cars'' brought out for the challenge had the clutches burned out--the last person had to be exempted because they didn't have a sixth!

* [[Not Making This Up Disclaimer]]: Andrew Younghusband and others ''insist'' the drivers really are this bad and are ''not'' actors.

** After Angelina destroys half the obstacles and almost melts the truck's engine on season 5's Eye of the Needle challenge:

* [[Once a Season]]: Several tasks recur every year:

** The initial challenge, where the contestants must follow directions to drive themselves to the Rehab Centre (sometimes while running errands too, especially during earlier seasons)

** In the Season 5 finale, right before Angelina was to go through the Mega-Challenge, there's a pixelated image of the "Start" sign with an image of Angelina slid over it such that the "S" was covered.

** When introducing the Canada's Worst Parking lot challenge in Season 7, episode 5:

* [[Tear Jerker]]--[[In-Universe]] examples: While many contestants [[Emotional Wreck|break down in tears quite frequently]], there are other times when they've been struck by truly tragic events.

** The death of Crystal's brother-in-law Tom Stagno--[[Irony|in a vehicle accident.]]