Canada
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Canada is a location which is parodied heavily in South Park. It has appeared on numerous occasions as well as its occupants. Most things in Canada are depicted as being square-shaped or rectangular.
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[edit] Canadians
Canadians are portrayed as having oval shaped flappy heads with black beady eyes. The rest of their bodily layout is very rectangular and straight. They speak with an exaggerated accent and usually end all of their sentences with 'Eh', 'Buddy', 'Guy' or 'Friend'. They also pronounce about, aboot.
Some Canadians are prominent characters. Ike Broflovski, the adopted brother of Kyle Broflovski originally came from Canada. Also, the comedy duo Terrance and Phillip come from Canada and have been featured prominently over the seasons.
Despite not being Canadian himself, Saddam Hussein is depicted with the flappy, oval shaped head and Canadian accent and mannerisms show in the show, along with his Iraqi bodyguards. He is heavily obssesed with Canada though. In Terrance and Phillip in Not Without My Anus, with help from Scott, he gains access into Canada and attempts to take it over. He is foiled by the Canadians though, who all fart at the same time during a Football game and stop him. In It's Christmas in Canada, he again tries to take the country over by posing as the new Prime Minister and making strange laws. He is exposed by the boys though and once again foiled from taking over Canada. Whats this all Aboot
[edit] Geography
Canada is located north of the United States of America, as it is in real life. Canada is shown to be very rural and contains only one road, as seen in "It's Christmas in Canada", which is known as "The Road" or "The Only Road". The road stretches all the way across Canada.
The houses of Canadians contain the first letter of the occupants name on the roof. The houses are all very similar in design, as are the residents. Every thing else in Canada is depicted as being square and rectangular as well, even wheels.
An area of French Canada (The Province of Quebec) has also been seen on one occasion. The boys encountered it after following the only road. In French Canada, the occupants are described as "a little odd", and tend to drink wine heavily and dance about usually singing the song "French Canada" which claims the area to be "the best Canada in the land" and the other part of Canada to be "a bullshit Canada".
[edit] Culture
The culture of Canada tends to revolve around toilet humour, especially fart jokes as seen in several episodes featuring Canadians. The popular Canadian duo, Terrance and Phillip, are shown to constantly use this type of gag in their routines. It is also a known fact that the majority of Canadian economy relies on Terrance and Phillip.
Canadian culture seems to be based on exaggerated stereotypes. It depicts all Canadian's as loving Kraft Dinner and Maple Syrup. The Canadians also seem to like baseball in "Terrance and Phillip in Not Without My Anus" and Shakespearian theatre in "Terrance and Phillip: Behind the Blow". Although Canada held its own war against America in the South Park movie, the Canadians seem to live in constant fear of an American invasion, as they hid from sight when the boys crash landed in Canada. Once they were sure they were not invading, they became friendly and welcoming (except Scott).
[edit] The American-Canadian War
This event took place in South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut. This war broke out after the boys saw the Terrance and Phillip movie Asses of Fire, and Sheila Broflovski started an Organization entitled MAC (Mothers Against Canada) in order to ban the movie and lead a nation wide protest against Canada and Canadian products. She receives the support of ex-president Bill Clinton, and places Terrance and Phillip under citizens arrest while they are on the Conan O'Brian show. Canada responds to this by bombing the Baldwin Brothers mansion, which leads the two countries to declare war on each other. Canada bombs the Arquette residence and in retaliation America leads a full scale invasion of Toronto. All Canadian citizens residing in America are forced into death camps, or 'Happy Camps'. Terrance and Phillip are scheduled to be executed by electrocution at a USO show, but it is interrupted by a Canadian attack and they are saved by Eric Cartman.
The battle stops when Sheila Broflovski kills Terrance and Phillip, allowing Hell to open up to Earth and bringing Satan and Saddam Hussein to rule for a million years. Satan decides against it though and kills Saddam. He grants Kenny McCormick one wish for helping him stand up to Saddam, which is for everything to go back to the way it was before the war. Everyone who died in the events leading up to the battle comes back to life, and the friendship between America and Canada is restored, but Kenny is still dead and rises up to Heaven as an angel.
[edit] Canada on Strike
In the Season 12 episode Canada on Strike, The World Canadian Bureau (Abreviated as the WGA) leader Stephen Aboutman leads all of Canada into a national strike after the U.S. does not respect Canada on "National Canadian Appreciation Day". They demand respect and "Some of that Internet money" for Canada. They are internationally ignored though and are replaced by the Danish (The Canadians of Europe). The strike causes many Canadians to die from starvation and disease. In the end, the rest of the world gives Canada coupons to Bennigans and bubble gum for them to end the Strike. Steven Aboutman and The World Canadian Bureau declare it a victory, but Terrance and Phillip figure out that the strike cost Canada millions of dollars, much more then they gained, and set Steven Aboutman and his aides adrift on a piece of ice out on the ocean as punishment.
