History Main / GirlfriendInCanada

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* In ''{{Scott Pilgrim vs Snow Flower and the Secret Hall Pass}}'', Shizuo wishes he had a girlfriend in Canada so he could get out of being in an arranged marriage.

* In "So Random" on the "Learning Spanish" sketch, the Spanish "teacher" (Nico) remarks that Peter (Chad) is ugly, to which Peter replies, "I have a girlfriend.", then Nico says that his girlfriend is fake, to which Peter replies, "She lives in Canada."

* In the mobile phone game, ''Surviving High School 11'', in the episode "The New Girl," One of the male cheerleaders, Keith, tells your character (the titular new girl) that he has a girlfriend who lives in Canada. Since the character is also portrayed as [[CampGay being interested in musicals, with 'immaculately gelled hair' and wearing designer jeans]], this could be seen as a way of letting the player know Keith is gay. (By the way, UnfortunateImplications toward all male cheerleaders being gay are avoided, as the other male cheerleader, Hector, is straight and in a relationship with a female cheerleader).

* In one ''TeenTitans'' comic Kid Flash tells Robin that he has his own RoguesGallery in Canada.

* On ''[[ThirtyRock 30 Rock]]'', Liz Lemon's man-bashing comedy book causes serious damage to her male friends' relationships, including Lutz, who complains that his girlfriend is very upset, in Canada. Lutz's girlfriend in Canda also has a website specifically dedicating to proving she exists.

* TheOnion article ''Canadian Girlfriend Unsubstantiated''. [[http://www.theonion.com/content/node/38767 Here.]]
** "[[http://www.theonion.com/articles/area-homosexual-thinks-hes-still-in-the-closet,690/ Area Homosexual Thinks He's Still In The Closet]]" also uses this trope as part of a TransparentCloset.

* Leslie Cheung's character in ''The Chinese Feast'' hopes to get enough money to visit his girlfriend in Canada.

* The Mayor in {{Chocolat}} uses this to attempt to cover up the fact that his wife has left him.

* In Mary de France's 12th century poem, "{{Lanval}}," Sir Lanval responds to Queen Guinevere's insinuation that "women are not what you prefer, but that there are very many pretty boys with whom you prefer to take your joys" by saying that he ''does'' have a girlfriend... she's just... a mystical being... who Guinevere doesn't know... and who Guinevere can she never meet, making this trope {{older than print}}.

* In {{Scott Pilgrim vs. Snow Flower and the Secret Hall Pass}}, Shizuo wishes he had a girlfriend in Canada so he could get out of being in an arranged marriage.

** Subverted in ''The Simpsons'' Treehouse of Horror XI segement "Scary Tales Can Come True" which parodies the story of Hansel and Gretel. Captured in the witch's gingerbread cottage, Lisa mocks her for not having a social life. The witch claims to have a boyfriend named George Cauldron (a riff on ''The Brady Bunch'' episode mentioned above) but Lisa and Bart are less than convinced. At the end of the segment, after Homer cooks the witch in her own oven, a handsome and real George Cauldron arrives and asks for her.

* Ash in {{Misfile}} doesn't want to deal with the [[{{Squick}} awkwardness]] of a boyfriend while a girl, so she claims that Rumisiel is her bofriend. From Canada.

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* In SonicChronicles, Amy will go on and on about her boyfriend Dexter, who's smart and funny and kind and resourceful and heroic and basically everything she ever wanted Sonic to be, minus the habit of telling her to buzz off when she's trying to be affectionate. Yet we never get to actually meet Dexter, because Sonic happens to have rolled into town when Dexter's away on business. If you choose enough "nice" dialog choices over the course of the game, she'll eventually own up that she made up Dexter in an attempt to get Sonic jealous so that he'd acknowledge that she is, in fact, "his woman".
* In the mobile phone game, ''Surviving High School 11'', in the episode "The New Girl," One of the male cheerleaders, Keith, tells your character (the titular new girl) that he has a girlfriend who lives in Canada. Since the character is also portrayed as [[CampGay being interested in musicals, with 'immaculately gelled hair' and wearing designer jeans]], this could be seen as a way of letting the player know Keith is gay. (By the way, UnfortunateImplications toward all male cheerleaders being gay are avoided, as the other male cheerleader, Hector, is straight and in a relationship with a female cheerleader).

* Howard tells the others this in TheBigBangTheory .

''(Shit! Her ''name'' is Alberta, she ''lives'' in Vancouver...)''

* On ''[[ThirtyRock 30 Rock]]'', Liz Lemon's man-bashing comedy book causes serious damage to her male friends' relationships, including Lutz, who complains that his girlfriend is very upset, in Canada.
** Lutz's girlfriend in Canda also has a website specifically dedicating to proving she exists. There is [[SarcasmMode absolutely]] no possibility that Lutz made it himself.

* In the ''TheyMightBeGiants'' song "Withered Hope", it's mentioned "Withered Hope has a soul-mate / Living in a city in another state".

A subtrope of TheBeard, the GirlfriendInCanada is convenient for writers as she doesn't actually exist, and thus doesn't require casting or characterization.

* Subverted in the ''{{Grounded for Life}}'' episode "Space Camp Oddity", where Brad says that he had a girlfriend at Space Camp, and brings up several lame excuses when people want to meet her. Eventually, she appears, played by Mila Kunis.

* Ash in {{Misfile}} doesn't want to deal with the [[{{Squick}} Awkwardness of a boyfriend]] while a girl, so she claims that Rumisiel is her bofriend. From Canada.

* In NapoleonDynamite, Napoleon uses a sample modeling picture Deb gave him to convince Pedro that he has a girlfriend who lives in Oklahoma.