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* DeadpanSnarker: Andrew, of course.
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* DeadpanSnarker: Andrew, of course.Andrew's presenting style can lean towards this at times, with him dropping the snark if it's a serious matter (such as a safety issue) or when he's giving an explanation to the audience.
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* EpicFail: '''Just for starters:'''
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* EpicFail: '''Just for starters:'''
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*** Let me put it another way: when you routinely try to '''hammer in SCREWS''', you qualify.
** The Season 4 and 5 nominees had to purchase the items needed for their challenges during a three-hour shop at a Canadian Tire store[[note]]they were sponsoring the show[[/note]]. While the majority of nominees purchased at least half of the items needed on their list, Deen from Season 5 only purchased 57 out of the 245 items he needed - less than a quarter of the total list.
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* NoOSHACompliance: The handymen's various introduction videos show just how incompetent and[=/=]or dangerous they've been with home repairs and they come on the show to learn how to do things the right way. Not that it stops them from making horrific mistakes over the course of the show. One notable instance occurred during Season 4 when the handymen were using a circular saw in a way that almost guaranteed that at least one of them would be disembowelled. Andrew ''stormed'' onto the set yelling at them to stop, dressed them down, and taught them how to do the job safely.
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* NoOSHACompliance: The handymen's various introduction videos show just how incompetent and[=/=]or dangerous they've been with home repairs and they come on the show to learn how to do things the right way. Not that it stops them from making horrific mistakes over the course of the show. One Some notable instance occurred during examples included:
** During Season 4 when the handymen were using a circular saw in a way that almost guaranteed that at least one of them would be disembowelled. Andrew ''stormed'' onto the set yelling at them to stop, dressed them down, and taught them how to do the jobsafely.safely.
** At least three times during Season 5, the experts, Andrew or the shows crew were forced to intervene due to potentially lethal hazards in the group challenge - the first two times occurred during the first episode when they were dismantling the kitchen without turning off the power or water first (among other things), while the third came three episodes later when Deen kept shocking himself after the connection between his angle grinder and the extension cord fell into a puddle of water.
** During Season 4 when the handymen were using a circular saw in a way that almost guaranteed that at least one of them would be disembowelled. Andrew ''stormed'' onto the set yelling at them to stop, dressed them down, and taught them how to do the job
** At least three times during Season 5, the experts, Andrew or the shows crew were forced to intervene due to potentially lethal hazards in the group challenge - the first two times occurred during the first episode when they were dismantling the kitchen without turning off the power or water first (among other things), while the third came three episodes later when Deen kept shocking himself after the connection between his angle grinder and the extension cord fell into a puddle of water.
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* PointAndLaughShow
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* StayInTheKitchen: Angela's husband Matt in season 5 flat-out admits she should be cleaning the house instead, prompting a JawDrop in the background. Normally it would be justified because she tends to be out of her depth, but his general attitude towards her (and her only) and trying to force her to quit doing [=DIYs=] was insulting.
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* StayInTheKitchen: Angela's husband Matt in season 5 flat-out admits she should be cleaning the house instead, prompting a JawDrop in the background. Normally it would be justified because she tends to be out of her depth, but his general attitude towards her (and her only) and trying to force her to quit doing [=DIYs=] was insulting.
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** This Is the common way of getting out of a situation you don't know how to get out of. As usual, even this will end up not going so well.
** On a more serious note, Season 5 had a very interesting way of dealing with Angela's ''partner'' Matt during an episode. The turmoil he created (mainly surrounding a pact they made that she would quit doing such work if she was declared Canada's Worst Handyman) affected her performance, and as such, ''he'' was declared the day's worst "handyman" instead.
** On a more serious note, Season 5 had a very interesting way of dealing with Angela's ''partner'' Matt during an episode. The turmoil he created (mainly surrounding a pact they made that she would quit doing such work if she was declared Canada's Worst Handyman) affected her performance, and as such, ''he'' was declared the day's worst "handyman" instead.
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** On a more serious note,
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* ShoutOut: The Season 6 contestants choose to accompany a TeamHandStack with a cheer of "[[WesternAnimation/HandyManny You break it, we fix it]] -kinda!"
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* TeamHandStack: The handymen doing one is the closing shot of the Season 6 finale.
--> '''Handymen''': You break it, we fix it -kinda!
--> '''Handymen''': You break it, we fix it -kinda!
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* ConcealingCanvas: One challenge in Season 3 involves installing a sunken wall safe. In introducing this challenge, Andrew mentions that a properly-installed wall safe could be concealed behind a painting, which he demonstrates using a picture of… a sunken wall safe.
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* BlamingTheTools: Given the nature of the show, contestants do this all the time. Some of the flaws they accuse the tools of having are logical (if not actually present), but some of them... aren't.
--> '''Angela''': The saw doesn't like me.
--> '''Angela''': The saw doesn't like me.
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* QuantumMechanicsCanDoAnything: Apparently, Keith thinks that "quantum physics" makes keeping fence post holes equally spaced and in a straight line unncessary.
-->'''Keith (explaining to an incredulously-staring Andrew)''': There is like… you know there’s that quantum physics idea, you know, quantum physics? Where you can randomly put things up and then they will establish their own order.
-->'''Keith (explaining to an incredulously-staring Andrew)''': There is like… you know there’s that quantum physics idea, you know, quantum physics? Where you can randomly put things up and then they will establish their own order.
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** Also in Season 2, one episode had the worst handyman being named as "Justice"- that is, [[{{Portmanteau}} Justin and Candace]] as a collective entity.
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* CensorBox: Parodied. Animated duct tape covers the contestants' mouths when they swear in addition to a censor bleep being heard.
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* CensorBox: Parodied. Animated duct tape covers the contestants' mouths when they swear in addition to a censor bleep being heard.swear.
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* IrisOut: The final episode of season 6 ends with one.
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* InSeriesNickname: Season 5's group of contestants called themselves "the Wolf Pack" and thus their group challenges were called "Wolf Pack Challenges".
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* InSeriesNickname: Season 5's group of contestants called call themselves "the Wolf Pack" and thus their group challenges were are called "Wolf Pack Challenges".Challenges". The trophy for the "winner" even has a wolf design incorporated into it.
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* InSeriesNickname: Season 5's group of contestants called themselves "the Wolf Pack" and thus their group challenges were called "Wolf Pack Challenges".
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* NationalAnthem: In the final episode of seasom 4, the contestants briefly take a break from the final group challenge to sing "O Canada".
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* NationalAnthem: In the final episode of seasom season 4, the contestants briefly take a break from the final group challenge to sing "O Canada".
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* NationalAnthem: In the final episode of seasom 4, the contestants briefly take a break from the final group challenge to sing "O Canada".
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* DumbassHasAPoint: After a particularly EpicFail went up to eleven, Johnnie made it abundantly clear that dealing with five bad handymen meant it was sheer delusion to not expect there to be shitloads of mistakes and failures.
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* DumbassHasAPoint: After a particularly EpicFail went up to eleven, eleven in season 4, Johnnie made it abundantly clear that dealing with five bad handymen meant it was sheer delusion to not expect there to be shitloads of mistakes and failures.
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* ProductPlacement: Both episode 1 of season 4 and episode 1 of season 5 respectively had the first challenge be the contestants buying the supplies they need from Canadian Tire.
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* CensorBox: Animated duct tape covers the contestants' mouths when they swear in addition to a CensorBleep being heard.
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* HenpeckedHusband: Mostly these have been justified examples, given how bad the men on this show have generally proved to be at handiwork and finishing jobs, but the way that Darryl from Season 1 and Casey from Season 3 was treated by their respective wives went ''way'' beyond what you'd expect. On the other side, Matt in season 5 was constantly gaslighting Angela, when he wasn't actively sabotaging her.
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* HenpeckedHusband: Mostly these have been justified examples, given how bad the men on this show have generally proved to be at handiwork and finishing jobs, but the way that Darryl from Season 1 and Casey from Season 3 was treated by their respective wives went ''way'' beyond what you'd expect. On the other side, Matt in season 5 was constantly gaslighting Angela, when he wasn't actively sabotaging her.
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* HenpeckedHusband: Mostly these have been justified examples, given how bad the men on this show have generally proved to be at handiwork and finishing jobs, but the way that Darryl from Season 1 and Casey from Season 3 was treated by their respective wives went ''way'' beyond what you'd expect.
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* HenpeckedHusband: Mostly these have been justified examples, given how bad the men on this show have generally proved to be at handiwork and finishing jobs, but the way that Darryl from Season 1 and Casey from Season 3 was treated by their respective wives went ''way'' beyond what you'd expect. On the other side, Matt in season 5 was constantly gaslighting Angela, when he wasn't actively sabotaging her.
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* ArmorPiercingQuestion: In the finale of season 6, Andrew prompts the judges to reconsider the worst (which would have been a runaway vote) after he asks this:
-->'''Andrew:''' If I have a carpentry problem, are you gonna call Ajay or Charlene?
-->'''Andrew:''' If I have a carpentry problem, are you gonna call Ajay or Charlene?
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* CatchPhrase: Season 6, Ajay would punctuate all of his finished projects "DONE!!"
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* CatchPhrase: CatchPhrase:
** "Read the instructions!" is repeated very often due to the bad handymen usually not doing that, setting them up for failure.
** Season6, 6's Ajay would punctuate all of his finished projects "DONE!!"
** "Read the instructions!" is repeated very often due to the bad handymen usually not doing that, setting them up for failure.
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Up To Eleven is a defunct trope
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* DumbassHasAPoint: After a particularly EpicFail went UpToEleven, Johnnie made it abundantly clear that dealing with five bad handymen meant it was sheer delusion to not expect there to be shitloads of mistakes and failures.
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* DumbassHasAPoint: After a particularly EpicFail went UpToEleven, up to eleven, Johnnie made it abundantly clear that dealing with five bad handymen meant it was sheer delusion to not expect there to be shitloads of mistakes and failures.