"Nobody Takes Us Canadians Seriousl-eh!": Linguistic characterisation of Canadians in South Park

This article seeks to investigate the linguistic, cultural and visual representation of Canadian characters in one of the most popular and “impolite” American animated sitcoms, South Park. References are made to Culpeper’s model of impoliteness, Grice’s Cooperative Principles, and the use of stereotyping as a means of characterisation in audiovisual products. A tendency towards oversimplifying everything that is attached to Canada and exaggerating the differences between American and Canadian characters has been found in all the episodes analysed, from a visual and linguistic perspective.