''Trailer Park Boys'' is a Canadian

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created by Mike Clattenburg that began airing in 2001 as a continuation of his 1999 film bearing the same name. The show follows the misadventures of a group of trailer park residents, including two lead characters in and out of

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, living in the fictional "Sunnyvale Trailer Park" in Dartmouth,

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. The series premiered on Showcase on April 22, 2001, and originally ran for seven seasons before concluding with a one-hour special on December 7, 2008. The series spawned four films: '' The Movie'', released on October 6, 2006; '' Countdown to Liquor Day'', released on September 25, 2009; '' Don't Legalize It'', released on April 18, 2014; and '' Standing on the Shoulders of Kitties: The Bubbles and the Shitrockers Story'' was released in December 2024. In 2013,

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, John Paul Tremblay, and Mike Smith, the actors who respectively portrayed Ricky, Julian, and Bubbles, purchased the rights to the show from the original producers and created their own

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network, SwearNet. Starting in March 2014, SwearNet co-produced new episodes of the show with the American streaming service

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, and the eighth season premiered on September 5, 2014. Several specials and mini-series were made in the years that followed. An animated spinoff series premiered on March 31, 2019. In October 2019, filming began on a spinoff series, '' Trailer Park Boys: Jail'', which premiered on SwearNet on January 1, 2021. A thirteenth season is currently in development, with filming scheduled to begin in 2025.

History

In 1998, director Mike Clattenburg wrote and directed a

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titled '' One Last Shot,'' which was shot in black-and-white. The film followed the exploits of two friends, Rob (

) and Gary William or GW ( John Paul Tremblay), although it is not based in the same setting as ''Trailer Park Boys''. It was the first time Robb, John Paul and John Dunsworth worked together. In the 1999

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,'' the character Julian states to the camera that he wanted his life to be documented after receiving a telephone psychic's prediction that he would die soon. He hoped that the film would deter others from the life of crime he had chosen. The feature film was shown at the Atlantic Film Festival in 1999, and it caught the attention of producer Barrie Dunn, who saw the potential for a television series. Clattenburg and Dunn, along with Wells and Tremblay, worked on a proposal for a 13-episode season of the show and traveled to

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to pitch the show to The Comedy Network. After being turned down, they suddenly decided to pitch the show to Showcase before returning home to

. Trembely recalled: "We showed Showcase the pilot and they really liked the characters and the mockumentary feel of it. It was very low budget. It was the right time, right place to pitch it." They found that the network was receptive. A former programmer at Showcase recalled: "It was original, bold, and outrageous. They were swearing, smoking and drinking. It felt new. Within a week we were talking about what a series would look like." The network sent them back with a commitment to a first season, with the provision that a second experienced producer (which ended up being Michael Volpe) be brought on board to assist the team. The first six 30-minute episodes were then written and filmed. Some modifications were made to the characters and storyline for the series, and more humor was added to the series in comparison to the film. The show debuted on Showcase on April 22, 2001, airing at 9:30pm. For season 2, the show began airing at 9:00pm. The biggest change from film to series was the addition of Mike Smith's "Bubbles" character, who was originally developed for the earlier short film '' The Cart Boy'', a film that Smith, Wells, Tremblay, and Clattenburg worked on together in 1995. Smith's character soon grew from a

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to one of the show's primary protagonists (although in the earlier film, "Bubbles" was the name of Smith's character's cat). ''Trailer Park Boys'' resided with Showcase for its first seven seasons. Beginning with the eighth season, the series was released through

. Early seasons were shot in various trailer parks in Nova Scotia, but the crew was not welcome to film again due to complaints from residents. These included Woodbine Home Park, an unnamed collection of trailers in central Dartmouth next to the Tufts Cove Generating Station, Timberlea Mini Home Park and Greenridge Mobile Home Park. Seasons 5 to 7 were filmed at a custom built set near Bissett Lake in Cole Harbour. For this location, trailers were placed around an existing 2 floor building which also served as the set of the jail. When the series returned from hiatus beginning with Season 8, it was shot at Bible Hill Estates Trailer Park in

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, with every subsequent episode being filmed at that location. After the 12th season, they ceased filming at the location and removed all sets and props from Bible Hill Estates, which still exists as an operating land lease community. Ricky's car in the series, the "Shitmobile," was originally owned by Clatternburg. He donated it to the series because his wife no longer wanted to be forced to look at it sitting in the driveway. Cory Bowles and Michael Jackson left the series because they felt they were underpaid. The show's initial run ended in 2007. Rob Wells recalled: "At a certain point it got too big. Too many people, too many crew. The shooting slowed way down. It was taking 4 days to shoot an episode versus 2.5. The old producers decided the show was basically done, and we sort of moved on. ..Then the producers decided they wanted to do another movie. So we said, if we’re going to do a third movie, we want to do more than just that. We wanna do another season, maybe a fourth feature. Basically, we want to have the freedom to keep doing whatever we want." Wells, Smith and Tremblay would eventually purchase full rights to the series. The series entered a production deal with Netflix in 2014. Mike Smith recalled: "Netflix was like, 'Send us the shit when you’re done,' and that’s what we did. You get a lot more done, you get it done quicker, and you get it done better because you get to have your vision true to what it was in the beginning." On September 1, 2014, Netflix announced that season 8 of ''Trailer Park Boys'' would be available on September 5. Season 9 of ''Trailer Park Boys'' was made available on March 27, 2015. On June 1, 2015, SwearNet officially announced that the production of Season 10 was underway. On March 28, 2016,

released season 10 of the ''Trailer Park Boys''. It consists of 10 episodes and includes appearances from several well-known stars such as

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, Doug Benson and Tom Arnold. Two episodes were directed by

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. On April 2, 2016, and on April 20, 2016, Lucy DeCoutere and Jonathan Torrens announced they were leaving the show. On May 30, 2016, filming and production began for Season 11 of ''Trailer Park Boys''. On July 5, 2016, filming for Season 11 was completed and editing began. On February 22, it was announced that Season 11 would air March 31, 2017. On March 31, 2017, Season 11 aired. On June 19, 2017, it was announced that filming of the twelfth season was officially underway. On October 16, 2017, John Dunsworth died at the age of 71, with Season 12 marking his final appearance on the show. Season 12, the final season produced as part of the Netflix deal was made available on March 30, 2018. On March 31, 2019, ''Trailer Park Boys: The Animated Series'' premiered on Netflix. Smith later revealed in October that filming for another season titled ''Trailer Park Boys: Jail'' had begun. A second Christmas special, featuring never-before-seen footage of John Dunsworth prior to his death, premiered on Christmas Day, 2020. On January 1, 2021, ''Trailer Park Boys: Jail'' premiered on SwearNet. In January 2025, Smith confirmed in character during a live stream on

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that Season 13 is confirmed, with filming slated to begin later in the year.

Premise

Setting and characters

Mike Smith, who portrayed Bubbles, said the series "was really like ''

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'', with guns and drugs and liquor." Episodes revolve around Sunnyvale Trailer Park residents, Ricky, Julian, and Bubbles trying to make money through petty crimes while avoiding the police. Their schemes are complicated by the interference of the park's vindictive

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supervisor Jim Lahey and his assistant and romantic partner, Randy. Ricky, Bubbles, and Julian's ineptitude is rivaled by Lahey's drunken incompetence. Throughout the series, Ricky, Julian, and Bubbles end up in and out of jail, with most of their schemes collapsing into failure. Later seasons adopted a cyclical formula: each season finale featured the boys' schemes succeeding, and their future looking optimistic, while the next season's premiere would show them explaining how everything had gone wrong in the interim. Fans learned to expect that seasons would somehow end with some or all of the main characters going to jail. Each character has his or her own trademark mannerism or trait. Julian often takes a leadership role and devises schemes, all while holding a Cuba Libre on the rocks in his hand. Ricky believes himself to be dumb, and his speech is often laced with

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s that fans call "Rickyisms"; he lives in a dilapidated 1975

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(nicknamed "the Shitmobile"), and grows cannabis. Bubbles wears spectacles that magnify his eyes to a hyperbolic extent, drives a go-kart, and lives in a shed with many cats; he is the least willing to face any repercussions for the trio's illegal activities. Alcoholic trailer park supervisor and disgraced ex-cop Jim Lahey usually attempts to derail the Boys' schemes, and nearly always shoehorns the word "shit" into his cautionary

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s that fans call "Shitisms". Randy is Lahey's assistant and lover; he never wears a shirt unless he absolutely has to and is often taunted for his large gut and addiction to cheeseburgers. There are also a number of minor characters. Ricky's legal, but not biological father Ray, who uses a wheelchair, is a former trucker and self-declared

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who is secretly committing disability fraud, in addition to being an alcoholic and gambling addict. Barbara is the trailer park owner and Lahey's ex-wife. Cory and Trevor are hapless best friends who assist and idolize Ricky and Julian, often unaware that they will serve as scapegoats when Ricky and Julian's plans inevitably go awry; Jacob later replaces Trevor after his disappearance from Sunnyvale. Lucy is the mother of Ricky's daughter Trinity, while Sarah, a friend, moved in with Lucy after Ricky's first imprisonment. J-Roc (real name Jamie) is a white aspiring rapper who is rarely seen without his friend, Tyrone, and antagonizes Randy whenever he shows up.

Production

Format

The series is shot in a

style (including the use of

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s), featuring handheld camera work. Clattenburg stated that he was initially inspired by the filming techniques used on documentary series such as '' Cops'', which Zanandi Botes of '' Cracked.com'' described as "focused on

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and

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." Characters often speak directly to crew members, who occasionally become involved in the plot. In one episode, a crewman is shot; in another, one is tased by Jim Lahey. The show is loosely scripted, with much of the dialogue ad-libbed from basic plot points. These aspects are intended to evoke a sense of actualism war/ realism, found footage, screenlife and very fast/shaky camera. The trio have stated that many of the show's most popular moments were not in the script. To support the "lore" that the show is nonfiction and real viral cinematic, many of the actors often make public appearances in character. Mike Smith said: "Now, it turns into a bit of a circus. When we’re walking around the street, the guys who play Ricky and Julian look just like Ricky and Julian in real life, so they get spotted 100 yards away. I don’t really look like Bubbles, but if I’m with them, people put two and two together." According to Tamara Jude of ''

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'', the series' mockumentary format led some viewers to initially perceive it as some sort of "forced reality show" rather than a work off fiction, and also believed that the characters were real people. The creators have stated that the series is largely episodic in structure for the benefit of accessibility. The series incorporates character-driven humor.

Opening sequence

The series' opening theme, “Breeze,” was composed by Blaine Morris, who was attempting to emulate “ I Left My Heart In San Francisco" by Tony Bennet. According to JD Roberson of '' Cracked.com'', "The gentle song is the perfect juxtaposition to the chaos that will inevitably follow."

Episodes

Films and specials

''Trailer Park Boys''

The initial ''Trailer Park Boys'' movie was shown in 1999. It was directed, produced, and written by Mike Clattenburg. The film was shot in black-and-white, and it followed the criminal exploits of

as Ricky LaFleur and John Paul Tremblay as Julian. The plot centered on Julian as he wished to document his life of crime after a psychic reading over the phone predicted his death. The movie was initially shown on the Showcase network prior to the TV show's airing. It featured various other cast members who would later appear in the TV series: Lucy DeCoutere as Ricky's fiancée Lucy, Jeanna Harrison-Steinhart as Ricky and Lucy's daughter Trinity, Sam Tarasco as Ricky and Julian's associate Sam, and Cory Bowles and

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as two dim-witted friends Cory and Trevor respectively. A few other cast members who later appeared in the TV show also portrayed different characters in the film, such as Patrick Roach as the alcoholic dog owner Patrick (instead of the TV show's character Randy) and Mike Smith as the location sound recordist (instead of the TV show's character Bubbles). A short clip of the film's climax was shown during the pilot episode of season 1 which connected the film to the TV show.

''Trailer Park Boys: The Movie''

A movie based on the television series (and the second film in the franchise to be produced overall), titled '' Trailer Park Boys: The Movie'' (also known as ''The Big Dirty'') was released on October 6, 2006, and distributed by

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produced the movie, Mike Clattenburg directed it, and Clattenburg and

co-wrote it. It was nominated for a

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for Best Motion Picture, but did not win.

''Countdown to Liquor Day''

The second film based on the series, ''Trailer Park Boys: Countdown to Liquor Day'', was released in Canada on September 25, 2009. The movie serves as a continuation to the show's original seven season run.

''Don't Legalize It''

In May 2012, Mike Clattenburg announced on his

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page that a third film was in development.

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was scheduled to begin in October 2012, but was pushed back to March 2013; filming began on March 17, 2013. On April 20, 2013, the production moved to Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, where filming took place at

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during the 4/20 weekend.

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announced that the third and final film, titled '' Trailer Park Boys 3: Don't Legalize It'', would be released in Canada on April 18, 2014. The plot centers on Ricky's concerns that if the Canadian government legalized and controlled cannabis sale, it would put his grow-op out of business.

''Standing on the Shoulders of Kitties: The Bubbles and the Shitrockers Story''

It was announced on October 15, 2024 Via the shows official Instagram account that a fourth film with Mike Smith, Robb Wells, John Paul Tremblay, and Patrick Roach reprising their roles from the television show, as well as various actors new to the series, is coming out. Titled, '' Standing on the Shoulders of Kitties'', the film was released to North American theatres on December 6, 2024.

''Live in Fuckin' Dublin''

A new 80-minute special titled ''Trailer Park Boys: Live In Fuckin' Dublin'' debuted on June 1, 2014, exclusively on

. Footage from the trio's May 9, 2013, performance at the Olympia Theatre in

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, the Ricky, Julian and Bubbles Community Service Variety Show, was collected for a

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. The live show contains an introduction and epilogue shot in the format of a ''Trailer Park Boys'' episode, with the premise that the boys are arrested in Dublin and forced to serve

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by staging a

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discouraging drug and alcohol use. Some elements from the television series return in ''Live in Fuckin' Dublin'', such as Alex Lifeson's (from the band Rush) feud with Ricky, Ricky's inadvertently gluing objects to his nose, and Conky's many resurrections. The film was released on June 1, 2014. The season 8 episode "Community Service and a Boner Made with Love" contains a similar premise.

''Drunk, High & Unemployed Live from Austin Texas''

A new live special titled ''Trailer Park Boys: Drunk, High & Unemployed Live from

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'' debuted in 2016, exclusively on

DVD releases

(formerly Alliance Home Entertainment) has released all twelve seasons of ''Trailer Park Boys'' on DVD in Region 1. The Say Goodnight to The Bad Guys special was also released on

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Other media

Comics

On February 17, 2021, it was announced that the Trailer Park Boys Incorporated have collaborated with

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to make a comic book adaptation of the series which will only consist of one-shots and miniseries.

Reception

The show became very successful in many countries. The show's lead trio formerly toured with

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, with whom Bubbles sings his trademark song "Liquor and Whores". On January 13, 2017, Trailer Park Boys and Bubbles finally released "Liquor & Whores" as an EDM track produced by Canadian Multi-Platinum producer, Marc Mysterio on

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. The Trailer Park Boys have also appeared in music videos with

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, while Bubbles has appeared with George Canyon and

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, and they have been presenters at numerous award shows – always in character. Several famous artists appear on the show, such as Alex Lifeson from Rush in " Closer to the Heart," singer

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in the season four finale " Working Man," country singer-songwriter George Canyon in season seven's penultimate episode " Going Off the Rails On the Swayzie Train", Brian Vollmer from

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, the late singer-songwriter

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of The Mamas and the Papas in the season seven finale " A Shitriver Runs Through It", and rapper

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also appears in season eleven's episode " I Look Like A Fucking Dick!!". The show was a great success for the

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network Showcase, where it was the network's highest-rated Canadian original series. Internationally it aired in

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Finland Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland to the south, ...

on Nelonen and

Bulgaria Bulgaria, officially the Republic of Bulgaria, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern portion of the Balkans directly south of the Danube river and west of the Black Sea. Bulgaria is bordered by Greece and Turkey t ...

on Nova Television.

BBC America BBC America is an American basic cable network that is owned by AMC Networks. The channel primarily airs sci-fi and action series and films, as well as selected programs from the BBC (such as its nature documentary series). Unlike the BBC's ...

once aired a censored version of the series in the

United States The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 U.S. state, states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 ...

. On February 5, 2009, satellite provider

DirecTV DirecTV, LLC is an American Multichannel television in the United States, multichannel video programming distributor based in El Segundo, California. Originally launched on June 17, 1994, its primary service is a digital Satellite television, s ...

began airing the series in the country on its channel The 101 Network uncensored at the rate of two episodes per week. DirecTV aired the entire seven-season run of ''Trailer Park Boys'', plus both specials. All episodes aired on DirecTV are in 16:9 widescreen format (although not in High Definition resolution), as opposed to the standard definition 4:3 aspect DVD releases of the first five seasons. It is also available on

(depending on the country where the service is accessed).

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Trailer Park Boys: Xmas Special
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Trailer Park Boys: The Movie
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Trailer Park Boys: Live In F**kin' Dublin
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Trailer Park Boys: Live at the North Pole
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