Trailer Park Boys is probably the best-known trash comedy with joints – cult, chaotic and absolutely uncensored. Three guys from a Canadian trailer park stumble from one bad idea to the next, always accompanied by weed, booze and madness. In addition to the original series, there are also spin-offs, a movie, a cartoon adaptation – and of course plenty of legendary trailer park moments. Back to overview: Top stoner series.
Trailer Park Boys: White Trash & Weed in the trailer park
Ricky, Julian and Bubbles live in the Sunnyvale Trailer Park in Canada – and try to make ends meet somehow. Whether through grass plantations, theft or crazy business ideas: Things always go wrong. The series is trashy, loud and completely absurd – but that’s exactly why it’s cult.
5 facts about the Canadian cult series
- First broadcast: 2001 (Showcase Canada)
- 13 seasons, plus spin-offs & movies
- Mockumentary style like “The Office“
- Weed, booze & scrap metal rule the trailer park
- Fans worldwide – cult status, especially among stoners
Top 10 moments in 11 minutes
No time for 90 minutes? Here are the 10 best moments of the series.
Trailer Park Boys: Chaos with cult status
The series revolves around the lives of Ricky, Julian and Bubbles. Three chaotic friends who live in a Canadian trailer park and are repeatedly involved in absurd and often illegal transactions.
How is Trailer Park Boys? Rating
Here is our rating for Trailer Park Boys:
- Humor ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
- Story ⭐⭐⭐⭐
- Cult ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Leading actors: Julian, Ricky & Bubbles
The trio is the heart of the series: Ricky smokes pot non-stop, Julian always stays cool (and always drinks), Bubbles loves cats and tinkers with crazy ideas. Plus a bunch of side characters who are even crazier.
- John Paul Tremblay as Julian
- Robb Wells as Ricky
- Mike Smith as Bubbles
Julian: The barman with a plan
Always in a black shirt, always with a drink in his hand. Julian(John Paul Tremblay) is the mastermind of the group – at least in theory.
- Cool, calm, but rarely successful
- Always on the lookout for the “big thing”
Ricky: King of stoner logic
Ricky is stupid – but convinced otherwise. He grows weed, swears, smokes and stumbles through life with a fag in his mouth.
- Stoner, petty criminal, cult figure
- Speaks its own language (“Rickyisms”)
Bubbles: Cat lover & crafting genius
Bubbles(Mike Smith) lives in a shed, wears oversized glasses and loves his cats. He is the lovable oddball with a heart.
- Fan favorite & running gag machine
- Weed? Yes – but rather in peace
Why is Trailer Park Boys cult?
Because it’s dirty, cheap and wonderfully honest. Not a glossy sitcom, but chaos TV from the caravan. The series makes fun of everything – especially itself. The visuals are cheap, the dialog blunt – but that’s intentional. If you get into it, you’ll be hooked.
- Mockumentary with a wink
- Reefer humor + social criticism
Cartoon Edition! Now also animated
Did you know? Trailer Park Boys is also available as an animated series in the Cartoon Edition.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ve3Iwa1ooWE
Spin-Offs & Specials
There are animated episodes, live tours, specials, podcasts and a Netflix sequel. Trailer Park Boys has long been more than just a series – it’s a universe.
More good series with weed?
If you liked Trailer Park Boys – here are two series with similar broken charm:
Workaholics: Office job with bong
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- US comedy with a high school vibe
- Chaotic, coarse & very funny
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series: Workaholics
Weeds: Suburban mom deals weed
A suburban mother becomes a dealer – blackly humorous, exciting and full of taboo-breaking. Weeds is a classic with a bite. Weeds combines drama with black humor and offers a coherent story – Trailer Park Boys thrives on episodic madness, absurd characters and dry slapstick in the trailer park.
- Mary-Louise Parker as Nancy Botwin
- 8 seasons full of weed and madness
- About the series: Weeds
Top 10 cannabis series
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