Ryan Reynolds continues to roll out his Deadpool franchise in the most Canadian ways possible. In the summer there was the Celine Dion music video, and now, in a new trailer for Once Upon a Deadpool, comes an impassioned defence of one of Canada's greatest exports since softwood lumber: Nickelback.

In the trailer, simply called "Respect the Back," Reynolds' Deadpool chides Fred Savage when he dares to insult the Canadian rock group by comparing their place in music to Deadpool's place in the Marvel universe.

"You're Marvel licensed by Fox. It's like if the Beatles were produced by Nickelback," says Savage, reprising his role as the grandson in the 1987 cult classic The Princess Bride. "It's music but it sucks."

Nickelback, for their part, would probably be fine with that assessment. "We're not a cool indie band, we're not Arcade Fire," frontman Chad Kroeger told q last year. "I don't think you're supposed to like us."

That said, Reynolds, as any good Canadian is obligated to do, passionately defends the Back by listing something he calls cold hard facts: 50 million albums sold worldwide, the 11th best selling musical group of all time, six Grammy nominations, 12 Juno Awards, and so on.

Once Upon a Deadpool is a PG reimagining of the R-rated blockbuster hit, Deadpool 2. Watch the full (and very funny) trailer here: