In Soviet Russia, Trope Mocks You/Playing With



Basic Trope: A joke that goes along the lines of, "In some place, the subject does something to the object. In (Soviet) Russia, the object does it to the subject!"
 * Straight: "In America, you can always find a party. In Soviet Russia, the Party finds you!"
 * Exaggerated: "In Soviet Russia, (Disaster Dominoes) you!"
 * Justified: The joke is a commentary on a real negative aspect of Soviet Russia.
 * Inverted: "In Russia, you can always find a party. In Capitalist America, the party finds you!"
 * Subverted: The line stars out "In Soviet Russia..." but what follows is a non-humorous observation that doesn't follow the format of the joke.
 * Double Subverted: "...but in Red China, (noun) (verbs) you!"
 * Parodied: "In Soviet Russia, A Winner Is You!"
 * Deconstructed: A Soviet communist party or KGB (ex-)member hears the joke and is offended by it. Even worse if the KGB arrests the person for telling the joke.
 * Or someone tells him that the joke does not make sense, even in context.
 * Reconstructed: That same party/KGB member is able to laugh at himself.
 * Zig Zagged: ???
 * Averted: A Soviet citizen makes a positive commentary about America or an allied nation and leaves it at that.
 * Enforced: "That Yakov Smirnoff guy sure was funny. Let's include a Shout Out to him!"
 * Lampshaded: "That doesn't even make any sense!"
 * "Because that is the syntax of the language."
 * Invoked: ???
 * Exploited: ???
 * Defied: ???
 * Discussed: ???
 * Conversed: ???
 * Played For Laughs: Most of the time.
 * Played For Drama: In Soviet Russia, party find you! but it's a party of bounty hunters.

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