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''[[Hitler's Time Travel Exemption Act]]: The Series'' |
''[[Hitler's Time Travel Exemption Act]]: The Series'' |
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The ''Red Alert'' series is a spin-off of the original ''[[ |
The ''Red Alert'' series is a spin-off of the original ''[[Command & Conquer]]'', using the same engines and gameplay as the ''[[Command & Conquer: Tiberium|Tiberium]]'' saga to tell a story of [[Time Travel|time-travel]], [[Nikola Tesla|Tesla]]-powered [[Red Scare|communists]], and [[Bread, Eggs, Milk, Squick|parachuting]] [[Everything's Worse with Bears|bears]]. [[Holy Shit Quotient|Plausibility can]] [[Acceptable Breaks From Reality|take a backseat, now]]. |
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The premise is simple: in 1946, operating out of a laboratory in Trinity, New Mexico, [[Albert Einstein]] uses a time machine to travel to Landsberg, Germany in 1924 and removes [[Adolf Hitler]] from history. While this prevents the Nazis from rising to power and keeps Germany docile, unfortunately it leaves [[Josef Stalin]] with no obstacle to the Soviet Union’s expansion. This sparks an even worse version of [[World War Two]] during the 1950s as the Allies try to withstand the endless hordes of the Red Army, backed by deadly Tesla-based technology. But thanks to Einstein’s chronosphere and [[Non-Entity General|one nameless European commander]], the Soviets are defeated. |
The premise is simple: in 1946, operating out of a laboratory in Trinity, New Mexico, [[Albert Einstein]] uses a time machine to travel to Landsberg, Germany in 1924 and removes [[Adolf Hitler]] from history. While this prevents the Nazis from rising to power and keeps Germany docile, unfortunately it leaves [[Josef Stalin]] with no obstacle to the Soviet Union’s expansion. This sparks an even worse version of [[World War Two]] during the 1950s as the Allies try to withstand the endless hordes of the Red Army, backed by deadly Tesla-based technology. But thanks to Einstein’s chronosphere and [[Non-Entity General|one nameless European commander]], the Soviets are defeated. |
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* [[Action Girl]]: Tanya |
* [[Action Girl]]: Tanya |
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* [[All Theories Are True]]: The ''Red Alert'' series uses Tesla coils in ways that were once thought possible. |
* [[All Theories Are True]]: The ''Red Alert'' series uses Tesla coils in ways that were once thought possible. |
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* [[Alternate History]]: ''Red Alert'' being the result of Hitler's removal from the timeline. Furthermore, the game used to be a prequel to the ''[[Command |
* [[Alternate History]]: ''Red Alert'' being the result of Hitler's removal from the timeline. Furthermore, the game used to be a prequel to the ''[[Command & Conquer: Tiberium|Tiberium]]'' series, before more time travel threw in further alternate timelines. |
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* [[Artistic License History]]: Ignoring the alternate paths that history takes and the futuristic technologies that develop in the actual games (which are just [[Rule of Cool]]), artistic license is taken with the backstory. [[Adolf Hitler]] was removed from history when Einstein traveled back in time to 1924, partly explaining the lack of opposition to Soviet expansion, but how did the Soviet Union spontaneously transform from one of the most economically underdeveloped countries in Europe into a massive superpower armed with atomic weapons ready to take over the entire continent<ref>The aggressive [[Take Over the World]] plan is in itself already ignoring [[Joseph Stalin|Stalin]]'s cautious nature and "Socialism in one country" policy.</ref>? Also, why are all the borders in their post-1945 state? It's also stated at one point that there is a United Nations. What happened to the League of Nations? |
* [[Artistic License History]]: Ignoring the alternate paths that history takes and the futuristic technologies that develop in the actual games (which are just [[Rule of Cool]]), artistic license is taken with the backstory. [[Adolf Hitler]] was removed from history when Einstein traveled back in time to 1924, partly explaining the lack of opposition to Soviet expansion, but how did the Soviet Union spontaneously transform from one of the most economically underdeveloped countries in Europe into a massive superpower armed with atomic weapons ready to take over the entire continent<ref>The aggressive [[Take Over the World]] plan is in itself already ignoring [[Joseph Stalin|Stalin]]'s cautious nature and "Socialism in one country" policy.</ref>? Also, why are all the borders in their post-1945 state? It's also stated at one point that there is a United Nations. What happened to the League of Nations? |
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* [[Bald of Evil]]: Kane |
* [[Bald of Evil]]: Kane |
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* [[Name of Cain]]: The first Red Alert game is where it's first implied that Kane is actually the Biblical Cain. |
* [[Name of Cain]]: The first Red Alert game is where it's first implied that Kane is actually the Biblical Cain. |
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{{quote|'''Nadia:''' "And Cain went out from the presence of the Lord...and took up residence...in the Land of Nod!"}} |
{{quote|'''Nadia:''' "And Cain went out from the presence of the Lord...and took up residence...in the Land of Nod!"}} |
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* [[Nuke'Em]]: Employed by the Soviets in the Allied campaign. As the Allies turn the tide of the war and are steadily advancing across Europe into the Soviet Union, Stalin decides to destroy the primary capitals and cities of the European Allies with the nuclear weapons his scientists have recently developed, while using his own forces as a sacrificial lamb to draw attention away from the missile sites. The player has to capture and then infiltrate the facility to safely dismantle the weapons. |
* [[Nuke'Em]]: Employed by the Soviets in the Allied campaign. As the Allies turn the tide of the war and are steadily advancing across Europe into the Soviet Union, Stalin decides to destroy the primary capitals and cities of the European Allies with the nuclear weapons his scientists have recently developed, while using his own forces as a sacrificial lamb to draw attention away from the missile sites. The player has to capture and then infiltrate the facility to safely dismantle the weapons. |
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* [[Piggybacking on Hitler]]: {{spoiler|Kane is doing this with Stalin}}. |
* [[Piggybacking on Hitler]]: {{spoiler|Kane is doing this with Stalin}}. |
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* [[Schizo-Tech]]: The technology is all over the place, with assault rifles from '49, helicopters from '72, and ''GPS'' mounted on ''Sputnik-like'' satellites. On a general scale, the tech level is that of 'Nam. |
* [[Schizo-Tech]]: The technology is all over the place, with assault rifles from '49, helicopters from '72, and ''GPS'' mounted on ''Sputnik-like'' satellites. On a general scale, the tech level is that of 'Nam. |
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* [[Shown Their Work]]: Chillingly so, from how the Allies would function in such a war (heavily dominated by European forces rather than US), to the nature of the Soviet Union and Stalin himself. |
* [[Shown Their Work]]: Chillingly so, from how the Allies would function in such a war (heavily dominated by European forces rather than US), to the nature of the Soviet Union and Stalin himself. |
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* [[Sliding Scale of Silliness Versus Seriousness]]: Compared to its two sequels in the series, this game retains the most serious tongue. |
* [[Sliding Scale of Silliness Versus Seriousness]]: Compared to its two sequels in the series, this game retains the most serious tongue. |
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* [[Tampering with Food and Drink]]: At the end of the Soviet campaign, {{spoiler|Nadia}} successfully kills {{spoiler|Joseph Stalin}} by tricking him into drinking a poisoned cup of tea. |
* [[Tampering with Food and Drink]]: At the end of the Soviet campaign, {{spoiler|Nadia}} successfully kills {{spoiler|Joseph Stalin}} by tricking him into drinking a poisoned cup of tea. |
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