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** In ''Yuri's Revenge,'' the Soviet commander ultimately gets Premier Romanov's full trust as he's not only about the only truly loyal one left but is also aware of the [[Bad Future]] Yuri intends to bring about.
** In ''Yuri's Revenge,'' the Soviet commander ultimately gets Premier Romanov's full trust as he's not only about the only truly loyal one left but is also aware of the [[Bad Future]] Yuri intends to bring about.
* [[Alternate History]]: Set in the 1970s, the game is this to both the first ''Red Alert'' and the original ''Tiberian Dawn.''
* [[Alternate History]]: Set in the 1970s, the game is this to both the first ''Red Alert'' and the original ''Tiberian Dawn.''
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* [[America Saves the Day]]: Played with. The United States does eventually lead the way in the Allied campaign, albeit after receiving aid from the Allies in Europe. Something that Gen. Carville only begrudgingly relents to, as Americans needn't ask for help. In ''Yuri's Revenge'' meanwhile, President Dugan outright boasts to Yuri that "we won the war."
* [[Anachronism Stew]]: Thanks to the altered timeline, there are lasers, autonomous drones and even ''webcams'' by the 1970s.
* [[Anachronism Stew]]: Thanks to the altered timeline, there are lasers, autonomous drones and even ''webcams'' by the 1970s.
* [[And Now for Something Completely Different]]: The Lunar mission in the Soviet campaign of ''Yuri's Revenge'' (which involves tracking down Yuri's stronghold on the Moon) is the only point in the entire ''Command and Conquer'' franchise that takes place off-world, while featuring unique Cosmonaut units to boot.
* [[And Now for Something Completely Different]]: The Lunar mission in the Soviet campaign of ''Yuri's Revenge'' (which involves tracking down Yuri's stronghold on the Moon) is the only point in the entire ''Command and Conquer'' franchise that takes place off-world, while featuring unique Cosmonaut units to boot.
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* [[America Saves the Day]]: Played with. The United States does eventually lead the way in the Allied campaign, albeit after receiving aid from the Allies in Europe. Something that Gen. Carville only begrudgingly relents to, as Americans needn't ask for help. In ''Yuri's Revenge'' meanwhile, President Dugan outright boasts to Yuri that "we won the war."
* [[Awesome Personnel Carrier]]: The Battle Fortress and IFV are awesome in their own way. The IFV can change armaments depending on the troop type it is carrying; the Battle Fortress can crush other vehicles!
* [[Awesome Personnel Carrier]]: The Battle Fortress and IFV are awesome in their own way. The IFV can change armaments depending on the troop type it is carrying; the Battle Fortress can crush other vehicles!
* [[Badass]]: The Hollywood actors that help the Allied commander during the Hollywood mission in ''Yuri's Revenge'' are fairly badass in their own right.
* [[Badass]]: The Hollywood actors that help the Allied commander during the Hollywood mission in ''Yuri's Revenge'' are fairly badass in their own right.
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* [[Chuck Cunningham Syndrome]]: General Vladimir, who was an important supporting character in ''Red Alert 2'', is nowhere to be seen in ''Yuri's Revenge'', its expansion pack.
* [[Chuck Cunningham Syndrome]]: General Vladimir, who was an important supporting character in ''Red Alert 2'', is nowhere to be seen in ''Yuri's Revenge'', its expansion pack.
* [[Devil in Plain Sight]]: Yuri. Sure he's part of a villain faction, but he's [[Obviously Evil]] even compared to the other characters, and nobody but the brainless [[General Failure]] suspects him of treachery. See also, [[Obvious Judas]] below.
* [[Devil in Plain Sight]]: Yuri. Sure he's part of a villain faction, but he's [[Obviously Evil]] even compared to the other characters, and nobody but the brainless [[General Failure]] suspects him of treachery. See also, [[Obvious Judas]] below.
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* [[The Dev Team Thinks of Everything]]:
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* [[Distaff Counterpart]]: Boris to Tanya after a fashion in ''Yuri's Revenge.''
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** McBurger Kong restaurants from ''RA2'' feature a giant ape statue/sign on the roof. When the building is garrisoned the ape gains a commando-style headband, when the building is damaged into the red the ape covers its eyes as if cowering in fear.
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** An Allied mission of ''Yuri's Revenge'', which takes place in Sidney, Australia, has instead the McRoo Burger restaurant, complete with a giant kangaroo on the roof!
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** If Boris dies early on in the first Soviet mission in ''Yuri's Revenge,'' not only is there unique dialogue. But Boris himself reappears once your forces successfully return to the past, momentarily puzzled as he hadn't died at that point.
* [[Dirty Communists]]: How the Allies view the Soviets, obviously.
* [[Dirty Communists]]: How the Allies view the Soviets, obviously.
* [[Dirty Coward]]: Yuri's gattling tanks and Magnatrons: they certainly like to dish out punishment at long range but flee at the first whiff of a counterattack.
* [[Dirty Coward]]: Yuri's gattling tanks and Magnatrons: they certainly like to dish out punishment at long range but flee at the first whiff of a counterattack.
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* [[Distaff Counterpart]]: Boris to Tanya after a fashion in ''Yuri's Revenge.''
* [[Early-Bird Cameo]]: Many people don't realize that General Carville (and his actor) appeared in the second expansion of Red Alert 1, making him the only actor to appear in multiple titles and the only character other than Einstein to do so. This may have something to do with his only appearing in the Playstation release of the game under the ''Retaliation'' name.
* [[Early-Bird Cameo]]: Many people don't realize that General Carville (and his actor) appeared in the second expansion of Red Alert 1, making him the only actor to appear in multiple titles and the only character other than Einstein to do so. This may have something to do with his only appearing in the Playstation release of the game under the ''Retaliation'' name.
* [[Easy Level Trick]]: The second Allied level can be beaten by skipping your base building and using your starting forces to destroy the levels target.
* [[Easy Level Trick]]: The second Allied level can be beaten by skipping your base building and using your starting forces to destroy the levels target.
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* [[Playing with Fire]]: Yuri's Initiates are psychics who attack by burning things with their powers.
* [[Playing with Fire]]: Yuri's Initiates are psychics who attack by burning things with their powers.
* [[Power Glows]]: Starting with ''Red Alert 2'', any unit that makes it to Heroic (max veterancy) status will find their weapon fire glowing red, either in the form of a large red muzzle flash, the projectiles themselves glow, or the explosions they create are bright red mushroom clouds bigger than the unit itself. Heroic-level Grizzly, Rhino, and Apocalypse tanks launched two miniature nuclear shells per barrel, and Heroic-level V3 Launchers and Dreadnoughts launched V3 rockets with small nuclear warheads. Kirovs also got tesla bombs, at least doubling the area of effect with a blue electrical glow.
* [[Power Glows]]: Starting with ''Red Alert 2'', any unit that makes it to Heroic (max veterancy) status will find their weapon fire glowing red, either in the form of a large red muzzle flash, the projectiles themselves glow, or the explosions they create are bright red mushroom clouds bigger than the unit itself. Heroic-level Grizzly, Rhino, and Apocalypse tanks launched two miniature nuclear shells per barrel, and Heroic-level V3 Launchers and Dreadnoughts launched V3 rockets with small nuclear warheads. Kirovs also got tesla bombs, at least doubling the area of effect with a blue electrical glow.
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* [[Renegade Russian]]: Subverted with Yuri, who has a family estate in Transylvania that he uses as a stronghold and is implied to be of Romanian descent. He and his followers eventually breakaway from the Soviet Union, having his own army by ''Yuri's Revenge''.
* [[The Remnant]]: The Allied forces in and around San Francisco (and Einstein's time machine) are all that remains of the free world at the start of ''Yuri's Revenge'', Yuri's Psychic Dominators having turned the rest of the planet into mind-controlled slaves. The only reason why that's so is because the one built in Alcatraz was insufficiently powered.
* [[The Remnant]]: The Allied forces in and around San Francisco (and Einstein's time machine) are all that remains of the free world at the start of ''Yuri's Revenge'', Yuri's Psychic Dominators having turned the rest of the planet into mind-controlled slaves. The only reason why that's so is because the one built in Alcatraz was insufficiently powered.
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* [[Renegade Russian]]: Subverted with Yuri, who has a family estate in Transylvania that he uses as a stronghold and is implied to be of Romanian descent. He and his followers eventually breakaway from the Soviet Union, having his own army by ''Yuri's Revenge''.
* [[Ret-Gone]]: This is what the Allies' Chrono Legionnaire does, literally ''erasing'' enemies from time.
* [[Ret-Gone]]: This is what the Allies' Chrono Legionnaire does, literally ''erasing'' enemies from time.
* [[Set Right What Once Went Wrong]]: Both campaigns in ''Yuri's Revenge'', albeit for different reasons.
* [[Set Right What Once Went Wrong]]: Both campaigns in ''Yuri's Revenge'', albeit for different reasons.
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* [[Symbology Research Failure]]: ''Red Alert 2'' has Russian Orthodox Church architecture on Communist structures.
* [[Symbology Research Failure]]: ''Red Alert 2'' has Russian Orthodox Church architecture on Communist structures.
* [[Take Over the World]]: The Soviet campaign endings in a nutshell, with the one for ''Yuri's Revenge'' going a step further by mentioning Romanov's plans to expand Communism beyond Earth.
* [[Take Over the World]]: The Soviet campaign endings in a nutshell, with the one for ''Yuri's Revenge'' going a step further by mentioning Romanov's plans to expand Communism beyond Earth.
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* [[The Dev Team Thinks of Everything]]:
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** McBurger Kong restaurants from ''RA2'' feature a giant ape statue/sign on the roof. When the building is garrisoned the ape gains a commando-style headband, when the building is damaged into the red the ape covers its eyes as if cowering in fear.
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** An Allied mission of ''Yuri's Revenge'', which takes place in Sidney, Australia, has instead the McRoo Burger restaurant, complete with a giant kangaroo on the roof!
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** If Boris dies early on in the first Soviet mission in ''Yuri's Revenge,'' not only is there unique dialogue. But Boris himself reappears once your forces successfully return to the past, momentarily puzzled as he hadn't died at that point.
* [[Title Drop]]: "The entire world and all of its history is mine to '''command and conquer'''."
* [[Title Drop]]: "The entire world and all of its history is mine to '''command and conquer'''."
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