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''[[The Government|Stolitsa]], [[Vodka Drunkenski|vodka]], [[Everything's Worse with Bears|Sovietskiy medved nash!]]''|'''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDQ7hXMLxGc Soviet March]'''}}
''[[Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3]]'' is the third installment of the ''[[Command &
In this installment, the USSR is at death's door, so General Krukov and Colonel Cherdenko travel back using their own time machine and [[Never Say "Die"|eliminate]] Einstein after he eliminates Hitler, but before he gives the Allies the technological superiority, they need to win. They come back and discover that, while they are beating the Allies, the Japanese Empire of the Rising Sun has been created by their tampering and is attacking them. This is where the single player campaigns pick up.
If you thought ''that'' sounded silly, well... [[Camp|it is]]. This game is to [[Real Time Strategy]] what [[Batman (TV series)|the
'''Please note that this page is for tropes specific to this game. Please add tropes relating to multiple games to the [[Command and Conquer Red Alert Series|''Red Alert'' series]] page.'''
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* [[The Ace]]: Giles and Zhana, and in '''Uprising'', Vera and Takara.
* [[Action Girl]]: Tanya for the Allies and Natasha for the Russians. They can one-shot any infantry, snipe out vehicle pilots, and call in airstrikes. The Empire equivalent
** A good rule of thumbs is:
* [[Adaptation Dye Job]]: Tanya is blonde in this game, as opposed to her appearance as a brunette in previous games. A prime reason for the [[Fan Dumb]] to cry [[They Changed It, Now It Sucks]].
* [[AKA-47]]: "ADK-45" among others.
* [[Amazon Brigade]]: The aforementioned Rocket Angels, and the expansion introduces the Archer Maidens. Background information suggests that Natasha and Tanya are titles. Quite a few more vehicle units happen to be crewed by females now
▲* [[Amazon Brigade]]: The aforementioned Rocket Angels, and the expansion introduces the Archer Maidens. Background information suggests that Natasha and Tanya are titles. Quite a few more vehicle units happen to be crewed by females now, too (such as the MiGs).
* [[And I Must Scream]]: The Steel Ronin from the expansion pack. Their details say that criminals are locked inside them as punishment, then forced to man them when necessary. No word on how they're kept alive, which is just as well.
* [[Animeland]]: The Japanese faction is full of this.
* [[Artificial Stupidity]]: Occasionally.
* [[Attack Reflector]]: Yuriko gets this power in her own mini-campaign.
* [[Authority Equals Asskicking]]: {{spoiler|Emperor Yoshiro piloting the [[Super Prototype]] of the King Oni
* [[Ax Crazy]]: Moskvin, having been part of the Soviet's experimental Tesla trooper brigade.
* [[Bald of Evil]]: Does President Ackerman looks like a good guy to you? He is still not enough to be a [[President Evil]] though.
* [[Base on Wheels]]: Literally. The MCV, and it's equivalents, unpack into a base. The Empire also have literal ones in addition to the MCV.
* [[Beehive Barrier]]: The Empire's [[Deflector Shield|Nanoswarm]] Superweapon.
* [[BFG]]: Several. The Allied Proton Collider is probably the biggest.▼
* [[Big Bulky Bomb]]: "Supreme [[Time Bomb]] ready."
* [[Big No]]: Many. As befits the pilot of a [[Humongous Mecha]], Kenji gets one with an ''echo'' in ''Uprising''.
▲* [[BFG]]: Several. The Allied Proton Collider is probably the biggest.
* [[Bilingual Bonus]]: Yuriko's name is Japanese for "daughter of Yuri" (Or "lily child").
* [[Black and Grey Morality]] (possibly [[Evil vs. Evil]]): Yes, it remains the tradition of the ''Red Alert'' series to portray [[Designated Hero|the Allies]], backed by the mighty USA, as good, and [[Card-Carrying Villain|The Soviet Union and Japan]] as evil. However, even the Allies have a shade of grey morality in truth, given that they heavily use propaganda that demonize the other two sides and that the main characters have an antipathic attitude toward whoever is not with them, no matter the reasons; also, the [[Video Game Cruelty Potential]] counts as well.
** The Yuriko and Soviet campaigns in ''Uprising'' also further reveal the evil side of the Allies: the [[Mega Corp|FutureTech]] corporation, which supplies the Allies' high-tech weapons:
{{quote|Yuriko: Wait! So most of these guys are just Future Techs' hired guns!? The Allies are just buying their military muscle now!?!?}}
* [[Bland-Name Product]]: The MiG aircraft in the game is called "Mikevich-Guroyan", instead of the real life "Mikoyan-Gurevich".
* [[Breath Weapon]]: The Giga Fortress uses this in air mode.
* [[Butt Monkey]]: The Soviet Hammer Tank instructor in ''Red Alert 3'', during the tutorial. He is the one who is shot at the most by the other instructors (Allied Guardian Tank and Rising Sun Tsunami Tank) in annoyance for dumb questions, getting on their nerves, etc. Also, it's usually the Soviet army that the Tsunami Tank's "training robots" are modeled after. In the last tutorial mission, however,
* [[Call Back]]: The game begins with Einstein being vaporized by a time-traveler's handshake, much as Einstein himself vaporized Hitler with a handshake back in ''Red Alert 1''. [[Hoist by His Own Petard]], indeed.
* [[Camp]]: So much of it. ''Red Alert 3'' is pretty much the [[Adam West]] ''[[Batman (TV series)|Batman]]'' of the [[Real Time Strategy]] world. ''By design!''
* [[Car Fu]]: It has been here since ''Tiberian Dawn'', and will always be. In addition, sufficiently large vehicles can crush smaller vehicles that gets in their way (yes, even the MCV can do that). Computer also like to aggressively use their ore collector as weapons.
** The Apocalypse Tank takes this to new levels, being able to crush smaller tanks. Its secondary weapon is a Magnetic Harpoon that pulls helpless tanks towards it. And the Cryocopter's [[Shrink Ray]] allows any tank to be crushed.
** Soviet commanders can also unlock the Grinder Tracks ability that lets their vehicles regain health every time they run something over. The Soviets really seem to have a fondness for roadkilling their enemies.
* [[Cast From Hit Points]]: The Dreadnought's special ability allows it to fire twice as fast, but this damages it in the process. The Kirov can temporarily [[Nitro Boost|boost their speed significantly]], but this also burns its health up.▼
** The Rising Sun's Giga Fortress can land on other naval units when switching from air to sea mode.
* [[Cassandra Truth]] President Ackerman arguably, He warned the Allies the soviets won't really stop the war and were just out to stab the allies in the back.
▲* [[Cast
* [[Cherry Blossoms]]: Featured in the last Soviet mission that pits you against the Empire of the Rising Sun, with every connotation of love stripped out and ground up by an Apocalypse Tank's treads.
* [[Chest of Medals]]: General Krukov.
* [[Cold Sniper]]
* [[Colonel Badass]]: Warren was once captured by the Soviets, but managed to fight his way out with his bare hands.
* [[Colony Drop]]: The Soviets drop [[Death From Above|old satellites from orbit]] as a form of attack. Lowest level drops Sputniks, the highest level drops the MIR space station.
* [[Composite Character]]:
*
** J.K. Simmons claims in an interview that President Ackerman has "facets of [[George C. Scott]] in [[Dr. Strangelove]]"; a "little bit of
** Ackerman is also a composite between the previous game's President Dugan and General Carville.
** Premier Cherdenko and Doctor Zelinsky mix characteristics between Premier Romanov and Yuri.
* [[The Computer Is a Cheating Bastard]]: The enemies can repair buildings faster than you and see though the fog of war.
* [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]]: Rupert Thornley, and Kelly Weaver in ''Uprising''.
* [[Dark Action Girl]]: Natasha.
* [[Darker and Edgier]]: ''Uprising'', mainly for the Soviet and Yuriko campaigns.
** [[Bloodier and Gorier]]: The Yuriko campaign. One can easily draw parallels to ''[[Akira]]'' and ''[[Elfen Lied]]'', her supposedly two core inspirations.
* [[Dark Magical Girl]]: Yuriko, and any other psionic schoolgirl that the Empire of the Rising Sun trains. They ain't no [[Magical Girl]]
** ...
* [[Deflector Shield]]: Scads. The Iron Curtain, of course, and the Empire's Nanoswarm. The Allies' Athena Cannon has one as its special ability, and
* [[Did Not Do the Research]]: Eva is referred to as a Lieutenant in-game and in promotional materials, but her uniform is decorated with a triple chevron, which is the insignia for sergeants.
** Also, they refer to the current Japanese Emperor by personal name, which is never done.
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** '''Yuri'''ko Omega of ''Red Alert 3'' to Yuri of ''Red Alert 2''. Psychic and insane.
** Natasha to Boris, from the same respective games.
* [[Eagle Land]]: For those who were worried that depicting Japan as [[Animeland]] would be insulting, America itself is just as goofy.▼
* [[Do Not Adjust Your Set]]: The Empire did this in the Allies and Soviet campaigns.
▲* [[Eagle Land]]: For those who were worried that depicting Japan as [[Animeland]] would be insulting, America itself is just as goofy.
* [[Eenie Meenie Miny Moai]]: With man cannon or Tesla coil hidden inside.
* [[The Emperor]]: Well, George Takei.
* [[Enemy Mine]]: During the Allied campaign, you will join forces with the Soviets against the Empire for two missions. In the Empire Campaign, the Allies and Soviets join forces ''against you''.▼
* [[The Empire]]: Of the Rising Sun.
▲* [[Enemy Mine]]: During the Allied campaign, you will join forces with the Soviets against the Empire for two missions. In the Empire Campaign, the Allies and Soviets join forces ''against you''.
* [[Everything's Better with Samurai]]: In ''Red Alert 3'', the Imperial Warrior uniforms resembles Samurai outfits, they also carry [[Laser Blade|Beam]] [[Katanas Are Just Better|Katanas]] as secondary weapons that can score a [[One-Hit Kill]] on enemy infantry, but can't hurt vehicles.
* [[Everything's Even Worse with Sharks]]: Invoked by the Soviet Akula attack sub. Whether or not his is the case depends on how savvy the player using them is, however.
* [[Everything's Worse with Bears]]:
** The Soviets have Attack Bears. They go down in a few hits, but can instantly kill any infantry in close combat and disable them with roars.
** In Challenge mode, there's the Ursa Major. A bear the size of an Apocalypse Tank that can maul buildings to death, and is best taken out by bomber planes.
* [[Evil Is Hammy]]: As usual, the Soviets out-hams almost everyone else. Though of course President Ackerman and Rupert Thornley are also very hammy.
* [[Expy]]: Especially if the players are familiar with how the units and buildings in ''Red Alert 2'' and ''Yuri's Revenge'' work, then it's hard NOT to see exports everywhere you look.
* [[Faction Calculus]]: The Soviets, as usual, are the Powerhouses; strong units with [[Boring but Practical|good but not flashy]] special abilities are the order of the day for them. Technically, the Empire is more Balanced with more versatile but somewhat weaker units, while the Allies are still the Subversive, having the weakest units (or at least [[Glass Cannon]] units) but have the most powerful special abilities and thus requiring the most micromanagement to be effective (see Dreadnought vs Aircraft Carrier vs Shogun Battleship, and Apocalypse vs Mirage Tank vs King Oni for the short version).
* [[Fan Service]]: ''Red Alert 3'' is presenting more and more of this stuff.
* [[Fastball Special]]: The Soviet transport doesn't deploy troops normally. Instead, it ''launches'' them out of a "man-cannon
* [[Freeze Ray]]: The Allies specialize in this kind of technology.
* [[Frickin' Laser Beams]]: From the Allied spectrum technology to most of the Rising Sun's weaponry. [[All There in the Manual|The game's website, which contains details that didn't appear in the actual game]], reveals that the Empire's supposed "beam weapons" are actually railguns of some sort, firing tiny metallic projectiles accelerated to compensate for the small mass.
* [[Funny Background Event]]:
** The last tutorial mission. While you were supposed to listen to the Allied Guardian Tank explain how to command your co-commander,
** During the Allied Campaign in ''Red Alert 3'', there are various news reports documenting either missions you just accomplished or setting you up for the following mission. Take note of the little header at the bottom. It usually has a list of hilarious headlines pertaining the various stuff you come across.
* [[Game Mod]]:
** ''[[Red Alert 3 Paradox]]'', which adds five new factions: the [[Eagle Land|Confederate Revolutionaries]], the [[Steampunk|Order of the Talon]], the [[Mega Corp|Mediterranean Syndicate]], the [[Atom Punk|Atomic Kingdom of China]]
** [http://www.moddb.com/mods/the-red-alert The Red Alert], which attempts to recreate ''Red Alert 1'' in 3D.
** [http://www.moddb.com/mods/cnc-condition-red Condition Red], which tries the same for ''Red Alert 2: Yuri's Revenge''.
** [https://web.archive.org/web/20131030152050/http://www.moddb.com/mods/advance-wars-frontline Advance Wars Frontline], which brings ''[[Advance Wars]]'' into 3D.
* [[Genius Ditz]]: Oleg. Supposedly, he's dumb enough to let himself get promoted to a high-ranking position and take a large amount of blame for the Soviet's loss during Uprising. In Vanilla ''Red Alert 3'', Oleg is one of the toughest and most tactful AI commanders in the game. Amazingly, he's supposedly just a tank general, but he uses just about everything to fair effect.
* [[Good-Looking Privates]]: Like you wouldn't believe. Just look at the cover.
* [[Gorn]]: The Yuriko campaign in ''Uprising''. Just about anyone Yuriko kills gets [[Body Horror|blown up like a balloon]] and explode into a mass of blood, [[Video Game Cruelty Potential|including dolphins
* [[Guns Akimbo]]: Tanya, as usual.
* [[Harmless Freezing]]: What Cryocopters, the Cryoshot superweapons
* [[Heroic Dolphin]]: The Allies have dolphins as their scout unit in water
* [[Heroic Self-Deprecation]] Futuretech can be considered this since removing the Soviet union is basically removing the main reason they sell so many goods to the allies, thus committing economic suicide to save millions of lives.
▲* [[Heroic Dolphin]]: The Allies have dolphins as their scout unit in water. (Well, they're heroic if you're playing Allies.)
* [[Heroic Sociopath]]: Tanya!
{{quote|Tanya: Bears in the water? Hmm... They're so cute - when they're dead!}}
:: Remember, this is the same person who had an [[Evil Laugh]] in the previous game...
* [[Historical In-Joke]]: One of the Empire's missions is protecting Hawaii (Pearl Harbor, specifically) from an imminent Allied invasion.
* [[Historical Villain Downgrade]]: Imperial Japan is depicted as arrogant and invasion-happy, but on the whole aren't nearly as bad as they were during [[World War II]]. The reasons for this might be many and varied
** There are hints that they're just as bad, but it's mostly left up to [[Fridge Horror]]. Certain comments made during the invasion of Vorkuta make you wonder [[Inferred Holocaust|what's happening to the civilians]]. And then there's the research lab in ''Uprising'', which appears to have been inspired by ''[[Elfen Lied]]'' and ''[[Akira]]'', and the [[And I Must Scream|Steel Ronin]]...
** Yet another possibility is that the Empire never went downhill and thus stayed in its real-life pre-fascist state, when it was generally considered to be honorable and progressive (unless you were Chinese or Korean, of course). This is fairly likely due to the apparent lack of any fascist government or policy of genocide. They're certainly [[Grey and Gray Morality|no less villainous or no more heroic than the Soviets or Allies]], who both have some nasty skeletons in their respective closets.
* [[Hitler's Time Travel Exemption Act]]: The entire series
* [[Human Cannonball]]: The only way out of the Bullfrog. Though portrayed more realistically since the infantry descends with parachutes after being fired from the cannon. Other than people, it can also fire bears and terror drones for extra fun.
* [[Humongous Mecha]]: The Japanese Empire has many of these.
** [[Mini-Mecha]]: The Tengus, which can [[Transforming Mecha|transform into a jet
** [[Transforming Mecha]]: A vast number of the Empire's units are this. Anti-ground helicopters become anti-air missile walkers, Mecha-Tengu become Jet Tengu, submarine Sea-Wings become flying Sky Wings, not to mention their basic tanks are amphibious; "flexibility" is the main focus of their gameplay.
*** Uprising turns this [[Up to Eleven]] with the Giga Fortress. At about three times the size of the Shogun battleship, bigger than the building that produces it, it has to be deployed from a nanocore like the Empire's buildings. Its base form is a giant floating fortress that reduces entire fleets of ships and aircraft to scrap with [[BFG]]s and [[Macross Missile Massacre]]s, and it can transform into a flying head the size of a construction yard that's helpless against aircraft but fries anything on the ground with a massive [[Wave Motion Gun]] of ludicrous range.
* [[Incredibly Lame Pun]]: Mortar Cycle.
* [[Instant Awesome, Just Add Mecha]]: Pretty much the major backbone of the Empire of the Rising Sun in ''Red Alert 3''. And it throws in...
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* [[Japan Takes Over the World]]: [[Justified Trope|Justified]] as one of three conclusions.
* [[Jet Pack]]: The Empire of the Rising Sun's Rocket Angels.
* [[Kaizo Trap]]:
** In the Allied mission taking place at Mt. Rushmore, {{spoiler|once the superweapon capability of the monument is destroyed, the limousine containing the President chronos over to a nearby airbase between the two allied bases. Failure to down the chopper before it escapes will mean mission failure}}.
* [[Katanas of the Rising Sun]]: Again, isn't it obvious?
* [[Kiai]]: UIIIYAAAAAAAAAH!
* [[Kill Sat]]:
*
** The Magnetic Satellite takes their tanks and helicopters and throws them into orbit. The Orbital Drop takes random things it finds in orbit and throws them at the enemy. It could be satellites, and it can be ''[[Car Fu|those tanks you just sucked up with the Magnetic Satellite
* [[Kneel Before Zod]]: The Emperor.
{{quote|"You will bow before us, or you will cease to exist
* [[Lady Not-Appearing-In-This-Game]]: Despite being on the cover, featuring in several missions, and all over promotional material, Natasha only appears in one cutscene in a non-speaking role... in the Allied campaign, despite being the Soviet Union's [[Hero Unit]]. Natasha's in-game unit isn't even voiced by Gina Carano, possibly as a result of her not being able to produce a fake Russian accent.
** Yuriko is a weird inversed case: she's the only Rising Sun character without a live-action actress, even in the expansion where she's the central character. [[Fridge Brilliance|This is possibly because she's an anime parody
▲** Yuriko is a weird inversed case: she's the only Rising Sun character without a live-action actress, even in the expansion where she's the central character. [[Fridge Brilliance|This is possibly because she's an anime parody.]]
* [[Large Ham]]: The entire cutscene cast. You might think it's [[Ham and Cheese]], but realistically, the makers of the game probably loved the ham; the rest of the game is remarkably campy.
* [[Laser Blade]]: The Empire's basic infantry uses these as their secondary weapon.
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* [[Meaningful Name]]: The Athena Cannon is named for the Greek goddess of wisdom and war, and it is a technologically advanced weapon system operated by a woman.
* [[Mega Corp]]: Future Tech.
* [[Meganekko]]: Lydia in Uprising, Vera even called her [[Hot Librarian|'Librarian']].
* [[Me's a Crowd]]: Clones of Yuriko are used to fuel to Rising Sun's superweapon, the Psionic Decimator. Also, if you are facing multiple Rising Sun commanders in a mission, expect to see a handful of Yurikos.
* [[Military Mashup Machine]]: Too many to list, but most belong to the Empire.
* [[Mind Over Matter]]: Yuriko's standard attack, which absolutely devastates most enemies one at a time. Ground units get thrown in the air as they take damage over time and air units simply crash to the ground.
* [[Mirror Boss]]: {{spoiler|Yuriko Vs. Izumi at the end of Yuriko's Campaign}}.
* [[Mission Control]]: One for each side, there are Eva, Dasha
* [[Molotov Cocktail]]: Used/Consumed (though you may argue it is Vodka) by Conscripts and Mortar Cycles.
* [[Mother Russia Makes You Strong]]: According to Natasha at least.
* [[Near-Victory Fanfare]]:
* [[Non-Entity General]]: [[Lampshaded]] in ''Red Alert 3'', where near the end of the end of the Soviet campaign, a Conscript suggests that due to your success in taking it, {{spoiler|New York City}} will be renamed "Commandersgrad" implying the non-entity-commander is actually ''named'' "Commander".
* [[Now What?]]: {{spoiler|Yuriko's campaign ends this way, after she achieves her revenge. The last shot is her standing on a hillside, pondering what to do
* [[Ominous Latin Chanting]]: In Japanese and Russian though.
* [[Our Presidents Are Different]]: President Ackerman, whose campaign slogan is literally "Screw 'Em All!" and "Vote for me, if you want to live."
* [[Private Military Contractor]]: Future Tech who go to war with all 3 major world powers to show off their products.▼
* [[Power Nullifier]]: The Allied Hydrofoil's weapon jammer prevents enemies from attacking as long as it keeps targeting them.
▲* [[Private Military Contractor]]: Future Tech who go to war with all 3 major world powers to show off their products.
* [[Psycho Electro]]: Moskvin is a former Tesla trooper, and is probably the least mentally stable Soviet commander (but don't say that to his face).
* [[Psycho for Hire]]: Sub Commander Nikolai Moskvin has shades of this.
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* [[Ramming Always Works]]: The [[Cool Ship|Shogun Battleship]] and [[Humongous Mecha|King Oni]] can do this, often result in an instant kill. The smaller Yari Minisubs are also capable, but they won't survive doing so. "[[Taking You with Me|BANZAIII!]]"
* [[Recursive Ammo]]: The optional firing mode of V4 rockets.
* [[Red Herring]]:
* [[Reds with Rockets]]: While Japan uses missile spam and the Allies use some for their jack-of-all-trades default turret, the Soviet army keeps its crown as the purveyors of the biggest, meanest missiles both on their dreadnaught battleships and V4 launchers. They're also the only army to wield a missile as a super-weapon (the Vacuum Imploder warhead).
* [[Refuge in Audacity]]: ''Red Alert 3'' is made of this trope, especially the Empire of the Rising Sun. Psychic schoolgirls, [[Macross]]-style flyer/walker robots, giant robots
** The game actually lampshades this at one point, mentioning that the magnetic satellite whisks units away "Never to be seen again. Or so they think."
*** "Oh no, my battleships!" "'''Oh no, my battleships!!!!'''"
* [[Ridiculously-Fast Construction]]: Justified with the Empire, who use advanced nanotechnology.
* [[Robo Speak]]: The robotic units in ''Red Alert 3'', namely the Allies Future Tank X-1 and Japanese Nanocores.▼
* [[Roboteching]]: As seen in ''Red Alert 3'' with the Rocket Angels used by the Japanese. Who'd have guessed it?
** For added [[Macross Missile Massacre]], one of the Empire passive powers that can be unlocked even allows your rocket-spewing units to spew even ''more'' rockets!
▲* [[Robo Speak]]: The robotic units in ''Red Alert 3'', namely the Allies Future Tank X-1 and Japanese Nanocores.
* [[Rule of Cool]]:
** It's explained in the opening that since the Soviets eliminated Einstein in the past, nuclear technology no longer exists. Yet when the Soviet Super Reactor building is destroyed...
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* [[Rushmore Refacement]]: Looks almost identical to what the aliens did in ''[[Mars Attacks!]]''.
* [[Selective Magnetism]]: The Soviets are using various magnetic weapons: from magnetic harpoons to magnetic weapons that strip armor and weapons off enemy vehicles to magnets that suck units into SPACE.
* [[Sequel Hook]]
** Unlikely, since that's non-canon. However, in the expansion, {{spoiler|evidence suggests that the Japanese campaign--in which they've managed to re-arm and are ready for war again--is canon
* [[Series Mascot]]: For ''Red Alert 3'', the parachuting war bears. They might not be much good against armored vehicles, but they came to represent the all-out-crazy nature of ''
* [[Shaped Like Itself]]:
{{quote|'''Peacekeeper''': "Peacekeeper, keeping the peace."}}
* [[Shotguns Are Just Better]]: Played straight with Allies' Peacekeepers, not only they are the strongest of the basic rifleman unit, they can knockdown even ninjas and commandos who gets too close, and with proper micromanagement can lock them in a [[Cycle of Hurting]].▼
* [[Shout-Out]]: The Empire by itself is an incarnation of many things people love about Japan, both real and fictional. Cryo Legionnaire is a pun of Chrono Legionnaires in ''Red Alert 2'' and also a shout out to Mr Freeze with many of the voiceovers are Mr Freeze's lines("Let's kick some ice!", "Cool Party", and "The Iceman Comenth"). The weaponized Mt Rushmore looks almost exactly like the aliens' modification in [[Mars Attacks!]] (without the weapons). Of course the spy is an obvious [[Shout-Out]] to [[James Bond]].▼
* [[Shout-Out]]:
** The Empire by itself is an incarnation of many things people love about Japan, both real and fictional.
▲*
** The weaponized Mt Rushmore looks almost exactly like the aliens' modification in ''[[Mars Attacks!]]'' (without the weapons).
** The spy is an obvious expy of [[James Bond]].
** The first chapter of Yuriko's story in ''Uprising'' features a psychic Japanese girl breaking out of her restraints in a secret facility and ripping apart guards in huge, bloody explosions. [[Elfen Lied|Sound familiar?]]
** The final Soviet mission starts out with Tanya destroying some dreadnoughts that are attacking the Statue of Liberty, exactly how the Allied campaign started in ''Red Alert 2''. Tanya even remarks, "Just like old times, you Commie scum!".
** In challenge mode, there is a mission entitled "Number one threat to America". It's about [[The Colbert Report|giant bears
** The special unit equivalent to Boris from ''Red Alert 2''? [[Rocky and Bullwinkle|Natasha]].
** A [[British Stuffiness|British commander]] called [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer|Giles]] [[Angel|Price]]
** The Proton Collider superweapon is a [[Stealth Pun|clever crack]] at the LHC. And just in case you didn't [[Viewers are Morons|get it the first time]], the Sigma Harmonizer from ''Uprising'' is a giant particle accelerator with a similar configuration to the LHC, complete with (justified, in this case) [[Hollywood Science|public concerns]] over its actual function.
** The King Oni resembles a cross between Ironman and a Gundam. Further driving the point home, the Emperor has the original prototype, which is red with gold accents (which are normally white, but are gold colored due to the Empire's canonical faction color). You even see him in a Ironman-like interface as he [[Tempting Fate|declares your imminent doom]].
* [[Sliding Scale of Silliness Versus Seriousness]]: ''Waaaay'' on the silly end. [[Laser Blade|Beam Katanas]]? [[Everything's Worse with Bears|Bears]]? ''[[Tim Curry]]''? The Yuriko and Soviet campaigns in ''Uprising'' are more on the serious side.▼
▲* [[Shotguns Are Just Better]]: Played straight with Allies' Peacekeepers, not only they are the strongest of the basic rifleman unit, they can knockdown even ninjas and commandos who gets too close, and with proper micromanagement can lock them in a [[Cycle of Hurting]].
* [[Sniping the Cockpit]]: Natasha Volkova from ''Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3'' is able to snipe the operator of a vehicle, at which point any infantry unit can hop in.▼
▲* [[Sliding Scale of Silliness Versus Seriousness]]: ''Waaaay'' on the silly end. [[Laser Blade|Beam Katanas]]? [[Everything's Worse with Bears|Bears]]? ''[[Tim Curry]]''?
* [[Sore Loser]]: Most of the AI commanders take losing fairly well, and some will even show you respect, but Kenji and Moskvin... well...
{{quote|'''Kenji:''' I bet you think this is funny! Well, ''I'' have friends, you know.
'''Moskvin:''' I never would have lost were it not for the incompetence of my forces! [[Kick the Dog|At least they're dead!]]
* [[Spider Tank]]: The "Sickle
▲* [[Sniping the Cockpit]]: Natasha Volkova from Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 is able to snipe the operator of a vehicle, at which point any infantry unit can hop in.
* [[The Starscream]]:
▲* [[Spider Tank]]: The "Sickle," the standard anti-infantry vehicle for the Soviets, and also the electricity-spewing amphibious Stingray. Though, weirdly enough, it must be built at naval docks. Apparently land-mode "movers" are just a bonus.
▲* [[The Starscream]]: {{spoiler|General Krukov. Not too big of a surprise as he spends most of the Soviet campaign undermining your success. Cherdenko turns against you to keep you from turning into one.}}
* [[Start of Darkness]]: ''Red Alert 3: Uprising'' covers the origins of the experiments that created Yuriko Omega.
* [[Stripperiffic]]:
*
** Archer Maidens in ''Uprising'', making an Allied soldier wish there were more ladies in the infantry division.
** Suki at least waits until the Imperial campaign is concluded to strip down and invite her {{spoiler|newly Shogun}} Commander to take her... on vacation to Hawaii.
* [[Super Prototype]]: The prototype King Oni is faster, stronger, nigh indestructible and equipped with a absolutely devastating anti-aircraft rocket battery. {{spoiler|And it's piloted by George Takei
** The Reapers from ''Uprising'' are a heavier prototype of the Sickle. So heavy, in fact, that their [[Reality Ensues|legs break beneath]] them if they jump.
* [[Theme Music Power-Up]]:
▲* [[Theme Music Power-Up]]: the background music changes to faster and harder tunes when the player's units are engaging enemy units. And an annoying version of the enemy's theme if they fire a superweapon at you.
* [[Time Stands Still]]: The Sigma Harmonizer in the last Uprising soviet mission, it is in the mission title too.
* [[Tragic Villain]]
* [[Transforming Mecha]]:
** The Empire of The Rising Sun in ''Red Alert 3'': "Mecha Tengu, GO!" and the Striker-VX. The Mecha-Tengu even resembles a [[Macross]] Valkyrie in Gerwalk and jet modes, and transforms the same way.
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* [[Unusual Euphemism]]: Battle bears and man cannons, as proven with the actors being unable to control their laughter in the [[Hilarious Outtakes|bloopers]].
* [[Villainous Breakdown]]: Several times:
** Happened to Emperor Yoshiro after learning the Empire is a result of the Soviets messing with timelines, and thus "There is no divine destiny
**
** Similarly in Empire campaign:
{{quote|'''Cherdenko:''' No! [[This Cannot Be!|this can't be happening]]! I am the Premier! I CONTROL TIME!}}
** Rupert Thornley pulled an epic one in ''Uprising'' after you destroy the Sigma Harmonizer, [[Big No]] included.
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** Shinzo and Kenji on their respective capture in the ''Uprising'' Allies campaign. Takara doesn't seem to care though.
{{quote|'''Shinzo:'''You captured me using trickery and magic?
'''Kenji:''' Tatsu! How could you do this to me! [[Big No|NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!]]
**
* [[Villain Protagonist]]: The Commander, depending on what side you choose, can be a bit of a bastard.
* [[Villain with Good Publicity]] :
* [[Wave Motion Gun]]:
* [[Weaksauce Weakness]]: The Empire possess no adequate anti-air capabilities (
* [[Weaponized Landmark]]: The [[Trope Namer]]. Moais with Tesla coils in them, The Griffith Observatory with a huge cannon rigged into it, Mt Rushmore have weapons in the heads, and of course the Leningrad memorial with a space rocket.
* [[We Have Reserves]]: Soviet Conscripts (their basic rifle infantry) are the cheapest units in the game, and build rapidly.
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* [[Whole-Plot Reference]]: The first chapter of Yuriko's story features a psychic Japanese girl breaking out of her restraints in a secret facility and ripping apart guards in huge, bloody explosions. [[Elfen Lied|Sound familiar?]]
* [[With Great Power Comes Great Insanity]]: Played straight with {{spoiler|Izumi}}. Ironically subverted with {{spoiler|Yuriko}}.
* [[Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds]]: Yuriko in ''Uprising''. Just play her campaign.
* [[Would Hurt a Child]]: Natasha might lament not having little children to kill.
* [[You Are in Command Now]]: Oleg in ''Uprising'', apparently.
* [[You Have Outlived Your Usefulness]]: What can you expect of [[Tim Curry]]?
* [[Zeppelins from Another World]]: The mighty Kirov, the slow-moving but devastating bomber zeppelin of the Soviets. As those weren't scary enough, they now come with [[Nitro Boost]].
* [[Zero Effort Boss]]:
* [[Zettai Ryouiki]]: Yuriko.
▲* [[Zero Effort Boss]]: {{spoiler|President Ackerman}} in the Allies campaign, though surprisingly, this is also a [[Kaizo Trap]] at the same time.
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