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* The [[Trope Namer]] is, of course Yakov Smirnoff <ref>although in Soviet Russia the trope made him</ref> who made jokes about how the U.S.S.R. had a [[Big Brother Is Watching]] regime. It's also a case of [[Beam Me Up, Scotty]]; his most famous line was simply "In Russia...", not "In Soviet Russia..."
** Half of his jokes were this. The other half were jokes about ''being'' a [[Funny Foreigner]] (e.g he goes into a a restaurant and gets asked how many are in his party, whereupon he replies "100 million")
** He shifted his comedy after starting his theater in Branson back in 1992 (where he is still playing,) which means he quit using this joke long before it became an internet meme.
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* One of the first examples, and a contemporary with Yakov Smirnoff's standup comedy, comes from the movie ''[[Spaceballs]]'', when the henchman of galactic gangster "Pizza the Hut" warns Lone Starr...
{{quote|"You'd better pay up, or Pizza is gonna send out for ''you!''"}}
* In ''[[Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back]]'', Jay imagines a ''[[Planet of the Apes]]''-style dystopian world where "[[A Date with Rosie Palms|we will not spank the monkey]]; the monkey will spank us!"
* ''[[Teeth]]'' In Soviet Russia, Pussy eats you!
* In [[Van Helsing]] Igor says this, when the the hot female ally and the Q of the hero try to force Igor into givinjg them the Werewolf antidote:
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* [[Roses Are Red, Violets Are Blue|Blood is red, <br />Serum is blue,]] <br />[[The New Russia|In Former Soviet Russia,]] <br />[[Blade|Vampire is bitten by YOU!!]]<ref>It refers to the final scenes of Blade 1, which features Blade hunting Russian vampires in... Russia</ref>
* The 4th theme of the ''Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol'''s soundtrack is named "In Russia, phone dials you".
* In ''[[Tropic Thunder]]'', though not Soviet :
{{quote|'''Kirk Lazarus''' : I don't read the script. The script '''reads me'''.}}
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** That's weird, because NO ONE WATCHES BIG BROTHER!
** Even in [[Real Life]], [[Paranoia Fuel|Big Brother Is Watching You]].
* A popular phrase from the ''[[Havemercy]]'' fandom: "In Soviet Volstov, Dragon ride you!" This is because Volstov is generally accepted as a fantasy parallel to Russia.
* From ''Ye Gods!'' by Tom Holt:
{{quote|When Jason opened his eyes, all he could see was a perfectly ordinary Underground carriage, and Virgil sitting on one of the seats, meditatively stirring a large pile of ash and charred bones. Jason winced.
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** This is a pretty common joke in the old Eastern Bloc. I've most often heard it cited as an [[East Germany|East German]] "[[German Humour|Fritzchen]]" joke, although it's been told as a Russian/Soviet "Vovochka" joke, as well.
** Mike Myers parodies this on a behind-the-scenes feature on the DVD for The Cat In The Hat, combining it with a running joke. "Under capitalism, man exploits his fellow man. Under communism, it's the complete opposite. *pause* Because of the sand which is there."
* ''[[City of Thieves]]'' mentions this:
{{quote|We couldn't feed our pets, so our pets fed us.}}
* In ''[[Humanx Commonwealth|Mid-Flinx]]'', Teal warns Aimee about the flower in her hair: "You do not wear the cristif, the cristif wears you." Unfortunately for Aimee, Teal's not making a Yakov Smirnoff reference: {{spoiler|The "flower" is an invasive parasite, which sends its tendrils fatally bursting from Aimee's flesh seconds later.}}
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== Live-Action TV ==
* ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000|MST3K]]'' had a Yakov Smirnoff [[Expy|knockoff]] saying: "In your country, you watch movie ''[[The Rock]]''. In my country, we break rock in Gulag!"
** [[Hilarious in Hindsight]]: guess what movie the Gulag level in ''[[Modern Warfare]] 2'' [[Whole-Plot Reference|ripped off]].
* This is kind of the point of [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]. In other horror works the girl, or child, will look under the bed for monsters. Here...here the monster checks under the bed for [[Badass|Buffy]].
* [[Deadliest Catch|On Bearing Sea]], piñata [[Everything Trying to Kill You|hits you]].
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{{quote|'''Ghost 1:''' Fuck Fontaine!
'''Ghost 2:''' You don't fuck Fontaine. Fontaine fucks you! }}
* In ''[[Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth]]'', this is one of several memes spouted by [[Otaku|Sal Manella]] curing his brief cameo in case 2.
{{quote|In Soviet Russia, World Flags Lunchboxes eat j00!}}
* In [[Guilty Gear]], Hair cuts YOU! (bonus points- the character whose hair cuts you is russian)
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* [http://knowyourmeme.com/photos/107744 Roses are red, violets are blue...]
** ...InSovietRussia, poem writes you!
* During [[The Nostalgia Critic]] and [[Atop the Fourth Wall|Linkara's]] joint review of ''[[Superman (film)|Superman]] IV'', the two of them are stunned when Superman talks to some Russian astronauts...while still in [[Space Is Noisy|the vacuum of space]]. "In Soviet Russia, physics breaks you!"
* Invoked in the [[Riff Trax]] of ''[[Spider-Man (film)|Spider-Man]] 3'' when Spidey nearly gets hit by a subway car: "In Soviet Russia train misses you!"
* "[[The Nostalgia Chick|In Soviet Russia, Chick remembers you!]]". C'mon, she was reviewing ''[[Anastasia]]'', she had to.
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* The ''[[King of the Hill]]'' episode guest starring Smirnoff has him buying one of these jokes from Bobby, despite the comedian's protestations that he has abandoned this type of material in favor of relationship humor.
** But give Bobby credit, at least he plays with the trope. "In America, you put 'In God We Trust' on the money. In Russia, we ''have'' no money!"
*** And Yakov pays Bobby for the joke and says "keep them coming."
* In [[Transformers Generation 1|Transformers G1]] Galvatron is [[Ax Crazy]] while Cyclonus is the [[Only Sane Man|Sane Man]]. In [[Transformers Armada]] Galvatron is the Sane Man (well sort of) while Cyclonus is Ax Crazy.
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* In Soviet Russia, [[Masochist's Meal|pepper eats you!]]
* In Soviet Russia, [[Yuri Gagarin|rocket launches you!]]
* In Soviet Russia, [[Human Cannonball|cannon]] [[Command
* A [[Star Trek|Ferengi]] Rule (Probably Nr. 190) which is equally true in [[Real Life]]: Drive your business or it will drive you.
* Inverted example: in Soviet Russia, [[Axis Powers Hetalia|you break Busby's Chair]]; in England, Busby's Chair breaks you!
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