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{{quote|''"In America, you can always find a party.<br />
''In Russia, [[Big Brother Is Watching|the Party]] always finds YOU!!''|
{{quote|
Violets are blue,]]<br />
In Soviet Russia<br />
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In Soviet Russia, [[Describe Topic Here|topic describes YOU]]''!!''
A type of joke, commonly called a Russian Reversal (but technically called the transpositional pun), popularized by Ukranian comedian Yakov Smirnof. It is based on taking a statement about capitalist America and inverting it to describe the then
{{quote| In America, you watch Television.<br />
In Soviet Russia, [[Sinister Surveillance|television watches YOU]]
The joke originated on ''[[Rowan and
{{quote| Here in America, is very good, everyone watch television. In Old Country, television watches you!}}
Long after the fall of Soviet Russia, this joke underwent [[Memetic Mutation]]. The
The source of many trope names, including [[Ass Kicks You]], [[Dog Walks You]], [[Bullet Dodges You]]
See also [[Glorious Mother Russia]] for the [[Hollywood Atlas]] version of Soviet Russia that inspired the jokes.
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=== In Soviet Russia, examples post YOU
== [[Trope Namer]] ==
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== Anime & Manga ==
* [[Recycled in Space|In Space]], [[Planetes|garbage disposes of YOU]]
* [[[[Roses Are Red Violets Are Blue]] Sakura is red,<br />Hinata is blue,]]<br />[[Naruto|In Soviet Konohagakure]],<br />[[Sealed Inside a Person Shaped Can|prison is in YOU]]
* In most ''[[Gundam]]'' series, Earth lords over the space colonies. In ''[[G Gundam]]'', the colonies lord over Earth.
* In Soviet [[Fullmetal Alchemist|Amestris]], arm loses you!
** In Soviet Amestris, body loses you!
*** In Soviet Amestris, soul loses YOU
** In Soviet Amestris, pride swallows you!
* In real life, you eat meat. In [[Bio Meat]], [[Extreme Omnivore|meat eats you!]]
* [[Rozen Maiden|Rozen]] [[[[Roses Are Red Violets Are Blue]] is red,<br />Suigintou is blue]],<br />In [[Memetic Mutation|Soviet Japan]],<br />[[Tsundere|Dolls break YOU
* In [[Memetic Mutation|Soviet Japan]], [[Chobits (Manga)|persocom]] [[Grail in The Garbage|finds YOU]]
* In ''[[Puella Magi Madoka Magica (Anime)|Puella Magi Madoka Magica]]'', {{spoiler|cake eats ''you!''}}
* [[Solty Rei|In the city, the Matrix enters you!]]
* [[Useful Notes/Romania|In Communist Romania,]] [[Snuff Film|you snuff]] [[Harmful to Minors|children.]] [[Black Lagoon|In Roanapur]], [[Creepy Twins|children]] [[Interplay of Sex and Violence|snuff YOU!]]
* In America, [[Sarah Palin]] can see Russia from her house. In Soviet Russia, [[Axis Powers Hetalia|Ivan Braginski]] [http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2010/007/8/7/In_Soviet_Russia_Shirt_Wears_U_by_rogueymu.jpg can see Alaska from his house.]
** Note also that in Soviet [[Axis Powers Hetalia]], Russia is in YOU
* [[Last Exile Fam the Silver Wing|In Soviet Anatoray,]] [[Sky Pirate|ship steals YOU!]] - helped by the fact that the Silvius' captain is named Tatiana, a Russian name.
* In America, [[Yu-Gi-Oh 5 Ds|Jack Atlas kicks your ass]]. [[Subverted Trope|In Soviet Russia,]] [[Memetic Badass|Jack Atlas also kicks your ass]].<ref>From a [[YouTube]] comment.</ref>
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**** Played straight in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aral_sea#Impact_on_environment.2C_economy_and_public_health the Aral Sea region.]
* In Soviet Russia, [[Iron Curtain|Curtain Irons]] you!
** In [[East Germany|Soviet Germany]], [[Berlin Wall|Berlin walls]] YOU
* Subverted by writer Emil Vrabie: ''"Don't you know the difference between the two economic systems? Under capitalism man exploits man. But, under communism, it's just the other way around."''
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* 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:
{{quote| "You try to get Igor. Igor get you!"}}
* [[http://s660.photobucket.com/albums/uu330/cthulhu19887/movie
** This is a glorious example from the 2004 ''Punisher'' movie. There's a scene in which a massive hitman known only as the Russian shows up at the Punisher's apartment and proceeds to kick his ass. Like the comic series from which it was adapted (Welcome Back, Frank), the Russian (played by pro wrestler Kevin Nash) is wearing a very distinctive horizontally striped red and white shirt. This prompted fans into proclaiming "In Soviet Russia, [[Where's Waldo|Waldo]] finds you!"
* [[The Big Lebowski|"Sometimes you eat the bar and sometimes the bar, well, eats you."]]
* In Soviet Russia, [[Rocky IV|I must break you!]]
*
* The 4th theme of the ''Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol'''s soundtrack is named "In Russia, phone dials you".
* In ''[[Tropic Thunder (Film)|Tropic Thunder]]'', though not Soviet :
{{quote| '''Kirk Lazarus''' : I don't read the script. The script '''reads me'''.}}
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[[The Stinger|In Soviet Russia,]] [[
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