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Google Video has [http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=-2251461878127683608 an English subtitled version].
Google Video has [http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=-2251461878127683608 an English subtitled version].


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=== This film provides examples of: ===


* [[Batman Gambit]]: Literaly. Gidevan and the aliens play a game of chess, and Gidevan loses, because the aliens can read his thoughts. He starts deliberately thinking bad moves for them and wins.
* [[Batman Gambit]]: Literaly. Gidevan and the aliens play a game of chess, and Gidevan loses, because the aliens can read his thoughts. He starts deliberately thinking bad moves for them and wins.
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* [[Butt Monkey]]: Fiddler
* [[Butt Monkey]]: Fiddler
* [[Creator Cameo]]: The director (Georgiy Daneliya) stars as Abradox on Alpha.
* [[Creator Cameo]]: The director (Georgiy Daneliya) stars as Abradox on Alpha.
* [[Colour Coded for Your Convenience]]: in addition to the caste system there is a secondary hierarchy on Pluck based on the colour of your pants.
* [[Colour-Coded for Your Convenience]]: in addition to the caste system there is a secondary hierarchy on Pluck based on the colour of your pants.
* [[Crapsack World]]: Pluck and the entire galaxy of [[Title Drop|Kin-Dza-Dza]]. They make contrast with [[Crystal Spires and Togas]] below.
* [[Crapsack World]]: Pluck and the entire galaxy of [[Title Drop|Kin-Dza-Dza]]. They make contrast with [[Crystal Spires and Togas]] below.
* [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]]: "If you think that this thingy isn't tranklucator, it'll be the last thought in your Chatlanian head!"
* [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]]: "If you think that this thingy isn't tranklucator, it'll be the last thought in your Chatlanian head!"
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* [[Indecisive Parody]]: in a very interesting and strange way, this film is satire of both Soviet AND capitalist states. [[Shrug of God|The creators are not quite sure themselves]].
* [[Indecisive Parody]]: in a very interesting and strange way, this film is satire of both Soviet AND capitalist states. [[Shrug of God|The creators are not quite sure themselves]].
* [[Intimidation Demonstration]]: An etsilop performed [[Diagonal Cut]] on a faraway water... er, ''sand'' tower just to make a point.
* [[Intimidation Demonstration]]: An etsilop performed [[Diagonal Cut]] on a faraway water... er, ''sand'' tower just to make a point.
* [[Kleptomaniac Hero]]: The Fiddler collects any "unknown alien metals" and technology he can get by barter or plain theft. [[For Science|For Science!]] Turned [[Up to Eleven]] when he tries to ''kidnap an alien prisoner''.
* [[Kleptomaniac Hero]]: The Fiddler collects any "unknown alien metals" and technology he can get by barter or plain theft. [[For Science!]] Turned [[Up to Eleven]] when he tries to ''kidnap an alien prisoner''.
* [[Light Is Not Good]]: Might seem to be the case with the Alphians, but really subverted once you think about it. Oh, sure, they [[Cool and Unusual Punishment|turn the tresspassers from Kin-Dza-Dza into cacti]], but when you compare it with what the residents of KDD do to each other (and, [[All There in the Manual|in the script]], what they attempted to do to Alpha ''thrice''), i.e. [[Complete Monster|exterminate whole planets just because fuck them]], it looks pretty tame. They are also eager to help two complete strangers, who BTW are also tresspassing on their territory, return home FOR FREE, and willing to tolerate [[Ungrateful Bastard|quite a bit of undeserved rudeness from them]]. Finally, seeing how Alpha is positioned exactly so as to prevent travel from KDD into Earth space, [[WMG|one might argue]] that Alphians are actually guarding our space against the invaders from KDD.
* [[Light Is Not Good]]: Might seem to be the case with the Alphians, but really subverted once you think about it. Oh, sure, they [[Cool and Unusual Punishment|turn the tresspassers from Kin-Dza-Dza into cacti]], but when you compare it with what the residents of KDD do to each other (and, [[All There in the Manual|in the script]], what they attempted to do to Alpha ''thrice''), i.e. [[Complete Monster|exterminate whole planets just because fuck them]], it looks pretty tame. They are also eager to help two complete strangers, who BTW are also tresspassing on their territory, return home FOR FREE, and willing to tolerate [[Ungrateful Bastard|quite a bit of undeserved rudeness from them]]. Finally, seeing how Alpha is positioned exactly so as to prevent travel from KDD into Earth space, [[WMG|one might argue]] that Alphians are actually guarding our space against the invaders from KDD.
* [[MacGuffin]]: The "gravitsappa".
* [[MacGuffin]]: The "gravitsappa".
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* [[Sdrawkcab Name]]: Phonetically, Etsilop is reversed Polizei
* [[Sdrawkcab Name]]: Phonetically, Etsilop is reversed Polizei
* [[Those Two Guys]]: Wef and B
* [[Those Two Guys]]: Wef and B
* [[The Reason You Suck Speech]]: Fiddler tries to give one to the Pluckians and fails.
* [["The Reason You Suck" Speech]]: Fiddler tries to give one to the Pluckians and fails.
* {{spoiler|[[Time Travel]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Time Travel]]}}
* [[Translation Convention]]: the inhabitants of the Kin-Dza-Dza galaxy are telepathic and usually have very little need to talk (which explains why there are only dozen of words in their vocabulary). Vova and Fiddler are not telepathic, but aliens scan their minds and learn Russian (or Georgian) and talk with them.
* [[Translation Convention]]: the inhabitants of the Kin-Dza-Dza galaxy are telepathic and usually have very little need to talk (which explains why there are only dozen of words in their vocabulary). Vova and Fiddler are not telepathic, but aliens scan their minds and learn Russian (or Georgian) and talk with them.
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