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[[File:MondayBeginsonSaturday.jpg|frame|He should really be more careful with those keys...]]▼
| title = Monday Begins on Saturday
| original title = Понедельник начинается в субботу
| image = MondayBeginsonSaturday.jpg|
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| author = Strugatsky Brothers
| central theme =
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| genre = Science fantasy
| publication date = 1965
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''Monday Begins On Saturday'' (Russian: "Понедельник начинается в субботу") is a 1964 novel, one of the most beloved works by the [[
Was followed by a much more cynical ''[[
▲''Monday Begins On Saturday'' (Russian: "Понедельник начинается в субботу") is a 1964 novel, one of the most beloved works by the [[Strugatsky Brothers (Creator)|Strugatsky Brothers]]. [[Magitek|A mix of fantasy and science-fiction]], it tells the stories of [[Extranormal Institute|a Soviet research institute dedicated to studying magic and the supernatural]], the dedicated scientists who work there, and the wide variety of [[Fantasy Kitchen Sink|monsters, ghosts, and other critters]] that they study and work with. Adapted into a two-part Christmas special back in the early 80s. It's a fun movie in its own right, but it has very little to do with the novel it's supposedly based on (which annoyed the Brothers quite a bit at the time).
▲Was followed by a much more cynical ''[[Tale of the Troika (Literature)|Tale of the Troika]]'' just three years later.
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* [[Clingy MacGuffin]]: A "non-changeable dime" that returns to its owner every time it's spent.
* [[Cool Old Guy]]: Cristobal Junta and Fyodor Simeonovich.
* [[Designated Love Interest]]: Stella.
* [[Expospeak]]: [[Parodied]], when the traveller into "depicted future" quickly learned to avoid the most tiresome part - droning inventors.
* [[Fun
** One English translation gives the laboratory's name as "'''N'''ational '''I'''nstitute for the '''T'''echnology of '''Wi'''tchcraft and '''T'''haumaturgy".
** The Scientific Research Institute of Kabbalistics and Witchcraft is also mentioned. It abbreviates to NIIKaVo (Sounds like "No one" or "Nobody").
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* [[I Want My Jetpack]]: parodied with Privalov's travel into future narratively imagined possibilities.
* [[Jerkass]]: Vybegallo.
* [[Jerk
* [[Lawyer
* [[Memetic Badass]]: Cristobal Junta, ''in-universe''.
* [[Merlin Sickness]]: {{spoiler|Janos Nevstruev. And his parrot.}}
* [[Naive Newcomer]]: Sasha Privalov
* [[Nice Guy]]: Edik Amperyan
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* [[Public Domain Character]]: Merlin. Strangely, he's not the one with the [[Merlin Sickness]].
* [[Reasonable Authority Figure]]: director Nevstruev.
* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]: Cristobal Junta and Fyodor Simeonovich Kivrin
* [[Taxidermy Terror]] and [[Taxidermy Is Creepy]]: Junta's favourite study decoration, a stuffed [[Those Wacky Nazis|SS]] [[Common Ranks|Standartenführer]], and Junta himself, an accomplished taxidermist. [[Played for Laughs|The Standartenführer was a good taxidermist, too, but Junta proved to be faster.]]
* [[Token Girl]]: Stella
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[[Category:Russian Literature]]
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