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{{quote|''The following article has been approved for publishing because it serves the cause of the Dark.''|''Day Watch''}}
'''''Night Watch''''' (''Ночной дозор, Nochnoi Dozor'') is a book series by [[Sergey Lukyanenko]], a [[Speculative Fiction]] writer internationally acclaimed in the Eastern Bloc. It had two movie adaptations (both movies mixed elements of this book and its sequel) starring [[Konstantin Khabensky]], the first of which became the top-grossing Russian movie of the time. Because of this, the series received much attention internationally and spread Lukyanenko's name and work to the West.
''Night Watch'' is set in Moscow in [[Present Day|1998-2007 (book timeline) / circa 2004 (movie timeline)]]. The world is pretty much the gritty ex-Communist concrete-a-thon we know and love, with a major difference. There are Others. Others are non-humans, born by humans and have special abilities. Vampires, shapeshifters, wizards, prophets, warlocks... and [[Incredibly Lame Pun|all others]]. What distinguishes Others from humans is their innate ability to manipulate "The Twilight", a "mirror-world" of magical energy. Others come in two flavors, Light and Dark, and the Light and Dark have been conflicting since the beginning of time. In the 12th century or so, the Others from both sides realized that conflicts between them, due to their vast power and influence over humans, could destroy the world. So they wrote and signed the Treaty, which basically states that each side is allowed to form a Watch to monitor the activities of the other side from becoming overly excessive, in turn monitored by a joint Inquisition. The Treaty has held up well, and all fighting between Light and Dark has moved [[The Chessmaster|into the shadows]].
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=== Aside from the tropes above, the movie adaptations of ''[[Night Watch (2004 film)|Night Watch]]'' and ''[[Day Watch (film)|Day Watch]]'' contain examples of: ===
* [[The Alcoholic]]: Anton in the beginning of both movies. In the first one, he drinks a lot to pass the taste of blood he has to drink so he could chase vampires. In the second movie he drinks a little too much while reading about Tamerlane. {{spoiler|He is poisoned in the end of the second movie, resulting in an extremely drunk behavior}}.
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=== Aside from above tropes, the [[Night Watch (video game)|video game adaptations]] contain examples of: ===
* [[Alternate Universe]]: The PC game was basically a combination of book and movie continuities. The character designs harken back to the movie, as does the usage of mundane items to do magic, but the characters can also use spells from the books and Twilight is closer to the way it was depicted in the books.
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