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* [[All Theories Are True]]: The ''Red Alert'' series uses Tesla coils in ways that were once thought possible.
* [[Alternate History]]: ''Red Alert'' being the result of Hitler's removal from the timeline. Furthermore, the game used to be a prequel to the ''[[Command & Conquer: Tiberium]]'' series, before more time travel threw in further alternate timelines.
* It still is, but if Red Alert 2 events occur, then that's history going down the path that doesn't lead to the Tiberium games. Otherwise, it still serves as a prequel.
* [[Artistic License History]]: Ignoring the alternate paths that history takes and the futuristic technologies that develop in the actual games (which are just [[Rule of Cool]]), artistic license is taken with the backstory. [[Adolf Hitler]] was removed from history when Einstein traveled back in time to 1924, partly explaining the lack of opposition to Soviet expansion, but how did the Soviet Union spontaneously transform from one of the most economically underdeveloped countries in Europe into a massive superpower armed with atomic weapons ready to take over the entire continent?<ref>The aggressive [[Take Over the World]] plan is in itself already ignoring [[Joseph Stalin|Stalin]]'s cautious nature and "Socialism in one country" policy.</ref> Also, why are all the borders in their post-1945 state? It's also stated at one point that there is a United Nations. What happened to the League of Nations?
* [[Bald of Evil]]: Kane.
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* [[Early Installment Weirdness]]: ''Red Alert 1'' actually tried to play the series premise entirely straight, with subtle performances and writing. The rest of the series devolved into high [[Camp]] pretty much immediately.
* [[Empathy Doll Shot]]: Right at the start of the Soviet campaign, as the Soviet air force strafes fleeing villagers. [[Cruelty Is the Only Option|You gave the orders]].
* [[Heroic BSOD]]:
* [[Historical Villain Upgrade]]: With Hitler out of the way, Joseph Stalin causes this timeline's version of World War II. The developers were likely aiming for an exaggeration of this trope, but his actions in the story are largely consistent with what is known about him in reality.
* [[Hitler's Time Travel Exemption Act]]: [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero|Nice Job Breaking It, Einstein]].
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{{quote|'''Nadia:''' "Fight our battles where you must, and you will remain our loyal, and obedient servant. For the foreseeable future."
''*Gunshot, Nadia falls over forward*''
'''Kane:''' "The foreseeable future...? Comrade
''*Fade to black*''}}
* [[Karmic Death]]: {{spoiler|Delivered nicely in the Allied ending onto Joseph Stalin by none other than
* [[Kick the Dog]]: The briefing of the first Soviet mission opens with Stalin and two other Soviet leaders discussing the testing of
* [[Kill'Em All]]: {{spoiler|The Soviet campaign ends like this, with everyone you meet dying in a convoluted series of
* [[Klingon Promotion]]: {{spoiler|Nadia poisons Stalin at the end of the Soviet campaign. Her promotion doesn't last long}}.
* [[Let No Crisis Go to Waste]]: In the Soviet victory scenario in the first game, the entire Russian war effort was a huge [[Xanatos Gambit]] by Kane to expand the USSR, then topple it, and use the ensuing chaos to strengthen the Brotherhood of Nod.
* [[Meaningful Echo]]: {{spoiler|Stalin comments on how excellent the tea is, and Nadia
* [[A Million Is a Statistic]]: Stalin (to whom the phrase is commonly credited, apocryphally) throws this line out there in the first ''Red Alert''. It can also be heard in the remixed "Radio 2" song which is included in the CD of ''Counterstrike'' and ''Aftermath''.
* [[Name of Cain]]: The first ''Red Alert'' game is where it's first implied that Kane is actually the Biblical Cain.
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