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{{quote|''I am part of that force which wills forever evil and works forever good.''

 

''Would you remove all trees and living things from the world to realise your fantasy of basking in naked light?''|'''Woland'''}}

 

Among Russian critics, this novel is one of the most favorite targets of the [[Everyone Is Jesus in Purgatory]] syndrome, although a story featuring both Jesus and Satan as characters arguably had it coming. It has also seen a lot of adaptations, two of them in Russia (after the fall of the Soviet Union) and plenty abroad. The 2005 miniseries by Vladimir Bortko (famous for a massively popular 1988 adaptation of Bulgakov's earlier ''[[Heart of a Dog]]'') was perhaps the most faithful to the original text, although it was somewhat of a disappointment on the technical side, particularly in regards to questionable casting choices.

* [[A-Team Firing]]: During a showdown between Behemoth and the Moscow police, a firefight ensues in which ''nobody'' gets injured - in a ''tiny room''. However, Behemoth's terrible marksmanship is established in an earlier scene when he tries to show off.

* [[Action Girl]]: Margarita, after her transformation into a witch.

* [[Shout-Out]]: Particularly to [[Johann Wolfgang von Goethe]]'s drama of ''[[Faust]]''.

* [[Show Within a Show]]: The Master's novel.

* [[Smug Snake]]: Lots of bureaucrats and high-ranking functionaries in the Moscow storylines, Caifas in the Jerusalem storyline.

* [[Sympathy for the Devil]]: Literally - it's ''this'' book which inspired the Rolling Stones song, after all.

 

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