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First of all, this has nothing to do with any of the Masters from certain [[Doctor Who (TV)|television]] [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer|shows]], which the novel predates by more than twenty years. And now that we have established that, let's move on.
This novel was written by Mikhail Bulgakov in 1928-1940, but only published in the Soviet Union in 1966-1967 in a severely [[Bowdlerise|Bowdlerised]] edition. It is notable for not having a single definite main character around whom most of the plot revolves, although the [[Anti
The main plot nominally follows [[Satan]], who arrives with his [[Ragtag Bunch of Misfits]] in 1930s Moscow under the guise of a foreign Professor of the occult, Woland. His true intent is to host a periodic carnival of the dead. Much of the humor and social satire in the novel is derived from Woland and his henchmen exposing the numb-skulled bureaucratic officiousness of Soviet society. He is not truly evil, but some of his pranks prove humiliating to the faux aristocracy of the Soviet Union.
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* [[All Part of the Show]]
* [[Asshole Victim]]: Many of these in Moscow.
* [[A
* [[Author Appeal]]: Bulgakov's portrayal of the Soviet writer society; arguably also the theology, which he took interest in.
* [[Bigger On the Inside]]: Woland's ballroom.
* [[Bittersweet Ending]]
* [[Brought to You By The Letter S]]: Margarita made the Master a cap with the letter "M" on it.
* [[Card
* [[Chase Scene]]
* [[Dark Chick]]: Hella.
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* [[Epigraph]]: See the quote at the top of the page; it sets the main theme for the rest of the novel.
* [[Even Evil Has Standards]]: Woland and his entourage get quite persnickety about characters who take bribes, engage in officially sanctioned double-think about literary merit, show greed in the face of consumer goods, or other misdemeanors one might think small relative to being a demonic force of evil.
* [[Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"]]: The Master deliberately abandoned his name.
* [[Faking the Dead]]: Behemoth.
* [[Five
* [[Foreign Money Is Proof of Guilt]]: One character gets arrested because the police find foreign currency in his apartment. He had accepted a bribe from Woland, in rubles. Woland then anonymously called the police, who found the currency, now mysteriously American dollars. At the time, possession of foreign currency was indeed a crime in the Soviet Union.
* [[Giant Mook]]: Centurion Marcus "Ratkiller".
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* [[Pet the Dog]]: Ruthless - if somewhat sympathetic - Pontius Pilate has a dog, the only creature he loves.
* [[Psychotic Smirk]]
* [[Right
* [[Rule of Cool]]
* [[Rule of Funny]]
* [[Satan]]: Woland, literally.
* [[Satan Is Good]]: Woland is either this or an [[Anti
* [[Self Inflicted Hell]]: Berlioz, who believes in nothing, gets nothing after death.
* [[Selfless Wish]]: Margarita wants more than anything else for the Master to be returned to her, but when Satan offers to grant her one request, she instead asks for mercy for one of the damned souls she met at his ball.
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* [[Too Soon]]: In its home country, at least.
* [[Trickster]]: Korovyev and Behemoth.
* [[Two Lines, No Waiting]]: Moscow and Yershalaim.
* [[What Do You Mean Its Not Symbolic]]
* [[You Can't Go Home Again]]
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