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* [[Enemy Mine]]: In the early stages of the war Tuđman and Milošević made a deal to carve up Bosnia between Croatia and Serbia.
** In 1994 Croats and Bosniaks allied themselves under US pressure against the Serbs.
* [[Fighting For a Homeland]]: More or less every party, save the UN and NATO forces, had this reason in mind. Unfortunately, every homeland just so happened to included parts of someone else's homeland. While the Croats and Bosniaks fought for the territorial integrity of their homeland, the Serbs of the Croatian Krajna and Bosnia sought separation from said countries and annexation by Serbia which is why the Serbs wanted to remain in Yugoslavia while others sought independence. [http://www.euro-webonline.com/world_cultures/images/yugoslav_ethnic_map.jpg The ethnic composition of Yugoslavia]{{Dead link}} made a lot of things easier said then done.
* [[Flame Bait]]: Mostly due to it's recent history and [[Misplaced Nationalism]].
* [[Follow the Leader]]: Franjo Tuđman had [http://www.ljubomir.de/images/tudman_156.jpg a uniform]{{Dead link}} that was similar to [http://www.bmlv.gv.at/pool/img/a01_589.jpg Tito]'s. There is even a popular joke in former Yugoslavia describing this trope: Tito and Tuđman meet each other in hell. Tuđman greets him with "Hello dictator!" while Tito replies with "Hello imitator!".
* [[Funny Moment]] / [[Black Comedy]] : The trials in the Hague have a lot of these. Šešelj in particular is a comedic gold mine.
* [[Glamorous Wartime Singer]]: All sides spawned a lot of examples of this trope who depended on nationalism instead of sex appeal. From a certain point of view this war also provided a deconstruction of this trope. While many of them like Knindža and Thompson seemed not to have noticed that the war is over and still perform nationalist songs on their concerts (although not surprising given subservient attitude of new Croatian "democratic" governments in regards to... everyone), Bosniak singers suffered a [[Hype Backlash]]. Being the largest and most widely distributed ethnic group, the Serbs are still one of the biggest music markets in the Balkans and anyone who wants to start a significant career (especially in the folk and Turbofolk genre) depends on a commercial success with the Serbs. Many Bosniak singers didn't want or werent allowed to appear on Serbian television. Same also applies for Serbian singers within their (former) Bosniak fandom to the point of their songs being hated for their singers. It doesn't help that Serbs and Bosniaks have still close ties with each other in the music business, almost as if the war never happened.
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