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** They Handwave it by briefly mentioning that long ago there was a brigand lair in the forest, so it's their stash they've unearthed.

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* InternetSafetyAesop: ''Uncle Fyodor Goes to School'' appeared after the start of the Internet era, hence it being an example of the trope. Nancy "The Morning Star", an online friend of Prostokvashino's residents, acts very sweet and sends them a photo of a beautiful young woman... only to turn up as an overbearing middle-aged BrawnHilda BigEater. Due to the overall fluffy nature of the books, she is more [[NoSocialSkills extremely clueless]] than actively malicious, but everyone is still extremely relieved when she decides to leave of her own accord.



* TelegraphGagStop: The fledgling reads out letters in that style, with a clearly enunciated "PE-RI-OD!" and "CO-M-MA!"

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* TelegraphGagStop: The fledgling In the animated adaptation, Hvatayka reads out letters in that style, with a clearly enunciated "PE-RI-OD!" and "CO-M-MA!"
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* FreeRangeChildren: Uncle Fyodor begins living separately from his parents when he is ''six''. Even his parents are anxious because they miss him, not because they think he can't manage on his own.
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* TelegraphGagStop: The fledgling reads out letters in that style, with a clearly enunciated "PE-RI-OD!" and "CO-M-MA!"
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* CatDogDichotomy: Practical and strict Matroskin the cat vs. careless and free-spirited Sharik the dog.


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* NaturalDisasterCascade: PlayedForLaughs in ''Uncle Fyodor's Aunt''. At one point, Sharik, hiding in a box, pretends he is a radio, and makes up a weather forecast for the next day, warning about "early frost leading to a flood" and "earthquake leading to a solar eclipse".
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* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Cousins Tamara, a no-nonsense retired army colonel and strict disciplinarian, and Rimma, a shopkeeper at a clothes shop and amateur singer who loves her evening dresses.

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* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Cousins Tamara, a no-nonsense retired army colonel and strict disciplinarian, and Rimma, a shopkeeper shop assistant at a clothes shop and amateur singer who loves her evening dresses.
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The series progress in ComicBookTime and have no overarching plot; each of the novels and short stories has a plot of their own.

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The series progress progresses in ComicBookTime and have has no overarching plot; each of the novels and short stories has a plot of their own.
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* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Sisters Tamara, a no-nonsense retired army colonel and strict disciplinarian, and Rimma, a shopkeeper at a clothes shop and amateur singer who loves her evening dresses.

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* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Sisters Cousins Tamara, a no-nonsense retired army colonel and strict disciplinarian, and Rimma, a shopkeeper at a clothes shop and amateur singer who loves her evening dresses.
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* ThePowerOfTheSun: In the first book, Matroskin receives a model of the Sun from the Institute of Solar Physics. They use the model to warm their house instead of wasting firewood.
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* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: Nobody except for maybe Pechkin bats an eyelid at a six-year-old boy and two talking animals living by themselves.

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* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: Nobody except for maybe Pechkin bats an eyelid at a six-year-old boy and two talking animals living by themselves.themselves.
* VitriolicBestBuds: Matroskin and Sharik quarrel all the time but are the greatest of friends.

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The main characters of the series are Uncle Fyodor, a WiseBeyondTheirYears boy, and [[TalkingAnimal TalkingAnimals]] Sharik the dog and Matroskin the cat. Sharik and Matroskin live in the village of Prostokvashino (derived from ''prostokvasha'', buttermilk), and Uncle Fyodor either stays with them or with his parents in Moscow.

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The main characters of the series are Uncle Fyodor, a WiseBeyondTheirYears boy, and [[TalkingAnimal TalkingAnimals]] Talking Animals]] Sharik the dog and Matroskin the cat. Sharik and Matroskin live in the village of Prostokvashino (derived from ''prostokvasha'', buttermilk), and Uncle Fyodor either stays with them or with his parents in Moscow.


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* DrunkOnMilk: Quite literally in the first book. Murka eats hop flowers and goes temporarily crazy, and when Matroskin, Pechkin and even tr-tr Mitya drink her milk, they go temporarily crazy as well.
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''Prostokvashino'' is a Russian children's franchise created by Eduard Uspensky. It started with a novel ''Uncle Fyodor, the Dog and the Cat'' in 1974, which was followed by multiple sequels, animated adaptations, and a children's magazine based on it.

The main characters of the series are Uncle Fyodor, a WiseBeyondTheirYears boy, and [[TalkingAnimal TalkingAnimals]] Sharik the dog and Matroskin the cat. Sharik and Matroskin live in the village of Prostokvashino (derived from ''prostokvasha'', buttermilk), and Uncle Fyodor either stays with them or with his parents in Moscow.

The series progress in ComicBookTime and have no overarching plot; each of the novels and short stories has a plot of their own.

The definitive AudienceColoringAdaptation, a series of three animated movies directed by Vladimir Popov, was released in 1978, 1980 and 1984 respectively.

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* ComicBookTime: People move on from communism to capitalism and from snail mail to computers, but the characters don't age a bit.
* DeusExMachina: In the first book, Uncle Fyodor, Sharik and Matroskin go to search for treasure – and randomly find a huge chest full of gold, which allows them to set up the household.
* FreeRangeChildren: Uncle Fyodor begins living separately from his parents when he is ''six''. Even his parents are anxious because they miss him, not because they think he can't manage on his own.
* FurryConfusion: Matroskin and Sharik are talking, sapient animals, Hvatayka the jackdaw's intelligence varies, and the rest of the animals featured in the franchise are usually treated as normal, non-sapient ones (with occasional exceptions, such as Murka the cow suddenly talking – and never doing it again – or a sapient beaver turning up out of the blue).
* MistakenForCheating: In ''Winter in Prostokvashino'', Uncle Fyodor's parents suspect each other of cheating and both confide in their son. The suspicions are especially strong against his mother Rimma (even Uncle Fyodor starts to think she has found someone else), because she has started to care for her looks a lot more than before and spends a lot more time away from home. [[spoiler:Turns out she is preparing to perform at a concert]].
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Sisters Tamara, a no-nonsense retired army colonel and strict disciplinarian, and Rimma, a shopkeeper at a clothes shop and amateur singer who loves her evening dresses.
* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: Nobody except for maybe Pechkin bats an eyelid at a six-year-old boy and two talking animals living by themselves.

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