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* ActuallyThatsMyAssistant: Tragimor sends the Little Mouse to spy on two very suspicious newcomers and find out who is in command. Naturally, the Little Mouse believes that TheLeader is the more scary one – that is, the cat.
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* CatchPhrase: Alyosha and Vas'ka when discussing something or talking to themselves. Try and count the times they say this:
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-->'''Vas'ka''': Logical? Logical.
-->'''Alyosha''': How do you think?.. Oh, undoubtedly!
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* OnlyOneName: "Alyosha" is a diminutive, but his full name (Alexey Secretovich) is only used once by the narrator, and his surname is unknown. He is called Alyosha by former classmates, the wizard Alyosha in the narrative, and Uncle Alyosha by children.
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* NonHumanSidekick: Many characters have these, but most importantly there's Vas'ka for Alyosha.
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* EvilWeapon: Tragimor's Sword of Death.
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* MistreatmentInducedBetrayal: What induced HeelFaceTurn for [[spoiler:the Little Mouse]].
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* JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope: For Wennie, it all began with a small quarrel.
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* BeautyEqualsGoodness: Viciously subverted with [[spoiler:the Lovely Gina]].
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* PrincelingRivalry: Igni and Tragni. The king laments that they're always fighting because of Astrel (who likes neither).
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* DistressCall: Astrel's letter that she sends to every good wizard. Only Alyosha responds.
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* IfICantHaveYou: Kargor preferred to let Dozhdirena cry herself to death rather than give her to Rengist.
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* IfICantHaveYou: Kargor preferred to let Dozhdirena cry herself out to death (literally, as she is the Queen of Rain) rather than give her to Rengist.
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* FriendToAllChildren: Alyosha.
* IShouldWriteABookAboutThis: Every story finishes with Alyosha sitting at his desk and starting to write down his adventures.
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* DaddysLittleVillain: [[spoiler:Gina]], daughter of Signor Mafioso Banditto.
* FamilyValuesVillain: Signor Banditto is a terrible man no doubt, but his family is happy and loving.
* FamilyValuesVillain: Signor Banditto is a terrible man no doubt, but his family is happy and loving.
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* PirateGirl: [[spoiler:Gina]].
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: The fates of old Luigi and his son, as well as that of [[spoiler:Gina Banditto in our world]], remain unknown.
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* LoveRedeems: That's what led to the salvation of [[spoiler:Aurint and Wennie]].
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* DeathEqualsRedemption: At one point Alyosha is bound with a magical rope that kills anyone who unites it. [[spoiler:But there happens to be a very sad tornado in the neighborhood that only wants to stop causing death and chaos.]]
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* ForcedMarriage: Subverted as Smirinka got engaged to Aurint for love and she still does love him, but she refuses to marry his new soulless, harsh and cruel self.
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* AmuletOfConcentratedAwesome: Subverted. A piece of chalk doesn't look the tiniest bit presentable (and neither does its owner). But it is really an AncientArtifact and really has PowerOfAwesome hidden inside.
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** And then there'a InterspeciesFriendship (bordering on romance) between Glazastik and Vihrik who is a ''wind''.
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* IShouldWriteABookAboutThis: Every story finishes with Alyosha sitting at his desk and starting to write down his adventures.
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* GoodWithNumbers: It's mentioned that at school Alyosha was top student in physics and maths.
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* InstantAllegianceArtifact: Anyone who gets the genie's thermos gains power over the genie. That becomes important in ''A Girl Named Glazastik''.
* ArtifactOfDoom: The grey thread that sucks out your soul.
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* IfYouresoEvilEatThisKitten: Tragimor's strategy. Putting a grey thread on a person's neck is step one, and then the person must do something really evil to fall under Tragimor's power completely. The Little Mouse revealed his family's hiding place, Aurint was [[spoiler:to put a grey thread around Smirinka's neck]], and Wennie [[spoiler:signed Wen's death warrant]].
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* MilesGloriosus: Vasya Vertushinkin and Vas'ka the cat.
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-->'''Alyosha''': Where? Where?
-->'''Vas'ka''': [[LastSecondWordSwap In our neighborhood]].
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-->'''Alyosha''': Where? Where?
-->'''Vas'ka''': [[LastSecondWordSwap In our neighborhood]].
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'''Ruler of the Magical Keys''' (Повелитель волшебных ключей) is a series of fairy-tales written by Sofia Prokofieva in 1957, 1977, 1985, 1989 and 1992. The eponymous ruler of the magical keys is the wizard Alyosha, a gentle and rather absend-minded BlueCollarWarlock who lives in a small [[AmbiguousTimePeriod Soviet/Russian]] town. He has a piece of chalk with which he can draw a key on any door and get into a parallel reality. These keys are involved in every story in some way:
* ''The Wizard's Pupil'' (1957): they are used to bring a drawing of a cat to life, since a drawing is a fantasy universe too
* ''The Island of Captains'' (1977): they are used to bring a painted swallow to life, and later to help fairytale characters get into our world
* ''A Girl Named Glazastik'' (1985), ''Astrel and the Forest's Guardian'' (1989), ''Princess Wennie'' (1992): they are used to transport Alyosha into some or other fairytale universe that is in serious need of help
! ''Ruler of the Magical Keys'' contain examples of:
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[[folder:Tropes common to all books in the series]]
* AbsentMindedProfessor: Alyosha is a mix of that and BlueCollarWarlock.
* AmuletOfConcentratedAwesome: Subverted. A piece of chalk doesn't look the tiniest bit presentable (and neither does its owner). But it is really an AncientArtifact and really has PowersOfAwesome hidden inside.
* BornOfMagic: The magical chalk allows you to bring pictures to life. Vas'ka the cat and Swallow Two Spots were "born" this way.
* CatsAreMagic: Vas'ka, perfectly intelligent, Alyosha's friend and sort-of pupil. His LoveInterest Murka, although an ordinary street cat, is also shown to be above average and familiar with magic (although perhaps the latter comes from talking to Vas'ka).
* CelibateHero: Alyosha is single and never shows any noticeable romantic interest in anyone, although any DamselInDistress can be sure he'll rush to her aid as soon as possible.
* TheEeyore: The genie. He does practically nothing but whine, whether in a fairytale or a non-fairytale world.
* EverybodyCallsHimBarkeep: Many times. The old lady in a cap of spiderwebs in ''The Wizard's Pupil'', the Black Cat in ''The Island of Captains'', the Little Mouse in ''Princess Wennie'', and many more.
* GenieInABottle: To be precise, genie in a thermos, and then in a matchbox.
* MeaningfulName: Lots and lots. Secret (Alyosha's old mentor), Auntie Oh, Nitochka (meaning "thread" in Russian; the girl has a hand with needlework), Glazastik (meaning in Russian "big-eyed one")...
* WhiteMagic: All good wizards use it, and it works really well most of the times. Opposed to classical BlackMagic in ''Astrel'' and ''Princess Wennie''.
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[[folder:The Wizard's Pupil]]
* APupilOfMineUntilHeTurnedToEvil: PlayedForLaughs with Vas'ka. He learns just one spell – a spell that can turn anyone and anything into a mouse – and goes on wrecking chaos in the town as he searches for a suitable supper.
-->:'''Alyosha''': I suspect that the culprit is my pupil!
* MagicVersusScience: When technologies get more and more advanced and humans are in space... you are doing something like ''magic''? Like, seriously?
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[[folder:The Island of Captains]]
* BerserkButton: Never ever try to remind Captain Nils that his ship has paper sails.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Subverted, as Christopher Columbus isn't ''the'' Columbus but rather his alter ego created when the real Columbus was only a boy.
* MultinationalTeam: The captains (at least, the ones we meet) include: a Russian, a Scandinavian, two Italians, a Frenchman, an African-American, and a German.
* StepfordSmiler: The Lovely Gina with her ever-present charming smile [[spoiler:which is a mask to hide the fact that she ''never'' smiles in truth]].
* {{Tulpa}}: Every captain on the Island of Captains was born when a little boy ([[spoiler:or a girl]]) made a toy ship and set it sailing.
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[[folder:A Girl Named Glazastik]]
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Nitochka.
* InterspeciesRomance: The Mouse Queen falls in love with Vas'ka. He doesn't reciprocate.
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[[folder:Astrel and the Forest's Guardian]]
* AccidentalTruth: Astrel called Rengist [[spoiler:Father]] because he was the only one (besides his servant Tortoise) to pity her. It turned out she was right.
* CainAndAbel: Kargor and Rengist.
* IfICantHaveYou: Kargor preferred to let Dozhdirena cry herself to death rather than give her to Rengist.
* LoveAtFirstSight: Astrel and Gven.
* LoveMakesYouEvil: Before Kargor and Rengist both fell in love with Dozhdirena, they were normal siblings who played together.
* MeaningfulRename: Aunt Tortoise was only called that after Kargor turned her into something in between a human and a tortoise.
* OnlyMostlyDead: It's implied Dozhdirena will return someday. Considering her powers are still protecting Astrel – who knows.
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[[folder:Princess Wennie]]
* ArtifactOfDoom: The grey thread that sucks out your soul.
* BeingEvilSucks: What [[spoiler:everybody wearing a grey thread]] ultimately realizes.
* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: The grey thread's effects [[spoiler:can be reversed by genuine repentance]]. Hence [[spoiler:Aurint, Little Mouse and Wennie]] turning to playing ReverseMole in Tragimor's palace.
* IfYouAreEvilEatThisKitten: Tragimor's strategy. Putting a grey thread on a person's neck is step one, and then the person must do something really evil to fall under Tragimor's power completely. The Little Mouse revealed his family's hiding place, Aurint was [[spoiler:to put a grey thread around Smirinka's neck]], and Wennie [[spoiler:signed Wen's death warrant]].
* TheIngenue: Smirinka ("the humble one" in Russian).
-->[[spoiler:Aurint]] (discovering Smirinka and Wennie breaking into Tragimor's private quarters): Princess, one can forgive you, you are a child. [[WhatWereYouThinking But you, Smirinka, a grown woman!]]
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Aurint [[spoiler:when his jewels nearly kill Smirinka]].
* PuppyLove: Wen and Wennie.
* SpottingTheThread: Zig-zagged, with the literal meaning – when [[spoiler:Aurint's grey thread disappears]], he realizes Tragimor is bound to notice and draw all the correct conclusions. [[spoiler:Smirinka]] gives him an ordinary grey thread from her dress. Tragimor sees [[spoiler:Aurint's]] eyes shine too brightly and he looks much too happy, but concludes that if the thread's in place, everything's okay.
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* ''The Wizard's Pupil'' (1957): they are used to bring a drawing of a cat to life, since a drawing is a fantasy universe too
* ''The Island of Captains'' (1977): they are used to bring a painted swallow to life, and later to help fairytale characters get into our world
* ''A Girl Named Glazastik'' (1985), ''Astrel and the Forest's Guardian'' (1989), ''Princess Wennie'' (1992): they are used to transport Alyosha into some or other fairytale universe that is in serious need of help
! ''Ruler of the Magical Keys'' contain examples of:
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* AbsentMindedProfessor: Alyosha is a mix of that and BlueCollarWarlock.
* AmuletOfConcentratedAwesome: Subverted. A piece of chalk doesn't look the tiniest bit presentable (and neither does its owner). But it is really an AncientArtifact and really has PowersOfAwesome hidden inside.
* BornOfMagic: The magical chalk allows you to bring pictures to life. Vas'ka the cat and Swallow Two Spots were "born" this way.
* CatsAreMagic: Vas'ka, perfectly intelligent, Alyosha's friend and sort-of pupil. His LoveInterest Murka, although an ordinary street cat, is also shown to be above average and familiar with magic (although perhaps the latter comes from talking to Vas'ka).
* CelibateHero: Alyosha is single and never shows any noticeable romantic interest in anyone, although any DamselInDistress can be sure he'll rush to her aid as soon as possible.
* TheEeyore: The genie. He does practically nothing but whine, whether in a fairytale or a non-fairytale world.
* EverybodyCallsHimBarkeep: Many times. The old lady in a cap of spiderwebs in ''The Wizard's Pupil'', the Black Cat in ''The Island of Captains'', the Little Mouse in ''Princess Wennie'', and many more.
* GenieInABottle: To be precise, genie in a thermos, and then in a matchbox.
* MeaningfulName: Lots and lots. Secret (Alyosha's old mentor), Auntie Oh, Nitochka (meaning "thread" in Russian; the girl has a hand with needlework), Glazastik (meaning in Russian "big-eyed one")...
* WhiteMagic: All good wizards use it, and it works really well most of the times. Opposed to classical BlackMagic in ''Astrel'' and ''Princess Wennie''.
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[[folder:The Wizard's Pupil]]
* APupilOfMineUntilHeTurnedToEvil: PlayedForLaughs with Vas'ka. He learns just one spell – a spell that can turn anyone and anything into a mouse – and goes on wrecking chaos in the town as he searches for a suitable supper.
-->:'''Alyosha''': I suspect that the culprit is my pupil!
* MagicVersusScience: When technologies get more and more advanced and humans are in space... you are doing something like ''magic''? Like, seriously?
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[[folder:The Island of Captains]]
* BerserkButton: Never ever try to remind Captain Nils that his ship has paper sails.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Subverted, as Christopher Columbus isn't ''the'' Columbus but rather his alter ego created when the real Columbus was only a boy.
* MultinationalTeam: The captains (at least, the ones we meet) include: a Russian, a Scandinavian, two Italians, a Frenchman, an African-American, and a German.
* StepfordSmiler: The Lovely Gina with her ever-present charming smile [[spoiler:which is a mask to hide the fact that she ''never'' smiles in truth]].
* {{Tulpa}}: Every captain on the Island of Captains was born when a little boy ([[spoiler:or a girl]]) made a toy ship and set it sailing.
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[[folder:A Girl Named Glazastik]]
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Nitochka.
* InterspeciesRomance: The Mouse Queen falls in love with Vas'ka. He doesn't reciprocate.
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[[folder:Astrel and the Forest's Guardian]]
* AccidentalTruth: Astrel called Rengist [[spoiler:Father]] because he was the only one (besides his servant Tortoise) to pity her. It turned out she was right.
* CainAndAbel: Kargor and Rengist.
* IfICantHaveYou: Kargor preferred to let Dozhdirena cry herself to death rather than give her to Rengist.
* LoveAtFirstSight: Astrel and Gven.
* LoveMakesYouEvil: Before Kargor and Rengist both fell in love with Dozhdirena, they were normal siblings who played together.
* MeaningfulRename: Aunt Tortoise was only called that after Kargor turned her into something in between a human and a tortoise.
* OnlyMostlyDead: It's implied Dozhdirena will return someday. Considering her powers are still protecting Astrel – who knows.
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[[folder:Princess Wennie]]
* ArtifactOfDoom: The grey thread that sucks out your soul.
* BeingEvilSucks: What [[spoiler:everybody wearing a grey thread]] ultimately realizes.
* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: The grey thread's effects [[spoiler:can be reversed by genuine repentance]]. Hence [[spoiler:Aurint, Little Mouse and Wennie]] turning to playing ReverseMole in Tragimor's palace.
* IfYouAreEvilEatThisKitten: Tragimor's strategy. Putting a grey thread on a person's neck is step one, and then the person must do something really evil to fall under Tragimor's power completely. The Little Mouse revealed his family's hiding place, Aurint was [[spoiler:to put a grey thread around Smirinka's neck]], and Wennie [[spoiler:signed Wen's death warrant]].
* TheIngenue: Smirinka ("the humble one" in Russian).
-->[[spoiler:Aurint]] (discovering Smirinka and Wennie breaking into Tragimor's private quarters): Princess, one can forgive you, you are a child. [[WhatWereYouThinking But you, Smirinka, a grown woman!]]
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Aurint [[spoiler:when his jewels nearly kill Smirinka]].
* PuppyLove: Wen and Wennie.
* SpottingTheThread: Zig-zagged, with the literal meaning – when [[spoiler:Aurint's grey thread disappears]], he realizes Tragimor is bound to notice and draw all the correct conclusions. [[spoiler:Smirinka]] gives him an ordinary grey thread from her dress. Tragimor sees [[spoiler:Aurint's]] eyes shine too brightly and he looks much too happy, but concludes that if the thread's in place, everything's okay.
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