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** In the book, though Rat is the mastermind of the two, Jolly U is competent enough on his own. In the movie, he is made into a near-complete idiot. [[spoiler:One of the most memorable moments is his spectacular failure in the climactic scene, where he turns into Kolya to lure Alice into the house, and then turns back too early for no reason at all and ''continues to call for her as Kolya, but in his own voice'']].

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** In the book, though Rat is the mastermind of the two, Jolly U is competent enough on his own. In the movie, he is made turned into a near-complete idiot. [[spoiler:One of the most memorable moments is his spectacular failure in the climactic scene, where he turns into Kolya to lure Alice into the house, and then turns back too early for no reason at all and ''continues to call for her as Kolya, but in his own voice'']].
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The series is considered a classic of Soviet sci-fi, and is often aired on television to this day. It exemplifies the optimism the Soviets had for science, technology, and futurism, as well as their faith in children. The film was followed by a sequel, ''Film/LilacSphere''. The theme song "Prekrasnoye Dalyoko" (roughly "Fair Unknown") by Music/YevgenyKrylatov has also become very popular. The star, Creator/NataliaGuseva, was inspired by her role to become a scientist herself. The FanSequel WebAnimaton/GuestFromTheFuture2 may be seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXR9r2-9euw here]].

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The series is considered a classic of Soviet sci-fi, and is often aired on television to this day. It exemplifies the optimism the Soviets had for science, technology, and futurism, as well as their faith in children. The film was followed by a sequel, ''Film/LilacSphere''.''Literature/LilacSphere''. The theme song "Prekrasnoye Dalyoko" (roughly "Fair Unknown") by Music/YevgenyKrylatov has also become very popular. The star, Creator/NataliaGuseva, was inspired by her role to become a scientist herself. The FanSequel WebAnimaton/GuestFromTheFuture2 ''WebAnimaton/GuestFromTheFuture2'' may be seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXR9r2-9euw here]].
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* AdaptationalDumbass: Several.
** Whoever is in charge of long time travels at the Institute of Time. In the book, the time machine is hidden in a simple apartment, and its guard has blended in so well that not even his closest neighbors suspect there is anything extraordinary about him. In the movie, the machine is located in an abandoned house, and Polina the time traveler is so obviously foreign in the streets of mid-1980s Moscow that it's a wonder only Fima decides to follow her.
** In the book, the pirates stay in a random abandoned house they find themselves. In the movie, they stay in ''the very same house where the time machine is hidden'', making it laughably easy for any potential crime-fighters from the future to catch them unawares. [[spoiler:Which is precisely what happens]].
** In the book, though Rat is the mastermind of the two, Jolly U is competent enough on his own. In the movie, he is made into a near-complete idiot. [[spoiler:One of the most memorable moments is his spectacular failure in the climactic scene, where he turns into Kolya to lure Alice into the house, and then turns back too early for no reason at all and ''continues to call for her as Kolya, but in his own voice'']].
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* CourtlyLove: Werther the robot towards Polina, who is human, not interested and married. He silently pines for her and composes poems in her honor.

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* CourtlyLove: Werther the robot towards Polina, who is human, not interested and married.already in a relationship. He silently pines for her and composes poems in her honor.


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* RelatedInTheAdaptation: Grandpa Pavel is the father of Captain Poloskov. In the book there was no connection between them.
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-->'''Kolya: It was nice to meet you!

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-->'''Kolya: -->'''Kolya''': It was nice to meet you!
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* AdaptationInducedPlotHole: Making Jolly U a shapeshifter certainly makes the pirates more dangerous, but it also leads to inconsistencies.
** For most of the time, he remains in the shape of an overweight man and has troubles during all the chase scenes. There is no InUniverse reason why he can't take a more comfortable form.
** In the hospital, he poses as Alice's father but, again for no InUniverse reason, doesn't turn into her ''actual'' father (whom he knows by sight). It would have at the very least caught Alice unawares.

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** In the book, Alice is quite on edge for a while because of all the stress and even quarrels with Yulia a couple of times. In the movie, she is always quiet, polite and friendly.
** In the book, the head nurse Maria Pavlovna is extremely strict and harsh. In the movie, she is far gentler and often breaks into tears as she thinks how Alice must be suffering.

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** In the book, Alice Alisa is quite on edge for a while because of all the stress and even quarrels with Yulia a couple of times. In the movie, she is always quiet, polite and friendly.
** In the book, the head nurse Maria Pavlovna is extremely strict and harsh. In the movie, she is far gentler and often breaks into tears as she thinks how Alice Alisa must be suffering. suffering.
** In the book, Marta Skryl is a persistent gym coach who sees Alisa as a future sports champion rather than a person. In the movie, she's still all that, but she also gets to personally throw Jolly U out of the window. She also accepts the fact that Alisa isn't going to stay in the 20th century and win medals, gets a chance to say goodbye to the girl, and they part on friendly terms.

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* AdaptationalAttractiveness: In the book, the PE teacher is extremely overweight, to the point that Alisa and Yulia mistake him for Jolly U from a distance. In the movie, he is quite slender and fit.

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In the book, the PE gym teacher is extremely overweight, to the point that Alisa and Yulia mistake him for Jolly U from a distance. In the movie, he is quite slender and fit.
** In the book, Kolya Sadovsky is plump, pale, absent-minded to the point talking with him is difficult, and outwardly unimpressive overall (Alice thinks the only noticeable trait about his looks is his bright red hair). In the movie, he is very handsome and dashing, and many fans have admitted to having a huge crush on him.


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* DeadpanSnarker: Kolya Sadovsky.
-->'''Kolya''': My last name's Holmes. And what's your name?
-->'''Jolly U''': Snot!
-->'''Kolya: It was nice to meet you!

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* AdaptationalNiceGuy: In the book, Alice is quite on edge for a while because of all the stress and even quarrels with Yulia a couple of times. In the movie, she is always quiet, polite and friendly.

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* AdaptationalNiceGuy: AdaptationalNiceGuy:
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In the book, Alice is quite on edge for a while because of all the stress and even quarrels with Yulia a couple of times. In the movie, she is always quiet, polite and friendly.
** In the book, the head nurse Maria Pavlovna is extremely strict and harsh. In the movie, she is far gentler and often breaks into tears as she thinks how Alice must be suffering.
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* AdaptationalNiceGuy: In the book, Alice is quite on edge for a while because of all the stress and even quarrels with Yulia a couple of times. In the movie, she is always quiet, polite and friendly.
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* CutLexLuthorACheck: The book has the Rat using his shapeshifting for actor work.
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* AdaptationalAttractiveness: In the book, the PE teacher is extremely overweight, to the point that Alisa and Yulia mistake him for Jolly U from a distance. In the movie, he is quite slender and fit.
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* BavarianFireDrill: Jolly U and Rat tell Albina they are from a psychiatric hospital for dangerous children, and Alisa, the most dangerous person, has escaped. Albina gives them the information they need.
* BecomingTheMask: The professional time travelers at the Institute of Time often play their parts so well they forget they live in the 21st century. For example, a man who travels to Classical and Hellenic Antiquity gives passionate speeches in the style of Greek rhetors, and a man who returns from the French kings' court lapses into GratuitousFrench, suddenly prefers hunting over fishing (despite usually being a great fisherman) and insists he's a Marquess from a very ancient family.

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* BavarianFireDrill: Jolly U and Rat tell Albina Mila they are from a psychiatric hospital for dangerous children, and Alisa, the most dangerous person, has escaped. Albina Mila gives them the information they need.
* BecomingTheMask: The professional time travelers at the Institute of Time often play their parts so well they forget they live in the 21st century. For example, a man who travels to Classical and Hellenic Antiquity gives passionate speeches in the style of Greek rhetors, orators, and a man who returns from the French kings' court lapses into GratuitousFrench, suddenly prefers hunting over fishing (despite usually being a great fisherman) and insists he's a Marquess from a very ancient family.
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** In the book, the hospital staff remain completely clueless about the entire story behind Alisa and her escape from the hospital. In the movie, Maria Pavlovna, the head nurse, senses that Alisa and Yulia are in danger and tells Shurochka, another nurse, not to reveal Yulia's address to anyone.

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** In the book, when Rat [[spoiler:gets disguised as the English teacher and goes to Alice's classroom]], he asks "Is it [[spoiler:the sixth-B class]]?", after which everyone smells [[{{Pun}} a rat]]. In the movie, he acts the part believably enough and even Alisa is taken in at first, and until [[spoiler:the real teacher]] bursts inside, the majority of the class doesn't realize something's off.

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** In the book, the pirates know where Alisa and Yulia live, but somehow don't reach the simple solution of constantly watching the house. In the movie, they do, forcing Alisa and Yulia to go to school in a disguise.
** In the book, when Rat [[spoiler:gets disguised as the English teacher and goes to Alice's Alisa's classroom]], he asks "Is it [[spoiler:the sixth-B class]]?", after which everyone smells [[{{Pun}} a rat]]. In the movie, he acts the part believably enough and even Alisa is taken in at first, and until [[spoiler:the real teacher]] bursts inside, the majority of the class doesn't realize something's off.
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* AdaptationalIntelligence: Quite a lot.
** In the book, when the pirates go to the hospital, Rat disguised as Alik Borisovich and Jolly U posing as Alisa's father, Alisa begins screaming murder, after which they learn for certain she doesn't have amnesia. Here, when they do the same, Alisa sweetly says "Hi, Daddy!" and hugs Jolly U, throwing them both completely off guard.
** In the book, when Rat [[spoiler:gets disguised as the English teacher and goes to Alice's classroom]], he asks "Is it [[spoiler:the sixth-B class]]?", after which everyone smells [[{{Pun}} a rat]]. In the movie, he acts the part believably enough and even Alisa is taken in at first, and until [[spoiler:the real teacher]] bursts inside, the majority of the class doesn't realize something's off.

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* AdaptationDistillation: The plot moves a lot faster, the space pirates are more dangerous, and we get Werther.



** Many alien future characters from the book were combined into Werther, who as a biorobot, was easier to film.

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** It especially shows in Kolya's trip to the future: in the book, until he and the pirates independently find themselves in Cosmozo, it’s a RandomEventsPlot with many of said events (like growing a house) have no effect on the main storyline whatsoever. In the film, Kolya goes to the cosmoport where he learns about the Mielofon at once, and the pirates are focused on the Mielofon from the start.
** Many alien and robotic future characters from the book were combined into Werther, who as a biorobot, was easier to film.



** Alisa escaped the hospital a day after Yulia did, but in the film both escape on the same day.

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** Alisa escaped the hospital a day after Yulia did, was discharged, but in the film both escape on the same day.



** The [[Series/DoctorWho chamber of the time machine]] is white and BiggerOnTheInside. (It should be noted that this is most likely unintentional since Doctor Who wasn't exactly well known in the Soviet Union.)

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** The [[Series/DoctorWho chamber of the time machine]] is white and BiggerOnTheInside. (It should be noted that this is most likely unintentional since Doctor Who wasn't exactly well known in the Soviet Union.)Union).
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* BrickJoke: Marta Erasovna coming to the old house to look for Alisa, having chased after her for the last two episodes.

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* BrickJoke: Marta Erasovna Erastovna coming to the old house to look for Alisa, having chased after her for the last two episodes.
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* FantasticAesop: In the narration. "If you ever find a time machine in the basement, never turn in on without the adults' permission!"
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* CourtlyLove: Werther the robot towards Polina, who is human, not interested and married. He silently pines for her and composes poems in her honor.

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The series is considered a classic of Soviet sci-fi, and is often aired on television to this day. It exemplifies the optimism the Soviets had for science, technology, and futurism, as well as their faith in children. The film was followed by a sequel, ''Film/LiliacSphere''. The theme song "Prekrasnoye Dalyoko" (roughly "Fair Unknown") by Music/YevgenyKrylatov has also become very popular. The star, Creator/NataliaGuseva, was inspired by her role to become a scientist herself. The FanSequel WebAnimaton/GuestFromTheFuture2 may be seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXR9r2-9euw here]].

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The series is considered a classic of Soviet sci-fi, and is often aired on television to this day. It exemplifies the optimism the Soviets had for science, technology, and futurism, as well as their faith in children. The film was followed by a sequel, ''Film/LiliacSphere''.''Film/LilacSphere''. The theme song "Prekrasnoye Dalyoko" (roughly "Fair Unknown") by Music/YevgenyKrylatov has also become very popular. The star, Creator/NataliaGuseva, was inspired by her role to become a scientist herself. The FanSequel WebAnimaton/GuestFromTheFuture2 may be seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXR9r2-9euw here]].


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* BecomingTheMask: The professional time travelers at the Institute of Time often play their parts so well they forget they live in the 21st century. For example, a man who travels to Classical and Hellenic Antiquity gives passionate speeches in the style of Greek rhetors, and a man who returns from the French kings' court lapses into GratuitousFrench, suddenly prefers hunting over fishing (despite usually being a great fisherman) and insists he's a Marquess from a very ancient family.
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%%** The Quirk: Fima Korolev.

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%%** The Quirk: Fima Korolev.Korolyov.



%%** The Wild One: Alisa Selezneva.

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%%** The Wild One: Alisa Selezneva.Seleznyova.



* ThemeSongAssonance: The opening notes to "Prekrasnoe Daleko" sound like "Alisa Seleznyova, Alisa Seleznyova..."

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* ThemeSongAssonance: The opening notes to "Prekrasnoe Daleko" "Prekrasnoye Dalyoko" sound like "Alisa Seleznyova, Alisa Seleznyova..."



* YourCostumeNeedsWork: Kolya meets a 130 year old man in the future who declares that his twentieth century school uniform is historically inaccurate.

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* YourCostumeNeedsWork: Kolya meets a 130 year old 130-year-old man in the future who declares that his twentieth century twentieth-century school uniform is historically inaccurate.
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[[caption-width-right:220:Прекрасное далёко....]]

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[[caption-width-right:220:Прекрасное далёко....далёко...]]



* {{Leitmotif}}: Alisa's theme "Prekrasnoe Daleko," the pulsating time-travel music, and the pirates' bumbling theme.

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* {{Leitmotif}}: Alisa's theme "Prekrasnoe Daleko," "Prekrasnoye Dalyoko," the pulsating time-travel music, and the pirates' bumbling theme.
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The series is considered a classic of Soviet sci-fi, and is often aired on television to this day. It exemplifies the optimism the Soviets had for science, technology, and futurism, as well as their faith in children. The film was followed by a sequel, ''Film/LiliacSphere''. The theme song "Prekrasnoye Daleko" (roughly "Fair Unknown") by Music/YevgenyKrylatov has also become very popular. The star, Creator/NataliaGuseva, was inspired by her role to become a scientist herself. The FanSequel WebAnimaton/GuestFromTheFuture2 may be seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXR9r2-9euw here]].

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The series is considered a classic of Soviet sci-fi, and is often aired on television to this day. It exemplifies the optimism the Soviets had for science, technology, and futurism, as well as their faith in children. The film was followed by a sequel, ''Film/LiliacSphere''. The theme song "Prekrasnoye Daleko" Dalyoko" (roughly "Fair Unknown") by Music/YevgenyKrylatov has also become very popular. The star, Creator/NataliaGuseva, was inspired by her role to become a scientist herself. The FanSequel WebAnimaton/GuestFromTheFuture2 may be seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXR9r2-9euw here]].
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* SuperpoweredRobotMeterMaids: Werther, a janitor android, is able to lift two grown men over his head and throw them several meters, also tanks several blaster shots.
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* YourCostumeNeedsWork: Kolya meets a 130 year old man in the future who declares that his twentieth century school uniform is historically inaccurate.
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Misuse. Where Are They Now Epilogue is an in-story trope that applies to the characters, it's not a trivia bit about the actors who played them.


* WhereAreTheyNow: The actors.
** Creator/NataliaGuseva (Alisa) acted in a few more films, but later became a scientist and had a daughter named Alesya.
** Creator/AlexeiFomkin (Kolya) acted in some movies and theater, but [[TearJerker died when his apartment burned]].
** Maria Ionesyan (Yulia) studied philosophy and emigrated to the USA, where she is now a business consultant.
** Creator/VyacheslavNevinny (Jolly U) died from complications from diabetes.
** Creator/MikhailKononov (Rat) died after a long illness.
** Georgi Burkov (Doctor Alik Borisovich) died of thrombosis.
** Semyon Buzgan (Kolya Sadovsky) moved to Israel and now owns a video store.
** Inna Churkina (one of the schoolgirls at the Kosmodrome) is now known as Inna Gomes, actress and fashion model.

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