History YMMV / CommandAndConquerRedAlertSeries

** Yuri Prime, Apocalypse Tanks (''Red Alert 2'' only), Kirov Airships, Shogun Battleships, Mirage Tanks, Athena Cannons, Etc.
** Yuri's faction from ''Yuri's Revenge''.
*** Namely, Flying Discs with lasers and tractor beams, tanks and static defences that can mind control enemy units, and missile submarines.
*** Don't forget that you can shut down an enemy's entire base with just four Flying Discs. Park one over a Power Plant, another over their Refinery, and one near any building that can produce anti-air infantry/vehicles. Not to mention Yuri Prime, who can mind-control buildings (and with the Cloning Vat, you can get ''two'' Yuri Primes!)

** Don't forget the Empire's Giga-Fortress. Just one of them can take away a quarter of a Harbinger's health in Sea-Fortress mode. And don't get me started on Sky-Fortress mode!
** The Sky-Fortress modes is the main use for them. They outrange anti-air units, and do insane damage.

* CompleteMonster: [[YMMV/CommandAndConquerRedAlert2 Joseph Stalin]]; [[YMMV/CommandAndConquerRedAlert Yuri]]; [[YMMV/CommandAndConquerRedAlert3 Anatoly Cherdenko]]. See those pages for details.

* CompleteMonster: [[YMMV/CommandAndConquerRedAlert2 Joseph Stalin]]; [[YMMV/CommandAndConquerRedAlert Yuri]]. See those pages for details.

* CompleteMonster: [[YMMV/CommandAndConquerRedAlert2 Joseph Stalin]]; [[YMMV/CommandAndConquerRedAlert Yuri]]; [[YMMV/CommandAndConquerRedAlert3 Anatoly Cherdenko]]. See those pages for details.

* CompleteMonster: Joseph Stalin in the first game and Yuri in the second game and its expansion packs. For more information, see their [[YMMV/CommandAndConquerRedAlert respective]] [[YMMV/CommandAndConquerRedAlert2 pages]].

* CrossesTheLineTwice: Despite the game's -- at times -- humorous take on an alternate World War II where the Allied Forces fight against the Soviet Union, the sense of humor is not one-sided, with the Soviets having a lot of personality in their army after the ''Yuri's Revenge'' update to ''Red Alert 2''. This is despite the Soviets using technology such as Desolators armed with Radiation Cannons, or suicide attackers who give their lives to detonate nuclear bombs. It also helps that there are memorable characters in the Soviet Campaign like very pleasant Alexander Romanov, the treacherous Yuri, and your supportive mission control officer Zofia. Romanov isn't even threatened by you skillful commanding, and values your contributions.

* CrossesTheLineTwice: Despite the game's -- at times -- humorous take on an alternate World War II where the Allied Forces fight against the Soviet Union, the sense of humor is not one-sided, with the Soviets having a lot of personality in their army after the ''Yuri's Revenge'' update to ''Red Alert 2''. This is despite the Soviets using technology such as Desolators armed with Radiation Cannons and the ability to irradiate the ground, or suicide attackers who give their lives to detonate nuclear bombs. It also helps that there are memorable characters in the Soviet Campaign like very pleasant Alexander Romanov, the treacherous Yuri, and your supportive mission control officer Zofia. Romanov isn't even threatened by you skillful commanding, and values your contributions.

* MexicansLoveSpeedyGonzales: ''Red Alert'' is rather popular with Russians thanks to its [[GloriousMotherRussia ludicrous stereotyping]], HamAndCheese acting, and general {{Crazy Awesome}}ness. When it comes to hilarious portrayals of the USSR, you can't beat a [[MindControl mind-controlling]] Lenin lookalike and [[CoolAirship Kirov airships]] of [=RA2=]... except with [[BearsAreBadNews battle-bears]] and Premier Creator/TimCurry of [=RA3=]. And it probably helps that all the stereotypes are played for laughs, as well as that the Soviets get some really awesome units like the aforementioned airships, battle-bears, [[GiantSquid trained battle squids]], and huge [[TankGoodness Apocalypse Tanks]]. It also doesn't hurt that the other factions are just as stereotypical.

* CreepyAwesome: Yuri, contrasting with the rest of the game's he's in seeming to run on CrazyAwesome.

* ShownTheirWork: UsefulNotes/JosephStalin's sociopathic behavior may appear like a [[HistoricalVillainUpgrade caricature]], but ''Red Alert'' provides one of the most accurate depictions of Stalin in any fictional medium, both in terms of actions and mannerisms. [[note]] Discounting his somewhat inaccurate-to-reality voice which actually sounded like on [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ig_-f3vmPrQ this video]]. This is his actual speech made after the Nazis' capitulation, complete with his "trademark" Georgian accent.[[/note]] . Which gives some unpleasant food for thought.

* MexicansLoveSpeedyGonzales: Despite the USSR being obvious villains, these games are quite popular among Russians since after the first one, the USSR stereotypes (along with [[EagleLand the]] [[AnimeLand others]]) are PlayedForLaughs.

* CreepyAwesome: Yuri, contrasting with the rest of the game's he's in seeming to run on CrazyAwesome.* {{Defictionalization}}: The Iron Curtain device? It's a thing now. Although it works by using a high-intensity radio screen to prematurely detonate explosives rather than SovietSuperscience to slap a DeflectorShield made of oscilating particles on a tank for 30 seconds.

* CreepyAwesome: Yuri, contrasting with the rest of the game's he's in seeming to run on CrazyAwesome.
* FandomRivalry: An inter-fandom one with fans of the Tiberium timeline and fans of the "Red Alert 2 and onward" timeline. While the later Red Alert games are appreciated for their gameplay and camp value, the abandonment of the overarching Tiberium plotline that tied the first Red Alert to the first ever game, Tiberium Dawn, have raised some hackles. Red Alert 2 also arguably got more mainstream than Tiberium Dawn and Red Alert 1 ever did thanks to coming at the right time with the rise of neighborhood computer gaming shops.
** But then both sides have a shared inter-fandom rivalry with fans of ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquerGenerals'' which came out a few years later, since said game departs from the established "Westwood style" of RTS, playing more like ''VideoGame/{{Warcraft}}''. It also benefited from the rise of neighborhood gaming.

* {{Defictionalization}}: The Iron Curtain device? It's a thing now. Although it works by using a high-intensity radio screen to prematurely detonate explosives rather than SovietSuperscience to slap a DeflectorShield made of oscilating particles on a tank for 30 seconds.

* FandomRivalry: An inter-fandom one with fans of the Tiberium timeline and fans of the "Red Alert 2 and onward" timeline. While the later Red Alert games are appreciated for their gameplay and camp value, the abandonment of the overarching Tiberium plotline that tied the first Red Alert to the first ever game, Tiberium Dawn, raised some hackles. Red Alert 2 also arguably got more mainstream than Tiberium Dawn and Red Alert 1 ever did thanks to coming at the right time with the rise of neighborhood computer gaming shops.

** The Apocalypse Tank in Uprising gets some major upgrades. Its magnetic harpoon weapon now keeps enemy units from shooting back, so if you micromanage them right you can easily defeat a force tier-3 armor of the same size without taking any damage, and they can used to pull ships on land to instantly destroy them. However, it's not considered a gamebreaker merely because of Harbingers Gunships and Giga Fortresses.

** According to [[WordOfGod Westwood]], the Allied ending leads to both Tiberian Dawn and Red Alert 2. The Soviet ending appears to lead into a completely different non-canon era. Which doesn't make much sense, considering Kane's appearance in the final Soviet cutscene. [[MST3KMantra Best not to think too hard about it.]]

* HamAndCheese: Goes a long way towards describing the acting in the series. [[TropesAreNotBad And man, is it fantastic]]. Or at least in the later games. The first one had very subdued performances to fit with the serious tone of the game itself.

* CounterpartComparison: Yuri is often considered the Red Alert counterpart to Kane in the main series due to being a bald DiabolicalMastermind.

* [[MexicansLoveSpeedyGonzales Russians Love Red Alert]]: Despite the USSR being obvious villains, these games are quite popular among Russians since the after the first one, the USSR stereotypes (along with [[EagleLand the]] [[AnimeLand others]]) are PlayedForLaughs.

* NightmareFuel:
** [[CruelAndUnusualDeath Death by radioactive weapons]] where the victim is covered with radioactive goo and squirms as they [[ImMelting melt away]].
** [[ShockAndAwe Death by tesla weapons]].
** [[RetGone Death by being erased from existence]].
** Soviet Terror Drones and Yuri's Chaos Drones.
** The Virus's toxic sniper-round in ''Yuri's Revenge''. It kills you and blows up your corpse into a cloud of poison.
** Getting turned into a Yuri Brute, being marched into a Grinder... actually many of Yuri's weapons/tactics fall into this category.
*** [[FridgeBrilliance Which makes sense, as Yuri would be trying to invoke this trope to break the morale of his enemies.]]
** Stalin in the first game by being a very accurate portrayal one of the most frightening dictators in history. Also see ShownTheirWork below.
** Yuri himself to many.

* MexicansLoveSpeedyGonzales: The whole series is very popular in Russia and post-soviet countries, despite it's less than flattering portrayal of the soviet side and characters.