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1	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/operation_kingfish_logo.png]]
2	[[caption-width-right:350:''"Who is Kingfish!?"'']]
3	->'''Soap:''' ''"It was a trap..."'''
4	->'''Shepherd:''' ''"I know... Tell me about Price."''
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6	''Find Makarov'' is a series of short {{web video}} {{Fan Film}}s based on the ''VideoGame/ModernWarfare'' series. They detail Captain Price and "Soap" [=MacTavish=]'s quest to eliminate the decoy BigBad of the second game (and actual of the third).
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8	The films are:
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10	* ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0TSDgDJ3sc Find Makarov]]'' is largely a live-action retelling of the ''[=MW2=]'' ending, followed by a teaser of Price and Soap paradropping in Moscow.
11	* ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XY5bJxNb8hg Operation Kingfish]]'' is an {{Interquel}} between two first games, made with Activision's blessing, that tells of the eponymous assassination attempt on Makarov gone bad. The events of this video are constantly referenced throughout the third ''Modern Warfare'' game, meaning the operation still happened in the game proper.
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14	!!Tropes found in these short films include:
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16	%%* BraveScot: Soap.
17	* CallForward:
18	** Soap putting the knife into Makarov's eye at the end of ''Kingfish''. [[spoiler: It's where he hits Shepherd with a similar knife late in ''Modern Warfare 2''.]]
19	** [[spoiler: The situations of Price and Sandman during the exfiltration. In ''Modern Warfare 3'', it's Sandman who covers the retreating Price, while here, it's Price doing the covering for Sandman's group.]]
20	%%* DeathFromAbove: Spectre.
21	* EarlyBirdCameo: Sandman and Frost, two of the main characters in the Delta Force campaign of ''3'', appear as supporting characters in ''Operation Kingfish''.
22	* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: Both videos are about Task Force 141 attempting to find and kill the titular Ultranationalist leader.
23	* TheFaceless: Frost's face is mostly obscured by the Ghillie suit he wears, as well as being obscured by his helmet and goggles.
24	%%** Ghost and Roach.
25	* ForegoneConclusion: If you've played ''Modern Warfare 2'' and ''3'', you already know how ''Find Makarov'' and especially ''Op. Kingfish'' will end.
26	* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: Price elects to stay behind to cover the evacuation of the rest of Task Force 141 and Delta Force. Unfortunately, he's wounded and captured by the Ultranationalists.]]
27	* {{Interquel}}: ''Operation Kingfish'', which is referenced throughout ''Modern Warfare 3''. [[spoiler: It shows how Price ended up in the gulag.]]
28	* StabThePicture: At the end of ''Operation Kingfish'', Shepherd reveals to a distraught Soap [=MacTavish=] the true identity of Kingfish: [[RenegadeRussian Vladimir Makarov]]. Immediately, Soap pulls out his knife and stabs the picture of Makarov that Shepherd gave him, intent on finding and killing the man.
29	* TooDumbToLive: Frankly, the AC-130 in Operation Kingfish deserved to be shot down for flying that low near enemies armed with [=MANPADs=] and ''RPG-7s''. Idiots.
30	* TheVoiceless: Much like in ''Modern Warfare 3'', Frost does not utter a single word.
31	%%* YouShallNotPass: Price in ''Kingfish''.

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