History Animation / InvestigationHeldByKolobki

* CatchPhrase: Numerous, most famously "Ditto." and "I don't understand a thing!".

* HowlingToTheNight: In the very beginning, with the establishing shot of the moon. Doubles as FridgeBrilliance, since the camera pans down to a zoo - the only place in the city where the wolves could be.

* TheCameo: [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adventures_of_Captain_Vrungel Captain Vrungel]] makes two appearances, first buying airplane tickets and then going through customs at the airport. The reason is that Aleksandr Tatarskiy worked on the ''Adventures of Captain Vrungel'' as well as ''Investigation Held by Kolobki''.

''Investigation Held By Kolobki'' ("Следствие Ведут Колобки"; translit. "Sledstvie Vedut Kolobki") is a two-part [[EasternEuropeanAnimation Soviet cartoon]] written by EduardUspensky and directed by Igor Kovalyov and AleksandrTatarskiy - the first part coming out in 1986 and second in 1987.
The plot kicks off [[UsefulNotes/SovietRussiaUkraineAndSoOn somewhere in the USSR]]. Deep at night, the two investigators named Brothers Kolobki hear a loud thump, which they [[ItsProbablyNothing promptly dismiss as nothing]]. The next morning, they're staring dumbfounded at the four huge holes in their rooftop. The smarter of two partners, Chief (Шеф; translit. "Shef") figures out that the holes are actually elephant footprints. And sure enough, the local newspaper has an article about the disapperance of the rare striped elephant from the city zoo. Chief and his partner, literally named Colleague (Коллега; translit. "Kollega") embark on an investigation to find out just what is happening in their sleepy backwater city.

''Investigation Held By Kolobki'' ("Следствие Ведут Колобки"; translit. "Sledstvie Vedut Kolobki") is a two-part [[EasternEuropeanAnimation Soviet cartoon]] written by EduardUspensky and directed by Igor Kovalyov and AleksandrTatarskiy - the first part coming out in 1986 and second in 1987. It can be watched with subtitles on Youtube - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbRi39692oE here (part 1)]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kh_IAXLM8Do here (part 2)]].

In 1988 the creative team formed an independent Pilot Studio. They had a falling-out with Uspensky and had to rename their iconic characters from "Kolobki Brothers" to "Pilot Brothers". In TheNineties, a sequel in the form of six short cartoons was made, and in the late 1990s and 2000s, a video game series based off the cartoons was created, available on PC and iOS.

The plot kicks off [[SovietRussiaUkraineAndSoOn somewhere in the USSR]]. Deep at night, the two investigators named Brothers Kolobki hear a loud thump, which they [[ItsProbablyNothing promptly dismiss as nothing]]. The next morning, they're staring dumbfounded at the four huge holes in their rooftop. The smarter of two partners, Chief (Шеф; translit. "Shef") figures out that the holes are actually elephant footprints. And sure enough, the local newspaper has an article about the disapperance of the rare striped elephant from the city zoo. Chief and his partner, literally named Colleague (Коллега; translit. "Kollega") embark on an investigation to find out just what is happening in their sleepy backwater city.

'''''Investigation Held By Kolobki''''' ("Следствие Ведут Колобки"; translit. "Sledstvie Vedut Kolobki") is a two-part [[EasternEuropeanAnimation Soviet cartoon]] written by EduardUspensky and directed by Igor Kovalyov and AleksandrTatarskiy - the first part coming out in 1986 and second in 1987. It can be watched with subtitles on Youtube - [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbRi39692oE here (part 1)]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kh_IAXLM8Do here (part 2)]].

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In TheNineties, a sequel in the form of six short cartoons was made, and in the late 1990s and early 2000s, a video game series based off the cartoons was created, available on PC and iOS.

* RunningGag: Colleague spitting out fish, the crow carrying away whatever it was sitting on.

** Not only that, but the time, even time of day, is never told explicitly in the cartoon - even if the clock is clearly visible. All characters use an expression "N hours".

* AmateurSleuth: Kolobki - they know their stuff well, but do not seem to be tied to the police, and private enterprise was outlawed in the USSR.

[[caption-width-right:280:Our heroes - [[TheComicallySerious Chief]] in gray, [[PluckyComicRelief Colleague]] in green.]]

* CockADoodleDawn: As the brothers wake up at the beginning.

* CatchPhrase: Numerous, most famously "Analogously." and "I don't understand a thing!".

* ActorAllusion: At the zoo administration, Chief (voiced by Leonid Bronevoy) says "[[SeventeenMomentsOfSpring And you I'll ask to stay here]]."

The plot kicks off [[SovietRussiaUkraineAndSoOn somewhere in the USSR]]. Deep at night, the two investigators named Brothers Kolobki hear a loud thump, which they [[ItsProbablyNothing promptly dismiss as nothing]]. The next morning, they're staring dumbfounded as four huge holes in their rooftop. The smarter of two partners, Chief (Шеф; translit. "Shef") figures out that the holes are actually elephant footprints. And sure enough, the local newspaper has an article about the disapperance of the rare striped elephant from the city zoo. Chief and his partner, literally named Colleague (Коллега; translit. "Kollega") embark on an investigation to find out just what is happening in their sleepy backwater city.

* EvilForeigner: Karbofos. An EgomaniacHunter (well, rare animal trader) who went out of his way to [[spoiler:steal back the rare stripe elephant who ran away from him.]]

* HowlingToTheNight: In the very beginning, with the establishing shot of the moon.

In TheNineties, a sequel in the form of six short cartoons was made, and in the late 1990s and early 2000s, a video game series based off the cartoons was created.

The plot kicks off [[SovietRussiaUkraineAndSoOn somewhere in the USSR]]. Deep at night, the two investigators named Brothers Kolobki hear a loud thump, which they [[ItsProbablyNothing promptly dismiss as nothing]]. The next morning, they're staring dumbfounded as four huge holes in their rooftop. The smarter of two partners, Chief (Шеф; translit. "Shef") figures out that the holes are actually elephant footprints. And sure enough, the local newspaper has an article about the disapperance of the rare striped elephant from the city zoo. Chief and his partner, literally named Collegaue (Коллега; translit. "Kollega") embark on an investigation to find out just what is happening in their sleepy backwater city.

* ActorAllusion: At the zoo administration, Chief (voiced by Leonid Bronevoy) says "[[SeventeenMomentsOfSpring And you i'll ask to stay here]]."

* BrickBreak: Parodied. Collegaue uses a karate chop to break a pack of maccaroni in half.

* KangarooPouchRide: Inverted. A kangaroo ''catches'' Collegaue this way.

* RunningGag: Collegaue spitting out fish, the crow carrying away whatever it was sitting on.

* VisualPun: When Chief orders him to "get on the phone", Collegaue literally goes and sits on a phone while calling.

* FamilyFriendlyFirearms: Chief's pistols shoots suction cup darts, sometimes with a wire attached, and Karbofos' gun also shoots suction cup darts that [[spoiler:deploy baloons to lift the target up into the air.]]

* HilarityInZoos: The animals appear in three fairly long scenes, and do a lot of funny things: giraffe turns into a projector thanks to a lightning strike, rhino hides inside his "armour plating" and then folds into nothingness, etcetera.