History Animation / TheAdventuresOfVasiaKurolesov

* SpottingTheThread: When Vasya and Boldyrev knock at the door of a house they suspect Kurochkin of hiding in, Vasya tries passing them off as "[[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment plumbers coming to fix the plumbing]]". [[spoiler:Kurochkin, who wasn't fooled to begin with (since he already knew who Vasya was), points out that the property merely has a well.]]

* ChekhovsGun: The bottle of iodine, from a pharmacy in Tarasovka.

** Also, the dead bee behind Matros' ear. [[spoiler: It leads them to the MacGuffin]]

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Vasia's impulsiveness and overall naivety [[spoiler:blow Boldyrev's cover ''twice''. But in the end, it's Vasia who manages to save the day.]]
** At one point, he manages to knock ''himself'' unconscious during a fight.

* VerbalTic: Baton loves to answer questions with what is essentially the Russian gangster slang version of "Ya betcha!"

* ThereWasADoor: There wasn't, so Vasia resolves to go head-first right ''through'' a massive brick wall, leaving an ImpactSilhouette. Boldyrev, on the other hand, chooses to traverse it via a ridiculously athletic overhead jump.

* SpottingTheThread: When Vasya and Boldyrev knock at the door of a house they suspect Kurochkin of hiding in, Vasya tries passing them off as "[[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment plumbers coming to fix the plumbing]]". [[spoiler:Kurochkin, who wasn't fooled to begin with (since he already knew who Vasya was), points out that the property just has a well.]]

* SpottingTheThread: When Vasya and Boldyrev knock at the door of a house they suspect Kurochkin of hiding in, Vasya tries passing them off as "[[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment plumbers coming to fix the plumbing]]. [[spoiler:Kurochkin, who wasn't fooled to begin with (since he already knew who Vasya was), points out that the property just has a well.]]

* PoliceAreUseless: Zig-zagged. Sergeant Tarakanov is not really capable, either falling for the bad guys' ploy or not doing anything at all, but oftentimes the only thing that's between Inspector Boldyrev and the crooks he's trying to catch is [[NiceJobBreakingItHero Vasia's own clumsiness]]. In the book Tarakanov is more than capable to deal with petty criminals on the marketplace, but not with Kurochkin.

* RRatedOpening: The intro sequence is rather dark in tone and visuals, featuring lights being turned off, guns getting cocked and doors peppered with bullets - all accompanied by footsteps, dogs barking, policemen's whistles going off, windows bursting and suspense-building music. While most of it ''[[{{Foreshadowing}} does happen]]'' in the course of the movie, little of it is depicted ''that'' edgily.

* HadToComeToPrisonToBeACrook: It's by way of this trope that Baton [[WrongGenreSavvy decides]] that [[spoiler: Vasia, whom he met in jail earlier, could make a perfect partner-in-crime, and takes him to his comrades.]]

* RRatedOpening: The intro sequence is rather dark in tone and visuals, featuring lights being turned off, guns getting cocked and doors peppered with bullets - all accompanied by footsteps, dogs barking, policemen's whistles going off, windows bursting and suspense-building music. While most of it ''[[{{Foreshadowing}}does happen]]'' in the course of the movie, little of it is depicted ''that'' edgily.

* RRatedOpening: The intro sequence is rather dark in tone and visuals, featuring lights being turned off, guns getting cocked and doors peppered with bullets - all accompanied by footsteps, dogs barking, policemen's whistles and suspense-building music. Little of the film ''that'' bleak.

You can see it [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hX_Bgb7RaWY here]] in its entirety, untranslated.

* RRatedOpening: The intro sequence is rather dark in tone and visuals, featuring lights being turned off, guns getting cocked and doors peppered with bullets. Little of the film ''that'' bleak.

* ThereWasADoor: There wasn't, so Vasia resolves to go head-first right ''through'' a massive brick wall, leaving an ImpactSilhouette. Boldyrev, on the other hand, [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments chooses to traverse it via a ridiculously athletic overhead jump.]]

It's about an {{Adorkable}} young country bumpkin named Vasia, who lives with his mother on a farm somewhere in rural Russia. One day, she tasks him with buying a piglet in a nearby Bazaar. However, the first pig seller he finds turns out to be a small-time crook called Kurochkin, who cons him by [[StealthPun selling him almost literally a pup in a poke]]. But Vasia is not about to stand for that embarrassment, and, using [[EvilDetectingDog the same dog]] [[HoistByHisOwnPetard he scammed him with]], sets out to track down Kurochkin and bring him to justice. As luck would have it, Vasia stumbles across something eternally more dangerous than the mere scamming of pig farmers...

It's about an {{Adorkable}} young country bumpkin named Vasia, who lives with his mother on a farm somewhere in rural Russia. One day, she tasks him with buying a piglet in a nearby Bazaar. But the first guy he finds who sells pigs turns out to be an ostensible small-time crook called Kurochkin, who cons him by [[StealthPun selling him almost literally a pup]] in a poke. But Vasia is not about to stand for that embarrassment, and sets out to track down Kurochkin and bring him to justice, using [[EvilDetectingDog the same dog]] [[HoistByHisOwnPetard he scammed him with]]. But as luck would have it, Vasia stumbles across something eternally more dangerous than the mere scamming of pig farmers...

* [[UsefulNotes/SpellOurNameWithAPo Spell Our Name With A Mi]]: The ''Militsya'', whom Sergeant Tarakanov and Inspector Boldyrev work for. And where Vasia is invited in the end. Per the norm for 1970s [[AcceptableTargets they're neither corrupt nor lazy nor brutal]].

* [[TheyFightCrime He Is A Naive Farmboy! He Is A Big City Inspector! Together, They Fight Crime!]]

* SlidingScaleOfShinyVersusGritty: Even though the animation is kept in carefree ''claire ligne'' and the sky and fields brightly coloured, it still quickly becomes apparent that there is little more to the rural area than dirt roads, ruins and decaying wooden huts. Also, [[CaptainObvious crime]].

* BadassMoustache: Sergeant Tarakanov sports a mighty one, and it looks more like two ginger sawblades.

* PornStash: Kurochkin has one. [[spoiler: It later turns out to be fake]]. Vasia also tries to make one from his mother's fur coat, in a poor attempt to disguise himself. [[spoiler: [[EpicFail It only serves to get him arrested]].]]

* PornStache: Kurochkin has one. [[spoiler: It later turns out to be fake]]. Vasia also tries to make one from his mother's fur coat, in a poor attempt to disguise himself. [[spoiler: [[EpicFail It only serves to get him arrested]].]]

* BadassMustache: Sergeant Tarakanov sports a mighty one, and it looks more like two ginger sawblades.

* BadassMoustache: Sergeant Tarakanov sports a mighty one, and it looks more like two ginger sawblades.

--> '''Vasia:''' "Tarasovka Pharmacy, so-and-so much iodine." So what?

''приключения васи куролесова'' (''Prikyuchenia Vasi Kurolesova'') is a 1981 [[UsefulNotes/SovietRussiaUkraineAndSoOn Soviet]] animated short, produced and animated by Soyuzmultfilm. It's based on a 1977 humorous book by Yuri Koval.

''приключения васи куролесова'' (''Prikyuchenia Vasi Kurolesova'') is a 1981 [[SovietRussiaUkraineAndSoOn Soviet]] animated short, produced and animated by Soyuzmultfilm. It's based on a 1977 humorous book by Yuri Koval.

'''приключения васи куролесова''' (''Prikyuchenia Vasi Kurolesova'') is a 1981 [[SovietRussiaUkraineAndSoOn Soviet]] animated short, produced and animated by Soyuzmultfilm. It's based on a 1977 humorous book by Yuri Koval.

* ThereWasADoor: There wasn't, so Vasia resolves to go head-first right ''through'' a massive brick wall, leaving an ImpactSilhouette. Boldyrev, on the other hand, [[CrowningMomentOfFunny chooses to travese it via a ridiculously athletic overhead jump]].