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* FakeDangerGamibt: Downplayed. The heroes engage pose as robbers to capture the King and then as themselves to free him. Since their goal was to overcome a ParentalMarriageVeto, it is seen as a good thing. However, before that, they do scare off actual outlaws who had an actual plan to rob the King.

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* FakeDangerGamibt: FakeDangerGambit: Downplayed. The heroes engage pose as robbers to capture the King and then as themselves to free him. Since their goal was to overcome a ParentalMarriageVeto, it is seen as a good thing. However, before that, they do scare off actual outlaws who had an actual plan to rob the King.
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* EngineeredHeroics: Downplayed. The heroes engage in this, posing as robbers to capture the King and then as themselves to free him. Since their goal was to overcome a ParentalMarriageVeto, it is seen as a good thing. However, before that, they do scare off actual outlaws who had an actual plan to rob the King.

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* EngineeredHeroics: FakeDangerGamibt: Downplayed. The heroes engage in this, posing pose as robbers to capture the King and then as themselves to free him. Since their goal was to overcome a ParentalMarriageVeto, it is seen as a good thing. However, before that, they do scare off actual outlaws who had an actual plan to rob the King.
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* ShesGotLegs: The Princess, especially in the sequel.

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* StealthHiBye: The chicken sometimes disappears off-screen midway through musical numbers, without explanation or this being noticed by the other characters.



* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: The King's guards boast about loading cannons whenever they see a sparrow. Guess
they've never read Confucius. Probably, though, they are just such cowards that they see said sparrow as a legitimate threat.

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* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: The King's guards boast about loading cannons whenever they see a sparrow. Guess
Guess they've never read Confucius. Probably, though, they are just such cowards that they see said sparrow as a legitimate threat.

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* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: The King's guards boast about loading cannons whenever they see a sparrow. Guess they've never read Confucius. Probably, though, they are just such cowards that they see said sparrow as a legitimate threat.

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* SungThroughMusical: All three films have no spoken dialogue, with all events conveyed via music and song.
* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: The King's guards boast about loading cannons whenever they see a sparrow. Guess Guess
they've never read Confucius. Probably, though, they are just such cowards that they see said sparrow as a legitimate threat.
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* EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses: Without the CanonForeigner Princess, there would have hardly been any plot at all.
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Definitely not intentional, Karachentsov had barely started his rise to stardom at the time


** The detective in the sequel has the looks and similar voice of Nikolai Karachentsov, another popular Russian actor.

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* DirtyCoward: The King's guards don't even try to fight for the King.

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* DirtyCoward: DirtyCoward:
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The King's guards don't even try to fight for the King.King.
** The outlaws aren't much better. The Troubadour's stage costume and the rest of the musicians' [[SillyAnimalSound Silly Animal Sounds]] are enough to send them running for their lives.
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* ClarkKenting: The instant the musicians alter their appearance even slightly, they become unrecognizable to other characters. It can be somewhat justified in the first cartoon when they are disguised as robbers (since the King and his guards might be too scared to pay attention), but in the second cartoon, they (except for the Troubadour) are in a PaperThinDisguise of a foreign rock band, and neither the King, the Princess, the genius detective, nor the crowds who have attended their previous performances see through it.

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* LookalikeLovers: The Princess and the Troubador are both slender, golden-haired, and [[CoordinatedClothes dressed in red]].



* ShaveAndAHaircut: First cartoon, around 4:30.

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* RebelliousPrincess: She runs away from the palace to travel the world with her beloved and their friends.
* ShaveAndAHaircut: First In the first cartoon, at around 4:30.

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A Soviet-animated musical made in 1969, based on the story of ''Literature/TheBremenTownMusicians''.

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A Soviet-animated musical made in 1969, loosely based on the story of ''Literature/TheBremenTownMusicians''.


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* DemotedToExtra: The outlaws in the sequel have even less screen time than in the first cartoon and don't have any bearing on the plot.

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* AdaptationExpansion
* AnachronismStew: The architecture is Medieval, the royal court looks like something from ''Literature/TheThreeMusketeers'', and the heroes' fashions are straight from TheSixties!

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* AdaptationExpansion
AdaptationExpansion: The entire main plot with the Troubadour, the Princess and the King doesn't exist in the original.
* AnachronismStew: The architecture is Medieval, medieval, the royal court looks like something from ''Literature/TheThreeMusketeers'', and the heroes' fashions are straight from TheSixties!TheSixties!



* BoundAndGagged: The King.
* DirtyCoward: The King's guards.
* EngineeredHeroics: The heroes engage in this. Since their goal was to overcome a ParentalMarriageVeto, it is seen as a good thing.
* EnsembleDarkhorse: The outlaws.
* EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses

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* BoundAndGagged: The King.
King (by the musicians when they pretend to be robbers).
* DirtyCoward: The King's guards.
guards don't even try to fight for the King.
* EngineeredHeroics: Downplayed. The heroes engage in this. this, posing as robbers to capture the King and then as themselves to free him. Since their goal was to overcome a ParentalMarriageVeto, it is seen as a good thing.
thing. However, before that, they do scare off actual outlaws who had an actual plan to rob the King.
* EnsembleDarkhorse: The outlaws.
* EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses
EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses: Without the CanonForeigner Princess, there would have hardly been any plot at all.



* HeAlsoDid: The short's script-writer, Creator/VasilyLivanov, is much more famous for being Franchise/SherlockHolmes in ''Series/TheAdventuresOfSherlockHolmesAndDoctorWatson''. Apart from writing he also directed a number of cartoons (including the sequel to this very short), and had a huge voice-acting career due to his distinctive hoarse voice.



* LoveAtFirstSight: Princess and Troubadour.
* MatchCut: The moon turns into the outlaws' sign.
* MilesGloriosus: King's guards.

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* LoveAtFirstSight: The Princess and the Troubadour.
* MatchCut: The moon turns into the outlaws' sign.
sigil.
* MilesGloriosus: The King's guards.guards. They boast of how they are always alert and ready and then curl in fright at the first sign of danger.



** The outlaw trio are designed after ComicTrio of Nikulin, Vitsin and Morgunov who had series of popular slapstick comedies.
** The king is modeled after [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erast_Garin Erast Garin]]'s performance as king in ''Film/Cinderella1947''

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** The outlaw trio are designed after the ComicTrio of Nikulin, Vitsin and Morgunov who had series of popular slapstick comedies.
** The king is modeled after [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erast_Garin Erast Garin]]'s performance as the king in ''Film/Cinderella1947''''Film/Cinderella1947''.



* ShesGotLegs: Princess, especially in the sequel.

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* ShesGotLegs: The Princess, especially in the sequel.



* [[TalkingToHimself Singing To Himself]]: all the male voices (bar Donkey) and [[LarynxDissonance one female]] (of course all of them are singing voices cause all character interactions are sung) belong to one person. It wasn't original intention: they had an ensemble star cast, but due to various reasons (one of the reasons was [[VodkaDrunkenski mighty hangover]]) every other voice-actors couldn't show up at the recording. Oleg Anofriev then voiced all the parts by himself. The only part he couldn't sing was princess.
* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: The King's guards boast about loading cannons whenever they see a sparrow. Guess they've never read Confucius.
** FridgeBrilliance: They are such cowards that probably see said sparrow as a legitimate threat.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Boiled eggs, to the King.
* VillainSong: Two villain songs, actually -- one real and one faked by Troubadour.
* WalkingTheEarth

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* [[TalkingToHimself Singing To Himself]]: all the male voices (bar Donkey) and [[LarynxDissonance one female]] (of course all of them are singing voices cause all character interactions are sung) belong to one person. It wasn't original intention: they had an ensemble star cast, but due to various reasons (one of the reasons was [[VodkaDrunkenski mighty hangover]]) every other voice-actors couldn't show up at the recording. Oleg Anofriev then voiced all the parts by himself. The only part he couldn't sing was princess.
* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: The King's guards boast about loading cannons whenever they see a sparrow. Guess they've never read Confucius.
** FridgeBrilliance: They
Confucius. Probably, though, they are just such cowards that probably they see said sparrow as a legitimate threat.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Boiled eggs, to for the King.
* VillainSong: Two villain songs, actually -- songs in the first movie – one real and one faked by Troubadour.
the Troubadour and the musicians.
* WalkingTheEarthWalkingTheEarth: The musicians' lifestyle, which the Princess happily embraces from the end of the first movie onwards.
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A Soviet-animated musical made in 1969, based on the story of "Literature/TheBremenTownMusicians".

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A Soviet-animated musical made in 1969, based on the story of "Literature/TheBremenTownMusicians".
''Literature/TheBremenTownMusicians''.
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* EngineeredHeroics: The heroes engage in this. Since their goal was to overcome a ParentalMarriageVeto, it is seen as a good thing.
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** The king is modeled after [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erast_Garin Erast Garin]]'s performance as king in "Cinderella" (1947)

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** The king is modeled after [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erast_Garin Erast Garin]]'s performance as king in "Cinderella" (1947)''Film/Cinderella1947''
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* BadassBaritone: The Donkey.

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* BadassBaritone: The Donkey. It even almost sounds like a [[BassoProfundo Basso Profundo]].
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* BadassBaritone: The Donkey.
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* ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPOcW9ts7Zw On the trail of the Bremen Town Musicians]]''

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* ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPOcW9ts7Zw On the trail Trail of the Bremen Town Musicians]]''
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A soviet animated musical made in 1969. Based on the story of "Literature/TheBremenTownMusicians".

It had one, direct sequel "On the trail of the Bremen Town Musicians" made by the same creative group, and the other one was made in 2000.

Orginal short and it's sequel are available on Youtube with english (rhymed) subtitles:
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66NNY5xK668 Bremen's musicians]]
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPOcW9ts7Zw On the trail of the Bremen Town Musicians]]

Not to be confused with the German adaption of the same fairy tale ''WesternAnimation/TheFearlessFour'' and/or the Spanish adaptation ''WesternAnimation/LosTrotaMusicos''.

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A soviet animated Soviet-animated musical made in 1969. Based 1969, based on the story of "Literature/TheBremenTownMusicians".

It had one, one direct sequel "On sequel, ''On the trail Trail of the Bremen Town Musicians" Musicians'', made by the same creative group, and the other one group in 1973. Another sequel was made released in 2000.

Orginal
2000, called ''The New Bremen Musicians''.

The original
short and it's its sequel are available on Youtube Website/YouTube with english (rhymed) (rhyming) English subtitles:
* [[http://www.''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66NNY5xK668 Bremen's musicians]]
Town Musicians of Bremen]]''
* [[http://www.''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPOcW9ts7Zw On the trail of the Bremen Town Musicians]]

Musicians]]''

Not to be confused with the German adaption adaptation of the same fairy tale ''WesternAnimation/TheFearlessFour'' and/or the Spanish adaptation ''WesternAnimation/LosTrotaMusicos''.



* DirtyCoward: King's guards

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* DirtyCoward: The King's guardsguards.



* HeAlsoDid: shorts' script-writer, VasilyLivanov, is much more famous for being SherlockHolmes in [[Series/TheAdventuresOfSherlockHolmesAndDoctorWatson russian adaptation.]] Apart from writing he also directed the number of cartoons (including the sequel to this very short), and had a huge voice-acting carreer due to his distinctive hoarse voice.
* HotGypsyWoman: leader of the outlaws

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* HeAlsoDid: shorts' The short's script-writer, VasilyLivanov, Creator/VasilyLivanov, is much more famous for being SherlockHolmes Franchise/SherlockHolmes in [[Series/TheAdventuresOfSherlockHolmesAndDoctorWatson russian adaptation.]] ''Series/TheAdventuresOfSherlockHolmesAndDoctorWatson''. Apart from writing he also directed the a number of cartoons (including the sequel to this very short), and had a huge voice-acting carreer career due to his distinctive hoarse voice.
* HotGypsyWoman: The leader of the outlawsoutlaws.



* MatchCut: moon turns into outlaws' sign

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* MatchCut: The moon turns into the outlaws' signsign.



** The outlaw trio are desinged after ComicTrio of Nikulin, Vitsin and Morgunov who had series of popular slapstick comedies.

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** The outlaw trio are desinged designed after ComicTrio of Nikulin, Vitsin and Morgunov who had series of popular slapstick comedies.



* TheSixties: thigh-high miniskirt, square goggles and rock'n'roll! And yes, it is a Soviet cartoon.

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* TheSixties: thigh-high Thigh-high miniskirt, square goggles and rock'n'roll! And yes, it is a Soviet cartoon.



* TrademarkFavoriteFood: king's boiled eggs.
* VillainSong: Two villain songs, actually - one real and one faked by Troubadour.

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* TrademarkFavoriteFood: king's boiled eggs.
Boiled eggs, to the King.
* VillainSong: Two villain songs, actually - -- one real and one faked by Troubadour.
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Not to be confused with the German adaption of the same fairy tale ''WesternAnimation/TheFearlessFour'' and/or the Spanish adaptation ''WesternAnimation/LosTrotaMusicos''.
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* DirtyCoward: King's guards


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** FridgeBrilliance: They are such cowards that probably see said sparrow as a legitimate threat.
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* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: The King's guards boast about loading cannons whenever they see a sparrow. Guess they've never read Confucius.

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** outlaw trio are desinged after ComicTrio of Nikulin, Vitsin and Morgunov who had series of popular slapstick comedies.
** king is modeled after [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erast_Garin Erast Garin]]'s performance as king in "Cinderella" (1947)
** detective in the sequel has the looks and similar voice of Nikolai Karachentsov, another popular russian actor

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** The outlaw trio are desinged after ComicTrio of Nikulin, Vitsin and Morgunov who had series of popular slapstick comedies.
** The king is modeled after [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erast_Garin Erast Garin]]'s performance as king in "Cinderella" (1947)
** The detective in the sequel has the looks and similar voice of Nikolai Karachentsov, another popular russian actorRussian actor.
* ShaveAndAHaircut: First cartoon, around 4:30.
* ShesGotLegs: Princess, especially in the sequel.



* ShesGotLegs: Princess, especially in the sequel.
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[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66NNY5xK668 Bremen's musicians]]
[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPOcW9ts7Zw On the trail of the Bremen Town Musicians]]

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* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66NNY5xK668 Bremen's musicians]]
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPOcW9ts7Zw On the trail of the Bremen Town Musicians]]

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It had one, direct sequel "OnTheTrailOfTheBremenTownMusicians" made by the same creative group, and the other one was made in 2000.

You can watch it with english subtitles on [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2S3-PFf1_M Youtube]].

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It had one, direct sequel "OnTheTrailOfTheBremenTownMusicians" "On the trail of the Bremen Town Musicians" made by the same creative group, and the other one was made in 2000.

You can watch it Orginal short and it's sequel are available on Youtube with english subtitles on (rhymed) subtitles:
[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2S3-PFf1_M Youtube]].
com/watch?v=66NNY5xK668 Bremen's musicians]]
[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPOcW9ts7Zw On the trail of the Bremen Town Musicians]]
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* AnachronismStew: The architecture is Medieval, the royal court looks like something from ''TheThreeMusketeers'', and the heroes' fashions are straight from TheSixties!

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* AnachronismStew: The architecture is Medieval, the royal court looks like something from ''TheThreeMusketeers'', ''Literature/TheThreeMusketeers'', and the heroes' fashions are straight from TheSixties!

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* BoundAndGagged: king

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* AnachronismStew: The architecture is Medieval, the royal court looks like something from ''TheThreeMusketeers'', and the heroes' fashions are straight from TheSixties!
* BoundAndGagged: kingThe King.


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* HalfDressedCartoonAnimal / AccessoryWearingCartoonAnimal: Depending on the scene and the animal. For example, the Rooster only wears sunglasses and the Cat sports naught but a bow tie, while the Donkey is wearing jeans and a hat.


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* LoveAtFirstSight: Princess and Troubadour.

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Ruined Forever is now Darth Wiki and not to be wicked in that way.


* RUINEDForever: third short made in [[TheNewRussia modern times]].
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* HeAlsoDid: shorts' script-writer, VasilyLivanov, is much more famous for being SherlockHolmes in russian adaptation. Apart from writing he also directed the number of cartoons (including the sequel to this very short), and had a huge voice-acting carreer due to his distinctive hoarse voice.

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* HeAlsoDid: shorts' script-writer, VasilyLivanov, is much more famous for being SherlockHolmes in [[Series/TheAdventuresOfSherlockHolmesAndDoctorWatson russian adaptation. adaptation.]] Apart from writing he also directed the number of cartoons (including the sequel to this very short), and had a huge voice-acting carreer due to his distinctive hoarse voice.
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[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Bremenskie_muzykanty_6039.jpg]]
A soviet animated musical made in 1969. Based on the story of "Literature/TheBremenTownMusicians".

It had one, direct sequel "OnTheTrailOfTheBremenTownMusicians" made by the same creative group, and the other one was made in 2000.

You can watch it with english subtitles on [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2S3-PFf1_M Youtube]].

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* AdaptationExpansion
* BoundAndGagged: king
* EnsembleDarkhorse: The outlaws.
* EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses
* HeAlsoDid: shorts' script-writer, VasilyLivanov, is much more famous for being SherlockHolmes in russian adaptation. Apart from writing he also directed the number of cartoons (including the sequel to this very short), and had a huge voice-acting carreer due to his distinctive hoarse voice.
* HotGypsyWoman: leader of the outlaws
* MatchCut: moon turns into outlaws' sign
* MilesGloriosus: King's guards.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed:
** outlaw trio are desinged after ComicTrio of Nikulin, Vitsin and Morgunov who had series of popular slapstick comedies.
** king is modeled after [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erast_Garin Erast Garin]]'s performance as king in "Cinderella" (1947)
** detective in the sequel has the looks and similar voice of Nikolai Karachentsov, another popular russian actor
* RUINEDForever: third short made in [[TheNewRussia modern times]].
* TheSixties: thigh-high miniskirt, square goggles and rock'n'roll! And yes, it is a Soviet cartoon.
* ShesGotLegs: Princess, especially in the sequel.
* [[TalkingToHimself Singing To Himself]]: all the male voices (bar Donkey) and [[LarynxDissonance one female]] (of course all of them are singing voices cause all character interactions are sung) belong to one person. It wasn't original intention: they had an ensemble star cast, but due to various reasons (one of the reasons was [[VodkaDrunkenski mighty hangover]]) every other voice-actors couldn't show up at the recording. Oleg Anofriev then voiced all the parts by himself. The only part he couldn't sing was princess.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: king's boiled eggs.
* VillainSong: Two villain songs, actually - one real and one faked by Troubadour.
* WalkingTheEarth
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