History Franchise / Metro

* OnlyElectricSheepAreCheap: The people of Metro live on a monotonous diet of mushrooms and pork (even 'shroom tea!). Any kind of normal crops are (logically) extinct and most wildlife apparently [[IncrediblyLamePun went out with a blast]] too... Even the measly mushrooms which feed both humans and their livestock have to be grown on a substrate of [[spoiler:[[{{Squick}} fresh feces]],]] all because of a lack of proper soil. [[EverythingSoundsSexierInFrench Bon appetite.]] And for that matter, quality bullets are rare too - no wonder they've become the currency.

* SuddenlySpeaking: Inverted. Artyom was a fully speaking character in Metro 2033 book, but was retconned as a HeroicMime after the game came out, and never spoke since. [[spoiler: It depends on which Artyom you're referring to. The CanonForeigner Artyom Popov from Metro 2034 is and has always been a fully voiced character]].

* ''[=TabletopGame/Metro2033=]'' (2011) - A BoardGame based on the first novel
* ''[=ComicBook/Metro2033BritanniaComicPrologue=]'' (2012) - A ComicBook based onthe prologue to ''Britannia''

* ''TabletopGame/Metro2033'' (2011) - A BoardGame based on the first novel
* ''ComicBook/Metro2033BritanniaComicPrologue'' (2012) - A ComicBook based onthe prologue to ''Britannia''

** Now add to that the "classic" SF/survival horror stuff such as [[{{NuclearNasty}} mutants]] of all sizes which turn many of the tunnels into [[{{DarknessEqualsDeath}} potential deathtraps]], making travel by armed caravan necessary...and even then, the mortality rate is rather high (besides, getting chewed up by some monstrosity is a much more powerful primal fear than catching an outlaw's bullet). There's a reason, beyond outlaws and enemy "nations" raids', that tunnel entrances are fortified and constantly manned. And that's not the only front to worry about, if you're especially unlucky: your station's gate/airlock to the surface might have been damaged and breached at some point, creating an opening through which horrors from the surface can enter your station. On the upper platform level. Which is usually where the living quarters are...

* NuclearNasty: The surface world is made of this. Looks like in this verse, hard radiation actually does produce monsters, mutants and dinosaurs, 1950s style. And bioweapons produce {{Blob Monster}}s.

* SuddenlySpeaking: Inverted. Artyom was a fully speaking character in Metro 2033 book, but was retconnected as a HeroicMime after the game came out, and never spoke since. [[spoiler: It depends on which Artyom you're referring to. The CanonForeigner Artyom Popov from Metro 2034 is and has always been a fully voiced character]].

* ScavengerWorld: Much of the Metro economy involves scavenging pre-war technology or supplies, usually from the surface or abandoned areas.

* BroadStrokes: As Glukhovsky is also involved in writing the plots for the game adaptations, events from the games are implied to have happened in the novels, but the specifics are vague and occasionally contradictory. ''Literature/Metro2035'' refers to elements of ''[[Videogame/MetroLastLight Last Light]]'', and ''Videogame/MetroExodus'' follows up on some elements of ''2035''. Both media are careful to avoid ContinuityLockout though.

* ''ComicBook/Metro2033BritanniaComicPrologue'' (2012) - ) - A ComicBook based onthe prologue to ''Britannia''

* DeathWorld: The surface. In this frozen hellscape, if the mutants don't kill you, then the radioactive air will.

The series takes place twenty years after an apocalyptic nuclear war devastated the world. With the surface contaminated by radiation, the residents of UsefulNotes/{{Moscow}} have no choice but to live in the city's [[UsefulNotes/MoscowMetro subway system]]. They have little in the way of supplies or technology, and must make do with what they have, enduring radiation, mutants, and their own fellow man.

* BroadStrokes: As Glukhovsky is also involved in writing the plots for the game adaptations, events from the games are implied to have happened in the novels, but the specifics are vague and occasionally contradictory. ''Literature/Metro2035'' refers to elements of ''[[Videogame/MetroLastLight Last Light]]'', and according to the author, ''[[Videogame/MetroExodus Exodus]]'' will follow up on some elements of ''2035''. Both media are careful to avoid ContinuityLockout though.

Ukrainian game developer 4A Games released a video game adaptation of the series in 2010, which currently consists of three main games:

The series takes place twenty years after an apocalyptic nuclear war devastated the world. With the surface contaminated by radiation, the residents of UsefulNotes/{{Moscow}} have no choice but to live in city's [[UsefulNotes/MoscowMetro subway system]]. They have little in the way of supplies or technology, and must make do with what they have, enduring radiation, mutants, and their own fellow man.

* BroadStrokes: As Glukhovsky is also involved in writing the plots for the game adaptations, events from the games are implied to have happened in the novels, but the specifics are vague and occasionally contradictory. ''Literature/Metro2035'' refers to elements of ''[[Videogame/MetroLostLight Lost Light]]'', and according to the author, ''[[Videogame/MetroExodus Exodus]]'' will follow up on some elements of ''2035''. Both media are careful to avoid ContinuityLockout though.