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* ChildhoodBrainDamage: One of the courtiers was dropped on his head as a child. Since then, he can only count to three.
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* TheGhost: Abazh's son never appears, only getting mentioned when Abazh offers to betroth him to Anidag.
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* JerkToNiceGuyPlot: Both Olya and Yalo start off as spoiled, lazy, and arrogant, but become brave and empathetic (for Yalo, it takes a bit longer).
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* SweetPollyOliver: Olya and Yalo spend the majority of the book disguised as pageboys.
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* SweetPollyOliver: Olya and Yalo spend the majority of the book disguised as pageboys.pageboys.
* TookALevelInKindness: Both Olya and Yalo start off as spoiled, lazy, and arrogant, but become brave and empathetic (for Yalo, it takes a bit longer).
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* TookALevelInKindness: Both Olya and Yalo start off as spoiled, lazy, and arrogant, but become brave and empathetic (for Yalo, it takes a bit longer).
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Now that one thinks of it, it was unintentional. Most probably.
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* IncestSubtext: When Nushrok offers Anidag the crown, the scene reads disturbingly like an UnholyMatrimony marriage proposal.
-->'''Nushrok''': Aren't you beautiful? Doesn't your voice sound like music? What speeches you'll be able to make from the palace balcony! Just try to seem kind, darling. The entire kingdom must know that [[PhotoOpWithTheDog you generously give to the poor]]. And not crooked mirrors, of course… You'll need a bit of money for it — a little bit! You have the same cold and practical mind as myself, Anidag! With your help, I'll manage matters wonderfully! And I'll hold the entire kingdom in thrall. Tell me, do you accept, my dear daughter?
-->The beautiful lady wordlessly bowed her head, and Nushrok touched her hair with his lips.
-->'''Nushrok''': Aren't you beautiful? Doesn't your voice sound like music? What speeches you'll be able to make from the palace balcony! Just try to seem kind, darling. The entire kingdom must know that [[PhotoOpWithTheDog you generously give to the poor]]. And not crooked mirrors, of course… You'll need a bit of money for it — a little bit! You have the same cold and practical mind as myself, Anidag! With your help, I'll manage matters wonderfully! And I'll hold the entire kingdom in thrall. Tell me, do you accept, my dear daughter?
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* SdrawkcabName: In addition to many such names in the Kingdom of Crooked Mirrors, Olya's mirror counterpart is called Yalo ("ya" is denoted by a single letter in Russian).
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Eleven-year-old Olya is bratty and lazy, and one day, her grandmother wishes she could just see herself. It results in Olya falling through a mirror and meeting her mirror self Yalo, who is a [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold nice girl at heart but displays all of Olya's worst qualities]]. The girls then travel together through a picture to a magic realm, the eponymous kingdom, where the tyrannical regime orders the production of only crooked mirrors to make sure its subjects never learn the truth about themselves and their oppressors. When a boy called Gurd ([[SdrawkcabAlias Dneirf]]) at a crooked mirror factory gets rebellious, he is beaten and sentenced to death, and Olya and Yalo team up to try and rescue him.
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Eleven-year-old Olya is bratty and lazy, and one day, her grandmother wishes she could just see herself. It results in Olya falling through a mirror and meeting her mirror self Yalo, who is a [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold nice girl at heart but displays all of Olya's worst qualities]]. The girls then travel together through a picture to a magic realm, the eponymous kingdom, where the tyrannical regime orders the production of only crooked mirrors to make sure its subjects never learn the truth about themselves and their oppressors. When a boy called Gurd ([[SdrawkcabAlias ([[SdrawkcabName Dneirf]]) at a crooked mirror factory gets rebellious, he is beaten and sentenced to death, and Olya and Yalo team up to try and rescue him.
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* MeaningfulName: Everyone in the Kingdom of Crooked Mirrors has a SdrawkcabAlias of a word that relates to their character and/or looks:
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* MeaningfulName: Everyone in the Kingdom of Crooked Mirrors has a SdrawkcabAlias of a word SdrawkcabName that relates to their character and/or looks:
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* EvilTwin: Downplayed with Yalo. She is by no means evil, but all of Olya's worst qualities are exaggerated in her (while Olya's best qualities begin to shine immediately after she comes into the mirror world).
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* AristocratsAreEvil: Everyone who belongs the ruling class is malicious or at best apathetic.
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* AristocratsAreEvil: Everyone who belongs to the ruling class is malicious or at best apathetic.
* GrannyClassic: Olya's grandmother is kind, loving and quite lenient towards her granddaughter's antics. When even she gets angry with Olya's unruly behavior, she wishes for Olya to take a look at herself, which leads to Olya's adventures in the mirror world.
* HatedByAll: Topsed the Seventh is hated by the commons and despised by his ministers.
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-->'''Nushrok''': Aren't you beautiful? Doesn't your voice sound like music? What speeches you'll be able to make from the palace balcony! Just try to seem kind, darling. The entire kingdom must know that you generously give to the poor. And not crooked mirrors, of course… You'll need a bit of money for it — a little bit! You have the same cold and practical mind as myself, Anidag! With your help, I'll manage matters wonderfully! And I'll hold the entire kingdom in thrall. Tell me, do you accept, my dear daughter?
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-->'''Nushrok''': Aren't you beautiful? Doesn't your voice sound like music? What speeches you'll be able to make from the palace balcony! Just try to seem kind, darling. The entire kingdom must know that [[PhotoOpWithTheDog you generously give to the poor.poor]]. And not crooked mirrors, of course… You'll need a bit of money for it — a little bit! You have the same cold and practical mind as myself, Anidag! With your help, I'll manage matters wonderfully! And I'll hold the entire kingdom in thrall. Tell me, do you accept, my dear daughter?
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* ArrangedMarriage: There is talk of Anidag's betrothal to Abazh's son for the sake of uniting the two minister's families. Due to the revolution in the end, it's unlikely it would ever occur.
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* ArrangedMarriage: There is talk of Anidag's betrothal to Abazh's son for the sake of uniting the two minister's ministers' families. Due to the revolution in the end, it's unlikely it would ever occur.
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* IncestSubtext: When Nushrok offers Anidag the crown, the scene reads disturbingly like an UnholyMatrimony marriage proposal.
-->'''Nushrok''': Aren't you beautiful? Doesn't your voice sound like music? What speeches you'll be able to make from the palace balcony! Just try to seem kind, darling. The entire kingdom must know that you generously give to the poor. And not crooked mirrors, of course… You'll need a bit of money for it — a little bit! You have the same cold and practical mind as myself, Anidag! With your help, I'll manage matters wonderfully! And I'll hold the entire kingdom in thrall. Tell me, do you accept, my dear daughter?
-->The beautiful lady wordlessly bowed her head, and Nushrok touched her hair with his lips.
-->'''Nushrok''': Aren't you beautiful? Doesn't your voice sound like music? What speeches you'll be able to make from the palace balcony! Just try to seem kind, darling. The entire kingdom must know that you generously give to the poor. And not crooked mirrors, of course… You'll need a bit of money for it — a little bit! You have the same cold and practical mind as myself, Anidag! With your help, I'll manage matters wonderfully! And I'll hold the entire kingdom in thrall. Tell me, do you accept, my dear daughter?
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* DeathGlare: Nushrok is infamous for his dreadful fierce glare. [[spoiler:No wonder it becomes his actual weapon in the last confrontation]].
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* DeathGlare: Nushrok is infamous for his dreadful fierce glare.glare that makes anyone paralyzed with fear. [[spoiler:No wonder it becomes his actual weapon in the last confrontation]].
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* CreepyHighPitchedVoice: Nushrok has a very squeaky voice.
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* DeathGlare: Nushrok is infamous for his dreadful fierce glare. [[spoiler:No wonder it becomes his actual weapon in the last confrontation]].
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* SweetPollyOliver: Olya and Yalo spend the majority of the book disguised as pageboys.
* TheUglyGuysHotDaughter: Nushrok won't turn any heads, but his daughter is constantly described is "the beautiful lady". When she gets really angry, though, she [[EvilMakesYouUgly begins to resemble him more]].
* TheUglyGuysHotDaughter: Nushrok won't turn any heads, but his daughter is constantly described is "the beautiful lady". When she gets really angry, though, she [[EvilMakesYouUgly begins to resemble him more]].
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* SweetPollyOliver: Olya and Yalo spend the majority of the book disguised as pageboys.
* TheUglyGuysHotDaughter: Nushrok won't turn any heads, but his daughter is constantly described is "the beautiful lady". When she gets really angry, though, she [[EvilMakesYouUgly begins to resemble him more]].pageboys.
* TheUglyGuysHotDaughter: Nushrok won't turn any heads, but his daughter is constantly described is "the beautiful lady". When she gets really angry, though, she [[EvilMakesYouUgly begins to resemble him more]].
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* AffectionateNickname: Aunt Aksal calls Olya and Yalo "pheasant nestlings", since they sneak into the kitchen in a basket of pheasants.
* AristocratsAreEvil: Everyone who belongs the ruling class is malicious or at best apathetic.
* AristocratsAreEvil: Everyone who belongs the ruling class is malicious or at best apathetic.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: Anidag usually acts very kind and sweet... unless you are a servant who displeases her, or unless you make her really outraged. Beneath it all, anyway, she is just as wicked as her father.
* GoodHurtsEvil: Olya defeats [[spoiler:Nushrok]] by looking him straight into the eyes, and he can't stand the kindness and bravery in her look, takes a step back, and [[DisneyVillainDeath falls down]].
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* PuppetKing: Topsed the Seventh is just a figurehead, while his ministers hold all the actual power.
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* PuppetKing: MeaningfulName: Everyone in the Kingdom of Crooked Mirrors has a SdrawkcabAlias of a word that relates to their character and/or looks:
** Nushrok (Korshun) -- "kite" (as in the bird). Nushrok is repeatedly described as resembling a bird of prey and has a hooked nose.
** Anidag (Gadina) -- "viper"/"vermin". Anidag is a malevolent BadBoss.
** Abazh (Zhaba) -- "toad". Abazh is a FatBastard.
** Gurd (Drug) -- "friend". Gurd is a brave and honest NiceGuy.
** Aksal (Laska) -- "tenderness". Aunt Aksal is a gentle and helpful woman.
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** Topsed the Seventh is just a figurehead, while his ministers hold all the actual power.
** Abazh intends for Anidag to be a Puppet Queen, and neither Nushrok nor Anidag take the suggestion well.
* SweetPollyOliver: Olya and Yalo spend the majority of the book disguised aspageboys.pageboys.
* TheUglyGuysHotDaughter: Nushrok won't turn any heads, but his daughter is constantly described is "the beautiful lady". When she gets really angry, though, she [[EvilMakesYouUgly begins to resemble him more]].
** Nushrok (Korshun) -- "kite" (as in the bird). Nushrok is repeatedly described as resembling a bird of prey and has a hooked nose.
** Anidag (Gadina) -- "viper"/"vermin". Anidag is a malevolent BadBoss.
** Abazh (Zhaba) -- "toad". Abazh is a FatBastard.
** Gurd (Drug) -- "friend". Gurd is a brave and honest NiceGuy.
** Aksal (Laska) -- "tenderness". Aunt Aksal is a gentle and helpful woman.
* PuppetKing:
** Topsed the Seventh is just a figurehead, while his ministers hold all the actual power.
** Abazh intends for Anidag to be a Puppet Queen, and neither Nushrok nor Anidag take the suggestion well.
* SweetPollyOliver: Olya and Yalo spend the majority of the book disguised as
* TheUglyGuysHotDaughter: Nushrok won't turn any heads, but his daughter is constantly described is "the beautiful lady". When she gets really angry, though, she [[EvilMakesYouUgly begins to resemble him more]].
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''The Kingdom of Crooked Mirrors'' (Russian: Королевство кривых зеркал) is a 1951 fairytale by Vitaly Gubarev.
Eleven-year-old Olya is bratty and lazy, and one day, her grandmother wishes she could just see herself. It results in Olya falling through a mirror and meeting her mirror self Yalo, who is a [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold nice girl at heart but displays all of Olya's worst qualities]]. The girls then travel together through a picture to a magic realm, the eponymous kingdom, where the tyrannical regime orders the production of only crooked mirrors to make sure its subjects never learn the truth about themselves and their oppressors. When a boy called Gurd ([[SdrawkcabAlias Dneirf]]) at a crooked mirror factory gets rebellious, he is beaten and sentenced to death, and Olya and Yalo team up to try and rescue him.
The fairytale was adapted to the screen by Alexander Rou in 1963.
!! The book provides examples of:
* ArrangedMarriage: There is talk of Anidag's betrothal to Abazh's son for the sake of uniting the two minister's families. Due to the revolution in the end, it's unlikely it would ever occur.
* ButNowIMustGo: After Gurd is freed and the revolution in the Kingdom of Crooked Mirrors begins, Olya returns home.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Nushrok and Anidag are vile and power-hungry, but they genuinely care for each other.
* JerkToNiceGuyPlot: Both Olya and Yalo start off as spoiled, lazy, and arrogant, but become brave and empathetic (for Yalo, it takes a bit longer).
* PuppetKing: Topsed the Seventh is just a figurehead, while his ministers hold all the actual power.
* SweetPollyOliver: Olya and Yalo spend the majority of the book disguised as pageboys.
Eleven-year-old Olya is bratty and lazy, and one day, her grandmother wishes she could just see herself. It results in Olya falling through a mirror and meeting her mirror self Yalo, who is a [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold nice girl at heart but displays all of Olya's worst qualities]]. The girls then travel together through a picture to a magic realm, the eponymous kingdom, where the tyrannical regime orders the production of only crooked mirrors to make sure its subjects never learn the truth about themselves and their oppressors. When a boy called Gurd ([[SdrawkcabAlias Dneirf]]) at a crooked mirror factory gets rebellious, he is beaten and sentenced to death, and Olya and Yalo team up to try and rescue him.
The fairytale was adapted to the screen by Alexander Rou in 1963.
!! The book provides examples of:
* ArrangedMarriage: There is talk of Anidag's betrothal to Abazh's son for the sake of uniting the two minister's families. Due to the revolution in the end, it's unlikely it would ever occur.
* ButNowIMustGo: After Gurd is freed and the revolution in the Kingdom of Crooked Mirrors begins, Olya returns home.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Nushrok and Anidag are vile and power-hungry, but they genuinely care for each other.
* JerkToNiceGuyPlot: Both Olya and Yalo start off as spoiled, lazy, and arrogant, but become brave and empathetic (for Yalo, it takes a bit longer).
* PuppetKing: Topsed the Seventh is just a figurehead, while his ministers hold all the actual power.
* SweetPollyOliver: Olya and Yalo spend the majority of the book disguised as pageboys.
