History PlayingWith / ChummyCommies

** The communists live in a MarySuetopia where the communist vision by Marx has been achieved and everyone living in it has IncorruptiblePurePureness. The capitalists meanwhile are all crazy sociopaths.

** The communists are {{Jerkass hero}}es or {{Combat Pragmatist}}s that aren't afraid to fight dirty, but are still good people and allies.

** The rank-and-file American soldiers, scientists, workers, and merchants are portrayed positively in a Soviet-made film.

** A friendly, gregarious communist later turns out to be [[DirtyCommies a generally nasty bastard]] once he's not trying to butter up the capitalists.
** A friendly, gregarious communist turns out to [[DefectorFromCommieLand secretly plan to defect]].
** The Communist friends were mislabelled by Americans as {{Politically Incorrect Hero}}es.

** The defector is still a communist, he just dislikes the Soviet version and thinks it will go better in America.
* '''Parodied''':

** The cast's resident communist is the OnlySaneMan who gets saddled with managing the problems that capitalism creates for his/her friends, and/or the problems that said friends create for each other and everyone else.
* '''Zig Zagged''': The main villain of the film is an evil Soviet General, but the heroes who fight him are aided by resisting communist soldiers, but one of the allies is a traitor motivated by the general bringing glory to the people, until he sees the general cares for himself and not the good of the people.
* '''Averted''': It's a standard UsefulNotes/ColdWar era film and [[DirtyCommies communists are bastards]].
* '''Enforced''':
** The film makers are all communist sympathizers, so they make the Soviets appear as positive as possible.
** The movie was made during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII and the producers didn't want to make their allies look bad.

* '''Defied''': Whenever anyone among the communists says or thinks something sufficiently cheerful, they are [[AgonyOfTheFeet immediately kicked in the shin]] or [[GroinAttack punched in the groin]] by the {{Jerkass}} members of the SecretPolice [[EvilIsPetty bent on harassing the citizenry]].

* '''Conversed''': ???

* '''Played For Laughs''': A CorruptCorporateExecutive [[EvilCannotComprehendGood who doesn't believe in altruism]] ends up stranded in a communist country, [[Webcomic/{{Concerned}} and is terrified by all the friendly people jumping out at him.]]
* '''Played For Drama''': The friendly Communist government [[TheCoup is overthrown]] by hardliner DirtyCommunists, ANaziByAnyOtherName, or a corrupt MegaCorp, and its people have to fight to get things back to where they were.
* '''Played For Horror''': The friendly Communists are cast as well-meaning and not-too-dumb, but completely GenreBlind protagonists in a SlasherMovie, a [[OurZombiesAreDifferent zombie flick]], or any other kind of {{horror}} film.

Let's head Back to ChummyCommies comrade! I'll get you a vodka!

** The Communists even created ''multiple {{Boom Town}}s'' while treating ''[[AndroidsArePeopleToo robots as people too]]''! Meanwhile the Capitalists are still on FantasticRacism issues and they consider AliensAreBastards.

* '''Parodied''': The communists play with bears, are perpetually drunk and can smile through anything wicked since they've been ConditionedToAcceptHorror from their own homelands.

* '''Invoked''': ???

* '''Defied''': The Soviets have shock collars that activate every time the Soviet thinks of something positive.
* '''Discussed''': ???

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** The communists met by the protagonists follow a different strain of socialist thought than the USSR's state ideology of Marxism-Leninism, and are actively working against its authoritarian nature despite still believing in Marxist values.

* '''Enforced''': The film makers are all communist sympathizers, so they make the Soviets appear as positive as possible.
** The movie was made during WorldWarII and the producers didn't want to make their allies look bad.

* Deconstructed: The Soviets being personally nice and caring leads the protagonists to turn a blind eye to how their [[InherentInTheSystem system is still very flawed.]]
* Reconstructed: The protagonists ultimately acknowledge this, but also realize it's important to give their Soviet allies credit where it is due and be willing to work with them for a time.

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%%* '''Reconstructed''': ???
%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???
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* '''Enforced''': The film makers are all communist sympathizers, so they make the soviets appear as positive as possible.

* '''Defied''': The Soviets have shock collars that activate every time the soviet thinks of something positive.

* '''Double Subverted''': A seemingly friendly, gregarious communist is used as a SheepInSheepsClothing.

* '''Straight''': The American heroes meet up with contacts from the USSR, who are all friendly and affable people.

** HeroicCommunists

* '''Exaggerated''': The communists live in a MarySuetopia where the communist vision by Marx has been achieved and everyone living in it has IncorruptiblePurePureness. The capitalists meanwhile are all crazy sociopaths.

* '''Subverted''': A friendly, gregarious communist later turns out to be [[DirtyCommies a generally nasty bastard]] once he's not trying to butter up the capitalists.

** The communists, or at least the ones the protagonist opposes, are {{Worthy Opponent}}s who respect the protagonists and would probably be friends with them if they didn't suffer from MyCountryRightOrWrong.

** The communists, or at least the ones the protagonist opposes, are {{Worth Opponent}}s who respect the protagonists and would probably be friends with them if they didn't suffer from MyCountryRightOrWrong.

** The communists, or at least the ones the protagonist opposes, are {{Worth Oppoonent}}s who respect the protagonists and would probably be friends with them if they didn't suffer from MyCountryRightOrWrong.

* '''Downplayed''': The communists are {{Jerkass hero}}es or {{Combat Pragmatist}}s that aren't afraid to fight dirty, but are still good people and allies.

* '''Subverted''': DirtyCommies.
* '''Double Subverted''': The communists really are nice and it was just a case of JerkWithAHeartOfGold or IDidWhatIHadToDo.

* '''Downplayed''': The communists are [[JerkassHero Jerkass heroes]] or [[CombatPragmatist Combat Pragmatists]] that aren't afraid to fight dirty, but are still good people and allies.
* '''Justified''': Just because the communists follow a different ideology, doesn't mean they're evil.

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* '''Inverted''': The Americans suffer from a clear case of DemocracyIsBad and work for a CorruptCorporateExecutive.

%%* '''Implied''': ???

* '''Averted''': It's a standard ColdWar era film and [[DirtyCommies communists are bastards]].

* '''Implied''':

* '''Inverted''': The Americans suffer from a clear case of DemocracyIsBad and work for PresidentEvil.

* '''Downplayed''': The communists are JerkassHeroes or CombatPragmatists that aren't afraid to fight dirty, but are still good people and allies.

* '''Exaggerated''': The communists live in a MarySuetopia where the communist vision by Marx has been achieved and everyone living in it has IncorruptiblePurePurness. The capitalists meanwhile are all crazy sociopaths.
* '''Downplayed''': The communists are AntiHeroes or CombatPragmatists that aren't afraid to fight dirty, but are still good people and allies.

* '''Double Subverted''': The communists really are nice and it was just a case of JerkWithAHearthOfGold or IDidWhatIHadToDo.

* '''Lampshaded''': "All the propaganda was wrong, these guys arae really nice!"

* '''Downplayed''': The communists are AntiHeroes or PragmaticHeroes that aren't afraid to fight dirty, but are still good people and allies.