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* ChekhovsGunman: Vasiliy's cross-eyed political decoy, seen as a gag early in season 1. He later [[spoiler:resurfaces in season 2, after Mamatov orders a hitman to kill Vasiliy, and is hired by Mamatov to take Vasiliy's place]].
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* ChekhovsGunman: Vasiliy's cross-eyed political decoy, seen as a gag early in season 1. He later [[spoiler:resurfaces in season 2, after Mamatov orders a hitman to kill Vasiliy, and is hired by Mamatov to take Vasiliy's place]].place. Prior to that, the oligarchs use him to falsely create the impression that Vasiliy is in bed with Nemchuk (after photos of the real Vasiliy crashing his daughter's wedding during TheMovie surfaced)]].
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* EnemyCivilWar: Mamatov and Roizman wage war by crippling the other's companies with the former even ordering a hit on the latter. However, the show doesn't explain [[PlotHole how the two got into the same room without going at each other's throats later in the episode.]]
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* ArtisticLicenseHistory: PlayedForLaughs - Mukhin greatly exaggerates the number of wives (and thus children) [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_the_Great Vladimir the Great]] had to [[InsaneTrollLogic establish the case that 1 in 4 Ukrainians have Icelandic ancestry]].
* AsLongAsItSoundsForeign: When the Icelandic ambassador makes fluency in their language a prerequisite to giving visa-free access to Ukrainians, Mukhin points out the difficulty of learning Icelandic...by spouting off a list of Iceland's volcanoes that even the ambassador's secretary remarks that the diplomat can't [[TheUnpronounceable pronounce half of them]]. Half of those [[OverlyLongName excessively-long names]] are [[ArtisticLicenseGeography made-up]].
* AsLongAsItSoundsForeign: When the Icelandic ambassador makes fluency in their language a prerequisite to giving visa-free access to Ukrainians, Mukhin points out the difficulty of learning Icelandic...by spouting off a list of Iceland's volcanoes that even the ambassador's secretary remarks that the diplomat can't [[TheUnpronounceable pronounce half of them]]. Half of those [[OverlyLongName excessively-long names]] are [[ArtisticLicenseGeography made-up]].
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* OuthumblingEachOther: Mukhin and his Greek counterpart Otas Karagunis try to make their respective cases for an IMF loan by emphasizing how horrible the conditions are in their own countries.
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* PragmaticVillainy: In the seventh episode of the second season, the oligarchs pull off [[spoiler: a last-minute broadcast of a sex tape between the Greek foreign minister Otas Karagunis and IMF head Helga Rasmussen, causing the latter to reverse her initial decision to give an IMF loan to Greece.]] This directly leads to TheMovie's plot.
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** Also invoked by Vasiliy in TheMovie - while [[spoiler: he and Yuriy are]] busy attempting to cause an EnemyCivilWar among the oligarchs, he instructs Mukhin to buy as much time as possible. Mukhin and Oksana do this by exploiting a traditional Ukrainian ceremony to get the IMF head drunk. '''On a nightly basis.'''
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* BackForTheDead: Subverted with [[spoiler: Yuriy Chuiko. It turns out the explosion was staged.]]
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* BackForTheDead: Subverted with [[spoiler: Yuriy Chuiko.Chuiko in the movie. It turns out the explosion was staged.]]
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* ItAlwaysRainsAtFunerals: [[spoiler: In Yuriy's (faked) funeral.]]
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* ItAlwaysRainsAtFunerals: [[spoiler: In Yuriy's (faked) funeral.funeral in the movie.]]
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* TheQuietOne: Tolya.
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* TheQuietOne: Tolya.Tolik is rarely heard speaking.
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* BackForTheDead: Subverted with [[spoiler: Yuriy Chuiko. It turns out the explosion was staged.]]
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* FakingTheDead: [[spoiler: Yuriy Chuiko pulls this off in TheMovie to avoid suspicion from the oligarchs that he agreed with Vasiliy to testify against them. He also [[AttendingYourOwnFuneral attends his own funeral.]]]]
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* ItAlwaysRainsAtFunerals: [[spoiler: In Yuriy's (faked) funeral.]]
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* NotQuiteDead: The prison van carrying [[spoiler: Yuriy in the movie suddenly explodes. One scene later, he's shown attending his own funeral.]]
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* TheQuietOne: Tolya.
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* CrazyEnoughToWork: When Vasiliy runs out of options on how to disperse the protesters, the cabinet gets a debate show to discuss the threat of a [[ColonyDrop meteor strike on Ukraine.]] It works.
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* WeNeedADistraction: In the 20th episode, it is revealed that the cabinet has consistently invoked this trope anytime there's a protest (see CrazyEnoughToWork for a plot-relevant example).
** The culture minister once attempted to use the meteor strike story [[DisproportionateRetribution when a wreath fell on Viktor Yanukovych.]] Apparently, the cabinet went with [[NoodleIncident a "cheap fishing line that got people talking for a year".]] Meanwhile, the education minister proposed a bird flu epidemic as the distraction, though Yuriy himself preferred the meteor story instead.
* WhatDidIDoLastNight: Used as a storytelling device on [[spoiler: how Vasiliy agreed to repaying a 250 million euro loan from the EBRD.]]
** The culture minister once attempted to use the meteor strike story [[DisproportionateRetribution when a wreath fell on Viktor Yanukovych.]] Apparently, the cabinet went with [[NoodleIncident a "cheap fishing line that got people talking for a year".]] Meanwhile, the education minister proposed a bird flu epidemic as the distraction, though Yuriy himself preferred the meteor story instead.
* WhatDidIDoLastNight: Used as a storytelling device on [[spoiler: how Vasiliy agreed to repaying a 250 million euro loan from the EBRD.]]
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* GlobalIgnorance: PlayedForLaughs. In his second episode, Foreign Minister Mukhin couldn't point out where {{UsefulNotes/Uganda}} is.
--> '''Oksana:''' Yesterday, the Lord's Resistance Army arrested him (Yoweri Museveni, Uganda's president).
--> '''Mukhin:''' You see! Even God is against the president.
--> '''Oksana:''' Yesterday, the Lord's Resistance Army arrested him (Yoweri Museveni, Uganda's president).
--> '''Mukhin:''' You see! Even God is against the president.
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* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: Foreign Minister Serhiy Mukhin - his first press conference consists of him mentioning [[{{NationalStereotypes/Africa}} that all Africans are black]] and asking the press if the word "negroes" (a term he repeatedly used) is offensive. Apparently, a joke he cracked afterwards was so offensive the news anchor outright mentioned that [[NoodleIncident it couldn't be aired on TV.]]
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* DemocracyIsFlawed: Entire series played on the idea of idealistic Vassily against the politics of his country in his tenure as a president. Many of his benign actions were challenged due to the opinions of the citizens, political administration, internation community, and his own family.
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The events transpire in a [[NextSundayAD near future]]. The next presidential elections are nearing. Vasiliy Goloborodko, a high school history teacher, loses his temper in front of a co-worker and goes into a profanity-laced tirade, chewing out the Ukrainian government. Unbeknownst to him, one of his pupils films him and puts the video on Youtube. The video becomes a hit, and, while it lands Vasiliy in trouble at his school, his pupils and their parents agree with him to the point of suggesting he should present himself as a candidate for presidency and organizing him a crowdfunding campaign so that he could register. To his own surprise, he wins.
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The events transpire in a [[NextSundayAD near future]]. The next presidential elections are nearing. Vasiliy Goloborodko, Goloborodko (Volodymyr Zelensky), a high school history teacher, loses his temper in front of a co-worker and goes into a profanity-laced tirade, chewing out the Ukrainian government. Unbeknownst to him, one of his pupils films him and puts the video on Youtube.Website/YouTube. The video becomes a hit, and, while it lands Vasiliy in trouble at his school, his pupils and their parents agree with him to the point of suggesting he should present himself as a candidate for presidency and organizing him a crowdfunding campaign so that he could register. To his own surprise, he wins.
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The series was produced by the studio "Kvartal-95" and premiered in November 2015. After airing daily, the first season ended in December, and got a very positive reception. Over the season, the series evolved from a sitcom featuring just Vasiliy in a FishOutOfWater-type situation (and his family as [[ComicRelief comic reliefs]]) to a WorkCom with an EnsembleCast.
In addition to running on television, the series was also released on Youtube. You can view it [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWxnrOznpSgCIK6SyzDgirQ here]] in Russian [[BilingualDialogue and]] Ukrainian, with some episodes subtitled in English (the subtitles are in the process of being written) .
In addition to running on television, the series was also released on Youtube. You can view it [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWxnrOznpSgCIK6SyzDgirQ here]] in Russian [[BilingualDialogue and]] Ukrainian, with some episodes subtitled in English (the subtitles are in the process of being written) .
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The series was produced by the studio "Kvartal-95" Kvartal 95 and premiered in November 2015. After airing daily, the first season ended in December, and got a very positive reception. Over the season, the series evolved from a sitcom featuring just Vasiliy in a FishOutOfWater-type situation (and his family as [[ComicRelief comic reliefs]]) to a WorkCom with an EnsembleCast.
A real-life political party entitled "Servant of the People" was officially registered in Ukraine by Kvartal 95 on 31 March 2018, with Zelensky as a member of the party. Having no prior political experience apart from playing a politician on television, Zelensky ran in the 2019 Ukrainian presidential election and was elected President of Ukraine by a landslide on 21 April 2019.
In addition to running on television, the series was also released onYoutube.[=YouTube=]. You can view it [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWxnrOznpSgCIK6SyzDgirQ here]] in Russian [[BilingualDialogue and]] Ukrainian, with some episodes subtitled in English (the subtitles are in the process of being written) .written).
A real-life political party entitled "Servant of the People" was officially registered in Ukraine by Kvartal 95 on 31 March 2018, with Zelensky as a member of the party. Having no prior political experience apart from playing a politician on television, Zelensky ran in the 2019 Ukrainian presidential election and was elected President of Ukraine by a landslide on 21 April 2019.
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->'''Vasiliy''': ... so that a simple teacher would live like a president, and the president would live like a teacher!
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* EvilCripple: One of three BigBad oligarchs is wheelchairbound.
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In addition to running on television, the series was also released on Youtube. You can view it [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWxnrOznpSgCIK6SyzDgirQ here]] in Russian [[BilingualDialogue and]] Ukrainian, with some episodes subtitled in English (the subtitles are in process of being written) .
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In addition to running on television, the series was also released on Youtube. You can view it [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWxnrOznpSgCIK6SyzDgirQ here]] in Russian [[BilingualDialogue and]] Ukrainian, with some episodes subtitled in English (the subtitles are in the process of being written) .
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* AnAesop: The series is known for Vasiliy's speeches, in which he criticizes not only the government of Ukraine, but sometimes also the people, of mostly thinking about themselves, being irresponsible, opportunistic and reactionary, and being the biggest thing standing in their own way towards making Ukraine a great country it can be. The show also avoids any heavy accusations towards Russia's influence, not for any sort of implied consent or approval, but to point out that it is not the only problem, and might not even be the biggest one.
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* AnAesop: The series is known for Vasiliy's speeches, in which he criticizes accuses not only the government of Ukraine, but sometimes also the people, of mostly thinking about themselves, being irresponsible, opportunistic and reactionary, and being the biggest thing standing in their own way towards making Ukraine a great country it can be. The show also avoids any heavy accusations towards Russia's influence, not for any sort of implied consent or approval, but to point out that it is not the only problem, and might not even be the biggest one.
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* AbortedArc: The final shot of season 1 is Vasiliy learning that the new president of Russia is someone he knows. This plot point is never followed up on in season 2.
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* AbortedArc: AbortedArc:
** The final shot of season 1 is Vasiliy learning that the new president of Russia is someone he knows. This plot point is never followed up on in season2.2.
** Vasiliy's new girlfriend Anna being a spy on behalf of the oligarchs is dropped by the first season finale. [[spoiler:Subverted in season 2, in which she is shown to still be working for Nemchuk, and makes a misstep, prompting Vasiliy to arrest her.]]
** The final shot of season 1 is Vasiliy learning that the new president of Russia is someone he knows. This plot point is never followed up on in season
** Vasiliy's new girlfriend Anna being a spy on behalf of the oligarchs is dropped by the first season finale. [[spoiler:Subverted in season 2, in which she is shown to still be working for Nemchuk, and makes a misstep, prompting Vasiliy to arrest her.]]
** For those who saw TheMovie before season 2, the first seven episodes of that season serve to bridge the gap between the season 1 finale and the movie itself.
* TheMole: Vasiliy's girlfriend Anna, introduced late in season 1, is soon enough shown to be a spy on behalf of the oligarchs.[[spoiler:She is found out and gets arrested halfway through season 2.]]
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* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: During the events of the movie and the corresponding arc of season 2, the oligarch Mikhail Roizman is replaced by his brother, as he has business to attend in London. If not for two casually delivered lines (one about leaving to London and his brother taking over his business for the time being, and another one about being back and asking what he missed) , the casual viewer could easily think Roizman had been [[TheOtherDarrin temporarily recast]].
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* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: During the events of the movie and the corresponding arc of season 2, the oligarch Mikhail Roizman is replaced by his brother, as he has business to attend in London. If not for two casually delivered lines (one about leaving to for London and his brother taking over his business for the time being, and another one about being back and asking what he missed) , the a casual viewer could easily think Roizman had been [[TheOtherDarrin temporarily recast]].recast]]. It doesn't help that the two brothers are never seen together[[spoiler:, and after Mikhail Roizman is arrested, his brother also vanishes.]]
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* EvilChancellor: While more smug and selfish than outright evil, Yuriy Chuiko, the prime minister is definitely not on Vasiliy's side. [[spoiler:Played straight later on when he is revealed to be in bed with the three oligarchs.]]
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* EvilChancellor: While more smug and selfish than outright evil, Yuriy Chuiko, the prime minister is definitely not on Vasiliy's side. [[spoiler:Played Played straight later on when [[spoiler:when he is revealed to be in bed with the three oligarchs.oligarchs. His successor in season 2 turns out to be even worse.]]
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* WildCard: [[spoiler:Dmitriy Surikov]] is an embodiment of this trope in season 2.
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* AbortedArc: The final shot of season 1 is Vasiliy learning that the new president of Russia is someone he knows. This plot point is never followed up on in season 2.
* AllJustADream: A season 2 episode, in which Vasiliy manages to lift visa requirements for Ukrainian citizens, segues into an episode-long dream sequence, in which Vasiliy wakes up only to find out that absolutely everyone in the country left, except for him. While the episode itself is a very obvious dream sequence, it is still a good watch, if only to see Vasiliy go into a very dark and desperate place before he finally wakes up.
* AllJustADream: A season 2 episode, in which Vasiliy manages to lift visa requirements for Ukrainian citizens, segues into an episode-long dream sequence, in which Vasiliy wakes up only to find out that absolutely everyone in the country left, except for him. While the episode itself is a very obvious dream sequence, it is still a good watch, if only to see Vasiliy go into a very dark and desperate place before he finally wakes up.
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%%* AssInAmbassador: An inverted example. The ambassadors who deal with the new minister of Foreign Affairs, Sergei Mukhin, are competent, it's the minister himself who is not up to par. [[spoiler:He eventually gets the hang of it]].
* BigBad: [[spoiler:Yuriy Chuiko, the prime minister]].
** GreaterScopeVillain: The oligarchs.
* BigBad: [[spoiler:Yuriy Chuiko, the prime minister]].
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* ChekhovsGunman: Vasiliy's cross-eyed political decoy, seen as a gag early in season 1. He later [[spoiler:resurfaces in season 2, after Mamatov orders a hitman to kill Vasiliy, and is hired by Mamatov to take Vasiliy's place]].
* DemotedToExtra: In season two, Minister of Defense Ivan Skorik and Head of Tax Service Mikhail Sanin recede into the background. Vasiliy's family as well, with only his father appearing fairly often, his sister only appearing in several episodes, his mother only appearing once, and his niece [[SequelNonEntity completely gone]].
* DwindlingParty: The oligarchs towards the end of season 2. [[spoiler: First, Vasiliy arrests Roizman. Then, after Mamatov orders an assassination attempt again him, he is arrested as well by Surikov, leaving Nemchuk as the only oligarch standing.]]
* DwindlingParty: The oligarchs towards the end of season 2. [[spoiler: First, Vasiliy arrests Roizman. Then, after Mamatov orders an assassination attempt again him, he is arrested as well by Surikov, leaving Nemchuk as the only oligarch standing.]]
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* TheFaceless: The three oligarchs are this during the first season, up until the episode where they stop sending in their people and contact Vasiliy themselves.
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* TheFaceless: The Two of the three oligarchs oligarchs, Andrei Nemchuk and Mikhail Roizman, are this during most of the first season, up until the episode where they stop sending in their people and contact Vasiliy themselves.themselves. The third one, Rustem Mamatov, remains this until season 2.
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* HowWeGotHere: The pilot follows this format. It starts with Vasiliy finding out he won the election, and follows him through the day, while showing how this came to be through flashbacks.
* ImagineSpot: Vasiliy sometimes imagines receiving advice from historical figures when he is in a dilemma.
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* HowWeGotHere: HowWeGotHere:
** The pilot follows this format. It starts with Vasiliy finding out he won the election, and follows him through the day, while showing how this came to be through flashbacks.
** The second season premiere as well. It starts with Vasiliy being betrayed by his friends and getting arrested, all while showing rather ominous flashbacks. [[spoiler:Turns out it's all an elaborate prank his friends set up for his birthday.]]
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** Vasiliy sometimes imagines receiving advice from historical figures when he is in adilemma.dilemma.
** A season 2 episode is almost entirely this, when Vasiliy imagines an overly optimistic scenario of the country's future after he arrests the three oligarchs.
** The pilot follows this format. It starts with Vasiliy finding out he won the election, and follows him through the day, while showing how this came to be through flashbacks.
** The second season premiere as well. It starts with Vasiliy being betrayed by his friends and getting arrested, all while showing rather ominous flashbacks. [[spoiler:Turns out it's all an elaborate prank his friends set up for his birthday.]]
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** Vasiliy sometimes imagines receiving advice from historical figures when he is in a
** A season 2 episode is almost entirely this, when Vasiliy imagines an overly optimistic scenario of the country's future after he arrests the three oligarchs.
* TheMovie: A mid-season plot involving of all the main cast only Vasiliy, the former prime minister Yuriy Chuiko, the minister of foreign affairs Sergei Mukhin and his assistant Oksana Skovoroda, as well as the oligarchs, was compiled into a movie that got a theatrical release before the premiere of season 2.
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* RealityEnsues: Some of Vasiliy's decisions as president have very real impacts on his own family, with whom he still lives:
** Vasiliy started cracking down on unlicensed taxis. He then found out his father didn't have a license.
** It's only after he signed a law raising the
** Him raising excise tax on alcohol was the last straw for his father, leading him to (temporarily) kick Vasiliy out of his house.
** In the final scene of TheMovie [[spoiler:Vasiliy publicly rudely tells off the IMF and refuses a big credit after learning of their demands that could be catastrophic for the country]], finishing his press conference with an empowering [[AnAesop Aesop]]. Season 2 shows that this action bit him in the ass ''hard'' afterwards, leading him to [[spoiler:suddenly retire]].
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* SequelNonEntity: In season two, Vasiliy and Olga's son does not appear (his absence being addressed as him having gone on a trip to Italy with Vasiliy's mother, who at least appears once) , neither does his niece (who is mentioned, and implied to be around, but doing her own things) and his former secretary Bella Rudolfovna (who, this time, isn't even mentioned once) .
* TheSmurfettePrinciple:
** Olga is the only woman is Vasiliy's team of friends who comprise his government.
** After [[spoiler: Vasiliy resigns and Olga unknowingly starts dating his rival]], Minister Mukhin's assistant and girlfriend Oksana takes her place.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: During the events of the movie and the corresponding arc of season 2, the oligarch Mikhail Roizman is replaced by his brother, as he has business to attend in London. If not for two casually delivered lines (one about leaving to London and his brother taking over his business for the time being, and another one about being back and asking what he missed) , the casual viewer could easily think Roizman had been [[TheOtherDarrin temporarily recast]].
* TheSmurfettePrinciple:
** Olga is the only woman is Vasiliy's team of friends who comprise his government.
** After [[spoiler: Vasiliy resigns and Olga unknowingly starts dating his rival]], Minister Mukhin's assistant and girlfriend Oksana takes her place.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: During the events of the movie and the corresponding arc of season 2, the oligarch Mikhail Roizman is replaced by his brother, as he has business to attend in London. If not for two casually delivered lines (one about leaving to London and his brother taking over his business for the time being, and another one about being back and asking what he missed) , the casual viewer could easily think Roizman had been [[TheOtherDarrin temporarily recast]].
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* AssInAmbassador: An inverted example. The ambassadors who deal with the new minister of Foreign Affairs, Sergei Mukhin, are competent, it's the minister himself who is not up to par. [[spoiler:He eventually gets the hang of it]].
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* EvilChancellor: While more selfish than outright evil, Yuriy Chuiko, the prime minister is definitely not on Vasiliy's side. [[spoiler:Played straight later on when he is revealed to be in bed with the three oligarchs.]]
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* EvilChancellor: While more smug and selfish than outright evil, Yuriy Chuiko, the prime minister is definitely not on Vasiliy's side. [[spoiler:Played straight later on when he is revealed to be in bed with the three oligarchs.]]
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''Servant of the People'' is a 2015 Ukrainian sitcom about a simple history teacher who becomes the president of [[UsefulNotes/{{Ukraine}} Ukraine]].
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''Servant of the People'' (''Слуга народа'' in Russian, ''Слуга народу'' in Ukrainian, also often translated as ''The Servant of the Nation'') is a 2015 Ukrainian sitcom about a simple history teacher who becomes the president of [[UsefulNotes/{{Ukraine}} Ukraine]].
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''Series/ServantOfThePeople'' is a 2015 Ukrainian sitcom about a simple history teacher who becomes the president of [[UsefulNotes/{{Ukraine}} Ukraine]].
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In addition to running on television, the series was also released on Youtube. You can view it [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWxnrOznpSgCIK6SyzDgirQ here]] (in Russian [[BilingualDialogue and]] Ukrainian) .
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In addition to running on television, the series was also released on Youtube. You can view it [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWxnrOznpSgCIK6SyzDgirQ here]] (in in Russian [[BilingualDialogue and]] Ukrainian) .Ukrainian, with some episodes subtitled in English (the subtitles are in process of being written) .
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* DebutQueue: Vasiliy's sister Svetlana, who becomes a major character on the show, is introduced in the second (well, technically third, since the pilot was a two-parter) episode. Among the team of ministers he eventually assembles and who become major characters as well, his ex-wife Olga appears in the fourth episode, most of the team comes along in the eighth episode, and the final member of the team appears in the tenth episode.
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* SecondEpisodeIntroduction: Vasiliy's sister Svetlana, who becomes a major character on the show, is introduced in the second (well, technically third, since the pilot was a two-parter) episode. Among the team of ministers he eventually assembles and who become major characters as well, his ex-wife Olga appears in the fourth episode, most of the team comes along in the eighth episode, and the final member of the team appears in the tenth episode.
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* ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules: Despite obviously being able to enrich himself (as seen in RealLife, unfortunately) , Vasiliy insists on living a modest lifestyle and does not accept bribes. This also applies to the members of his team.
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* ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules: Despite obviously being able to enrich himself (as seen in RealLife, unfortunately) , Vasiliy insists on being honest at work and living a modest lifestyle lifestyle, and does not accept bribes. This also applies to the members of his team.
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* RagsToRoyalty: The aftermath of such a scenario is basically the whole premise of the show.
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* NextSundayAD: The tagline of the show is "The story of the next president". The setting is exactly like 2015 (when the first season was shot) , except for some major RealLife events that are not mentioned on the show, and the outgoing president ''not'' being Petro Poroshenko (nor is he an {{Expy}} of him). The presidents of other countries are exactly the same ones as when the series was shot. There is a small poster seen at the beginning of the first episode that says "Elections 201...", but the part with the last digit is torn off.
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* NextSundayAD: The tagline of the show is "The story of the next president". The setting is exactly like 2015 (when the first season was shot) , except for some major RealLife events that are not mentioned on the show, and the outgoing president ''not'' being Petro Poroshenko (nor is he an {{Expy}} of him). The presidents of other countries are exactly the same ones as when the series was shot. There is a small poster seen at the beginning of the first episode that says "Elections 201...", but the part with the last digit is torn off.Also, see YearX below.
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* WorkCom: After Vasiliy goes though his inauguration and assembles his team, the series becomes this.
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* WorkCom: After Vasiliy goes though his inauguration and assembles his team, the series becomes this.this.
* YearX: A subtle version of this is seen in the pilot, with a small poster that says "Elections 201...", but the part with the last digit is torn off.
* YearX: A subtle version of this is seen in the pilot, with a small poster that says "Elections 201...", but the part with the last digit is torn off.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: One of Vasiliy's favorite phrases that he uses to get attention in crowded and noisy places is "[[spoiler:Putin has been overthrown!]]". Come the end of the first season, [[spoiler:he receives a phone call from the newly elected President of Russia, and seems surprised to learn their identity]].
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The series was produced by the studio "Kvartal-95" and premiered in November 2015. After airing daily, the first season ended in December, and got a very positive reception. Over the season, the series evolved from a single sitcom featuring just Vasiliy (and his family as [[ComicRelief comic reliefs]]) in a FishOutOfWater-type situation to a WorkCom with an EnsembleCast.
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The events transpire in a [[NextSundayAD near future]]. The next presidential elections are nearing. Vasiliy Goloborodko, a high school history teacher, loses his temper in front of a co-worker and goes into a violent and profanity-laced tirade, chewing out the Ukrainian government. Unbeknownst to him, one of his pupils films him and puts the video on Youtube. The video becomes a hit, and, while it lands Vasiliy in trouble at his school, his pupils and their parents agree with him to the point of suggesting he should present himself as a candidate for presidency and organizing him a crowdfunding campaign so that he could register. To his own surprise, he wins.
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The events transpire in a [[NextSundayAD near future]]. The next presidential elections are nearing. Vasiliy Goloborodko, a high school history teacher, loses his temper in front of a co-worker and goes into a violent and profanity-laced tirade, chewing out the Ukrainian government. Unbeknownst to him, one of his pupils films him and puts the video on Youtube. The video becomes a hit, and, while it lands Vasiliy in trouble at his school, his pupils and their parents agree with him to the point of suggesting he should present himself as a candidate for presidency and organizing him a crowdfunding campaign so that he could register. To his own surprise, he wins.
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->'''Vasiliy''': ... so that a simple teacher would live like a president, and the president would live like a teacher!
''Series/ServantOfThePeople'' is a 2015 Ukrainian sitcom about a simple history teacher who becomes the president of [[UsefulNotes/{{Ukraine}} Ukraine]].
The events transpire in a [[NextSundayAD near future]]. The next presidential elections are nearing. Vasiliy Goloborodko, a high school history teacher, loses his temper in front of a co-worker and goes into a violent and profanity-laced tirade, chewing out the Ukrainian government. Unbeknownst to him, one of his pupils films him and puts the video on Youtube. The video becomes a hit, and, while it lands Vasiliy in trouble at his school, his pupils and their parents agree with him to the point of suggesting he should present himself as a candidate for presidency and organizing him a crowdfunding campaign so that he could register. To his own surprise, he wins.
The idealistic Vasiliy finds himself in a cynical world he is absolutely unsuited for, but is ready and willing to tackle.
The series was produced by the studio "Kvartal-95", the sitcom premiered in November 2015. After airing daily, the first season ended in December, and got a very positive reception. Over the season, the series evolved from a single sitcom featuring just Vasiliy (and his family as [[ComicRelief comic reliefs]]) in a FishOutOfWater-type situation to a WorkCom with an EnsembleCast.
In addition to running on television, the series was also released on Youtube. You can view it [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWxnrOznpSgCIK6SyzDgirQ here]] (in Russian [[BilingualDialogue and]] Ukrainian) .
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!!The series provides examples of the following tropes
* AmicableExes: Vasiliy and Olga remain close friends after their divorce.
* AssInAmbassador: An inverted example. The ambassadors who deal with the new minister of Foreign Affairs, Sergei Mukhin, are competent, it's the minister himself who is not up to par. [[spoiler:He eventually gets the hang of it]].
* BigBad: [[spoiler:Yuriy Chuiko, the prime minister]].
** BiggerBad: The oligarchs.
* BilingualDialogue: Most of the dialogue in the series is in Russian, but some characters (in addition to most [[KentBrockmanNews TV reporters]]) speak Ukrainian. The languages are similar enough to make such dialogues flow without any problems.
* ClusterBleepBomb: Vasiliy's tirade in the first episode is basically this. There is also an uncensored version on Youtube, which was actually used to promote the series before it premiered.
* CorruptPolitician: ''Almost everybody'' in the government. Vasiliy takes it as his mission to weed them out, while the oligarchs do their worst to corrupt him and his team.
* EnsembleCast: Before the eighth episode, Vasiliy is the only protagonist of the show. Once he assembles his team, they too become major characters and get their own storylines and [[SatelliteCharacter satellite characters]].
* EveryManHasHisPrice: The oligarchs are convinced of this, and actively attempt to bribe Vasiliy and his people.
* EvilChancellor: While more selfish than outright evil, Yuriy Chuiko, the prime minister is definitely not on Vasiliy's side. [[spoiler:Played straight later on when he is revealed to be in bed with the three oligarchs.]]
* TheFaceless: The three oligarchs are this during the first season, up until the episode where they stop sending in their people and contact Vasiliy themselves.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: One of Vasiliy's favorite phrases that he uses to get attention in crowded and noisy places is "[[spoiler:Putin has been overthrown!]]". Come the end of the first season, [[spoiler:he receives a phone call from the newly elected President of Russia, and seems surprised to learn their identity]].
* HowWeGotHere: The pilot follows this format. It starts with Vasiliy finding out he won the election, and follows him through the day, while showing how this came to be through flashbacks.
* ImagineSpot: Vasiliy sometimes imagines receiving advice from historical figures when he is in a dilemma.
* IntrepidReporter: One of the recurring characters is Yana Klimenko, a journalist who always jumps on an occasion to discredit Vasiliy.
* LoyalToThePosition: Vasiliy inherits two employees from his predecessor who, despite all odds, end up being trustworthy allies:
** The old and jaded secretary Bella Rudolfovna, who worked for the past four presidents.
** Tolik, who worked as a bodyguard for the former president. In fact, he is so dedicated to his job, that when Vasiliy fires him, he loses all sense of purpose in life. When Vasiliy hires him back, he simply resumes doing his job as if nothing happened.
* NextSundayAD: The tagline of the show is "The story of the next president". The setting is exactly like 2015 (when the first season was shot) , except for some major RealLife events that are not mentioned on the show, and the outgoing president ''not'' being Petro Poroshenko (nor is he an {{Expy}} of him). The presidents of other countries are exactly the same ones as when the series was shot. There is a small poster seen at the beginning of the first episode that says "Elections 201...", but the part with the last digit is torn off.
* OurPresidentsAreDifferent: Vasiliy is an idealistic, devoted and honest president, who lives with his parents, rides a bicycle to work (when he doesn't take a bus) and overall thinks and acts as a regular person.
* RagsToRoyalty: The aftermath of such a scenario is basically the whole premise of the show.
* ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules: Despite obviously being able to enrich himself (as seen in RealLife, unfortunately) , Vasiliy insists on living a modest lifestyle and does not accept bribes. This also applies to the members of his team.
* SecondEpisodeIntroduction: Vasiliy's sister Svetlana, who becomes a major character on the show, is introduced in the second (well, technically third, since the pilot was a two-parter) episode. Among the team of ministers he eventually assembles and who become major characters as well, his ex-wife Olga appears in the fourth episode, most of the team comes along in the eighth episode, and the final member of the team appears in the tenth episode.
* TrueCompanions: Vasiliy and his team of ministers, who are also his best friends from school.
* WorkCom: After Vasiliy goes though his inauguration and assembles his team, the series becomes this.
''Series/ServantOfThePeople'' is a 2015 Ukrainian sitcom about a simple history teacher who becomes the president of [[UsefulNotes/{{Ukraine}} Ukraine]].
The events transpire in a [[NextSundayAD near future]]. The next presidential elections are nearing. Vasiliy Goloborodko, a high school history teacher, loses his temper in front of a co-worker and goes into a violent and profanity-laced tirade, chewing out the Ukrainian government. Unbeknownst to him, one of his pupils films him and puts the video on Youtube. The video becomes a hit, and, while it lands Vasiliy in trouble at his school, his pupils and their parents agree with him to the point of suggesting he should present himself as a candidate for presidency and organizing him a crowdfunding campaign so that he could register. To his own surprise, he wins.
The idealistic Vasiliy finds himself in a cynical world he is absolutely unsuited for, but is ready and willing to tackle.
The series was produced by the studio "Kvartal-95", the sitcom premiered in November 2015. After airing daily, the first season ended in December, and got a very positive reception. Over the season, the series evolved from a single sitcom featuring just Vasiliy (and his family as [[ComicRelief comic reliefs]]) in a FishOutOfWater-type situation to a WorkCom with an EnsembleCast.
In addition to running on television, the series was also released on Youtube. You can view it [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWxnrOznpSgCIK6SyzDgirQ here]] (in Russian [[BilingualDialogue and]] Ukrainian) .
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!!The series provides examples of the following tropes
* AmicableExes: Vasiliy and Olga remain close friends after their divorce.
* AssInAmbassador: An inverted example. The ambassadors who deal with the new minister of Foreign Affairs, Sergei Mukhin, are competent, it's the minister himself who is not up to par. [[spoiler:He eventually gets the hang of it]].
* BigBad: [[spoiler:Yuriy Chuiko, the prime minister]].
** BiggerBad: The oligarchs.
* BilingualDialogue: Most of the dialogue in the series is in Russian, but some characters (in addition to most [[KentBrockmanNews TV reporters]]) speak Ukrainian. The languages are similar enough to make such dialogues flow without any problems.
* ClusterBleepBomb: Vasiliy's tirade in the first episode is basically this. There is also an uncensored version on Youtube, which was actually used to promote the series before it premiered.
* CorruptPolitician: ''Almost everybody'' in the government. Vasiliy takes it as his mission to weed them out, while the oligarchs do their worst to corrupt him and his team.
* EnsembleCast: Before the eighth episode, Vasiliy is the only protagonist of the show. Once he assembles his team, they too become major characters and get their own storylines and [[SatelliteCharacter satellite characters]].
* EveryManHasHisPrice: The oligarchs are convinced of this, and actively attempt to bribe Vasiliy and his people.
* EvilChancellor: While more selfish than outright evil, Yuriy Chuiko, the prime minister is definitely not on Vasiliy's side. [[spoiler:Played straight later on when he is revealed to be in bed with the three oligarchs.]]
* TheFaceless: The three oligarchs are this during the first season, up until the episode where they stop sending in their people and contact Vasiliy themselves.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: One of Vasiliy's favorite phrases that he uses to get attention in crowded and noisy places is "[[spoiler:Putin has been overthrown!]]". Come the end of the first season, [[spoiler:he receives a phone call from the newly elected President of Russia, and seems surprised to learn their identity]].
* HowWeGotHere: The pilot follows this format. It starts with Vasiliy finding out he won the election, and follows him through the day, while showing how this came to be through flashbacks.
* ImagineSpot: Vasiliy sometimes imagines receiving advice from historical figures when he is in a dilemma.
* IntrepidReporter: One of the recurring characters is Yana Klimenko, a journalist who always jumps on an occasion to discredit Vasiliy.
* LoyalToThePosition: Vasiliy inherits two employees from his predecessor who, despite all odds, end up being trustworthy allies:
** The old and jaded secretary Bella Rudolfovna, who worked for the past four presidents.
** Tolik, who worked as a bodyguard for the former president. In fact, he is so dedicated to his job, that when Vasiliy fires him, he loses all sense of purpose in life. When Vasiliy hires him back, he simply resumes doing his job as if nothing happened.
* NextSundayAD: The tagline of the show is "The story of the next president". The setting is exactly like 2015 (when the first season was shot) , except for some major RealLife events that are not mentioned on the show, and the outgoing president ''not'' being Petro Poroshenko (nor is he an {{Expy}} of him). The presidents of other countries are exactly the same ones as when the series was shot. There is a small poster seen at the beginning of the first episode that says "Elections 201...", but the part with the last digit is torn off.
* OurPresidentsAreDifferent: Vasiliy is an idealistic, devoted and honest president, who lives with his parents, rides a bicycle to work (when he doesn't take a bus) and overall thinks and acts as a regular person.
* RagsToRoyalty: The aftermath of such a scenario is basically the whole premise of the show.
* ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules: Despite obviously being able to enrich himself (as seen in RealLife, unfortunately) , Vasiliy insists on living a modest lifestyle and does not accept bribes. This also applies to the members of his team.
* SecondEpisodeIntroduction: Vasiliy's sister Svetlana, who becomes a major character on the show, is introduced in the second (well, technically third, since the pilot was a two-parter) episode. Among the team of ministers he eventually assembles and who become major characters as well, his ex-wife Olga appears in the fourth episode, most of the team comes along in the eighth episode, and the final member of the team appears in the tenth episode.
* TrueCompanions: Vasiliy and his team of ministers, who are also his best friends from school.
* WorkCom: After Vasiliy goes though his inauguration and assembles his team, the series becomes this.
