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* PlayingAgainstTheType: Creator/PeterStomare is known for his stoic and tough roles and yet in this game, he plays the NonActionGuy Dr. Gregor Zelinsky.
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* StuntCasting: Gina Carano's role as Natasha amounts to a single non-speaking cameo in the Allied campaign and the Natasha unit in gameplay is clearly voiced by someone else.

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* StuntCasting: Gina Carano's role as Natasha amounts to a single non-speaking cameo in the Allied campaign and the Natasha unit in gameplay is clearly voiced by someone else.else.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Greg Black revealed in his [[https://twitter.com/TheGregBlack/status/1086136531390148608/photo/1 Twitter]] that the third faction was not supposed to be Japan, but ''Switzerland''.
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** Players unfamiliar with the game may get a bit of nostalgia when they first hear of the name "General Krukov", which is one letter away from the famous traitor "Kukov" from [=RA1=]. [[spoiler: Turns it out may have been intentional, as guess who betrays you about halfway through the Soviet Campaign?]]

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** Players unfamiliar with the game may get a bit of nostalgia when they first hear of the name "General Krukov", which is one letter away from the famous traitor "Kukov" from [=RA1=]. [[spoiler: Turns it out may have been intentional, as guess who betrays you about halfway through the Soviet Campaign?]]Campaign? {{Subverted}} when it turns out he was framed by the real Soviet villain, Chernenko.]]
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** The Soviet Union is led by an Englishman and their top scientist is a Swede. Krukov's actor is an American of Russian descent. Dasha is probably Russian (her last name suggests she ''could'' be Ukrainian). Actress Ivana Milicevic (pronounced "Mil-ee-savich") is a Serbian immigrant who grew up in the United States.

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** The Soviet Union is led by an Englishman and their top scientist is a Swede. Krukov's actor is an American of Russian descent. Dasha is probably Russian (her last name suggests she ''could'' be Ukrainian). Actress Ivana Milicevic Creator/IvanaMilicevic (pronounced "Mil-ee-savich") is a Serbian immigrant who grew up in the United States.



* StuntCasting: Gina Carano's role as Natasha amounts to a single non speaking cameo in the Allied campaign and the Natasha unit in gameplay is clearly voiced by someone else.

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* StuntCasting: Gina Carano's role as Natasha amounts to a single non speaking non-speaking cameo in the Allied campaign and the Natasha unit in gameplay is clearly voiced by someone else.
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* AllStarCast: One of the most talented in video game history, including Creator/JonathanPryce, Creator/TimCurry, Creator/JKSimmons, Creator/GeorgeTakei, Creator/GinaCarano, and ''Wrestling/RicFlair'', and that's only the beginning of it.

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* AllStarCast: One Probably has one of the most talented loaded cast of talent in video game history, including Creator/JonathanPryce, Creator/TimCurry, Creator/JKSimmons, Creator/GeorgeTakei, Creator/GinaCarano, and Creator/GinaCarano. Then ''Uprising'' raises the bar with ''Wrestling/RicFlair'', and that's only the beginning of it.in all his [[LargeHam hammy glory.]]



** Everyone in the Empire of the Rising Sun appears to be Chinese, save for the Emperor himself. Kelly Hu is also of Hawaiian descent, which makes her of ''Japanese'' descent in this timeline. Then there's Takara, played by Creator/JamieChung, who is ethnically Korean.
* {{McLeaned}}: Actor Nicholas Worth, who played Premier Romanov, died a year before Red Alert 3 was released. The game explains his absence by saying he has fled.

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** Everyone in the Empire of the Rising Sun appears to be Chinese, save for the Emperor himself. Kelly Hu is also of Hawaiian descent, which by technicality makes her of ''Japanese'' descent in this timeline. Then there's Takara, played by Creator/JamieChung, who is ethnically Korean.
* {{McLeaned}}: Actor Nicholas Worth, who played Premier Romanov, Alexander Romanov in ''Red Alert 2'', died a year before Red Alert 3 ''3'' was released. The game explains his absence by saying he has fled.



** Nikolai (Krukov and Moskvin)

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** Nikolai (Krukov (General Krukov and Co-Commander Moskvin)
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** Players unfamiliar with the game may get a bit of nostalgia when they first hear of the name "General Krukov", which is one letter away from the famous traitor "Kukov" from [=RA1=]. [[spoiler: Turns it out may have been intentional, as guess who betrays you about halfway through the Soviet Campaign?]]

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** Players unfamiliar with the game may get a bit of nostalgia when they first hear of the name "General Krukov", which is one letter away from the famous traitor "Kukov" from [=RA1=]. [[spoiler: Turns it out may have been intentional, as guess who betrays you about halfway through the Soviet Campaign?]]Campaign?]]
* StuntCasting: Gina Carano's role as Natasha amounts to a single non speaking cameo in the Allied campaign and the Natasha unit in gameplay is clearly voiced by someone else.
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* AllStarCast: One of the most talented in video game history, including Creator/JonathanPryce, Creator/TimCurry, Creator/JKSimmons, Creator/GeorgeTakei, Creator/GinaCarano, and ''Wrestling/RicFlair'', and that's only the beginning of it.

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* NamesTheSame: Nikolai (Krukov and Moskvin)

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* NamesTheSame: NamesTheSame:
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Nikolai (Krukov and Moskvin)

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** The Soviet Union is led by an Englishman and their top scientist is a Swede. Krukov's actor is an American of Russian descent.
*** Dasha is probably Russian (her last name suggests she ''could'' be Ukrainian). Actress Ivana Milicevic (pronounced "Mil-ee-savich") is a Serbian immigrant who grew up in the United States.

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** The Soviet Union is led by an Englishman and their top scientist is a Swede. Krukov's actor is an American of Russian descent. \n*** Dasha is probably Russian (her last name suggests she ''could'' be Ukrainian). Actress Ivana Milicevic (pronounced "Mil-ee-savich") is a Serbian immigrant who grew up in the United States.
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*** Dasha is probably Russian (her last name suggests she ''could'' be Ukrainian). Actress Ivana Milicevic (pronounced "Mil-ee-savich") is a Serbian immigrant who grew up in the United States.
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** The Soviet Union is led by an Englishman and their top scientist is a Swede. Krukov's actor is of Russian descent.
** Everyone in the Empire of the Rising Sun appears to be Chinese, save for the Emperor himself. Kelly Hu is also of Hawaiian descent, which makes her of ''Japanese'' descent in this timeline.

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** The Soviet Union is led by an Englishman and their top scientist is a Swede. Krukov's actor is an American of Russian descent.
** Everyone in the Empire of the Rising Sun appears to be Chinese, save for the Emperor himself. Kelly Hu is also of Hawaiian descent, which makes her of ''Japanese'' descent in this timeline. Then there's Takara, played by Creator/JamieChung, who is ethnically Korean.

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* {{McLeaned}}: Actor Nicholas Worth, who played Premier Romanov, died a year before Red Alert 3 was released. The game explains his absence by saying he has fled.



** Players unfamiliar with the game may get a bit of nostalgia when they first hear of the name "General Krukov", which is one letter away from the famous traitor "Kukov" from [=RA1=]. [[spoiler: Turns it out may have been intentional, as guess who betrays you about halfway through the Soviet Campaign?]]
* RealitySubtext: Actor Nicholas Worth, who played Premier Romanov, died a year before Red Alert 3 was released. The game explains his absence by saying he has fled.

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** Players unfamiliar with the game may get a bit of nostalgia when they first hear of the name "General Krukov", which is one letter away from the famous traitor "Kukov" from [=RA1=]. [[spoiler: Turns it out may have been intentional, as guess who betrays you about halfway through the Soviet Campaign?]]
* RealitySubtext: Actor Nicholas Worth, who played Premier Romanov, died a year before Red Alert 3 was released. The game explains his absence by saying he has fled.
Campaign?]]
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* HeyItsThatGuy:
** Creator/TimCurry is Premier Cherdenko.
** General Krukov is [[Series/{{Lost}} Mikhail Bakunin]].
** Creator/PeterStormare is Dr. Zelinsky.
** Crush from ''AmericanGladiators'' is Natasha.
** Creator/JKSimmons is President Ackerman.
** Creator/GeorgeTakei is the Emperor of the Rising Sun.
** Creator/RicFlair is Commander Douglas Hill in Uprising.
** Shinzo is [[Series/MortalKombatConquest Shang Tsung]].
** Creator/MalcolmMcDowell is EU President Rupert Thornley.
** Creator/DavidHasselhoff is the Vice President.
** Creator/KellyHu is Suki Toyama.
** Creator/RandyCouture is Warren.
** Shogun Takara is [[Series/OnceUponATime Mulan.]]
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** Players unfamiliar with the game may get a bit of nostalgia when they first hear of the name "General Krukov", which is one letter away from the famous traitor "Kukov" from [=RA1=]. [[spoiler: Turns it out may have been intentional, as guess who betrays you about halfway through the Soviet Campaign?]]

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** Players unfamiliar with the game may get a bit of nostalgia when they first hear of the name "General Krukov", which is one letter away from the famous traitor "Kukov" from [=RA1=]. [[spoiler: Turns it out may have been intentional, as guess who betrays you about halfway through the Soviet Campaign?]]Campaign?]]
* RealitySubtext: Actor Nicholas Worth, who played Premier Romanov, died a year before Red Alert 3 was released. The game explains his absence by saying he has fled.
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** RicFlair is Commander Douglas Hill in Uprising.

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** RicFlair Creator/RicFlair is Commander Douglas Hill in Uprising.



** RandyCouture is Warren.

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** RandyCouture Creator/RandyCouture is Warren.
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** TimCurry is Premier Cherdenko.

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** TimCurry Creator/TimCurry is Premier Cherdenko.



** PeterStormare is Dr. Zelinsky.

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** PeterStormare Creator/PeterStormare is Dr. Zelinsky.



** JKSimmons is President Ackerman.
** GeorgeTakei is the Emperor of the Rising Sun.

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** JKSimmons Creator/JKSimmons is President Ackerman.
** GeorgeTakei Creator/GeorgeTakei is the Emperor of the Rising Sun.



** KellyHu is Suki Toyama.

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** KellyHu Creator/KellyHu is Suki Toyama.
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* ExecutiveMeddling: ''Red Alert 3'''s DRM ,which was one of the reasons why the game was (along with forgetting in some copies to add the 20th cd-key digit) a failure in terms of profit, apparently it was this economic failure along with the resources lost in ''Tiberium'' what convinced EA executives to make ''Tiberian Twilight''.
* FakeNationality:
** The Soviet Union is led by an Englishman and their top scientist is a Swede. Krukov's actor is of Russian descent.
** Everyone in the Empire of the Rising Sun appears to be Chinese, save for the Emperor himself. Kelly Hu is also of Hawaiian descent, which makes her of ''Japanese'' descent in this timeline.



** Shogun Takara is [[Series/OnceUponATime Mulan.]]

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** Shogun Takara is [[Series/OnceUponATime Mulan.]]]]
* NamesTheSame: Nikolai (Krukov and Moskvin)
** Players unfamiliar with the game may get a bit of nostalgia when they first hear of the name "General Krukov", which is one letter away from the famous traitor "Kukov" from [=RA1=]. [[spoiler: Turns it out may have been intentional, as guess who betrays you about halfway through the Soviet Campaign?]]
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** RandyCouture is Warren.

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** RandyCouture is Warren.Warren.
** Shogun Takara is [[Series/OnceUponATime Mulan.]]
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** MalcolmMcDowell is EU President Rupert Thornley.

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** MalcolmMcDowell Creator/MalcolmMcDowell is EU President Rupert Thornley.
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** [[{{Lost}} Mikhail Bakunin]] is General Krukov.

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** [[{{Lost}} General Krukov is [[Series/{{Lost}} Mikhail Bakunin]] is General Krukov.Bakunin]].



** [[AmericanGladiators Crush]] is Natasha.

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** [[AmericanGladiators Crush]] Crush from ''AmericanGladiators'' is Natasha.



** [[Series/MortalKombatConquest Shang Tsung]] is Shinzo.

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** Shinzo is [[Series/MortalKombatConquest Shang Tsung]] is Shinzo.Tsung]].
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* HeyItsThatGuy!:

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* HeyItsThatGuy!:HeyItsThatGuy:
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** MalcolmMcDowell as EU President Rupert Thornley.

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** MalcolmMcDowell as is EU President Rupert Thornley.
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** MalcomMcDowell as EU President Rupert Thornley.

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** MalcomMcDowell MalcolmMcDowell as EU President Rupert Thornley.

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* HeyItsThatGuy!: Hey, it's:
** [[TimCurry Tim]] "[[RockyHorrorPictureShow Dr. Frank N. Furter]]" [[TimCurry Curry]] as Premier Cherdenko!
** [[{{Lost}} Mikhail Bakunin]] as General Krukov!
** [[PeterStormare Peter]] "[[{{Fargo}} Gaear Grimsrud]]" "[[TheBigLebowski Karl Hungus]]" [[PeterStormare Stormare]] as Dr. Zelinsky!
** [[AmericanGladiators Crush]] as Natasha!
** JK "[[TheCloser Da]] [[BurnAfterReading Chief]]" "[[Series/LawAndOrder Emil Skoda]]" "[[ThankYouForSmoking Cigarette Lobbyist]]" "[[SpiderMan J. Jonah Jameson]]" "[[VideoGame/{{Portal 2}} Cave Johnson]]" Simmons as President Ackerman!
** Jonathan Pryce as Field Marshal Bingham!
** Jenny "Anti-Vaccination Scarecrow" [=McCarthy=] as Tanya!
** '''''[[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Hikaru FUCKING Sulu]]''''' as the Emperor of the Rising Sun!
** RicFlair as Commander Douglas Hill in Uprising
** Bruce Asato Locke aka [[Series/MortalKombatConquest Shang Tsung]] as Shinzo
** Malcom [=McDowell=] as EU President Rupert Thornley!
*** [[{{Wet}} Wait a minute]]...
** Creator/DavidHasselhoff aka [[KnightRider Michael Knight]] as the Vice President
** KellyHu as Suki Toyama
** Vanessa Branch AKA the Orbit "Fabulous!" chick as Zhana!
** [[RandyCouture Randy]] "[[RedBaron The Natural]]" [[RandyCouture Couture]] as Warren!

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* HeyItsThatGuy!: Hey, it's:
HeyItsThatGuy!:
** [[TimCurry Tim]] "[[RockyHorrorPictureShow Dr. Frank N. Furter]]" [[TimCurry Curry]] as TimCurry is Premier Cherdenko!
Cherdenko.
** [[{{Lost}} Mikhail Bakunin]] as is General Krukov!
Krukov.
** [[PeterStormare Peter]] "[[{{Fargo}} Gaear Grimsrud]]" "[[TheBigLebowski Karl Hungus]]" [[PeterStormare Stormare]] as PeterStormare is Dr. Zelinsky!
Zelinsky.
** [[AmericanGladiators Crush]] as Natasha!
is Natasha.
** JK "[[TheCloser Da]] [[BurnAfterReading Chief]]" "[[Series/LawAndOrder Emil Skoda]]" "[[ThankYouForSmoking Cigarette Lobbyist]]" "[[SpiderMan J. Jonah Jameson]]" "[[VideoGame/{{Portal 2}} Cave Johnson]]" Simmons as JKSimmons is President Ackerman!
Ackerman.
** Jonathan Pryce as Field Marshal Bingham!
** Jenny "Anti-Vaccination Scarecrow" [=McCarthy=] as Tanya!
** '''''[[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Hikaru FUCKING Sulu]]''''' as
GeorgeTakei is the Emperor of the Rising Sun!
Sun.
** RicFlair as is Commander Douglas Hill in Uprising
Uprising.
** Bruce Asato Locke aka [[Series/MortalKombatConquest Shang Tsung]] as Shinzo
is Shinzo.
** Malcom [=McDowell=] MalcomMcDowell as EU President Rupert Thornley!
*** [[{{Wet}} Wait a minute]]...
Thornley.
** Creator/DavidHasselhoff aka [[KnightRider Michael Knight]] as is the Vice President
President.
** KellyHu as is Suki Toyama
Toyama.
** Vanessa Branch AKA the Orbit "Fabulous!" chick as Zhana!
** [[RandyCouture Randy]] "[[RedBaron The Natural]]" [[RandyCouture Couture]] as Warren!
RandyCouture is Warren.
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** DavidHasselhoff aka [[KnightRider Michael Knight]] as the Vice President

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** DavidHasselhoff Creator/DavidHasselhoff aka [[KnightRider Michael Knight]] as the Vice President
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** '''''[[StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Hikaru FUCKING Sulu]]''''' as the Emperor of the Rising Sun!

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** '''''[[StarTrekTheOriginalSeries '''''[[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Hikaru FUCKING Sulu]]''''' as the Emperor of the Rising Sun!
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** Randy "The Natural" Couture as Warren!

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** Randy "The Natural" Couture [[RandyCouture Randy]] "[[RedBaron The Natural]]" [[RandyCouture Couture]] as Warren!
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** JK "[[TheCloser Da]] [[BurnAfterReading Chief]]" "[[Series/LawAndOrder Emil Skoda]]" "[[ThankYouForSmoking Cigarette Lobbyist]]" "[[SpiderMan J. Jonah Jameson]]" "[[{{Portal 2}} Cave Johnson]]" Simmons as President Ackerman!

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** JK "[[TheCloser Da]] [[BurnAfterReading Chief]]" "[[Series/LawAndOrder Emil Skoda]]" "[[ThankYouForSmoking Cigarette Lobbyist]]" "[[SpiderMan J. Jonah Jameson]]" "[[{{Portal "[[VideoGame/{{Portal 2}} Cave Johnson]]" Simmons as President Ackerman!
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** [[{{Fargo}} Gaear Grimsrud]] (or if you prefer, [[TheBigLebowski Karl Hungus]]) as Dr. Zelinsky!

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** [[{{Fargo}} [[PeterStormare Peter]] "[[{{Fargo}} Gaear Grimsrud]] (or if you prefer, [[TheBigLebowski Grimsrud]]" "[[TheBigLebowski Karl Hungus]]) Hungus]]" [[PeterStormare Stormare]] as Dr. Zelinsky!

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