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** Present, in typical [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome awesome fashion]] in the second Allied mission in ''Yuri's Revenge'', where you defend Hollywood, and [[CaptainErsatz find a few curiously familiar names,]] such as [[ClintEastwood Flint Westwood,]] [[ArnoldSchwarzenegger Arnnie Frankenfurter ,]] and [[SylvesterStallone Sammy Stallion]]. 'Flint' [[QuickDraw can insta-kill]] [[ImprobableAimingSkills infantry with his revolver,]] 'Arnnie' [[MoreDakka totes a minigun]] and is NighInvulnerable, and 'Sammy' [[MST3kMantra somehow managed]] to put a GrenadeLauncher attachment on [[CoolGun his M-60]] that can blow up any structure instantly. As such, Flint can annihilate waves of infantry, Arnnie just [[ShootingSuperman laughs when]] [[TankGoodness anything up to a tank shoots him,]] and Sammy [[PersonOfMassDestruction can demolish entire bases in a few seconds, if you can keep them away from [[TacticalRockPaperScissors their horrendous weakness to various things.]]
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** Present, in typical [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome awesome fashion]] in the second Allied mission in ''Yuri's Revenge'', where you defend Hollywood, and [[CaptainErsatz find a few curiously familiar names,]] such as [[ClintEastwood Flint Westwood,]] [[ArnoldSchwarzenegger Arnnie Frankenfurter ,]] and [[SylvesterStallone Sammy Stallion]]. 'Flint' [[QuickDraw can insta-kill]] [[ImprobableAimingSkills infantry with his revolver,]] 'Arnnie' [[MoreDakka totes a minigun]] and is NighInvulnerable, and 'Sammy' [[MST3kMantra somehow managed]] to put a GrenadeLauncher attachment on [[CoolGun his M-60]] that can blow up any structure instantly. As such, Flint can annihilate waves of infantry, Arnnie just [[ShootingSuperman laughs when]] [[TankGoodness anything up to a tank shoots him,]] and Sammy [[PersonOfMassDestruction can demolish entire bases in a few seconds, seconds]], if you can keep them away from [[TacticalRockPaperScissors their horrendous weakness to various things.]]
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** Present, in typical [[CrowningMomentOfAweome awesome fashion]] in the second Allied mission in ''Yuri's Revenge'', where you defend Hollywood, and [[CaptainErsatz find a few curiously familiar names,]] such as [[ClintEastwood Flint Westwood,]] [[ArnoldSchwarzenegger Arnnie Frankenfurter ,]] and [[SylvesterStallone Sammy Stallion]]. 'Flint' [[QuickDraw can insta-kill]] [[ImprobableAimingSkills infantry with his revolver,]] 'Arnnie' [[MoreDakka totes a minigun]] and is NighInvulnerable, and 'Sammy' [[MST3kMantra somehow managed]] to put a GrenadeLauncher attachment on [[CoolGun his M-60]] that can blow up any structure instantly. As such, Flint can annihilate waves of infantry, Arnnie just [[ShootingSuperman laughs when]] [[TankGoodness anything up to a tank shoots him,]] and Sammy [[PersonOfMassDestruction can demolish entire bases in a few seconds, if you can keep them away from [[TacticalRockPaperScissors their horrendous weakness to various things.]]
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** Present, in typical [[CrowningMomentOfAweome [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome awesome fashion]] in the second Allied mission in ''Yuri's Revenge'', where you defend Hollywood, and [[CaptainErsatz find a few curiously familiar names,]] such as [[ClintEastwood Flint Westwood,]] [[ArnoldSchwarzenegger Arnnie Frankenfurter ,]] and [[SylvesterStallone Sammy Stallion]]. 'Flint' [[QuickDraw can insta-kill]] [[ImprobableAimingSkills infantry with his revolver,]] 'Arnnie' [[MoreDakka totes a minigun]] and is NighInvulnerable, and 'Sammy' [[MST3kMantra somehow managed]] to put a GrenadeLauncher attachment on [[CoolGun his M-60]] that can blow up any structure instantly. As such, Flint can annihilate waves of infantry, Arnnie just [[ShootingSuperman laughs when]] [[TankGoodness anything up to a tank shoots him,]] and Sammy [[PersonOfMassDestruction can demolish entire bases in a few seconds, if you can keep them away from [[TacticalRockPaperScissors their horrendous weakness to various things.]]
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** Present, in typical [[CrowningMomentOfAweome awesome fashion]] in the second Allied mission in ''Yuri's Revenge'', where you defend Hollywood, and [[CaptainErsatz find a few curiously familiar names,]] such as [[ClintEastwood Flint Westwood,]] [[ArnoldSchwarzenegger Arnnie Frankenfurter ,]] and [[SylvesterStallone Sammy Stallion]]. 'Flint' [[QuickDraw can insta-kill]] [[ImprobableAimingSkills infantry with his revolver,]] 'Arnnie' [[MoreDakka totes a minigun]] and is NighInvulnerable, and 'Sammy' [[MST3kMantra somehow managed]] to put a GrenadeLauncher attachment on [[CoolGun his M-60]] that can blow up any structure instantly. As such, Flint can annihilate waves of infantry, Arnnie just [[ShootingSuperman laughs when]] [[TankGoodness anything up to a tank shoots him,]] and Sammy [[PersonOfMassDestruction can demolish entire bases in a few seconds, if you can keep them away from [[TacticalRockPaperScissors their horrendous weakness to various things.]]
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* MoodDissonance: The game's cheery atmosphere gets a bit more serious when Carville dies.
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The fourth main game in the ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquer'' series, ''Red Alert 2'' is set during the 70's, when the supposed puppet-Premier of the USSR leads a world communist alliance in a surprise invasion of the United States, with the help of the mindbending psychic Yuri. Though once more the Allies rally to win the war, Yuri has his own plans and steals a time machine in an attempt to conquer the past. He's thwarted, but the time travel shenanigans aren't finished.
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** An Allied mission of ''Yuri's Revenge'', which takes place in Sidney, Australia, has instead the [=McBurger Roo=] restaurant, complete with a giant kangaroo on the roof!
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** An Allied mission of ''Yuri's Revenge'', which takes place in Sidney, Australia, has instead the [=McBurger Roo=] [=McRoo Burger=] restaurant, complete with a giant kangaroo on the roof!
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* PlayingWithFire: Yuri's Initiates are psychics who attack by burning things with their powers.
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* BadAss: The Hollywood actors that ally with the Allied commander during the Hollywood mission in ''Yuri's Revenge'' are fairly badass in their own right.
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* BadAss: {{Badass}}: The Hollywood actors that ally with help the Allied commander during the Hollywood mission in ''Yuri's Revenge'' are fairly badass in their own right.
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** General Vladimir too. '''General Vladimir''': Behold the power. OF MOTHER RUSSIA!
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** General Vladimir too. '''General Vladimir''': too: Behold the power. OF MOTHER RUSSIA!
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* DevilInPlainSight: Yuri. Sure he's part of a villain faction, but he's ObviouslyEvil even compared to the other characters, and nobody but the brainless GeneralFailure suspects him of treachery.
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* DevilInPlainSight: Yuri. Sure he's part of a villain faction, but he's ObviouslyEvil even compared to the other characters, and nobody but the brainless GeneralFailure suspects him of treachery. See also, ObviousJudas below.
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** General Vladimir too. '''General Vladimir''': Behold the power. OF MOTHER RUSSIA!
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* ObviousJudas: [[spoiler: Yuri, for the Soviet Union]]. There's something suspicious about him from the very beginning, and he only gets more suspicious as the game goes on. By the time it gets the point that [[spoiler: Premier Romanov]] is murdered, it's already blatently obvious that he has an agenda. Then comes his [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=U2eRHyQnVSU#t=201s 'proof']] that [[spoiler: General Vladimir]] is responsible. Miraculously, the player character still seems to see nothing wrong.
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* HistoricalInJoke: Possible example in the briefing for one of the Soviet missions. The player is shown a picture of [[JosephStalin Stalin]], with Yuri edited in on his right. This picture [[http://www.harrymcfee.com/StalinGorki1922.jpg really exists]] and is famous for being doctored, the real life version showing Stalin sat next to [[VladimirLenin Lenin]], who bears a fairly strong resemblance to Yuri. This version of the picture, created at the behest of Stalin, is a forgery to try and give him more credibility as one of Lenin's closest collaborators.
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* HistoricalInJoke: Possible example in the briefing for one of the Soviet missions. The player is shown a picture [[http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20060622235058/cnc/images/b/be/Yuri_and_Stalin.jpg picture]] of [[JosephStalin Stalin]], with Yuri edited in on his right. This picture [[http://www.harrymcfee.com/StalinGorki1922.jpg really exists]] and is famous for being doctored, the real life version showing Stalin sat next to [[VladimirLenin Lenin]], who bears a fairly strong resemblance to Yuri. This version of the picture, created at the behest of Stalin, is a forgery to try and give him more credibility as one of Lenin's closest collaborators.
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* HistoricalInJoke: Possible example in the briefing for one of the Soviet missions. The player is shown a picture of [[JosephStalin Stalin]], with Yuri edited in on his right. This picture [[http://www.harrymcfee.com/StalinGorki1922.jpg really exists]] and is famous for being doctored, the real life version showing Stalin sat next to [[VladimirLenin Lenin]], who bears a fairly strong resemblance to Yuri. This version of the picture, created at the behest of Stalin, omits his ArchEnemy, LeonTrotsky, who should be sat between them.
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* HistoricalInJoke: Possible example in the briefing for one of the Soviet missions. The player is shown a picture of [[JosephStalin Stalin]], with Yuri edited in on his right. This picture [[http://www.harrymcfee.com/StalinGorki1922.jpg really exists]] and is famous for being doctored, the real life version showing Stalin sat next to [[VladimirLenin Lenin]], who bears a fairly strong resemblance to Yuri. This version of the picture, created at the behest of Stalin, omits his ArchEnemy, LeonTrotsky, who should be sat between them.is a forgery to try and give him more credibility as one of Lenin's closest collaborators.
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* HistoricalInJoke: Possible example in the briefing for one of the Soviet missions. The player is shown a picture of [[JosephStalin Stalin]], with Yuri edited in on his right. This picture really exists and is famous for being doctored, the real life version showing Stalin sat next to [[VladimirLenin Lenin]], who bears a fairly strong resemblance to Yuri. This version of the picture, created at the behest of Stalin, omits his ArchEnemy, LeonTrotsky, who should be sat between them.
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* HistoricalInJoke: Possible example in the briefing for one of the Soviet missions. The player is shown a picture of [[JosephStalin Stalin]], with Yuri edited in on his right. This picture [[http://www.harrymcfee.com/StalinGorki1922.jpg really exists exists]] and is famous for being doctored, the real life version showing Stalin sat next to [[VladimirLenin Lenin]], who bears a fairly strong resemblance to Yuri. This version of the picture, created at the behest of Stalin, omits his ArchEnemy, LeonTrotsky, who should be sat between them.
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** Averted by the Soviet Union, though. Romanov assures the player that [[LargeHam"After you feel pain from my nuclear bombs, you will WEESH for ANOTHAIR chance!"]]
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** Averted by the Soviet Union, though. Romanov assures the player in one mission that [[LargeHam"After [[LargeHam "After you feel pain from my nuclear bombs, you will WEESH for ANOTHAIR chance!"]]
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** Averted by the Soviet Union, though. Romanov seems proud of his [[LargeHam NOOKLEEAR BAWMS]].
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** One allied mission sees you trying to destroy a network of such devices Yuri's built in Los Angeles. There's no time limit on the mission, though, so you're free to watch brainwashed civilians walk into them for as long as you like while you build up your forces.
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* ViolentGlaswegian: The crew of the Allied [[TankGoodness Battle Fortress]] in ''Yuri's Revenge'' certainly qualifies.
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* HistoricalInJoke: Possible example in the briefing for one of the Soviet missions. The player is shown a picture of [[JosephStalin Stalin]], with Yuri edited in on his right. This picture really exists and is famous for being doctored, the real life version showing Stalin sat next to [[VladimirLenin Lenin]], who bears a fairly strong resemblance to Yuri. This version of the picture, created at the behest of Stalin, omits his ArchEnemy, LeonTrotsky, who should be sat between them.
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* VillainousBreakdown: Premier Romanov in Allies campaign, especially after the player destroyer the 3 nuclear silos in one of the missions.
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* DevilInPlainSight: Yuri in Red Alert 2. Sure he's part of a villain faction, but he's ObviouslyEvil even compared to the other characters, and nobody but the brainless GeneralFailure suspects him of treachery.
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* DevilInPlainSight: Yuri in Red Alert 2.Yuri. Sure he's part of a villain faction, but he's ObviouslyEvil even compared to the other characters, and nobody but the brainless GeneralFailure suspects him of treachery.
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* NoCampaignForTheWicked: Yuri in ''Yuri's Revenge'' does not have a campaign.
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** "Here, hold this!"
* MadeOfExplodium:
** Not only barrels, but pretty much ''every'' scenery prop explodes (albeit harmlessly), even if you only ordered a GI/Conscript/Initiate to shoot at it. A bunch of tires is passable, but ''beach towels''?
** Yuri's "Psychic Dominator" weapon permanently mind-controls a few enemy units. It also, for some bizarre reason, makes all nearby buildings explode.
* NoCampaignForTheWicked: Yuri in ''Yuri's Revenge'' does not have a
* NuclearWeaponsTaboo: Justified. The Allied supply is detonated at the start of the game.
* ThePlayerIsTheMostImportantResource: The video cutscenes after the final mission acknowledge that the success of the final battle was due to your leadership.
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* {{Unperson}}: Yuri brands general Vladimir a traitor and a "non-person" after setting him up for Romanov's murder. Having known Stalin personally, he probably picked up the habit from the man himself.
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* ViolentGlaswegian: The crew of the Allied [[TankGoodness Battle Fortress]] in ''Yuri's Revenge'' certainly qualifies.
** '''Battle Fortress''': ROLLING THUNDER!!
** '''Battle Fortress''': ROLLING THUNDER!!
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* GeneticEngineeringIsTheNewNuke: Literally; Yuri's "Genetic Mutator" superweapon instantly converts a bunch of soldiers into massive musclemen.
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* GeneticEngineeringIsTheNewNuke: Literally; Yuri's "Genetic Mutator" superweapon instantly converts a bunch of soldiers people into massive musclemen.musclemen.
* TheGoodTheBadAndTheEvil: The Allies, the Soviets and Yuri (and his faction).
* TheGoodTheBadAndTheEvil: The Allies, the Soviets and Yuri (and his faction).
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* VideoGameCrueltyPotential: Yuri's faction has the Grinder machine, which you can send your obedient soldiers (or hypnotized enemies) into to be [[{{Squick}} shredded into valuable scrap bits]].
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* GeneralFailure: General Vladimir, the incompetent glory hound who's your superior in the first half of the Soviet campaign. He gets you into trouble in the second mission by assaulting the vastly superior American fleet with only his personal command ship, and then leaving you to deal with them as he flees the battle. Then when you have completed the destruction of the U.S. East Coast fleet, he takes credit for your accomplishments by returning to Moscow before you can. His one saving grace is being savvy enough to see through Yuri, but it feels rewarding when you finally remove him from command.
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'''Please note that this page is for tropes specific to this game. Please add tropes relating to multiple games to the Red Alert series page.'''
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'''Please note that this page is for tropes specific to this game. Please add tropes relating to multiple games to the [[VideoGame/CommandAndConquerRedAlertSeries Red Alert series series]] page.'''
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''Red Alert 2'' is set during the 70's, when the supposed puppet-Premier of the USSR leads a world communist alliance in a surprise invasion of the United States, with the help of the mindbending psychic Yuri. Though once more the Allies rally to win the war, Yuri has his own plans and steals a time machine in an attempt to conquer the past. He's thwarted, but the time travel shenanigans aren't finished.
'''Please note that this page is for tropes specific to this game. Please add tropes relating to multiple games to the Red Alert series page.'''
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!! This game and its expansion contain examples of:
* AwesomePersonnelCarrier: The Battle Fortress and IFV are awesome in their own way. The IFV can change armaments depending on the troop type it is carrying; the Battle Fortress can crush other vehicles!
* BadAss: The Hollywood actors that ally with the Allied commander during the Hollywood mission in ''Yuri's Revenge'' are fairly badass in their own right.
* BadAssBystander: Generic civilians in other RA2 missions will sometimes open fire on enemy troops (yours or the opposition, depending). They don't do very much damage. This is slightly more prevalent in Yuri's Revenge, if any mind-controlled civilians happen to be standing around Yuri's structures when the player disables the psychic dominators on the map.
* BaldOfEvil: Yuri.
* BlandNameProduct: [=McBurger Kong=], a spoof of [=McDonald's=] and Burger King.
* CartoonishSupervillainy: Pretty much the entire premise of Yuri and his faction, which ups the somewhat ridiculous RA arsenal UpToEleven with the addition of genetically mutated Hulk look-a-likes, psychically powered infantry, UFOs, and so on. Then there's the expansion campaign, which features such gems as weaponized Moai statues, an Arctic/Moon base, and a gothic Transylvanian mansion headquarters. Regardless of which campaign, all of Yuri's plans end up failing spectacularly and then Yuri himself eventually being submitted to some humiliating fate.
* CastingGag: Barry Corbin, who plays General Carville in ''[=RA2=]'', is basically reprising his role as General Berringer from ''WarGames''. There's even an explicit ShoutOut during one of the Ant missions ("I'd piss on a spark plug if I thought it'd do any good!").
* DevilInPlainSight: Yuri in Red Alert 2. Sure he's part of a villain faction, but he's ObviouslyEvil even compared to the other characters, and nobody but the brainless GeneralFailure suspects him of treachery.
* EarlyBirdCameo: Many people don't realize that General Carville (and his actor) appeared in the second expansion of Red Alert 1, making him the only actor to appear in multiple titles and the only character other than Einstein to do so. This may have something to do with his only appearing in the Playstation release of the game under the ''Retaliation'' name.
* EasyLevelTrick: The second Allied level can be beaten by skipping your base building and using your starting forces to destroy the levels target.
* EverythingIsBigInTexas: In ''Red Alert 2'', one Soviet mission has you hunting down the U.S. president in San Antonio. [[{{Eagleland}} All of the male civilians wear cowboy hats and fire handguns at you]]. The U.S. base is actually around the Alamo, though they don't garrison it. But you can.
* EverythingsSquishierWithCephalopods: Soviet anti-ship squids.
* EvilLaugh: [[MadBomber Crazy Ivan]].
* GeneticEngineeringIsTheNewNuke: Literally; Yuri's "Genetic Mutator" superweapon instantly converts a bunch of soldiers into massive musclemen.
* HumanResources: Yuri's Bio-Reactors from the ''Red Alert 2'' expansion. They don't generate much power on their own, but "garrison" infantry in them and they become some of the best power plants in the game.
* NoCampaignForTheWicked: Yuri in ''Yuri's Revenge'' does not have a campaign.
* PoweredArmor: Cryo Legionaires.
* PowerGlows: Starting with ''Red Alert 2'', any unit that makes it to Heroic (max veterancy) status will find their weapon fire glowing red, either in the form of a large red muzzle flash, the projectiles themselves glow, or the explosions they create are bright red mushroom clouds bigger than the unit itself. Heroic-level Grizzly, Rhino, and Apocalypse tanks launched two miniature nuclear shells per barrel, and Heroic-level V3 Launchers and Dreadnoughts launched V3 rockets with small nuclear warheads. Kirovs also got tesla bombs, at least doubling the area of effect with a blue electrical glow.
* SymbologyResearchFailure: ''Red Alert 2'' has Russian Orthodox Church architecture on Communist structures.
* TheDevTeamThinksOfEverything:
** [=McBurger Kong=] restaurants from [=RA2=] feature a giant ape statue/sign on the roof. When the building is garrisoned the ape gains a commando-style headband, when the building is damaged into the red the ape covers its eyes as if cowering in fear.
** An Allied mission of ''Yuri's Revenge'', which takes place in Sidney, Australia, has instead the [=McBurger Roo=] restaurant, complete with a giant kangaroo on the roof!
* VideoGameCrueltyPotential: Yuri's faction has the Grinder machine, which you can send your obedient soldiers (or hypnotized enemies) into to be [[{{Squick}} shredded into valuable scrap bits]].
'''Please note that this page is for tropes specific to this game. Please add tropes relating to multiple games to the Red Alert series page.'''
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!! This game and its expansion contain examples of:
* AwesomePersonnelCarrier: The Battle Fortress and IFV are awesome in their own way. The IFV can change armaments depending on the troop type it is carrying; the Battle Fortress can crush other vehicles!
* BadAss: The Hollywood actors that ally with the Allied commander during the Hollywood mission in ''Yuri's Revenge'' are fairly badass in their own right.
* BadAssBystander: Generic civilians in other RA2 missions will sometimes open fire on enemy troops (yours or the opposition, depending). They don't do very much damage. This is slightly more prevalent in Yuri's Revenge, if any mind-controlled civilians happen to be standing around Yuri's structures when the player disables the psychic dominators on the map.
* BaldOfEvil: Yuri.
* BlandNameProduct: [=McBurger Kong=], a spoof of [=McDonald's=] and Burger King.
* CartoonishSupervillainy: Pretty much the entire premise of Yuri and his faction, which ups the somewhat ridiculous RA arsenal UpToEleven with the addition of genetically mutated Hulk look-a-likes, psychically powered infantry, UFOs, and so on. Then there's the expansion campaign, which features such gems as weaponized Moai statues, an Arctic/Moon base, and a gothic Transylvanian mansion headquarters. Regardless of which campaign, all of Yuri's plans end up failing spectacularly and then Yuri himself eventually being submitted to some humiliating fate.
* CastingGag: Barry Corbin, who plays General Carville in ''[=RA2=]'', is basically reprising his role as General Berringer from ''WarGames''. There's even an explicit ShoutOut during one of the Ant missions ("I'd piss on a spark plug if I thought it'd do any good!").
* DevilInPlainSight: Yuri in Red Alert 2. Sure he's part of a villain faction, but he's ObviouslyEvil even compared to the other characters, and nobody but the brainless GeneralFailure suspects him of treachery.
* EarlyBirdCameo: Many people don't realize that General Carville (and his actor) appeared in the second expansion of Red Alert 1, making him the only actor to appear in multiple titles and the only character other than Einstein to do so. This may have something to do with his only appearing in the Playstation release of the game under the ''Retaliation'' name.
* EasyLevelTrick: The second Allied level can be beaten by skipping your base building and using your starting forces to destroy the levels target.
* EverythingIsBigInTexas: In ''Red Alert 2'', one Soviet mission has you hunting down the U.S. president in San Antonio. [[{{Eagleland}} All of the male civilians wear cowboy hats and fire handguns at you]]. The U.S. base is actually around the Alamo, though they don't garrison it. But you can.
* EverythingsSquishierWithCephalopods: Soviet anti-ship squids.
* EvilLaugh: [[MadBomber Crazy Ivan]].
* GeneticEngineeringIsTheNewNuke: Literally; Yuri's "Genetic Mutator" superweapon instantly converts a bunch of soldiers into massive musclemen.
* HumanResources: Yuri's Bio-Reactors from the ''Red Alert 2'' expansion. They don't generate much power on their own, but "garrison" infantry in them and they become some of the best power plants in the game.
* NoCampaignForTheWicked: Yuri in ''Yuri's Revenge'' does not have a campaign.
* PoweredArmor: Cryo Legionaires.
* PowerGlows: Starting with ''Red Alert 2'', any unit that makes it to Heroic (max veterancy) status will find their weapon fire glowing red, either in the form of a large red muzzle flash, the projectiles themselves glow, or the explosions they create are bright red mushroom clouds bigger than the unit itself. Heroic-level Grizzly, Rhino, and Apocalypse tanks launched two miniature nuclear shells per barrel, and Heroic-level V3 Launchers and Dreadnoughts launched V3 rockets with small nuclear warheads. Kirovs also got tesla bombs, at least doubling the area of effect with a blue electrical glow.
* SymbologyResearchFailure: ''Red Alert 2'' has Russian Orthodox Church architecture on Communist structures.
* TheDevTeamThinksOfEverything:
** [=McBurger Kong=] restaurants from [=RA2=] feature a giant ape statue/sign on the roof. When the building is garrisoned the ape gains a commando-style headband, when the building is damaged into the red the ape covers its eyes as if cowering in fear.
** An Allied mission of ''Yuri's Revenge'', which takes place in Sidney, Australia, has instead the [=McBurger Roo=] restaurant, complete with a giant kangaroo on the roof!
* VideoGameCrueltyPotential: Yuri's faction has the Grinder machine, which you can send your obedient soldiers (or hypnotized enemies) into to be [[{{Squick}} shredded into valuable scrap bits]].
