History VideoGame / RedAlert3Paradox

* WaltDisney: [[KillerRabbit Killer Mickey]] anyone?

* BerlinWall: In-lore, Berlin is parted in half like in real-life. The irony is, the Allies are building it.

* VillainWithGoodPublicity: The Syndicate educate people and create jobs world-wide and build massive megacities (their Sprawls) to house them. [[GenreSavvy They do that because it's easier to milk a population that loves than one which hates them]]. This also makes it harder for the Allies to take action against them.

* CyberPunk: Neon lights. Cybernetic power armour. Rogue AIs. Absolute lack of respect for human life. Their Hero is even an evil {{Expy}} to ''Franchise/GhostInTheShell'' Hero Motoko Kusanagi and Molly Millions from the ''SprawlTrilogy''.

* MiniMecha: Ikiryo Mini-Mechas, which are used to [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann hijack]] enemy vehicles and are piloted by champions of the [[TakeshisCastle boot camp's obstacle course]].

* TheSpaceRace: In this setting it's less about getting to the moon and more about ensuring orbital superiority, though so far space military has been so expensive that there has been an orbital Cold War even as the Allies and Soviets fight for real.
* TheVietnamWar: South Vietnam forces (ARVN) and Vietcong are in the game, supported by the Allies and Soviets, respectively.

* VodkaDrukenski: The whole lot of them are implied to be drunks. A sniper's final test is supposedly to shoot an empty vodka bottle from nearly a kilometer right after emptying aforementioned bottle.

* DirtyCommunists: While the Soviets in Paradox are more seriously threated than in the normal Red Alert 3 where they are always comically inept, at the same time they are also less violent. Doesn't stop them from attempting to invade Europe and the USA, managing at least to bring down the Statue of Liberty and weaponising... moai heads on the easter islands.

* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: The Board of Classics, [[spoiler:they are actually old kings and queens from ancient civilizations. Xerxes, Alexander the Great, Gilgamesh, Cleopatra... And Romulus really was the first king of Rome.]]

* GreenRocks: ''"Jade"'', which is effectivly tiberium and also one of the reasons their colour of choice is green.

* DarkMessiah: They are waiting for one.

* HatePlague

* MalevolentMaskedMen: Everyone wears masks when in battle; and probably everywhere else too.
* MonowheelMayhem
* UnstoppableRage: The Cult have gas grenades which do exactly this, forcing enemy units to fire at each other.

* Creator/DavidHasselhoff: The US American president.

A modification of ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquerRedAlert3'', '''''Red Alert 3: Paradox''''' was a MASSIVELY ambitious expansion mod (it is probably the most ambitious mod in all of ''C&C'' history) noted both for the scope of the planned final product and for the accompanying wiki project, which slowly fleshed out an extensive [[TheSixties 1960s]] UsefulNotes/ColdWar world. Like most projects described as "the most ambitious" very little actual progress was made and the mod was abandoned in 2014. Chock full of [[ShoutOut Shout-Outs]], [[HistoricalInJoke Historical In-Jokes]] and the unusual results of taking the wacky world of ''Red Alert 3'' completely seriously, the project aimed to flesh out the very-not-serious world presented in the game without losing any of its NarmCharm. There was a wiki found [[http://wiki.paradoxmod.com/index.php?title=Main_Page here]], though it has since become defunct. Instead, those who want to write or see Paradox lore should go [[http://paradox-modfanmadebackup.wikia.com/wiki/Paradox_Mod_Wiki the back-up wiki for them.]]

As of Feb. 05, 2014, the mod has officially ceased production, with some of the assets from the mod to be released under creative commons attribution license.

* BadassLongcoat: The Heavy Defenders have pinned-back, WW1 style trenchcoats.

* [[FrickinLaserBeams Frickin Spectrum Beams]]: Main armanement of the Mirage Tanks, Spectrum Towers and various other units. Also act as targeting systems.

* WorkerUnit: Nano Cores unfurl into structures at any given location but are very barely armoured.

* RichardNixonTheUsedCarSalesman: A lot of future US presidents are involved in the Confederate Revolution, Nikita Khrushchev is a lowly grain farmer, and so forth, though many figures in the lore have similar professions but just work for different organizations.
** Taken literal in that Richard Nixon actually IS a car salesman.

* TheWikiRule: Both an [[http://wiki.paradoxmod.com/index.php?title=Main_Page official one]] and an [[http://cncfanwiki.wikkii.com/wiki/Main_Page unnofficial one]].

** Japan never invaded the rest of Asia. This is because the Battle of Kumamoto Castle ended with a Shinobi [[BadAss running up the castle wall]] and opening its doors, changing the entire war scenario. The new government decided to not spend resources on invasions and went along with trading with America and Europe without being influenced much.

* ConservationOfNinjutsu: An actual mechanic for the overhauled Shinobi. Alone, they are incredibly {{Badass}} with shuriken deactivating vehicles, smoke bombs making them invisible, several weapons completely failing to hit them and chain-slashing infantry with their ninja-to and lightning speed. However, if two (or more) friendly Shinobi are in the same area, they heavily nerf each other to the point of being even worse than they were in vRA3.

** Somewhere in their rank-and-file is [[ArtemisFowl Irish "businessman" Apollo Fowl and his assistant, Butler]].

* TheKnightsHospitallers: Act as a part of the Talon.

* TheTeutonicKnights: Also folded into the Order.

''A Roman-age crossed with Cyber Punk obsessed group of Mega Corporations, the Mediterranean Syndicate embody everything the Allies fear and fight - forced roboticisation, drug and people trafficking, abuse of the weak and generally doing everything only for money. The Syndicate use high-range weapons for everything, from micro rocket firing machineguns to multi-target striking railguns to weather control, battlesuits, drugged gang members and all sorts of mercenary security forces. Their sprawls, regions of eternal night illuminated by neon lights and packed with camera systems, are hounted by packs of cybernetically improved Wolves and violence is a daily occurance. People there apparently enjoy their lot because the Syndicate educate them practically for free - in utter self-interest of course.''

* BrainInAJar: Man'O'War jellyfish are controled this way.

* DeadlyGas: Sear gas is this, combining the dehibilitating effects of tear gas with the lethal effects of your eyes and throat suffering chemical burns! [[SarcasmMode Fun stuff!]]

* MegaCorp: A massive alliance of corperations huge and small loosely ''"ruled"'' by a sort of super-board of directors.

* {{Roboteching}}: Like the Empire, the Syndicate have AI controlled missiles. Unlike the Empire, the AI is located '''inside the missile'''.

* ScienceMarchesOn: Dilberately envoked to imitate 1980s cyberpunk; Syndicate wireless technology ''"sucks"'', being limited to infared beams like a television remote, so pretty much everything needs to be plugged in and wires are everywhere.

* UnusualUserInterface: All Syndicate vehicles are piloted by single man crews, who replace their sensory imput and motor impulses entirely with that of the vehicle.

* VillainWithGoodPublicity: The Syndicate educate people and create jobs world-wide and build massive mega cities (their Sprawls) to house them. [[GenreSavvy They do that because its easier to milk a population that loves than one which hates them]]. This also makes it harder for the Allies to take action against them.

* StrawmanEmotional: Originally programmed to understand and play off of human emotion, the Protectorate as a whole boarder on bipolar, in contrast to the classic emotionless machines.

* ThePowerOfRock: Protectorate fractal weaponry contains singularities which offer beautiful light shows. The killing however is done by firing pure, undilluded [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDlif8Km4S4 Dubstep]].

''Long-term enemy of the Talons, the ominious Cult are waiting for their Messiah and do all sorts of things they believe will accelerate his coming - fighting other people for example.''

** Some scientists insisted that the term "L.O.S.E.R." ('''L'''ight '''O'''scillation by '''S'''timulated '''E'''mission of '''R'''adiation") is more accurate, but it never caught on due to [[FunWithAcronyms obvious reasons]].

** Some scientists insisted that the term "L.O.S.E.R." ("light oscillation by stimulated emission of radiation") is more accurate, but it never caught on due to [[FunWithAcronyms obvious reasons]].

* FunWithAcronyms: The [[http://wiki.paradoxmod.com/index.php?title=Auras Auras page]] on the Wiki.

* AlienSpaceBats: Soviets traveled back in time in an already alternative timeline without UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler and ThoseWackyNazis to kill AlbertEinstein to make a new timeline where they can finally win WorldWarThree. Team Paradox changed the outcome of THAT timeline's third world war again for its own story.

* AlternateHistory: Time travel plot and killings of UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler and AlbertEinstein aside, the time before 1927 went at times and places differently too.

A modification of ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquerRedAlert3'', '''''Red Alert 3: Paradox''''' was a MASSIVELY ambitious expansion mod (it is probably the most ambitious mod in all of ''C&C'' history) noted both for the scope of the planned final product and for the accompanying wiki project, which slowly fleshed out an extensive [[TheSixties 1960s]] UsefulNotes/ColdWar world. Chock full of [[ShoutOut Shout-Outs]], [[HistoricalInJoke Historical In-Jokes]] and the unusual results of taking the wacky world of ''Red Alert 3'' completely seriously, the project aimed to flesh out the very-not-serious world presented in the game without losing any of its NarmCharm. There was a wiki found [[http://wiki.paradoxmod.com/index.php?title=Main_Page here]], though it has since become defunct. Instead, those who want to write or see Paradox lore should go [[http://paradox-modfanmadebackup.wikia.com/wiki/Paradox_Mod_Wiki the back-up wiki for them.]]

* CoolShades: Tsukumogami Proto-Suits have [[TengenToppaGurrenLagann Kamina shades]].

* HotBlooded: An actual ability which increases combat effectiveness of [[GurrenLagann all mecha units]].

* MiniMecha: Ikiryo Mini-Mechas, which are used to [[GurrenLagann hijack]] enemy vehicles and are piloted by champions of the [[TakeshisCastle boot camp's obstacle course]].

* ThisIsADrill: ''[[GurrenLagann "Spiral Tech"]]'' is a mathmatical oddity that allows improbable levels of mechanical effienciency with certain patterns of rotating machinery such as drills or fans. They use it to dig tunnels, make drill-based projectiles, and create tornados/whirlpools.

** Peacekeeper shotguns are quite massive for a normal person. Due to their armor they can wield them just fine.

* EvilDetectingDog: Attack Dogs, German Shepherd dogs in armored sweaters can sniff enemy spies and stealth units.

** The Assault Striker is uncannily similar to the soviet Apocalypse tank, to the point where it's Heroic Upgrade is a renamed Magnetic Harpoon.

* PoweredArmor: Peacekeeper armor is a sealed suit with an unpowered exoskeleton.

* SquishyWizard: Experimental vehicles tend towards serious, game-changing effects, but they have paper thin armor.

* BearsAreBadNews: War Bears are armored and can be man-cannoned and parachuted.

* ExtraOreDinary: Their magnetic weapons can actually rip armor off enemy tanks and reinforce their own armor with it.

* KillSat: Magnetic satellites that can suck up armored units.

%%* {{Expy}}: Many to classic anime.

%%* FlashStep: Shinobi.
%%* FragileSpeedster
%%* HeadphonesEqualIsolation: Engineers.

* WorkerUnit: Nano Cores unfurl into structures at any given location but are very barely armored.

''An 800 years old order of Knights, the Order of the Talon secretly control great parts of the world from the shadows, fighting an ominious enemy known only as ''"The Cult"''. They possess impressive Steam Punk technology, including walkers and moving castles. Able to move from place to place with their castles and armored with the strongest metal known to humanity, they fight everyone they deem heretical despite their outdated tech. Most Talon personnel are unwitting of the greater scheme behind the Order's actions and those who know at least something prefer to command from the shadows to avoid being targeted. They are not afraid of assasinations or leading countries to war if it helps them - in fact, they are responsible for World War I. However, they are noble and pragmatic enough to not abuse others too much, because their goal is to fight the Cult, not the rest of the world.''

* DarkIsNotEvil: Their color of choice is black, but they're still good[ish] guys.

* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: The House Color for the Chinese isn't painted onto them, but instead glows off their radiators and shows up in the color of their beam weapons. Yes, this even allows pink or black ray guns.

* GreenRocks: ''"Jade"'', which is effectivly tiberium and also one of the reasons their color of choice is green.

* NiceHat: Jiang Shis.
* NuclearNasty: Jiang Shis. Chinese Tigers are similar, in that they are generally better than their non-augmented brethren.

* CyberPunk: Neon lights. Cybernetic power armor. Rogue AIs. Absolute lack of respect for human life. Their Hero is even an evil {{Expy}} to ''Franchise/GhostInTheShell'' Hero Motoko Kusanagi and Molly Millions from the ''SprawlTrilogy''.

''South Vietnamese national forces fighting the Communist regime of the North. They love flame weapons and idolize the Allied Nations. In minor faction deathmatch, their reinforcements are '''Peacekeeper Air Cavalry.'''''

** Order of the Talon: Elitists. Units are slow and rather expensive but possess extreme armor. They also improve themselves on every veterancy rank with new weapons or abilities.

** Mediterranean Syndicate: Economic Rangers. Long-ranged units that specialize in urban warfare and benefit from an immense economy,
** Electrical Protectorate: Spammers. Massive amounts of instantly-made units without armor or veterancy drown the enemy in fire.

* ColorCodedArmies: Gleefully played with; most everything is Type 1, but House Color is displayed uniquely for each faction; while the original game factions use plates or sections of their machines with their color, the Confederates actually spraypaint it on haphazardly, and it is similarly splattered on for the Vietcong. The Syndicate have color-coded holograms, the Chinese have their weapons, glowy doodads, and shield effects, and the Order weave their color into heraldry. The ARVN have camo patterns with their teamcolour, and the Cult of the Black Hand have stain-glass patterns.
* ColourCodedForYourConvenience: Tracers are shared between power blocks or suppliers, so Allied-aligned powers fire red, communist powers fire a sickly yellow-green, and anyone buying from the Syndicate, such as the Confederates, GLA and International Inc, fire gold. The Japanese stick to blue, the Order to greys, and the Protectorate to whites and purples. Of course, China [[DeathRay doesn't use bullets at all]], but their beams are their house color, by default a bright green.

** Mediterranean Syndicate: CyberPunk. Circuits, cyborgs, powered armor. Very commercial mindset and a large budget.

* ZeeRust: Every faction represents a different take on retro ''"The World of Tomorrow!"'' concepts. Order of the Talon is a fantastic spin-off of 17 to 19th century technology, the Soviets are in 1930s to 50s with DieselPunk, the Allies represent 1960s futurism, the Chinese embody 70s space opera and Atomic Age ideals, the Confederates veer into late 70s post-nuclear scavenger world as they try to rebuild a patriotic EagleLand using manpower and dilapidated conventional technologies, the Syndicate is 80s Cyberpunk, and the Empire a combination of 90s mecha anime and modern post-cyberpunk concepts. The Protectorate contains robotic units as envisioned in many ages, from [[TinCanRobot Tin Can Robots]] to drone swarms, Terminators, and a mechanized EldritchAbomination. The result is something of a MegaCrossover of retro-themed genres and universes colliding. To put things in perspective, the actual year the game takes place in is 1969.

** Savage: Atomic Kingdom of China. Out to pulverize the world for revenge and completely lacking in subtlety.

* GenderIsNoObject: Played realistically straight. Allied, Chinese, Soviet, Syndicate and even some minor faction infantry have sometimes randomised gender with only slightly changed armor and fitting voices. The Imperial Japanese do not do this, for obvious reasons.

* WeWillWearArmorInTheFuture: Everyone armors at least some of their infantry up. The Talon get a pass because they are knights, though.

* TheBackwardsR: The logo swaps several letters in the word "paradox" with Cyrillic letters that are visually similar.

* HeWhoFightsMonsters: After fighting two wars against Communism, the Allies are adopting increasingly Communistic policies. They appointed the next U.S. President, for one.

* ArmyOfLawyers: Helios Security, equipped with projectors that use "zero-point energy" hold you in place. Inspired by TheSupernaturalist.