And it probably helps that all the stereotypes are played for laughs, as well as that the Soviets get some really awesome units like the aforementioned airships, battle-bears, trained battle squids, and huge Apocalypse Tanks. except with battle-bears and Premier Tim Curry of RA3. When it comes to hilarious portrayals of the USSR, you can't beat a mind-controlling Lenin lookalike and Kirov airships of RA2. Mexicans Love Speedy Gonzales: Red Alert is rather popular with Russians thanks to its ludicrous stereotyping, Ham and Cheese acting, and general Crazy Awesomeness.Magnificent Bastard: Kane appears, see the main page for details.
The first one had very subdued performances to fit with the serious tone of the game itself.
Ham and Cheese: Goes a long way towards describing the acting in the series. They outrange anti-air units, and do insane damage. 
The Sky-Fortress modes is the main use for them. And don't get me started on Sky-Fortress mode! Just one of them can take away a quarter of a Harbinger's health in Sea-Fortress mode. Don't forget the Empire's Giga-Fortress. If you can build up a few then they make the attack move option a 'I win' button. Uprising introduces us to the Harbinger gunship, a nigh on invincible self healing flying fortress. Not to mention Yuri Prime, who can mind-control buildings (and with the Cloning Vat, you can get two Yuri Primes!) Park one over a Power Plant, another over their Refinery, and one near any building that can produce anti-air infantry/vehicles. Don't forget that you can shut down an enemy's entire base with just four Flying Discs. Namely, Flying Discs with lasers and tractor beams, tanks and static defences that can mind control enemy units, and missile submarines. Yuri Prime, Apocalypse Tanks ( Red Alert 2 only), Kirov Airships, Shogun Battleships, Mirage Tanks, Athena Cannons, Etc. It also benefited from the rise of neighborhood gaming. But then both sides have a shared inter-fandom rivalry with fans of Command & Conquer: Generals which came out a few years later, since said game departs from the established "Westwood style" of RTS, playing more like Warcraft. Red Alert 2 also arguably got more mainstream than Tiberium Dawn and Red Alert 1 ever did thanks to coming at the right time with the rise of neighborhood computer gaming shops. While the later Red Alert games are appreciated for their gameplay and camp value, the abandonment of the overarching Tiberium plotline that tied the first Red Alert to the first ever game, Tiberium Dawn, have raised some hackles. Fandom Rivalry: An inter-fandom one with fans of the Tiberium timeline and fans of the "Red Alert 2 and onward" timeline. note Westwood intended to explain this in the original Command & Conquer 3 (in that the Red Alert 2 timeline was created by Yuri travelling to the past), but this was scrapped in favor of Tiberium Wars Which doesn't make much sense, considering Kane's appearance in the final Soviet cutscene. The Soviet ending appears to lead into a completely different non-canon era. According to Westwood, the Allied ending leads to both Tiberian Dawn and Red Alert 2. Fans still debate on a number of issues, notably which ending of the first Red Alert leads to Tiberian Dawn. Red Alert 3 continued the tradition, giving both the Soviets and The Empire a memorable, fun cast of characters. Even the Soviet invasion of the United States is played humorously at times with the use of mind-controlling being a major element. Romanov isn't even threatened by you skillful commanding, and values your contributions. 
It also helps that there are memorable characters in the Soviet Campaign like very pleasant Alexander Romanov, the treacherous Yuri, and your supportive mission control officer Zofia. This is despite the Soviets using technology such as Desolators armed with Radiation Cannons, or suicide attackers who give their lives to detonate nuclear bombs.
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Crosses the Line Twice: Despite the game's - at times - humorous take on an alternate World War II where the Allied Forces fight against the Soviet Union, the sense of humor is not one-sided, with the Soviets having a lot of personality in their army after the Yuri's Revenge update to Red Alert 2.
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