History Literature / AliceGirlFromTheFuture

* AloofLeaderAffableSubordinate: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]]. Dobrets (whose name literally means "a kind guy") is the more personable minion of evasive and paranoid General Besf. [[spoiler:As it turns out, they are the same person]].

** Subverted in ''The Captives of An Asteroid''; while alien robots initially looks like that, they actually are perfectly sane machines, resorted to the desperate measures just to maintain their degrading asteroid generation ship and descendants of its crew. The reason, ironically, is that robots done their work so good, that their alien creators, due to over-reliance on said robots, slowly degraded to near-brainless state after centuries of idleness.

** GentleGiant Gromozeka may not be so gentle if his friends are in danger…

** Special point for ''The Kindness Ray'', when villain used the abovementioned ray to grow a monster predator plant to kill the prisoners. He apparently never realised, that under the influence of said ray, his monster simply could not harm anyone.

* ExtremophileLifeforms: An airless chasm on an asteroid converted into a GenerationShip is inhabited by "ice dragons" -- octopus like creature possibly inspired by the Lucky Starr example. There are also sapient species fitting it -- for example, a hotel on one planet was described as too hot to touch despite a thousand layers of insulation.

* ShapeShifter: Rat. There are at least four possible explanations for his powers offered at different points, sometimes within the same book (see SeriesContinuityError above): either he is a LatexPerfection user, or he uses hypnotism, or he really has a genetic ability to shape-shift, or he uses shape-shifting pills stolen long ago from a planet where they are produced.

* WeWillHavePerfectHealthInTheFuture: In the time where the books are set, humans have cured every known disease, and even common cold will be cured soon. They also enjoy better health and fitness in general, "better fitness" as in somewhat super-strength, -speed, and -agility.

** Played straight in ''The Rusty General's Island''; the squad of old 20th-century military robots, accidentally activated by researchers, mindlessly follow the preset war-fighting program - despite being at least partially sentient. Ironically, it is revealed, that the war, which those robots were programmed to fight, never actually started, and they were just forgotten in old storage facility.

* ''The War With Lillipus'' (1992)

* AppetiteEqualsHealth: In ''One Hundred Years Ahead'', Fima Korolyov's grandmother is always afraid he is sick because he doesn't particularly want to eat. That's because by the time he arrives for his regular meals, he's usually had a lot of snacks with his friends.

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[[caption-width-right:288:Алиса Селезнёва.]]
It is the end of the 21st century and the [[UsefulNotes/SovietRussiaUkraineAndSoOn Soviet Union]] has gone on to encompass the globe. There is no disease (except the flu) no shortage of anything, and no private property. SovietSuperscience has gone on unopposed to give us [[FasterThanLightTravel faster than light spaceships]], {{timetravel}}, and all manner of other wonders. However this new society faces many external problems, having to deal with "less developed" planets, SpacePirates, and aliens.
Written by Creator/KirBulychev, and highly popular in Russia and the countries of the former Soviet Union. The books feature adventures of a young girl, Alice (Alisa) Seleznyova, and her friends. [[Characters/AliceGirlFromTheFuture See the list here.]] [[Film/AliceGirlFromTheFuture There have been several adaptations.]]

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Written by Creator/KirBulychev, and highly popular in Russia and the countries of the former Soviet Union. The books feature adventures of a young girl, Alice (Alisa) Seleznyova, and her friends. [[Characters/AliceGirlFromTheFuture See the list here.]] [[Film/AliceGirlFromTheFuture There have been several adaptations.]] See also [[YMMV/AliceGirlFromTheFuture the YMMV page]].

* KillerRobot: many times.
* LaserGuidedAmnesia: ''Literature/TheCityWithoutMemory'' is built around that.

* LostColony: ''The End of Atlantis''.

* [[AliensSpeakingEnglish Aliens Speaking Russian]]: Subverted. Many aliens (Rrrr, Gromozeka, Rat etc.) are fluent in it, however, TranslationConvention is commonly applied: the usual lingua franca in space is the Cosmolingua, and there are stories set on other planets where mostly the planets' native languages are used (such as ''Alice’s Birthday'', ''Literature/TheCityWithoutMemory'' etc.).

* LoopholeAbuse: One of the main plot points of ''The Planet for Tyrants'' features a former tyrant that was kicked out from his planet, and, in accordance with a general rule, he was allowed to take one thing of his choice with him. So he took a famous and treasured children's railway from his planet, hoping one day he'd be summoned back and would bring the railway back as a gift. The other tyrant managed to smuggle a mermaid as his slave the same way (he chose a trumpet and hid the mermaid inside it).
* LostColony: The End of Atlantis.

* NiceJobBreakingItHerod: See ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill below.

* ComedicUnderwearExposure: Repeatedly, both in books and in adaptations.

* LilliputianWarriors: quite a lot in ''The War Against Lilliputians'' (albeit all miget-sized in this book are actually normal human, shrunk to sentimeter-size by technological or other means).
* LoopholeAbuse: One of the main plot points of ''The Planet for Tyrants'' features a former tyrant that was kicked out from his planet, and, as a general rule, he was allowed to take one thing he wished the most. So he took a famous and treasured children's railway from his planet, hoping one day he'll be summoned back and will bring the railway with him as a gift. The other tyrant managed to smuggle a mermaid as his slave the same way.

* NeverAcceptedInHisHometown; in ''The War With Liliputs'', Alice reminisces on this: she is hailed as a savior on many planets, but at home she is "just a girl". Well, in some books she is a capable genetics researcher and at least respected for that, but her adventures don't seem quite as known.

* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVsCynicism: firmly on idealistic side, though the danger of being too trusting are honestly explored.

* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: In order to kill a specific bird, the pirates have destroyed nearly all of its species, and even tried to destroy the planet's atmosphere. The bird they were after survived.

* ChangedMyJumper: A boy from 1976 ends up in 2082 – and simply tells the people he's dressed up for a masquerade ball. Most people buy it.

* ''One Hundred Years from Now'' (1978) also known as ''Series/GuestFromTheFuture'' or ''Alice in the Past''

* ''Literature/AliceAnd/Alicia'' (2003)

* ''Alisa and Alisia'' (2003)

* ''Gai-Do'' (1986)

* ''The Dinosaurus Kids'' (1995)

* ''Captives of asteroid'' (1981)

* ''Fairy Tales Preserve'' (1985)

* ''The War With Lilliputians'' (1992)

* VideoPhone: In wide use from the very first short story.

* WeWillHavePerfectHealthInTheFuture: In the time where the books are set, humans have cured every known disease, and even common cold will be cured soon. They also enjoy better health and fitness in general.
** "Better fitness" as in somewhat super-strength, -speed, and -agility.

* WriteWhatYouKnow: The author is a historian, so many of Alice's adventures are in Earth's past or in similar cultural settings.
* WrongGenreSavvy: Alice's friend Pavel is often this.
* YouAreGrounded: Happens in ''War With Liliputs''.

* ZerothLawRebellion: "The Prisoners of the Asteroid" features a GenerationShip with a robotic crew taking care of the organics. The latter are quite moronic after centuries of idleness.

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: the creators of the HatePlague wiped themselves out after being subjected to it.

* MadeOfIndestructium: In ''Animation/TheMysteryOfTheThirdPlanet'', the captain's ship has been in the pirates' hideout for four years,, and they didn't cut it open. The book it's based upon claims that wasn't from lack of trying. Also, the final part of AMillionAdventures features a passenger ship invulnerable to pirate weapon, with robot stewardesses to match.

* TheMilkyWayIsTheOnlyWay: Averted. Aliens from other galaxies are encountered a few times. By the time of ''One Hundred Years From Now'', it is completely common to encounter one on Earth.

* NeverAcceptedInHisHometown; in ''War With Liliputs'', Alice reminisces on this: she is hailed as a savior on many planets, but at home she is "just a girl". Well, in some books she is a capable genetics researcher and at least respected for that, but her adventures don't seem quite as known.

* PluckyGirl: Alice
* RidiculouslyFastConstruction: Houses are grown (some coral-like bacteria) within hours.
* SapientShip: "Gai-do".
* SeriesContinuityError: And how.
* ShapeShifter: Rat.
** It is later revealed that he shape-shifts not by his will, but with the help of some special [[FantasticDrug shape-shifting pills]], which Alice and Co. tried on themselves on some occasions.

* SparedByTheAdaptation: [[spoiler: Joan of Arc, who lives (a dummy is burned instead).]]

* SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome: ''Literature/TheCityWithoutMemory''.
* TheSwarm: ''Prisoners Of The Yamagiri Maru'' has a swarm of mutant fish caused by 20th Century nuclear waste.
* TalkingAnimal: The "Govorun" ("Talker") birds are essentially parrots with perfect memory capable of interstellar flight. Also the titular dog from ''The Star Dog''.
* TemporalParadox: Occasionally occurs. In "Alice's Birthday", for instance, the titular heroine [[spoiler:saved the civilization of one planet from death by travelling back in time and changing the past]].
** She does this during [[spoiler:an archeological expedition to the ruins of said civilization]]. Go ahead, sort that out.
* TemptingFate: "Father, what can happen to me in 21st century?". Well the whole series, including SpacePirates, KillerRobot attacks, facing one EvilOverlord after another...

* ThereAreNoTherapists: well, at least not on Earth. [[AngstWhatAngst Not that Alice would ever need one.]]

* TheTimeOfMyths: In ''Literature/LilacSphere''.
* VillainousGlutton: Jolly U
* VideoPhone
* UnexplainedRecovery: Jolly U siffers a DisneyVillainDeath in the end of the first book featuring him. He appears in several more after that.
* UniquenessDecay: In ''One Hundred Years Ahead'', unsanctioned time travel, let alone messing with the past, is explicitly forbidden for anyone who doesn’t work at the Institute of Time and isn't qualified. The whole second part with several characters going to the 20th century is only possible because 1) the institute is closed and empty because of a holiday 2) Rat and Jolly U melt its wall with a blaster, and that's how they (and Kolya, and Alice) can get inside. Several books later, time travel is almost as mundane as space travel, and changing the past goes from "forbidden", to "tolerated through gritted teeth if it has already happened", to "approved if it's for the better".
** In the early books, intergalactic travels are considered pretty dangerous and epic journeys, which only some heroes dare to attempt. In the later books, they are pretty much mundane. Justified, because the ''Main/PlotDevice'' in ''The Voyage of Alice'' is exactly the fuel that make fast intergalactic travels possible.

** Played straight in ''The Rusty General's Island''; the squad of old 20th-century military robots, accidentally activated by researchers, mindlessly follow the preset aggressive program - despite being at least partially sentient. Ironically, it is revealed, that the war, for which those robots were prepared, never actually started, and they were just forgotten in old storage facility.

* AlienLunch / NoBiochemicalBarriers: Inverted when one of the heroes (dressed up as an alien) states he liked some human food, and someone remarks his species would have had real digestion problems with that. The guy hurries to state that his stomach is prosthetic.

* TheDreadedDreadnought: No one want to mess with Earth Patrol Cruisers, and when one (finally) appears, it is usually Game Over for bad guys (and reason to panic). On the other hands, they doesn't seems to be very good in chasing the fleeing pirates...
* TheDungAges: Pashka Geraskin is a hopeless romantic. One of the books is about him requesting a trip into the MiddleAges, hoping for YeGoodeOldeDays. ''He'' enjoys it thoroughly despite the constant fights, the lack of hygiene, and nearly getting executed.

* EvilCannotComprehendGood: In one of the stories, Alice finds an alien in a crashed ship underwater. He attempts to steal her body to take over the Earth. However, he dismissed her two dolphin companions as slaves rather than friends (a concept the alien considered to be a pathetic illusion ''for'' slaves), and was caught completely off-guard when they brought help.

* GeniusLoci: The planet Penelope. A [[PleasurePlanet Paradise Planet]]. No predators, no storms, no mosquitoes... as it says, "I'm organised the way which is convenient to me".

* GrandTheftMe: In one book, Alice finds an {{Ancient Astronaut|s}} in a crashed starship underwater. He attempts to steal her body for himself and take over the Earth. Fortunately, EvilCannotComprehendGood, so he is stopped before he can start.

* HumansThroughAlienEyes: Penelope is upset when one person causes a mess with its biosphere - and has problems understanding that other people may disagree with what he does.

* MoodRingEyes: Rrrr's race has eyes which change color depending on the personality - blue and gray for good ones, yellow for bad, orange for the worst.

* ThePlague: The "cosmic Plague" (literally named so) from ''Alice's Birthday''.

* SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome: ''TheCityWithoutMemory''.

* HumanPopsicle: In "A Million Adventures", Alice finds one in a crashed spaceship.

* LighterAndSofter: Some darker stories have been rewritten for younger readers. For example, ''The Sorcerer and the Snow Maiden'' is a rewrite of ''Ghosts Don’t Exist'' (which some consider to be the darkest book of the franchise) and ''The Pirate Queen on the Planet of Fairytales'' is based on the fourth part of ''A Million Adventures''.

* CommonTongue: The Cosmolingua.
* DeathByDeaging: In ''A Million Adventures'', there is a time screen, under which time goes backwards. When it's accidentally left unattended, a rooster comes under the screen, turns into a chicken, then into an egg, then vanishes completely. Heracles, a pithecanthropus, crawls under the screen to eat that egg and barely escapes the same fate.