Putin parodies

**Putin parodies** are a form of subtitle parodies that use the archival footage of Vladimir Putin, the President of Russia in 2000-2008 and since 2012, as their primary source. While Putin appears as a major character in some *Downfall* parodies, most notably those by Hitler Rants Parodies, the term "Putin parodies" was first used by CreativityTheEmotion on February 24, 2022, the day Putin launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, in Putin Parody: The First Putin Parody.

In Putin parodies by CreativityTheEmotion, Putin is characterized as largely self-aware of his flaws, explicitly mentioning his "meaningless bullshit [...] about Ukraine and about Russia", his "hard-on for Bolshevik, """communist""" Russia" (a trait shared with Jill Andersen in the *Inside Out* parody universe) and his "tendency to rewrite history on live TV so that [he's] the hero". He even explicitly compares himself with Adolf Hitler and his perception by the public which warranted *Downfall* parodies in the first place.

In *Downfall* parodies, Putin is commonly associated with a mondegreen: "факт *fakt*", meaning "fact", but which sounds like "fucked". This is preserved in CreativityTheEmotion's second Putin parody, Putin Parody: Putin discusses Andersen's Mind, at the very end.

Archival footage of Putin is generally available from the website kremlin.ru, the President of Russia's official website, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) 4.0 International. This means that Putin parodies are not under the same copyright restriction and dependence on Fair Use as *Downfall* and *Inside Out* parodies.

## Crossover with *Inside Out* parodies

* The following *Inside Out* parodies by CreativityTheEmotion feature Putin in some way:
	+ Russian Inside Out series - Pilot: GGGGGGGGGGGGGG features Putin twice, in two unrelated ways.
		- A video where Putin sings "I am gay! Gay! Gay!", originally by Squallido, replaces the TripleDent Gum jingle.
		- The Forgetters briefly comment that Putin is "only one true president", and therefore, Riley's memories featuring any other president must be forgotten.
	+ Riley Andersen vs. the Angry German Kid features Squallido's "I am gay" video for the second time.
	+ Riley is informed about the results of the 2016 US presidential election briefly mentions a mural in Vilnius, Lithuania, in which Putin and Donald Trump are depicted as kissing.
* The following *Inside Out* parodies by CreativityTheEmotion do not refer to Putin explicitly, but nevertheless accentuate his imperial ambitions:
	+ The Emotions react to the results of Eurovision Song Contest 2016 reveals that "the Russian government" is approving of any and all independent attempts to take control of Ukraine.
	+ A running joke is that Russia is poised to take over the Baltic states in the near future. It has appeared in both Riley is informed about the results of the 2016 US presidential election and Joy plans for Riley to become a teacher.
* The following Putin parodies by CreativityTheEmotion feature *Inside Out* parody concepts:
	+ Putin Parody: The First Putin Parody mentions both Joy and Riley, and Putin promises that there will be a broader crossover between Putin and *Inside Out* parody characters.
	+ Putin Parody: Putin discusses Andersen's Mind reveals that Putin was to prominently feature in the main *Andersen's Mind* series as an adversary of Riley's. It also acknowledges the complicated relationship between Putin and Kseniya Sobchak, which was previously alluded to in *Inside Out* parodies, in which she is Disgust's VA.