It was addressed to Russia and was in response to the news that 10 Russian soldiers supposedly got lost and accidentally found themselves passing the Russian-Ukrainian border and into Ukraine’s territory.
Canada Trolls Russia on Twitter
Canada said:"Geography can be tough. Here’s a guide for Russian soldiers who keep getting lost & ‘accidentally’ entering #Ukraine."
They included a map showing the country of Russia with the label “Russia” and the country of Ukraine with the label “Not Russia”.
Many found this really amusing and the tweet quickly went viral; it had been retweeted and favorited thousands of times.
I found the tweet funny and amusing too, but it also made me think of or reminded me of something when I saw it, and that just made it even more hilarious to me. What exactly did it remind me of?
Hetalia: Axis Powers Anime Series
Canada’s trolling map tweet to Russia reminded me of this anime series called Hetalia: Axis Powers (#ad) by Hidekaz Himaruya.Well, to be more precise, it reminded me of two scenes I’d seen from this series (I haven’t seen them all yet). Those scenes were funny, to say the least.
But before that, what is this anime about? All you really need to know is that the characters are all anthropomorphic personifications of the countries of the world (yes, that includes the countries of Russia, Canada, Ukraine, and the United States of America (USA)).
Anyway, you know what’s ironic about this? While Canada’s trolling map tweet to Russia reminded me of Hetalia, it didn’t exactly remind me of the characters of Canada and Russia.
It actually reminded me of America. It’s because he’s really bad with maps and directions. Exactly how bad? His world map shows nothing but the United States of America; beat that! How’s that for global ignorance, huh? LOL 😃.
Let’s take a closer look:
Season 1 Episode 9 (English Dub) of Hetalia: Axis Powers
One scene in this episode showed the Allied Powers (America, Russia, Britain, France, and China) having a meeting and discussing plans on how they’re going to beat the Axis Powers (Germany, Italy, and Japan) and who was going to fight who.America gets assigned to take down Japan. He has no idea where Japan is located and proceeds to open a “world map” to find out.
His “world map” consists of only the United States of America, so it’s no wonder that he couldn’t find Japan.
"It’s not on the map," America exclaims. No one is the least bit surprised about this as they say “typical American”.
Season 4 Episode 51 (Extra Episode 3, English Dub) of Hetalia: World Series
One scene from this episode features England and America talking about Germany. America opens his trusty “world map” (it proudly features the United States of America as the only country in the world) as he asks Britain if he knows how long it would take him to get from his place to Germany’s if he was driving.England responds with "perhaps you should try looking at an actual world map instead of that narcissistic nonsense", not that that makes much of a difference as America ignores him in favor of grabbing a laptop.
He says that he’ll just ask Google Maps for the answer to his question. If you’re thinking that laptops and Google shouldn’t have existed in 1942, yeah, you’re right, as England says pretty much the same thing, not that America is listening to him.
Those 2 scenes can really make you grin and smile in amusement. When I saw the map that Canada’s delegation to NATO tweeted to Russia (because of how 10 Russian soldiers accidentally got lost and ended up in Ukraine), it also reminded me of those two scenes from Hetalia.
It was even funnier because America was supposed to be the one who’s bad with maps and directions; if it was him, he’d probably end up getting lost especially if you consider how he’s looking for Japan and Germany on a map of the USA.
Your Thoughts and Opinions
Wouldn’t it be even more amusing if we could see more funny maps and maybe more countries trying to troll each other 😃? What do you think? Feel free and welcome to share your thoughts and opinions about this by leaving a comment below.The YouTube Video shows the map that Canada tweeted including the message that went with it. It also shows the map that Russia tweeted as well as their response message to Canada’s tweet.
*Notes:
- This was previously published elsewhere
- The last updated date was listed as Oct 21st, 2015 9:18:25pm
- Image with added text was modified by Freya Yuki based on the image by YizelePhantom (CC:BY) from deviantArt
- Image was chosen because it features the Russian flag (we’re talking about Canada’s funny map tweet to Russia); that and the figure shown is actually Russia (Ivan Braginsky) from the Hetalia: Axis Powers anime series
- Second pic is from Amazon.com; link shown above
