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| “ | You think you can banish the great Rasputin? By the unholy powers vested in me, I banish you! With a curse! Mark my words, you and your family will die within a fortnight. I will not rest until I see the end of the Romanov line forever! | „ |
| ~ Rasputin casting a curse upon Tsar Nicholas II and the Romanov family. |
| “ | Now my dark purpose will be fulfilled, and the last of the Romanovs will DIE!!! | „ |
| ~ Rasputin upon getting his reliquary back. |
| “ | Do svidanya, Your Highness. | „ |
| ~ Rasputin to Anastasia. |
Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin, better known as his surname Rasputin, is the main antagonist of Don Bluth's ninth animated feature film Anastasia. He is loosely based on the real-life Russian psychic of the same name, but in the film, he is depicted as a far more malevolent being of black magic than the real-life Rasputin, though the two share the common title of "Mad Monk". He is Anastasia and Dimitri's arch-nemesis and Bartok's former master.
He was voiced by Christopher Lloyd who also played Judge Doom in Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Reggie Shand in Walk Like a Man, The Hacker in Cyberchase, Merlock in DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp, Lord Imaru in The Secret Treasure of Machu Picchu by Golden Films, Mr. Clipboard in Foodfight!, Bill Crowley in I Am Not A Serial Killer, Dr. Heep in Baby Geniuses, Kruge in the Star Trek universe, Switchblade Sam in Dennis the Menace and Helgait in The Mandalorian, while his singing voice was provided by Jim Cummings, who also played Razoul in Disney's Aladdin, Ed the Hyena in Disney's The Lion King, Long John Silver in The Pagemaster, Steele in Balto, and was also half of the singing voice of Scar in Disney's The Lion King, the Bears in Sing and Hondo Ohnaka in Star Wars: The Clone Wars.
Biography[]
First Death[]
| “ | But, I am your confidant. | „ |
| ~ Rasputin's first words. |
Rasputin started out as a supposed confidant and advisor to the royal Russian family. However, he tried to take over Russia for himself behind the family's back, and he was banished for treason by the Russian Tsar Nicholas II.
Eager to get revenge for his banishment, Rasputin planned on destroying the Russian royalty. He sold his soul to the otherworldly forces of darkness in exchange for his reliquary and for the power to kill Nicholas II and his family, becoming a lich in the process (a type of undead creature with magical powers). He then returns to the Russian palace and inflicts the Romanov curse, sending numerous Russian soldiers to execute Nicholas and his family, except for Nicholas' mother Marie and his young daughter Anastasia. Rasputin eventually attempts to murder Anastasia with his bare hands while chasing her across a frozen river. Jumping from the bridge above, he tackles the young girl face first onto the thin ice, losing his amulet in the process. He viciously grabs her by the leg and thrashes her about; vowing that she’ll never escape from his clutches whilst she begs for mercy. But the ice under the evil man begins to break before he can get any closer to the young Romanov. Marie quickly rushes her away from Rasputin, who drowns and ends up being trapped in limbo due to the curse being unfulfilled. Despite Rasputin's death, his actions were enough to cause the downfall of the Russian monarchy (due to the deaths of the Romanov family) and the creation of the Soviet Union under Communist rule, and Marie was separated from Anastasia, who is sent to an orphanage after losing her memories.
Return from 10 years after[]
| “ | Rasputin: Anastasia, your Imperial Highness. Look what ten years has done to us; you are a beautiful young flower. And Me..... a rotting corpse. Anastasia: That face... Rasputin: Last seen at a party like this one. Anastasia: That curse..... Rasputin: Followed by a tragic night on the ice. REMEMBER??!!! |
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| ~ Rasputin confronting Anastasia on the bridge of Pont Alexandre III. |
10 years later, Rasputin is still trapped in limbo, fuming over his failure of the curse against the Romanov family. However, his reliquary is brought back to his hands thanks to Bartok, who informs that Anastasia (under the name Anya) is still alive and in heading to France with two con artist Vladimir and Dimitri. Driven more by his intense and malevolent desire for revenge, he wishes to finish off what he started before he rests in peace by killing Anastasia.
Using his reliquary, Rasputin summons his army of green demons to kill Anya and complete his revenge. He has the demons sabotage the train that Anya, Dimitri and Vlad are on by separating the train with an engine and baggage car from the dining car and coaches in Poland. However, Anya, Vladimir, and Dimitri jump off the train to avoid falling to their deaths, much to Rasputin's fury.
Later, Anya, Dimitri, and Vlad arrive in from Stralsund, Germany, and board a ship to Paris. That night, as Anya sleeps, Rasputin invades her dreams and causes her to sleepwalk to the edge of the ship. Luckily, Dimitri (alerted by Anya's pet puppy Pooka) awakens and rescues Anya at the last second.
Enraged at the failure, Rasputin throws a childish tantrum. Recomposing himself, he tells Bartok that he will go to Paris himself and kill Anastasia in person. At that same time, Anastasia regains her memories and reunites with Marie.
Ultimate Death[]
| “ | Anastasia: This is for Dimitri! Rasputin: Give it back! Anastasia: This is for my family! Rasputin: I’ll tear you to pieces!! Anastasia: And this, this is for you! Rasputin: No! Anastasia: Dosvidanya! Rasputin: NOOOOOOOOOOO!!! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! |
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| ~ Rasputin's last words as Anastasia destroys his reliquary, killing him. |
Later, Rasputin takes advantage of Pooka to lead Anastasia into a garden maze and traps her there to reveal himself. He then tries to kill her on the Alexander Bridge over an icy Seine River; mimicking the same tragic night on the ice they once shared before. Dimitri returns to save her, but is injured and knocked unconscious by a large pegasus statue that Rasputin brought to life with his reliquary.
Just when Rasputin was inches from winning, Anastasia survives and attacks Rasputin. Pooka snatches the reliquary, and it rolls to Anastasia's feet. Anastasia stomps on the reliquary, causing it to burst and for the pegasus statue to be destroyed. As revenge for murdering her family, Anya furiously smashes the reliquary to pieces, causing an explosion that releases the demons.
As Rasputin looks up, he sees his demons flying towards him as they are about to collect his soul as punishment for his failures to kill Anastasia. Rasputin screams as the demons send down several bolts of their dark magic, hitting Rasputin and collecting his soul as his skin turns to liquid and he crumples to the floor, tearing off his cloak as his skeleton violently twitches before turning to a pile of dust and being blown away by the wind.
While not stated in the film, the tie-in picture book specifies that due the reliquary's destruction and his inability to fulfill his part of the deal, Rasputin was dragged to Hell.
Appearance[]
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Rasputin is a tall, scary-looking man. He wears a brown robe (however, in the books it has a gold interior) with black shoes, (Which appear to be high-heeled). He wears some sort of purple clothing beneath his robe, but the only part of this that is shown is the sleeves. His robe trails along the ground. He has black hair that is tied back into a ponytail and has a black mustache that connects to his long black beard going below his waist. His skin is a rotting, pale green color, and he has skeletal long fingers and fingernails. He has a hood that hangs off of the back of the neck of his robe. Around his waist is a gold rope sash with three beads. The rope is tied around his Reliquary which hang at his shins. His sleeves go as long as his waist. Another noticeable feature is that he appears to be wearing nothing under his robe, yet he has a strange purple clothing at the neck and sleeves.
After selling his soul, Rasputin is thus transformed into an undead being with supernatural powers (especially skillful evocation of strange green demons), resulting from a Reliquary made of glass, which he is linked to. Being undead for almost 10 years, his body is now rotten and unstable; it follows that on numerous occasions Rasputin loses one or more pieces of his body, though can still put himself back together.
Personality[]
| “ | His name was Rasputin. We thought he was a holy man, but he was a fraud. Power-mad and dangerous. | „ |
| ~ A description of Rasputin by the narrator (voiced by the late Angela Lansbury) who also voiced Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna. |
Throughout the film, Rasputin was portrayed as a very manipulative, diabolical, arrogant and wicked man, to the point of killing an entire family without any remorse. He is the type of man who is capable of giving everything to fulfill their promises, bequeathing to the point of selling his soul to dark forces just to have the power to destroy the Romanov Family. He is also seen to be somewhat reckless, obsessive, spontaneous and impulsive with his objectives when they are not achieved, such as the case of Anastasia. He is a man of crude and abusive nature, as shown by him constantly hitting his assistant Bartok.
Quotes[]
| “ | Go... fulfill your dark purpose. Seal the fate of the Czar and his family once and for all. | „ |
| ~ Rasputin after selling his soul to gain the power to manipulate the Russian military into turning against and murder the Romanov family |
| “ | You'll never escape me, child! Never! | „ |
| ~ Rasputin attempt to attack Anastasia in the icy lake, right before his initial death. |
| “ | Rasputin: Who dares intrude on my solitude?! Get out! GET OUT!! GET OU- Bartok! Is that you? Bartok: Master, you're alive? Rasputin: Yes! In a manner of speaking! Bartok: Whoa! That fell right out there, sir. |
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| ~ Rasputin meeting Bartok in limbo. |
| “ | I knew it! I could feel the dark forces stirring! | „ |
| ~ Rasputin |
| “ | Bartok: I'm not surprised, Sir. Because I saw her Anastasia! Rasputin: Anastasia is alive?! |
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| ~ Rasputin being surprised to see Anastasia is still alive. |
| “ | That's why I am stuck here in Limbo! My curse is unfulfilled! | „ |
| ~ Rasputin realizing his fate in limbo after learning that Anastasia is still alive |
| “ | Look at me! I'm falling apart! I'm a wreck! | „ |
| ~ Rasputin complaining about his body parts falling apart due to his curse being unfulfilled |
| “ | Bartok: C'mon, for a minute there, you had your own spark back. Rasputin: If only I hadn't lost the gift from the dark forces, and the key to my powers! Bartok: What, ya mean this reliquary? Rasputin: Where'd you get that? Bartok: Oh, I found it! Rasputin: GIVE IT TO ME! Bartok: Alright, alright! Don't get so grabby! Rasputin: My old friend! Together again! |
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| ~ Rasputin to Bartok's gift from reliquary. |
| “ | Bartok: You're right, it's very upsetting, sir. Well, I guess this reliquary is broken! Rasputin: YOU IDIOT!! I sold my soul for this. My life are very existence depends on it. And you almost destroyed it! Bartok: I get it! I get it! Ya break it, ya bought it! Rasputin: See that you remember? You miserable rodent! |
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| ~ Rasputin berating Bartok for almost destroying the reliquary. |
| “ | No! I have something else in mind. Something more enticing. Something really, cruel! | „ |
| ~ Rasputin's grinning evilly as he plans his next move to kill Anastasia. |
| “ | Pleasant dreams to you, Princess. I'll get inside your mind, where you can't escape me. | „ |
| ~ Rasputin invading Anastasia's dreamscape |
| “ | Rasputin: NOOOOOOO!!! Bartok: Easy, master. Wow! This is no time for lose you're head! Rasputin: You're right. I'm chan. I am highless. I have no felling what so ever. |
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| ~ Rasputin's breakdown after his second failure to kill Ananstasia. |
| “ | I feel a sudden onset of clarity, Bartok. I'll have to kill her myself in person. | „ |
| ~ Rasputin realizing that he will have to leave limbo to personally kill Anastasia. |
| “ | Rasputin: I have so many fond memories of Paris. And killing the last of the Romanovs with my own hands will be so delicious! Well, time to go. Bartok: But you're dead! You're falling apart, sir! How do you expect to get to Paris in one piece? Rasputin: I thought we'd take the train. |
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| ~ Rasputin before leaving with Bartok to Paris. |
| “ | Rasputin: Bartok! Get me a comb! Find some cologne! I want to look my best tonight! Bartok: That might take some work, sir. Rasputin: Then snap to it! We're going to a party! Bartok: Did you say a party in Paris? Rasputin: That's right! |
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| ~ Rasputin to Bartok about a party following Anastasia and Marie's reunion. |
| “ | Rasputin: We'll let the grand duchess Anastasia have her moment! Bartok: What who cares? Rasputin: And then, we'll kill her! Bartok: What? Kill her?! Sir, what happened to the party idea?! Rasputin: That's where we'll kill her! Crush her at the height of her glory! Bartok: And we're back to the crushing. Sir, I'm begging you. Please! Please, forget the girl and get a life! Rasputin: Oh, I'll get a life, Bartok. HERS! |
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| ~ Rasputin still desiring to kill Anastasia. |
| “ | Anastasia: Rasputin? Rasputin: Rasputin? Hahah! Destroyed by your despicable family! But what goes around comes around, and around, and around, and around! |
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| ~ Rasputin using his reliquary to attack Anastasia. |
| “ | I can fix that! Care for a little swim under the ICE?! Say your prayers, Anastasia! No one can save you! | „ |
| ~ Rasputin intending to send Anastasia to drown in the lake. |
| “ | How enchanting! Together again.... for the last time! You'll get a kick out of THIS!! | „ |
| ~ Rasputin preventing Dimitri from rescuing Anastasia by bringing a giant pegasus statue to life. |
| “ | Finally, the last Romanov death! | „ |
| ~ Rasputin about to send Anastasia to drown in the lake. |
| “ | LONG LIVE THE ROMANOVS!! | „ |
| ~ Rasputin after supposedly making Anastasia fall to her doom. |
Trivia[]
- It was because of Rasputin that Anastasia almost received a PG rating from the MPAA.
- Rasputin in Anastasia is one of several fictionalized versions of Rasputin being portrayed as an antagonist. The others being Rasputin from the Hellboy franchise as an agent of Ogdru Jahad, Rasputin from Red Dwarf series, Rasputin from Shadow Hearts, Ivanovic from Dance in the Vampire Bund, SCP-4680, and Rasputin from Drifters.
- The real-life Rasputin (while very unpopular with the Russian people) was actually very close with the family of Tsar Nicholas, particularly the Tsarina and her daughters. Contrary to his reputation, he was not an evil sorcerer, and instead, he was an eccentric monk, mystic and healer. Neither was Rasputin the cause of the Romanov family's death. He had been killed more than a year and a half before the Bolsheviks overthrew the government and executed the Romanovs.
- If he was forty-seven at 1916, he would have been fifty-seven at the time of his defeat ten years later.
- This version of Rasputin draws a bit of inspiration from a Russian folkloric figure, Koschei.
External Links[]
- Rasputin on the Villains Wiki
- Rasputin on the Pure Evil Wiki
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