History WesternAnimation / Anastasia

* AdaptationalIntelligence: The Romanovs in real life easily fell for Rasputin's con ways and SnakeOilSalesman policy because he was able to prevent Alexei's death by exsanguination (the prince had hemophilia, potentially lethal; one theory says Rasputin disallowed giving him aspirin, at the time considered a panacea; in reality, aspirin ''liquifies'' blood, making bleeding more profuse). Here, Marie explicitly calls him "a fraud, power-mad and dangerous". Nicholas apparently banished him for an unknown act of treason.

[[caption-width-right:350:''"Although the Czar did not survive, one daughter might be still alive..."'']]

In 1916 UsefulNotes/TsaristRussia, the [[UsefulNotes/TsarTsarAutocrats Romanov family]]'s 300-year reign is ended after they were cursed by the evil [[UsefulNotes/GrigoriRasputin Rasputin]] (Creator/ChristopherLloyd) and their people revolted against them [[HammerAndSickleRemovedForYourProtection thanks to his demonic influence]]. All of the Romanovs apparently died in the attack except the Dowager Empress Marie Feodorovna Romanova (Creator/AngelaLansbury), Tsar UsefulNotes/NicholasII's (Creator/RickJones) mother, who escaped the palace with one of the Czar's daughters, the eight-year-old Anastasia (Creator/KirstenDunst), thanks to the help of a young kitchen boy. Rasputin dies trying to pursue them, but Anastasia and Marie are separated when the young girl falls from a train and (presumably) dies.

* AsYouKnow: When Rasputin crashes the Czar's party, he reminds Nicholas that he was the Romanov confidant. Nicholas retorts that he banished Rasputin for being a traitor, stuff they both know already.

* OutlivingOnesOffspring: The Dowager Empress Marie outlives her son, Czar Nicholas, and four of his five children. TruthInTelevision -- the real-life Dowager Empress was in Paris at the time of the Russian Revolution, and thus survived it.

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[[caption-width-right:325:''"Although the Czar did not survive, one daughter might be still alive..."'']]

* IfWeGetThroughThis: There's a literal example in dialogue.
--> '''Dimitri''': If we live through this, remind me to thank you.
** Which Anastasia repeats in the ending sequence before Dimitri cuts her off.
--> '''Anastasia''': If we live through this, remind me--
--> '''Dimitri''': You can thank me later!

** Also "All men are babies" which Anya tells Dimitri when he complains about her hitting him when they were squabbling. He repeats the line [[spoiler: after they've defeated Rasputin and she thought he'd been killed.]] It's also a sign of how far their relationship has come and how differently Anya views him.

* AdvertisingByAssociation: The first American Blu-ray cover, reused from one of the VanillaEdition [=DVDs=], writes "From the director of ''WesternAnimation/{{Thumbelina|1994}}''" above the title.

* AdvertisingByAssociation: The first American Blu-ray cover, reused from one of the VanillaEdition [=DVDs=], writes "From the director of ''WesternAnimation/{{Thumbelina|1994}}'' above the title.

* OffModel:
** Anastasia looked very different and oddly emaciated on the [[http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51P8GC40J9L._SL500_AA300_.jpg "Family Fun" DVD case]] than she does in the movie. Fortunately, [[http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51NEEa5vDSL._SL500_AA300_.jpg corrected]] versions are available.
** The dress Dimitri buys for Anya when they get on the ship, the one she wears when learning to waltz, changes from the scene in which he gives it to her to when she's first seen wearing it. When he gives it to her, it has distinct white ruffles on the collar and sleeves. When she emerges on deck actually wearing it, it's a plain blue dress. Alternatively, that could have been due to Anya changing it, as she expressed a dislike for its original appearance.

Got a DirectToVideo SpinOff {{prequel}} ''WesternAnimation/BartokTheMagnificent'', also directed by Bluth, and notably the only sequel to one of his movies he's ever been involved with.

Got a DirectToVideo spin-off in the form of ''WesternAnimation/BartokTheMagnificent'', though all it has in common with the first movie is... Bartok. It's important to note that this is the only movie sequel that Bluth has ever been involved with.

In 1916 UsefulNotes/TsaristRussia, the [[UsefulNotes/TsarTsarAutocrats Romanov family]]'s 300-year reign is ended after they were cursed by the evil [[UsefulNotes/GrigoriRasputin Rasputin]] (Creator/ChristopherLloyd) and their people revolted against them [[HammerAndSickleRemovedForYourProtection thanks to his demonic influence]]. All of the Romanovs apparently died in the attack except the Dowager Empress Marie Feodorovna Romanova (Creator/AngelaLansbury), Tsar UsefulNotes/NicholasII's mother, who escaped the palace with one of the Czar's daughters, the eight-year-old Anastasia, thanks to the help of a young kitchen boy. Rasputin dies trying to pursue them, but Anastasia and Marie are separated when the young girl falls from a train and (presumably) dies.

* TrampledUnderfoot: Rasputin steps over a drinking glass that a guest at the ball had dropped as he makes his evil PowerWalk through the crowd. Given a nice CallBack later at the end of the film, when Anastasia [[spoiler: destroys his reliquary by stepping on it multiple times, dedicating the blows to her family, Dimitri, and to Rasputin himself -- "''Da svidanya!"'']]

In 1916 UsefulNotes/TsaristRussia, the Romanov family's 300-year reign is ended after they were cursed by the evil [[UsefulNotes/GrigoriRasputin Rasputin]] (Creator/ChristopherLloyd) and their people revolted against them [[HammerAndSickleRemovedForYourProtection thanks to his demonic influence]]. All of the Romanovs apparently died in the attack except the Dowager Empress Marie Feodorovna Romanova (Creator/AngelaLansbury), the Czar's mother, who escaped the palace with one of the Czar's daughters, the eight-year-old Anastasia, thanks to the help of a young kitchen boy. Rasputin dies trying to pursue them, but Anastasia and Marie are separated when the young girl falls from a train and (presumably) dies.

->''One hope, then another,''
->''Who knows where this road may go''

->''Courage, see me through;''
->''Heart, I'm trusting you''
->''To bring me home...''

** The UsefulNotes/RussianRevolution happened because AWizardDidIt .

--> Anya: You *used* me? I was all part of your con to get her *money*?

* TakeMyHand: During Anastasia's and the Empress's escape from St. Petersburg, the Empress gets on a moving train, and tries to grab hold of Anastasia's hand. She fails, and Anastasia is left behind.

** Rasputin's sour relationship with Russia's royal family. Also, he did not have any role in their deposing, as he had been dead for two months by that time.

** Rasputin's sour relationship with Russia's royal family, as well as him having any role in their deposing, as he had been dead for two months by that time.

** Rasputin's sour relationship with Russia's royal family, as well as him having any role in their deposing, as he was two months dead by that time.

* ArcSymbol: Ballroom dancing, which crops up repeatedly on Anya's journey to discover who she is. She's introduced dancing with her family at a ball when Rasputin enters disrupting her idyllic childhood, she dreams of ballroom dancing in the Catherine Palace when she reconnects with her lost past for the first time, she and Dimitri waltz on board the Tasha as they start to realize their feelings for each other, [[spoiler: her public reintroduction as Grand Duchess is meant to take place at a ball but she hesitates on entering and the film ends with her and Dimitri dancing together on deck as she's finally discovered where she really belongs.]] Even her MementoMacGuffin is a music box with a dancing couple inside.
* ArtisticLicenseHistory: Galore. These are just some most of the glaring examples:

** The part during the train escape where Anya and Dimitri lock hands and look shocked at each other for a moment was the two briefly recollecting that they had met before.

* AllThereInTheManual: According to the concept art, the bug-like creatures that follow Rasputin around have names. They're called "Pincher", "Wormette", "Sad-Sac", "Stinger", and "Hank".

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: It's unclear what became of the train conductor when the train was set aflame by Rasputin's minions. [[spoiler:In the ice show Rasputin pulls him off and lets him skate into the curtains.]]

** Even more egregiously, the Paris song features Auguste Rodin carving ''The Thinker'', [[BeenThereShapedHistory with a conflicted Dimitri as his model]]. Not only was ''The Thinker'' finished in 1902, Rodin ''died'' in 1917.

* DatedHistory: The real Anastasia's remains [[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2652717/ may have finally been uncovered in 2007]], a full ten years after the film premiered and finally proving that she indeed perished with the rest of her family.

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