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* DisneyVillainDeath: Played with--[[spoiler:Paul[=/=]Cheka falls from a great height, but he doesn't die from it; rather, he dies by drowning in the river he fell into]].
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* GracefulLadiesLikePurple: Anastasia's gown when being presented to Grandmere.

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* GracefulLadiesLikePurple: GracefulLadiesLikePurple:
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Anastasia's gown when being presented to Grandmere.Grandmere.
** Grandmere herself wears a dress in different shades of purple.
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* LostOrphanedRoyalty: Anastasia feels lost and the rest of Russian society [[{{ReportsofMyDeathWereGreatlyExaggerated}} presumes her to be dead]], she is an orphan [[spoiler: though the souls of her family live on as talking musical instruments]], and she's a Russian Grand Duchess (though inaccurately referred to as a [[{{EverythingsBetterwithPrincesses}} princess]]).

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* LostOrphanedRoyalty: Anastasia feels lost and the rest of Russian society [[{{ReportsofMyDeathWereGreatlyExaggerated}} presumes her to be dead]], she is an orphan [[spoiler: though the souls of her family live on as talking musical instruments]], and she's a Russian Grand Duchess (though inaccurately referred to as a [[{{EverythingsBetterwithPrincesses}} [[GratuitousPrincess princess]]).

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* SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay: Grandmere realizes that Anastasia is the real deal when she hears her singing "In the Sun" - a song which Grandmere ''only'' sang to Anastasia.
* SparedByTheAdaptation: Anastasia.



* SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay: Grandmere realizes that Anastasia is the real deal when she hears her singing "In the Sun" - a song which Grandmere ''only'' sang to Anastasia.
* SparedByTheAdaptation: Anastasia.

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* SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay: Grandmere realizes that Anastasia is the real deal when she hears her singing "In the Sun" - a song which Grandmere ''only'' sang to Anastasia.
* SparedByTheAdaptation: Anastasia.
TrainingMontage: "A Princess After All."

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* UglyGuyHotWife: Tsar Nicholas II is portrayed as short, fat, and balding while his wife Alexandra is a blonde, slim, StatuesqueStunner. In real life Nicholas II was around the same height as Alexandra and still retained a full head of hair.



* UglyGuyHotWife: Tsar Nicholas II is portrayed as short, fat, and balding while his wife Alexandra is a blonde, slim, StatuesqueStunner. In real life Nicholas II was around the same height as Alexandra and still retained a full head of hair.
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* HeroesWantRedheads: Red-haired Anastasia is romantically pursued by [[spoiler: Vladimir and "Prince Paul", however, only Vladimir is sincere in his intentions]].

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* HeroesWantRedheads: Red-haired Anastasia is romantically pursued by [[spoiler: Vladimir and "Prince Paul", however, only Vladimir is sincere in his intentions]].intentions as Paul is actually the BigBad Cheka]].
* HighClassGloves: Anastasia wears these when meeting Grandmere and the rest of high society.
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* UglyGuyHotWife: Tsar Nicholas II is portrayed as short, fat, and balding while his wife Alexandra is a blonde, slim, StatuesqueStunner. In real life Tsar Nicholas II was around the same height as Alexandra and still retained a full head of hair.

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* UglyGuyHotWife: Tsar Nicholas II is portrayed as short, fat, and balding while his wife Alexandra is a blonde, slim, StatuesqueStunner. In real life Tsar Nicholas II was around the same height as Alexandra and still retained a full head of hair.
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* LostOrphanedRoyalty: Anastasia feels lost and the rest of Russian society [[{{ReportsofMyDeathWereGreatlyExaggerated}} presumes her to be dead]], she is an orphan [[spoiler: though the souls of her family live on as talking musical instruments]], and she's a Russian Grand Duchess (though inaccurately referred to as a [[{{EverythingsBetterwithPrincesses}} princess]]).
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* UglyGuyHotWife: Tsar Nicholas II is portrayed as short, fat, and balding while his wife Alexandra is a blonde, slim, StatuesqueStunner. In real life Tsar Nicholas II was around the same height as Alexandra and still retained a full head of hair.
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* HeroesWantRedheads: Red-haired Anastasia is pursued by [[spoiler: Vladimir and "Prince Paul", however, only Vladimir is sincere in his intentions]].

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* HeroesWantRedheads: Red-haired Anastasia is romantically pursued by [[spoiler: Vladimir and "Prince Paul", however, only Vladimir is sincere in his intentions]].
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* HeroesWantRedheads: Red-haired Anastasia is pursued by [[spoiler: Vladimir and "Prince Paul", however, only Vladimir is sincere in his intentions]].
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* GracefulLadiesLikePurple: Anastasia's gown when being presented to Grandmere.
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* VeiwersAreGoldfish: [[spoiler: Alexei]] is mentioned and addressed by name no less then three times, once in his human form and twice as [[spoiler: the accordion]]. It's possible that the writers were counting on the viewers forgetting the name since the first mention was at the start of the movie and the second two are passed the half-way point and near the end, respectively.

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* VeiwersAreGoldfish: ViewersAreGoldfish: [[spoiler: Alexei]] is mentioned and addressed by name no less then three times, once in his human form and twice as [[spoiler: the accordion]]. It's possible that the writers were counting on the viewers forgetting the name since the first mention was at the start of the movie and the second two are passed the half-way point and near the end, respectively.
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* VeiwersAreGoldfish: [[spoiler: Alexei]] is mentioned and addressed by name no less then three times, once in his human form and twice as [[spoiler: the accordion]]. It's possible that the writers were counting on the viewers forgetting the name since the first mention was at the start of the movie and the second two are passed the half-way point and near the end, respectively.
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* EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses: Even though the real Anastasia was called "Grand Duchess".
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There is no trope namer for Prince Charmless because this film wasn't even known on this website when the term was coined as a generic corruption of "Prince Charming" that almost anyone could come up with.


* PrinceCharmless: Paul [[spoiler: a.k.a Cheka is the TropeNamer. He even gets a song with the same name]].

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* PrinceCharmless: Paul [[spoiler: a.k.a A.K.A. Cheka is the TropeNamer. a rather extreme case. He even gets a song titled with the same name]].exact phrase]].



* VillainSong: [[spoiler: Prince Paul (aka Cheka)]] gets one.

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* VillainSong: [[spoiler: Prince Paul (aka (A.K.A. Cheka)]] gets one.

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* ArrangedMarriage: Anastasia and Prince Paul were engaged to marry one another when they were very little. (He's apparently based on, or at least named for, Prince Paul von Haraldberg, who was Anastasia's DisposableFiance in [[Film/{{Anastasia}} the Ingrid Bergman version]].)



* ArrangedMarriage: Anastasia and Prince Paul were engaged to marry one another when they were very little. (He's apparently based on, or at least named for, Prince Paul von Haraldberg, who was Anastasia's DisposableFiance in [[Film/{{Anastasia}} the Ingrid Bergman version]].)
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* ArrangedMarriage: Anastasia and Prince Paul were engaged to marry one another when they were very little.

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* ArrangedMarriage: Anastasia and Prince Paul were engaged to marry one another when they were very little. (He's apparently based on, or at least named for, Prince Paul von Haraldberg, who was Anastasia's DisposableFiance in [[Film/{{Anastasia}} the Ingrid Bergman version]].)

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* DamselInDistress: Anastasia.



* DistressedDamsel: Anastasia.


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* FourStarBadass: General Vladimir can hold his own in a fight.
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* HammerAndSickleRemovedForYourProtection: The film has zero references to communism and makes no mention of the bad guys' ideological leanings. Really, the closest it gets is naming one of the villains "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheka Cheka]].

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* HammerAndSickleRemovedForYourProtection: The film has zero references to communism and makes no mention of the bad guys' ideological leanings. Really, the closest it gets is naming one of the villains "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheka Cheka]].Cheka]]" and having him wear a red star on his hat.
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* HammerAndSickleRemovedForYourProtection: The film has zero references to communism and makes no mention of the bad guys' ideological leanings. Really, the closest it gets is naming one of the villains "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheka Cheka]].


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* HistoricalHeroUpgrade: Nicholas II is described as "a nice guy once you get to know him." While he was quite personable, he wasn't exactly TheGoodKing like this statement implies.
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* MorphicResonance: The musical instruments bear such a strong resemblance to [[spoiler:the members of Anastasia's family]] that many viewers likely guessed their true identities even before TheReveal at the end.
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* MySisterIsOffLimits: Elexi dismisses both of Anastasia's suitors upon meeting them. He eventually warms up to Vladimir.

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* MySisterIsOffLimits: Elexi Alexi dismisses both of Anastasia's suitors upon meeting them. He eventually warms up to Vladimir.
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* HistoricalBeautyUpgrade: Inverted with Nicholas II. In real life, he was pretty good-looking, but this movie's depiction makes him short and chubby.
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* MySisterIsOffLimits: Elexi dismisses both of Anastasia's suitors upon meeting them. He eventually warms up to Vladimir.
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Sound familiar? As par the course for UAV, the film is a blatant [[TheMockbuster Mockbuster]] of [[Creator/DonBluth Don Bluth's]] film ''WesternAnimation/{{Anastasia}}''. That being said, it ''does'' correct some of the mistakes from Bluth's film (while adding even more of its own). For example, it portrays Anastasia's grandmother as living in her native UsefulNotes/{{Denmark}} after the Revolution, as well as pronouncing Anastasia the Russian way (ah-nah-STAH-see-yah). It also doesn't pretend that the UsefulNotes/RussianRevolution was caused by an evil sorcerer's spell. And, technically speaking, we have no proof that the Romanovs weren't reincarnated as musical instruments!

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Sound familiar? As par the course for UAV, the film is a blatant [[TheMockbuster Mockbuster]] of [[Creator/DonBluth Don Bluth's]] film ''WesternAnimation/{{Anastasia}}''. That being said, it ''does'' correct some of the mistakes from Bluth's film (while adding even more of its own). For example, it portrays Anastasia's grandmother as living in her native UsefulNotes/{{Denmark}} after the Revolution, as well as pronouncing Anastasia the Russian way (ah-nah-STAH-see-yah). It also doesn't pretend that the UsefulNotes/RussianRevolution was caused by an evil sorcerer's spell. And, technically speaking, we have no proof that against the Romanovs weren't reincarnated as musical instruments!
fate ''this'' story cooked up for the Romanovs!

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Sound familiar? As par the course for UAV, the film is a blatant [[TheMockbuster Mockbuster]] of [[Creator/DonBluth Don Bluth's]] film ''WesternAnimation/{{Anastasia}}''. That being said, it ''does'' correct some of the mistakes from Bluth's film (while adding even more of its own). For example, it portrays Anastasia's grandmother as living in her native UsefulNotes/{{Denmark}} after the Revolution, as well as pronouncing Anastasia the Russian way (ah-nah-STAH-see-yah). It also doesn't pretend that the UsefulNotes/RussianRevolution was caused by an evil sorcerer's spell.

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Sound familiar? As par the course for UAV, the film is a blatant [[TheMockbuster Mockbuster]] of [[Creator/DonBluth Don Bluth's]] film ''WesternAnimation/{{Anastasia}}''. That being said, it ''does'' correct some of the mistakes from Bluth's film (while adding even more of its own). For example, it portrays Anastasia's grandmother as living in her native UsefulNotes/{{Denmark}} after the Revolution, as well as pronouncing Anastasia the Russian way (ah-nah-STAH-see-yah). It also doesn't pretend that the UsefulNotes/RussianRevolution was caused by an evil sorcerer's spell.
spell. And, technically speaking, we have no proof that the Romanovs weren't reincarnated as musical instruments!


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* AdaptationalNameChange: Anastasia's sole appearing sister is called Titania, as opposed to Tatiana.

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* LimitedAnimation: It's a feature film but has animation worse than most Saturday morning cartoons.

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* LimitedAnimation: It's a feature film film, but has animation worse than most Saturday morning cartoons.


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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Anastasia gives one to Grandmere after she refuses to beileve she's really her granddaughter.
-->'''Anastasia''': As a child, I cherished your visits to our family, as any child looks forward to a special treat or a new toy. Now I see that you are nothing but a scared old woman. You won't believe because your heart is closed so tightly that you can't feel!

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