History YMMV / BartokTheMagnificent

** Ludmilla's dragon form is hardly scary, but the preceding transformation is quite unsettling to watch, because it happens so gradually and happens in such a bizarre fashion.

-->'''The wolves are afraid to chase her, the wind is afraid to race her, all Russia's afraid to face er, except for one'''.

* EarWorm: Baba Yaga's jazzy song number "Someones In My House Tonight".

* AwesomeArt: Seeing as this is the only sequel to his films Don Bluth has actually been involved with, it's no surprised that the AuthorsSavingThrow is the animation. In particular, Dragon!Ludmilla is ''really'' cool!
* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: Late in the film, Bartok gets fed up with Baba Yaga's riddles, [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech chews her out]] and [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere storms out of her house in a huff]]--only for him to come back and find her in tears over it. Bartok [[JerkassRealization quickly realizes she isn't as bad of a person as he thought]], and apologizes to her, crying in turn--this act of compassion ends up solving Baba Yaga's final challenge.

* VisualEffectsOfAwesome: The character animation is very impressive for a direct to video movie, of course it helps when you have Don Bluth as the director.

* CreatorsPet: The entire reason that Bartok, a minor comic relief character in ''WesternAnimation/{{Anastasia}}'', got his own movie was because then head of Fox Chris Melindantri wanted to [[MoneyDearBoy wring out as much as he could]] from the positive responses he got.

* CaptainObviousReveal: Even before the reveal, its pretty easy to piece together that [[ObviouslyEvil Ludmilla]] is the real villain (or is at least ''a'' villain, anyway).

* CaptainObviousReveal: Even before the reveal, its pretty easy to piece together that Ludmilla is the real villain (or is at least ''a'' villain, anyway).

* EvilIsSexy: Some people find Ludmilla hot.

* NightmareRetardant: Dragon Ludmilla. Her transformation is definitely unsettling and grotesque, but the final result, a giant fat pink dragon with pajama button like bumps on her belly, is not very imposing.

* TheScrappy: Bartok was considered humorous in ''Anastasia'' because he played the minor role of a [[PunchClockVillain sarcastic sidekick]] to the bad guy. Here, he's plopped into the major role of a hero with little of his previous traits, which makes him more bland and irritating than in his debut.

* FetishFuel: If the comments on [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqipZjeUCVs&index=1&list=FLxe61f5GeKWRoTC9YtTt11w this video]] are anything to go by, Ludmilla's dragon transformation caused some young male viewers to experience [[RagingStiffie certain bodily changes of their own]]. And if the fanart's anything to go by... Yeah, we reccomend not looking it up unless you're into that sort of thing.
** FetishRetardant: However, other viewers tend to find it downright disturbing to watch.

* NightmareFuel: The giant skull preceding Baba Yaga's house. The combo of the low-grade CGI and voice work by Creator/TimCurry don't help.

* ThisIsYourPremiseOnDrugs: There's UglyCute and then there's this. The whole thing comes with a NightmareFuel warning due to how messed-up everything looks.

* FetishFuel: If the comments on [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqipZjeUCVs&index=1&list=FLxe61f5GeKWRoTC9YtTt11w this video]] are anything to go by, Ludmilla's dragon transformation caused some young male viewers to experience [[RagingStiffie certain bodily changes of their own]].

* DancingBear: Ignoring the presence of Zozi, the film originally carried itself on the fact that it starred a minor bit player from the then-hit Anastasia as the main character. Today, it is mainly remembered today because it is the ''only'' sequel to a Creator/DonBluth film that was directed by Don himself.

* NightmareRetardant: Dragon Ludmilla. Her transformation is definitely unsettling and grotesque, but the final result, a giant fat pink dragon, is not very imposing.

* NightmareRetardant: Dragon Ludmilla. Her transformation is definitely unsettling and grotesque, but the final result, a giant fat purple dragon, is not very imposing.

* SoOkayItsAverage: The general consensus of the film--it's considered far better than the other sequels to Don Bluth films (and this one being directed by Bluth himself helped) but it's still considered a rather average kid flick, and not up to par with Don's other films.

* {{Sequelitis}}: The film isn't considered bad and has pretty good animation, especially considering it's a direct to video release, but few consider it to be anywhere as good as Anastasia.

* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: Late in the film, Bartok gets fed up with Baba Yaga's riddles, [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech chews her out]] and [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere storms out of her house in the huff]]--only for him to come back and find her in tears over it. Bartok [[JerkassRealization quickly realizes she isn't as bad of a person as he thought]], and apologizes to her, crying in turn--this act of compassion ends up solving Baba Yaga's final challenge.