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* Anya's magical costume change from her orphan's dress to her iconic yellow ballgown just before the bridge of "Once Upon A December" is this for the animators. Even though it's in the film for less than a minute, it's easily one of the most recognizable costumes in the film.

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---> "[[AndThisIsFor This is for Dimitri! *stomp* This is for my family! *stomp* And this? This is for YOU!]] [[IronicEcho Do svidaniya!]]"

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---> "[[AndThisIsFor --->'''Anya:''' [[AndThisIsFor This is for Dimitri! *stomp* Dimitri!]] ''(stomps the reliquary)''\\
'''Rasputin:''' [[OhCrap Give it back!]]\\
'''Anya:''' [[AndThisIsFor
This is for my family! *stomp* family!]] ''(stomps again)''\\
'''Rasputin:''' ''[[VillainousBreakdown I’ll tear you to pieces!!]]''\\
'''Anya:'''
And this? ''[[PreMortemOneLiner This is for YOU!]] [[IronicEcho YOU!]]''\\
'''Rasputin:''' ''No!''\\
'''Anya:''' ''[[IronicEcho
Do svidaniya!]]"svidaniya!]]'' ''(stomps one last time, destroying it- and Rasputin- entirely)''
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** The same goes for Creator/ChristopherLloyd as Rasputin. He plays a brilliant villain, and you'll hardly tell it's him most of the time (except when he's shouting; that's when you can hear his hammier characters like [[Film/BackToTheFuture Doc Brown]] and [[Film/StarTrekIIITheSearchForSpock Kruge]]).

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** The same goes for Creator/ChristopherLloyd as Rasputin. He plays a brilliant villain, and you'll hardly tell it's him most of the time (except when he's shouting; that's when you can hear his hammier characters like [[Film/BackToTheFuture [[Franchise/BackToTheFuture Doc Brown]] and [[Film/StarTrekIIITheSearchForSpock Kruge]]).
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* The escape from the train. Namely, the bit where Anya and Dimitri realize that they have to work together if they want to get off safely. When Dimitri sees the driver has disappeared and they're too high to jump off, he says they need to disconnect the baggage car from the engine. Cue Rasputin's minions fusing the cars' connectors, as Dimitri tries using Vlad's metal pick to hammer them apart. Anya finds dynamite, lights a stick, and hands it to Dimitri. He says, impressed and scared, "That'll work" and moves to get everyone to a safe distance from the location.

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* The escape from the train. Namely, the bit where Anya and Dimitri realize that they have to work together if they want to get off safely. When Dimitri enters the cab and sees no sign of the driver has disappeared locomotive's engineer and fireman and they're too high to jump off, he says they need to disconnect uncouple the baggage car from the engine. locomotive and its tender. Cue Rasputin's minions fusing the cars' connectors, hook and chain couplings, as Dimitri tries using Vlad's metal pick to hammer them apart. Anya finds dynamite, a crate full of dynamite thanks to Pooka's help, lights a stick, and hands it to Dimitri. He says, impressed and scared, "That'll work" and moves to get everyone to a safe distance from the location.blast and ensuing shockwave.



* Depending on your mileage, Dmitri's Crowning Moment comes either when he disproves Rasputin's "[[NothingCanSaveUsNow No one can save you now!]]" by [[DynamicEntry punching him in the face]], or earlier in the film when he steals Dowager Empress Marie's car, kidnaps her, and argues her into going to see Anya mostly by pure stubbornness, all in the name of [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy making his beloved happy]].

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* Depending on your mileage, Dmitri's Crowning Moment comes either when he disproves Rasputin's "[[NothingCanSaveUsNow No one can save you now!]]" by [[DynamicEntry punching him in the face]], or earlier in the film when he steals Dowager Empress Marie's car, limo, kidnaps her, and argues her into going to see Anya mostly by pure stubbornness, all in the name of [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy making his beloved happy]].



*** Let's pause and linger a bit on this. While Anya has been somewhat a DamselInDistress prior to this due to being at the mercy of Rasputin's magic, here she is totally in charge and has no fucks left to give, which only fits her overall DeadpanSnarker, take-charge nature throughout the rest of the movie. Then to further underscore the moment, she's KickingAssInAllHerFinery (albeit rather tattered and damaged), and the iconic shot of the moment is a high-heeled shoe coming down on the reliquary. It's as if the whole moment is written to emphasize as much as possible how much Anastasia is a princess but ''also'' one who badassedly saves herself. Keep in mind this is years before modern animated heroines like Elsa/Anna, Moana, or (to a lesser degree) Rapunzel, and more in keeping with the earlier 90's heroines like Esmeralda and Pocahontas. In some ways ahead of its time, and something which arguably earns Anastasia a place among badass animated heroines.

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*** Let's pause and linger a bit on this. While Anya has been somewhat a DamselInDistress prior to this due to being at the mercy of Rasputin's magic, here she is totally ABSOLUTELY in charge and has no fucks left to give, which only fits her overall DeadpanSnarker, take-charge nature throughout the rest of the movie. Then to further underscore the moment, she's KickingAssInAllHerFinery (albeit rather tattered and damaged), and the iconic shot of the moment is a high-heeled shoe coming down on the reliquary. It's as if the whole moment is written to emphasize as much as possible how much Anastasia is a princess but ''also'' one who badassedly saves herself. Keep in mind this is years before modern animated heroines like Elsa/Anna, Princess Fiona, Moana, or (to a lesser degree) Rapunzel, and more in keeping with the earlier 90's heroines like Esmeralda and Pocahontas. In some ways ahead of its time, and something which arguably earns Anastasia a place among badass animated heroines.



* Creator/KelseyGrammer pulling off an entirely convincing performance as Vladimir, and is totally unrecognizable.

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* Creator/KelseyGrammer pulling off an entirely convincing performance as Vladimir, and he is totally COMPLETELY unrecognizable.
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* Dimitri saving Anastasia and the Dowager at the beginning of the movie. He was a young boy, who would have every incentive to let the Romanovs fall while the insurgents invade the palace. [[WhatYouAreInTheDark What does he do instead]]? Open a door to the servants' quarters when Anastasia returns to her bedroom to get her music box, with Marie in tow, and order them to go through while he fends off the revolutionaries. While there isn't much an unarmed kitchen servant with a vase can do, he does buy them time and convince the insurgents to look in another room. As Marie says later, when realizing that Dimitri as an adult was the same boy, he saved both of their lives and has her gratitude.

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* Dimitri saving Anastasia and the Dowager at the beginning of the movie. He was a young boy, who would have every incentive to let the Romanovs fall while the insurgents invade the palace. [[WhatYouAreInTheDark What does he do instead]]? instead?]] Open a door to the servants' quarters when Anastasia returns to her bedroom to get her music box, with Marie in tow, and order them to go through while he fends off the revolutionaries. While there isn't much an unarmed kitchen servant with a vase can do, he does buy them time and convince the insurgents to look in another room. As Marie says later, when realizing that Dimitri as an adult was the same boy, he saved both of their lives and has her gratitude.



*** Let's pause and linger a bit on this. While Anya has been somewhat a DistressedDamsel prior to this due to being at the mercy of Rasputin's magic, here she is totally in charge and has no fucks left to give, which only fits her overall DeadpanSnarker, take-charge nature throughout the rest of the movie. Then to further underscore the moment, she's KickingAssInAllHerFinery (albeit rather tattered and damaged), and the iconic shot of the moment is a high-heeled shoe coming down on the reliquary. It's as if the whole moment is written to emphasize as much as possible how much Anastasia is a princess but ''also'' one who badassedly saves herself. Keep in mind this is years before modern animated heroines like Elsa/Anna, Moana, or (to a lesser degree) Rapunzel, and more in keeping with the earlier 90's heroines like Esmeralda and Pocahontas. In some ways ahead of its time, and something which arguably earns Anastasia a place among badass animated heroines.

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*** Let's pause and linger a bit on this. While Anya has been somewhat a DistressedDamsel DamselInDistress prior to this due to being at the mercy of Rasputin's magic, here she is totally in charge and has no fucks left to give, which only fits her overall DeadpanSnarker, take-charge nature throughout the rest of the movie. Then to further underscore the moment, she's KickingAssInAllHerFinery (albeit rather tattered and damaged), and the iconic shot of the moment is a high-heeled shoe coming down on the reliquary. It's as if the whole moment is written to emphasize as much as possible how much Anastasia is a princess but ''also'' one who badassedly saves herself. Keep in mind this is years before modern animated heroines like Elsa/Anna, Moana, or (to a lesser degree) Rapunzel, and more in keeping with the earlier 90's heroines like Esmeralda and Pocahontas. In some ways ahead of its time, and something which arguably earns Anastasia a place among badass animated heroines.



** The same goes for Creator/ChristopherLloyd as Rasputin. He plays a brilliant villain, and you'll hardly tell it's him most of the time (except when he's shouting; that's when you can hear his hammier characters like [[Film/BackToTheFuture Doc Brown]] and [[Film/StarTrekIIITheSearchForSpock Kruge]].)

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** The same goes for Creator/ChristopherLloyd as Rasputin. He plays a brilliant villain, and you'll hardly tell it's him most of the time (except when he's shouting; that's when you can hear his hammier characters like [[Film/BackToTheFuture Doc Brown]] and [[Film/StarTrekIIITheSearchForSpock Kruge]].)
Kruge]]).



--> '''Anya:''' I didn't walk half-way across Russia without learning how to take care of myself.
* Anya's entire unflinching BreakingSpeech to Gleb. Regardless of whether she was suicidal (wanting to join her family in death) or bluffing with her life, it takes an impressive amount of courage to deliver that speech with a gun pointed at her face (which would probably have triggered her - [[{{Pun}} literally]] - without the CharacterDevelopment and the recovery of her memories.)
--> '''Gleb:''' (almost in tears) For the last time, who are you?! \\

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--> '''Anya:''' -->'''Anya:''' I didn't walk half-way across Russia without learning how to take care of myself.
* Anya's entire unflinching BreakingSpeech "BreakThemByTalking" lecture to Gleb. Regardless of whether she was suicidal (wanting to join her family in death) or bluffing with her life, it takes an impressive amount of courage to deliver that speech with a gun pointed at her face (which would probably have triggered her - [[{{Pun}} literally]] - without the CharacterDevelopment and the recovery of her memories.)
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memories).
-->'''Gleb:'''
(almost in tears) For the last time, who are you?! \\you?!\\
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--> '''Gleb:''' (almost in tears) For the last time, who are you?! \\
'''Anya:''' I am the Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna Romanova!
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--->'''Bartok:''' You're on your own, sir. This can only end in tears!


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--->'''Bartok:''' You're on your own, sir. sir! This can only end in tears!

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* The escape from the train.

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\n* Dimitri saving Anastasia and the Dowager at the beginning of the movie. He was a young boy, who would have every incentive to let the Romanovs fall while the insurgents invade the palace. [[WhatYouAreInTheDark What does he do instead]]? Open a door to the servants' quarters when Anastasia returns to her bedroom to get her music box, with Marie in tow, and order them to go through while he fends off the revolutionaries. While there isn't much an unarmed kitchen servant with a vase can do, he does buy them time and convince the insurgents to look in another room. As Marie says later, when realizing that Dimitri as an adult was the same boy, he saved both of their lives and has her gratitude.
* Marie's gift to Anastasia ends up saving both their lives. She gave her favorite granddaughter a music box, specially commissioned with their lullaby and figurines of Nicholas and Alexandra, so that no matter how apart they are, they would always be together. During the siege, Marie tells Anastasia not to go back for the music box...but that little action allows Dimitri to find them and send the two royals through the servants' quarters, missing the insurgents by a matter of seconds. Ten years later, Dimitri uses the same box to convince Marie that Anya is not an impostor, let alone willingly part of his con, and Marie's face lights up when Anya remembers how to wind it and sing the melody. Talk about ThePowerOfLove.
* One thing about Marie: she is pure SilkHidingSteel. During the siege on the palace, her main priority is for her granddaughter's safety, and despite hearing her family getting shot -- you can see the shock on her face when gunshots ring through the air-- she keeps a clear head while ordering Anastasia to go through the servant's quarters first and keep moving. As they walk across a frozen river, you can see her taking careful steps to make sure the ice doesn't crack beneath their feet. Then she grapples with Rasputin when the latter grabs Anastasia, pulling with all her might and ensuring that neither of the royals drowns when the ice cracks under the man's body. Being raised in the lap of luxury doesn't rob a person of all their survival skills.
* The escape from the train. Namely, the bit where Anya and Dimitri realize that they have to work together if they want to get off safely. When Dimitri sees the driver has disappeared and they're too high to jump off, he says they need to disconnect the baggage car from the engine. Cue Rasputin's minions fusing the cars' connectors, as Dimitri tries using Vlad's metal pick to hammer them apart. Anya finds dynamite, lights a stick, and hands it to Dimitri. He says, impressed and scared, "That'll work" and moves to get everyone to a safe distance from the location.
* After much effort to return Anya to Marie purely so he can con her out of the reward money, Dmitri abandons this crusade when he realizes she's the real deal and instead turns down the money when Marie offers him the reward. Having fallen in love with Anya, it truly was a remarkable change of heart, and Marie confides to an embittered Anya of Dmitri's noble gesture.
* Depending on your mileage, Dmitri's Crowning Moment comes either when he disproves Rasputin's "[[NothingCanSaveUsNow No one can save you now!]]" by [[DynamicEntry punching him in the face]], or earlier in the film when he steals Dowager Empress Marie's car, kidnaps her, and argues her into going to see Anya mostly by pure stubbornness, all in the name of [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy making his beloved happy]].



** The scene right before the above one, when Anya lunges at Rasputin, attempting to take his reliquary. When she approaches him, the look in her eyes tells the viewer that she is seriously pissed and could easily beat the living shit out of him.



** The scene right before the above one, when Anya lunges at Rasputin, attempting to take his reliquary. When she approaches him, the look in her eyes tell the viewer that she is seriously pissed and could easily beat the living shit out of him.



* Dimitri saving Anastasia and the Dowager at the beginning of the movie.
** Depending on your mileage, Dmitri's Crowning Moment comes either when he disproves Rasputin's "[[NothingCanSaveUsNow No one can save you now!]]" by [[DynamicEntry punching him in the face]], or earlier in the film when he steals Dowager Empress Marie's car, kidnaps her, and argues her into going to see Anya mostly by pure stubbornness, all in the name of [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy making his beloved happy]].
* After much effort to return Anya to Marie purely so he can con her out of the reward money, Dmitri abandons this crusade when he realizes she's the real deal and instead turns down the money when Marie offers him the reward. Having fallen in love with Anya, it truly was a remarkable change of heart, and Marie confides to an embittered Anya of Dmitri's noble gesture.

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* Dimitri saving Anastasia and the Dowager at the beginning of the movie.
** Depending on your mileage, Dmitri's Crowning Moment comes either when he disproves Rasputin's "[[NothingCanSaveUsNow No one can save you now!]]" by [[DynamicEntry punching him in the face]], or earlier in the film when he steals Dowager Empress Marie's car, kidnaps her, and argues her into going to see Anya mostly by pure stubbornness, all in the name of [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy making his beloved happy]].
* After much effort to return Anya to Marie purely so he can con her out of the reward money, Dmitri abandons this crusade when he realizes she's the real deal and instead turns down the money when Marie offers him the reward. Having fallen in love with Anya, it truly was a remarkable change of heart, and Marie confides to an embittered Anya of Dmitri's noble gesture.

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--> "[[AndThisIsFor This is for Dimitri! *stomp* This is for my family! *stomp* And this? This is for YOU!]] [[IronicEcho Do svidaniya!]]!

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--> ---> "[[AndThisIsFor This is for Dimitri! *stomp* This is for my family! *stomp* And this? This is for YOU!]] [[IronicEcho Do svidaniya!]]!svidaniya!]]"



-->'''Bartok:''' You're on your own, sir. This can only end in tears!

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-->'''Bartok:''' --->'''Bartok:''' You're on your own, sir. This can only end in tears!
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*** Let's pause and linger a bit on this. While Anya has been somewhat a DistressedDamsel prior to this due to being at the mercy of Rasputin's magic, here she is totally in charge and has no f$#s left to give, which only fits her overall DeadpanSnarker, take-charge nature throughout the rest of the movie. Then to further underscore the moment, she's KickingAssInAllHerFinery (albeit rather tattered and damaged), and the iconic shot of the moment is a high-heeled shoe coming down on the reliquary. It's as if the whole moment is written to emphasize as much as possible how much Anastasia is a princess but ''also'' one who badassedly saves herself. Keep in mind this is years before modern animated heroines like Elsa/Anna, Moana, or (to a lesser degree) Rapunzel, and more in keeping with the earlier 90's heroines like Esmeralda and Pocahontas. In some ways ahead of its time, and something which arguably earns Anastasia a place among badass animated heroines.

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*** Let's pause and linger a bit on this. While Anya has been somewhat a DistressedDamsel prior to this due to being at the mercy of Rasputin's magic, here she is totally in charge and has no f$#s fucks left to give, which only fits her overall DeadpanSnarker, take-charge nature throughout the rest of the movie. Then to further underscore the moment, she's KickingAssInAllHerFinery (albeit rather tattered and damaged), and the iconic shot of the moment is a high-heeled shoe coming down on the reliquary. It's as if the whole moment is written to emphasize as much as possible how much Anastasia is a princess but ''also'' one who badassedly saves herself. Keep in mind this is years before modern animated heroines like Elsa/Anna, Moana, or (to a lesser degree) Rapunzel, and more in keeping with the earlier 90's heroines like Esmeralda and Pocahontas. In some ways ahead of its time, and something which arguably earns Anastasia a place among badass animated heroines.

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** And Anya's lines when she's [[spoiler:destroying [[SoulJar Rasputin's reliquary]]]]:

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** And Anya's lines when she's [[spoiler:destroying destroying [[SoulJar Rasputin's reliquary]]]]:reliquary]]:



*** Let's pause and linger a bit on this. While Anya has been somewhat a DistressedDamsel prior to this due to being at the mercy of Rasputin's magic, here she is totally in charge and has no f$#s left to give, which only fits her overall DeadpanSnarker, take-charge nature throughout the rest of the movie. Then to further underscore the moment, she's KickingAssInAllHerFinery (albeit rather tattered and damaged), and the iconic shot of the moment is a high-heeled shoe coming down on [[spoiler:the reliquary]]. It's as if the whole moment is written to emphasize as much as possible how much Anastasia is a princess but ''also'' one who badassedly saves herself. Keep in mind this is years before modern animated heroines like Elsa/Anna, Moana, or (to a lesser degree) Rapunzel, and more in keeping with the earlier 90's heroines like Esmeralda and Pocahontas. In some ways ahead of its time, and something which arguably earns Anastasia a place among badass animated heroines.

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*** Let's pause and linger a bit on this. While Anya has been somewhat a DistressedDamsel prior to this due to being at the mercy of Rasputin's magic, here she is totally in charge and has no f$#s left to give, which only fits her overall DeadpanSnarker, take-charge nature throughout the rest of the movie. Then to further underscore the moment, she's KickingAssInAllHerFinery (albeit rather tattered and damaged), and the iconic shot of the moment is a high-heeled shoe coming down on [[spoiler:the reliquary]].the reliquary. It's as if the whole moment is written to emphasize as much as possible how much Anastasia is a princess but ''also'' one who badassedly saves herself. Keep in mind this is years before modern animated heroines like Elsa/Anna, Moana, or (to a lesser degree) Rapunzel, and more in keeping with the earlier 90's heroines like Esmeralda and Pocahontas. In some ways ahead of its time, and something which arguably earns Anastasia a place among badass animated heroines.

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