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* 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.)
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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]]. 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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* 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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* In the beginning, a young Dimitri helps make sure the Queen and Anastasia get out before the soldiers come.
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!! The musical
* Dmitry gets into a fight with some of his "friends". Anya joins in, and chases one of them off the stage.
--> '''Anya:''' I didn't walk half-way across Russia without learning how to take care of myself.
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[[caption-width-right:350:[[IronicEcho Do svidaniya!"]]]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:[[IronicEcho Do "Do svidaniya!"]]]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:[[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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[[caption-width-right:350:[[AndThisIsFor "This is for Dimitri! *stomp* This is for my family! *stomp* And this? This is for YOU!]] [[IronicEcho [[caption-width-right:350:[[IronicEcho Do svidaniya!"]]]]
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svidaniya!"]]]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:[[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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** 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.
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-->'''Rasputin''': Say your prayers, Anastasia! NO ONE CAN SAVE YOU!\\
'''Dimitri''': WANNA BET?! (''punches Rasputin in the face'')

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* Dimitri saving Anastasia and the Dowager at the beginning of the movie.


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* Dimitri saving Anastasia and the Dowager at the beginning of the movie.
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** A sort of understated one for Bartok, but his refusal to participate in the final battle could be seen as one of these. He knows that the odds are in neither his nor his master's favor and his tone in which he says the following line is about as close to "defying" Rasputin as [[LovableCoward the little guy]] is gonna get.
-->'''Bartok:''' You're on your own, sir. This can only end in tears!
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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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* In the beginning, a young Dimitri helps make sure the Queen and Anastasia get out before the soldiers come.
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* Creator/KelseyGrammar pulling off an entirely convincing performance as Vladimir, and is totally unrecognizable.

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* Creator/KelseyGrammar Creator/KelseyGrammer pulling off an entirely convincing performance as Vladimir, and is totally unrecognizable.
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* Creator/KelseyGrammar pulling off an entirely convincing performance as Vladimir, and is totally unrecognizable.
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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, 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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* Dimitri saving Anastasia and the Dowager at the beginning of the movie.
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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''!]] YOU!]] [[IronicEcho Do svidaniya!]]!
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* He may be evil... and that song may be freaky as hell... but "In The Dark Of The Night" is pretty awesome nonetheless.
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* He may be evil... and that song may be freaky as hell... but "In The Dark Of The Night" is pretty awesome nonetheless.
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Moving to Awesome Music.


* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: Rasputin gets a [[EvilIsCool damn good]] VillainSong, "In the Dark of the Night", a soaring ensemble piece complete with an OminousPipeOrgan and ''power chords''. And backup. Sung by bugs.
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8HA1S4YswU This]] AMV mixes the song with ''Fantasia'' segments of Chernabog and his demons! It's really fitting and terrifying, although the anime girl that appears kind of ruins the atmosphere (It's [[Anime/DigimonAdventure02 Hikari]], if you're wondering.)
** And Rasputin's singing voice is provided by Creator/JimCummings.
** "Once Upon a December". Both the in-film and Deana Carter versions.
** "Journey to the Past".
** "At the Beginning".
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqMDdcA9C_E Finale]] never fails to make one all warm and fuzzy inside.
** "If I can learn to do it". The song is hilarious most of the time, and one point, it freezes to show shock when 'Anastasia' gets something right that the other two haven't gone over ("I don't believe we told her that.") Funny!
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQKZ3-OpoXM Prologue]].
** "A Rumor in St. Petersburg"?

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* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: Rasputin gets a [[EvilIsCool damn good]] VillainSong, "In the Dark of the Night", a soaring ensemble piece complete with an OminousPipeOrgan and ''power chords''. And backup. Sung by bugs.
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8HA1S4YswU This]] AMV mixes the song with ''Fantasia'' segments of Chernabog and his demons! It's really fitting and terrifying, although the anime girl that appears kind of ruins the atmosphere (It's [[Anime/DigimonAdventure02 Hikari]], if you're wondering.)
** And Rasputin's singing voice is provided by Creator/JimCummings.
** "Once Upon a December". Both the in-film and Deana Carter versions.
** "Journey to the Past".
** "At the Beginning".
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqMDdcA9C_E Finale]] never fails to make one all warm and fuzzy inside.
** "If I can learn to do it". The song is hilarious most of the time, and one point, it freezes to show shock when 'Anastasia' gets something right that the other two haven't gone over ("I don't believe we told her that.") Funny!
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQKZ3-OpoXM Prologue]].
** "A Rumor in St. Petersburg"?
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* The escape from the train.


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** Dimitri coming to Anya's rescue.
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--> "[[AndThisIsFor This is for Dimitri! *stomp* This is for my family! *stomp* And this? This is for ''you''!]] [[IronicEcho Dasvidanuya]]!

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

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* "This is for Dmitri! *stomp* This is for my family! *stomp* And this? This is for ''you''! Dasvidanuya!"

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* "This Anya and Dimitri vs. Rasputin.
** And Anya's lines when she's [[spoiler:destroying [[SoulJar Rasputin's reliquary]]]]:
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is for Dmitri! Dimitri! *stomp* This is for my family! *stomp* And this? This is for ''you''! Dasvidanuya!"''you''!]] [[IronicEcho Dasvidanuya]]!

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* "This is for Dmitri! *stomp* This is for my family! *stomp* And this? This is for ''you''! Dasvidanuya!"

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