History Characters / Anastasia

* FingerlessGloves: Early on, she wears a pair of ragged, fingerless purple gloves to show how far she's fallen.

* KarmaHoudini: Despite being in on the scam with Dimitri, Vladimir suffers no sort of repercussions from his actions nor undergoes any character development to improve his morality like Dimitri.

* ActionGirl: While she doesn't shoot guns or such, her fiery determination and willingness to get her hands dirty make up for it. Case in point, [[spoiler:she's the one to ultimately kill Rasputin.]]

* FingerlessGloves: In the beginning, she wore purple ones, though they're more ragged than the usual example.

* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Of the real Nicholas II.

* TooDumbToLive: Rasputin tells him that his family will die, as will he, in a fortnight, and the man demonstrates he can do magic. The fortnight passes, and Nicholas apparently didn't send his wife and children into hiding or even go with them. By then it's too late, and the revolutionaries come to murder his family.

* AdaptationalUgliness: Downplayed. While his animated counterpart is also intimidating in appearance (maybe even more so), he is portrayed as being rather scrawny compared to the physically-imposing man he was in real life, [[https://cms.famousbio.net/upload/peoples/60/NjE2MA-grigori-rasputin-4.webp.png if his broad shoulders and large hands are anything to go by]].

* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: [[RasputinianDeath Hilariously and spectacularly dead]] before the revolution, IRL. Also, while Rasputin was certainly a controversial character historically (which nonetheless led to all kinds of conspiracy theories), he was probably not an undead sorcerer who cursed the Romanov family with revolution IRL. Likewise, he didn't commit treason which led to his banishment.

* FourTemperamentEnsemble: A headstrong, FieryRedhead who won’t be bossed around.

* GenkiGirl: According to Vladimir, she was quite notorious for her mischief among the palace staff during the Romanovs' reign (which was TruthInTelevision according to historical accounts of the real life Anastasia). As an adult she's very lively and energetic.

* SparedByTheAdaptation: The real life Anastasia was [[NeverFoundTheBody not as fortunate as in the movie.]]

* HistoricalHeroUpgrade: A mild example. The real Dowager Empress had a rather rocky relationship with Alexandra, though in the film she speaks fondly of her. Her relationship with Anastasia in RealLife was almost the same.

%%%* FatBestFriend: Serves as this to Dimitri

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/HankAzaria; Javier Rivero [Latin American Spanish dub]

* HistoricalHeroUpgrade: While Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgement applies in his case, the real Nicholas II wasn't TheGoodKing depicted in the movie. He was also probably more distant from his daughters, compared to how he doted over Alexei, though he made sure the girls wanted for nothing. Though he is often compared favorably in the West to the Soviets, his rule was definitely not free of oppression and it saw some of the worst [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pogrom pogroms]] (race riots, mainly against Jews) in Russian history. His mismanagement of UsefulNotes/WorldWarI is not mentioned, nor are massacres of strikers such as the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloody_Sunday_(1905) "Bloody Sunday" of 1905]].

* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: [[RasputinianDeath Hilariously and spectacularly dead]] before the revolution, IRL. Also, while Rasputin was certainly a controversial character historically, he was probably not an undead sorcerer who cursed the Romanov family with revolution IRL. Likewise, he didn't commit treason which led to his banishment.

* OutlivingOnesOffspring: Sadly outlived most of her grandchildren and her son, Nicholas.

* {{Tomboy}}: Gutsy, practical and isn't afraid to go toe to toe with Dimitri's snark.

* AdaptationalUgliness: Downplayed. While his animated counterpart is also intimidating in appearance (maybe even more so), he is portrayed as being rather scrawny compared to the physically-imposing man he was in real life. [[https://cms.famousbio.net/upload/peoples/60/NjE2MA-grigori-rasputin-4.webp.png If his broad shoulders and large hands are anything to go by.]]

* DraggedOffToHell: When [[spoiler:Anastasia stomps his reliquary]], the tie-in picture book explicitly states this is what happened to him.

* HistoricalDomainSuperperson: Here, he's an undead sorcerer who created a SoulJar and cursed the Romanovs.

* NotUsingTheZWord: He has almost all the traits of a classic lich, including the SoulJar, but he's never called one.
* ObviouslyEvil: Rasputin had a gruesome, unkempt appearance and vicious conduct well before he became undead. A natural since he only cared for studying the occult arts and never for looks or social grace.

* ButtMonkey: A neurotic, wimpy and wimpy sidekick to a vindictive, power-hungry and unstable psychopathic means that he has to deal with a lot of abuse and his own movie, he becomes even more hapless.

* MyMasterRightOrWrong: He may not always like it, but Bartok will still help Rasputin commit evil by the virtue of Rasputin being his master, whom he is loyal to ([[ScrewThisImOuttaHere although he has his limits.]])

* HistoricalDomainSuperperson: Here, he's an undead sorcerer who created a SourJar and cursed the Romanovs.

-->'''Voiced by:''' Rick Jones; Creator/ArturoMercado [Latin American Spanish dub]

* OurLichesAreDifferent: Unlike most liches, Rasputin wasn't actually ''trying'' to become immortal. He just became immortal upon receiving his reliquary. Speaking of which, that particular {{phylactery}} doesn't actually ''contain'' his soul. It's a ''substitute'' for one!

[[folder:Anya/Anastasia Romanova]]

* {{Deuteragonist}}: The second main focus after Anya/Anastasia.

* WhatYouAreInTheDark: He ultimately refuses to take the reward money, and since he never planned to tell Anya of this, it wouldn't have made any difference if he ''had'' accepted it -- only his conscience prevented him.

* WhatYouAreInTheDark: He ultimately refuses to take the reward money, and since he never planned to tell Anya this, it wouldn't any difference if he ''had'' accepted it -- only his conscience told him he couldn't.

[[folder:Anya/Anastasia Romanov]]

* GenkiGirl: According to Vladimir, she was quite notorious for her mischief among the palace staff during the Romanov's reign (which was TruthInTelevision according to historical accounts of the real life Anastasia). As an adult she's very lively and energetic.

!!Romanova Royal Family

* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: [[RasputinianDeath Hilariously and spectacularly dead]] before the revolution, IRL. Also, he was probably not an undead sorcerer who cursed the Romanov family with revolution IRL. Likewise, he didn't commit treason which led to his banishment.

* StrippedToTheBone: Part of his Dark Pact involves being flayed alive. The moment he grabs the Reliquary and seals the contract with the Forces of Evil he regains his body, but now it belongs to someone else. When his Reliquary is destroyed, they melt, leaving him as a skeleton again...which then crumbles to dust.

* NiceGirl: Kind, caring, brave, fun-loving.

* PluckyGirl: Given she grew up an orphan in poverty, she is very spirited.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: At first, Dimitri proves to be an arrogant jerk who only cares for money. However, he's also proven to be brave and selfless when the moment counts, and that was before his CharacterDevelopment set in to make an even more honorable person.

* BeardOfEvil: [[RhymesOnADime He has a long black beard to be feared.]]

* BeardOfEvil