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* OurDragonsAreDifferent: Zmey Gorynych is a typical Slavic dragon with multiple heads. According to Koschei, he is extremely old and is ''extremely'' fond of [[AnythingThatMoves anything female]], to the point where he has tons of lizard descendants (apparently, including dinosaurs). He likes kidnapping women, marrying them, and, after he grows bored with them, eating them. In his human form, Zmey Gorynych looks like a cultured European aristocrat calling himself Von Drakhen. He also appears to be the GreaterScopeVillain to Koschei, who is terrified of Zmey Gorynych. [[spoiler:Except it's all an act, and Koschei is the true mastermind, who plots to get rid of both his rival and Nikita in one fell swoop]].

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* OurDragonsAreDifferent: Zmey Gorynych is a typical Slavic dragon with multiple heads. According to Koschei, he is extremely old and is ''extremely'' fond of [[AnythingThatMoves anything female]], female, to the point where he has tons of lizard descendants (apparently, including dinosaurs). He likes kidnapping women, marrying them, and, after he grows bored with them, eating them. In his human form, Zmey Gorynych looks like a cultured European aristocrat calling himself Von Drakhen. He also appears to be the GreaterScopeVillain to Koschei, who is terrified of Zmey Gorynych. [[spoiler:Except it's all an act, and Koschei is the true mastermind, who plots to get rid of both his rival and Nikita in one fell swoop]].

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* BalefulPolymorph: Don't anger Baba Yaga if you don't want to end up a toad, or a rooster, a bunny, or a broom. You get the picture. Generally, she'll turn you back after calming down, but you may end up croaking for a while.
** In the first novel, Nikita accidentally turns himself into a hare after reading a book in Koschei's castle out loud, not realizing it's a spell book. Baba Yaga, initially assuming he's a regular hare and deciding to make soup out of him, realizes the truth and turns him back. Shortly after, Nikita has to run back to check out Koschei's MagicMirror. Yaga turns him back into a hare in order to get there and back faster.
** In the second novel, Baba Yaga turns Mitka into a rooster for Nikita's trip to Koschei's castle. Nikita initially assumes that Mitka is Baba Yaga's rooster (whom he hates for waking him up every sunrise) and nearly kills the "bird" with his saber. Baba Yaga realizes she forgot to give Mitka his human voice back and does that. The reason for the turning is that every evil thing fears a rooster call, so Mitka the Rooster is an insurance policy in case Koschei tries something (which he does).
** In the ninth novel, Zmey Gorynych turns Mitka into a big gray wolf, although Mitka can still speak. [[spoiler:It turns out that Zmey doesn't have the power to do that. It was Koschei, who put the spell on Mitka. He tells Nikita how to remove it: take a bath in cold, warm, and then hot water]].


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** Don't anger Baba Yaga if you don't want to end up a toad, or a rooster, a bunny, or a broom. You get the picture. Generally, she'll turn you back after calming down, but you may end up croaking for a while.
** In the first novel, Nikita accidentally turns himself into a hare after reading a book in Koschei's castle out loud, not realizing it's a spell book. Baba Yaga, initially assuming he's a regular hare and deciding to make soup out of him, realizes the truth and turns him back. Shortly after, Nikita has to run back to check out Koschei's MagicMirror. Yaga turns him back into a hare in order to get there and back faster.
** In the second novel, Baba Yaga turns Mitka into a rooster for Nikita's trip to Koschei's castle. Nikita initially assumes that Mitka is Baba Yaga's rooster (whom he hates for waking him up every sunrise) and nearly kills the "bird" with his saber. Baba Yaga realizes she forgot to give Mitka his human voice back and does that. The reason for the turning is that every evil thing fears a rooster call, so Mitka the Rooster is an insurance policy in case Koschei tries something (which he does).
** In the ninth novel, Zmey Gorynych turns Mitka into a big gray wolf, although Mitka can still speak. [[spoiler:It turns out that Zmey doesn't have the power to do that. It was Koschei, who put the spell on Mitka. He tells Nikita how to remove it: take a bath in cold, warm, and then hot water]].

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