History UsefulNotes / GrigoriRasputin

As an aside, some have theorized that the British Secret Intelligence Service was involved in the plot to some degree. While Yusupov himself did not have any obvious connections to the organization, its director at the time[[note]]Sir George Mansfield Smith-Cumming, aka "C"[[/note]] ''was'' a friend of a friend.[[note]]Bruce Lockhart, who frequently interacted with Yusupov in his capacity as Minister of Foreign Services[[/note]] The fact that he was pushing the Tsar to get Russia out of UsefulNotes/WorldWarI certainly gave the British a reason to want him dead, as that would have freed up a significant portion of Germany's forces for a push against Allied lines in western Europe.

* He is an antagonist (in service of an EldritchAbomination) in ''ComicBook/{{Hellboy}}''. He also used to work for the Nazis in order to bring Hellboy into the world and bring about its destruction (unfortunately for them, Hellboy materialized in England, and received a very different education than what the Beast of the Apocalypse might be expected to have).
* He is an ancestor of Colossus (aka Piotr/Peter Nikolaievich ''Rasputin'') in ''ComicBook/XMen''. An ancestor that is very eager to be reincarnated in one of his blood.
* When Karl Kesel homaged elements of ''ComicBook/{{Kamandi}}'' in ''ComicBook/{{Superboy}}'' he introduced a ''Rat''sputin as the EvilChancellor of Great Caesar.
* A sometimes-ally sometimes-rival of ComicBook/CortoMaltese is known as Rasputin (and looks a lot like the other one) — though [[BerserkButton he tends to feel insulted if he's "mistaken" for the "other" one]] (it's not quite clear, but since he's been active for quite some time after the historical one's death, they're ''probably'' two different people).

* While obviously dead by the 27th century, his legacy lives on in ''ComicBook/NikolaiDante'', where a cult known as the Devil's Martyrs have dedicated themselves to his sexual practices. Every member is required to grow a beard like his, [[BeardedLady women included]].

* ''WesternAnimation/TimeSquad'': In the episode, "Nobel Peace Surprise", Rasputin appears as one of Alfred Nobel's recipients for his Evil Prize, and along with other notoriously evil historical figures (including Lizzie Borden and Jack the Ripper) and attempts to try to murder the Time Squad officers.

Rasputin's healing ability was uncanny and apparently perfectly genuine. His effect on the tsarevich is well documented by hostile witnesses who admitted they couldn't explain it. Modern doctors suggest that Rasputin coincidentally gave Alexei the best treatment available by keeping their early-20th-century predecessors ''away'' from the boy -- doctors of the 1900s-10s would have prodded him a lot and recommended aspirin, the former of which could aggravate or even create new bleeds and the latter of which is a blood thinner [[WorstAid that would make bleeds worse]]. Some say his reassurances to Alexei and his mother [[HeartIsAnAwesomePower calmed both of them down, lowering the stress on both of them and making the hemorrhages less severe]]. Despite his many moral failings, he was genuinely loyal to the Tsar and Tsarina and saw himself as their God-appointed protector. Alexei wasn't the only Romanov child that became close to Rasputin; his four older sisters, Olga, Tatiana, Maria and {{UsefulNotes/Anastasia|NikolaevnaRomanova}}, were grateful to him, and Rasputin responded in kind, reading them stories and generally being a good man towards them. Their official caretakers were quite leery, but the Grand Duchesses' letters show nothing but trust and affection and his answers give some excellent advice. Rasputin's own daughter, Maria, claimed he was a strict but affectionate father.

* Creator/AlanRickman did a sympathetic portrayal of the man in the HBO original movie ''Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny''.

* Creator/AlanRickman did a sympathetic portrayal of the man in the HBO original movie

* In the Creator/DonBluth film ''WesternAnimation/{{Anastasia}}'', Rasputin was a [[HistoricalDomainSuperperson sorcerer]] who made a DealWithTheDevil and [[OurLichesAreDifferent came back as an undead]]. Nevermind the other countless historical inaccuracies and fantasies, such as ''causing the [[HammerAndSickleRemovedForYourProtection (not quite Bolshevik?)]] Revolution with a curse'', somehow.

* In the Creator/DonBluth film ''WesternAnimation/{{Anastasia}}'', Rasputin was a [[HistoricalDomainSuperperson sorcerer]] who made a DealWithTheDevil and [[OurLichesAreDifferent came back as an undead]]. Nevermind the other countless historical inaccuracies and fantasies, such as ''causing the Bolshevik Revolution with a curse'', somehow.

* Rasputin shows up during a flashback episode in ''Anime/BloodPlus''. Here he was a [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Chiropteran]] servant of the BigBad Diva His powers enabled him to survive his historical assassination. Rasputin went into hiding in his hometown using his shapeshifting abilities to disguise himself as a young girl. It is hinted that Diva impersonated Anastasia at some point. He’s ultimately killed in a confrontation with Saya and Hagi in 1918. Notably the episode acknowledges that Rasputin is actually a nickname as well as correctly identifying his hometown as Pokrovskoye. The manga adaptation casts him as the leader of a Chiropteran cult who helped Diva pull a KillAndReplace on Anastasia. It oddly portrays him as clean-shaven and younger than his historical self unlike the anime which showed a photo where he looked exactly like his historical self.