Bartok the Magnificent: Difference between revisions

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# On the [[Don Bluth]] trope page, we mentioned that because he does not own the rights to the films he directed, his films tend to suffer from [[Sequelitis]]. Bluth had absolutely nothing to do with any of the sequels to any of his movies... except this one. This is the only sequel he directed. (If you're wondering, if it isn't "better" than most sequels spawned off Bluth films, then at least it is [[Deranged Animation|one hell of a lot weirder]].)

 

In this movie, Bartok is a traveling entertainer and a conman traveling Russia with a bear named Zozi, pretending to be a great hero and adventurer. His facade as a hero backfires when Tsarviech Ivan Romanov disappears, kidnapped by the mysterious Baba Yaga. Ludimilla, Ivan's advisor hires Bartok to get him back, and the bat finds he can't say no. So the pair set off, and Bartok might become a hero yet.

 

* [[Anachronism Stew]]: Oh sweet sanity, where do we ''start''? It mixes Imperial Russia (18th-19th centuries) with Russian folklore from the first millennium AD, features a fictional Romanov prince based on a fairy tale character from said folklore, and it only gets worse from there.

* [[Applied Phlebotinum]]: The stuff Baba Yaga puts in the potion. Especially that mysterious glittery liquid she wrings out of Piloff.

* [[Evil Has a Bad Sense of Humor]]: The first thing we learn about Ludmilla is she hates entertainment, and wants to have Bartok shut down.

* [[Evil Is Hammy]]: Ludmilla. She even drinks dramatically.

* [[Gag Boobs]]: Not really boobs, but when Ludmilla is transforming into a dragon and her dragon chest pops out it resembles ludicrously large breasts before her dragon belly pops out to go with it.

* [[Hartman Hips]]: Taken [[Up to Eleven|to ridiculous proportions]] when Ludmilla transforms into a dragon; the result with the "gag boobs" above is very similar to one of those ancient fertility goddess figurines.

* [[Super Serum]]/[[Psycho Serum]]: Baba Yaga's potion, which turns whoever uses it into their inner self, can be either depending on who drinks it. If taken by a repressed hero like Bartok, it would have supposedly made him into a heroic superbat. However, when taken by Ludmilla - a repressed murderous sadist - it instead turns her into a violent fire-breathing dragon. This noticeably surprises her, but [[Genre Savvy|not Bartok or the audience]].

* [[Swiss Army Tears]]: The final ingredient Baba Yaga wanted for her potion is Bartok's tears, shed because of "compassion". Awww...

* [["The Villain Sucks" Song]]: The opening number, "Baba Yaga," which of course turns out to be a fakeout.

* [[Villain Song]]: The Real Ludmilla

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