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her remembering the smell of peppermint actually isn’t too far fetched because smell has the strongest link to memory/triggering memories than any other sense

The memory in the castle dancing with her dad is always so impressive visually and always makes me emotional.

I love the dialog for the reward. "You restored her to me, you saved her life, and mine, yet you do not want your reward?" "...not anymore." "Why the change in mind?" "It was more 'a change In heart.'" "What do you want?" "Unfortunately, nothing you can give."

The biggest difference I know of is that Anastasia was not alive the whole time. She died along with her family. But for the longest time people didn't know this, and tried to dress up women to look like her for money, like they're shown doing in here. The main reason they believed she was alive was that when they looked over the bodies, they didn't initially find her. But they have since found her in the grave, thus exposing the scammers for what they were.

“So this man just dies and came back alive?” Rasputin in a nutshell in real life basically

the villain song had no right to go so damn hard

she gets amnesia from head trauma when she fell 😭 and the smell of peppermint and being in familiar surroundings bring it back also her hair length is so inconsistent throughout this movie and i love that 🤣

Fun fact: trauma can cause memory loss

You know how Anya hit Demetri on the train? I honestly would not be surprised at all if she had to break a few noses in order to keep her precious necklace while living in the orphanage. Children can be savage little buggers and the caretakers did not seem like kind people either. Though in communist Russia, I can't fault them for being cranky. This is a fantastic case of "Show don't tell." says I.

Welchy : just name the dog Anastasia earlier in the movie calling out to the dog and saying pooka: 👁👄👁

Of course you love Dimitri’s friend, he’s the same voice actor as your beloved Beak Man. 💜

You are right, the grandmother is voiced by Angela Lansbury, thesame actress who voiced Mrs Potts in Beauty and the Beast.

Love how your dog was just taking it like a champ while you're tryna balance him on your head

You're one of the few reactors I've seen actually take the head trauma into account. I've seen too many focus just on age. "She was old enough to remember who she is, c'mon."

15:40 I mean, we can joke about it, but the sense of smell is the one that's most close to memory. So yeah it makes total sense that her memory of the peppermint would be so important

The real Grigori Rasputin was a monk and healer who managed to get in good with the Romanovs after he healed their hemophilic son, Alexi. Mostly he just stopped the blood letting practice and let him get rest. Rasputin became an adviser to Nicholas and was much loved by the Empress, Grand Duchess, and the children. Ultimately his downfall came from the abuse of his power to satisfy his addictions and his manipulation of the Czar from interfering in affairs of state causing Russia to suffer. He was eventually killed by a group of nobles who tried to poison him leading to a fight with stabbing, clubbing, and shooting until he was eventually drowned in a river. The rumors of him being a sorcerer stemmed from his almost hypnotic prowess and association with the occult.

20:11 Welchy the film of Anastasia is based on an urban myth about Anastasia “survived” her family massacre. The film became a financial hit for Don Bulth and Gary Goldman but while the rest of their films (excluding The Land Before Time) became one financial failure after another. About the guy known as Don Bluth used to work for Disney as a background animator and the quit on his birthday and create his own studio and being competitive towards Disney.

This is an old favorite of mine. My younger sister and I watched it for the first time since when I was about 9 and she was 7, she had really bad stomach pain and was in the hospital because they couldn’t figure out what was wrong and the nurse put this movie on for us and we’d just watch it over and over.

LOOK AT THIS BEAUTIFUL MANS RIGHT HERE

I firmly believe the vilain's sidekick thing was only added to make this more of a kids movie because it got too dark at times

The puppies name, Pohka, is first mentioned when Anya tries to break in to the palace.

The fact that Welchy got through who knows how much of the movie not realizing the dog did have a name cracks me up (It's Pooka btw)

oh my gosh thank you so much for reacting to this movie, it's one of my favorites and it came at a perfect time, I was having a horrible day, and your upload just made it sm better 😭 love your vids

This movie is inspired by the rumor which started after the Russian Revolution in 1917. The Czars of Russia, The Romanov family were massacred (in Yekaterinburg) after the Czar abdicated that year and rumors started to spread of Anastasia and her younger brother Alexei about they scaping and being alive (which later bringed a lot of girls to say they were Anastasia) then in the 90s when the bodys of the Russian family were found they discovered that it was not Anastasia but her sister Maria and Alexei's bodies that were separated from the others but everyone died in 1917 that night. It was a tragedy. (The movie is inspired by those girls who tried to make the Empress (the Czars Mother who was still alive) believe Anastasia was alive and it was them.

I love this movie. Random fact that picture that Anastasia gave her grandmother in the beginning of the film is actually an actual drawing she drew for her grandmother in real life. And the people that were in that dream scene I’m pretty sure that was her little brother & sisters & dad. But when I found out that it’s based off the real story I was like “that’s so sad but the movie is really really good. Just wish that the real life story didn’t have a sad ending but wish it ended with a happy one. Also I’m pretty sure the dog represents or symbolizes (or whatever the word I’m looking for is) is the dog that used to be her sister Maria’s dog but during their quarantine/lockdown the pup became more of Anastasia pup. If I remember correctly I read that in one of the books about their family and what actually happened. Also the live action is also really really good. Definitely recommend the live action Anastasia:once upon time. (It’s not a musical but it has music in it.) Love your videos!

Rasputin actually died from drowning. He was poisoned and shot about six times but didn't die. Before he was welcomed by Queen Alexandria to help with Alexei's hemophilia (an inherited disease where your blood can't clot), and he was thought to have supernatural powers. The musical on Broadway is a bit more realistic bc it doesn't include Rasputin and instead has post-Bolshevik revolution military officials.

"Is this going into an animated Titanic?" Oh, dear god, you don't know, do you?

'I'm so smart, why don't I just write a script?' I would absolutely love to see a film made by you! I mean... that would be just next level film making😂

"He's either a gold digger or he thinks she's really pretty." ........... honestly, both 😂

1. The smell of peppermint memory is alluding to the fact that smell is actually the closest sense to our memories and therefore is the easiest trigger to remember things. 2. The photo that Anastasia has where she mentions her sister saying it looked like a pig riding a donkey is not only an actual drawing the REAL Anastasia drew but that story is also true as well so when you mentioned the picture 'Is shit' I laughed so hard because I could just imagine the look on this real little girl who drew that hearing you say that to her face. XD This poor dead girl getting so much slander. 3. "That thing gets a Happy Ending?" He gets his own movie, too. XD A movie that is actually really good if you can forget that there is any connection to Anastasia.

This was my favorite princess movie growing up. The videotape would be in the VCR near constantly when I came home and it still works today. I'm 26 now, so that video tape is a trooper.

The point of Bartok (the bat) was to sell toys and to be the comic relief. Fox Animation Studios had great success in selling toys of Batty Koda (the bat; voiced by the late Robin Williams) from FernGully: The Last Rainforest animated film (1992) and they wanted to repeat that success with Bartok. 🦇💰🤑

One of my favorites growing up 💜💜💜 I’d love a series about Rasputin. In real life they shot him, poisoned him, drowned him and he still didn’t die

She doesn't remember because she hit her head.

Thank you for making my great day a bit more terri...wait, what am i supposed to say?

Though he had no official office in the Russian Orthodox Church, nor was he tonsured as a monk, there is plenty of evidence that Rasputin was a holy man. Though unofficial, he was an ascetic and a mystic. There are even some efforts today to have him canonized as a saint, considering he was dearly loved and relied upon by the Royal Family, who are canonized saints (martyrs). Though I still enjoy it for what it is, this movie certainly did him dirty.

In the dark of the night song is such a villainy underrated masterpiece.

I always thought she lost her memory from stress and trauma, as well as the head injury. It happens sometimes

This is a movie that, as a child, gave me genuine nightmares. I was so afraid of Rasputin I couldn't watch the scene of his song without crying for years.

While the movie very well wouldn't be much different without Bartok the albino bat hanging around, I am, and have always been, quite fond of the thing. 😂

the disrespect for poor Bartok! if he annoyed Welchy in his brief appearances in this movie, wait til he finds out there's a whole direct-to-video "sequel" that stars Bartok and no on else from this movie lmao

I remember seeing this film on video tape. Best childhood movie! 🤩😍 Also I’m 100% Dimitri simp

16:20 This drawing in the movie is really based on an actual drawing the real-life Anastasia made. The rest of the movie isn't very accurate at all, but that drawing's real. Also, unrelated, Josephine Baker and her pet cheetah, Chiquita, both show up together during the "Paris is the Key" song number! Josephine is even wearing her banana skirt, but it's with a sparkly unitard and therefore much more PG than her real-life outfits which didn't have much else other than the skirt and some jewels.

The puppy is called Pooka! He's also the playable character in the Anastasia PC game. I still have the disc somewhere, after 20-odd years or so.

I myself am a 28 yr old male adult, and this movie has been in my top 10 favorite animated movies since I was a kid. So, no, there is no shame in being an adult male who loves this movie lol

Anastasia and Dmitri have better chemistry than rose and Jack in titanic

I was and still am obsessed with this movie! I would even watch the extra features on the DVD and sing the songs in other languages. My hubby was able to take me to see the Broadway musical when they came to New Orleans a few months ago and it was such an amazing event! Obviously some things were changed in the storyline and some additional songs, but most of my favorites were still there.

Lol your face was the most red when you were talking about them loving each other, you could see it happening as you kept going. Love your personality, you aren’t crazy loud, you make silly jokes but they are great, you point out the useless characters lol great job! 👏 😊. Also, I know this vid was 3 months ago, but I hope you are having a great day today.

I'm glad this movie has been getting more attention. It's so criminally underrated.

Just a quick question…Welchy does know that this movie is tangentially related to an actual historical event right??? Like the Romanovs were real and so was Rasputin, 🤣 I believe Rasputin was known for being a holy man and healer as well as the rumor he was doinking Anastasia‘s mother which is part of why Royal Loyalists killed him….where as the common people are who killed the Romanov Family

This is my favourite animated film ever, glad you watched and liked it. It's so amazing because of the voice acting, music and sweet storyline

your sister has impeccable taste

Remember that she fell and hit her head after the grandmother lost her grip on Anastasia's hand

I L-O-V-E THIS MOVIE

this movie was a MASTERPIECE. im glad you watched it✨️

The dream scene in the musical is sooo intense and dark and creepy.

Fun fact! The little bat in this movie, Bartok, has a movie spinoff of his own, called "Bartok the Magnificent". XD

A film that just randomly popped into my head today which I forgot about for a while is the animated film, 'Igor' which is basically Frankenstein's assistant Igor but he gets his own story, and creates his own monster and everything. Since Halloween is coming up it might be a good one to watch and I'm sure that a lot of us remember seeing it as children, you may even have seen it already. Also, John Cusack who voices Dimitri provides the voice for the character of Igor.

I agree 1000% this movie has been one of my favs for AWHILE now 😢deserves so much more credit tbh

It was this movie and quest for Camelot that got me into animated musicals

"this movie kinda dark" did you miss the MASS MURDER of her family in the first minutes of the movie 😭

Your ears are in fact very good, the Dowager Empress _is_ played by Angela Lansbury, who voiced Mrs. Potts in Beauty and the Beast!

i think you’re the first person i know who didn’t love bartock 😂😂 i love that little bat

I love this movie. This was Don Bluth’s second to last theatrical animated film (the last being Titan A.E.). I definitely recommend seeing more of his films; The Secret of Nimh, An American Tail, The Land Before Time, and All Dogs Go To Heaven.

My friend this movie is based on the mystery of Anastasia. She existed in real life same with Rasputin and the whole royal family.

"I swear I'm an adult." I severely doubt that.

Just wait til he finds out Bartok got his own movie

I love the dance scene. Ana is the only one who has a reflection, and it's a nice touch.

Aloha Welchy! I've been a fan of yours for such a long time! If you want to watch a fun spooky movie, now is a great time for the 91s Addam's family because Wednesday is coming out in November! Aloha from Hawaii!

My high school history class was studying the Russian revolution when this movie came out so my teacher took us all to see it, and then we went to Burger King afterwards and I got a Dmitri figurine that sat on top of my computer for years afterwards. Good times. (And no, my teacher didn't imply that this was at all historically accurate, but we had fun dissecting it and comparing it to what was actually known in history.)

Bro, I love(d) this movie. Mad respect to your sister for also liking Anastasia!

Your insight on the pedophiles liking more milk in their tea seems to track at least in another movie. In "The little girl who lives down the lane" featuring Jodie foster when she's 13 yrs old, Martin sheen plays a man who has an affinity for underage girls and the final scene of the movie shows Jodies character serving them tea and she apparently puts more milk in her tea than his and he says he wants her cuppa because he prefers more milk in his tea. Very long winded thought - but this just reminded me of thus film tidbit lol

"She wouldn't jump out of a train for her granddaughter she's not going to jump out of a car." The way I HOLLARED!

Fun fact: this movie was set in 1917 during the Russian Revolution and the villain was Gregory Rasputin (a so-called holy man who could apparently heal others with magical powers). However he went mad with power and he began influencing the Russian royal family so he got assassinated by a bunch of army officers

i’m glad to inform you that one of your subscribers (me) is called Anastasia and bonus, my dad’s name is Dimitri

And now to have the songs stuck in your head for weeks! Enjoy Paris Welchy!!🤣🤣 Also, did you know that Rasputin is voiced by Christopher Lloyd? Aka the Doctor from Back to the Future😂 I was so surprised to hear him sing

"This is more like it: No beating around the bush - DEATH!" XD

6:54 The "depths of hell" you're referring to is actually purgatory, or limbo. Basically it's a type of place where souls go in some religions in order to finish some business before moving on, whether to Heaven or Hell. I remember learning in Sunday school that sometimes churches would ask for a donation, usually money, in order to get someone who has died out of purgatory and into Heaven. Unfortunately this was common for a long time in the Catholic Church, my religion.

I liked this movie so much as a kid, but couldn't see it again, because I was so creeped out by the villain.

Rasputin is dead, but stuck in Limbo.

Still my favorite princess movie of all time ( beside Esmeralda and others) and I can still hear the melody to once upon a December.

Fun fact about the bat, Bartok... He gets a spin-off movie: Bartok the Magnificent.

Anastasia is my comfort movie ❤

My brother in Christ, I'm 4 minutes in and already you've said 3 things that could have been answered if you'd just paid attention 😭

"IN THE DARK OF THE NIIIIGHT..." My favorite Villain song, absolutely! Jonathan Young did the best rendition of it, in my mind, but the original is still awesome.

You should watch The Swan Princess next, it's an amazing animated movie and you would absolutely love it! Pleaaase watch it also I love your videos you're amazing :)

Goodness I loved this movie when I was younger. The memory-dancing scene in the old palace still gives me all the CHILLS! Truly gorgeous animation 💜✨ (Also I think I may have had a crush on Dimitri too at one point 🤣)

This was one of my favorite movies to watch as a kid. I remember it very fondly. Different smells are actually a great way to unearth buried memories. For instance, whenever I smell a particular flower, I'm transported back to my babysitter's house from when I was 2ish years old and my favorite little red mailbox toy with a plastic letter. A deep sense of calm falls over me. A similar thing happens whenever I start to smell the dead leaves scent when Fall is approaching. My memory is garbage otherwise.

Loved this movie as a kid and I've never forgotten the "Once Upon a December" song, but man they took a lot of liberties with events and portraying the Czar Nicholas as an innocent victim.

Yes, that’s Angela Lansbury, she’s actually in another Disney movie called Bedknobs and Broomsticks which is one of my personal favourites. Also, the dog’s name is Pooka and he’s a boy. Whenever I see this movie, I automatically hear At the Beginning by Donna Lewis and Richard Marx because it used to play before the movie started on my VHS tape. 😂 It’s still banging. I used to belt out the lyrics when I was alone as a kid.

omg I needed this my youtube is flooded with the ned fulmer drama lmaooo

Bartok actually got his own spinoff movie

I’m so glad you watched Anastasia!!!! It’s definitely my favorite animated movie and I was so excited for your opinion on it.

This is a fun animated romantic comedy. I am so glad u reacted and enjoyed it

I've seen images of Rasputin in real life and I gotta say... He looks a lot scarier and creepier than in the cartoon to me.

Anastasia is technically not a princess movie. It was originally by Fox.

Literally one of my favorite movies

the "princess" in OLd Rusia were called GrandDutcheses

12:51 Vlad is THE man. You see what he did there? 👌 Oh my god 😆