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** One of the Anya/Dmitry pairs in Japan, Kinoshita Haruka and Kaiho Naoto, played love interests several times before, as well, in ''Theatre/RomeoEtJulietteDeLaHaineALamour'', ''Manga/OukeNoMonshou'', and more.
** The first, mostly cancelled 2020 run in Japan premiered at the same time as [[VideoGame/TwistedWonderland another work]] based on classic Western animation, starring Creator/HirokiAiba (another of the three Dmirty).
** The first, mostly cancelled 2020 run in Japan premiered at the same time as [[VideoGame/TwistedWonderland another work]] based on classic Western animation, starring Creator/HirokiAiba (another of the three Dmirty).
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* AdaptationalMundanity: The stage show does away with the fantastical elements in favor of a more down-to-earth story. With this change, the villain is no longer an magical undead Rasputin but an agent of the new Soviet government who is out to quell any rumors that any of the Romanovs are still alive.
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* AdaptationalMundanity: The stage show does away with the fantastical elements in favor of a more down-to-earth story. With this change, the villain is no longer an a magical undead Rasputin but an agent of the new Soviet government who is out to quell any rumors that any of the Romanovs are still alive.
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* SmugSnake: Count Leopold, a Russian noble in exile introduced in Act 2 badgering Lily about getting the Dowager Empress to sign her wealth over to him. He is a pompous fool and neither Lily or the Dowager Empress take him very seriously. [[spoiler:And when he tries to say that Anya is an imposter on the day she is to be revealed to the public as the long lost Anastasia, Anya quickly humiliates him by remembering him as the vodka breathed blowhard who even her parents made fun of behind his back. He awkwardly walks off stage and isn't seen again until the finale, standing silently behind the Dowager Empress.]]
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* ActionGirl: As she notes, Anya didn't walk halfway across Russia all by herself without learning to defend herself. She demonstrates this moments earlier by fending off four men who attempted to jump her and Dmitry. Somewhat downplayed in that they were stumbling drunk, but still pretty impressive for her against 4 bigger men.
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Early productions and the album have Anya get angry and nearly quit until Vlad calms her down, but most major professional productions seem to cut this bit, going straight from Anya and Dmitry arguing over her making mistakes about who she "is" to Vlad telling Anya about all her "relatives". This was possibly due to Anya's frustrations coming off as a childish temper tantrum, with Vlad calming her down like one would a child, which sticks out a bit from the rest of how she's portrayed.
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* InconsistentSpelling: In the 1997 movie, Dimitri's name is spelled with three i's, but the musical production changed the spelling to Dmitry.
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* AdaptationalBackstoryChange: In the musical Dmitry's backstory was changed from being a palace kitchen servant before the revolution to being the son of an anarchist who lived in the city.
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** Dmitry's backstory is revealed: his mother died long ago, and his father was an anarchist who was killed in a labor camp when Dmitry was still just a boy. His emotional arc is given more focus, with two solo songs dedicated, respectively, to his affection for his city and his realization of what Anya has come to mean to him.
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** Dmitry's backstory is revealed: Dmitry gets a backstory: his mother died long ago, and his father was an anarchist who was killed in a labor camp when Dmitry was still just a boy. His emotional arc is given more focus, with two solo songs dedicated, respectively, to his affection for his city and his realization of what Anya has come to mean to him.
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* NoFullNameGiven: Dmitry's last name isn't revealed.
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* ParentalAbandonment:
** The revolution leaves Anastasia an orphan.
** Both Dmitry's mother and father died when he was young, leaving him an orphan.
** The revolution leaves Anastasia an orphan.
** Both Dmitry's mother and father died when he was young, leaving him an orphan.
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* ShesNotMyGirlfriend:
** Just before "My Petersberg", Dmitry and Anastasia arrive on a street where Dmitry's ex-con partners are gathered, drunk and still drinking. Upon seeing the duo, they tease him saying he got a new girlfriend to which he responds with the usual "She's not my girlfriend!", grab's her hand, and tries to walk away from the group, leading to a fight.
** After "The Press Conference", Marie asks Anastasia where her young man is, referring to Dmitry. Anastasia tells her he is not her young man and Marie tries again while Anastasia again claims they're not in a relationship.
--->'''Marie:''' Where is your young man?\\
'''Anastasia:''' He is not my young man.\\
'''Marie:''' It's not plain to you that he ''loves'' you?\\
'''Anastasia:''' He is not my young man, Nana.\\
'''Marie:''' When he refused my reward for finding you, I thought 'Anastasia has found herself another kind of Prince. One of character, not birth'.
** Just before "My Petersberg", Dmitry and Anastasia arrive on a street where Dmitry's ex-con partners are gathered, drunk and still drinking. Upon seeing the duo, they tease him saying he got a new girlfriend to which he responds with the usual "She's not my girlfriend!", grab's her hand, and tries to walk away from the group, leading to a fight.
** After "The Press Conference", Marie asks Anastasia where her young man is, referring to Dmitry. Anastasia tells her he is not her young man and Marie tries again while Anastasia again claims they're not in a relationship.
--->'''Marie:''' Where is your young man?\\
'''Anastasia:''' He is not my young man.\\
'''Marie:''' It's not plain to you that he ''loves'' you?\\
'''Anastasia:''' He is not my young man, Nana.\\
'''Marie:''' When he refused my reward for finding you, I thought 'Anastasia has found herself another kind of Prince. One of character, not birth'.
