Boris Badenov

Boris Badenov is the name of a villain on the 1960s animated cartoons Rocky and His Friends and The Bullwinkle Show, collectively referred to as Rocky and Bullwinkle for short.

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Villain - 1960s - Animated - Cartoons - Rocky and His Friends

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Boris was a spy for the fictional nation of Pottsylvania, and would take orders from the nation's leader, Fearless Leader (and occasionally the rarely-seen Mr. Big). Boris' missions would range from trying to steal a secret rocket fuel formula to eliminating all television from the United States as part of Pottsylvania's various attempts to grab power. Boris, who was thoroughly dedicated to (and took delight in) all manners of nefarious deeds, would also sometimes engage in his own schemes, such as starting his own organized crime gang.

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Spy - Pottsylvania - Fearless Leader - Mr. Big - Rocket - Television - United States - Organized crime

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Boris is nearly always accompanied by his fellow spy, Natasha Fatale.

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Usually, Boris' misdeeds were thwarted by the acts of Rocky the flying squirrel and Bullwinkle the moose. Boris' attempts at killing "moose and squirrel" (as he referred to them) also always ended in failure, usually by his own scheme backfiring on him. As Boris expressed his plight in one episode: "I put bomb in squirrel's briefcase and who gets blown up? Me!"

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Rocky the flying squirrel - Bullwinkle the moose

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Boris' main catchphrase (spoken when frustrated) was "Raskolnikov!" (a reference to the novel Crime and Punishment by Dostoevsky), spoken in his Pottsylvanian accent (a mock-Russian accent) as provided by versatile voice actor Paul Frees.

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Catchphrase - Raskolnikov - Crime and Punishment - Dostoevsky - Russian - Paul Frees

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Boris' name is a play on the name of the opera Boris Godunov.

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In the 2000 theatrical film The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle, the live-action Boris was played by Jason Alexander.

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2000 - The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle - Jason Alexander

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