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| “ | Commander! You've rained on my glorious parade! For this, I'm sending everything I've got at you! But I won't let you have the satisfaction of catching me! I'm escaping to the one place that hasn't been corrupted by capitalism! Space! | „ |
| ~ Chedenko preparing to flee, and his most famous line. |
Anatoly Cherdenko is the main antagonist of Command and Conquer: Red Alert 3. In the Allied and Imperial campaigns he is the main antagonist while in the Soviet campaign he is the main protagonist. He was the Premier of an alternate Soviet Union, created by mass-manipulation of the time-stream, he is aware of such alterations and indeed was responsible for many such alterations so as to gain and keep power.
He was portrayed by Tim Curry, who also played the Lord of Darkness in Legend, Wadsworth in Clue, Pennywise in the It television miniseries, Hexxus in FernGully: The Last Rainforest, Emperor Palpatine in Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Billy Flynn in Criminal Minds, Farley Claymore in The Shadow, King Chicken in Duckman, Ben Ravencroft in Scooby-Doo and the Witch's Ghost, Slagar the Cruel in Redwall, Philippe in Barbie and The Three Musketeers, Professor Calamitous in The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius, Von Talon in Valiant, El Maléfico in ¡Mucha Lucha!: The Return of El Maléfico, Nick O' Teen and Scarlet Fever in Ozzy & Drix, Mouse King in Barbie in the Nutcracker, Big Brother in Johnny Bravo, Dale "The Whale" Biederbeck in Monk, Dr. Slicer in Recess, Maestro Forte in Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas, Simon Doonan in the 1996 TV movie Titanic, Ringmaster in Loonatics Unleashed, Big Bayou in Courage the Cowardly Dog, Dr. Kao in Doomrunners, The Cat King in The Cat Returns, Belial in The Legend of Atlantis, Nero and Nihilus in The Story Keepers, Kilokahn in Super Human Samurai Syber-Squad, Evil Manta in the animated series The Little Mermaid, Drake in The Pebble and the Penguin, Skullmaster in Mighty Max, Konk in The Pirates of Dark Water, Fox Jacket in Dinosaurs, Glorious Godfrey in Young Justice, Dr. Gunnar Maelstrom in Where on Earth is Carmen Sandiego?, Hot Dog Leader and the Master Prank Caller in Regular Show, Doviculus in Brütal Legend, Glorious Godfrey in Young Justice, Doctor Thaddeus Morocco in Transformers: Rescue Bots, Blacktooth in The Outback, The Sorcerer in Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja Dr. Anton Sevarius in Gargoyles, Amok Mon Ra and Kileem in the animated series Aladdin, Konk in The Pirates of Dark Water, Thaddeus E. Klang in TaleSpin, Cardinal Richelieu in the 1993 film adaptation of The Three Musketeers, Neville Baddington in Saving Santa, Long John Silver in Muppet Treasure Island, and Frank-N-Furter in The Rocky Horror Picture Show.
Biography[]
Antatoly began life as a colonel in an alternate time-line but would change history so as to ultimately gain power over the Soviet Union, radically changing the empire in the process - having killed off nuclear weaponry but opened up a new age of unparalleled technological warfare with a massive three-way battle between the Soviets, the Allies, and the Empire of the Rising Sun.
Introducing himself to the player, he is an apparently friendly if intimidating figure who sees potential in the player and defends them against attacks from General Krukov, who sees the player as unfit for their purpose - it becomes clear that Cherdenko and Krukov have a mutual hatred for one another, yet are forced to work together for the empire, though Cherdenko does mention to the player that some day Krukov may push his luck too far.
During a particular mission briefing, a Twinblade attack helicopter attempted to assassinate Cherdenko, and though he narrowly avoided death, he was infuriated. Later, in the attack on the Vos Eisling Air Base in Iceland, he brands Krukov as a traitor and has the player kill him, promoting them to a general for their loyalty (it is later revealed this was a hoax and Krukov was innocent, with Cherdenko faking the attack to justify Krukov's death). He then begins to show his thirst for complete conquest as he has the player lead the attack on Mt. Fuji, Japan, to assassinate Emperor Yoshiro and annex the Empire of the Rising Sun's territory into the Soviet Union.
Following this, the player is sent to Easter Island to speak with the Allies, who believe the Soviets seek peace just as they do. Cherdenko instead plans a brutal ambush to assassinate the Allied field marshal, Robert Bingham, and deal a crippling blow to the Allies in the Pacific. Yet, following the destruction of the Allied forces, Cherdenko decides the player has outlived their usefulness and has grown too powerful. He then tries to kill them, leading to Dasha taking the player's side as Cherdenko goes completely mad with power, declaring that this was "his" time-line.
Eventually the mad dictator is defeated and the player would go on to become the new Premier of a Soviet Union that has effectively conquered the world. Cherdenko is presumed dead after the events at Easter Island.
Personality[]
Cherdenko is a masterful sociopath who cares only for personal power and will go to any lengths to achieve such goals, even faking an attempt on his life in order to frame Krukov and thus order his death. Likewise, he was quick to try and kill the player despite having been a close ally simply because he felt they were amassing just enough power and knowledge to be a threat to his own supreme authority.
Powers and Abilities[]
Cherdenko had access to advanced technology including time-travel, which allowed him to effectively alter reality itself and put himself in supreme command over a heavily-altered Soviet Union, killing Einstein and Stalin, as well as numerous other leaders so as to change the time-line and allow himself to amass immense power.
Cherdenko had access to many super-weapons and ultra-technology, most of which powered on tesla-technologies (such as the Tesla Tank) but others had advanced features such as orbital-weapons and even an experimental weapon known as a Vacuum Imploder which he planned to use on his ex-ally on Easter Island, where he also had a massive fortress atop an active volcano (it was also shown he had went as far as weaponizing the stone heads of Easter Island themselves).
Despite his immense power, he was unable to stand completely unopposed and thus relied on his cunning and manipulation to have others do the dirty work of eliminating political and military rivals, only to betray these allies later on to ensure his own supremacy.
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Trivia[]
- Cherdenko's "space" speech has become an internet meme due the wacky dialogue, false Russian accent, and Tim Curry's obvious "corpsing" before he says "space".
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