Anastasia

is the twelfth episode in the second season of Enchino the Mystic Forest, and the twenty-sixth episode overall.

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Summary
Anastasia's infatuation for her cousin grows too strong, causing her to kidnap Luke and Lucille. Meanwhile, Noah grows depressed after facing constant humiliation, deciding he wants to leave everyone and start a new life. After stealing Luke's magic, Anastasia claims she will only return his powers if he brings her half of Noah. Luke then sets off to rip Noah in half to bring to his cousin.

Appearances

 * Anastasia the Werefox
 * Luke the Werewolf
 * Lucille the Werewolf
 * Noah the Chameleon
 * Purry the Cat
 * Clark the Dingo
 * Gaston the Coyote
 * Saad

Legacy
The episode is notorious for it's dark themed plot and showing sides of characters that had not been seen before, primarily in Noah, Luke and Anastasia. Many fans deemed the episode almost terrifying, but praised the risks taken and the significance of the episode toward the series.

On the day of airing, Anastasia had the most views of any Enchino episode, with over three million tuning in to watch. The episode was described prior to it's airing by Fred Hugo as "the turning point in the series" and "shows just how far we can go." Immediately fans were taken aback by it's darkness and turn from prior episodes, but the episode received much praise, becoming the first episode to be given a five star rating.

Red TV Magazine listed the episode as the 32nd best episode from a television show, while the Enchino Fanclub ranked it as the second greatest episode of the show, only coming behind The Most Tragic Time of the Year. In series finale The Enchino Award Show, the episode was voted Best Episode by the fans and won an award for the title.

Many scenes from the episode became legendary and some of the most recognizable scenes from television history. Most notably when Anastasia kidnaps Luke and Lucille, when Luke steals Noah from his home and rips him in half before feeding him to Clark and Gaston, and when Noah is electrocuted off the toy train set. The scenes have been parodied many times, most notably in The Simpsons, Mirk the King and Family Guy.

Upon the airing of the episode, the character of Anastasia greatly increased in popularity. Becoming noted as one of the most sinister characters in any show, and even being voted Best Character in The Enchino Award Show. Fred Hugo stated the episode to be his favorite, and the one episode he would use to describe the whole plot of season two of the series.