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{{quote|text=A master predator, the son of Count Zaroff – a most dangerous game-hunter, if ever there was one! – and grandson of Nimrod and Artemis, Razoff holds the chair of Cynegetics at the University of Tyr-Kainkou. At least, that's what he claims ... |sign=In-game description|source=''[[Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc]]''}}

{{quote|text=Only descendant of the [[Shoedsackovskaïa family]], Count Razoff settled a long time ago in [[the Bog of Murk|the swamps]] in order to perpetuate the familial tradition. In fact, each member must come back once adult with an extraordinary prey. Unfortunately, Razoff has never found a prey matching up to those of his ancestors: the legendary Abominable Geranium of the Seas of Cockatoo or the [[Space Mama]] of [[Picture City]].|sign=Official site<ref>MultiMania, ''Alliés des HOODLUMS'', http://membres.multimania.fr/hoodlums/newpage3.html</ref><ref>[[Rayman Pirate-Community]], ''Space Mama reference in Rayman 3?'', http://www.raymanpc.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=297134#p297134</ref> & dossier presse<ref>http://www.raymanpc.com/Img/dossierpresse_rayman3.pdf</ref>|source=''[[Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc]]''}}

{{quote|text=Only descendant of the [[Shoedsackovskaïa family]], Count Razoff settled a long time ago in [[the Bog of Murk|the swamps]] in order to perpetuate the familial tradition. In fact, each member must come back once adult with an extraordinary prey. Unfortunately, Razoff has never found a prey matching up to those of his ancestors: the legendary Abominable Geranium of the Seas of Cockatoo or the [[Space Mama]] of [[Picture City]].|sign=Official site<ref>MultiMania, ''Alliés des HOODLUMS'', http://membres.multimania.fr/hoodlums/newpage3.html</ref><ref>[[Rayman Pirate-Community]], ''Space Mama reference in Rayman 3?'', http://www.raymanpc.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=297134#p297134</ref> & dossier presse<ref>''Rayman 3 dossier presse'', http://www.raymanpc.com/Img/dossierpresse_rayman3.pdf</ref>|source=''[[Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc]]''}}

'''Count Razoff Shoedsackovski''' is a boss character who appears in ''[[Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc]]''. The last descendant of the royal [[Shoedsackovskaïa family]] of maniacal hunters, Count Razoff is a tall green reptilian creature who lives in a mansion in [[the Bog of Murk]]. He bears some resemblance to a [[Teensie]], as well as to the species of [[Inspector Grub]] from ''[[Rayman: The Animated Series|The Animated Series]]''. Dressed in a red and gold outfit, he sports a shotgun which shoots arrows at any intruders that dare to enter his mansion. He is a formidable but extremely egotistical hunter, and his mansion is decorated with a great many paintings and sculptures of himself, as well as mirrors and ‘statues of his finest catches’<ref>RaymanZone, ''Interviews with Developers'', http://raymanzone.uk.ubi.com/interviews_qa_gps_2.php</ref>, including [[Ugly|Uglies]], [[piranha]]s, and [[Sssssam|Sssssam the Watersnake]] from ''[[Rayman 2: The Great Escape|Rayman 2]]''.

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''Main article: [[Shoedsackovskaïa family]]''

The in-game information states that Count Razoff is the son of Count Zaroff, and the grandson of Nimrod and Artemis. He also claims to hold the Chair of Cynegenics at the University of Tyr-Kainkou. He has settled in [[the Bog of Murk]], as is his family's tradition, and he will return to his homeland only when he has captured an exotic prey. He also appears to enjoy capturing lesser creatures; several [[Ugly|Uglies]] are imprisoned in his mansion, and at least one [[Paluchard]] is locked up in his dungeon. It is not known if his mansion was handed down to him from his father, or if each member of [[Shoedsackovskaïa family|the family]] must have their own dwelling constructed in the region. ‘Schoedsackovski’ is not explicitly mentioned as Razoff's surname, but this detail can be derived from actual Slavic surnames of similar form.<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_name#Slavic_countries</ref>

The in-game information states that Count Razoff is the son of Count Zaroff, and the grandson of Nimrod and Artemis. He also claims to hold the Chair of Cynegenics at the University of Tyr-Kainkou. He has settled in [[the Bog of Murk]], as is his family's tradition, and he will return to his homeland only when he has captured an exotic prey. He also appears to enjoy capturing lesser creatures; several [[Ugly|Uglies]] are imprisoned in his mansion, and at least one [[Paluchard]] is locked up in his dungeon. It is not known if his mansion was handed down to him from his father, or if each member of [[Shoedsackovskaïa family|the family]] must have their own dwelling constructed in the region. ‘Schoedsackovski’ is not explicitly mentioned as Razoff's surname, but this detail can be derived from actual Slavic surnames of similar form.<ref>Wikipedia, ''Family name'', http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_name#Slavic_countries</ref>

Each member of [[Shoedsackovskaïa family|Razoff's family]] is named after a great fictional or mythical hunter. Razoff's father, Count Zaroff, is named in reference to the character General Zaroff from Richard Connell's 1924 novella ''‘[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Most_Dangerous_Game The Most Dangerous Game]’''. ‘Razoff’ is simply ‘Zaroff’ with the ‘Z’ and the ‘R’ switched, and the characters bear many other similarities. Nimrod, Razoff's grandfather, is named after [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nimrod a great biblical hunter], and Artemis, Razoff's grandmother, is presumably named in reference to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis the Greek goddess of hunting]. The ‘Shoedsackovskaïa’ surname was created by adding a Slavic suffix to the surname of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_B._Schoedsack Ernest Schoedsack], the director of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Most_Dangerous_Game_%28film%29 the 1932 film adaptation of ''The Most Dangerous Game''] – this film is the first work to depict the character of Zaroff as a count rather than a general, and seems to have been a significant influence on ''[[Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc|Rayman 3]]''.

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 {{quote|text=A master predator, the son of Count Zaroff – a most dangerous game-hunter, if ever there was one! – and grandson of Nimrod and Artemis, Razoff holds the chair of Cynegetics at the University of Tyr-Kainkou. At least, that's what he claims ... |sign=In-game description|source=''[[Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc]]''}}
-{{quote|text=Only descendant of the [[Shoedsackovskaïa family]], Count Razoff settled a long time ago in [[the Bog of Murk|the swamps]] in order to perpetuate the familial tradition. In fact, each member must come back once adult with an extraordinary prey. Unfortunately, Razoff has never found a prey matching up to those of his ancestors: the legendary Abominable Geranium of the Seas of Cockatoo or the [[Space Mama]] of [[Picture City]].|sign=Official site<ref>MultiMania, ''Alliés des HOODLUMS'', http://membres.multimania.fr/hoodlums/newpage3.html</ref><ref>[[Rayman Pirate-Community]], ''Space Mama reference in Rayman 3?'', http://www.raymanpc.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=297134#p297134</ref> & dossier presse<ref>http://www.raymanpc.com/Img/dossierpresse_rayman3.pdf</ref>|source=''[[Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc]]''}}
+{{quote|text=Only descendant of the [[Shoedsackovskaïa family]], Count Razoff settled a long time ago in [[the Bog of Murk|the swamps]] in order to perpetuate the familial tradition. In fact, each member must come back once adult with an extraordinary prey. Unfortunately, Razoff has never found a prey matching up to those of his ancestors: the legendary Abominable Geranium of the Seas of Cockatoo or the [[Space Mama]] of [[Picture City]].|sign=Official site<ref>MultiMania, ''Alliés des HOODLUMS'', http://membres.multimania.fr/hoodlums/newpage3.html</ref><ref>[[Rayman Pirate-Community]], ''Space Mama reference in Rayman 3?'', http://www.raymanpc.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=297134#p297134</ref> & dossier presse<ref>''Rayman 3 dossier presse'', http://www.raymanpc.com/Img/dossierpresse_rayman3.pdf</ref>|source=''[[Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc]]''}}
 '''Count Razoff Shoedsackovski''' is a boss character who appears in ''[[Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc]]''. The last descendant of the royal [[Shoedsackovskaïa family]] of maniacal hunters, Count Razoff is a tall green reptilian creature who lives in a mansion in [[the Bog of Murk]]. He bears some resemblance to a [[Teensie]], as well as to the species of [[Inspector Grub]] from ''[[Rayman: The Animated Series|The Animated Series]]''. Dressed in a red and gold outfit, he sports a shotgun which shoots arrows at any intruders that dare to enter his mansion. He is a formidable but extremely egotistical hunter, and his mansion is decorated with a great many paintings and sculptures of himself, as well as mirrors and ‘statues of his finest catches’<ref>RaymanZone, ''Interviews with Developers'', http://raymanzone.uk.ubi.com/interviews_qa_gps_2.php</ref>, including [[Ugly|Uglies]], [[piranha]]s, and [[Sssssam|Sssssam the Watersnake]] from ''[[Rayman 2: The Great Escape|Rayman 2]]''.
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 ''Main article: [[Shoedsackovskaïa family]]''
-The in-game information states that Count Razoff is the son of Count Zaroff, and the grandson of Nimrod and Artemis. He also claims to hold the Chair of Cynegenics at the University of Tyr-Kainkou. He has settled in [[the Bog of Murk]], as is his family's tradition, and he will return to his homeland only when he has captured an exotic prey. He also appears to enjoy capturing lesser creatures; several [[Ugly|Uglies]] are imprisoned in his mansion, and at least one [[Paluchard]] is locked up in his dungeon. It is not known if his mansion was handed down to him from his father, or if each member of [[Shoedsackovskaïa family|the family]] must have their own dwelling constructed in the region. ‘Schoedsackovski’ is not explicitly mentioned as Razoff's surname, but this detail can be derived from actual Slavic surnames of similar form.<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_name#Slavic_countries</ref>
+The in-game information states that Count Razoff is the son of Count Zaroff, and the grandson of Nimrod and Artemis. He also claims to hold the Chair of Cynegenics at the University of Tyr-Kainkou. He has settled in [[the Bog of Murk]], as is his family's tradition, and he will return to his homeland only when he has captured an exotic prey. He also appears to enjoy capturing lesser creatures; several [[Ugly|Uglies]] are imprisoned in his mansion, and at least one [[Paluchard]] is locked up in his dungeon. It is not known if his mansion was handed down to him from his father, or if each member of [[Shoedsackovskaïa family|the family]] must have their own dwelling constructed in the region. ‘Schoedsackovski’ is not explicitly mentioned as Razoff's surname, but this detail can be derived from actual Slavic surnames of similar form.<ref>Wikipedia, ''Family name'', http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_name#Slavic_countries</ref>
 Each member of [[Shoedsackovskaïa family|Razoff's family]] is named after a great fictional or mythical hunter. Razoff's father, Count Zaroff, is named in reference to the character General Zaroff from Richard Connell's 1924 novella ''‘[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Most_Dangerous_Game The Most Dangerous Game]’''. ‘Razoff’ is simply ‘Zaroff’ with the ‘Z’ and the ‘R’ switched, and the characters bear many other similarities. Nimrod, Razoff's grandfather, is named after [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nimrod a great biblical hunter], and Artemis, Razoff's grandmother, is presumably named in reference to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis the Greek goddess of hunting]. The ‘Shoedsackovskaïa’ surname was created by adding a Slavic suffix to the surname of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_B._Schoedsack Ernest Schoedsack], the director of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Most_Dangerous_Game_%28film%29 the 1932 film adaptation of ''The Most Dangerous Game''] – this film is the first work to depict the character of Zaroff as a count rather than a general, and seems to have been a significant influence on ''[[Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc|Rayman 3]]''.

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