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'''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 hunter, and his mansion is decorated with | '''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’ <sup>[http://raymanzone.uk.ubi.com/interviews_qa_gps_2.php]</sup>, including [[Ugly|Uglies]], [[piranha]]s, and [[Sssssam|Sssssam the Watersnake]] from ''[[Rayman 2: The Great Escape|Rayman 2]]''. | ||
==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
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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]. | 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]. | ||
==Count Razoff's | ==Count Razoff's mansion== | ||
[[Image:Razoff's_mansion.png|left|thumb|The entrance to Razoff's mansion]] | [[Image:Razoff's_mansion.png|left|thumb|The entrance to Razoff's mansion]] | ||