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Mikhail Baryshnikov

PewDiePie as Mikhail Baryshnikov
Cameo information
Birth name Михаил Николаевич Барышников (pronounced Mikhail Nikolayevich Baryshnikov)
Nickname(s) Misha
Born January 27, 1948 (age 76)
Riga, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union
(Riga, Latvia)
Physical description
Hair Brown
Eyes Blue
Based on
Mikhail Baryshnikov Based On
Appearance information
Appeared in Rasputin vs Stalin
Alexander the Great vs Ivan the Terrible
PewDiePie vs T-Series
During Mikhail Gorbachev's verse
Ivan the Terrible's first verse
The end credit of PewDiePie vs T-Series
Location(s) Bolt-shaped neon signs (Rasputin vs Stalin)
Red Square (Alexander the Great vs Ivan the Terrible)
A speaker (PewDiePie vs T-Series)

Mikhail Baryshnikov first made a cameo appearance in Rasputin vs Stalin, and later in Alexander the Great vs Ivan the Terrible and PewDiePie vs T-Series through reused footage. He was portrayed by PewDiePie on all three occasions.

Information on the cameo

Mikhail "Misha" Nikolaevich Baryshnikov (Russian: Михаил Николаевич Барышников) was born on January 27th, 1948, in Riga, Latvia. He was a Russian dancer, choreographer and actor. He is known to be one of the greatest ballet dancers in history alongside Vaslav Nijinsky and Rudolf Nureyev. After a successful start in the Kirov Ballet in Leningrad, he stopped doing ballet and went to Canada in 1974 to start a career in western dances. After joining many companies (but leaving shortly afterwards), he joined the New York City Ballet as a high rank dancer to learn George Balanchine's style. He then danced with the American Ballet Theatre, where he later became an artistic director there.

Appearance in the rap battles

Rasputin vs Stalin:

Baryshnikov appeared in the background when Mikhail Gorbachev said the line, "I had the balls to let Baryshnikov dance, playa!" He also acted as the transition to the next scene, in which Gorbachev said, "Tore down that wall like the Kool-Aid Man! Oh yeah!"

Alexander the Great vs Ivan the Terrible:

Baryshnikov, alongside Rasputin, Vladimir Lenin, Mikhail Gorbachev, Vladimir Putin, and Joseph Stalin, appeared in Red Square during the line in Ivan the Terrible's first verse, "I'm the first Tsar of all of Russia!"

PewDiePie vs T-Series:

Baryshnikov appeared in the end credit of PewDiePie vs T-Series, as a representation of PewDiePie. He is also mentioned in the description, which says "Subscribe to Mikhail Baryshnikov" as a spoof of the "Subscribe to PewDiePie" campaign.

Trivia

  • He, Ronald McDonald and the Burger King are currently the only characters to appear in both FITP and ERB.
    • He is the only one out of these three who does not rap.
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