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Mikhail Bulgakov

Mikhail Bulgakov is a 13 year old psychic camper at Whispering Rock Psychic Summer Camp.

Appearance[]

Mikhail has golden brown skin and black eyes. He has four fingers on each hand. He wears the standard Whispering Rock T-shirt over a red shirt. He has orange pants and brown snow boots. He also wears a large hat.

Personality[]

Good luck, small ones.

–Mikhail Bulgakov

Mikhail is fixated on wrestling bears, specifically a "large hairless bear" he has seen around camp. He is Maloof's bodyguard and has been known to tell campers exactly how he could beat them in a fight. He calls his Telekinesis move the "Telekiliminator".

Psychonauts[]

Before embarking into Basic Braining, Mikhail can be seen standing near the path to the Main Campgrounds. He mentions looking for a "giant hairless bear" that he thinks lurks in the forest and spends his time searching for the elusive creature for a while.

If Razputin goes to the parking lot after completing Milla's Dance Party, he'll find Maloof with a pair of underpants containing a fish pulled over his head. He is waiting for his father to come pick him up, sick of being constantly bullied by Bobby Zilch. Mikhail joins them, thinking the fish is a strategy to attract the bear for wrestling, and tells Raz he'll stay with Maloof so he can wrestle the bear himself afterwards. Maloof tells Mikhail he can have his turn, as he is completely uninterested in wrestling. Mikhail is so thankful for this that when Bobby appears to cause more havoc, he uses Telekinesis to hold the bully into the air, stating "Bullying now forbidden" and threatening to use a fighting technique called the "Deadly Nelson", which, according to him, would cause the eyeballs to pop out of the victim's head. This scares Bobby away from bullying Maloof, at least for the remainder of the game.

From that point on, Mikhail acts as Maloof's bodyguard, being seen warding off any threats to his 'little boss' (including Raz). Mikhail doesn't have a reason why he started working for Maloof, nor does he know that Maloof has nothing to give in return except bullies to beat up. Mikhail doesn't charge Maloof for his services because he thinks his "boss" should be charging him. They are also later seen holding Benny over the creek near the GPC, trying to decide Benny's punishment and whether or not to kill him with the Deadly Nelson.

After recovering both Mikhail and Maloof's brains, both can be seen wiring explosives to Coach Oleander's jeep in the parking lot.

Psychonauts 2[]

Mikhail appears in the Psychonauts recap animation in Psychonauts 2.

Psychic Abilities[]

  • Telekinesis: Uses it to protect Maloof. He has a special technique he calls the telekeliminator to crush every bone in his opponent's body.

Quotes[]

  • “Small Maloof and I have arrangement.  Instead of beating up bears, I get to beat up anyone who picks on Maloof.  Unbelievable, no?  And he’s not even charging me!”
  • “In Russia, bears much smaller. Also more hair. Less lurking.”
  • “Mouth stuffed with giant tongue can’t scream.”

Trivia[]

  • Mikhail is from Kazan, Russia.
  • Mikhail lists his age as 105 on his MySpace profile.
  • Mikhail sees Razputin as himself with a smaller body.
  • At 13, Mikhail is the oldest Camper at Whispering Rock.
  • The name "Mikhail Bulgakov" is a likely reference to the author of The Master and Margarita, another Russian also named "Mikhail Bulgakov."
  • Mikhail is very good at tetherball, according to Maloof.
  • Mikhail's favorite books include The Hardy Boyz: Exist 2 Inspire and Randy Savage: The Story of the Wrestler They Call "Macho Man".
  • Mikhail's favorite TV shows are WWE Smackdown, WWE Raw, and When Animals Attack.
  • Mikhail's favorite movies are Rollerball; Beyond the Mat; Grizzly; Grizzly 2: Revenge of Silverclaw; and Hell Comes To Frogtown starring Rowdy Roddy Piper.
  • Psychadet rank: Astral Warrior
  • Who I Want to Meet: Who is the guy who stole box of candy from Maloof? Makes me so angry. I meet you and you give back candy from Maloof's mom. Not yours.
  • He is the tallest Camper due to his hat.
  • Despite his seniority, this is Mikhail’s first summer at Whispering Rock. Being preoccupied with finding bears to wrestle, he has made little connection with other campers, except for Maloof.
  • In the design document, Mikhail was originally called "Blotton Tusk."
  • According to his old Myspace page, Mikhail's zodiac sign is Taurus and his date of birth is May 11.
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