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| “ | Human, monster, unicorn, as long as you're happy. | „ |
| ~ Dracula explains to Mavis that he's okay with her marrying a human. |
| “ | Vlad: You're a fool. Dracula: Your great-grandson is the sweetest, kindest, most special boy I've ever met. And if you can't give him the love he deserves because he's half-human, then you're the fool. |
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| ~ Dracula stands up to his father. |
| “ | I don't say 'BLEH, BLEH, BLEH'! | „ |
| ~ Dracula's most famous catchphrase in the films. |
Count Dracula, also known as simply Dracula, or Drac, is the main protagonist of Sony Pictures Animation’s Hotel Transylvania franchise.
He is the founder and former owner of Hotel Transylvania who was once against humanity due to the tragic death of his wife Martha LuBov-Dracula, which inspired him to build and establish the titular hotel for monsters to come by. After the encountering of a human named Johnny Loughran through his then-118, later 126-year old daughter Mavis, he started to tolerate humans as of right now, though he still has issues with them from time-to-time.
He is also the son of Vlad Dracula, the father-in-law of Johnny, the maternal grandfather of Dennis, and the fiancée/future husband of Ericka Van Helsing.
Portrayals[]
- In the first three films and the short Puppy!, he is voiced by Adam Sandler, who also played Happy Gilmore, Billy Madison, Bobby Boucher in The Waterboy, Little Nicky in the Film of the same name, Davey Stone and Whitey Duvall in Eight Crazy Nights, Zohan Dvir in You Don't Mess With the Zohan, Skeeter Bronson in Bedtime Stories, both Sam Brenner and Q*bert in Pixels, and Donny Berger.
- In the short Monster Pets, as well as the fourth and final film, he is voiced by Brian Hull.
- In the first season of the TV series, he was voiced by David Bemi.
- In the second season of the TV series, he was voiced by Ivan Sherry.
- In the Japanese dubs for the films, he is voiced by Koichi Yamadera, who also voiced Togusa in Ghost in the Shell, Donald Duck, Genie in Aladdin, and Manny in Ice Age.
Appearance[]
Dracula has pale skin, blue eyes, pointy ears, pointy teeth, and short black hair that is slicked back on his head. He also has quite a long face. He wears a black tuxedo with a black cape and the inside of his cape is Fuschia-purple along with black dress shoes. He also wears a gold ring with a red jewel on his left hand.
Personality[]
Dracula dearly loved his wife, Martha so much that he was heartbroken when she died, prompting a massive distrust towards humanity. After her death, the only thing that Dracula cared about was his daughter Mavis and would kill if it meant protecting her however as she was his only family, he can be overprotective and overbearing.
He can also be selfish, going out of his ways to secure that no danger would come to Mavis which goes as far as deceiving and lying to her such as making out humanity as being violent monsters who would attack her on sight by having his zombie/skeletal hotel employees to set up a fake human settlement and pose as humans.
In the second film, he was willing to put his grandson, Dennis in danger as to help him earn his fangs so Mavis wouldn't move. These actions end up driving the people he was trying to protect away from him.
In the third film, Mavis surprises Drac with a Cruise so he can have a vacation from giving others vacations. He wasn’t excited about it at first until he met the Human captain, Ericka. He started to fall for her when he first laid eyes on her, but what he didn’t know was that Ericka was the great-granddaughter of Dracula’s arch-nemesis, Abraham Van Helsing. They eventually get engaged once they both accept the zing.
Dracula is all too aware of the cruelty and prejudice that humanity was capable of, eventually, he deduced that monster-kind would never be accepted by society and instead secluded their kind in his hotel, Hotel Transylvania.
Dracula's closest friend was Frankenstein and they inevitably shared a lot of history, Drac trusted Frank that much he even made him Mavis' god-uncle.
However, as the first film progresses, Dracula begins to realize his biased opinions towards humanity was untrue.
Although he was initially cold and hostile towards Jonathan, a human who wandered his way into Hotel Transylvania he slowly began to warm up to the human and even accepting him as a suitable mate for his daughter. This was also proven by giving him his blessing to marry his daughter at the end of the film.
When the villagers of Transylvania discovered that he and the rest of the monsters of a fairy tale were real instead of attacking they welcome him, reigniting his trust for humanity.
Despite his faults, Dracula does his best to at least try to make his daughter Mavis happy, including risking his own life to bring Jonathan back to Transylvania and allowing her to live her own life the way she wanted.
Dracula hated being stereotyped and was always very insulted when people thought he said "blah, blah, blah", and would angrily correct them if a person would do so.
Powers and Abilities[]
Dracula displays his abilities while fighting against Bela's bat army
- Shapeshifting: Being a vampire himself, Dracula can transform between a bat and his humanoid form, meaning he also possesses these abilities:
- Flight: He can fly as a bat with his own wings.
- Enhanced Strength: Ironically, despite being physically smaller whenever he's a bat himself, he managed to possess a greater amount of strength than his normal state would.
- Agility: With his ability to fly, he can go from one place to another without any hesitation.
Dracula displays his super speed to search for Quasimodo.
- Enhanced Speed: He's capable in instantly moving with a seemingly instant speed, whether as his normal self or in his bat form.
- Hypnosis: He can hypnotize almost anyone, wither for their memories to be erased, or just to simply mind-control them.
- Telekinesis: He is capable of moving objects even from a distance.
- Intelligence: As a vampire, he's very intelligent having so much experience dealing with humans over the years, but isn't always the brightest with what he does at times, such as trying to get rid of Johnny, putting his grandson Dennis in danger convinced he's half vampire, and lying to his own daughter Mavis is each of the movies.
Weaknesses[]
- Sunlight Exposure: Despite his strengths, however, he is also vulnerable to sunlight exposure, which instantly gives him a significant burning sensation whenever he makes contact with it. Because of this, he has to cover himself with anything (such as hats) in order for him to avoid that undesirable feeling.
Trivia[]
- This version of Dracula is purely based on the fictional Bram Stoker character of the same name, and is not connected to the historical Vlad the Impaler in any way (although ironically, Drac's own father is named after the real-life monarch himself). His traditional antagonist concepts never made it to the screens, either.
- Danny DeVito, Ray Romano, Albert Brooks, Bill Murray, Tim Allen, Brendan Fraser, Laurence Fishburne, William Shatner, Nick Kroll, Patton Oswalt, James Marsden, James McAvoy, Jack Black, Justin Long, Jason Lee, Jim Carrey, Steve Carell, Jim Cummings, Tom Kenny, Rob Paulsen, Owen Wilson, Ben Stiller, Liev Schreiber, the late Robin Williams, David Hyde Pierce, Ed Helms, and the late Alan Rickman were all considered for the role of Dracula before Adam Sandler was cast.
- It is unknown why Adam Sandler was unable to return in the fourth and final movie of the franchise, so Brian Hull took over the role of Dracula for that film.
- Dracula was an overprotective father to Mavis, making his personality is similar to Marlin from Finding Nemo, Mr. Satan from the Dragon Ball franchise and King Triton from The Little Mermaid franchise.
- Despite being a villain, he was an antagonist in an unfinished book, but instead, Quasimodo Wilson appeared as a main villain in the first movie.
External Links[]
- Dracula on the Inconsistently Admirable Wiki
- Dracula on the Hotel Transylvania Wiki
- Dracula on the Sony Pictures Animation Wiki
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