History Characters / DRACULA

* HerrDoktor: He's actually Dutch, but constantly peppers his English with German. (Yes, Bram Stoker did, in fact, do the research -- German was a lingua franca in that area of Europe.)
** Also, Dutch is a Germanic language closely related to German.
** And German was the language of science in the 19th century -- a (non-German) scientist tossing around German words would be like a musician casually using Italian words.

* TheHero: Of the novel, despite some later adaptations changing focus.

'''[[TropeCodifier The]]''' [[OurVampiresAreDifferent vampire]].

* BigFancyCastle: His castle ''used'' to be this, although traces of its ancient wealth could still be found in the sumptuous interior furnishings.
** It is now more of a HauntedCastle, with broken battlements, few lights, and no residents except the Count himself and the three women.

* NiceJobFixingItVillain: While Jonathan saw Dracula scaling the walls of the castle, he chalked it up to fatigue from his trip and his eyes playing tricks on him. Then they had to try and prematurely feed on him before his paperwork with Dracula is done. Needless to say, it's all the proof Jonathan needed to realize the count wasn't human and make the effort to escape. The stupid thing too is that Drac was gonna give Jonathan to them once the business was conducted and if they had waited, he would have been none the wiser.
* NoNameGiven: We never learn their names or much of anything about them other them other than being Dracula's servants.

* AdaptationDyeJob: It's generally considered she had darker hair and most adaptations agree. However she was depicted with red hair in ''Film/DraculaDeadAndLovingIt'', in the comic adaptation drawn by Dick Giorando she's blonde and she's also blonde in ''Anime/{{Hellsing}}''... and a teenage girl.

* AmbiguouslyBi: Downplayed (Obviously. Victorian Era, after all), but not even getting into her relationship with Lucy, the first time she sees Dracula, she mentions that they were admiring the same woman, whom Mina also describes as quite attractive.

* {{Chickification}}: Arguably happens in many movie adaptations of the original source material. In the novel, she was a well-educated assistant schoolmistress who took care of Lucy early on and kept her from sleepwalking, nursed Jonathan back to health when he was sick and functioned as the secretary of the group, organizing the notes on Dracula ("secretary" might seem deragatory, but the importance of that role ''cannot'' be overstated; everyone had pieces of the puzzle, Mina was the one who assembled them into a coherent picture they could work off of). After being attacked, she uses her new-found psychic link to help the males keep track of what the BigBad was doing. All this changed in the 1931 movie adaptation and many later versions in which she was turned into a weeping, hysterical DamselInDistress who is on one occasion in love with Dracula.

* ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections: He is the connections. Jonathan gets another solicitor to open up about the purchase of another of the Count's lawyers by claiming to represent Lord Godalming, and more than once Arthur's title opens doors for the hunters that would otherwise have remained closed.

* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: While he's most famous for being the quintessential vampire, Dracula also has rathere werewolf-like traits -- he's able to [[{{Animorphism}} transform into a wolf]], can communicate with wolves and is rather hairy even in human form. He even claims in-universe that werewolf legends [[BeethovenWasAnAlienSpy were inspired by tales of his family]].

* NightmareFetishist: Downplayed, as when faced with true evil, he's appropriately horrified, but he has a keen interest in the dark side of the human mind, which led to his work in psychology. While he does try and treat Renfield and get him in better shape, he's also very tempted to see how his madness plays out, as he's extremely curious to see what will happen if he does.
** Seward is also oddly enthusiastic about watching Van Helsing prepare his autopsy equipment, and when any of his friends handle knives, expect him to to provide a detailed and loving description.
* NonIdleRich: Seward does not need to work for a living but works anyway.

* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Mina showing him some genuine concern and kindness prompts him to warn her of Dracula.

* NerdActionHero: Both she and her husband arguably qualify. She doesn't engage in violence to the same extent as some of the male characters, but Mina is ready and willing to take action against Dracula and his female vampire cohorts in defense of her loved ones and arguably even leads the pursuit against them. She also gets super excited about the latest modern inventions and train schedules.

* {{Chickification}}: Arguably happens in many movie adaptations of the original source material. In the novel, she was a well-educated assistant schoolmistress who took care of Lucy early on and kept her from sleepwalking, nursed Jonathan back to health when he was sick and functioned as the secretary of the group, organizing the notes on Dracula ("secretary" might seem deragatory, but the importance of that role ''cannot'' be understated; everyone had pieces of the puzzle, Mina was the one who assembled them into a coherent picture they could work off of). After being attacked, she uses her new-found psychic link to help the males keep track of what the BigBad was doing. All this changed in the 1931 movie adaptation and many later versions in which she was turned into a weeping, hysterical DamselInDistress who is on one occasion in love with Dracula.

* AdaptationalJerkass: Many of the adaptations that try to show Dracula in a more positive light, or want Mina to be romantically involved with someone else, make Jonathan a stuffy 1800s caricature, who wants the schoolteacher Mina to [[StayInTheKitchen stay at home]], or even [[DefiledForever leaves her because she was practically-raped by Dracula]]. In the original novel, Jonathan never considers Mina anything less than the love of his life and is ready to join her in undeath if necessary so she won't suffer alone. Her having to quit her job as a teacher never comes up either.

%%* HeelFaceTurn: It's brief but he manages to do it.

* {{Chickification}}: Arguably happens in many movie adaptations of the original source material. In the novel, she was a well-educated assistant schoolmistress who took care of Lucy early on and kept her from sleepwalking, nursed Jonathan back to health when he was sick and functioned as the secretary of the group, organizing the notes on Dracula. After being attacked, she uses her new-found psychic link to help the males keep track of what the BigBad was doing. All this changed in the 1931 movie adaptation and many later versions in which she was turned into a weeping, hysterical DamselInDistress who is on one occasion in love with Dracula.

* AllAPartOfTheJob: Discussed internally by Jonathan early in the novel. After beginning to pick up on the major red flags surrounding his situation, Jonathan internally debates whether to proceed into Dracula's castle or not and [[NaiveNewcomer briefly wonders whether such bizarre circumstances are actually normal]] in the job of a solicitor called to manage transnational affairs in foreign lands. To be fair, Jonathan is still fairly green at his job, having only recently passed his bar exam rigrenfieldht before being sent to Transylvania; up until just before the novel's start Jonathan was merely a clerk working at his surrogate father's law firm. He's also implicitly trying to rationalize away his fear since he ''has'' to go into the castle; with the wolves close by in the forest and the village miles away, there's really no safe way out of it at this point.

* AdaptationDyeJob: She's implied to be blonde in the book by making mention of hair being “sunny ripples” on the pillow. Sadie Frost who played Lucy in ''Film/BramStokersDracula'' had red hair.

** Mostly because [[UnbuiltTrope he predates]] a lot of other vampire fiction. Later stories {{Flanderized}} some of the details in this book, and blended them with the traditional folklore. For instance, Dracula sleeps during the day... but he can stay up all day if he wants, like a human staying up all night, and he doesn't burst into flames in direct sunlight.