History Fridge / DRACULA

** Quincey Morris contributed the least, only writing a few telegrams to the other characters. Since he dies, his possessions would be sent to his family overseas, which would include his diary and any letters he received (they'd still have the letters he sent, but they either gave them back or figured they couldn't write just half the conversation). With telegrams, both parties record the full conversation.
** Lucy dies too, but her possessions went to her widower Arthur.

* When Van Helsing kills the now vampiric Lucy he fills her mouth with garlic, puts a stake in her heart, and then beheads her. [[NoKillLikeOverkill Going overboard?]] [[SubvertedTrope No]]: contrary to later representations Van Helsing is simply a doctor who happens to be knowleadgeable on vampiric lore, so he's trying three different ways to kill a vampire to see which one works.

* The novel is cobbled together from newspaper clippings, letters, and diary entries, all contributed by the main characters. The only heroes who didn't contribute are Van Helsing and Quincey Morris. Van Helsing probably writes his journal in Dutch, and Quincey Morris is dead. If Morris had a family, his possessions would go to them, including his journal. Lucy died too, but her possessions went to Arthur, who also contributed.

* If Dracula hadn't been killed, Jonathan may have become a vampire ''regardless'' of whether Dracula ever committed attacks on Mina and Lucy or even came to England, because the text ''heavily'' implies that Dracula also drank from Jonathan at least once during Jonathan's captivity in Transylvania. During Jonathan's first encounter with the three vampire ladies, Dracula tells them that Jonathan is his, but when he is done with Jonathan they may "kiss" him. On Jonathan's last night in Castle Dracula before he successfully flees, Jonathan is in his bedroom writing in his journal when he thinks he hears the three vampire ladies and Dracula whispering together right outside his door. Dracula tells the ladies that tomorrow will be their night, but tonight is his. Jonathan opens the door in a trapped rage and on the other side are the three vampire ladies licking their lips, who laugh and run away (confirming that the conversation was not Jonathan's imagination and implying that Dracula, though unseen, is also near), afterwhich Jonathan returns to his chamber and details no further events until morning. Jonathan's next entry makes no mention of the previous night, but narrates Jonathan waking up, praying, and then heading into Dracula's crypt in an attempt to steal the key to escape - whereupon he observes that Dracula looks bloated, far younger than he did the night prior, and has fresh blood on his lips. Given Jonathan had been keeping track of when Dracula leaves the castle and that there were no other living people around, and further, given Dracula's own words outside Jonathan's door just before Jonathan ceased writing, it's almost certain that the blood came from Jonathan while he slept. While it doesn't seem as though Jonathan went through what Dracula would later do to Mina (given that Jonathan never shows signs of vampirism himself), this does imply that Jonathan had been infected much like Lucy and the children Lucy bit. This means that, had Dracula not followed Jonathan to England and drawn enough attention to provoke a hunt for his head, Jonathan would have returned to live out his normal life in England yet inevitably become a vampire upon his natural death.

* If Dracula hadn't been killed, Jonathan may have become a vampire ''regardless'' of whether Dracula ever committed attacks on Mina and Lucy or even came to England, because the text ''heavily'' implies that Dracula also drank from Jonathan at least once during Jonathan's captivity in Transylvania. During Jonathan's first encounter with the three vampire ladies, Dracula tells them that Jonathan is his, but when he is done with Jonathan they may "kiss" him. On Jonathan's last night in Castle Dracula before he successfully flees, Jonathan is in his bedroom writing in his journal when he thinks he hears the three vampire ladies and Dracula whispering together right outside his door. Dracula tells the ladies that tomorrow will be their night, but tonight is his. Jonathan opens the door in a trapped rage and on the other side are the three vampire ladies licking their lips, who laugh and run away (confirming that the conversation was not Jonathan's imagination and implying that Dracula, though unseen, is also near), afterwhich Jonathan returns to his chamber and makes no further records until morning. Jonathan's next entry makes no mention of the previous night, but narrates that Jonathan wakes up and heads into Dracula's crypt in an attempt to steal the key to escape - where he observes that Dracula looks bloated, far younger than he did the night prior, and has fresh blood on his lips. Given Jonathan had been keeping track of when Dracula leaves the castle and that there were no other living people around, and further, given Dracula's own words outside Jonathan's door just before Jonathan ceased writing, it's almost certain that the blood came from Jonathan while he slept. While it doesn't seem as though Jonathan went through what Dracula would later do to Mina (given that Jonathan never shows signs of vampirism himself), this does imply that Jonathan had been infected much like Lucy and the children Lucy bit. This means that, had Dracula not followed Jonathan to England and drawn enough attention to provoke a hunt for his head, Jonathan would have returned to live out his normal life in England yet inevitably become a vampire upon his natural death.

* If Dracula hadn't been killed, Jonathan may have become a vampire ''regardless'' of whether Dracula ever committed attacks on Mina and Lucy or even came to England, because the text ''heavily'' implies that Dracula also drank from Jonathan at least once during Jonathan's captivity in Transylvania. During Jonathan's first encounter with the three vampire ladies, Dracula tells them that Jonathan is his, but when he is done with Jonathan they may "kiss" him. On Jonathan's last night in Castle Dracula before he successfully flees, Jonathan is in his bedroom writing in his journal when he thinks he hears the three vampire ladies and Dracula whispering together right outside his door. Dracula tells the ladies that tomorrow will be their night, but tonight is his. Jonathan opens the door in a trapped rage and on the other side are the three vampire ladies licking their lips, who laugh and run away (meaning the conversation definitely happened and Dracula is also very nearby) afterwhich Jonathan returns to his chamber and makes no further records until morning. Jonathan's next entry makes no mention of the previous night, but narrates that Jonathan wakes up and heads into Dracula's crypt in an attempt to steal the key to escape - where he observes that Dracula looks bloated, far younger than he did the night prior, and has fresh blood on his lips. Given Jonathan had been keeping track of when Dracula leaves the castle and that there were no other living people around, and further, given Dracula's own words outside Jonathan's door just before Jonathan ceased writing, it's almost certain that the blood came from Jonathan while he slept. While it doesn't seem as though Jonathan went through what Dracula would later do to Mina (given that Jonathan never shows signs of vampirism himself), this does imply that Jonathan had been infected much like Lucy and the children Lucy bit. This means that, had Dracula not followed Jonathan to England and drawn enough attention to provoke a hunt for his head, Jonathan would have returned to live out his normal life in England yet inevitably become a vampire upon his natural death.

* If Dracula hadn't been killed, Jonathan may have become a vampire ''regardless'' of Dracula's attacks on Mina and Lucy, because the text ''heavily'' implies that Dracula also drank from Jonathan at least once during his captivity. During Jonathan's first encounter with the three vampire ladies, Dracula tells them that Jonathan is his, but when he is done with Jonathan they may "kiss" him. On Jonathan's last night in Castle Dracula before he successfully flees, Jonathan is in his bedroom writing in his journal when he thinks he hears the three vampire ladies and Dracula whispering together right outside his door. Dracula tells the ladies that tomorrow will be their night, but tonight is his. Jonathan opens the door in a trapped rage and on the other side are the three vampire ladies licking their lips, who laugh and run away (meaning the conversation definitely happened and Dracula is also very nearby) afterwhich Jonathan returns to his chamber and makes no further records until morning. Jonathan's next entry makes no mention of the previous night, but narrates that Jonathan wakes up and heads into Dracula's crypt in an attempt to steal the key to escape - where he observes that Dracula looks bloated, far younger than he did the night prior, and has fresh blood on his lips. Given Jonathan had been keeping track of when Dracula leaves the castle and that there were no other living people around, and further, given Dracula's own words outside Jonathan's door just before Jonathan ceased writing, it's almost certain that the blood came from Jonathan while he slept. While it doesn't seem as though Jonathan went through what Dracula would later do to Mina (given that Jonathan never shows signs of vampirism himself), this does imply that Jonathan had been infected much like Lucy and the children Lucy bit. This means that, had Dracula not followed Jonathan to England and drawn enough attention to provoke a hunt for his head, Jonathan would have returned to live out his normal life in England yet inevitably become a vampire upon his natural death.

* If Dracula hadn't been killed, Jonathan may have become a vampire ''regardless'' of Dracula's attacks on Mina and Lucy, because the text ''heavily'' implies that Dracula also drank from Jonathan at least once during his captivity. During Jonathan's first encounter with the three vampire ladies, Dracula tells them that Jonathan is his, but when he is done with Jonathan they may "kiss" him. On Jonathan's last night in Castle Dracula before he successfully flees, Jonathan is in his bedroom writing in his journal when he thinks he hears the three vampire ladies and Dracula whispering together right outside his door. Dracula tells the ladies that tomorrow will be their night, but tonight is his. Jonathan opens the door in a trapped rage and on the other side are the three vampire ladies licking their lips, who laugh and run away (meaning the conversation definitely happened and Dracula is also very nearby) afterwhich Jonathan returns to his chamber and makes no further records until morning. Jonathan's next entry makes no mention of the previous night, but narrates that Jonathan wakes up and heads into Dracula's crypt in an attempt to steal the key to escape - where he observes that Dracula looks bloated, far younger than he did the night prior, and has fresh blood on his lips. Given Jonathan had been keeping track of when Dracula leaves the castle and that there were no other living people around, and further, given Dracula's own words outside Jonathan's door just before Jonathan ceased writing, it's almost certain that the blood came from Jonathan while he slept.

[[AC:FridgeLogic]]
* So you need an elaborate ritual with prayers, wooden stakes, and garlic to take out lesser vampires, but Dracula himself you can just stab with a normal knife? Even after he shrugged off a shovel to the head? And you know he's dead because he turned into a cloud of dust, even though this is an established part of his powers which he used to attack Lucy?
** It was never said that the ritual, prayers, stakes, or garlic were strictly ''necessary.''
** There was no elaborate magical ritual when Lucy was staked, just a stake and a hammer. That's only one way to kill... er, ''destroy''(?) a vampire, however; check your local lore to see how sharp, steel or ColdIron objects like knives or needles work just as well. Van Helsing also mentioned silver bullets and branches of wild rose as possibilities. You know he's dead because of NoOntologicalInertia -- his victim (Mina) is no longer a pending vampire.
** The entire plot of ''Literature/TheDraculaTape'' is built around this observation.

!! The Series
[[AC:FridgeLogic]]
* Much is made of vampires having little-to-no blood flow, which impedes the progress of van Helsing's serum in Dracula's body. But then, shouldn't Dracula not be able to have an erection when he's having sex with Lady Jayne?

* When Van Helsing kills the now vampiric Lucy he fills her head with garlic, puts a stake in her heart, and then beheads her. [[NoKillLikeOverkill Going overboard?]] [[SubvertedTrope No]]: contrary to later representations Van Helsing is simply a doctor who happens to be knowleadgeable on vampiric lore, so he's trying three different ways to kill a vampire to see which one works.

* Much is made of vampires having little-to-no blood flow, which impedes the progress of van Helsing's serum in Dracula's body. But then, shouldn't Dracula not be able to have an erection when he's having sex with Lady Jayne?

** There was no elaborate magical ritual when Lucy was staked, just a stake and a hammer. That's only one way to kill... er, ''destroy''(?) a vampire, however; check your local lore to see how sharp, steel or ColdIron objects like knives or needles work just as well. Van helsing also mentioned silver bullets and branches of wild rose as possibilities. You know he's dead because of NoOntologicalInertia -- his victim (Mina) is no longer a pending vampire.

!! The 1931 Film
[[AC:FridgeBrilliance]]
* Dracula's famous quote, "I never drink - wine": In many mythologies, vampires don't need to drink liquids to stay hydrated like living creatures do. "I never drink - wine" could be Dracula accidentally revealing his vampiric nature, then covering it by implying he simply abstains from alcohol.

* Dracula's famous quote, "I never drink - wine": In many mythologies, vampires don't need to drink liquids to stay hydrated like living creatures do. "I never drink - wine" could be Dracula accidentally revealing his vampiric nature, then covering it by implying he simply abstains from alcohol.

** There was no elaborate magical ritual when Lucy was staked, just a stake and a hammer. That's only one way to kill... er, ''destroy''(?) a vampire, however; check your local lore to see how sharp, steel or ColdIron objects like knives or needles work just as well. Van helsing also mentioned silver bullets and branches of wild rose as possibilities. You know he's dead because of NoOntologicalInertia -- his victim (Mina) is no longer a pending vampire.

** It was never said that the ritual, prayers, stakes, or garlic were strictly ''necessary.''

** It was never said that the ritual, prayers, stakes, or garlic were strictly '''necessary.'''

* So you need an elaborate ritual with prayers, wooden stakes, and garlic to take out lesser vampires, but Dracula himself you can just stab with a normal knife? Even after he shrugged off a shovel to the head? And you know he's dead because he turned into a cloud of dust, even though this is an established part of his powers which he used to attack Lucy?

* Regarding the awkward representation of {{Funetik Aksent}}s: The story is told as a series of diaries kept by late 19th century toffs and aristocrats, who would naturally have some difficulty transcribing the working classes by themselves. Still doesn't excuse Van Helsing when he repeatedly falls into German (instead of Dutch, which supposedly is his mother tongue).

* Regarding the awkward representation of {{Funetik Aksent}}s: The story is told as a series of diaries kept by late 19th century toffs and aristocrats, who would naturally have some difficulty transcribing the working classes by themselves. Still doesn't excuse Van Helsing when he repeatedly falls into German (instead of Dutch, which supposedly is his mother tongue).

[[AC: Fridge Logic]]
* Quincey Morris kills Dracula by stabbing him through the heart with a bowie knife. Since when does that kill a vampire?

* Regarding the awkward representation of {{Funetik Aksent}}s: The story is told as a series of diaries kept by late 19th century toffs and aristocrats, who would naturally have some difficulty transcribing the working classes by themselves. Still doesn't excuse Van Helsing when he repeatedly falls into German (instead of Dutch, which supposedly is his mother tongue).

* Regarding the awkward representation of {{Funetik Accent}}s: The story is told as a series of diaries kept by late 19th century toffs and aristocrats, who would naturally have some difficulty transcribing the working classes by themselves. Still doesn't excuse Van Helsing when he repeatedly falls into German (instead of Dutch, which supposedly is his mother tongue).

!! The Novel