History YMMV / AbbottAndCostelloMeetFrankenstein

* OlderThanTheyThink: Believe it or not, this isn't the first time Creator/BelaLugosi played Dracula in a comedic work. He did so earlier in the 1933 Paramount Pictures short film ''Hollywood on Parade No. A-8'', where he menaced WesternAnimation/BettyBoop.

* VisualEffectsOfAwesome: Dracula's transformations are genuinely impressive pieces of animation.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: In a scene set immediatly after [[Film/TheWolfMan1941 Talbot]] first shows up, Chuck and Wilbur walk into his room the morning after he wolfs out and find it completely wrecked. Chuck comments, "Man, what a bender ''he'' was on!" In RealLife Lon Chaney had a drinking problem and, according to the film commentary, spent his weekends getting drunk and getting into room-smashing brawls with a friend.

* OneSceneWonder: Vincent Price as [[spoiler: The Invisible Man]].

* OneSceneWonder: Vincent Price as The Invisible Man.

* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: Meta example. According to the commentary, despite Bud and Lou's notorious tempers off screen, they never subjected the three monsters to any of their tantrums, since they respected them so much. They clowned around with them, but never fought with them.

* IAmNotShazam: Aside from the title, Wilbur calls The Monster "Frankie" when he tries to reason with it.
** Otherwise averted, as characters who should know better (such as Dracula) refer to the Monster as "Creature" or such.

* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: Meta example. According to the commentary, despite Bud and Lou's notorious tempers off screen, they never subjected the three monsters to any of their tantrums, since they respected them so much.

* CrowningMomentOfHearwarming: Meta example. According to the commentary, despite Bud and Lou's notorious tempers off screen, they never subjected the three monsters to any of their tantrums, since they respected them so much.

* HilariousInHindsight: VincentPrice's cameo in the end is even funnier now than it was back then. While Price had starred in ''Film/TheInvisibleMan Returns'' several years earlier, it was a one-off and Price was not known at the time as a horror film star. It would be another five years after this movie before he was cast in another horror film (''[[Film/HouseOfWax1953 House of Wax]]''), and it would be another five years after ''that'' before he began to regularly star in them. Today, Price's cameo feels like the passing of the torch from one generation of horror film stars to the next.

* HilariousInHindsight: VincentPrice's cameo in the end is even funnier now than it was back then. While Price had starred in ''TheInvisibleMan Returns'' several years earlier, it was a one-off and Price was not known at the time as a horror film star. It would be another five years after this movie before he was cast in another horror film (''[[Film/HouseOfWax1953 House of Wax]]''), and it would be another five years after ''that'' before he began to regularly star in them. Today, Price's cameo feels like the passing of the torch from one generation of horror film stars to the next.

* HilariousInHindsight: VincentPrice's cameo in the end is even funnier now than it was back then. While Price had starred in ''TheInvisibleMan Returns'' it wasn't actually a horror film, and Price was not known at the time as a Horror star. It wouldn't be till 5 years after this movie that Price was in his first Horror film, ''Film/HouseOfWax1953'', and it wouldn't be till another 5 years until he began to regularly star in them. Today, Price's cameo feels like the passing of the torch from one generation of Horror film stars to the next.

* HilariousInHindsight: VincentPrice's cameo in the end is even funnier now than it was back then. While Price had starred in ''TheInvisibleMan Returns'' it wasn't actually a horror film, and Price was not known at the time as a Horror star. It wouldn't be till 5 years after this movie that Price was in his first Horror film, ''HouseOfWax'', and it wouldn't be till another 5 years until he began to regularly star in them. Today, Price's cameo feels like the passing of the torch from one generation of Horror film stars to the next.

* FridgeHorror: [=McDougal=] was attacked and bitten by Talbott, and survived. So, by the rules established in Film/TheWolfMan1941, [=McDougal=] is doomed to become a werewolf. At least Larry has the moral sense to try to prevent his hurting anyone while transformed. Can you imagine a loudmouthed, self-important, abusive JerkAss like [=McDougal=] as a lycanthrope? Not a pretty picture...
** Yes, but remember, [=McDougal=] ''didn't'' change at the end, unlike Larry. Maybe Larry's version of the werewolf curse isn't infectious?
** Or else he's already such a monster in behavior that any further change is negligible.

** Otherwise averted, as characters who should know better (such as Dracula) refer to the Monster as "Creature" or such.

* HilariousInHindsight: VincentPrice's cameo in the end is even funnier now than it was back then. While Price had starred in ''TheInvisibleMan Returns'' it wasn't actually a horror film, and Price was not known at the time as a Horror star. It wouldn't be till 5 years after this movie that Price was in his first Horror film, ''HouseOfWax'', and it wouldn't be till another 5 years until he began to regularly star in them. Today, Price's cameo feels like the passing of the torch from one generation of Horror film stars to the next.

* FridgeHorror: [=McDougal=] was attacked and bitten by Talbott, and survived. So, by the rules established in Film/TheWolfMan, [=McDougal=] is doomed to become a werewolf. At least Larry has the moral sense to try to prevent his hurting anyone while transformed. Can you imagine a loudmouthed, self-important, abusive JerkAss like [=McDougal=] as a lycanthrope? Not a pretty picture...

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: In a scene set immediatly after [[Film/TheWolfMan Talbot]] first shows up, Chuck and Wilbur walk into his room the morning after he wolfs out and find it completely wrecked. Chuck comments, "Man, what a bender ''he'' was on!" In RealLife Lon Chaney had a drinking problem and, according to the film commentary, spent his weekends getting drunk and getting into room-smashing brawls with a friend.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: In a scene set immediatly after [[Film/TheWolfMan Talbot]] first shows up, Chuck and Wilbur walk into his room the morning after he [[AWorldWidePunomenon wolfs out]] and find it completely wrecked. Chuck comments, "Man, what a bender ''he'' was on!" In RealLife Lon Chaney had a drinking problem and, according to the film commentary, spent his weekends getting drunk and getting into room-smashing brawls with a friend.

* FridgeHorror: [=McDougal=] was attacked and bitten by Talbott, and survived. So, by the rules established in TheWolfMan, [=McDougal=] is doomed to become a werewolf. At least Larry has the moral sense to try to prevent his hurting anyone while transformed. Can you imagine a loudmouthed, self-important, abusive JerkAss like [=McDougal=] as a lycanthrope? Not a pretty picture...

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: In a scene set immediatly after [[WolfMan Talbot]] first shows up, Chuck and Wilbur walk into his room the morning after he [[AWorldWidePunomenon wolfs out]] and find it completely wrecked. Chuck comments, "Man, what a bender ''he'' was on!" In RealLife Lon Chaney had a drinking problem and, according to the film commentary, spent his weekends getting drunk and getting into room-smashing brawls with a friend.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: In a scene set immediatly after [[WolfMan Talbot]] first shows up, Chuck and Wilbur walk into his room the morning after he [[IncrediblyLamePun wolfs out]] and find it completely wrecked. Chuck comments, "Man, what a bender ''he'' was on!" In RealLife Lon Chaney had a drinking problem and, according to the film commentary, spent his weekends getting drunk and getting into room-smashing brawls with a friend.

* FridgeHorror: [=McDougal=] was attacked and bitten by Talbott, and survived. So, by the rules established in TheWolfMan, [=McDougal=] is doomed to become a werewolf. At least Larry has the moral sense to try to prevent his hurting anyone while transformed. Can you imagine a loudmouthed, self-important, abusive jerk like [=McDougal=] as a lycanthrope? Not a pretty picture...

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: In a scene set immediatly after [[WolfMan Talbot]] first shows up, Chuck and Wilbur walk into his room the morning after he [[IncrediblyLamePun wolfs out]] and find it completely wrecked. Chuck comments, "Man, what a bender ''he'' was on!" In RealLife Lon Chaney had a drinking problem and, according to the film commentary, spent his weekends getting drunk and getting into room-smashing brawls with a friend.

* FridgeHorror: McDougal was attacked and bitten by Talbott, and survived. So, by the rules established in TheWolfMan, McDougal is doomed to become a werewolf. At least Larry has the moral sense to try to prevent his hurting anyone while transformed. Can you imagine a loudmouthed, self-important, abusive jerk like McDougal as a lycanthrope? Not a pretty picture...
** Yes, but remember, McDougal ''didn't'' change at the end, unlike Larry. Maybe Larry's version of the werewolf curse isn't infectious?

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: In a scene set immediatly after [[WolfMan Talbot]] first shows up, Chuck and Wilbur walk into his room the morning after he [[IncrediblyLamePun wolfs out]] and find it completely wrecked. Chuck comments, "Man, what a bender ''he'' was on!" In RealLife Lon Chaney had a drinking problem.

* FridgeHorror: McDougal was attacked and bitten by Talbott, and survived. So, by the rules established in TheWolfMan, McDougal is doomed to become a werewolf. At least Larry has the moral sense to try to prevent his hurting anyone while transformed. Can you imagine a loudmouthed, self-important, abusive jerk like McDougal as a lycanthrope? Not a pretty picture...

* FridgeHorror: McDougal was attacked and bitten by Talbott, and survived. So, by the rules established in the original Wolfman movie, McDougal is doomed to become a werewolf. At least Larry has the moral sense to try to prevent his hurting anyone while transformed. Can you imagine a loudmouthed, self-important, abusive jerk like McDougal as a lycanthrope? Not a pretty picture...

* FridgeHorror: MacDougall was attacked and bitten by Talbott, and survived. So, by the rules established in the original Wolfman movie, MacDougall is doomed to become a werewolf. At least Larry has the moral sense to try to prevent his hurting anyone while transformed. Can you imagine a loudmouthed, self-important, abusive jerk like MacDougall as a lycanthrope? Not a pretty picture...