Line #28 WesternAnimation/TheBatmanVsDracula


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4	{{The movie}} of ''WesternAnimation/TheBatman'', featuring ([[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin expectedly]]) {{Franchise/Batman}} battling against Count {{Dracula}}. Heavily based on the ComicBook/BatmanVampire trilogy (which also had Batman and Dracula fight in the first graphic novel).
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6	Accidentally resurrected by the Penguin, who believed his tomb to be the repository of a great treasure, the Count begins abducting citizens of Gotham City and turning them and the Joker into vampires as part of a scheme to revive his lost love, Carmilla. Batman catches on to this evil scheme and sets out to stop Dracula and save the citizenry.
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8	!!This film contains examples of:
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10	* AchillesHeel: Dracula's incredibly powerful and shrugs off most everything that Batman can throw at him, but as a vampire he's vulnerable to sunlight which is one of the only things that can kill him for good.
11	* AdaptationalSexuality: Dracula's bride is Carmilla Karnstein, ''the'' LesbianVampire.
12	* {{Alucard}}: Dracula's alias. Revealed to Alfred (and the audience) when the name is written out and held up to a mirror, spelling out Dracula.
13	* ArtisticLicenseMedicine: The blood bank as depicted, a gigantic cathedral like room with massive shelves with blood stored in test tubes, isn't exactly how real life blood banks work[[note]]Besides being kept in labelled blood bags in refrigerated conditions, donated blood is first centrifuged to separate the various components before being stored.[[/note]], but it does make an [[RuleOfCool absolutely awesome action set piece for Batman to have his fight against the vampirized Joker with]].
14	* BatmanGambit:
15	** Batman certainly angles for this, getting Dracula to follow him all the way through the catacombs back to the Batcave... where he has just the device needed to eradicate the Count for good.
16	** After it gets dark, a little girl stands out in the street singing to herself. A man eventually steps outside to warn her that it's not safe, only to find the kid is a vampire.
17	* BatmanGrabsAGun: Dracula is so powerful and dangerous, Batman fully intends to kill him to end his reign of terror. And given how their first fight went, he clearly has no other choice. Justified, though, as Dracula isn't exactly alive in the first place.
18	* BigBad: Count Dracula, [[AntagonistTitle obviously]].
19	* BlackBlood: The blood bank where Batman and [[spoiler: the vampirized Joker]] fight has very dim greenish lighting so that the blood looks more like ink. This is likely how the film could get away with an initial TV-Y7-FV rating even though there's a RainOfBlood when an entire shelf of vials is tipped over.[[note]]Subsequent airings gave the film a more appropriate TV-PG rating.[[/note]]
20	* BloodierAndGorier: Since the theme of vampires is involved, the movie is considerably more graphic than the main series. Most notably, during a fight with the newly-vampirized Joker in a blood bank, Batman knocks over an entire shelf of blood samples, and Joker happily laps up the resulting RainOfBlood like it was a yogurt smoothie.
21	* BrickJoke: The treasure Penguin and Joker were looking for that started this whole mess appears in the finale.
22	* BringIt: As Dracula boasts of all the physical advantages of being a vampire, Batman readies his batarangs. [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown It goes poorly for Batman.]]
23	* CallBack: There’s a subtle, easy to miss one to the very first episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheBatman'' after [[spoiler:Batman cures Joker’s vampirism]].
24	-->'''Batman:''' No games, Joker. Where’s Dracula?\
25	'''Joker:''' I’m lookin’ at him.[[labelnote:For those that don’t remember…]]Joker called Batman “Drac” the first time they met.[[/labelnote]]
26	* TheCameo:
27	** Arnold Wesker/The Ventriloquist is seen playing Bingo at Arkham Asylum at the start. Calendar Man can also be seen cheering when Joker breaks out.
28	** Although unnamed, the man who stakes Dracula in the flashback is most likely Prof. Abraham Van Helsing. He even has a resemblance to Creator/PeterCushing with the addition of a mustache.
29	* CardboardPrison: Lampshaded, a convict [[InsanityDefense fakes insanity]] to get a shorter term in Arkham, only to slowly start to crack. So he tells Joker and Penguin, the two who have escaped the most, about the treasure and kicks off the film's plot. [[spoiler: Only he left the directions vague in hopes they'd break him out too.]]
30	* CassandraTruth:
31	** Penguin really did try to warn Joker to stay away from Dracula's coffin.
32	** He likewise tries to tell the media that it was vampires responsible for the missing people when he is blamed for it. Naturally no one believes him.
33	* CoolVersusAwesome: The title alone is enough to give a person a geekgasm.
34	* CurbStompBattle: Of Batman by Dracula. Batman goes into their first battle [[CrazyPrepared as ready as he usually is]], and Dracula ''still'' [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown nearly kills him]]. (Only the sunrise saves him.) Batman only wins in the end by [[OutGambitted Out Gambitting]] Dracula, and he still gets hammered by the Vampire Lord.
35	* CurbstompCushion: Batman's second fight with Dracula. While Batman still gets his ass handed to him and spends most of the fight luring Dracula to the Batcave as part of a trap, he puts up a somewhat better fight than last time, landing several hits and even getting the Count with an explosive Batarang.
36	* {{Dracula}}: Duh.
37	* DarkerAndEdgier: The film is notably darker than the main series due to featuring vampires and being rather upfront on the fact that vampires feed on blood. The PG rating is definitely justified here.
38	** A notable moment comes early in the film when Joker falls into the Gotham River while carrying a malfunctioning joy-buzzer. Moments before he hits the water, both he and Batman get a near-simultaneous OhCrap look as they notice it shooting out sparks. The end result is Joker getting ''violently electrocuted'' onscreen, followed by a lingering shot of his silhouette sinking deeper, illuminated by the still-active joy-buzzer.
39	* DeathBySecretIdentity: [[spoiler:Dracula realizes Batman is Bruce Wayne mere minutes before the Count is vaporized to just a skull by the solar-energy device.]]
40	* DemotedToDragon: Penguin is mind-controlled by Dracula to be his number two within minutes of the Count's resurrection. [[spoiler:Joker is later converted into a vampire as well.]]
41	* DepletedPhlebotinumShells: After he discovers Dracula's involvement, Batman soaks his Batarangs in garlic and creates special garlic bombs to deal with the vampires. Dracula quickly realizes this is the case.
42	* DoingInTheWizard: Subverted, Batman treats vampirism as a virus that can be cured. [[spoiler: The cure doesn't work on Dracula because, as he outright states, he is a completely supernatural being, unlike his spawn.]]
43	* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Dracula truly does love Carmilla.
44	* EvenEvilHasStandards: Despite the BlackComedy comment he makes, Penguin is clearly disturbed by the sight and sounds of [[spoiler:Joker being attacked and bitten by Dracula after being dragged into his coffin]].
45	* EvilCounterpart: Dracula is presented as this to Batman. Both are bat-themed, both operate primarily at night, both wear big capes, both are considered legends in their own way, both have servants and sidekicks to help them in their respective goals (Batman has Alfred and will later have Robin and Batgirl, while Dracula has Penguin, Joker and his mindless vampire minions), both are aristocrats (Batman is a billionaire philanthropist, while Count Dracula is, well, a count), both of them have very bad reputations, both of them dislike killing people (Batman because of his no-killing rule and Dracula because of PragmaticVillainy) and both of them are doing what they do because of their loved ones (Batman protects innocent people because he lost his parents, Dracula harms innocent people because he wants to bring back his bride Carmilla).
46	* EvilLaugh: Dracula before revealing that [[spoiler:the vampirism cure is useless against him, a truly supernatural being]].
47	* EvilMeScaresMe: After Batman's fight with Dracula, Bruce has a nightmare involving the deaths of his parents and a vampire version of himself.
48	* EvilerThanThou: Dracula proves this when he hypnotizes Penquin into TheRenfield and turns the Joker into another of his vampire minions.
49	* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: The Batman takes on Dracula.
50	* ExcusePlot: Joker and Penguin's search for the buried treasure reveals the existence of Dracula and causes Penguin to inadvertently awaken him.
51	* FamilyUnfriendlyDeath: While he [[NoOneCouldSurviveThat actually]] [[JokerImmunity survives]], it was pretty startling to watch the movie and suddenly see the Joker falling into a river while his own joy-buzzers electrocute him. Add the occasional electrical surge where you see his silhouette sinking deeper into the water. The same movie also has the real death of Dracula: Batman uses a device that stores energy from the sun on him, with the end result being the Count is ''burned alive'' and Batman kicks his flaming corpse into a wall, sending ash and bone everywhere until all that's left is a smoking ''skull''.
52	* FalseReassurance: Penguin tells a criminal who knows where a stash of treasure is that, "I'm as dependable as the dodo." A subtle way of mocking the man's ignorance and making clear Penguin intends to betray him.
53	* AFateWorseThanDeath: Batman and Alfred see Dracula’s victims as this. [[SympathyForTheDevil Alfred even says it near-verbatim regarding]] '''''[[SympathyForTheDevil Joker]]''''' [[SympathyForTheDevil after he’s been turned.]] [[spoiler:Thankfully, they all get better.]]
54	* FauxAffablyEvil: Dracula.
55	* FightDracula: For sheer RuleOfCool, the basic premise of the film is to have Batman face the most famous vampire in the public domain.
56	* FindTheCure: Part of the plot is Batman trying to synthesize a cure for vampirism to use on Dracula's victims.
57	* FlashStep: Dracula pulls this off quite a bit.
58	* {{Flashback}}: Part of Bruce's nightmare involves a flashback to the night his parents were murdered.
59	* {{Foreshadowing}}: [[spoiler: Joker's line of "This time, I'm out for blood, Batsy." Guess who gets turned into a vampire later on?]]
60	* FrameUp: Unintentional, but the vision of a bat like figure kidnapping someone leads the police to assume the Batman is responsible for the Lost Ones.
61	* FreudianExcuse: Vicki lampshades how Bruce's childhood trauma left him fearful of losing those he cares about, keeping people at a distance, and trying to make the world a better place.
62	* FromBadToWorse: Batman's first encounter with a vampire is a turned security guard who fed on a woman that had been robbed. Batman is unprepared for how fast this guy moves, as well as the increased strength and durability. Then the thief and the woman (both now turned) get up and eye Batman as a meal.
63	* GameFace: Dracula is capable of looking like a perfectly passable human if he wants to, but when he gets serious, his face becomes completely demonic.
64	* GoAmongMadPeople: The guy who told Penguin about the treasure admits that he opted for ObfuscatingInsanity, as he thought 10 years in Arkham would be preferable to 30 in regular prison. However, his stay is causing him to crack up for real, which is why he talked to Gotham's most notable villains about breaking out.
65	* TheGreatestStoryNeverTold: Due to the antidote erasing the memories of Dracula’s victims being vampires, and Penguin being blamed for all the people who disappeared, Gotham City never learns of how Batman stopped the King of Vampires with his plans. Alfred considers it for the best as he does think not the city can handle learning the truth about vampires, when they have barely accepted Batman.
66	* GroinAttack: Vicki performs one on Penguin when escaping Dracula's crypt.
67	* HellYesMoment: When a guard reports that Joker has escaped, most of the inmates begin cheering wildly.
68	* HeroicWillpower: Batman is able to snap out of Dracula's mind control by recalling the death of his parents.
69	* HeroWithBadPublicity: Eyewitness reports of a bat figure result in Batman taking the heat for the disappearances.
70	* HoistByHisOwnPetard: In the beginning of the movie, the Joker falls into a river and is electrocuted by his own high voltage hand buzzer after trying to use it on Batman. [[JokerImmunity He survives]].
71	* HopeSpot:
72	** Batman is nearby when a woman's bag is stolen, only to see the thief on the ground and a security guard approaching the victim. He figures he's not needed and is about to leave when the guard bites the woman's neck. Worse, he soon finds himself up against ''three'' vampires at once.
73	** Alfred [[spoiler:shooting Dracula with the cure]]. Though it does buy Batman much needed time, [[spoiler:the cure is useless against a truly supernatural being and doesn't do more than cause Dracula a little pain]].
74	* IWarnedYou: Penguin warns [[spoiler:Joker]] not to look in the coffin.
75	* InsanityImmunity: [[spoiler: Downplayed. When Dracula turns people into vampires, they typically become mindless animals who are nothing but his slaves, and can do nothing but snarl and growl. When Joker is turned, however, he retains all of his higher reasoning and intelligence, such as knowing that a blood bank is the best place to get easy access to food, and can even ''talk''. That being said, he's not ''completely'' independent from Dracula's control; he still has an insatiable hunger for blood, and a mental block prevents him from giving away the location of Dracula's crypt.]]
76	-->'''Joker:''' [[spoiler: (referring to Dracula) I AM HIS VESSEL.]]
77	* {{Irony}}: At the end of the movie, a reporter on the scene lampshades how Vicki went from covering stories to being part of one.
78	* JabbaTableManners: Dracula shows himself to have these when scarfing down the steak tartare.
79	* JokerImmunity: At the beginning of the film, Batman witnesses Joker fall into a river, with his electric hand buzzer still active, believing him to have been electrocuted to death. Although given that he's the TropeNamer, [[spoiler: he survives, only for Dracula to turn him into a vampire. And he's right back to normal by the end of the movie.]]
80	* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:Dracula]].
81	* LaserGuidedAmnesia: As Batman discovers after curing them, none of Dracula's victims have any memories of being vampires. [[spoiler: Though Joker remembering the cemetery being the last place he was at helped Batman in locating Dracula.]] And as far as everyone knows, the Penguin is responsible for the disappearances.
82	* LaserGuidedKarma: While both race to claim the treasure, Joker zaps Penguin with his electric hand buzzer and leaves him in a river, laughing all the way. As Penguin struggles to get back up, he spies Batman in hot pursuit of Joker.
83	-->'''Penguin''': [[LampshadeHanging Instant karma, Joker!]]
84	* LeaningOnTheFourthWall:
85	** A criminal in the opening reaches out to Joker and Penguin for help breaking out of Arkham Asylum because they'd escaped more than anyone else... i.e. they were in more episodes of the main series than any of the rest of Batman's rogue's gallery.
86	** During their fight in the rain, Joker says, "This time, I'm out for blood, Batsy." It serves as an acknowledgement to viewers that the movie will be DarkerAndEdgier than the TV series.
87	* LegacyCharacter: Dracula believes Batman is this to him and tells him as such.
88	* LighterAndSofter: While still significantly dark, the movie is considerably less so than the ComicBook/BatmanVampire trilogy it is loosely based on, lacking the deaths, violence and suggestive elements from the comic.
89	* LookBehindYou: Penguin pulls this one on a guard at Arkham so he can escape.
90	-->'''Penguin''': Ooh, it's Joker!
91	-->'''Guard''': Where?
92	* TheLopsidedArmOfTheLaw: When Batman is believed to be responsible for the disappearances, the GCPD sends out the entire SWAT force to get him with machine guns and attempting to shoot him dead, wheras all of the super villains in this series get merely a car or two with just officers with pistols.
93	* MadeOfIron: Batman survives getting slugged and tossed around by Dracula, who is shown during the final fight to be capable of punching through solid rock and overturning the Batmobile with his bare hands.
94	* MagicVersusScience: While not openly denouncing Dracula's vampirism of the Gothamites as magical or supernatural, for the majority of the movie, Batman approaches it as a typical epidemic and dedicatedly attempts to find and develop a cure to the seemingly supernatural illness. [[spoiler:He eventually does manage to synthesize an antidote from his capture and studying of Vampire!Joker, but it is later shown to have absolutely [[NoSell no effect]] on Dracula himself because unlike the infectious spores he inflicts on normal humans, his body and biology is truly something beyond earthly defines. However, Batman still manages to defeat Dracula by exposing him to a prototype solar energy capacitor that incinerated Dracula much how natural sunlight would.]]
95	* TheMasqueradeWillKillYourDatingLife: Bruce misses dinner with Vicki because Batman is in overdrive working on a cure. Alfred points out that Vicki has been very patient.
96	* MegatonPunch: [[spoiler:When Vampire!Joker is distracted slurping up blood at the blood bank, Batman catches him by surprise, holding multiple [[VampiresHateGarlic garlic bombs]] between his knuckles and punching him in the face.]]
97	* MindRape: When Batman questions Joker about Dracula's hiding place, this trope is why he won't talk.
98	* MonsterLord: Dracula's vampire minions are powerful, but the Count is on a completely different level and rules over them. Carmilla, as his queen, was another one, and Dracula offers Batman the same.
99	* MusclesAreMeaningless: When first revived, Dracula is NothingButSkinAndBones. Nonetheless, he's still strong enough to effortlessly smash through solid rock and concrete.
100	* MustBeInvited: Vampires are only shown attacking people on the streets, not in their homes. One scene indicates citizens seem to be aware of this (or at least aware that there have been no home abductions), as they hustle inside and lock the doors as it gets dark. On the other hand, Dracula freely enters the party, presumably because the rules are different for the vampire lord (or the party itself counted as an 'invitation' for Dracula).
101	* MythologyGag:
102	** The movie included elements from {{Elseworlds}} tale ''[[ComicBook/BatmanVampire Batman & Dracula: Red Rain]]'', such as Dracula and his minions' vampiric designs and a Vampire Batman (who appears in Bruce's nightmare).
103	** A bat crashes through the window (which serves as Bruce's inspiration to be Batman), only the bat lies dead in Bruce's nightmare.
104	** Like in Creator/TimBurton's ''Film/Batman1989'', Vicki's the LoveInterest.
105	** Going ''much'' further back to 1939, one of Batman's earliest villains was a vampire called The Monk, who also targeted Bruce's love interest of that time (Julie Madison).
106	** The film has a lot of references to ''WesternAnimation/BatmanMaskOfThePhantasm'' in that a creature similar to Batman begins to attack Gotham citizens, with the similarity to Batman being used for the GCPD to bring out the entire SWAT force against him, a chase scene where Batman and the figure have a brief battle, and ends with his love interest figuring out his secret identity.
107	** The people of Gotham assuming Penguin framed Batman for the disappearances at the end of the film is a clear reference to ''Film/BatmanReturns'', when he and Catwoman tried to do the same thing.
108	** Joker is HoistByHisOwnPetard, leading to his death by electrocution, just like in the censored cut of ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyondReturnOfTheJoker''.
109	** Dracula refers to himself as [[Film/DraculaPrinceOfDarkness the Prince of Darkness]]
110	** In the flashback, Dracula's Castle resembles its design in the Franchise/{{Castlevania}} games.
111	* NoHonorAmongThieves:
112	** The inmate who knew about the treasure anticipated this, as he only provided vague details about the location and wouldn't say anything more until on the outside. However, he underestimated that Joker would still take his chances doing a lengthy search rather than share the goods with him. Penguin ends up doing similarly after managing to break out, as well.
113	** After catching up with Joker, Penguin did propose splitting the take, as he would prefer to save himself any unnecessary trouble. He thought the business end of one of his trick umbrellas would keep Joker in line, but he got suckered by an electric joy buzzer and left to rot.
114	* NotMeThisTime: Gotham assumes that Penguin was the one responsible for the disappearances at the end of the film. In realty, Penguin was just as much a victim of Dracula than the rest of his minions, but it also provides a highly convenient excuse to get rid of Batman's HeroWithBadPublicity that he got saddled with.
115	* NoSell: [[spoiler: Batman trying the antidote on Dracula, who mocks the attempt:]]
116	-->'''Dracula:''' You may have cured my human victims of their disease, but no earthly medicine can cure a supernatural affliction.
117	* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown:
118	** Batman attempts to deliver this against the first vampire he encounters. His gloves get ripped in the process of repeated haymakers, but then the guy gets back up without missing a beat.
119	** In their first fight, Dracula effortlessly delivers one against Batman.
120	* NotBigEnoughForTheTwoOfUs: "There's only room for ''one'' bat-man in Gotham."
121	* NotSoDifferentRemark: Dracula tries this with Batman initially, thinking that just because he wears a bat costume and operates at night, spreading fear amongst the criminal population (and unintentionally, the civilian population) that he'd make a good vampire to serve under him. Batman is not convinced, but he ''is'' uneasy about his Batman persona inspiring fear among the civilians.
122	* OccultBlueEyes: All vampires in the movie possess glowing blue eyes.
123	* OhCrap:
124	** Penguin has two minor ones in succession at the beginning. First when he finds out that the Arkham inmate he was talking to about breaking out and splitting a huge treasure with had told someone else about where it was hidden, then when he realizes just who that someone else was...
125	--->'''Inmate:''' I knew you were rock-solid, Penguin. Not like that other guy.\
126	'''Penguin:''' Huh?! You told someone else?\
127	'''Inmate:''' Well, first I went to the only one who’s escaped from here more times than you…\
128	'''Penguin:''' Who?\
129	'''Inmate:''' Take it easy, I don’t think he got what I was tellin’ him.\
130	'''Penguin:''' Who, who, who?!\
131	'''Inmate:''' I mean, talk about havin’ a real screw-loose, right?\
132	'''Penguin:''' …You told ''[[Characters/BatmanTheJoker him]]''?!
133	*** Which then leads to a MassOhCrap for Arkham’s staff.
134	---->'''Guard:''' Joker! He’s escaped!
135	** Penguin has another one upon seeing Joker again, [[spoiler: then Joker when he discovers Dracula.]]
136	---> '''Joker''': [[spoiler: That's one good looking corpse...]]
137	** Joker has one when he's falling off the bridge and into the water when he realizes his joy buzzer is still on.
138	** Bruce has one when he realizes Dracula is after Vicki.
139	** Dracula gets a delayed one when [[spoiler: Bruce leads him into the Batcave and makes to escape after the cure doesn't work on him. Dracula follows only to sees that Bruce is standing in front of his UV machine right before he turns it on.]]
140	** A purse-snatcher upon seeing that he didn't bump into an ordinary security guard.
141	* OurVampiresAreDifferent:
142	** Everyone Dracula (or a vampire turned by him) bites, becomes "his vessel". Effectively meaning they are turned and instantly become slaves to his willpower. Also (at least for some of them) the victims are not killed when bitten (Dracula hates wasting potential servants). At least some vampires lack reflections. The vampires are super-strong, super-fast, with heightened senses, they're all allergic to garlic and sunlight, and have an aversion to crosses. Carmilla was like Dracula himself and it's implied by Dracula's offer to Batman that he's capable of properly converted others into the same class of vampire as himself.
143	** [[spoiler: Joker is the only vampire slave of Dracula who retains most of his individuality and willpower (knowing Joker, this is probably due to InsanityImmunity), as well as the ability to speak, though he is still unable to reveal Dracula's resting place to Batman.]]
144	* OutsideContextProblem: Dracula is this, as while this Batman has faced many superpowered enemies, Dracula is a supernatural, AncientEvil with a SuperpowerLottery completely outclassing the rest of his Rogues Gallery. Even coming CrazyPrepared to his first fight leaves Batman barely able to ''survive'' against Dracula (and even then, he really only survives due to the sun coming up).
145	* PragmaticVillainy:
146	** Dracula doesn't kill most of his victims, though not because he's against killing. It's because if he kills them, then he can't turn them into his undead minions and he hates wasting potential servants.
147	** Also the reason Penguin is spared from being turned; Dracula needed at least one human servant to keep his grave during the day, so he instead hypnotizes him into taking this role.
148	* PreMortemOneLiner: [[spoiler:"I'm the Batman. And you're dust!"]]
149	* RainOfBlood: This literally happens to [[spoiler: Joker while fighting Batman at the blood bank, complete with him happily lapping up the blood.]]
150	* ReforgedIntoAMinion: When Batman turns down Dracula's offer that WeCanRuleTogether, the Count is perfectly willing to subject him to this trope just as well.
151	* TheRenfield: Penguin becomes this to Dracula.
152	* SaveTheVillain: The Penguin attempts to warn The Joker about the Dracula, and fails to save him.
153	* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Batman ends up against three vampires at once and makes a run for it, but they follow him. After nearly getting hit by a train while pursuing him, though, they end up cutting their losses.
154	* SdrawkcabAlias: While in Gotham, Dracula goes by the pseudonym "Alucard".
155	* SecretKeeper: Penguin, in a way. For being Dracula's accomplice and keeping his existence a secret from his fellow supervillains.
156	* ShoutOut:
157	** Dracula's wife is named Literature/{{Carmilla}} [[Characters/WarhammerVampireCounts Carstein]].
158	** Joker saying "Batsy, [[Film/JerryMaguire you complete me!]]"
159	* SparedByTheAdaptation: Granted, as a movie tying into a kid's show and more or less based on the mainstream comics, they couldn't really kill anyone to begin with, but taken as an adaptation (admittedly, a loose one at that) of the ''ComicBook/BatmanVampire'' trilogy, everyone who isn't Dracula survives the movie. Granted, it also helps that Batman never becomes a vampire and cured the Joker, and Commissioner Gordon, Catwoman, Tanya, the Riddler, and many other characters are AdaptedOut.
160	* SpitTake: How Alfred reacts to the above HeroWithBadPublicity problem when he hears it on the news.
161	* StarterVillain: The Joker serves as this for the opening act before seemingly being killed off. Of course, JokerImmunity ensures he gets better, but Dracula has already set up shop and he's converted into a vampire minion. He gets better from that, too.
162	* SuperStrength: Vampires in general display this in the movie, but Dracula in particular stands out. During their first fight, he sends Batman flying back several feet and into a brick wall with enough force to shatter it with a simple shove to the chest, and then, with one hand, he slams Bats headfirst into the ground with enough force to crack the pavement.
163	* TaughtByExperience: When Batman attempts fighting Dracula one-on-one for the first time, he doesn't exactly do so well against him, what with Dracula being much stronger, faster, and can fly as well. Only the rising of the sun saves him from being drained dry by the Count. Effectively, this means that in their next confrontation, Batman spends less time fighting him head on and more time trying to lead him into a pre-prepared trap.
164	* ThisIsUnforgivable: Dracula prefers not to kill, as that means fewer valuable servants, but Batman rejecting his offer means he's willing to make an exception.
165	* UndeathIsCheap: Joker and all of Dracula's other victims are cured of their vampirism thanks to the cure that Batman invents. [[spoiler: It has no effect on Dracula though, due to him being a supernatural being.]]
166	* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Had that Arkham inmate not mentioned that treasure he left in Gotham Cemetary, there's a good chance Penguin would not have found Dracula's tomb.
167	* VampireEpisode: The movie works as such for the ''WesternAnimation/TheBatman'' show.
168	* VampireHickey: Most of those bitten by Dracula or his vampire victims have marks on their necks, which clues in Bruce on what exactly he's dealing with and taking steps to find out how to combat it.
169	* VampiresHateGarlic: Upon discovering the existence of vampires in Gotham, Batman quickly sets about making anti-vampire weaponry, including garlic gas bombs and garlic-treated Batarangs.
170	* VerbThis: Alfred to Dracula at the climax [[spoiler: before shooting him with a vampire cure via crossbow]]: "Bite THIS!"
171	* VersusTitle
172	* VillainTakesAnInterest: Initially, Dracula is quite intrigued by Batman, due to their similar motifs. He even offers Batman a prominent seat at his table. After Batman rejects the offer, though, Dracula vows to kill him.
173	* VillainsOutShopping: In the opening scene, Penguin is initially too focused on a bingo game to pay attention to another criminal offering to cut a deal with him.
174	* TheVirus: This is at least the case for everyone normal turned in this film. Becoming a vampire effectively means contracting a virus from Dracula and Batman comes up with a serum to cure it. [[spoiler:The stuff doesn't work on Dracula however, as his vampirism is much more supernatural in nature, apparently. It's not clear what that means, however.]]
175	* WeWillMeetAgain: Forced to flee from sunlight, Dracula promises to kill Batman the next time he sees him.
176	* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: [[spoiler:Batman has no problems with killing Dracula. Even Alfred is surprised. "Dracula may walk like a man, but he's a monster." Although granted, he did at least try the vampire cure on him first and capturing Dracula isn't really an option that Batman has available to him. Plus, vampires are undead. You can't really kill something that's already dead. Especially if said something has been dead for centuries, that makes it very difficult.]]
177	* YankTheDogsChain: Penguin stumbles across the treasure after being freed from Dracula's control over him, only to be arrested and have the treasure taken by the police.
178	* YouExclamation: Penguin does one of these when [[spoiler:Joker shows up in Gotham cemetery.]]
179	* YouHaveToBelieveMe: Penguin tries to inform the police that Gotham was nearly taken over by vampires, only to have his claim brushed to the side as the public assumes that he was just making up stories as he failed to frame Batman. Vicki is the only one to believe him, but keeps her mouth shut.

Context WesternAnimation / TheBatmanVsDracula