* When trying to find out where Dracula's coffin was delivered to, Van Helsing tries reasoning with the ObstructiveBureaucrat preventing him and Arthur Holmwood from seeing the records, stressing how important it is, to no avail. Holmwood very calmly pulls out his wallet and bribes the bureaucrat without saying a word -- the bureaucrat [[EveryManHasHisPrice quickly changes his tune]].
-->'''Bureaucrat:''' ''[coughs several times]'' I'm afraid that is quite out of the question, sir. Against regulations.\\
'''Van Helsing:''' All we want to know is where the coffin was going.\\
'''Bureaucrat:''' I cannot give away information without proper authority!\\
'''Van Helsing:''' ''[fishing his calling card out of his coat]'' This is a matter of great urgency, I'm a doctor.\\
'''Bureaucrat:''' I'm sorry, sir. [...] You've got to have permission from the ministry in writing!\\
'''Van Helsing:''' ''[as Holmwood pulls his wallet out of his coat]'' But-\\
'''Bureaucrat:''' I have my orders and I must obey them. ''[Holmwood takes two notes out of his wallet and replaces it in his pocket]'' It is laid down in the government regulations that under no circumstances- ''[Holmwood pushes one of the notes onto the spike on his desk]'' ... Under no circumstances may an unauthorised person be permitted to examine- ''[Holmwood pushes the other note onto the spike]'' ... Of course, in the case of an emergency, we do sometimes make an exception, and seeing this gentleman is a doctor...
* Later in the film, when Van Helsing and Holmwood are chasing Dracula back to Castle Dracula, Dracula rides his coach right through a barricade, smashing it. The same ObstructiveBureaucrat comes running up, shakes his fist at Dracula and repairs the barricade... just in time for Van Helsing to drive ''his'' coach right through the barricade, smashing it.
* J. Marx, the undertaker:
-->''(right cheerful)'' Perhaps you'd better let me lead the way. I know these steps. They can be dangerous. We don't want to have an accident, do we? No, we don't, but, you know, an old man came here once to see his dead departed. He fell down these stairs... ha ha!... quite amusing. He came to pay his last respects, and he remained to share them. Quite amusing!\\
''(Van Helsing and Holmwood exchange a dubious look)''
* J. Marx the undertaker (again) banging on the coffin lids like they were drums while trying to remember out loud where the new arrival (Dracula) was placed. It's amazing that Van Helsing and Holmwood didn't burst into laughter with the undertaker's absent minded antics.