The characters in Count Duckula.
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Castle Duckula
Count Duckula
- Voiced in English by: David JasonVoiced in Latin American Spanish by: Luis Alfonso MendozaVoiced in Swedish by: Andreas Nilsson
Not a vampire zanier than Duckula
The main character, a status seeking Vegetarian Vampire aristocrat who always seeks to improve his station, try new and interesting things, or simply break out of his humdrum existence, but for whom - as the theme song says - things never go to plan.- Aside Glance: Does this from time to time.
- Boisterous Weakling: He does his best to wear the facade of a brave fighter, but this usually goes out the window the minute he feels genuinely threatened.
- Butt-Monkey: Almost nothing goes right for him.
- Came Back Wrong: A comical example, since he came back right by any normal person's standards, but since Igor was trying to reincarnate his evil master, getting this guy instead falls under this trope.
- Captain Oblivious: Not as much as Nanny mind you, but he has his moments such as in Venice a Duck Not a Duck, where he came across a group of homicidal Penguin Pirates, who at that point has tried to rob and MURDER Duckula multiple times, yet Duckula didn't recognize them. (He also spent most of this episode oblivious to a group of rogues and their multiple attempts at killing the Count, though it is somewhat justified due to them just narrowly avoiding his sight. Still he should've known SOMETHING was up as he heard the screams of the villains multiple times but just assumes it was weird sounding pigeons)
- In No Sax Please, We're Egyptian, he thinks the constant crashing he hears (which is actually coming from the Crow Brothers comical mishaps) is Nanny making pastries. This made sense when Igor told him that back at Castle Duckula, but he thinks it's still that when they're in Egypt and Nanny is in the same room as them!
- Not so. Duckula is aware of this. Igor even points out that it couldn't be Nanny's doing this time.
- Casanova Wannabe: He tries to hit on every beautiful woman he meets. Whether they show interest in him or not, always expect this exchange:
- Duckula: (suave) Can I call you [casual name]?
Woman: No.
Duckula: (as if they had said yes) Oh, thank you!
- Deadpan Snarker: Not as dry as Igor, but very snide when properly prodded.
- Dreadful Musician: He doesn't seem to have a talent for playing musical instruments, whether a harmonica, saxophone, banjo, organ, he'll always make a tuneless racket, this will make anyone cover their ears if they are near him. Even he seems to know this since he threatened to sing if Nanny and Igor didn't come with him to a rollercoaster.
- Dysfunctional Family: Ignoring the fact that his sixteen previous incarnations were traditional evil vampires and are referred do as different patriarchal ancestors (father, grandfather, etc), Duckula is shown to have a wide, sprawling family of vampire ducks who are all either crazy, evil, or both. In the episode Castle Duckula: Open to the Public, he discussed Sir Poachard Duckula, "the crazy Count who tried to prove grass was more intelligent than sand", and Lady Pintail Duckula, "the first woman to attempt to eat Castle Duckula". The Return of the Curse of the Secret of the Mummy's Tomb Meets Frankenduckula's Monster and the Wolfman and the Intergalactic Cabbage... makes mention of Doctor Frankenduckula, who was both a vampire duck and an expy of Baron von Frankenstein, complete with creating his own Frankenstein's Monster in the castle basement, and whom Igor notes with approval was both utterly mad and utterly evil. "The Ghost of McCastle McDuckula" introduces Rory McDuckula, Duckula's "father's father's uncle's uncle", whom Igor hopes will tutor Duckula into acting like a "proper" vampire. Vampire Vacation features Duckula's Spanish cousin Don Diego, a sadistic paranoid pyromaniac. Finally, "Family Reunion" introduces a slew of aunts, uncles and cousins whom Duckula is in living terror of, because he believes they will kill him if they learn he's actually an un-evil Vegetarian Vampire.
- Evil Makes You Ugly: His previous incarnations looked like outright monsters, while Duckula himself looks like a normal perso-er, duck. When his morality was briefly reversed, turning him into a real vampire, he began looking increasingly monstrous as well.
- Failure Is the Only Option: Despite being the main protagonist, things almost never work out for him, as most episodes end with him in the same position or in an even worse place than were he began at the start of the episode. In fact most episodes ends on his cries/screams of distress.
- Fainting: Does this for comical effect usually from exhaustion like in Hard Luck Hotel or out of fear like in Dead Eye Duck.
- Forgot About His Powers: It's unclear just how many of the traditional vampire powers he has access to, but he's shown teleporting several times in various episodes — however, only once does he seem to use this on purpose, to teleport to a public phone in Astro Ducks, even though there have been many occasions in the series where an ability to teleport would have come in handy. Every other occasion seems to be a result of extreme emotion. Possibly as a tradeoff, he lacks the traditional weakness to sunlight, even though this is established both in the theme song and in multiple episodes to be a weakness that applies to vampires in his world. Interestingly, in the episode where Von Goosewing accidentally flips Duckula's personality and makes him more like a traditional vampire, he is shown recoiling in horror from sunlight, although it doesn't actually hurt him.
- Foul Waterfowl: Unlike his "vicious vampire duck" ancestors who play the trope straight, he himself subverts this by being a Friendly Neighborhood Vampire.
- Friendly Neighborhood Vampire: Friendly enough, at least, and unerringly polite. He's a bit snarky and easily annoyed, but he's harmless.
- Glory Hound: When ever he's in the spotlight he'll soak it up as much as he can, no matter how brief it may be.
- Glory Seeker: Tries his hardest to become the star/famous adventurer he thinks he is, to no avail.
- Got Me Doing It: From Dead Eye Duck:Duckula: Don't they get much complaint's from the neighbors.
Marshal Quiet Earp: There ain't no neighbors.
Duckula: There ain't? [Beat] I mean there aren't? - Greed: When he usually sets out to do something, the goal is either riches beyond ones dream or fame (or both). It is one of Duckula's biggest flaws and can occasionally lead to his downfall.
- Half-Dressed Cartoon Animal: He's the only member of the main cast who doesn't wear pants.
- Hand Rubbing: He does this whenever his dreams may become realized
- Hypocritical Humor: He usually likes to make quips about how Nanny's food is inedible, but as we see in "The Incredible Shrinking Duck", he's not any better at cooking. Though he did own up to his food being no good.
- I Just Want to Be Normal: He despises the fact that he's a vampire and is disgusted when Igor describes to him the actions of his ancestors. He tries his best to distances himself from his vampire ancestors as possible (it's kinda why he's a vegetarian.) and even went back in time to undo his ancestors becoming vampire so he wouldn't have to be a vampire in the present. He has even quoted this trope word for word.
- I Just Want to Be Special: Despite the trope listed above, he also thinks he has musical/acting talent unlike any other and tries his hardest to make a name for himself, as he believes he is one day destined to became a famous star.
- Impoverished Patrician: Castle Duckula has... seen better days, to be sure. And since he won't go along with Igor's suggestions that they take the money by terrorizing the populace, he has to resort to stranger and sillier methods instead.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: The picture of a pushy, self-centered aristocrat, but he tries to do right by people regardless. He does, however, rarely lose much sleep if it doesn't work out.
- He has also shown that, despite the way he treats them, he does care deeply for Nanny and Igor and will heavily feel their absences if they're away.
- King Bob the Nth: Our Count Duckula's formal title is Count Duckula XVII, as he is the seventeenth incarnation of the Count Duckula. He rarely invokes it, however.
- Lovable Coward/ Miles Gloriosus: While he usually tries to wear the facade of a brave adventurer, this usually falls apart when his life is threaten or is in any type of danger, as then he will panic and scream for help. In fact he's usually the first of the trio to panic when in harms way.
- Nice Guy: Downplayed. Compared to his monstrous ancestors, he's a very pleasant guy. However, he's too brash and self-absorbed to fit this role completely, and is solidly a Jerk with a Heart of Gold.
- Nice Mean And In Between: He's the Mean to Nanny's Nice and Igor's In-Between. He is self-centered and cowardly, though he and Igor may interchange roles depending on the situation (especially whenever Igor is actively trying to revert him to his bloodthirsty ways).
- Older Than They Look: Reincarnation aside, he looks much younger than his true age of centuries, especially compared to his equally immortal ancestors.
- Our Vampires Are Different: As tomato ketchup was accidentally used in the revival ceremony instead of blood, Duckula is mostly a Vampire in name only. In addition to being a vegetarian, he can walk around in sunlight with no problem.
- This may be a nod to Dracula, on whom Duckula is based, since in the novel, Dracula also has no problems moving around in the light of day.
- Protagonist Title: It is his show after all.
- Redemption Demotion: He very rarely demonstrates anything in the way of supernatural powers (likely because he Forgot About His Powers), unlike his much more powerful and villainous Danger Mouse incarnation.
- Rich Boredom: Somewhat subverted. He's a broke aristocrat, but has stated that he gets bored around the castle on a Monday, or any day. In fact the reason he enacts such wacky schemes other than monetary gain is because he's honestly got nothing better to do.
- Reincarnation: Whilst the vampire ducks of this world can "procreate" (for lack of a better term) in some unknown fashion, giving our hero a flock of deadly cousins, aunts and uncles he does his best to stay well away from, the defining trait of the Count Duckula is the ability to be resurrected with a new face and personality after his destruction, via a mystic coffin and a sacred rite that can only be performed once every century. Our Count Duckula is unique because the resurrection spell was performed improperly.
- Seinfeldian Conversation: Very prone to silly conversations in any and all situations.
- Species Surname: Count DUCKula
- Tangled Family Tree: The combination of the original Count Duckula being able to reincarnate whilst also being able to spread vampirism to others means that Duckula has a rather confusing family tree, especially given Duckula's tendency to refer to past Duckulas as both a paternal figure and himself.
- Thrill Seeker: Claims to be this.
- Time-Travel Tense Trouble: A variant; individuals who know about how the reincarnation process works have a tendency to alternatively refer to the Count Duckulas the first through to the sixteenth as being the same person or as being relatives to each other — "I'm not the same as I was when I was my great-great-grandfather", for example. Igor and Duckula do this most often, with Duckula occasionally pointing out how confusing it is.
- Tragic Dream: Downplayed, but according to Igor, just as vampires have no reflection, they also can't be filmed or photographed, so Duckula's dreams of stardom have slim chances of success (you know, aside from not having talent in the first place).
- True Companions: Igor and Nanny are this to him, as no matter how upset he gets at them, how much 'adventures' they go through, and how little he pays them, they'll always be at his side. The three are essentially family, this was even lampshaded by the show itself on occasion.
- Two Guys and a Girl: He and Igor are the two guys to Nanny's girl.
- Unknown Rival: He doesn't even remember most of his rogues gallery and usually forgets who they are after initially meeting them (such as The Pirate Penguins, Gaston and Pierre, The Phantom of the Opera, and the Crow Brothers) let alone is aware that they hate him. The only exception to this is Von Goosewing, but that's only because the mad doctor is at the Count's doorstep every other day with a new plan.
- Vegetarian Vampire: Thanks to a resurrection gone wrong. Though one of his ancestors is also a vegetarian, so it could be genetic.
- White Sheep: Part of the premise of the show, while not traditionally heroic and a bit high-strung, he's a pretty nice guy who's absolutely disgusted with the monstrous actions of his evil ancestors. He also instantly nips all of Igors attempts at making him more evil in the bud.
- You Say Tomato: Pronounces exactly as 'perzactly'.
- Zany Scheme: Many, in regards to making money or getting famous. They always fail either through his own short sightedness, his staff's antics, or random chance.
Igor
- Voiced in English by: Jack MayVoiced in Latin American Spanish by: Álvaro TarcicioVoiced in Swedish by: Gunnar Ernblad
"You know how I feel about fun"
Duckula's dreary butler, who would very much like for Duckula to revert to the bloodthirsty ways of his ancestors, and sometimes schemes to force him to. Like Duckula himself, Failure Is the Only Option.
- Affably Evil: Generally comes across as polite (albeit pretty sarcastic at times), but he prefers evil solutions and wants Duckula to return to the bloodsucking ways of his forefathers.
- Bad Is Good and Good Is Bad: He's a firm believer in this.
- Butt-Monkey: Not as bad as Duckula, but he has his fair share of indignity, often from Nanny.
- Catchphrase: "Oh, Nanny!" for whenever Nanny screws up.
- Evil Has a Bad Sense of Humor: On the very few occasions that he cracks a joke they're usually at the expense at Nanny, or vile in nature.
- Evil Sounds Deep: Has a deep, slow voice.
- Evil Sounds Raspy: Has the iconic deep rasp of Gunnar Ernblad in the Swedish dub.
- Garden of Evil: Has his own personal fungus patch teeming with fly agaric, deadly nightshade, and some death camas along with some carnivorous flytraps at the heart of it all, much to Duckula's dismay.
- Nice Mean And In Between: He's the In-Between to Nanny's Nice and Duckula's Mean. He's the Only Sane Man with a huge nightmare fetish and a yearning to revert Duckula to the bloodthirsty roots of his ancestors and previous incarnations, though he and Duckula may interchange roles depending on the situation (like when he's actively trying to change Duckula to a real vampire).
- Nightmare Fetishist: And how. Daydreams of the bloody, terrifying days of yore, gushes fondly when the possibility of murder and mayhem comes up, and loves Bela Lugosi movies.
- No Sense of Humor: While it's often believed (in universe) that he doesn't have a sense of humor it's been shown that he in fact does have one, albeit a tad bit dry and twisted.
- Not Afraid to Die: Episodes like "The Mutinous Penguins" show us that when faced with death, Igor has a very nonchalant reaction. Though this can Depending on the Writer as episodes like "The Incredible Shrinking Duck" show that he still has some incentive to live.
- Not So Stoic: In "The Lost City of Atlantis" he was just as freaked out by the giant squid as Duckula and others were.
- Only Sane Man: Between Duckula being highly excitable and naive, and Nanny being, well, Nanny, this role falls squarely on Igor's hunched shoulders. Though he is by far the most morbid of the main three, he also tends to have the most solid grasp on what is going on, though his advice is often ignored (such as when he tries, unsuccessfully, to stop Duckula from giving the castle clock to Bill Platypus in "Duckula Down Under" as doing so will disable the castle's teleportation system).
- Parental Substitute: While not as much as Nanny, the fact that he reads the Count bedtime stories before going to sleep appears to cement his place as this in Duckula's life.
- Servile Snarker: The driest, most monotone, most sarcastic character in the entire show. When he says "milord," it's almost always with a good degree of indifference.
- The Stoic: Is the most reserved member of the trio, and his default expression is usually a bored one.
- Token Evil Teammate: He would prefer to fix problems with murder, scare tactics and general villainy, and is heavily disappointed that nobody else wants to. Sometimes, he'll derail things by doing evil when it's not needed.
- Torture Technician: When asked if he could bring up some prisoners from the dungeon, he replies that he might be able to glue them together (followed by an evil smirk at the audience). When Duckula opens the castle up to public visitation, he ruins the whole thing by torturing all the guests (under the pretense of the torture chamber being a "gymnasium").
- Two Guys and a Girl: He and Duckula are the two guys to Nanny's girl.
- Vile Vulture: He is a vulture who loves anything dark and sinister, and is constantly trying unsuccessfully to get Duckula to to anything evil again.
- Why Couldn't You Be Different?: A servant version. Igor longs for a return to the good old days of when his master drank blood and terrorized the innocent over the milksop vegetarian he is now.
- Zany Scheme: Occasionally does these in order to force Duckula to do something evil or to use some dark power to change his personality. Most of these fail to even begin to work.
Nanny
- Voiced in English by: Brian TruemanVoiced in Latin American Spanish by: Carmen Donna-DioVoiced in Swedish by: Hasse Jonsson
Nanny demonstrates how not to use a vaccuum cleaner
Duckula's governess: a massive, super strong, completely scatterbrained hulk who rarely knows what anyone is talking about and is generally a menace to everyone around her - especially if they're a door. Her heart is in the right place though.- Baby Talk: How she typically talks to Duckula, even though he's a grown duck.
- Beware the Nice Ones: The one instance where she's nearly always quick on the uptake is when she's being insulted. One does not want to catch a bonk on the head from this woman.
- She's also pretty strict when it comes to being naughty or displaying poor manners. She once K.O'd a dinosaur for chasing a group of helpless natives and then proceeded to scold it, insisting its lack of consiousness was just it 'having a sulk.'
- Big Fun: She's a large, clumsy yet caring, jolly and lovable hen.
- Brawn Hilda: Although friendly, Nanny is quite large, rather plain looking, and physically imposing.
- Catchphrase: "Duckyboos!" for Duckula, and "NANNY'S COMING!" and "I'll get it!" Also "don't be silly!" usually when she's the one being silly.
- "Oh dear, now 'ow did THAT 'appen?"
- Comically Missing the Point: One of the major Running Gags centered around Nanny's stupidity is that she has a very hard time following both the situation around her and conversations, making her prone to being clueless about what is going on or interjecting with nonsensical, bizarre or otherwise off-topic commentary.
- The Ditz: Her vast stupidity makes up part of the show's humor.
- Does Not Know His Own Strength: She suffers from this a lot, causing many instances of There Was a Door and We Have the Keys.
- Dumb Is Good: She's about as sharp as a sack of hammers, but she's also the most sincerely benevolent and kindly member of the main trio and the whole show.
- Gentle Giant: About as gentle as Lenny, anyway, but she means well.
- Kindhearted Simpleton: Big time. Where she lacks in intelligence, she makes up for in goodwill.
- The Load: Played for laughs. Nanny is always the biggest hindrance to anyone's plans in any given episode: Duckula's, Igor's, the villains', minor characters... everyone.
- Made of Iron: Even moreso than anyone else in the series, Nanny is practically indestructible. All the better for everyone else to get tossed around while she's in the mix.
- Mama Bear: Hurting or otherwise threatening her Duckyboos is the fastest way to earn a beatdown from her.
- Nice Girl: She is a huge sweetheart, and we mean huge. She doesn't have a single mean bone in her body.
- Nice Mean And In Between: She's the Nice to Duckula's Mean and Igor's In-Between. She's a Kindhearted Simpleton without a mean bone in her body.
- Noodle Incident: It's unknown what happened to cause Nanny to always carry her right arm in a sling. It's not even known if she was permanently disabled, or if she actually recovered ages ago and has been too dumb to realize she can take the sling off. In The Zombie Awakes, a Freeze-Frame Bonus when Nanny is electrocuted reveals a fracture in the bones of her sling-bound right arm.
- Parental Substitute: She's very motherly towards Duckula.
- Power Incontinence: Casually walks through walls rather than uses doors, accidentally smacks people across the room while trying to pat them on the back and generally destroys whatever she touches.
- Spanner in the Works: Apart from having a habit of messing up whatever plans a person has, it was because of her that Duckula came back as a Vegetarian Vampire due to Nanny inadvertently grabbing a bottle of ketchup instead of blood.
- Super-Strength: She has immense strength, allowing her to smash, lift or destroy just about anything. In one episode, Igor mentions she likes to swat flies by hitting them with the refrigerator.
- There Was a Door: Has a habit of just walking right through the wall when there's a door right next to her.
- Too Dumb to Live: Or too dumb for other people to live, most times. Most of her scenes are filled with misunderstandings that end with someone else getting injured.
- Two Guys and a Girl: She's the girl to Duckula and Igor's two guys.
- What's Up, King Dude?: Is the only member of the main cast to talk to Duckula (semi)casually. As Igor, the villagers, and even Von Goosewing usually address The Count by his title or a respectful variation.
- Who's on First?: Another Running Gag based on her cluelessness is that Nanny often gets confused by words or phrases that sound even remotely alike, which can lead to confused conversations as whoever she's talking to tries to figure out what she's thinking. There Are Werewolves At the Bottom of My Garden has a great example when Nanny goes to Igor after discovering Towser has escaped:Igor: Nanny, what is amiss? (meaning "What is wrong?")
Nanny: It's a Missus before she gets married! But what that's got to do with Towser, I should like to know?!
Towser
- The Ghost: Occasionally mentioned, rarely ever seen on screen.
- Offstage Villainy: He once evidently ate a chambermaid.
Dmitri & Sviatoslav
A funny thing happened to me on the way to the clock...
- Voiced in English by: Brian Trueman & Jimmy HibbertVoiced in Latin American Spanish by: Braulio Zertuche & Miguel Ángel Sanromán
- Greek Chorus: They rarely ever have an effect on the plot, and the main character almost never acknowledge their existence, though there are a couple exceptions. Instead, make fun of whatever crazy situation Duckula has gotten into - even when they aren't actually there to witness it.
- Lame Pun Reaction: On the odd occasion where they are plot important, like Down Under Duckula, it's shown that their puns are so awful, so horrific, that only the main characters can weather them. Everyone else who hears them is quickly driven mad.
- Leitmotif: All bar one of their appearances are underscored with a jaunty vaudeville vamp.
- Straight Man and Wise Guy: Dmitri is the wise guy, Sviatoslav is the straight man. Typically when Sviatoslav tries to deliver a punchline himself, the joke is even worse.
- Those Two Guys: Absolutely never appear separately.
Villains and Antagonists
Dr. Von Goosewing
- Voiced in English by: Jimmy HibbertVoiced in Latin American Spanish by: Jorge Roig Sr.
World's Greatest Wampire Hunter
An extremely kooky German scientist and monster hunter, self-proclaimed as the greatest in the world. He absolutely refuses to believe that Duckula is unlike his murderous ancestors, and so spends every waking moment plotting up strange and bizarre ways to slay him.- A Day in the Limelight: The Incredible Shrinking Duck, has Von Goosewing as the primary focus of the episode as we follow him and the way he goes about going after the Count, though the main trio do appear they don't do much till the end.
- Adaptational Nationality: Abraham Van Helsing was Dutch; Goosewing is German.
- Affably Evil: While evil may be pushing it, he's definitely Affably Antagonistic. Both in 'Bad Luck Duck' and '0.0 Duck' he assaults Duckula after screaming his battle cry, but half way through the fight realizes he has forgotten his weapon and politely excuses himself and apologizes on his way out. Of course Duckula forgives and excuses him.
- Arch-Enemy: The antagonist with the most appearance, who poses the most danger to the heroes - even if he poses just as much danger to himself - and also the only one whose name Duckula actually knows.
- Anti-Villain/Anti-Hero: He genuinely believes what he's doing is right and for the benefit and safety of society and all of the world. And it would be, as all of Duckula's ancestors were blood craving monsters who terrorized the village and murdered millions, and so would the modern one, had he been resurrected properly. Though had Goosewing been less ditzy and paid attention more, he would've realized that the modern count is essentially harmless.
- Catchphrase: "DUCKULA, YOU MONSTER, YOUR DAYS ARE NUMBERED!" Parodied on occasion, such as an episode where he is plotting in a place with strict noise controls, but he can't keep himself from loudly declaring.
- Cloud Cuckoolander: Even by mad scientist standards, Goosewing is out there. He barely seems to know which way is up sometimes, and his plans sometimes fail because his means are just too harebrained and confused to work.
- Goosewing: I told Heinrich that compass was no good... pointing North it is, all the time!
Duckula: Um... yes?
Goosewing: Going South, we were!
- Determinator: You got to give him one thing, he never seems to give up. Even after he's been thrown off the roof of Castle Duckula, flattened by Nanny, mauled by a werewolf, and crushed by some scaffolding he'll be back the next day with another plan to get that fiend Duckula.
- Ditzy Genius: Despite his Cloud Cuckoolander habits, he is an expert vampire hunter and proven himself to be a brilliant inventor as he has built ground breaking weapons such as a functioning shrink ray.
- Expy: Of Abraham van Helsing. A very scatterbrained, German Van Helsing, but Van Helsing none the less. His deerstalker hat and coat also bring to mind Sherlock Holmes.
- Foul Waterfowl: Played with. He relentlessly tries to kill Duckula despite him not being an evil vampire, though it's mainly out of his own cluelessness.
- The Ghost: His assistant Heinrich, who never actually appears on screen and likely doesn't actually exist - which, given that many of Goosewing's plans vitally rely on his presence, causes him a bit of problems. Explained by way of Heinrich having been his assistant in the past, but quitting, which Goosewing failed to notice in his usual oblivious way.
- Gratuitous German: Peppers his speak with German, especially when there's a good opportunity for some Who's on First? shenanigans. The show has people confuse "nein!" with "nine!" on more than one occasion.
- Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain: One close look at his life and you can't help but feel sorry for the guy. He strives day and night to save the world from a threat that isn't real, he's constantly getting hurt, and his only friend is a figment of his imagination as he's practically isolated himself to complete his goal. It's honestly kinda sad.
- Infinite Supplies: Von Goosewing is shown with various gadgets, anti-vampire weaponry and even numerous vehicles such as balloons, blimps and submarines. It is never explained where he gets these or how he can afford them.
- Inspector Javert: Of course. Obsessed with hunting down Duckula and stopping him from harming innocent people, even though Duckula himself has no intention of ever doing such a thing.
- Leitmotif: Only character on the show to have one all to himself.
- Mad Scientist: Most of his episodes feature him inventing something insane that he intends to use to do in Duckula, often accidentally, and sometimes testing them on himself first - such as an invisibility ray, a split personality serum, or homing rocket-stake gun. He generally fails to control his creations, leading to mass mayhem.
- Master of Disguise: Just look at him
- Not-So-Harmless Villain: Despite his goofy and clumsy nature, the fact he's pretty easy to confuse, not really to strong physically, and has been easily dismissed before, when he's on top of his game he is a genuine threat to Duckula. Definitely closer then any of Duckula's other foes that's for sure.
- Selective Obliviousness: He's completely incapable of understanding that the current Count Duckula is completely harmless.
- Shout-Out: His name is an obvious homage to Abraham Van Helsing, but his deerstalker hat and matching coat are more reminiscent of Sherlock Holmes.
- Speech Impediment: Pronounces vampire's as "Wampires"
- Strange-Syntax Speaker: Due to his Gratuitous German, he sometimes does intentionally odd things like put the subject first even in sentences where he shouldn't. It adds to his overall ditziness.
- Team Rocket Wins: In issue 15 of the American Comics we are shown a What If? universe where Goosewing actually succeed in killing Duckula, along with all the vampires in the world.
- It was also implied in the comic that Goosewing killed the previous Duckula
- Also, in The Vampire Strikes Back, he did technically accomplished what he set out to do, which was to blast Duckula into space and is last seen celebrating his victory. Though the trio return from space at the end of the episode.
- Too Dumb to Live: He has jumped out of his blimp and only realized when he's halfway towards the ground that he forgot to put on a parachute. More than once.
- Vampire Hunter: Gooesewing comes from a long line of vampire hunters, though he is much more clumsy and scatterbrained than they were. He is frequently trying to kill Count Duckula, despite the fact that this incarnation of Duckula is a vegetarian who doesn't even want to be a vampire in the first place.
- Van Helsing Hate Crimes: Refuses to accept that Duckula is completely harmless and won't stop until he plants a stake through his heart.
The Pirate Penguins
Gaston
- Voiced in English by: Jimmy HibbertVoiced in Latin American Spanish by: José Luis Orozco
- Amusing Injuries: He gets these a lot.
- Con Man: his raison d'être, as he's practically made it his living, though he's not very good at it. Like at all.
- The Dragon: He and Pierre are this in Venice a Duck, Not a Duck.
- Failure Is the Only Option: Almost all of his appearances end with him getting arrested or gaining a devastating injury, only subverted in transylvanian t* ake-away, where he still failed but got off rather easy, compared to his other appearances.
- French Jerk: He's a French man who robs people for a living. Even when he's not trying to con others, he's not that pleasant to be around, though this can be thanks to having to constantly deal with Pierre.
- Hair-Trigger Temper: If you had to deal with a annoying man child who constantly halts any type of momentum in your plan just to be stupid you'd have some anger issues too.
- Never My Fault: "Yes, it is your fault, it is ALWAYS your fault"
- Not So Above It All: He's just as susceptible to goofy misunderstandings as Pierre is, he just tries not to do it often.
- Paper-Thin Disguise: Uses this in Transylvanian Take-away, and Duckula falls for it despite the fact that Duckula should know damn well who Gaston is at this point.
- Poirot Speak: Gaston and Pierre's signature Verbal Tic is their constant application of French grammar rules to what is otherwise perfectly ordinary English, which makes them sound stupid.
- Sinister Schnoz:...well, beak as it were but both he and Pierre are sporting these sinister crooked beaks.
- Spin-Off: Sort of. The titular characters of Victor & Hugo are clearly non-anthropomorphic versions of Gaston and Pierre. Which even leads to a Required Spinoff Crossover with both Count Duckula AND Danger Mouse.
- Surrounded by Idiots: Pierre, its the reason he's so stressed/crabby all the time.
- Straight Man: While he's far from a calm and collected person, he comes off as this compared to his dolt of a partner.
- Stupid Crooks: The show LOVES to use this gimmick with him and Pierre as a lot of the two's failures can be chalked up to poor decisions. ( but can be due to poor luck or some outside force.) Though Gaston does seem to be semi-competent as most of his plans are built on solid foundation.
- Tall, Dark, and Snarky: He's lean, is literally a black stork, and is pretty snarky when properly provoked.
Pierre
- Voiced in English by: David Jason
The lackey member in a pair of French con artist known in the criminal underworld as the tiresome twosome, for their babbling incompetence. They are almost never successful in their criminal endeavors, in no small part for Pierre's screwups.
- The Millstone: Pierre's constant bumbling, inability to remember important instructions, failure to provide vital warnings when they're relevant, and other faults make him about 90% responsible for Gaston's schemes going awry.
- Poirot Speak: Gaston and Pierre's signature Verbal Tic is their constant application of French grammar rules to what is otherwise perfectly ordinary English, which makes them sound stupid.
- Sinister Schnoz:...well, beak as it were but both he and Gaston are sporting these sinister crooked beaks.
- Spin-Off: Sort of. The titular characters of Victor & Hugo are clearly non-anthropomorphic versions of Gaston and Pierre. Which even leads to a Required Spinoff Crossover with both Count Duckula AND Danger Mouse.
- Surrounded by Idiots: Pierre, its the reason he's so stressed/crabby all the time.
- Stupid Crooks: The core premise of his character is that he's a would-be crook who is also an absolute idiot.
The Crow Brothers
Ruffles
The leader of a band of aspiring burglars who seem to keep coming into contact with Count Duckula
- Surrounded by Idiots: Ruffles is constantly complaining about the stupidity of his minions.
- Stupid Crooks: Ruffles wants to be a successful criminal leader, but is held back by his bungling underlings.
Burt
Junior
Other Characters
The Peasants
Count Duckula's Relatives
- Dysfunctional Family: Ignoring the fact that his sixteen previous incarnations were traditional evil vampires and are referred do as different patriarchal ancestors (father, grandfather, etc), Duckula is shown to have a wide, sprawling family of vampire ducks who are all either crazy, evil, or both. In the episode Castle Duckula: Open to the Public, he discussed Sir Poachard Duckula, "the crazy Count who tried to prove grass was more intelligent than sand", and Lady Pintail Duckula, "the first woman to attempt to eat Castle Duckula". The Return of the Curse of the Secret of the Mummy's Tomb Meets Frankenduckula's Monster and the Wolfman and the Intergalactic Cabbage... makes mention of Doctor Frankenduckula, who was both a vampire duck and an expy of Baron von Frankenstein, complete with creating his own Frankenstein's Monster in the castle basement, and whom Igor notes with approval was both utterly mad and utterly evil. "The Ghost of McCastle McDuckula" introduces Rory McDuckula, Duckula's "father's father's uncle's uncle", whom Igor hopes will tutor Duckula into acting like a "proper" vampire. Vampire Vacation features Duckula's Spanish cousin Don Diego, a sadistic paranoid pyromaniac. Finally, "Family Reunion" introduces a slew of aunts, uncles and cousins whom Duckula is in living terror of, because he believes they will kill him if they learn he's actually an un-evil Vegetarian Vampire.
The Narrator
- Voiced in English by: Barry ClaytonVoiced in Latin American Spanish by: Miguel Ángel Ghigliazza and later Arturo Casanova
The show's narrator, a Horror Host doing his best to ignore the fact that the show he's narrating really isn't a conventional horror tale at all. Unlike his counterpart on Danger Mouse, he rarely if ever speaks up during the events of the episode, instead welcoming viewers at the episode's beginning and bidding them farewell at its end.
- Catchphrase: Always signs off each episode with "Good night out there... whatever you are...!'' followed by his signature Evil Laugh.
- Nightmare Fuel Station Attendant: In classic Horror Host tradition, he's a bombastic enthusiast for the grizzly, gruesome and ghoulish.
