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* BassoProfundo: His voice is very deep, regal and imposing, courtesy of his voice actor Jack May.
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* FoulWaterfowl: Played with. He relentlessly tries to kill Duckula despite him not being an evil vampire, though it's mainly out of his own cluelessness.
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* FoulWaterfowl: Unlike his "vicious vampire duck" ancestors who play the trope straight, he himself subverts this by being a FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire.
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* BassoProfundo: His voice is very deep and imposing, courtesy of his voice actor Jack May.

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* BassoProfundo: His voice is very deep deep, regal and imposing, courtesy of his voice actor Jack May.
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* BassoProfundo: Thanks to his voice actor Jack May.

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* BassoProfundo: Thanks to His voice is very deep and imposing, courtesy of his voice actor Jack May.
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A pair of sentient animatronic bats who live in the castle's magic clock. Serving as a kind of GreekChorus, the two always pop up together at least OnceAnEpisode and comment on whatever's going on with an IncrediblyLamePun.

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A pair of sentient animatronic bats who live in the castle's magic clock. Serving as a kind of GreekChorus, the two always pop up together at least OnceAnEpisode and comment on whatever's going on with an IncrediblyLamePun.a {{pun}}.
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* VampireHunter: 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.
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-->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Álvaro Tarcicio


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-->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Carmen Donna-Dio


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-->'''Voiced in English by:''' Brian Trueman & Jimmy Hibbert
-->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Braulio Zertuche & Miguel Ángel Sanromán


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-->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Jorge Roig Sr.


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-->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Creator/JoseLuisOrozco


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-->'''Voiced in English by:''' David Jason


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-->'''Voiced in English by:''' Barry Clayton
-->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Creator/MiguelAngelGhigliazza and later Arturo Casanova
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-->'''Voiced in Swedish by:''' Gunnar Ernblad

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-->'''Voiced in Swedish by:''' Gunnar ErnbladCreator/GunnarErnblad

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The leader of 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 there criminal in devours, though Gaston is definitely the more competent of the two.

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The leader of a pair of french French con artist known in the criminal underworld as the tiresome twosome, for their babbling incompetence. They are almost never successful in there their criminal in devours, endeavors, though Gaston is definitely the more competent of the two.



* PoirotSpeak: Gaston and Pierre's signature VerbalTic is their constant application of French grammar rules to what is otherwise perfectly ordinary English, which makes them sound stupid.



* SpinOff: Similar to the Count himself, Gaston and Pierre receive their own tweaked spin-off.
** Which even leads to a RequiredSpinoffCrossover with Count Duckula AND Danger Mouse.

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* SpinOff: Similar to the Count himself, Sort of. The titular characters of ''WesternAnimation/VictorAndHugo'' are clearly non-anthropomorphic versions of Gaston and Pierre receive their own tweaked spin-off.
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Pierre. Which even leads to a RequiredSpinoffCrossover with both Count Duckula AND Danger Mouse.


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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.
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* TheMillstone: 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.
* PoirotSpeak: Gaston and Pierre's signature VerbalTic is their constant application of French grammar rules to what is otherwise perfectly ordinary English, which makes them sound stupid.
* SinisterSchnoz:...well, beak as it were but both he and Gaston are sporting these sinister crooked beaks.
* SpinOff: Sort of. The titular characters of ''WesternAnimation/VictorAndHugo'' are clearly non-anthropomorphic versions of Gaston and Pierre. Which even leads to a RequiredSpinoffCrossover with both Count Duckula AND Danger Mouse.
* SurroundedByIdiots: Pierre, its the reason he's so stressed/crabby all the time.
* StupidCrooks: The core premise of his character is that he's a would-be crook who is also an absolute ''idiot''.


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The leader of a band of aspiring burglars who seem to keep coming into contact with Count Duckula
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* SurroundedByIdiots: Ruffles is constantly complaining about the stupidity of his minions.
* StupidCrooks: Ruffles wants to be a successful criminal leader, but is held back by his bungling underlings.


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* DysfunctionalFamily: 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 FrankensteinsMonster 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 VegetarianVampire.


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The show's narrator, a HorrorHost 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 ''WesternAnimation/DangerMouse'', 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.
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* CatchPhrase: Always signs off each episode with "Good night out there... ''whatever'' you are...!'' followed by his signature EvilLaugh.
* NightmareFuelStationAttendant: In classic HorrorHost tradition, he's a bombastic enthusiast for the grizzly, gruesome and ghoulish.

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The characters in WesternAnimation/CountDuckula.

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The characters in WesternAnimation/CountDuckula.
''WesternAnimation/CountDuckula''.



---> '''Duckula''': ''(suave)'' Can I call you [casual name]?
---> '''Woman''': [[LittleNo No.]]
---> '''Duckula:''' ''(as if they had said yes)'' Oh, thank you!

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---> '''Duckula''': --->'''Duckula:''' ''(suave)'' Can I call you [casual name]?
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name]?\\
'''Woman:'''
[[LittleNo No.]]
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'''Duckula:''' ''(as if they had said yes)'' Oh, thank you!



---> '''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?"

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---> '''Duckula''' "Don't -->'''Duckula:''' Don't they get much complaint's from the neighbors"
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neighbors.\\
'''Marshal Quiet Earp''' "There Earp:''' There ain't no neighbors".
---> '''Duckula''' "There ain't?" {{beat}} "I
neighbors.\\
'''Duckula:''' There ain't? ''[{{beat}}]'' I
mean there aren't?"aren't?



* HypocriticalHumor: 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.

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* HypocriticalHumor: He usually likes to make quips about how Nanny's food is inedible inedible, but as we see in 'The "The Incredible Shrinking Duck' Duck", he's not any better at cooking. Though he did own up to his food being no good.



* RedemptionDemotion: He very rarely demonstrates anything in the way of supernatural powers (likely because he ForgotAboutHisPowers), unlike his much more powerful and villainous ''Danger Mouse'' incarnation.

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* RedemptionDemotion: He very rarely demonstrates anything in the way of supernatural powers (likely because he ForgotAboutHisPowers), unlike his much more powerful and villainous ''Danger Mouse'' ''WesternAnimation/DangerMouse'' incarnation.



-->'''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?!

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-->'''Igor:''' Nanny, what is amiss? (meaning "What is wrong?")
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wrong?")\\
'''Nanny:'''
It's a Missus before she gets married! But what that's got to do with Towser, I should like to know?!
know?!






---> '''Goosewing:''' I told Heinrich that compass was no good... pointing North it is, all the time!
---> '''Duckula:''' Um... yes?
---> '''Goosewing:''' Going South, we were!

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---> '''Goosewing:''' --->'''Goosewing:''' I told Heinrich that compass was no good... pointing North it is, all the time!
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time!\\
'''Duckula:''' Um... yes?
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yes?\\
'''Goosewing:''' Going South, we were! were!



* {{Ditzy Genius}}: Despite his CloudCuckoolander 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.

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* {{Ditzy Genius}}: DitzyGenius: Despite his CloudCuckoolander 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.






* {{Spinoff}}: Similar to The Count himself, Gaston and Pierre receive their own tweaked spin off.
** which even leads to a RequiredSpinoffCrossover with Count Duckula AND Danger Mouse.

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* {{Spinoff}}: SpinOff: Similar to The the Count himself, Gaston and Pierre receive their own tweaked spin off.
spin-off.
** which Which even leads to a RequiredSpinoffCrossover with Count Duckula AND Danger Mouse.









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* EvilSoundsRaspy: Has the iconic deep rasp of Gunnar Ernblad in the Swedish dub.
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* KindheartedSimpleton: Big time.

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* KindheartedSimpleton: Big time. Where she lacks in intelligence, she makes up for in goodwill.

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* NiceGuy: 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 JerkWithAHeartOfGold.



* CatchPhrase: "Oh, Nanny!" for whenever Nanny screws up.



* TheDitz: About as dumb as a sack of hammers.

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* TheDitz: About as dumb as a sack Her vast stupidity makes up part of hammers.the show's humor.



* DumbIsGood: 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.
* GentleGiant: About as gentle as [[Literature/OfMiceAndMen Lenny]], anyway but she means well.
* KindheartedSimpleton: Nanny means well, but is not very bright.

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* DumbIsGood: 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.trio and the whole show.
* GentleGiant: About as gentle as [[Literature/OfMiceAndMen Lenny]], anyway anyway, but she means well.
* KindheartedSimpleton: Nanny means well, but is not very bright.Big time.



* NiceGirl: She is a huge sweetheart.

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* NiceGirl: She is a huge sweetheart.sweetheart, and we mean huge. She doesn't have a single mean bone in her body.

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* NiceMeanAndInBetween: 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.

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* NiceMeanAndInBetween: 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.situation (especially whenever Igor is actively trying to revert him to his bloodthirsty ways).



* ButtMonkey: Not as bad as Duckula, but he has his fair share of indignity, often from Nanny.



* NiceMeanAndInBetween: He's the In-Between to Nanny's Nice and Duckula's Mean. He's the OnlySaneMan with a [[NightmareFetishist 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.

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* NiceMeanAndInBetween: He's the In-Between to Nanny's Nice and Duckula's Mean. He's the OnlySaneMan with a [[NightmareFetishist 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.situation (like when he's actively trying to change Duckula to a real vampire).
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* BassoProfundo: Thanks to his voice actor Jack May.
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* UnknownRival: He doesn't even remember most of his rouges 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.

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* UnknownRival: He doesn't even remember most of his rouges 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.



* YouSayTomato: Pronounces exactly as 'perzactly'

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* YouSayTomato: Pronounces exactly as 'perzactly' 'perzactly'.
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* VileVulture: He is a vulture who loves anything dark and sinister, and is constantly trying unsuccessfully to get Duckula to to anything evil again.
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* NiceMeanAndInBetween: 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.


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* TwoGuysAndAGirl: He and Igor are the two guys to Nanny's girl.


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* NiceMeanAndInBetween: He's the In-Between to Nanny's Nice and Duckula's Mean. He's the OnlySaneMan with a [[NightmareFetishist 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.


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* TwoGuysAndAGirl: He and Duckula are the two guys to Nanny's girl.


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* NiceMeanAndInBetween: She's the Nice to Duckula's Mean and Igor's In-Between. She's a KindheartedSimpleton without a mean bone in her body.


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* TwoGuysAndAGirl: She's the girl to Duckula and Igor's two guys.
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* TeamRocketWins: In issue 15 of the American Comics we are shown a {{What If}} universe were Goosewing actually succeed in killing Duckula, along with all the vampires in the world.

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* TeamRocketWins: In issue 15 of the American Comics we are shown a {{What If}} universe were where Goosewing actually succeed in killing Duckula, along with all the vampires in the world.
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* TeamRocketWins: In issue 15 of the American Comics we are shown an {{What If}} universe were Goosewing actually succeed in killing Duckula, along with all the vampires in the world.

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* TeamRocketWins: In issue 15 of the American Comics we are shown an a {{What If}} universe were Goosewing actually succeed in killing Duckula, along with all the vampires in the world.
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* GlorySeeker: Tries his hardest to became the star/famous adventurer he thinks he is, to no avail.

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* GlorySeeker: Tries his hardest to became become the star/famous adventurer he thinks he is, to no avail.
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** 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.
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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.

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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.

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