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** Dracula enlists [[TheLoad Renfield]] to remove the strands of garlic in Lucy's room. Immediately after Renfield is discovered for trying to sneak a peek at her, Dracula summons Lucy outside and kills her. The scene briefly cuts to her somber funeral.
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** Dracula enlists [[TheLoad Renfield]] to remove the strands of garlic in Lucy's room. Immediately after room, but Renfield is decides he's more interested in [[ThePeepingTom sneaking a peek at her under the covers.]] Of course, he's discovered for trying to sneak a peek at her, and dragged off...and then Dracula [[CompellingVoice summons Lucy outside outside]] and kills her. The scene briefly cuts to her somber funeral.
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* GhostlyGlide: Dracula's wives do this. Both lampshaded and subverted when he tells them to knock it off, and the women stomp off instead.
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* MoodWhiplash: When Lucy bites the cemetery night guard, it's surprisingly scary for a part in a Mel Brooks movie. Not NightmareFuel-level scary, thankfully, but still enough to [[JumpScare catch viewers off guard.]]
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* MoodWhiplash: When Lucy bites the cemetery night guard, it's surprisingly scary for a part in a Mel Brooks movie. Not NightmareFuel-level especially scary, thankfully, but still enough to [[JumpScare catch viewers off guard.]]
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* TrickAndFollowPloy: The heroes release Renfield from the asylum in hopes that he will fall victim to this and lead them to his master. Renfield is somewhat GenreSavvy to this, having been warned by Dracula not to fall for it. However, he's not quite GenreSavvy ''enough,'' and [[WhatAnIdiot doesn't put much effort at all into throwing them off his trail.]]
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* DecoyProtagonist: The film seems to set Renfield up like this - he is the solicitor from London who meets up with Dracula in the beginning, as opposed to Jonathan Harker from the novel. Then Renfield is made into Dracula's servant, and the focus of the film shifts to the true protagonists - Jonathan and Mina.
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* DecoyProtagonist: The film seems to set Renfield up like this - he is the solicitor from London who meets up with Dracula in the beginning, as opposed to Jonathan Harker from the novel. Then Renfield is made into Dracula's servant, and the focus of the film shifts to the true protagonists - Jonathan and Mina.
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* GroinAttack: Renfield gets ''stepped on'' at one point.
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* NoOntologicalInertia: Averted. [[spoiler: Double-subverted. After Dracula's brainwashing spell still holds on death, Renfield in the ending.
cries and continues to call him his Master, and only snaps back to normal after Dr. Seward reminds him that he's now his own man. Renfield then follows Seward out, calling ''him'' "Master".]]
* OohMeAccentsSlipping: LeslieNielsen briefly drops his Transylvanian accent when Dracularesponds to being poked in the eye receives an EyePoke during the film's climax.
* OohMeAccentsSlipping: LeslieNielsen briefly drops his Transylvanian accent when Dracula
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* MoodWhiplash: When Lucy bites the cemetery night guard, it's surprisingly scary for a part in a Mel Brooks movie. Not NightmareFuel-level scary, thankfully, but still enough to catch viewers off guard.
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* BreakingAndBloodsucking: PlayedForLaughs, of course.
** Dracula in bat-form attempts to fly into Lucy's open window just in time for her to close it.
** Dracula is lurking outside Mina's window, but she has an inconvenient nurse inside with her. He's got them both under his spell but they're mindlessly following his commands and Dracula can't get the nurse to leave the room and Mina to let him in.
** Dracula in bat-form attempts to fly into Lucy's open window just in time for her to close it.
** Dracula is lurking outside Mina's window, but she has an inconvenient nurse inside with her. He's got them both under his spell but they're mindlessly following his commands and Dracula can't get the nurse to leave the room and Mina to let him in.
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*** That has some basis in myth, actually - that a vampire can't enter a house without being invited in.
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* NiceJobFixingItVillain: At the end, [[spoiler:Renfield attempts to save Dracula by opening an escape route for him in the attic where Van Hellsing and the heroes have Dracula cornered. But since morning has come and the sun is out, all he does is shine sunlight onto his master, killing him once and for all.]]
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* NiceJobFixingItVillain: At the end, [[spoiler:Renfield attempts to save Dracula by opening an escape route for him in the attic where Van Hellsing Helsing and the heroes have Dracula cornered. But since morning has come and the sun is out, all he does is shine sunlight onto his master, killing him once and for all.]]
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* DueToTheDead: [[spoiler:After he accidentally kills his master, a mournful Renfield gathers the ashes of Dracula, puts them in the coffin, and then forms a smiley face out of them to make Dracula "look like his old self again" before shutting it.]]
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* NiceJobFixingItVillain: At the end, [[spoiler:Renfield attempts to save Dracula by opening an escape route for him in the attic where Van Hellsing and the heroes have Dracula cornered. But since morning as has come and the sun is out, all he does is shine sunlight onto his master, killing him once and for all.]]
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-->'''Jonathan:''' But Lucy, I'm engaged to Mina. And you're dead!
-->'''Vampire!Lucy:''' I'm not dead. I'm undead...!
-->'''Jonathan:''' Yes, well, I'm not un-engaged.
-->'''Jonathan:''' But Lucy, I'm engaged to Mina. And you're dead!
-->'''Vampire!Lucy:''' I'm not dead. I'm undead...!
-->'''Jonathan:''' Yes, well, I'm not un-engaged.
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* TedBaxter: Dracula says at one point, "They are fools to think they can match wits with me! Me who can control the forces of darkness! Me who has commanded the creatures of the night to do my bidding!" This is the same ancient evil who cannot rise from his coffin without banging his head on the chandelier.
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->"''My '''God!''' What are you doing to the furniture?''"
''Dracula: Dead and Loving It'' is a 1995 Creator/MelBrooks movie (and, as of 2011, his last directorial effort) starring LeslieNielsen as Dracula. It starts as a young solicitor from London, Thomas Renfield (PeterMacNichol), meets the mysterious Count Dracula. He begins to suspect that something is amiss, but the Count hypnotizes him before he can escape. The pair then travel to London, where the Count has purchased a manor next to an insane asylum. He meets his next-door neighbors at an opera: Dr. Seward (played by HarveyKorman), his daughter Mina (AmyYasbeck), her friend Lucy (LysetteAnthony), and Mina's fiancee Jonathan Harker (StevenWeber). Shortly thereafter, Lucy becomes mysteriously ill. This prompts Dr. Seward to seek advice from his old friend Dr. Abram Van Helsing (played by Creator/MelBrooks).
Van Helsing informs Jonathan and Harker that they have "entered ze realm of ze supernatural!" and that Lucy is the victim of a vampire attack. It is imperative that the vampire is stopped before Lucy dies, or ''she vill become vun herrself!'' Sadly, Lucy does indeed die and rise again as a member of the evil bloodsucking undead. This finally convinces Harker and Dr. Seward that there is a vampire in their midst. They set off to stop him...just as Mina begins to develop the same symptoms that Lucy had before she died.
All along the way, HilarityEnsues (literally, in this case).
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!! This movie provides examples of:
* AffectionateParody
* BedlamHouse: Where Renfield is kept and treated with enemas.
* BloodyHilarious: Lucy's corpse spews a veritable fountain of blood when she is staked.
** Even more hilarious due to EnforcedMethodActing (see below).
* BrickJoke: Van Helsing has to get the last word.
** Dracula gets in the last word himself at the very end of the end credits, making this even more hilarious because at that point ''He was DEAD''.
* BritishStuffiness: A main source of humor in the film.
* CeilingCling: Dracula uses this to escape detection. A slamming door causes him to come loose.
** Modified version where Dracula acts like Spider-Man to free Renfield. Then flies to the ground. Renfield attempts to follow. Dracula points out:
-->"''I'' fly. ''You'' don't."
* ClassicalMovieVampire: Dracula is a parody of this.
* CloudCuckoolander: Everyone has this to a certain extent, but Renfield is the most obvious one.
* CobwebJungle: Carried over from ''Film/{{Dracula}}'' and PlayedForLaughs.
* CompellingVoice: Played with as Dracula attempts to give instructions, but has difficulty getting people to do exactly what he wants and controlling multiple people at the same time. Usually results in general sillyness, which is par for the course in a Mel Brooks flick.
* DistractedByTheSexy: Vampire Lucy attempts this on Harker, to seduce him into vampirism.
-->'''Harker''': But Lucy, [[BritishStuffiness we're British]]!\\
'''Lucy''': ''[exposing her cleavage]'' So are ''these''!
* TheDitz: Renfield. He gleefully eats insects and spiders in front of Dr. Seward, leads the heroes straight to where Dracula is hidden even while ''knowing that they were following him'', and [[spoiler: exposes his master to sunlight in a bid to rescue him, finishing Dracula off.]]
* DreamSequence: Dracula has a "[[BigLippedAlligatorMoment daymare]]," where he believes his vampirism is cured and goes out to enjoy the beauty of the light. Then he bursts into flame and wakes up screaming and running.
* EnforcedMethodActing: Steven Weber had no idea how much blood was going to be splattered on him during the "staking Lucy" scene. Look closely and you can see him trying not to crack up.
** [[ThrowItIn And it led to the ad lib]] "She's dead ''enough.''"
* EyePoke: Used in the climax of the film against Dracula (who'd just [[TemptingFate tempted fate]]).
* FakeBrit: Most of the cast.
* GagBoobs: Jonathan is British! But then, so are Lucy's boobs.
* GlamourFailure: Used in the dancing scene, when a huge mirror is produced and Dracula shows no reflection.
* IDoNotDrinkWine: Subverted during Dracula's dream.
* TheIgor: Renfield to Dracula.
* LivingShadow: Parodied in several scenes. In one, Dracula falls down the stairs and claims to be perfectly fine. His shadow is then seen limping up the stairs behind him.
** ScrewThisImOuttaHere: During the climax of the movie, the shadow clearly shouts "Uh-Oh!" and runs away when Van Helsing and the others show up to kill Dracula.
* TheLoad: Renfield proves to be more of a liability to Dracula than Van Helsing ever was, up to and including [[spoiler:killing him accidentally.]]
* MoodWhiplash: When Lucy bites the cemetery night guard, it's surprisingly scary for a part in a Mel Brooks movie. Not NightmareFuel-level scary, thankfully, but still enough to catch viewers off guard.
* PivotalWakeup
** [[AvertedTrope Averted]] by a chandelier.
* [[PrecisionFStrike Precision A Strike]]: "Renfield, you asshole!"
* {{Pun}}: "Yes, we have "Nosferatu". We have "Nosferatu" ''today''!"
* RainOfBlood: This is why Van Helsing insists on standing out of the way during Lucy's staking.
** Not to mention TheRenfield's finger cut. It squirts like a geyser.
* SickAndWrong: Renfield's initial reaction to Dracula's brides trying to seduce him. It doesn't last long.
--> '''Renfield:''' [[BlackComedyRape What are you doing? No! This is wrong! This is wrong, this is wrong!]] ''*beat*'' [[DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale Wrong me, wrong me, wrong my ''brains'' out! Mm-mm-mmm-mmm-MM!]]
* StakingTheLovedOne: Parodied.
-->'''Van Helsing''': It must be done by one who loved her in life!\\
'''Harker''': I only liked her!\\
'''Van Helsing''': Close enough!
* TheRenfield: Played by Peter [=MacNichol=], who had previously played a Renfield in ''{{Ghostbusters}} II''.
* TedBaxter: Dracula says at one point, "They are fools to think they can match wits with me! Me who can control the forces of darkness! Me who has commanded the creatures of the night to do my bidding!" This is the same ancient evil who cannot rise from his coffin without banging his head on the chandelier.
** Not to mention that he crashes into Lucy's bedroom window as she closed it. Who would have thought you can keep out vampires with [[Film/MyBigFatGreekWedding Windex]]?
* VampiresAreSexGods: Upon turning into a vampire, Lucy changes from a proper upper-class Victorian English lady into a lusty temptress. Even being bitten is enough to make the equally patrician Mina more frisky than usual. Neither of their charms work on [[ChasteHero Jonathan]].
** Dracula himself, on the other hand, is the more traditional "[[AffablyEvil gentlemanly vampire]]".
*** Though [[LivingShadow his shadow]] is far more horny.
* VampireDance: Van Helsing and co. set up a party for the high society. Dracula begins an elaborate dance with Mina. Then the cover is pulled off of the floor-length mirror, revealing that Dracula has no reflection.
** Hilarity ensues when he spirals her in the air, and in the mirror it looks like she's flying in circles.
* VictorianBritain
* YiddishAsASecondLanguage: Mel Brooks as Van Helsing.
* YouAreTheTranslatedForeignWord: Played with. Van Helsing tells Harker that Lucy has become Nosferatu. Harker's response: "She's ''Italian?''"
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->"''My '''God!''' What are you doing to the furniture?''"
''Dracula: Dead and Loving It'' is a 1995 Creator/MelBrooks movie (and, as of 2011, his last directorial effort) starring LeslieNielsen as Dracula. It starts as a young solicitor from London, Thomas Renfield (PeterMacNichol), meets the mysterious Count Dracula. He begins to suspect that something is amiss, but the Count hypnotizes him before he can escape. The pair then travel to London, where the Count has purchased a manor next to an insane asylum. He meets his next-door neighbors at an opera: Dr. Seward (played by HarveyKorman), his daughter Mina (AmyYasbeck), her friend Lucy (LysetteAnthony), and Mina's fiancee Jonathan Harker (StevenWeber). Shortly thereafter, Lucy becomes mysteriously ill. This prompts Dr. Seward to seek advice from his old friend Dr. Abram Van Helsing (played by Creator/MelBrooks).
Van Helsing informs Jonathan and Harker that they have "entered ze realm of ze supernatural!" and that Lucy is the victim of a vampire attack. It is imperative that the vampire is stopped before Lucy dies, or ''she vill become vun herrself!'' Sadly, Lucy does indeed die and rise again as a member of the evil bloodsucking undead. This finally convinces Harker and Dr. Seward that there is a vampire in their midst. They set off to stop him...just as Mina begins to develop the same symptoms that Lucy had before she died.
All along the way, HilarityEnsues (literally, in this case).
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!! This movie provides examples of:
* AffectionateParody
* BedlamHouse: Where Renfield is kept and treated with enemas.
* BloodyHilarious: Lucy's corpse spews a veritable fountain of blood when she is staked.
** Even more hilarious due to EnforcedMethodActing (see below).
* BrickJoke: Van Helsing has to get the last word.
** Dracula gets in the last word himself at the very end of the end credits, making this even more hilarious because at that point ''He was DEAD''.
* BritishStuffiness: A main source of humor in the film.
* CeilingCling: Dracula uses this to escape detection. A slamming door causes him to come loose.
** Modified version where Dracula acts like Spider-Man to free Renfield. Then flies to the ground. Renfield attempts to follow. Dracula points out:
-->"''I'' fly. ''You'' don't."
* ClassicalMovieVampire: Dracula is a parody of this.
* CloudCuckoolander: Everyone has this to a certain extent, but Renfield is the most obvious one.
* CobwebJungle: Carried over from ''Film/{{Dracula}}'' and PlayedForLaughs.
* CompellingVoice: Played with as Dracula attempts to give instructions, but has difficulty getting people to do exactly what he wants and controlling multiple people at the same time. Usually results in general sillyness, which is par for the course in a Mel Brooks flick.
* DistractedByTheSexy: Vampire Lucy attempts this on Harker, to seduce him into vampirism.
-->'''Harker''': But Lucy, [[BritishStuffiness we're British]]!\\
'''Lucy''': ''[exposing her cleavage]'' So are ''these''!
* TheDitz: Renfield. He gleefully eats insects and spiders in front of Dr. Seward, leads the heroes straight to where Dracula is hidden even while ''knowing that they were following him'', and [[spoiler: exposes his master to sunlight in a bid to rescue him, finishing Dracula off.]]
* DreamSequence: Dracula has a "[[BigLippedAlligatorMoment daymare]]," where he believes his vampirism is cured and goes out to enjoy the beauty of the light. Then he bursts into flame and wakes up screaming and running.
* EnforcedMethodActing: Steven Weber had no idea how much blood was going to be splattered on him during the "staking Lucy" scene. Look closely and you can see him trying not to crack up.
** [[ThrowItIn And it led to the ad lib]] "She's dead ''enough.''"
* EyePoke: Used in the climax of the film against Dracula (who'd just [[TemptingFate tempted fate]]).
* FakeBrit: Most of the cast.
* GagBoobs: Jonathan is British! But then, so are Lucy's boobs.
* GlamourFailure: Used in the dancing scene, when a huge mirror is produced and Dracula shows no reflection.
* IDoNotDrinkWine: Subverted during Dracula's dream.
* TheIgor: Renfield to Dracula.
* LivingShadow: Parodied in several scenes. In one, Dracula falls down the stairs and claims to be perfectly fine. His shadow is then seen limping up the stairs behind him.
** ScrewThisImOuttaHere: During the climax of the movie, the shadow clearly shouts "Uh-Oh!" and runs away when Van Helsing and the others show up to kill Dracula.
* TheLoad: Renfield proves to be more of a liability to Dracula than Van Helsing ever was, up to and including [[spoiler:killing him accidentally.]]
* MoodWhiplash: When Lucy bites the cemetery night guard, it's surprisingly scary for a part in a Mel Brooks movie. Not NightmareFuel-level scary, thankfully, but still enough to catch viewers off guard.
* PivotalWakeup
** [[AvertedTrope Averted]] by a chandelier.
* [[PrecisionFStrike Precision A Strike]]: "Renfield, you asshole!"
* {{Pun}}: "Yes, we have "Nosferatu". We have "Nosferatu" ''today''!"
* RainOfBlood: This is why Van Helsing insists on standing out of the way during Lucy's staking.
** Not to mention TheRenfield's finger cut. It squirts like a geyser.
* SickAndWrong: Renfield's initial reaction to Dracula's brides trying to seduce him. It doesn't last long.
--> '''Renfield:''' [[BlackComedyRape What are you doing? No! This is wrong! This is wrong, this is wrong!]] ''*beat*'' [[DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale Wrong me, wrong me, wrong my ''brains'' out! Mm-mm-mmm-mmm-MM!]]
* StakingTheLovedOne: Parodied.
-->'''Van Helsing''': It must be done by one who loved her in life!\\
'''Harker''': I only liked her!\\
'''Van Helsing''': Close enough!
* TheRenfield: Played by Peter [=MacNichol=], who had previously played a Renfield in ''{{Ghostbusters}} II''.
* TedBaxter: Dracula says at one point, "They are fools to think they can match wits with me! Me who can control the forces of darkness! Me who has commanded the creatures of the night to do my bidding!" This is the same ancient evil who cannot rise from his coffin without banging his head on the chandelier.
** Not to mention that he crashes into Lucy's bedroom window as she closed it. Who would have thought you can keep out vampires with [[Film/MyBigFatGreekWedding Windex]]?
* VampiresAreSexGods: Upon turning into a vampire, Lucy changes from a proper upper-class Victorian English lady into a lusty temptress. Even being bitten is enough to make the equally patrician Mina more frisky than usual. Neither of their charms work on [[ChasteHero Jonathan]].
** Dracula himself, on the other hand, is the more traditional "[[AffablyEvil gentlemanly vampire]]".
*** Though [[LivingShadow his shadow]] is far more horny.
* VampireDance: Van Helsing and co. set up a party for the high society. Dracula begins an elaborate dance with Mina. Then the cover is pulled off of the floor-length mirror, revealing that Dracula has no reflection.
** Hilarity ensues when he spirals her in the air, and in the mirror it looks like she's flying in circles.
* VictorianBritain
* YiddishAsASecondLanguage: Mel Brooks as Van Helsing.
* YouAreTheTranslatedForeignWord: Played with. Van Helsing tells Harker that Lucy has become Nosferatu. Harker's response: "She's ''Italian?''"
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