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* AdaptationalIntelligence: Mina Harker is upgraded from a reasonably smart school teacher to a brilliant, ahead of time medical student, and as noted above this trope could fit Renfield too.
* AdaptationalSexuality: Lucy is straight in the novel (and previous adaptations.) Here she is love with Mina and dialogue implies she has never been attracted to men in a romantic/sexual way.
* AdaptationalSexuality: Lucy is straight in the novel (and previous adaptations.) Here she is love with Mina and dialogue implies she has never been attracted to men in a romantic/sexual way.
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* GreyAndGrayMorality: Neither side has clean hands. Even Van Helsing is morally questionable, having [[spoiler:been responsible for bringing Dracula back to life in the first place by killing his tomb-raiding partner and letting his blood drip down on the dead vampire's dessicated face]].
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** In addition, Lady Jayne (Victoria Smurfit described Jayne's hairstyle in one episode as being similar to that of 1940's actress Veronica Lake), Mina and Lucy ''constantly'' wear their hair loose and hanging about their shoulders, in a distinctly 1940's-esque style. Keep in mind that the series is set in a time when any respectable - and indeed fashionable - woman over the age of about thirteen would almost always have worn her hair up in a bun out of doors.
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** In addition, Lady Jayne (Victoria Smurfit described Jayne's hairstyle in one episode as being similar to that of 1940's actress Veronica Lake), Jayne, Mina and Lucy ''constantly'' wear their hair loose and hanging about their shoulders, in a distinctly 1940's-esque style. (Victoria Smurfit described Jayne's hairstyle in one episode as being similar to that of 1940's actress Veronica Lake.) Keep in mind that the series is set in a time when any respectable - and indeed fashionable - woman over the age of about thirteen would almost always have worn her hair up in a bun out of doors.
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* RecycledSet: The castle courtyard with the blossom tree where Dracula died was used extensively in ''Series/RobinHood'', with both shows being filmed in MaFilm Studios in Budapest.
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* NoSell: [[spoiler:It might have been a relic from the Vatican armoury, but the dagger Lady Jayne stabs Dracula with in the finale barely slows him down. He even snarks that he's grown immune to all their toys.]]
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* OccultBlueEyes: Scaverra, the Vatican seer, has an impressive pair under his CoolShades.
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* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler: Harker joins the Order of the Dragon in the penultimate episode.]]
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** [[spoiler: Harker joins the Order of the Dragon in the penultimateepisode.episode and helps have Dracula's power generator sabotaged so it blows up during a public demonstration, killing dozens of people.]]
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** [[spoiler: Van Helsing kidnaps Lord Browning's children, turns them into vampires, feeds Browning to his own vampirized children, and burns them all alive.]]
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* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Mina's father goes abruptly missing half-way through the series. Especially odd considering he's nowhere to be seen after she's brutally attacked.
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Almost literal example. Mina injects a rat with Dracula's blood and then -- seeing nothing happen -- stashes it back in the closet with the other dissections. As soon as she's gone it begins to twitch its paw, but having established this, it never turns up again.
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* FingerInTheMail: A straightforward example when [[spoiler:Van Helsing sends the finger of Browning's kidnapped son to the family]].
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* CycleOfRevenge: A CentralTheme. Almost everyone is motivated by revenge at some point.
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* ReversePolarity: When a member of the Order sabotages Grayson's generator, he tells Harker that he has "inversed polarity."
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** And of course, the Season Finale. [[spoiler: The public demonstration of Dracula's technology is a catastrophe, killing a lot of people. Dracula knows that Harker betrayed him. Van Helsing turns Browning's children into vampires that feast on their own father. Lucy is turned to a vampire and bites her mother. Jayne confronts Dracula but dies in the process. Van Helsing, having found his revenge now sets his sights on Dracula and has recruited Harker for the cause. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking And lastly, Dracula and Mina finally have sex.]]]]
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** And of course, the Season Finale. [[spoiler: The public demonstration of Dracula's technology is a catastrophe, killing a lot of people. Dracula knows that Harker betrayed him. Van Helsing turns Browning's children into vampires that feast on their own father. Renfield is stabbed by Van Helsing when the former learns that he destroyed the machine allowing Grayson to walk in the light. Lucy is turned to a vampire and bites her mother. Jayne confronts Dracula but dies in the process. Van Helsing, having found his revenge now sets his sights on Dracula and has recruited Harker for the cause. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking And lastly, Dracula and Mina finally have sex.]]]]
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** And of course, the Season Finale. [[spoiler: The public demonstration of Dracula's technology is a catastrophe, killing a lot of people. Dracula knows that Harker betrayed him. Van Helsing turns Browning's children into vampires that feast on their own father. Lucy is turned to a vampire and bites her mother. Jayne confronts Dracula but dies in the process. Van Helsing, having found his revenge now sets his sights on Dracula and has recruited Harker for the cause. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking And lastly, Dracula and Mina finally have sex.]]]]
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* ButForMeItWasTuesday: When [[spoiler:Van Helsing finally confronts Browning.]]
-->[[spoiler:'''Van Helsing:''' Don't you recognize me?\\
'''Browning:''' Should I?\\
'''Van Helsing:''' Abraham Van Helsing. You slaughtered my family.\\
'''Browning:''' Well, that hardly narrows it down, does it?]]
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'''Browning:''' Should I?\\
'''Van Helsing:''' Abraham Van Helsing. You slaughtered my family.\\
'''Browning:''' Well, that hardly narrows it down, does it?]]
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* AmoralAttorney: Technically Renfield, given his allegiance to Dracula, though he also serves as a MoralityChain.
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* BigBad: Lord Browning appears to be the current leader of the Order.
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* BigBad: Lord Browning appears to be is the Dragon's Head, the current leader of the Order.
* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler: Harker joins the Order of the Dragon in the penultimate episode.]]
** [[spoiler: In the same episode, Dracula turns Lucy into a vampire.]]
** [[spoiler: In the same episode, Dracula turns Lucy into a vampire.]]
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Lucy's reaction when she realizes that Lady Jane's been manipulating her as part of a petty scheme to hurt Grayson through Mina.
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: Dracula and Van Helsing's alliance is strenuous from the beginning, and only gets worse the closer things get to the season's climax.
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* UnwittingPawn: Harker to Dracula. All the time.
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** Lucy is this to Lady Jane's efforts to hurt Grayson through Mina.
** Lucy is this to Lady Jane's efforts to hurt Grayson through Mina.
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** "Four Roses" builds on the events of the previous episode, and sets things up for the finale: [[spoiler: Dracula declares open war on the Order, even as Harker joins their ranks and they prepare to sabotage Grayson's resonator to fail catastrophically. Van Helsing prepares his own endgame against Browning, while his alliance with Dracula teeters on collapse. Mina and Harker's relationship ends, due to her feelings for Grayson, and his affair with Lucy; when Dracula learns of the latter, he turns Lucy into a vampire as punishment.]]
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* FakeAmerican: InUniverse: Dracula poses as an American called Alexander Grayson. He adopts a fake-sounding American accent, justified since his character lives in the nineteenth century and is from Europe.
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* ChekhovsGun: A literal and textbook example in "Come To Die". Near the beginning of the episode, Harker confesses to a friend that he fears he's in danger, due to his part in Grayson's schemes. The friend responds by giving him a revolver, which by the end of the episode, Harker uses to kill [[spoiler: Lord Davenport]].
* ColdBloodedTorture: Renfield is tortured by Davenport's agents to try and find out whom Grayson loves most, so that Davenport can get revenge on him. He holds out long enough for Dracula to rescue him.
** Lady Jane starts torturing vampires for information on Dracula, but they refuse to cooperate.
* CorruptCop: The Order pays off members of Scotland Yard to do its bidding occasionally, such as [[spoiler: shutting down Grayson's power company]] on false charges.
** Lady Jane starts torturing vampires for information on Dracula, but they refuse to cooperate.
* CorruptCop: The Order pays off members of Scotland Yard to do its bidding occasionally, such as [[spoiler: shutting down Grayson's power company]] on false charges.
* DefectorFromDecadence: Dracula was once a member of the Order of the Dragon, but abandoned them. It was for this that his wife was killed and he was transformed.
** Hackett to Lord Davenport.
** Renfield is either this or TheLancer to Dracula, depending on how you interpret them.
** Renfield is either this or TheLancer to Dracula, depending on how you interpret them.
** One of Dracula's vampire minions blows her head off when captured by Lady Jane rather than give up information on her master.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: No matter which side you see as the villains, both the members of the Order of the Dragon and Dracula are shown capable of caring for others deeply.
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* InLoveWithTheMark: It would appear that Jayne falls for Dracula, unaware that he is the vampire she has sworn to kill.
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* Katanas are just Better: Yeah, anyone wanna tell us why a Romanian vampire who was a knight is carrying a katana in the victorian age? and not just any katana: its quite familiar http://smg.photobucket.com/user/Methos6848/media/DraculaKatana.jpg.html http://www.sword-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=37&t=12454
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* Katanas are just Better: KatanasAreJustBetter: Yeah, anyone wanna tell us why a Romanian vampire who was a knight is carrying a katana in the victorian Victorian age? and And not just any katana: its quite familiar http://smg.it's [[http://smg.photobucket.com/user/Methos6848/media/DraculaKatana.jpg.html http://www.quite]] [[http://www.sword-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=37&t=12454 familiar]].
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** Lord Browning killed Van Helsing's family. Van Helsing responds by [[spoiler: kidnapping Browning's children]].
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* UndyingLoyalty: Renfield is utterly loyal to Dracula. Likewise with his vampiric minions, though that seems more compulsive than voluntary.
* UnwittingPawn: Harker to Dracula. All the time.
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* WhamEpisode: "Come To Die" sees the various tensions built up over the first season come to a head: [[spoiler: Lord Davenport tries to get RevengeByProxy on Grayson for his son's death by having Mina attacked. Grayson retaliates by manipulating Harker into killing Davenport; stricken by guilt and the knowledge of how much Grayson has been using him, Harker sleeps with Lucy. Meanwhile, Lady Jane breaks off her affair with Grayson to focus on hunting down Dracula, who the Order of the Dragon now knows for a fact is in London. And as the cherry on top, Van Helsing finally takes steps to avenge his family's murder by kidnapping Lord Browning's children.]]
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** In addition, Mina and Lucy ''constantly'' wear their hair loose and hanging about their shoulders, in a distinctly 1940's-esque style. Keep in mind that the series is set in a time when any respectable - and indeed fashionable - woman over the age of about thirteen would almost always have worn her hair up in a bun out of doors.
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* LesYay: Lucy has a crush on Mina.
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** The Order of the Dragon turned Vlad into a vampire in the first place; they want to keep the world hooked on fossil fuels and they burned Van Helsing’s family alive. They’re also the ones keeping London safe from vampires.
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A British-American horror drama television series that premiered on NBC on 25 October 2013, Created by Cole Haddon and starring Creator/JonathanRhysMeyers as Dracula. Daniel Knauf, of ''Series/{{Carnivale}}'' renown, serves as its {{showrunner}}.
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A British-American horror drama television series that premiered on NBC on 25 October 2013, 2013. Created by Cole Haddon and starring Creator/JonathanRhysMeyers as Dracula. Daniel Knauf, of ''Series/{{Carnivale}}'' renown, serves as its {{showrunner}}.
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Also starring Oliver Jackson-Cohen as Jonathan Harker, Jessica De Gouw as Mina Murray, KatieMcGrath as Lucy Westenra and Thomas Kretschmann as Abraham Van Helsing.
Also starring Oliver Jackson-Cohen as Jonathan Harker, Jessica De Gouw as Mina Murray, KatieMcGrath as Lucy Westenra and Thomas Kretschmann as Abraham Van Helsing.
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A new supernatural drama series starring JonathanRhysMeyers as Dracula.
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A new supernatural British-American horror drama television series that premiered on NBC on 25 October 2013, Created by Cole Haddon and starring JonathanRhysMeyers Creator/JonathanRhysMeyers as Dracula.
Dracula. Daniel Knauf, of ''Series/{{Carnivale}}'' renown, serves as its {{showrunner}}.
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* TheirFirstTime: Jonathan and Mina consummate their relationship in the sixth episode, pre-marriage vows. Since it was a spur of the moment decision, it goes smoothly.
