History Trivia / Castlevania

** Maria is voiced by Yoko Teppouzuka (credited as [[SpellMyNameWithAnS "Yoko Teppotsuka"]]; she's better known as [[TokimekiMemorial Yuko Asahina]], [[MarsDaybreak Shie]], and [[VideoGame/NeoGeoBattleColiseum Ai]]) in ''Rondo of Blood'', Creator/ChisaYokoyama in ''[=SotN=]'', Creator/SawaIshige in ''The Dracula X Chronicles'', MiyuMatsuki in ''[[AudioAdaptation Nocturne of Recollection]]'' and ''Judgment''. In English, Creator/MichelleRuff voices her in ''The Dracula X Chronicles'', while Creator/PhileceSampler provides Maria's voicework in ''Judgment''.

* SignatureScene: The staircase climb to Dracula's room. It's one of the most iconic locales of the series, and whenever the game takes place at Dracula's castle (or a copy of it in [[CastlevaniaChroniclesOfSorrow Dawn of Sorrow's case]]), there's a good chance you'll eventually run into that outside staircase with the crescent moon and clock tower in the background.

** The Creator/SamuelLJackson Attack - Shanoa's Nitesco + Weapon Glyph union from ''Order of Ecclesia'' that resembles a giant purple lightsaber, just like Master Windu's weapon of choice in StarWars.

** Creator/YasunoriMasutani and Creator/SteveStaley voice Trevor in ''[=CoD=]'', while ''Judgment'' has Trevor voiced by TakashiKondo and Gideon [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyXII "Balthier"]] Emery.

* RemadeForTheExport: ''Akumajou Dracula'' for the SharpX68000 was introduced to gamers outside of Japan for the first time as ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaChronicles''. Similarly, ''[[VideoGame/CastlevaniaRondoOfBlood Castlevania: Rondo of Blood]]'' made its first (functional, playable) trip outside of Japan as ''Castlevania: The Dracula X Chronicles''. We don't talk about the SNES ''Dracula X''.

** Mathias was voiced in Japanese by Nobuhiko Kazama ([[SlamDunk Toru Hanagata]], [[{{Yaiba}} Mikazuki]], [[SailorMoon BiriBiri Yarou]]).

*** In Japanese, he's been voiced by ChikaoOhtsuka ([[VideoGame/SonicAdventure Dr. Eggman]], [[VideoGame/MegaManZero Dr. Weil]], [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4GunsOfThePatriots Big Boss]]), Creator/MasaharuSato ([[{{Kinnikuman}} Buffaloman, Sunshine]], [[{{Yaiba}} Miyamoto Musashi]], [[DragonBall Adjutant Black]]) in ''[=SotN=]'', ''Lament'', and ''[=CoD=]'', Takuo Kawamura ([[SengokuBasara Amago Haruhisa]], [[HigurashiNoNakuKoroNi Katsuya Kumagai]]) in ''[=HoD=]'', Yasuhiko Tokuyama ([[LovelyComplex Heikichi Nakao]]) in ''[=PoR=]'', and Koichi Sakaguchi ([[Manga/{{Gintama}} Prince Hata, Musashi]], [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyX Cid]], [[Series/KamenRiderDenO Claw-Hand]]) in ''Judgment''.

*** Hilariously, in the NA version, he's voiced by Creator/LiamOBrien, who's noteworthy for providing the voices of Joachim and Isaac and [[{{Naruto}} Gaara]].

** Leon's US voice actor is Creator/DaveWittenberg, which means... [[VideoGame/DissidiaFinalFantasy he's Kefka]], [[InuYasha Sesshomaru]] and [[{{Naruto}} Kakashi Hatake]]. And his [[Creator/NobutoshiCanna Japanese voice]] you may recognize as [[{{Macross 7}} Basara Nekki]], [[FateStayNight Lancer]], or [[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsAdvance Axel Almer]].
*** Don't forget [[SoulSeries Maxi]], [[SonicTheHedgehog Knuckles the Echidna]], and [[{{Naruto}} Kakashi Hatake]].

* Trivia/CastlevaniaRondoOfBlood
* Trivia/CastlevaniaSymphonyOfTheNight
* Trivia/{{Castlevania 64}}
* Trivia/CastlevaniaLordsOfShadow

*** In Japanese, he's been voiced by ChikaoOhtsuka ([[VideoGame/SonicAdventure Dr. Eggman]], [[VideoGame/MegaManZero Dr. Weil]], [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4GunsOfThePatriots Big Boss]]), Creator/MasaharuSato ([[{{Kinnikuman}} Buffaloman, Sunshine]], [[{{Yaiba}} Miyamoto Musashi]], [[DragonBall Adjutant Black]]) in ''[=SotN=]'', ''Lament'', and ''[=CoD=]'', Takuo Kawamura ([[SengokuBasara Amago Haruhisa]], [[HigurashiNoNakuKoroNi Katsuya Kumagai]]) in ''[=HoD=]'', Yasuhiko Tokuyama ([[LovelyComplex Heikichi Nakao]]) in ''[=PoR=]'', and Koichi Sakaguchi ([[Manga/{{Gintama}} Prince Hata, Musashi]], [[FinalFantasyX Cid]], [[Series/KamenRiderDenO Claw-Hand]]) in ''Judgment''.

** Wall Meat, for the mysterious healing items (usually some sort of roast) that drop when walls are whipped.

*** For the redub for ''The Dracula X Chronicles'', DavidVincent voices Richter.

** Walter's seiyuu, Yukimasa Kishino, is known for voicing [[DeadOrAlive Brad Wong]], [[DynastyWarriors Cao]] [[WarriorsOrochi Cao]], [[Manga/OnePiece Higuma]], and [[DragonBall Burter]].

** Recent continuity has Alucard voiced by Creator/YuriLowenthal. Japanese-wise, he was at first voiced by RyotaroOkiayu, but recent continuity had MamoruMiyano to voice him (to match YuriLowenthal's "youngster" voice?), although Okiayu has returned to the role as of ''Harmony of Despair''.
*** Incidentally, a radio drama set after Symphony of the Night was one of the first times that MamoruMiyano and ShinichiroMiki [[{{Gundam00}} worked]] [[RelationshipVoiceActor together]].

*** In Japanese: Jin Horikawa ([[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration Tetsuya Onodera]], [[Manga/BlackCat Igor Planter]]) in ''Rondo of Blood'', Creator/KiyoyukiYanada in ''[=SotN=]'' and ''The Dracula X Chronicles'', [[ShinichiroMiki Shin'ichiro Miki]] in ''Nocturne of Recollection'' (a [[AudioAdaptation drama CD]] set a year after ''[=SotN=]'').

** The SamuelLJackson Attack - Shanoa's Nitesco + Weapon Glyph union from ''Order of Ecclesia'' that resembles a giant purple lightsaber, just like Master Windu's weapon of choice in StarWars.

** Jeff Manning, perhaps best known as the {{Narrator}}[=/=]Master Hand in the original ''Super Smash Bros.'', voices Shaft in ''[=SotN=]'', while DaveWittenberg takes over in ''The Dracula X Chronicles''. Their respective Japanese counterparts are Creator/KiyoyukiYanada and Dai Matsumoto ([[{{Karin}} Henry Marker]], [[{{Saiyuki}} Dokugakuji]], [[{{Halo 2}} Arbiter]], [[{{Guyver}} Sin Rubeo Amniculus]]).

** Arguably with Trevor, too. The cutscene after their first battle is... interesting looking.
** Creator/PatrickSeitz provides the voice of the series' villain Dracula in the PSP remake of ''Symphony of the Night'' and ''Judgment''.
* RemadeForTheExport: ''Akumajou Dracula'' for the X68000 was introduced to gamers outside of Japan for the first time as ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaChronicles''. Similarly, ''[[VideoGame/CastlevaniaRondoOfBlood Castlevania: Rondo of Blood]]'' made its first (functional, playable) trip outside of Japan as ''Castlevania: The Dracula X Chronicles''. We don't talk about the SNES ''Dracula X''.

** PatrickSeitz provides the voice of the series' villain Dracula in the PSP remake of ''Symphony of the Night'' and ''Judgment''.

** ''{{Castlevania 64}}'' - The first Nintendo 64 game, properly named ''Castlevania'', starring Reinhardt and Carrie.

** Simon Yagami - Simon Belmont in ''CastlevaniaJudgment'', for his striking resemblance to ''Manga/DeathNote'' protagonist Light Yagami. [[http://www.kotaku.com.au/games/2008/07/judge_castlevania_judgments_graphics_for_yourself-2.html See for yourself]].

* RemadeForTheExport: ''Akumajou Dracula'' for the X68000 was introduced to gamers outside of Japan for the first time as ''CastlevaniaChronicles''. Similarly, ''[[VideoGame/CastlevaniaRondoOfBlood Castlevania: Rondo of Blood]]'' made its first (functional, playable) trip outside of Japan as ''Castlevania: The Dracula X Chronicles''. We don't talk about the SNES ''Dracula X''.

** [=IGAvanias=] - For all the ''Castlevania'' games produced by Koji Igarashi, almost all of which were "Metroivanias".

**** [[IncrediblyLamePun On that note]], let's see which other characters we can rename: Near Lecarde, Soicula Yagami, Misa Renard, Caryomi Takada, Mello Danasty...

** Holy Snorkel - The Holy Symbol relic from ''SymphonyOfTheNight'', which allows Alucard to survive underwater and happens to resemble a gold snorkle.

* RemadeForTheExport: ''Akumajou Dracula'' for the X68000 was introduced to gamers outside of Japan for the first time as ''CastlevaniaChronicles''. Similarly, ''[[CastlevaniaRondoOfBlood Castlevania: Rondo of Blood]]'' made its first (functional, playable) trip outside of Japan as ''Castlevania: The Dracula X Chronicles''. We don't talk about the SNES ''Dracula X''.

** Simon Yagami - Simon Belmont in ''CastlevaniaJudgment'', for his striking resemblance to ''DeathNote'' protagonist Light Yagami. [[http://www.kotaku.com.au/games/2008/07/judge_castlevania_judgments_graphics_for_yourself-2.html See for yourself]].
*** ''Dracula Note'', ''Death Notevania'', ''Castlevania JustAsPlanned'', ''Akumajo Keikaku Doori'', ''PowerStone: The DeathNote Version'' and ''DeathNote: The Fighting Game'': the game.

** Somacula, for the evil Soma in the bad ending of either ''Sorrow'' game.)

** {{Metroidvania}} - For the post-''Symphony of the Night'' installments in the series for their sprawling world map and wide open exploration. It has also become a nickname for an entire sub-genre of 2D action games offering similar mechanics (for better or worse)

** {{Metroidvania}) - The 2D games after ''Symphony''.

** "Classicvania" for the older, linear titles and "{{Metroidvania}}."

** The "Belmont Walk," or "Pimp Walk" (depending on who you ask), referring to the four frames of animation that made up Simon's and Trevor's walking animation in the NES games.

** Simon Yagami - Simon in Judgment. Certainly what happens when you pick the artist of ''DeathNote'' to redesign him to look like a Vampire Hunting Light Yagami. Also Misa Renard and Alucard[[FinalFantasyVII roth]]. The game itself is often called ''Dracula Note'', ''Death Notevania'', ''Castlevania Justasplanned'' or ''Akumajo Keikaku Doori''. {{GameFAQs}} users seem to like ''PowerStone: The DeathNote Version'' and ''DeathNote: The Fighting Game''.

** Japan refers to ''Chronicles'' Simon as either Red Simon (akai Shimon) or... Homon.