History Trivia / Castlevania

* TheOtherDarrin: While the cast post-[=DXC=]] has remained largely the same, it was quite a different story for the voice casts on both sides of the Pacific:

* FanNickname: There's a whole lot of them, mostly listed in their game-specific Trivia pages. But fan nicknames that apply to multiple installments, or the franchise itself are:
** Eeguh - Koji "IGA" Igarashi, the producer of the series from ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaChronicles'' to ''[[VideoGame/CastlevaniaHarmonyOfDespair Harmony of Despair]]''.
** The Belmont Walk; the Pimp Walk - A peculiar stride that all of the members of the vampire hunter clan Belmont use. This most likely originated from the four frames of animation use for Simon's walk from the original game, but other 2D Belmonts used it too, leading to the nickname.
** Fleaman - Originally called Hunchbacks, people started calling them Fleamen because of their erratic jumping, and the name kinda stuck, to the point that it's the official name in-game for them.
*** They're also called Humpers due to their unfortunate limited animation.
** [=IGAvanias=] - For all the ''Castlevania'' games produced by Koji Igarashi, almost all of which were "Metroidvanias". Also used for his spiritual successor ''VideoGame/BloodstainedRitualOfTheNight''.
** [=Classicvanias=] - For all the classic stage-based ''Castlevania'' games prior to ''Symphony of the Night''.
** {{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)
** [=3Dvanias=] - For all the 3D-based games in the series.
** Wall Meat, for the mysterious healing items (usually some sort of roast) that drop when walls are whipped.

** English: Barring their appearances in ''Captain N'', the voice acting in English began on a SoBadItsGood note with ''[=SotN=]'' continuing into the [=N64=] titles with an English cast based in Japan. ''[=LoI=]'' was when the series began using an American cast for the English voice acting, primarily at Animaze. Death got hit hard with this trope as he went from Tom Wyner in both [=PS2=] games and ''[=PoR=]'', then Creator/PatrickSeitz in both ''[=DXC=]'' and ''[=OoE=]'', Douglas Rye in ''Judgment'' and ''Rebirth'', and then back to Wyner as a RoleReprisal in ''Harmony of Despair''. The ''Lords of Shadow'' series meanwhile took a different route by using a voicecast from the UK and Ireland, matching with the European-based team working on the games. The Netflix series has done a similar move with numerous voice actors from across the globe, including of Creator/JasonIsaacs from ''Lords of Shadow'' this time not voicing Satan.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Plans for a ''Castlevania'' cartoon date all the way back to 1989 with concept art for DIC showing it as part of what would eventually become ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperMarioBrosSuperShow''. Said concept art however, seems to have been for an InNameOnly adaptation, showing two modern day kids with Dracula and several other monsters, and not a whip in sight.

** Simon Yagami - Simon Belmont in ''VideoGame/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]].
*** ''Dracula Note'', ''Death Notevania'', ''Castlevania JustAsPlanned'', ''Akumajo Keikaku Doori'', ''VideoGame/PowerStone: The Manga/DeathNote Version'' and ''Manga/DeathNote: The Fighting Game'': the game.
*** Castlevanians of Ottawa-region like to call it "[=CastlevaNote=]".

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

* NamesTheSame: There are major differences between Adrian Fahrenheit Tepes (Alucard) and the Alucard from ''Manga/{{Hellsing}}''.

** [=IGAvanias=] - For all the ''Castlevania'' games produced by Koji Igarashi, almost all of which were "Metroidvanias". Also used for his spiritual successor VideoGame/BloodstainedRitualOfTheNight.

* RemadeForTheExport: ''Akumajou Dracula'' for the UsefulNotes/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''.

** Somacula, for the evil Soma in the bad ending of either ''Sorrow'' game.
** "Whip Guy" and "Spear Dude" for the protagonists of ''Bloodlines''.
** For Simon's walk in ''Haunted Castle'', "Wedgie Walk" or "Gotta Pee Now Step" apply.

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

** 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 Franchise/StarWars.
** Holy Snorkel - The Holy Symbol relic from ''Symphony of the Night'', which allows Alucard to survive underwater and happens to resemble a gold snorkel.

* CashCowFranchise: Castlevania is one of the guiltiest in Konami for this; some Konami fans are complaining about the other titles cast aside, such as ''VideoGame/{{Contra}}''.
* {{Fan Nickname}}s, such as:

!! In general

* TheWikiRule: The [[http://castlevania.wikia.com/wiki/Castlevania_Wiki Castlevania Wiki]].

* 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 [[VideoGame/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.

** Eeguh - Koji "IGA" Igarashi, the current producer of the series.

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

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* GenreKiller: The 2016 pachinko spinoff, notorious for a. being loaded with {{Fanservice}} and b. being in the midst of other Konami controversies, is one of two pachinko games (the other being a ''Franchise/MetalGear'' pachinko machine that used a highly-emotional SignatureScene from ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3SnakeEater'' in its promotional trailer) to effectively destroy any good reputation the pachinko industry had, especially pachinko spinoffs of video games.

* GenreKiller: The 2016 pachinko spinoff, notorious for a. being loaded with {{Fanservice}} and b. being in the midst of other Konami controversies, is one of two pachinko games (the other being a ''Franchise/MetalGear'' pachinko machine that used a highly-emotional SignatureScene from ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolide3SnakeEater'' in its promotional trailer) to effectively destroy any good reputation the pachinko industry had.

*** ''Dracula Note'', ''Death Notevania'', ''Castlevania JustAsPlanned'', ''Akumajo Keikaku Doori'', ''PowerStone: The Manga/DeathNote Version'' and ''Manga/DeathNote: The Fighting Game'': the game.

* SavedFromDevelopmentHell: The 2017 Creator/{{Netflix}} WebOriginal animated series, penned by Creator/WarrenEllis, was originally planned as a DirectToVideo animated movie trilogy as far back as 2007.

* ActorAllusion: In the [[WesternAnimation/{{Castlevania}} Netflix series]], Trevor Belmont wears a long fur cloak. So did [[Film/TheHobbit Thorin Oakenshield]], who Creator/RichardArmitage also played. Whether or not this was intentional on the studio's part is up in the air.