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'''''Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein'''''<ref>(the official title is actually ''Bud Abbott Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein'', but we're using the current one because it is morebetter known)</ref> is a 1948 horror comedy. It is a [[Crossover]] between Universal's [[Monster Mash]] horror films and [[Abbott and Costello]] series of comedies.▼
 
Detaching itself from the continuity of the previous [[Universal Horror]] films, this movie centers around the cowardly Wilbur (Costello) and his no-nonsense buddy Chick (Abbot) who work as baggage clerks. One day they receive an order to take two boxes which just have come from London to the States to the McDougal's House of Horrors. The boxes contain the remains of Count [[Dracula]] ([[Bela Lugosi]]) and [[Frankenstein's Monster]] ([[Glenn Strange]]), who are in fact alive and soon escape the place.▼
▲'''''Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein'''''<ref>(the official title is actually ''Bud Abbott Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein'', but we're using the current one because it is more known)</ref> is a 1948 horror comedy. It is a [[Crossover]] between Universal's [[Monster Mash]] horror films and [[Abbott and Costello]] series of comedies.
 
▲Detaching itself from the continuity of the previous [[Universal Horror]] films, this movie centers around the cowardly Wilbur (Costello) and his no-nonsense buddy Chick (Abbot) who work as baggage clerks. One day they receive an order to take two boxes which just have come from London to the States to the McDougal's House of Horrors. The boxes contain the remains of Count [[Dracula]] ([[Bela Lugosi]]) and [[Frankenstein's Monster]] (Glenn Strange), who are in fact alive and soon escape the place.
 
Dracula arranged this little charade to come abroad in hopes that he'll restore his weakened servant. In short, to get a new brain for the Monster. He is working with a scientist Sandra Mornay to accomplish this task, and she has found the perfect candidate for the "donation": Wilbur.
 
But that's not all; Larry Talbott ([[Lon Chaney jrJr.]]), [[The WolfmanWolf Man]] himself, joins our heroes to stop Dracula. Too bad that he happens to turn into a werewolf at most inappropiateinappropriate times...
 
''Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein'' was added to the [[National Film Registry]] in 2001.
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* [[Absurdly Ineffective Barricade]]
* [[Affably Evil]]: Dracula, especially in his "Dr. Lejos" persona.
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* [[Breaking the Bonds]]: The Monster breaks his operating table bonds in the climax.
* [[The Cameo]]: {{spoiler|[[Vincent Price]]}} voices the final line of the film:
{{quote| "Allow me to introduce myself: I'm {{spoiler|[[The Invisible Man (Filmfilm)|The Invisible Man]]}}. Hahahahaha!"}}
** While the duo actually would encounter {{spoiler|an Invisible Man}} in a 1951 movie, it would be a different character and actor, keeping this from being a true [[Sequel Hook]].
* [[Chairman of the Brawl]]: Chick attempts to hit Dracula with a chair in the climax, but hits Sandra instead. Later Dracula picks up one when he is fighting Wolf Man.
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* [[Fainting]]: Both Wilbur and Chick faint when they see Dracula turning from a bat to man in front of their eyes.
* [[Fat and Skinny]]: Of course.
* [[For Halloween I Am Going Asas Myself]]: When Dracula joins the costume party where our protagonists have gone, he is dressed as a [[Classical Movie Vampire]].
* [[Foreign Remake]]: There's two; The Egyptian ''Haram Alek'' and the Mexican ''Frankenstein, el Vampiro y Compañía''.
* [[Fur Against Fang]]: Wolf Man's brief fight with Dracula.
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* [[It Was Here, I Swear]]: Basis of many gags.
* [[Jerkass]]: McDougal.
* [[Kill It Withwith Fire]]: In the end when The Monster is occupied with throwing stuff at escaping Wilbur and Chick, Steven sets the pier on fire with gasoline, thus burning the monster.
* [[Mad Scientist]]: Sandra.
* [[Mad Scientist Laboratory]]
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* [[Straight Man and Wise Guy]]: Naturally.
* [[Strapped to An Operating Table]]: Wilbur and The Monster during the brainswitch operation.
* [[Tap Onon the Head]]: When Steven starts asking too many questions, Sandra gives him a whack in the head.
* [[Transformation Sequence]]: Talbot turning into a werewolf and Dracula turning into a bat.
* [[We Meet Again]]: Talbot says this to Dracula when they meet at the costume party. Dracula feigns ignorance.
* [[Villain Protagonist]]: The Wolf Man.
* [[Your Other Left]]
 
 
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