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[[Bram Stoker]] was not the first to introduce vampires into western literature (see the "penny dreadful" -- emphasis on 'dreadful' -- novel ''[[Varney the Vampire]]'' for one precursor; also ''[[Carmilla]]'', which introduces [[Lesbian Vampire|lesbian vampires]]; additionally ''[[The Vampyre]]'', which Polidori wrote while hanging around with Mary Shelley and [[Byronic Hero|Lord Byron]]), but his Dracula is the first to enter popular culture -- the name known even by people not familiar with the book, [[Popcultural Osmosis|or even the genre]].▼
▲'''The''' vampire. As [[Sherlock Holmes]] is to detectives and ''[[Superman]]'' is to [[Superhero|superheroes]], so Dracula is to vampires.
▲Bram Stoker was not the first to introduce vampires into western literature (see the "penny dreadful" -- emphasis on 'dreadful' -- novel ''[[Varney the Vampire]]'' for one precursor; also ''[[Carmilla]]'', which introduces [[Lesbian Vampire|lesbian vampires]]; additionally ''[[The Vampyre]]'', which Polidori wrote while hanging around with Mary Shelley and [[Byronic Hero|Lord Byron]]), but his Dracula is the first to enter popular culture -- the name known even by people not familiar with the book, [[Popcultural Osmosis|or even the genre]].
Stoker [[Name's the Same|named the Count]] [[Historical Villain Upgrade|after the historical figure]] [[wikipedia:Vlad III Dracula|Vlad III Dracula]], voïvode of Wallachia, who, despite being similarly bloodthirsty, was more prone to impaling his enemies than to biting their necks and drinking their blood. Indeed, in the novel, [[The Professor|Van Helsing]] conjectures that the two were [[Historical Villain Upgrade|one and the same]] (There's also a popular theory that the name is derivative of "Droth Fhola" (pronounced Druh-Uhlla), the gaelic for "bad blood"), though Bram Stoker [[Did Not Do the Research|did not actually know a lot about the historical Dracula]], beyond the name and a degree of the reputation, probably less than modern fans do.
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He has also appeared in more films than any other character, fictional or otherwise, except for [[Sherlock Holmes]] -- including films where both appear ''together''. Well, unless you count the [[Real Life]] Chinese-Warrior [[Once Upon a Time in China|Wong Fei-Hung]], who has 100 films (and counting) under his name.
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* Count Chocula closely resembles him.
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* Mentioned but not seen in ''[[The Order of the Stick|Order of the Stick]]'' where he was apparently voted "Sexiest Man Undead".
* Talked about a lot in ''[http://twiststreet.livejournal.com/921.html Abhay Khosla's Bram Stoker's Dracula]''. {{spoiler|He never appears in the actual comic}}.
* In [https://web.archive.org/web/20130518140020/http://www.beaverandsteve.com/index.php?comic=141 this] strip of ''[[Beaver and Steve]]'', Steve mistakes Dracula for [[Santa Claus]]. [[The Ditz|Really.]]
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* ''[[The Batman]]'' had a [[Made for TV Movie]], ''[[The Batman vs. Dracula]]'', where Dracula appeared in the present day. The Penguin became [[The Renfield]], while [[Nightmare Fuel|the Joker became a vampire]].
* Stars as the protagonist of ''[[Hotel Transylvania]]'' and its sequel, where he and many of his contemporaries are [[Non-Malicious Monster]]s.
* Dracula is a recurring character on ''[[The Grim Adventures of Billy
* The Count--explicitly the Universal version, but looking and sounding, not like Lugosi, but a [[Poor Man's Substitute]] for [[David Warner]]--was the [[Big Bad]] of the short-lived ''[[Monster Force (animation)|Monster Force]]''.
* The ''[[Centurions]]'' encounter [[Dracula]] in the episode "Night on Terror Mountain". The Count uses [[Mind Control]] instead of his vampire powers to turn hero Max Ray and villain Doc Terror into his mental slaves, but is defeated when the other Centurions use the old "exposure to sunlight" ploy.
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