Elvira, Mistress of the Dark: Difference between revisions

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* [[Beehive Hairdo]]

* [[Catch Phrase]]: "Unpleasant dreams!"

* [[Captain Ersatz]]: The show was originally going to be a remake of a similar show with a similar host named Vampira, who was played by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maila_Nurmi Nurmi] (whom she herself claimed was based on [[The Addams Family| Morticia Addams]); Nurmi worked on the new project for a while, but quit when the producers hired Peterson to play the role rather than the actress Nurmi recommended. Since Nurmi still owned the rights to Vampira's name and likeness, the character was altered into, well, Elvira. Nurmi would later go so far as to file a lawsuit against Peterson claiming plagiarism, which was eventually dropped.

* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Part of her humor was giving snarky commentary on the movies she was hosting, predating a similar routine on ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]'' by several years.

* [[Did You Just Romance Cthulhu?]] Denies worshipping the Devil, but admits to dating him once.

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* [[Hot Witch]]

* [[Ms. Fanservice]]

* [[Not Using the Z Word||Not Using the V Word]]: Oddly, nobody on the show ever referred to Elvira as a vampire, even though the general depiction is obvious. She even famously did a poster where she posed reclining in a coffin.

* [[Ornamental Weapon]]: The dagger; she has used it in one scene in one movie, and even then simply to scare someone who hit on her - it proved to be a prop with a retractable blade.

* [[Perky Goth]]