Hotel Transylvania (film)
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Hotel Transylvania is a 2012 animated children's monster comedy film by Sony Pictures Animation with Genndy Tartakovsky directing. It had the voice cast of Adam Sandler as Dracula, Selena Gomez as Mavis, Andy Samberg as Jonathan Loughran, Kevin James as Frankenstein's Monster, Steve Buscemi as Wayne the Wolf, CeeLo Green as Murray the Mummy, Fran Drescher as Eunice Frankenstein, Jon Lovitz as Quasimodo Wilson and Molly Shannon as Wanda the Wolf.
The titular "Hotel Transylvania" is the livelihood of Count Dracula, a luxurious resort that doubles as the place where monsters in general and his daughter Mavis in particular can stay safe from human persecution. Dracula is particularly repulsed by humans, as he holds them responsible for the death of his wife, Mavis' mother, and wants to keep the curious young woman away from them. But then a lost human, Jonathan "Johnny" Loughran, arrives to the hotel, just when Dracula is organizing a party to celebrate Mavis' 118th birthday. Chaos ensues as Dracula tries to get Johnny out of the hotel undiscovered by the other guests, something that becomes far more complicated when the young man and Mavis experience the "Zing", a form of Love At First Sight that is highly treasured in monster culture...
The film got mixed reviews but was a financial hit and was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Animated Film. It was followed by three sequels from 2015 to 2021 with most of the cast returning (with Sandler and James leaving for the last one).
- Big Bad: Quasimodo Wilson.
- Blatant Lies: Whenever the elderly gremlin woman eats something, she says "I didn't do that". She later admitted that she ate Johnny's scooter.
- Catch Phrase: "Holy rabies" by Mavis.
- Dance Party Ending: The monsters sing and rap about the Zing.
- Distant Prologue: The beginning shows Drac raising Mavis and setting up the hotel centuries ago.
- Fiery Redhead: Although Griffin is invisible, he claims he has red, curly hair.
- Game Face: Drac wears one whenever he gets protective of Mavis.
- I Did What I Had to Do: Dracula said it word for word since he made a fake village filled with zombies to protect Mavis from danger.
- Interspecies Romance: Mavis and her human boyfriend=then-husband Johnny, Happily Married as of the most recent film.
- Invisible Streaker: It's heavily implied that Griffin was naked the whole time. For instance, he was wearing a visible bathing suit and Wayne took it away from him. He later powdered his butt.
- Jump Scare: Drac interrupts Mavis and Johnny's kiss with his vamp face roaring at them.
- Love At First Sight: Mavis and Johnny zinged upon first sight, just like Drac and Martha.
- Monster Mash: Has a lot of the traditional monsters such as Dracula, Frankenstein and the Wolfman.
- Our Vampires Are Different:
- Drac explained to Johnny that he drinks "near blood" or "blood beaters" rather than actual human blood.
- Also, vampires are able to bear children much like humans can; in the second film, Mavis is pregnant with her son Dennis, who is born in a later scene.
- Small Role, Big Impact:
- While Quasimodo isn't that much of a problem, he told the other monsters that Johnny is actually a human, setting up the climax.
- Winnie the Wolf was able to trace down the scent of Johnny's shirt, leading to Dracula finding him.
- Take That: There was a not so subtle jab to the Twilight franchise where Johnny watches a Twilight film on the airplane.
- The Nose Knows: Subverted with Wayne (a werewolf) who used to be able to do this, but now claims that years of changing his children's diapers has permanently crippled his sense of smell. However, his daughter Winnie (now a toddler) plays the Trope straight, able to use the scent on a piece of Johnny's clothing to not only tell where he is now, but when he got there and what route he took to do so.
- Unusual Euphemism: "Holy rabies!"
- Won't Work On Me: Drac's hypnosis didn't work on Johnny since Johnny was wearing contact lenses.