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Accidentally resurrected by the Penguin, who believed his tomb to be the repository of a great treasure, the Count begins abducting citizens of Gotham City and turning them into vampires as part of a scheme to revive his lost love, Carmilla. Batman catches on to this evil scheme and sets out to stop Dracula and save the citizenry.

 

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* [[Batman Gambit]]: Batman certainly angles for this, getting Dracula to follow him all the way through the catacombs back to the Batcave... and the only possible devices he can use against him.

* [[Brick Joke]]: The treasure Penguin and Joker were looking for.

* [[Dracula]]: Duh.

* [[Darker and Edgier]]: Than the main series. It seems proud to feature visible blood for the first time.

* [[Evil Me Scares Me]]: After Batman's fight with Dracula, Bruce has a nightmare involving the deaths of his parents and a vampire version of himself.

* [[Faux Affably Evil]]: Dracula.

* [[Groin Attack]]: Vikki performs one on The Penguin when escaping Dracula's crypt.

* [[Inferred Holocaust]]: Vampire!Joker and Batman have a brawl in a blood bank, Joker drinking gallons of it. Considering blood supplies are in short enough supply in the REAL World that means hundreds if not thousands died because of lack of transfusions.

* [[Joker Immunity]]: At the beginning of the film, Batman witnesses Joker fall into a river, with his electric hand buzzer still active, believing him to have been electrocuted to death. Although given he is the [[Trope Namer]], he survives, only for Dracula to turn him into a vampire.

* [[Killed Off for Real]]: {{spoiler|Dracula}}.

* [[Laser-Guided Karma]]: While both race to claim the treasure, Joker zaps Penguin with his electric hand buzzer and leaves him in a river, laughing all the way. As Penguin struggles to get back up, he spies Batman in hot pursuit of Joker.

* [[Mind Rape]]: When Batman questions Joker about Dracula's hiding place, this trope is why he won't talk.

* [[Mythology Gag]]: The movie included elements from [[Elseworlds]] tale ''Batman & Dracula: Red Rain'', such as Dracula and his minions' vampiric designs and a Vampire Batman (who appears in Bruce's nightmare).

** Though, he's uneasy about his Batman persona inspiring fear among the populace.

* [[Oh Crap]]: Penguin upon seeing Joker again, then Joker when he discovers Dracula.

* [[Our Vampires Are Different]]: Everyone Dracula (or a vampire turned by him) bites, becomes "his vessel". Effectively meaning they are turned and instantly become slaves to his willpower. Also (at least for some of them) the victims are not killed when bitten (Dracula hates wasting potential servants). The vampires are super-strong, super-fast, with heightened senses, they are all allergic to garlic and sunlight, but crosses [[Blade|don't do dick]] against them.

** It's implied crosses do affect Dracula himself, because Batman mentions him circumventing them in the catacombs.

* [[Pragmatic Villainy]]: Dracula doesn't kill most of his victims, not because he's against killing. It's because if he kills them, then he can't turn them into his undead minions and he hates wasting potential servents.

* [[Pre-Mortem One-Liner]]: {{spoiler|"I'm The Batman. And you're dust!"}}

* [[Reality Ensues]]: When Batman attempts fighting Dracula one-on-one for the first time, he doesn't exactly do so well against him, what with Dracula being much stronger, faster, oh and he can fly as well. Only the rising of the sun saves him from being drained dry by the Count. Effectively this means that in their next confrontation, Batman spends less time fighting him head on and more time trying to lead him into a pre-prepared trap.

* [[The Renfield]]: Penguin becomes this to you-know-who.

 

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[[Category:Animated Films]]

[[Category:Vampire Fiction]]

[[Category:Films of the 2000s]]

[[Category:Western Animation]]