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* [[Arch Enemy]]
* [[Armor-Piercing Question]]: Anna manages to cut off Frankenstein's monster in mid-rant:
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'''Frankenstein's Monster:''' ...To ''exist''. }}
* [[Artistic License History]]: The Valerious family seem to be simultaneously descended from Romanian nobility and Gypsys. Given the general attitude towards Gypsys at the time that's an extremely unlikely combination.
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* [[Gadgeteer Genius]]: Friar Carl.
* [[Genre Savvy]]: Friar Carl again. Also Dracula and Van Helsing himself from time to time.
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'''Dracula:''' Ooh, don't be boring. Everyone who says that dies. }}
* [[Ghost Butler]]: Averted - Van Helsing makes a point to knock every single door in Dracula's castle off its hinges to prevent this.
* [[Glamour Failure]]: Dracula vs. Mirror. Point goes to the mirror.
* [[The Golden Rule]]: Averted, it's another rule the one Igor lives by.
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'''Igor:''' ...Before they do unto me, master. }}
* [[Grappling Hook Pistol]]: Van Helsing used this to escape Frankenstein's castle.
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* [[Monster Mash]]
* [[More Dakka]]:
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[he hands Van Helsing a bag, then begins to fill it]
'''Carl:''' Rings of garlic... holy water... silver stake... crucifix...
[they pass two monks test-firing a Gatling gun]
'''Van Helsing:''' [[Gatling Good|Why can't I have one of those?]] }}
* [[Motivational Kiss]]: When Van Helsing and Anna split up before the climactic battle, he to face down Dracula {{spoiler|using his werewolf power to defeat the vampire}} and she to retrieve the werewolf cure serum.
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* [[Of Corsets Sexy]]: Anna Valerious. That is all.
* [[One-Winged Angel]]:
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'''Major:''' Dracula's demonic form is only fully revealed for the final battle. Its the same as his brides only darker and less human features. }}
* [[Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping]]: Kate Beckinsale's ambiguously Eastern European accent can't seem to hold up for more than a few minutes at a time.
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* [[Prehensile Tail]]: Dracula's babies have them.
* [[Punctuated for Emphasis]]: Dracula to Dr. Frankenstein:
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* [[Rain of Arrows]]: One-man version. See [[Automatic Crossbows]], above.
* [[Raven Hair, Ivory Skin]]: Anna Valerious and one of Dracula's brides, Verona.
* [["The Reason You Suck" Speech]]: Frankenstein's Monster gives a rather loud one to Dracula's undead minions after being captured by them:
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* [[Reluctant Monster]]: Frankenstein's monster.
* [[Rescue Sex]]: Friar Carl saves a random townswoman from falling to her doom by making a diving catch. She's very grateful... and quite happy that he's [[Blatant Lies|not bound by vows of chastity]]. We don't see either of them again for some time.
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** Hell the whole setting is pretty well shot. If nothing else, they got the spooky feeling right.
* [[Screw the Rules, I Have Supernatural Powers]]: [[Angel Unaware|Whatever Van Helsing is]], he has no respect for any rules except his own.
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* [[Sealed Evil in a Can]]: Dracula develops wings to circumvent this.
* [[Shirtless Scene]]: It's an action movie starring [[Hugh Jackman]], 'nuff said.
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* [[Super-Powered Evil Side]]: Mr. Hyde.
* [[Talk to the Fist]]: How Anna gets vampires to [[Shut UP, Hannibal|shut the hell up already]].
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* [[This Cannot Be!]]: Dracula says this at the end.
* [[This Was His True Form]]: Why Van Helsing is considered a murderer by the [[Muggles]].
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