Count Dracula
Count Dracula is a vampire from the 1897 novel Dracula. Futurama has referenced the character a few times.
References to Count Dracula in Futurama
- In "The Series Has Landed", Leela tells Fry to try some Archduke Chocula cereal, which is a parody of Count Chocula cereal — itself a parody of Dracula.
- In "Anthology of Interest I", Mr Panucci tells Fry that there are only three real monsters — Dracula, Blacula, and Son of Kong.
- In The Beast with a Billion Backs, Leela tells one of Yivo's tentacles that she is saving her neck for a rich, handsome Dracula.
- In "The Inhuman Torch", Bender rescues a few rich people's money from a fire in Count Bankula Vampire Bank.
- In "The Read Menace!", Mayor Dracula addresses New New York.
Additional information
Trivia
- In the commentary for "A Fishful of Dollars", Futurama director Rich Moore says that Mom's hair is supposed to look like that of Dracula in the 1992 film Bram Stoker's Dracula.
- Dracula is also mentioned in the commentary for "Meanwhile".