Name: Count Duckula
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Kids
Released: 1988-09-06
Rating: 7.9
Cast: David Jason, Jack May, Brian Trueman, Jimmy Hibbert, Barry Clayton

A vampire who faints at blood and puts ketchup on everything? Chaos duck.

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Latest Episode

22 min

Season 4 • Episode 7

Latest

The Zombie Awakes

Feb 16, 1993

Dr. Quackbrain, a deranged psychiatrist, convinces Duckula to take part in an experiment and traps Duckula in his Dream Machine. It becomes up to Nanny and Igor to enter the dream and save the Count.

Overview

Animation Comedy Kids

Count Duckula is a vegetarian vampire duck, coming into the world as an accident. Unlike his family and ancestors, he has no bloodlust, as when he was reincarnated, blood was omitted and replaced with ketchup.

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animation vampire spin off parody castle transylvania duck cartoon duck butler nanny+5 more

found family dysfunctionidentity rebellionfailure as comedyclass and servitude

Standout Aspects

Production

Cosgrove Hall's gorgeous hand-painted backgrounds

Writing

Puns so bad they achieve art status

Best for:Kids·Background·Rewatch

Creator

Brian Cosgrove

First AiredSep 6, 1988

StatusEnded

Vibe

Pacefast

Intensitylow

Tonelight

Feellight

Seasons4·Episodes65

Top Cast

David Jason

Count Duckula (voice)

Jack May

Igor (voice)

Jimmy Hibbert

Dr. Von Goosewing / Sviatoslav (voices)

Ruby Wax

Other characters (voices)

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Deep Dive

Trivia, insights & behind the scenes

Trivia

Duckula actually debuted as a villain in Danger Mouse before getting his own spin-off — the creators loved the design too much to waste him.

Cultural

The show gently mocked both Hammer Horror's decline and British class anxiety, with Igor representing the resentful servant class and Duckula the incompetent aristocracy.

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