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[[Count Duckula]], [[Igor]] and [[Nanny]] decide to visit the opera house in Paris. | One day, [[Count Duckula]], [[Igor]] and [[Nanny]] decide to visit the opera house in Paris. Little do they know that it is during this exact time that [[The Phantom of the Opera]] is planning to take his revenge on the opera house and all those who visit it. The Phantom, with the aid of his assistant [[Krool]], is plotting to make sure that his music "is the last thing they ever hear" to show them, once and for all, that he is the greatest composer that had ever lived. | ||
Igor | Inside the opera, Igor bumps into his old friend and colleague Krool. Krool informs Igor that he is working for the Phantom and warns him to leave immediately because his master "is planning something so wicked, so fiendishly evil" that it makes even his blood turn cold. Krool's master, the Phantom, is planning to kidnap "the prima donna, the great Elvira" so he can take her into his lair in the sewers and force her to sing one of his compositions. During the opera's interval Duckula notices that Igor is missing. Duckula doesn't know that Igor has joined the Phantom so he can help him and Krool carry out his sinister plan and tries to find him. Noticing that Duckula and Igor are not in their box anymore, Nanny also goes searching for her beloved Duckula. | ||
Under the cover of darkness, the Phantom kidnaps Elvira and runs away to his lair with Krool and Igor. When they arrive at the sewers, the Phantom reveals the full extent of his plan. As soon as Elvira sings and hits the "Top C" note, a bomb will detonate, killing everyone inside the opera house. Igor likes the plan at first but realizes that he must warn his true master, Duckula, so he can leave. However, the Phantom does not want Igor to leave and forces Krool to tie him up. Later, the Phantom realizes that they had kidnapped Nanny instead of Elvira by mistake, who was on the stage trying to find Duckula | Under the cover of darkness, the Phantom kidnaps Elvira and runs away to his lair with Krool and Igor. When they arrive at the sewers, the Phantom reveals the full extent of his plan. As soon as Elvira sings and hits the "Top C" note, a bomb will detonate, killing everyone inside the opera house. Igor likes the plan at first but realizes that he must warn his true master, Duckula, so he can leave. However, the Phantom does not want Igor to leave and forces Krool to tie him up. Later, the Phantom realizes that they had kidnapped Nanny instead of Elvira by mistake, who was on the stage trying to find Duckula. When the Phantom hears Nanny terrible singing he decides that he is beaten and runs away to the Grand Ole' Oprey House in Nashville (United States of America) to become "The Phantom of the Oprey". | ||
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* This episode is based on [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Phantom_of_the_Opera 'The Phantom of the Opera'], a novel by French writer Gaston Leroux. The story has been successfully adapted into various stage and film adaptations. | * This episode is based on [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Phantom_of_the_Opera 'The Phantom of the Opera'], a novel by French writer Gaston Leroux. The story has been successfully adapted into various stage and film adaptations. | ||
* Krool's character is based on that of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Lorre Peter Lorre], who was an Austro-Hungarian-born American actor. Lorre featured in many Hollywood crime and mystery films and was frequently typecast as a sinister foreigner. | |||
* The [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Ole_Opry Grand Ole Opry] is a weekly country music stage concert in Nashville, Tennessee. It is fitting that the Phantom runs away to the Grand Ole' Oprey House in this episode since Nashville is referred to as "Music City" in the United States of America. | |||
* Count Duckula, Igor and Nanny have an entire box to themselves in the opera house. In a traditional opera house, the auditorium is U-shaped. Around the auditorium are tiers of balconies, and often, nearer to the stage, are boxes (small partitioned sections of a balcony). | * Count Duckula, Igor and Nanny have an entire box to themselves in the opera house. In a traditional opera house, the auditorium is U-shaped. Around the auditorium are tiers of balconies, and often, nearer to the stage, are boxes (small partitioned sections of a balcony). | ||
* Duckula describes himself at one point as "an opera buff". | * Duckula describes himself at one point as "an opera buff". | ||
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* The Phantom of the Opera has only one eye, which is red in colour. When the Phantom closes his eyes, it almost appears as if he has no eyes at all because of his mask. | * The Phantom of the Opera has only one eye, which is red in colour. When the Phantom closes his eyes, it almost appears as if he has no eyes at all because of his mask. | ||
* The extras accompanying the prima donna Elvira on the stage are dressed like Egyptians. They look very similar to the characters [[Hoomite|Hoomite and Yoobee]] in the first episode, '[[No Sax Please - We're Egyptian]]'. | * The extras accompanying the prima donna Elvira on the stage are dressed like Egyptians. They look very similar to the characters [[Hoomite|Hoomite and Yoobee]] in the first episode, '[[No Sax Please - We're Egyptian]]'. | ||
* Duckula's box at the opera has the superstitious number 13. | |||
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