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'''Count Duckula''' (full title: '''Count Duckula the 17th''', as stated in the episode "[[The Count and the Pauper]]"), is the main protagonist of ''[[Count Duckula (series)|Count Duckula]]''. He is a short green duck with black parted hair, traditional vampire evening wear, complete with a cape. He has no fangs, although his more old-fashioned relatives do.

Although he retains some vampiric powers and qualities (such as teleportation and an image invisible to mirrors), common vampire weaknesses such as sunlight, silver, and garlic have no effect on him, as he is not a "traditional" vampire. In the episode '[[Dr Goosewing and Mr Duck]]', Duckula briefly turns into a "proper" vampire, desiring blood from the villagers outside the castle, but he turns away from the door when he discovers that the sun is still out.

He has a very modern outlook, and despairs over the traditional vampire image he is expected to embody. In the episode '[[Family Reunion]]', he is willing to go as far as contacting [[Dr Von Goosewing]] to help him destroy his own family. He hates living in a [[Castle Duckula|dark, gloomy castle]], and finds the behaviour of his servants to be depressing. Duckula frequently expresses frustration with Igor's lecturing and attempts to change him into a proper vampire, as well as [[Nanny]]'s simple-minded and clumsy nature. Still, he keeps them around, suggesting that he really does need them. Quite a few times he admits to missing Nanny while she's gone, and he always takes his employees back at the end of the day.

 

:''See: [[Duckula Incarnations]]'':

 

Duckula has lived quite a few lives before this. The episodes '[[Dear Diary]]' and '[[The Rest is History]]' show previous lives as his great grandfather, an ambassador, a knight -- and, simply, a count. In fact, the first Duckula was no vampire at all, but a polite young count who was bit by a vampire bat.

== Appearances in Other Media ==

Though Count Duckula appears primarily as the main protagonist of the Count Duckula cartoon series, as well as the comics and merchandise based on it, however he has made appearances in other media as well.

* Count Duckula's original debut was in the Danger Mouse (1982) episode 37 "''The Four Tasks of Danger Mouse".'' This incarnation was the basis for his character in the Count Duckula Cartoon.

* Count Duckula, Igor, and Nanny make an appearance in an episode of Cosgrove Hall's other cartoon: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_%26_Hugo%3A_Bunglers_in_Crime Victor & Hugo: Bunglers In Crime]. In episode 18 "Treasure Haunt" , the trio makes a guest appearance for majority of the episode. Their designs are largely unchanged from how they appear in Count Duckula cartoon. David Jason reprises his role as Duckula.

* Count Duckula reappears again as an antagonist in the Danger Mouse 2015 reboot. His design in this series is drastically different from the original Danger Mouse and Count Duckula series, but takes elements from both. He is voiced by Rasmus Hardiker. Duckula as he appeared in the Count Duckula cartoon makes a cameo as a photo in the background of episode 21 "From Duck to Dawn".

*Count Duckula's favourite food, as a vegetarian, is broccoli sandwiches.

*In some episodes, Duckula is seen wearing pyjamas with a Danger Mouse logo, a reference to another British animated television series produced by [[Cosgrove Hall Films]] for Thames Television in 1981.

*In all three of his shows, Duckula speaks with an American accent, despite being voiced by British actors (Sir David Jason is the original ''Danger Mouse'' and ''Count Duckula'' and Rasmus Hardiker in the ''Danger Mouse'' reboot).

*Duckula sometimes uses alliterative expressions - "Action, adventure, activity, and all this is pretty boring!" "Smart, snappy, snazzy, and say, what's down there?" "This is the end, this is disastrous -- doom, debacle and drat it all why me, why?" "Dark, dismal, dreary, and darn it, I just want to get away from it all!"

*When excited or surprised, he usually stumbles and trips over his words, repeats things, and pauses, before getting what he's trying to say out.

*According to Igor, he presses flowers with the bone crusher in the torture chamber.

*The episode "[[The Rest is History]]" states that the first Count Duckula was alive in the 12th century. If the opening theme is to be believed, and Duckula can only be reincarnated once a century, this would mean it is incorrect for him to be the 17th count, as the series takes place in the years it was aired.

*In some episodes, Duckula is shown to have a picture of Dr. Von Goosewing on the wall to the left of his bed, held up by two darts.

*In [[One Stormy Night]], Duckula states berries give him heartburn.

*His vampire clan's motto is ''Per Ardua ad Sanguina'' (Work hard for blood).

*In [[Igor's Busy Day]], Duckula has little understanding of math. He has trouble saying the word "mathematics" and confused the number Pi for the food pie.

*Duckula is rather short compared to most characters, including the other main characters. Even his archnemesis, Dr. Von Goosewing, says that he is a "little fellow" in [[Return of the Curse of the Secret of the Mummy's Tomb Meets Franken Duckula's Monster ...|The Return of the Curse of the Secret of the Mummy Meets Franken Duckula's Monster]].

== Photos ==

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Count Duckula 2.png|Duckula stranded on a desert island in 'The Lost City of Atlantis'

Count Duckula 3.png|A sombre Duckula in 'Transylvanian Take Away'

Count Duckula 1.png|Duckula excited about going to Spain to visit his cousin Don Diego in the episode 'Vampire Vacation'

Dangermouse2015duckula.png|Duckula as he appear in Danger Mouse (2015) with cameo of his 1989 design in background

EXcpe0vWkAA9RBW.jpg|Duckula as he appears in Victor & Hugo: Bunglers in Crime