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[[File:Nanny.jpg|thumb|300px]]'''Nanny''', as her name suggests, is [[Count Duckula|Duckula's]] nanny, as well as housekeeper. She is an extremely large (in the episode "[[Alps-A-Daisy]]," it's revealed she's seven feet tall) and clumsy hen, possessing incredible strength and inevitably messing up whatever task she is set to do.  She has a blind spot regarding doors, and often crashes through a door without opening it first, or (more commonly) walks right through the wall, especially a few feet off from the door's position.  Not surprisingly, she is the one who mistakes ketchup for blood in Duckula's current resurrection. In the episode "[[Prime-Time Duck]]" her real name is revealed to be "Amnesia."
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'''{{PAGENAME}}''' is the tritagonist of ''[[Count Duckula (TV series)|Count Duckula]]''. She, as her name suggests, is [[Count Duckula (character)|Count Duckula]]'s nanny, as well as housekeeper. She was voiced by the late [[Brian Trueman]], who also voiced [[Rory McDuckula]] and [[Aunt Lucrecia]].


She is supremely unintelligent, and completely unreliable. She is devoted to her "Ducky-boos," as she calls Duckula, and has a deep maternal affection for him, although her clumsiness often inadvertently causes him harm.  A recurring gag is her inability to understand what people around her are talking about.  She often mixes up words and takes insult at conversations not directed at her.  She is very ditzy and motherly, sometimes hugging Duckula so tightly she nearly suffocates him. In "[[Dr Goosewing and Mr Duck]]" when she accidentally drinks the carpet stain removal liquid created by Goosewing she becomes extremely intelligent.Like [[Igor]], her age is uncertain, although she has apparently been with the Duckula family for several incarnations.
== Details ==
{{PAGENAME}} is a very large, strong, and yet unintelligent hen. She is the one who mistakes ketchup for blood in the reincarnation ritual, resulting in the current Count Duckula.


In the episode "[[Igor's Busy Day]]," Igor recalls Duckula's great-grandfather, who used to allow stranded travellers to stay the night. Nanny concurs that she remembers those days, possibly indicating she also has a very long lifespan. Her right arm is perpetually in a sling, (though it is revealed in a newspaper comic that she, in fact, is only wearing the sling to cover up a tattoo). The sling itself seems to have unlimited carrying capacity, as she is able to produce any number of items from it, in the style of Harpo Marx's recurring magic satchel joke.
She wears a maid-like outfit, with her right arm perpetually in a sling. The sling itself seems to have unlimited carrying capacity, as she is able to produce any number of items from it (in the style of Harpo Marx's recurring magic satchel joke).
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She takes care of cleaning and cooking around [[Castle Duckula]], but usually creates just as much mess as a result — in particular, she has a blind spot regarding doors, and often crashes through a door without opening it first, or (more commonly) walks right through the wall, especially a few feet off from the door's position.
 
{{PAGENAME}} dotes heavily on Duckula — her "Duckyboos", as she calls him, she has a deep maternal affection for. Her clumsiness sometimes inadvertently causes him harm, like hugging Duckula so tightly she nearly suffocates him.
 
She has a strictly professional relationship with [[Igor]], although {{PAGENAME}} considers them to be friends. Igor is hard on her, but seems to somewhat return the sentiment, considering how he goes on vacation with her in "[[Hardluck Hotel (episode)|Hardluck Hotel]]", and even vents his feelings to her in "[[Igor's Busy Day]]".
 
Nanny, like Igor, appears to have a long/infinite lifespan. Her voice is heard in flashbacks in the episode "[[Dear Diary]]", although she's not shown, potentially indicating another {{PAGENAME}}. Nonetheless, in "Igor's Busy Day" and "[[Duck and the Broccoli Stalk]]", she is shown to remember a few past reincarnations, including Duckula's great-grandfather, suggesting she has been serving the Duckula family for many years (probably centuries).
 
== Personality ==
{{PAGENAME}} is very ditzy and motherly — a reoccurring gag is her inability to understand what the people around her are talking about. She often mixes up words and takes insult at conversations not directed at her. It is important to note that she is smarter than she appears. Even though she mixes up words, Nanny does show an understanding of what they mean.
 
She is generally kind-hearted. Some of this may stem from her obliviousness, as she connects instantly with Mrs. Bludgeon, but is quick to be friendly even with people like [[Dr. Von Goosewing]]. Still, she has the will to stand up for herself, scolding others for being impolite and even telling them she will "smack their legs" for misbehaving.
 
{{PAGENAME}} is rather emotional, being known to cry when upset or even happy.
 
{{PAGENAME}} often thinks people are flirting with her. During the show's run, while there have been a few instances of characters in love with her, it is usually a misinterpretation on her part. At one point, Nanny does have her own little fan club.   
 
== Trivia ==
* In the episode "[[Alps-A-Daisy]]", {{PAGENAME}} is revealed to be 7 feet tall.
* In "[[Prime-Time Duck]]", {{PAGENAME}} is called "Amnesia" while she is countess. Whether this is her real name or one created for the television programme is not specified. In German, her name is simply "Emma".
* A newspaper comic contains a gag that {{PAGENAME}}'s sling is used to conceal a tattoo, though the tribal women in "[[Bloodsucking Fruit Bats of the Lower Amazon]]" also wear slings.
* {{PAGENAME}} enjoys knitting.
* In her youth, she used to press flowers.
* She has an unnamed sister, and presumably a niece named Primrose, who is mentioned twice.
* Despite being a female character, {{PAGENAME}} is voiced by a man — Brian Trueman.
* As kind and accommodating as {{PAGENAME}} is to everyone, the ending of the episode "[[The Lost City of Atlantis]]" shows that not even she can stand Count Duckula's harmonica playing.
 
== Dumb Moments ==
Click/tap [[Nanny/Dimwitted Moments|here]].
 
== Gallery ==
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