Count Blood Count | |
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Looney Tunes character | |
Count Blood Count with Bugs Bunny in Transylvania 6-5000.
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First appearance | Transylvania 6-5000 |
Voiced by |
Ben Frommer (1963) Frank Welker (1990) Corey Burton (1995) Joe Alaskey (2000) Jeff Bennett (2003–2005) |
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Species | Vampire |
Gender | Male |
Count Blood Count is a vampire from the Warner Brothers Looney Tunes animated shorts. His appearance recalls that of Lon Chaney, Sr.'s vampire character The Man in the Beaver Hat from London After Midnight, the first Hollywood-produced vampire film.
Count Blood Count's debut appearance was in the 1963 film Transylvania 6-5000, in which he lures Bugs Bunny into his castle but is repeatedly foiled with magic. Portions of that cartoon were used in the compilation film Bugs Bunny's Howl-oween Special, but the story was altered to fit the overarching plot of the film: there, the Count is actually the form Witch Hazel takes on after accidentally drinking a Hyde potion; the Count's lines are thus re-dubbed by June Foray, and the references to him being a vampire are cut.
Count Blood Count would reappear many years later in various Looney Tunes-related media. He appeared in the "Fang You Very Much" segment of the Tiny Toon Adventures episode "Stuff That Goes Bump In The Night" voiced by Frank Welker. He attempts (with hilariously painful results) to suck the blood of series regular Elmyra Duff only for any light to turn the Count into a bat.
Count Blood Count appeared in The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries episode "Fangs for the Memories" voiced by Corey Burton. Granny, Sylvester, and Tweety end up taking shelter in his house during a thunderstorm.
Count Blood Count was used as the final boss in the video game Bugs Bunny & Taz: Time Busters, and voiced by Joe Alaskey.