Brian Cosgrove
Director
Count Duckula (1988)
Season 1
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.
Released Sept. 6, 1988
Episode 22 min
None+
Genres: Animation, Children, Comedy, Family, Kids
Keywords: tmdb.transylvania, tmdb.vampire, tmdb.duck, tmdb.butler, tmdb.nanny, tmdb.castle, tmdb.vegetarian + 37 more, tmdb.parody, tmdb.spin-off, imdb.vampire-as-protagonist, imdb.vegetarian-vampire, imdb.back-from-the-dead, imdb.animal-character-name-as-series-title, imdb.two-word-series-title, imdb.count-duckula-character, imdb.cartoon-duck, imdb.psychotronic-series, tmdb.servant, imdb.1980s, imdb.1990s, imdb.vegetarian, imdb.vampire-hunter, imdb.undead, imdb.resurrection, imdb.teleportation, imdb.half-dressed-cartoon-animal, imdb.duck, imdb.vampire, imdb.nanny, imdb.spin-off, imdb.butler, imdb.cult, imdb.surrealism, imdb.shrinking, imdb.miniaturization, imdb.dracula, imdb.cosgrove-hall, imdb.itv, imdb.cult-tv, tmdb.cartoon-duck, tmdb.ancient-castle, tmdb.animation, tmdb.vampire-hunter, tmdb.dracula-parody
Production Companies: Thames Television, Cosgrove Hall Films
Network: ITV1
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S1E1 - No Sax Please, We're Egyptian
Duckula travels to Egypt to look for an ancient saxophone that will help him to become a rock star.
Sept. 6, 1988, midnight
S1E2 - Vampire Vacation
Duckula goes on a vacation to Spain to visit his cousin.
Sept. 13, 1988, midnight
S1E3 - One Stormy Night
Von Goosewing has created a creature to kill Duckula, but in order to get it to work he must enlist the help of one of Duckula's resurrected ancestors.
Sept. 20, 1988, midnight
S1E4 - Transylvanian Homesick Blues
Duckula, Igor, and nanny go for a ride on a roller coaster run by a Mr. Fexactely. The coaster takes them on a strange trip through time.
Sept. 27, 1988, midnight
S1E5 - Restoration Comedy
To Igor's displeasure, the Count has hired Mr. Roberto to renovate the castle. He wants to make it less evil-looking.
Oct. 4, 1988, midnight
S1E6 - The Mutinous Penguins
While looking for the castle, which has transported to the Antarctic, Duckula, Nanny, and Igor are trapped on an ice flow by mutinous penguins. There, they must deal not only with looking for the castle, but with the Vikings that are stuck there with them.
Oct. 11, 1988, midnight
S1E7 - Dr. Von Goosewing's Invisible Ray
Von Goosewing has built an invisible ray, which he plans to use to get rid of Duckula. Meanwhile, Duckula, Igor, and Nanny argue about magic tricks and spells.
Oct. 18, 1988, midnight
S1E8 - Down Under Duckula
Duckula decides that Nanny needs psychiatric help, so he transports the caste to Austria. Unfortunatly, the castle ends up in Australia instead. There, Duckula accidentaly gives away the castle's coo-coo clock, whick is a part of the mechanism that allows the castle to transport. He, Igor, and Nanny travel all over Australia to get it back.
Oct. 25, 1988, midnight
S1E9 - All in a Fog
Duckula decides he wants to become a famous detective, like Sherlock Holmes, so he, Nanny, and Igor travel to London.
Nov. 1, 1988, midnight
S1E10 - Castle Duckula: Open to the Public
Duckula decides to raise money by opening the castle to the public. This opportunity to enter the castle gives Von Goosewing the chance he has been looking for to finally capture Duckula. Meanwhile, Nanny gets a case of amnesia.
Nov. 8, 1988, midnight
S1E11 - The Ghost of McCastle McDuckula
While in Scotland looking for the Loch Ness Monster, Duckula meets another vampire duck and is taken to his haunted castle.
Nov. 15, 1988, midnight
S1E12 - Igor's Busy Day
A couple who's car has broken down seek shelter in the castle, and causes Igor to think fondly about the good old evil days.
Nov. 22, 1988, midnight
S1E13 - Autoduck
in another money-making attempt, the count opens the castle as a bed and breakfast. When business is slow, he decides to attract more tourists by breaking the land speed record.
Nov. 22, 1988, midnight
S1E14 - The Vampire Strikes Back
Von Goosewings's latest device reacts with Nanny's home-brewed Sasparilla and launches the castle into space. There, they are rescued by Tremendous Terrence, who later maroons them on the planet Cute.
Dec. 6, 1988, midnight
S1E15 - Hardluck Hotel
When the Transylvanian currency loses its value, Duckula decides to take a vacation out of the country. While looking for a place to stay the night, he runs into a hotel manager that is almost exactly like Basil Fawlty (from the show Fawlty Towers).
Dec. 13, 1988, midnight
S1E16 - Hunchbudgie of Notre Dame
While in Paris, Duckula buys the Eifel Tower and becomes wrapped up in a heist to steal the Mona Lisa.
Dec. 20, 1988, midnight
S1E17 - Dear Diary
Duckula decides to have his ancestors' memoirs published.
Jan. 3, 1989, midnight
S1E18 - Rent a Butler
Duckula decides to make some money by renting out Igor and Nanny to other people as servants. He ends up regretting this when he finds himself alone in the castle.
Jan. 10, 1989, midnight
S1E19 - Jungle Duck
Duckula travels to Africa to find the treasure of an ancient hidden city.
Jan. 24, 1989, midnight
S1E20 - Mobile Home
Some wealthy American tourists visit castle Duckula and decide they want to buy it. Not knowing that it has a transport mechanism, they accept the Crow Brothers' offer to transport the castle to America in pieces.
Jan. 31, 1989, midnight
S1E21 - A Fright at the Opera
While visiting the Milan Opera House, Duckula, Nanny, and Igor run into the mysterious phantom. The phantom's servant turns out to be an old school chum of Igor. The action picks up as the Phantom kidnaps Nanny. In trying to rescue her, the opera house is destroyed and the Phantom goes to America to haunt the Grand Ole Opray.
Feb. 7, 1989, midnight
S1E22 - Dr. Goosewing and Mr. Duck
Von Goosewing's latest invention is a formula that can change people's characters. He sells it to Duckula as a carpet shampoo and it has strange effects. It makes Duckula act like a real vampire, Nanny is smart, and Igor becomes cheerful.
Feb. 14, 1989, midnight
S1E23 - Town Hall Terrors
Realizing that the castle needs major repairs, Duckula goes to the town council to get a grant to repair it. When he gets the grant, he gives the money to some tricksters who build a railroad right through the castle.
Feb. 21, 1989, midnight
S1E24 - Sawdust Ring
Duckula decides to enter the circus. Unfortunately, the former circus workers come back to sabotage the performance.
Feb. 28, 1989, midnight
S1E25 - Duck and the Broccoli Stalk
Von Goosewing plans to use a growth formula to grow a huge clove of garlic next to the castle to kill Duckula. He spills some on Duckula's broccoli by accident and it grows, carrying castle Duckula and its inhabitants to a castle in the clouds that is owned by a giant.
March 7, 1989, midnight
S1E26 - A Family Reunion
Duckula is hosting the Duckula family reunion. He is scared that the others will kill him for being a vegetarian instead of a blood-sucker. When his plan to fool them goes wrong, he (in disguise) makes a deal with Von Goosewing to try to get rid of his relatives.
March 21, 1989, midnight
Network: ITV1
Episode Runtime: 22 min.
Season Runtime: 1430 min.
Released: Sept. 6, 1988
Last Air Date: Feb. 16, 1993, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: 6
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