History Main / Dracula

* Dracula appears in ''WesternAnimation/HotelTransylvania'', where we're shown one of the most sympathetic takes on the character (if not the most sympathetic). And he gets a daughter named Mavis to boot and a group of friends that consists of other monsters who get a similarly sympathetic treatment.

* Dracula appears in ''WesternAnimation/HotelTransylvania'', where we're shown his more sympathetic side. And he gets a daughter named Mavis to boot.

* ''ComicBook/DraculaMarvelComics'': Creator/MarvelComics published a long-lived [[UsefulNotes/TheBronzeAgeOfComicBooks Bronze Age]] series called ''ComicBook/TheTombOfDracula'', which served as an official introduction of Dracula into the Franchise/MarvelUniverse. Dracula was also the protagonist of the book's short-lived SpinOff ''ComicBook/DraculaLives''.

** Pre-Crisis in UsefulNotes/{{the Silver Age|of Comic Books}}, Superman had also encountered Dracula, along with Frankenstein's monster, when they were inadvertently released from the netherworld by a BlindSeer. Because of Superman's weakness to magic, he has to use his wits against the evil Count. [[spoiler:Using his heat-vision and some super-pressure on a hydrogen balloon, he creates a miniature sun that severely weakens the vampire. Dracula is not stopped, however, but the Phantom Stranger shows up to [[DeusExMachina cast him and the Monster back to the shadow realm from whence they came]].]]

* In the German UsefulNotes/RPGMaker game ''Die Reise ins All'' (The journey into space) the player visits at one point Transylvania, mostly to visit [[Literature/{{Frankenstein}} Doktor Frankenstein]]. Nevertheless, he can find a cave in the mountains that holds the rather suspicious grave of Dracula.

Stoker named his Count after the historical figure of [[UsefulNotes/VladTheImpaler Vlad III Drăculea]] (or Drăculești, [[InconsistentSpelling depending upon the translation]]), [[WarriorPrince voïvode]] of Wallachia (part of modern UsefulNotes/{{Romania}}) -- or, as he is popularly known, Vlad the [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice Impaler]]. In spite of being similarly bloodthirsty, the latter was rather more prone to having his enemies impaled upon stakes than to biting their necks and drinking their blood. Still, in the novel the Count claims to be related to Vlad III, and [[TheProfessor Van Helsing]] even conjectures that the two are [[HistoricalVillainUpgrade one and the same]]. (Although, to be sure, given some of the historically-inaccurate details in the novel it seems fair to say that Stoker didn't actually know all that much about the historical Dracula beyond the name and a degree of the reputation, probably far less than today's fans do.) Because of this connection, "Vlad" is commonly used as a first name when Dracula appears in works that actually ''give'' him a first name, whether or not any historical reference is made.

Stoker named his Count after the historical figure of [[UsefulNotes/VladTheImpaler Vlad III Drăculea]] (or Drăculești, [[InconsistentSpelling depending upon the translation]]), [[WarriorPrince voïvode]] of Wallachia (part of modern UsefulNotes/{{Romania}}) -- or, as he is popularly known, Vlad the [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice Impaler]]. Despite being similarly bloodthirsty, the latter was rather more prone to having his enemies impaled upon stakes than to biting their necks and drinking their blood. Still, in the novel the Count claims to be related to Vlad III and [[TheProfessor Van Helsing]] even conjectures that the two are [[HistoricalVillainUpgrade one and the same]]. (Although, to be sure, given some of the historically-inaccurate details in the novel it seems fair to say that Stoker didn't actually know all that much about the historical Dracula beyond the name and a degree of the reputation, probably far less than today's fans do.) Because of this connection, "Vlad" is commonly used as a first name when Dracula appears in works that actually ''give'' him a first name, whether or not any historical reference is made.

* Creator/MarvelComics published a long-lived [[UsefulNotes/TheBronzeAgeOfComicBooks Bronze Age]] series called ''ComicBook/TheTombOfDracula'', which served as an official introduction of Dracula into the Franchise/MarvelUniverse. Dracula was also the protagonist of the book's short-lived SpinOff ''ComicBook/DraculaLives''.

* In 2008 another adventure game, called ''VideoGame/DraculaOrigin'' was released. It takes a different approach to the story, closer to the storyline of the [[Film/HorrorOfDracula first Dracula movie with Christopher Lee]], so that Jonathan Harker was a friend of Van Helsing, traveling to Transylvania to kill Dracula, but failed. In the role of Van Helsing, the player visits different places, like London, Egypt and Transylvania.

* ''VideoGame/TheLastResurrection'' uses Dracula, alongside Hitler, as a servant of the main villain: Jesus.
* The good Count is the main antagonist in the RPG Maker game, ''VideoGame/MidnightsBlessing'', seeking to regain his soul to give it to the Devil in exchange for true immortality. His soul having been devoured seventeen years earlier in an attempt to save the life of an infant girl.
* ''VideoGame/MasterOfDarkness'' is another video game that notably features Dracula. Though instead of fighting him directly, you battle the vampiric Count Massen, who is channeling Dracula's power. The game itself is a complete ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'' clone in [[AlternateCompanyEquivalent story and gameplay,]] designed for the ''Platform/SegaMasterSystem'' and ''Platform/GameGear'', which did not receive actual ''Castlevania'' titles.

* The ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'' franchise is one of the more renowned video game series featuring Dracula, in this case as the EvilOverlord BigBad, and sworn enemy of the [[BadassFamily Belmont Clan]]. He's a SorcerousOverlord with much more in common with [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings Sauron]] and [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda Ganon]] than other interpretations of Dracula. ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaLamentOfInnocence'' reveals that [[spoiler: he was once a shrewd strategist named Mathias Cronqvist who befriended the founder of the Clan, Leon Belmont. However that friendship did not stop him from using Leon in his scheme to spite {{God}} Himself for letting his wife Elisabetha die while he was away. After duping Leon into slaughtering [[DiscOneFinalBoss Walter Bernhard]], Mathias traps his soul with the help of the [[ImmortalityInducer Crimson Stone]], and uses it to transform himself into a vampire, thus defying God and His decree of limited life. Mathias would later escape Leon's wrath and re-brand himself Dracula. He would fight the Belmonts and humanity as a whole until the year 1999.]]

* ''VideoGame/MasterOfDarkness'' is another video game that notably features Dracula as the Antagonist. Which may be deliberate on part of the developers. The game itself is a complete ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'' clone in story and gameplay, designed for the ''UsefulNotes/SegaMasterSystem'' and ''UsefulNotes/GameGear'', which did not receive actual ''Castlevania'' titles. So having Dracula was a natural fit.