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** [[https://www.offthemark.com/cartoon/technology-computers/math/2004-04-10 The real reason chocolate bunnies are hollow.]]
** [[https://www.offthemark.com/cartoon/leisure-hobbies/food-drink/2007-10-28 He was a patient at the Betty Rubble Center for his chocoholism.]]

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* ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim'' has featured cereal mascots named Count Cocofang and Frankenchokie, who are clear spoofs of Count Chocula and Frankenberry.



* ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim'' has featured cereal mascots named Count Cocofang and Frankenchokie, who are clear spoofs of Count Chocula and Frankenberry.
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* In the "Titans Around the World" arc of Creator/GeoffJohns' run on ''ComicBook/TeenTitans'', Robotman of the ComicBook/DoomPatrol mockingly refers to the Brain as "Frankenberry" due to the latter's cloned body having a huge, bulbous head and a scar on his forehead.


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* ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim'' has featured cereal mascots named Count Cocofang and Frankenchokie, who are clear spoofs of Count Chocula and Frankenberry.
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** "Wasted Talent" has Cap'n Crunch ordering a hit on Count Chocula in retaliation to the latter claiming his cereal cuts the roof of people's mouths.
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[[caption-width-right:350:How is he a Count? Did the title come from the land?]]

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* Count Chocula makes an appearance in the ''ComicStrip/OffTheMark'' strip [[https://www.offthemark.com/cartoon/leisure-hobbies/food-drink/2011-03-17 "Lucky Gets Lucky"]] as a cereal mascot partygoer.

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* Count Chocula makes an appearance in the ''ComicStrip/OffTheMark'' has featured a few appearances of Count Chocula in strips:
** Count Chocula makes an appearance in the
strip [[https://www.offthemark.com/cartoon/leisure-hobbies/food-drink/2011-03-17 "Lucky Gets Lucky"]] as a cereal mascot partygoer.
** Count Chocula also appears in the strip [[https://www.offthemark.com/cartoon/business-finance/lawyers-legal/2011-08-08 "Break Bread"]] as a witness to the Pillsbury Doughboy's crime scene.
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* Count Chocula makes an appearance in the ''ComicStrip/OffTheMark'' strip [[https://www.offthemark.com/cartoon/leisure-hobbies/food-drink/2011-03-17 "Lucky Gets Lucky"]] as a cereal mascot partygoer.
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* Boo Berry and Count Chocula make cameo appearances in [=NaCl=] 96's ending of ''[[VideoGame/ChexQuest Chex Quest HD]]''.
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** Count Chocula has been parodied as "Count Funkula" (All New Series 2), "Count Cluckula" (Postcards Series 7), "Count Chalkula" (Old School Series 4), "Count Chuckula" (2020 Weekly Series), "Count Nebula" (Attacky Packages Series 5), and "Couch Choculove" (2022 Monthly Series). He also makes an appearance in the "Qreep" card (Old School Series 1).

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** Count Chocula has been parodied as "Count Funkula" (All New Series 2), "Count Cluckula" (Postcards Series 7), "Count Chalkula" (Old School Series 4), "Count Chuckula" (2020 Weekly Series), "Count Nebula" (Attacky Packages Series 5), and "Couch "Count Choculove" (2022 Monthly Series).Series), and "Couch Chocula" (Wacky Packages X David Brody of Z100). He also makes an appearance in the "Qreep" card (Old School Series 1).
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** Count Chocula has been parodied as "Count Funkula" (All New Series 2), "Count Cluckula" (Postcards Series 7), "Count Chalkula" (Old School Series 4), "Count Chuckula" (2020 Weekly Series), "Count Nebula" (Attacky Packages Series 5), and "Couch Choculove" (2022 Monthly Series).

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** Count Chocula has been parodied as "Count Funkula" (All New Series 2), "Count Cluckula" (Postcards Series 7), "Count Chalkula" (Old School Series 4), "Count Chuckula" (2020 Weekly Series), "Count Nebula" (Attacky Packages Series 5), and "Couch Choculove" (2022 Monthly Series). He also makes an appearance in the "Qreep" card (Old School Series 1).

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* Count Chocula is Ebony's cereal of choice in ''Fanfic/MyImmortal'', though she eats her cereal with ''blood''.



* A variety of ''Toys/WackyPackages'' have given parodies to all five of the monsters:

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* A variety of ''Toys/WackyPackages'' have given parodies to all the original five of the monsters:



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* The original five monsters appear in Toys/FunkoPop form as playable characters in ''VideoGame/FunkoPopBlitz''. Some of their collectible stickers are references to the "Monster Mash" concept.



* ''Webcomic/BreakfastOfTheGods'' features the five monsters in roles throughout the comic. Count Chocula is the BigBad of the comic, Frankenberry, Fruit Brute, and Boo Berry are his lackeys [[spoiler:though it turns out Boo Berry is actually playing a heroic role]], and Fruity Yummy Mummy has a bit role.

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* ''Webcomic/BreakfastOfTheGods'' features the original five monsters in roles throughout the comic. Count Chocula is the BigBad of the comic, Frankenberry, Fruit Brute, and Boo Berry are his lackeys [[spoiler:though it turns out Boo Berry is actually playing a heroic role]], and Fruity Yummy Mummy has a bit role.




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* The "Top 10 Cereal Mascots" list by ''WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic'' places Count Chocula in 5th place, with Frankenberry, Boo Berry, and Fruity Yummy Mummy getting nods on his placing.
* An episode of ''WebVideo/VampireReviews'' focuses on Count Chocula as a topic.
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** Boo Berry has been parodied as "Gloo Berry" (Postcard Series 7), "Goo Bury" (Chrome Cutting Room Floor), "Honey Boo Boo Berry" (All New Series 11), "Fondue Berry (Old School Series 5), and "Bug Berry" (Attacky Packages Series 5).

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** Boo Berry has been parodied as "Gloo Berry" (Postcard Series 7), "Goo Bury" (Chrome Cutting Room Floor), "Honey Boo Boo Berry" (All New Series 11), "Fondue Berry Berry" (Old School Series 5), and "Bug Berry" (Attacky Packages Series 5).
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* The "Food Fight" series of ''Franchise/GarbagePailKids'' gave the three recurring monsters parodies, with Kent Chocula/Count Chuck, Freaky Frank/Brainless Bert, and Boo Beryl/Drew Berry.

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* The "Food Fight" series of ''Franchise/GarbagePailKids'' gave the three recurring monsters parodies, with Kent Chocula/Count Chuck, Freaky Frank/Brainless Bert, and Boo Beryl/Drew Berry. Fruity Yummy Mummy also makes a cameo on the Boo Beryl/Drew Berry card.
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*Count Chocula, along with a variety of other mascots, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtRBpu-OjF4 appears in a [=MasterCard=] advertisement]] from the 2005 Super Bowl. Frankenberry gets a mention in the commercial during dinner chatter.
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* The episode "This Episode Sucks" from ''Series/{{Psych}}'' features a running gag of Gus' Film/{{Blacula}} costume being mistaken for Count Chocula.


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*Count Chocula is used as a mockery against Dracula in the "Vlad the Impaler vs Count Dracula" battle of ''WebVideo/EpicRapBattlesOfHistory''.


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* ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken'':
** The "Zombie Idol" skit has Count Chocula, Frankenberry, and Boo Berry as the judges of the titular talent show.
** "Who Is Booberry?!" is about the Film/CreatureFromTheBlackLagoon taking umbrage over not having a cereal of his own. Fruit Brute and Yummy Mummy have bit roles in this skit as well.
** "Chocolate Grain" is a "Chocolate Rain" parody performed by Count Chocula, as performed by Music/TayZonday.
** "Franken Berry Distraught" is about Frankenberry, son of Frankenstein's Monster and Bride, distraught over his breakup with Phillip (Yummy Mummy).
** Count Chocula makes an appearance at the end of the "Series/SesameStreet Meets ComicBook/{{Blade}}" skit.
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With over 50 years of existence, it should come as no surprised how many nods to the ''Advertising/MonsterCereals'' have shown up in pop culture.

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With over 50 years of existence, it should come as no surprised surprise how many nods to the ''Advertising/MonsterCereals'' have shown up in pop culture.



* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'': As a brief joke about how much has changed in the year 3000, Leela offers Fry some Archduke Chocula cereal.

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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'': As a brief joke about how much has changed in the year 3000, in the episode "The Series Has Landed", Leela offers Fry some Archduke Chocula cereal.
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'': As a brief joke about how much has changed in the year 3000, Leela offers Fry some Archduke Chocula cereal.
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With over 50 years of existence, it should come as no surprised how many nods to the ''Advertising/MonsterCereals'' have shown up in pop culture.
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Foodfight}}'' was originally supposed to contain a guest appearance from Count Chocula. After the film was reanimated, this deal slipped through, and he was instead replaced by Vlad Chocul, an unflattering {{Expy}} of him.
*''WesternAnimation/HotelTransylvania2'' features a scene of a couple accidentally offending Dracula by praising "his chocolatey cereal". This offends Dracula more than them accidentally asking if he know where they could "grab a bite to eat".

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*Creator/QuentinTarantino threw a reference into ''Film/ReservoirDogs'', where Mr. Orange has a box of Fruit Brute in his apartment. The cereal had long been discontinued by that time in the real world (this was pre-revival era), if not necessarily in Tarantino's.

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*The "Food Fight" series of ''Franchise/GarbagePailKids'' gave the three recurring monsters parodies, with Kent Chocula/Count Chuck, Freaky Frank/Brainless Bert, and Boo Beryl/Drew Berry.
*A variety of ''Toys/WackyPackages'' have given parodies to all five of the monsters:
**Count Chocula has been parodied as "Count Funkula" (All New Series 2), "Count Cluckula" (Postcards Series 7), "Count Chalkula" (Old School Series 4), "Count Chuckula" (2020 Weekly Series), "Count Nebula" (Attacky Packages Series 5), and "Couch Choculove" (2022 Monthly Series).
**Frankenberry has been parodied as "Franken Brainy" (Old School Series 1), "Flabben Belly" (Postcards Series 7), "Franken Bury" (All New Series 8), "Al Franken Berry" (Trumpocracy), "Flunkin' Berry" (50th Anniversary), "Prankin’ Berry" (2020 Weekly Series), and "Fusion Berry" (Attacky Packages Series 5).
** Boo Berry has been parodied as "Gloo Berry" (Postcard Series 7), "Goo Bury" (Chrome Cutting Room Floor), "Honey Boo Boo Berry" (All New Series 11), "Fondue Berry (Old School Series 5), and "Bug Berry" (Attacky Packages Series 5).
** Fruit Brute has been parodied as "Fruit Brew" (Old School Series 6).
** Fruity Yummy Mummy has been parodied as "Dummy Mummy" (Old School Series 8).
** The "Monster Mash" collab cereal has been parodied as "Monster Mosh-Pit" (2021 Monthly Series).

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*''Webcomic/BreakfastOfTheGods'' features the five monsters in roles throughout the comic. Count Chocula is the BigBad of the comic, Frankenberry, Fruit Brute, and Boo Berry are his lackeys [[spoiler:though it turns out Boo Berry is actually playing a heroic role]], and Fruity Yummy Mummy has a bit role.

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*''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'':
** Frankenberry shows up as a contestant on ''The Bachelor'' in the episode "Brian the Bachelor".
** The subplot of "Dog Bites Bear" is of Peter refusing to wash his hand after shaking hands with a grocery store worker dressed as Boo Berry.
* ''WesternAnimation/MaryShelleysFrankenhole'' has the recurring character Count Choclatey, a parody of Count Chocula.
*''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'':
** In the episode "The Old Man and the Lisa", Mr. Burns considers Count Chocula a "close enough" to him being on a cereal box.
** Count Fudge-ula, a parody of Count Chocula, makes recurring appearances throughout the series.
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