Vampires are creatures of legend who typically drink blood and avoid sunlight. They are the walking dead and cast no reflections. Vampires can be warded off using garlic, crosses, holy water, or a stake through the heart. They also have a fondness for bats.
Characters[]
Count von Countsee: rumor
other Countesses
DraculaThe Muppet Show episode 119
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Count RucolaSesamstrasse Folge 2415
Playing vampire[]
Kermit the Frog turns into a vampire in episode 119 of The Muppet Show.
Fozzie Bear pretends he's a vampire (using a towel) to tell some vampire jokes in Hey, You're as Funny as Fozzie Bear.
Count Fozzicula in the 2018 Muppet Babies episode "The Teeth Chattering Tale of the Haunted Pancakes"
A fake vampire terrorizes the citizens of Dog City in the Dog City episode "The Bloodhound," while Eliot Shag mistakes Colleen's voice teacher for a vampire.
Kermit on a Disney pin
Big Bird during Halloween at Busch Gardens
Pferd dressed as a vampire for the Sesamstrasse Halloween party in episode 2507.
Samson dressed as a vampire for the Sesamstrasse Halloween party in episode 2507.
Other references[]
- In the opening sequence for episode 119 of The Muppet Show, Fozzie Bear delivers the following joke: "I once met a vampire who was so rich, he lived in a split-level coffin."
- In the At the Dance sketch from episode 120, Boppity says his uncle was a vampire.
- Versions of or references to Dracula specifically have appeared in Muppet and Sesame Street productions at various times. The 2008 movie Forgetting Sarah Marshall includes a musical version of Dracula (A Taste of Love) with puppets, including vampires, from Jim Henson's Creature Shop.