Season 1: Series 1 - Count Duckula - Show • 1988-1993

26 episodes • September 6, 1988 - March 21, 1989

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.

26 episodes

#1

No Sax Please, We're Egyptian

22 min • Sep 6, 1988 (38 years ago)

Duckula travels to Egypt to look for an ancient saxophone that will help him to become a rock star.
#2

Vampire Vacation

22 min • Sep 13, 1988 (38 years ago)

Duckula goes on a vacation to Spain to visit his cousin.
#3

One Stormy Night

22 min • Sep 20, 1988 (38 years ago)

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.
#4

Transylvanian Homesick Blues

22 min • Sep 27, 1988 (38 years ago)

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.
#5

Restoration Comedy

22 min • Oct 4, 1988 (38 years ago)

To Igor's displeasure, the Count has hired Mr. Roberto to renovate the castle. He wants to make it less evil-looking.
#6

The Mutinous Penguins

22 min • Oct 11, 1988 (38 years ago)

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.
#7

Dr. Von Goosewing's Invisible Ray

22 min • Oct 18, 1988 (38 years ago)

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.
#8

Down Under Duckula

22 min • Oct 25, 1988 (38 years ago)

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.
#9

All in a Fog

22 min • Nov 1, 1988 (38 years ago)

Duckula decides he wants to become a famous detective, like Sherlock Holmes, so he, Nanny, and Igor travel to London.
#10

Castle Duckula: Open to the Public

22 min • Nov 8, 1988 (38 years ago)

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.
#11

The Ghost of McCastle McDuckula

22 min • Nov 15, 1988 (37 years ago)

While in Scotland looking for the Loch Ness Monster, Duckula meets another vampire duck and is taken to his haunted castle.
#12

Igor's Busy Day

22 min • Nov 22, 1988 (37 years ago)

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.
#13

Autoduck

22 min • Nov 22, 1988 (37 years ago)

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.
#14

The Vampire Strikes Back

22 min • Dec 6, 1988 (37 years ago)

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.
#15

Hardluck Hotel

22 min • Dec 13, 1988 (37 years ago)

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).
#16

Hunchbudgie of Notre Dame

22 min • Dec 20, 1988 (37 years ago)

While in Paris, Duckula buys the Eiffel Tower and becomes wrapped up in a heist to steal the Mona Lisa.
#17

Dear Diary

22 min • Jan 3, 1989 (37 years ago)

Duckula decides to have his ancestors' memoirs published.
#18

Rent a Butler

22 min • Jan 10, 1989 (37 years ago)

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.
#19

Jungle Duck

22 min • Jan 24, 1989 (37 years ago)

Duckula travels to Africa to find the treasure of an ancient hidden city.
#20

Mobile Home

22 min • Jan 31, 1989 (37 years ago)

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.
#21

A Fright at the Opera

22 min • Feb 7, 1989 (37 years ago)

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.
#22

Dr. Goosewing and Mr. Duck

22 min • Feb 14, 1989 (37 years ago)

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.
#23

Town Hall Terrors

22 min • Feb 21, 1989 (37 years ago)

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.
#24

Sawdust Ring

22 min • Feb 28, 1989 (37 years ago)

Duckula decides to enter the circus. Unfortunately, the former circus workers come back to sabotage the performance.
#25

Duck and the Broccoli Stalk

22 min • Mar 7, 1989 (37 years ago)

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.
#26

A Family Reunion

22 min • Mar 21, 1989 (37 years ago)

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.