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#REDIRECT [[The New Adventures of Mighty Mouse and Heckle & Jeckle]]
{{distinguish|text=the unrelated cartoon series also about a vampire duck, [[Count Duckula]]}}
{{Infobox character
| color = #000077
| image = Quacula Title Card.png
| name = Quacula
| series = [[The New Adventures of Mighty Mouse and Heckle & Jeckle]]
| first = September 8, 1979
| portrayer = [[Frank Welker]] (voice)
| species = Vampire duck
| gender = Male
}}


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'''Quacula''' is an animated cartoon character, an [[anthropomorphic]] [[vampire]] [[duck]], created by [[Filmation]]. He starred in his own segment on ''[[The New Adventures of Mighty Mouse and Heckle & Jeckle]]'' for one season.
{{R to related topic}}

==Plot==
Quacula (voiced by [[Frank Welker]]) was depicted as a pale blue duck with a [[Daffy Duck]]-like bill and fangs, dressed in a blue jacket and a black [[cape]] with a red lining. He slept by day in a white [[coffin]] shaped like an [[egg (biology)|egg]], in the basement of a house owned by an anthropomorphic [[bear]] named Theodore (voiced by [[Norm Prescott]] imitating [[Joe E. Ross]] of ''[[Car 54, Where Are You?]]'').

Every night Quacula would rise from his coffin and try to terrify Theodore and others, but he would never really succeed; his antics tended to be more comical than frightening. Also, Theodore would come up with one plan after another to rid himself of Quacula, but always fail to do so.

Composer [[Ray Ellis]] occasionally repeated music cues from ''[[Groovie Goolies]]''.

==Broadcast history==
Quacula made his debut on September 8, 1979, on the first episode of ''The New Adventures of Mighty Mouse and Heckle & Jeckle''. However, cartoonist [[Scott Shaw (artist)|Scott Shaw]] filed suit against Filmation due to the fact that he had created a character named Duckula for the comic book ''Quack!'' #1 (July 1976), published by [[Star*Reach]]. The matter was settled out of court, and after 16 episodes Quacula was dropped from the show, which was shortened from an hour to a half-hour .<ref>[http://www.toonopedia.com/Quacula.htm Quacula] at [[Don Markstein's Toonopedia]]. [https://www.webcitation.org/6ll5ZdP0c?url=http://www.toonopedia.com/quackula.htm Archived] from the original on November 4, 2016.</ref><ref>[http://www.comics.org/issue/30040/ ''Quack!'' #1] at the [[Grand Comics Database]].</ref>

==List of cartoons==
In addition to their own shorts, Quacula and Theodore also crossed over into Heckle & Jeckle's "Where There's a Will." The magpies show up after inheriting their uncle's mansion, and although Theodore instantly realizes they have the wrong address, he decides to give Heckle & Jeckle a night in the house, hoping they'll drive Quacula away.

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|- style="color:#E0FFFF"
! style="background:#000000; width:20px"| Nº
! style="background:#000000"| Title
! style="background:#000000; width:95px"| Written by:
! style="background:#000000; width:135px"| Air date
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 1
| Title = Star Boars
| WrittenBy = Ted Pedersen
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1979|9|8}}
| ShortSummary = Quacula finds himself aboard a spaceship, being whisked away to a planet where the sun always shines.
| LineColor = 000000
}}
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 2
| Title = House For Sale
| WrittenBy = Ron Card
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1979|9|15}}
| ShortSummary = Theodore hopes to sell the mansion to a Southerner (voiced by Frank Welker) who plans to open a wax museum, so Quacula decides to intervene.
| LineColor = 000000
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 3
| Title = Weird Bear
| WrittenBy = Bill Danch,<br> Ted Pedersen
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1979|9|22}}
| ShortSummary = Theodore gets doused with one of Quacula's ancient potions, which transforms him into a monster.
| LineColor = 000000
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 4
| Title = Monster Mash
| WrittenBy = Ted Pedersen
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1979|9|29}}
| ShortSummary = Theodore buys a Transylvanian robot monster (voiced by Frank Welker) to rid himself of Quacula, but Frankie turns out to be trouble for both of them.
| LineColor = 000000
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 5
| Title = Uncle Ferenc
| WrittenBy = Ron Card
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1979|10|6}}
| ShortSummary = Theodore hopes to join a birdwatching club, whose committee members (voiced by Frank Welker) arrive on the same night as Quacula's uncle (voiced by Frank Welker).
| LineColor = 000000
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 6
| Title = The Magic Lamp
| WrittenBy = Ron Card
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1979|10|13}}
| ShortSummary = Theodore's flea market find is a magic lamp, but even the genie proves to be no match for Quacula.
| LineColor = 000000
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 7
| Title = Room for Rent
| WrittenBy = Ron Card
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1979|10|20}}
| ShortSummary = Theodore tries to spend a quiet night in a hotel, but Quacula is hot on his trail.
| LineColor = 000000
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 8
| Title = Morgana La Duck
| WrittenBy = [[Paul Dini]]
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1979|10|27}}
| ShortSummary = Morgana La Duck (voiced by Frank Welker) rises from her 1,000-year slumber and claims ownership of Theodore's house.
| LineColor = 000000
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 9
| Title = Return of Star Boars
| WrittenBy = Ted Pedersen
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1979|11|3}}
| ShortSummary = Theodore drops Quacula's coffin in the local [[Bermuda Triangle]], where the vampire duck again ends up in the clutches of aliens (voiced by Frank Welker).
| LineColor = 000000
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 10
| Title = Time and Before
| WrittenBy = Ted Pedersen
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1979|11|10}}
| ShortSummary = Theodore builds a machine to send Quacula back in time, where the duck contends with the bear's primitive ancestors.
| LineColor = 000000
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 11
| Title = Bungled Burglary
| WrittenBy = Paul Dini
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1979|11|17}}
| ShortSummary = After swiping his egg coffin, mad scientist Dr. Hugo Frankenfox (voiced by Frank Welker imitating [[Ed Wynn]]) creates clones of Quacula.
| LineColor = 000000
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 12
| Title = Shanghai Salty
| WrittenBy = Ted Pedersen
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1979|11|24}}
| ShortSummary = Theodore's relaxing cruise takes a turn when Quacula rears his head and pirates (voiced by Frank Welker) hijack the ship.
| LineColor = 000000
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 13
| Title = Pyramid
| WrittenBy = Ron Card,<br> Bill Danch
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1979|12|1}}
| ShortSummary = When Theodore gets a job as a museum night watchman, he inadvertently awakens a cat-like mummy (voiced by Frank Welker).
| LineColor = 000000
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 14
| Title = Haunted House
| WrittenBy = Ron Card
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1979|12|8}}
| ShortSummary = Theodore hires The Stranger (voiced by Frank Welker), a menacing ape in 19th-century attire, to exterminate Quacula.
| LineColor = 000000
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 15
| Title = Magic Duck
| WrittenBy = Ron Card
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1979|12|15}}
| ShortSummary = Theodore hosts a birthday party for his duck-hating buddy, Bruno the bear, who's unusually taken with Quacula's billed friend, [[Merlin]] (voiced by Frank Welker).
| LineColor = 000000
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 16
| Title = The Fantastic 2½
| WrittenBy = Ted Pedersen
| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1979|12|22}}
| ShortSummary = Theodore brings in a band of unusual superheroes (voiced by Frank Welker and Norm Prescott) to contend with Quacula.
| LineColor = 000000
}}
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.bcdb.com/cartoons/Filmation_Associates/H-R/The_New_Adventures_of_Mighty_Mouse_and_Heckle___Jeckle/Quacula/index.html Cartoon index] at the [[Big Cartoon DataBase]]

[[Category:Fictional ducks]]
[[Category:Fictional vampires]]
[[Category:Terrytoons characters]]
[[Category:Male characters in animation]]
[[Category:Television characters introduced in 1979]]
[[Category:Vampires in animated television]]


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