Berserk Button: Do not mention the E-word in front of the Egg. Don't even say anything that sounds like the E-word! World of Funny Animals: Humans are implied to exist, though in the context of this series, they are all bird-people. One issue of the comic had an appearance by superspy Ian Flamingo, and another featured poet Edgar Allen Crow.

Awkward Silence" Entrance: In "Igor's Busy Day", Scott and Laura, a young couple visiting Transylvania, stop by a local inn named "Ye Tooth and Jugular" after their car breaks down. The couple enter in the middle of the patrons singing a drinking song which abruptly stops upon their entry. Seinfeldian Conversation: Constantly. One of the series' primary sources of humor is the characters having longwinded, often inappropriately timed tangents about minutiae (or nothing at all), usually in which one or even all parties have no idea what anyone's talking about. Disc 3 (Year Three): "The Invasion of Colonel K", "Danger Mouse Saves the World... Again!", "The Odd Ball Runaround", "The Strange Case of the Ghost Bus", "The Trip to America" The title of the game was a parody on the title of a British comedy play No Sex Please, We're British!.

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The title of "No Sax Please, We're Egyptian" is a reference to the play No Sex Please, We're British, and the pharaoh who owned the Mystic Saxophone is Zootensimun XVII, a reference to American jazz saxophonist John Haley "Zoot" Sims. The show is perhaps best known today for its sheer influence and popularity in Latin America, where it both introduced Woolseyism and redefined dubbing. Friendly Neighborhood Vampire: Though the title character is as friendly as they come, the previous Counts most certainly were not. Never Say Clever Again", "Tomorrow Never Comes", "Half the World Is Enough", "Danger Is Forever", "The Spy Who Came in With a Cold", "Agent 58", "Thanks a Minion!", "High School Inedible", "Mousefall", "Mouse Rise"

Watson, Elena M. (2000). Television horror movie hosts: 68 vampires, mad scientists and other denizens of the late night airwaves examined and interviewed. Jefferson, North Carolina, United States: McFarland & Company. p.265. ISBN 978-0-7864-0940-2. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007 . Retrieved 30 May 2008.The opening shots of each episode establish the setting as a darkly forested part of central Europe filled with nervous villagers and horrible creatures of the night.

This [ which?] VHS title appeared in 1990 but, at the time, the episodes contained were somewhat exclusive to video (the first was not televised until 1991, neither was the latter until 1993). Quark Games", "Pink Dawn", "The World Wide Spider", "Jeopardy Mouse", "The Return of Danger K", "Danger Fan", "Big Penfold", "The Unusual Suspects", "The Inventor Preventor" Goosewing appears to have an assistant named Heinrich (he never appears on screen), whom he often calls out and blames his failures on him. In fact, "Heinrich" appears to be just a figment of Goosewing's imagination, an imaginary friend. [ citation needed] However, the comic book version of the characters by Marvel reveal that Heinrich is actually his former assistant who is always complaining about his paltry wages. [ citation needed] In the first episode, Ruffles the burglar scoffs at the idea of vampires, stating that they're just mentioned in the guide book to draw in tourists, but freaks out at the mention of a werewolf on the premises. The phrase "Gordon Bennett!" is used frequently throughout the series by numerous characters as an all-purpose swear word/expression of displeasure. Stories of its origin in the early 20th century vary, but it may be an alteration of "Gorblimey!" (a corruption of "God blind me!").

Igor's Busy Day" has a joke involving Igor enlisting Nanny in triggering a Falling Chandelier of Doom for castle vistors with the instruction: "Hit the beak, Nanny!". He meant for Nanny to press the beak of a statue to activate the Booby Trap, but Nanny thought he meant his own beak. Katie Nutter, Karl Scoble, Joyce Flowers, Laura Cosgrove, Helen Smith, Marie Dembinski and Helen Michael. Falling Chandelier of Doom: In "Igor's Busy Day", Igor tries to use one of these to crush American tourists Scott and Laura. Unfortunately, he relies upon Nanny to trigger it. First, she misunderstands the command "Hit the beak" and hits Igor's beak instead of the beak of the statue which triggers the falling chandelier. Later, she realises her mistake and hits the beak of the statue... while Igor himself is under the chandelier. Alps-A-Daisy" clearly states that the series takes place in the late 1980s (1989 to be exact) and "The Rest Is History" has the first Count's servant identified as Igorth not Igor. Igor himself seems keen to meet him, implying they are seperate people. Early-Bird Cameo: Von Goosewing can be seen briefly in the first episode before his 'official' appearence in the 2nd one.