Count Duckula Duckula in Brian Cosgrove's office, and said "that's the one I want". As the series went into production one of the writers suggested he become a vegetarian, which added an even sillier concept to the series. In a move mirroring Duckula's adaptation from "Danger Mouse", the characters of Gaston and Pierre were reinvented and given a spinoff series as the now-human "Victor and Hugo". Count Duckula appeared in North American comics under Star Comics (an imprint of Marvel Comics) and introduced an additional difference between this incarnation of Duckula which separated him from his predecessors. Due to ketchup being used
Count Duckula the show is a cuckoo clock whose bat-like Russian-accented characters come out and make jokes about the current situation (or corny jokes in general). The clock is also a vital part of the castle's travelling mechanism, and even has the ability to turn back time. A series of annuals and monthly comics further detailing the adventures of Count Duckula and associated characters were released throughout the time that the series originally aired and for a short time afterwards. Duckula (full title: Count Duckula the 17th) is a short green duck with black parted hair and the traditional vampire evening wear,