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The Best Episodes of Count Duckula Season 1

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Every episode of Count Duckula Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Count Duckula Season 1!

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...
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  • Hardluck Hotel
    7.5/10(40)
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    #1 - Hardluck Hotel

    Season 1 Episode 15

    Aired 12/13/1988

    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).

    Director: Chris Randall

    Writer: Brian Trueman, John Broadhead, Joyce McAleer

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  • The Ghost of McCastle McDuckula
    7.4/10(38)
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    #2 - The Ghost of McCastle McDuckula

    Season 1 Episode 11

    Aired 11/15/1988

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

    Director: Chris Randall

    Writer: Brian Trueman

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  • A Fright at the Opera
    7.4/10(33)
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    #3 - A Fright at the Opera

    Season 1 Episode 21

    Aired 2/7/1989

    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.

    Director: Chris Randall

    Writer: John Sayle

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  • Igor's Busy Day
    7.3/10(31)
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    #4 - Igor's Busy Day

    Season 1 Episode 12

    Aired 11/22/1988

    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.

    Director: Chris Randall

    Writer: Jimmy Hibbert

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  • No Sax Please, We're Egyptian
    7.2/10(83)
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    #5 - No Sax Please, We're Egyptian

    Season 1 Episode 1

    Aired 9/6/1988

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

    Director: Chris Randall

    Writer: Brian Trueman

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  • Castle Duckula: Open to the Public
    7.2/10(35)
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    #6 - Castle Duckula: Open to the Public

    Season 1 Episode 10

    Aired 11/8/1988

    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.

    Director: Chris Randall

    Writer: Peter Richard Reeves

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  • Autoduck
    7.2/10(29)
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    #7 - Autoduck

    Season 1 Episode 13

    Aired 11/22/1988

    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.

    Director: Chris Randall

    Writer: Brian Trueman

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  • Dear Diary
    7.2/10(34)
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    #8 - Dear Diary

    Season 1 Episode 17

    Aired 1/3/1989

    Duckula decides to have his ancestors' memoirs published.

    Director: Chris Randall

    Writer: Jimmy Hibbert

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  • The Mutinous Penguins
    7.1/10(38)
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    #9 - The Mutinous Penguins

    Season 1 Episode 6

    Aired 10/11/1988

    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.

    Director: Chris Randall

    Writer: Peter Richard Reeves

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  • Down Under Duckula
    7.1/10(32)
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    #10 - Down Under Duckula

    Season 1 Episode 8

    Aired 10/25/1988

    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.

    Director: Chris Randall

    Writer: Jimmy Hibbert

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  • All in a Fog
    7.0/10(32)
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    #11 - All in a Fog

    Season 1 Episode 9

    Aired 11/1/1988

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

    Director: Chris Randall

    Writer: Jimmy Hibbert, Peter Richard Reeves

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  • Mobile Home
    6.9/10(24)
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    #12 - Mobile Home

    Season 1 Episode 20

    Aired 1/31/1989

    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.

    Director: Chris Randall

    Writer: Jimmy Hibbert

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  • Vampire Vacation
    6.8/10(58)
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    #13 - Vampire Vacation

    Season 1 Episode 2

    Aired 9/13/1988

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

    Director: Chris Randall

    Writer: Peter Richard Reeves

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  • One Stormy Night
    6.8/10(56)
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    #14 - One Stormy Night

    Season 1 Episode 3

    Aired 9/20/1988

    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.

    Director: Chris Randall

    Writer: Peter Richard Reeves

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  • Rent a Butler
    6.8/10(26)
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    #15 - Rent a Butler

    Season 1 Episode 18

    Aired 1/10/1989

    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.

    Director: Chris Randall

    Writer: Brian Trueman

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  • Jungle Duck
    6.8/10(32)
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    #16 - Jungle Duck

    Season 1 Episode 19

    Aired 1/24/1989

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

    Director: Chris Randall

    Writer: Jimmy Hibbert

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  • Dr. Von Goosewing's Invisible Ray
    6.6/10(32)
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    #17 - Dr. Von Goosewing's Invisible Ray

    Season 1 Episode 7

    Aired 10/18/1988

    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.

    Director: Chris Randall

    Writer: Brian Trueman

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  • The Vampire Strikes Back
    6.5/10(35)
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    #18 - The Vampire Strikes Back

    Season 1 Episode 14

    Aired 12/6/1988

    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.

    Director: Chris Randall

    Writer: Jimmy Hibbert, Peter Richard Reeves

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  • Hunchbudgie of Notre Dame
    6.5/10(31)
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    #19 - Hunchbudgie of Notre Dame

    Season 1 Episode 16

    Aired 12/20/1988

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

    Director: Chris Randall

    Writer: Jimmy Hibbert, Peter Richard Reeves

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  • Town Hall Terrors
    6.4/10(26)
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    #20 - Town Hall Terrors

    Season 1 Episode 23

    Aired 2/21/1989

    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.

    Director: Chris Randall

    Writer: Peter Richard Reeves

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  • Sawdust Ring
    6.4/10(23)
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    #21 - Sawdust Ring

    Season 1 Episode 24

    Aired 2/28/1989

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

    Director: Chris Randall

    Writer: Jimmy Hibbert

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  • A Family Reunion
    6.4/10(25)
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    #22 - A Family Reunion

    Season 1 Episode 26

    Aired 3/21/1989

    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.

    Director: Chris Randall

    Writer: Jimmy Hibbert

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  • Restoration Comedy
    6.3/10(44)
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    #23 - Restoration Comedy

    Season 1 Episode 5

    Aired 10/4/1988

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

    Director: Chris Randall

    Writer: Jimmy Hibbert

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  • Transylvanian Homesick Blues
    6.2/10(46)
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    #24 - Transylvanian Homesick Blues

    Season 1 Episode 4

    Aired 9/27/1988

    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.

    Director: Chris Randall

    Writer: Peter Richard Reeves

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  • Duck and the Broccoli Stalk
    6.2/10(24)
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    #25 - Duck and the Broccoli Stalk

    Season 1 Episode 25

    Aired 3/7/1989

    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.

    Director: Chris Randall

    Writer: Jimmy Hibbert

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Hardluck Hotel" is the best rated episode of "Count Duckula" season 1. It scored 7.5/10 based on 40 votes. Directed by Chris Randall and written by Brian Trueman, John Broadhead, Joyce McAleer, it aired on 12/13/1988. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "The Ghost of McCastle McDuckula".