Count Dracula Count "Drac" Dracula (voiced by
Adam Sandler in the first three films, Brian Hull in
Hotel Transylvania: Transformania and
Hotel Transylvania: Scary-Tale Adventures, Brock Powell in
Hotel Transylvania 3: Monsters Overboard,
David Berni in the TV series' first season, Ivan Sherry in the TV series' second season) is based on the classic character
Count Dracula from
Bram Stoker's 1897 novel
Dracula. He is a
Eastern European-accented
vampire and the main protagonist of the series. Unlike most incarnations of the character in various media, he has no cravings for human blood. Dracula is shown at the beginning of the first film, devotedly caring for his infant daughter Mavis. He teaches her how to morph into a bat, plays with her and teaches her the things she needs to know, but is also overprotective of her, being reluctant to allow her to explore the outside world, by fear that humans will hurt her, as they did with his late wife Martha. When an older Mavis meets and "Zings" with human Johnny Loughran, he attempts to distance them, but seeing that this hurts Mavis, allows them to begin a relationship and ultimately marry. In
Hotel Transylvania 2, Mavis and Johnny have a
half-vampire son, Dennis. Dracula is dismayed when Dennis fails to display vampire characteristics such as morphing into a bat and growing fangs. After he almost kills Dennis while trying to manifest his abilities, an enraged Mavis plans to move herself, Johnny, and Dennis to
Los Angeles to distance themselves from the monster community; however, Dracula restores her trust when he helps save Dennis from his father
Vlad's bat-like guards. Ultimately, he realizes he loves Dennis, whether he is a vampire or not In the third movie, he is lonely, and Mavis – mistaking it for stress – arranges for the entire hotel to take a vacation on a monster cruise. Despite the cruise being an elaborate trap set by
Abraham Van Helsing, Drac meets and zings with Van Helsing's great-granddaughter Ericka and the two eventually marry. In the fourth movie, Dracula is now married to Ericka and wishes to retire and give the hotel to Mavis. However, he is fearful that Johnny will ruin the hotel, so he lies to the two of them. Johnny, who decides that Drac will accept him if he is a monster, uses a magic ray to turn himself into a dragon-like monster, but Dracula is turned into a human in the process, breaking the ray. The two of them go to the Amazon Rainforest to find a replacement part for the ray. When Mavis and Ericka find them, Drac admits to lying to Johnny, enraging him, and causing him to mutate further. When all hopes are lost, Drac begs to Johnny to forgive him by telling him that the Dracula family would be incomplete without Johnny, and this makes him happy, allowing Mavis to turn them back to their normal forms. When they all are returning to the hotel in Ericka's airship, they find the hotel completely destroyed. Drac allows Johnny and Mavis to rebuild the hotel. In the four-year
prequel TV series, Drac is away on "official vampire business" at the Vampire Council but appears from time to time as a supporting character. In the final episode, Drac retains a main role where he helps to battle Lycidius Dracula.
Jonathan "Johnny" Loughran Jonathan "Johnny" Loughran (voiced by
Andy Samberg in the films, Brian T. Stevenson in
Hotel Transylvania 3: Monsters Overboard, Danny Gendron in
Hotel Transylvania: Scary-Tale Adventures) is the first human inside Hotel Transylvania. He always carries his backpack and shows a strong connection with it. By the end of the first movie he has already integrated into the hotel and is accepted by the clientele. He is portrayed as a good-natured and easy-going
slacker. In the first movie, Johnny is lost while traveling in an area close to the hotel and follows a group of zombies to Hotel Transylvania. At first, he thinks he is in a hotel and that everyone is wearing costumes, but he soon realizes that the monsters are real. Drac disguises him as "Johnnystein" (when wearing a Halloween costume, which he mistakenly as a "zombie") and he begins to integrate, meeting and "zinging" with Mavis. After thinking that she would be better off without a human partner he leaves the hotel, but Drac reconsiders and chases the plane Johnny has boarded, bringing him back. In the second movie, Johnny and Mavis get married and have a son, Dennis. Johnny agrees to take Mavis to California ostensibly to consider moving back home to be near his parents, while Drac tries to prompt Dennis' vampire abilities. Due to his human limitations, Johnny is a background character in the final encounter, but the threat to his life helps Dennis manifest his vampire traits. In the third movie, while he becomes the hotel's event DJ, Johnny also reverts to his slacker lifestyle, embracing the vacation fully. Despite this, he is instrumental in defeating the Kraken, using his portable DJ booth to play up-beat music to calm the monster down, ultimately succeeding with the Spanish song "
Macarena". In the fourth movie, Johnny turns into a dragon-like monster to try and impress Dracula so that he gives his hotel to Mavis and Johnny, but when Johnny realized that Dracula lied about a 'monster real-estate law', he turns upset which progresses his mutation and evolving. Finally, Dracula's motivational and apology speech calms and makes him happy so that Mavis can turn him back into a human. After they return to the hotel and find it completely destroyed, Johnny feels bad for Dracula who is heartbroken and says that they can rebuild the hotel just as it was, but Dracula replies that he and Mavis should rebuild it the way they want to since it is now their hotel. A year later, Mavis and Johnny rebuild and modernize the hotel, which Drac comes to enjoy.
Mavis Dracula Mavis Dracula-Loughran (voiced by
Selena Gomez as an adult in the films,
Sadie Sandler as a child in the first film, Victoria Gomez as a child in the fourth film, Melissa Sturm in
Hotel Transylvania 3: Monsters Overboard and
Hotel Transylvania: Scary-Tale Adventures,
Bryn McAuley in the TV series) is the daughter of Count Dracula and Martha, born in 1894. She is the wife of Johnny and the mother of Dennis. She is more of a mother-figure to her father and his schemes, as she is more intelligent than him. In
Hotel Transylvania, Mavis wants to see the outside world, but Drac has misled her into believing that all humans intend to kill her thus keeping her at the hotel. When she meets Johnny, they zing, becoming a couple and opposes Drac and Johnny wanted to fight over her. By the time of the
second movie, Johnny and Mavis are married and have a son Dennis. Mavis becomes overprotective of Dennis, going so far as to consider moving to California, Johnny's birthplace, to raise him in a safer environment. In the end, Dennis finally develops his inherent vampire powers and they stay in the hotel. In the
third movie, Mavis thinks that Drac is stressed with running the hotel and arranges a monster cruise for the hotel guests to give him a vacation for a change. But she later figures that Drac has a crush on the captain, Ericka Van Helsing, and this is confirmed when Drac admits he "zinged" with Ericka. In
Hotel Transylvania: Transformania, Mavis figures out Dracula's plan of giving the hotel to her and Johnny. Later, when Drac and Johnny turn into a human and a dragon-like monster respectively, she and her stepmother Ericka confront Ericka's great-grandfather, Abraham Van Helsing who reveals that his Monsterfication Ray caused Drac and Johnny to turn into a human and a monster. So, Mavis and Ericka hop in Ericka's old monster-hunting blimp and drag all the other monsters who have turned into humans and they all go to find Johnny and Drac and reverse the transformation. In
Hotel Transylvania: The Series, which takes place four years prior to the
original movie, Mavis is essentially in charge of the hotel while Drac is away on business with the Vampire Council.
Frankenstein's Monster '''
Frankenstein's Monster'
, also called Frankenstein or just Frank for short, (voiced by Kevin James in the first three films, Brad Abrell in Hotel Transylvania: Transformania
and Hotel Transylvania: Scary-Tale Adventures
, Danny Gendron in Hotel Transylvania 3: Monsters Overboard'',
Paul Braunstein in the TV series) is a monster who lives in an unknown location. Though friendly and caring, Frank is deathly
afraid of fire and in the first movie has a habit of mailing himself and his wife everywhere. Since both he and his wife can be disassembled and reassembled at will with no harm to either of them, this is not a problem. In the second movie, he aids Dracula in his quest to turn Dennis to awaken his vampire lineage and joins the rest of the gang in repelling the attack by Bela and his minions. In the third movie, when he finds that Drac zinged with Ericka, he - along with Murray the Mummy and Griffin the Invisible Man - fully support Drac in asking Ericka out. In the fourth movie, Frank turns into a human and he is the only one amongst all who loves his human appearance, or rather his hairstyle. Although Frank regains his human form's hairstyle after returning into his monster form, the said hairstyle is only temporary when his wife, Eunice cuts his hair back to his original hairstyle much to Frank's dismay. In the prequel TV series, it is revealed that he is the father of Hank N Stein. He has all completely different jobs including but not limited to teacher, farmer, casino manager,
Noah, and pet shop salesman.
Eunice Eunice (voiced by
Fran Drescher in the films,
Katie Griffin in the TV series) is
Frankenstein's wife. Like Frank, she is deathly afraid of fire and mails herself everywhere. Since both she and her husband can be disassembled and reassembled at will with no harm to either of them, this is not a problem. She speaks with a New York accent. In the third movie, it is revealed that Eunice disapproves of Frank gambling as he would lose his parts. She found out he did it behind her back when she saw that he has crab claws instead of his original hands. In the fourth movie, she hates Frank's new hairstyle when he was transformed into a human, he is not to make her plans to divorce. After Frank is restored to normal, Eunice butchers his hair back to its previous length. In the prequel TV series, it is revealed that she is the mother of Hank N Stein.
Wayne Wayne (voiced by
Steve Buscemi in the films, Michael Buscemi in
Hotel Transylvania 3: Monsters Overboard and
Hotel Transylvania: Scary-Tale Adventures) is a
werewolf, the husband of Wanda, and the father of Winnie and over 301 wild and undisciplined werewolf pups. He shows dog-like behavior in the second film, and is stressed due to his children causing chaos all the time, but he has little control over them. He tries to keep order, only to be completely ignored by everyone except Winnie. Despite his appearance, his behavior is mostly that of a civilized family man, but he does quickly eat an entire flock of sheep, rationalizing it with "What? You eat lamb chops. It's the same thing." In the second movie, he joins Drac in his efforts to turn Dennis into a vampire. In the final fight against Bela's goons, he is quickly overrun, but summons his enormous pack of children, who make short work of several of the attackers. In the third movie he and Wanda enjoy a brief moment of independence after leaving their pups in the Legacy's
creche. They are subsequently tranquilized by Ericka and spend the rest of the vacation unconscious in a cleaning cupboard. They then say they enjoyed it so much they've re-booked for the next year as well. In the fourth movie, Wayne renames himself as Walter, after unknowingly drinking water from a fountain that was accidentally contaminated by Van Helsing's Monsterfication Ray, allowing himself to escape the stress from unable to control his chaotic children and leaves Wanda on her own.
Wanda Wanda (voiced by
Molly Shannon in the films, Diane Salema in the TV series) is a female werewolf, the wife of Wayne, and the mother of Winnie and the rest of the wolf pups. She is seen in all four movies, and is always shown to be heavily pregnant. Unlike Wayne, she makes little attempt to control her kids' behavior, aside from trying to limit their sugar intake, but is generally more successful than Wayne. In the fourth movie around the end of the film, Wanda appears to have ended her pregnancy with newborn wolf pups delivered.
Griffin Griffin (voiced by
David Spade in the films,
Daniel Bonjour in
Hotel Transylvania: Scary-Tale Adventures) is an invisible man and the only thing that can be seen are his brown glasses. He tends to forget his own invisibility as seen when he is insulted when Dracula says he hates red curly hair (which he had before he became bald, yet is unaware of his hair loss). He also seems concerned with his appearance (later revealed to be middle-aged and pot-bellied), as he becomes embarrassed when Wayne pulls his pants down. Being invisible himself, he never wears clothes and has been naked all the time. He is also seen preparing for Mavis' party in the first film. At the end of the second film, he bumps into a set of floating pink glasses, showing that he has found an "invisible woman". Griffin is seen driving the hotel's vehicle when necessary. When he unknowingly drinks water from a fountain that was contaminated by Van Helsing's Monsterfication Ray in the fourth movie, Griffin becomes displeased when seeing his human appearance. After regaining his invisible form, he begins to wear clothes to cover his nudity, at Murray’s insistence. When Griffin's human form was revealed in the first trailers, fans of the series comedically expressed their disappointment on social media sites such as
Twitter that he was not given an attractive design. Additionally, a petition to redesign the character reached 2,000 signatures.
Murray Murray (voiced by
CeeLo Green in the first film,
Keegan-Michael Key in the last three films and
Hotel Transylvania 3: Monsters Overboard and Kyle Chapple in
Hotel Transylvania: Scary-Tale Adventures) is an obese
mummy from Egypt who has the power to summon sandstorms or just sand to cast ancient Egyptian curses.
Blobby Blobby (voiced by Jonny Solomon in the second movie,
Genndy Tartakovsky in the third and fourth film) is a green
blob monster who speaks blob language and has not seen the outside world until the
sequel. He was used to break Johnny's fall in the
original movie and was seen in the sauna. In the sequel, he "hugged" Johnny's mom and was seen on the side of the vehicle, listening to a
popular song while Dracula forced everyone else to listen to Bigfoot's life story, which he reads himself on an
audiobook, which no one really liked, except for Drac, who was smiling. In
Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation, Blobby accompanies Drac on a cruise. During the cruise, Blobby gets seasick and spews out a slime that forms into a child. In addition, he also creates a blob version of Tinkles. In
Hotel Transylvania: Transformania, Blobby transforms into a plate of
gelatin after he and Drac's friends drink from a fountain that was accidentally contaminated by Van Helsing's Monsterfication Ray, and cause Griffin to carry him during an adventure to fix the ray. Humanized Drac and Dragon-like Monster Johnny search for the ray before Johnny mutates and evolves into a mindless ravenous beast. They return with a new crystal for the ray. In the blimp, Blobby is turned back into a monster.
Werewolf Pups The werewolf pups are Wayne and Wanda's pack of at least 324 werewolf pups. Winnie is the only pup identified as a girl amongst them, though she might simply be the only one who wears girl-appropriate clothing. They are always shown causing chaos and destruction while Winnie looks on. Their exact number is unknown; once Winnie said that she has 300 brothers, but there is no way of knowing if that was all of them or just the males. But they are shown to not be completely uncontrollable: while they do not listen to their father at all (except Winnie), they generally do listen to Drac. When he reminds one of the pups to not chew on his cape, the pup even says: "Sorry, Uncle Drac." The werewolf pups make cameo appearances in the TV series.
Winnie Winnie (voiced by
Sadie Sandler in the first three films, Zoe Berri in
Hotel Transylvania: Transformania and
Hotel Transylvania: Scary-Tale Adventures, vocal effects by
Evany Rosen in the TV series) is a werewolf pup. She is seen with a pink pacifier in the first film, but she does not have it in the second film. She has a
very sensitive sense of smell. Winnie is part of a large family of werewolves. She is suspected to be the only daughter of Wayne and Wanda; she is the only one who wears clothes or colors that suggest such. Once she said she has 300 brothers. Her brothers are always seen causing chaos and destruction. Winnie is less prone to that, but it is observed that she can handle herself against them. Winnie is instrumental in the first film by being able to track Johnny to the airport when he leaves the hotel. Winnie plays a bigger role in the sequel. She has grown up, as she no longer uses a pacifier, is more talkative, and is Dennis’ best friend. At the end of the film, she is threatened by Bela and his pack, becoming one of the reasons Dennis' vampire traits manifest. In
Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation, Winnie helps Dennis sneak Tinkles onto
The Legacy, but otherwise has no prominent role. She also has many new brothers and a new sister named Sunny, who is similar to her in many ways. She is shown to have a crush on Dennis and is not coy about it, unlike Dennis himself. Towards the end of the film, she pestered Dennis to "zing" with her. In
Hotel Transylvania: Transformania, Winnie is a minor character, and largely hangs out with Dennis throughout the film, playing with Tinkles and the other pets at the hotel. At one point, she and Dennis were hypnotized by Dracula as to not reveal Johnny's monster transformation to Mavis, which was not entirely successful.
Sunny Sunny (voiced by
Sunny Sandler) is one of the youngest werewolf pups, Winnie's little sister, and Wayne and Wanda's second daughter that first appears in
Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation. Like her big sister, she is much calmer and more mature than her brothers. Sunny's only word in the film is "fish".
Wesley Wesley (voiced by Asher Bishop) is a werewolf pup who is named in
Hotel Transylvania: Transformania.
Wendy Wendy (voiced by
Jennifer Kluska) is a werewolf pup who first appears in
Hotel Transylvania: Transformania. She is seen being stuck in a hole along with her brothers and complains that Wesley is touching her.
Hotel Transylvania staff The Hotel Transylvania staff includes:
Quasimodo Wilson Quasimodo "Quasi" Wilson (voiced by
Jon Lovitz in the first film,
Scott McCord in the TV series) is the chef of the hotel. He would have to put up with Dracula's menu suggestions. Quasimodo despises humans where he even wants to make a dish out of them as well being abusive to a gargoyle waiter. He was the first person besides Dracula to know that Johnny is a human. Quasi was frozen by Drac's powers enabling the gargoyle he abused to put Quasi's finger up his nose. With Esmeralda's help, a frozen Quasi announced and revealed Johnny's true identity and nature during Mavis' celebration where the Fly translated his frozen language. Around the end of the film, Quasi is still magically frozen and being licked by Wayne and Wanda's pups. Although Quasi is not seen or mentioned in the second and third film, he does appear in the video game adaption of the second film where he is now reformed and no longer has issues with humans. In the prequel TV series, Quasimodo is depicted with yellow hair and puts up with the criticism of his cooking from Mavis, her friends, and Aunt Lydia.
Esmeralda Esmeralda is Quasimodo's pet
brown rat who can sniff out any humans. After Quasimodo was magically frozen by Dracula, Esmeralda helps him expose Johnny as a human during Mavis' party. It is unknown what happened to Esmerelda afterwards. Although she is not seen or mentioned in the second film, she does appear in the video game adaption where she is now reformed like her owner.
Calacas Three
Calacas make up Hotel Transylvania's mariachi band.
Gargoyles The
Gargoyles work as Hotel Transylvania's
waiters. One Gargoyle waiter was often abused by Quasimodo.
Headless Horseman The
Headless Horseman is Hotel Transylvania's designated
chauffeur who has a
jack-o'-lantern for a head. He is the one who drives the guests to and from Hotel Transylvania in a
stagecoach. In the first film, he brings Wayne and Wanda's family to Hotel Transylvania as Wayne warns him that one of his kids left a mess in his car. Johnny later runs into the Headless Horseman causing his jack-o'-lantern head to accidentally be knocked off amidst the panic. The Headless Horseman was seen at the party in the final scene. In the second film, the Headless Horseman transports Mavis and Johnny to the airport. Later on, he brings Johnny's family to Hotel Transylvania. In
Hotel Transylvania: The Series, the Headless Horseman is replaced by an invisible driver.
Sentient Tables The
Sentient Tables appear to be normal tables with tablecloths that have faces on them, but they can float and move on their own when given an order. Each of the Sentient Tables are named by their number and moved to whatever numbered position that they are told to go. In addition, they seem to understand the mind of the person who calls them and they can fly quite swiftly to achieve what they are ordered.
Shrunken Heads The
Shrunken Heads (voiced by
Luenell and
Jim Wise) are Hotel Transylvania's equivalent to the
"Do Not Disturb" signs and are hung on doorknobs, they all say "do not disturb", but also comment on current affairs when they think it appropriate.
Suits of Armor The
Suits of Armor are a group of possessed suits of armor. They are led by a
lead Knight Armor (voiced by
Brian George) who reports everything to Count Dracula. They work as Hotel Transylvania's security guards.
Witches The
Witches are used for Hotel Transylvania's housekeeping and are usually seen cleaning up the mess left behind by the werewolf pups as well as Frank's flatulence.
Zombies The
Zombies are the hotel's staff and run everything from the front desk
clerks and
bellhops. One zombie named
Mr. Ghouligan (vocal effects provided by
Paul Brittain) works as a plumber. They seem to have some sense of how to use technology as they can use smartphones and one of them has a Facebook account.
Dragons Two
Dragons who breathe fire on the firewood that produces steam for Hotel Transylvania's
sauna.
Giant Octopus An unseen
Giant Octopus uses its tentacle to provide the diving board for Hotel Transylvania's swimming pool.
Zombie Bach, Beethoven, and Mozart The zombie versions of
Johann Sebastian Bach,
Ludwig van Beethoven, and
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are shown as some of the entertainment at Hotel Transylvania. In the first film, Count Dracula had to break up a fight between them and Frank, Wayne, and Murray over the entertainment dispute. The three zombies are later seen dancing at the party where they occasionally switched heads with each other.
Fly The
Fly (voiced by
Chris Parnell) is the hotel's fitness coordinator. He can also translate any speech even if it is a frozen language.
Old Gremlin The
Old Gremlin is a slow-moving gremlin who is the activities director at Hotel Transylvania.
Hotel Transylvania guests The Hotel Transylvania guests includes:
Elderly Gremlin The
Elderly Gremlin is a character who has a running gag through the series where she eats something in one bite and says "I didn't do that". At the bingo game, Frankenstein's wife Eunice has won and yells "Bingo!", but then the Elderly Gremlin eats the card. At the charades game, Johnny, who is bored, just like everyone else, takes out his scooter, which the Elderly Gremlin ate. During the part where the monsters are trying to check out, the Elderly Gremlin claimed that Johnny made her eat his scooter. In the second film, the Elderly Gremlin ate one of the bat people attackers working for Bela and also ate Dennis's birthday cake just as he was going to blow out the candle as she quotes "I didn't do that!"
Marty Marty (voiced by
Robert Smigel) is a pink gill-man.
Bigfoot Bigfoot (voiced by
Corey Burton in
Goodnight, Mr. Foot) is a recurring guest at Hotel Transylvania. This version is one of the largest monster guests at Hotel Transylvania. In
Goodnight, Mr. Foot, Bigfoot checks into Hotel Transylvania and is bothered by a witch maid which ends with the two of them getting into a pillow fight. In the first film, the lead Suit of Armor tells Dracula of a clogged toilet in Room 348. Bigfoot is nearby and growls. Dracula quotes to Bigfoot that everybody gets stomachaches. During the gymnasium games, Bigfoot accidentally crushes a zombie. In the second film, Bigfoot attends Mavis and Johnny's wedding where his tears soak Linda. It was later mentioned by Frank that Bigfoot is doing well in the German's Soccer League. In the third film, Bigfoot is among the monsters that attend a cruise on the Legacy. At the end of the film, Bigfoot's head is finally seen.
Mr. Hydraberg Mr. Hydraberg (voiced by
Paul Brittain, Craig Kellman, Brian McCann, Jonny Solomon, and
Jim Wise) is a six-headed
Hydra that is a recurring guest at Hotel Transylvania and is one of the largest monster guests. He is first seen where he complains to Count Dracula about the room service. In the second film, Mr. Hydraberg is an attendee at Mavis and Johnny's wedding. In the third movie, Mr. Hydraberg is a passenger on the Legacy where one of the heads greets Ericka.
Mr. Hyde Mr. Hyde is a deformed yellow humanoid with an underbite who is a recurring guest at Hotel Transylvania.
Martha Martha (voiced by
Jackie Sandler) was Dracula's loving deceased wife, and Mavis' late mother. She had waist-length black wavy hair, pale skin, and light blue eyes as does her child. She was murdered in 1895 by a mob of fearful humans, who staked right through her heart, when Mavis was just an infant. A deleted scene "Love at First Bite" depicts how they first met and the first few times they enjoyed with their infant daughter. A painting of her next to Dracula is hidden by a black veil in the basement, which also contains Dracula's coffin where he sleeps. Johnny recognizes her in the painting and quotes a legend passed on in which she is called "Lady Lubov" by humans. The circumstances of her death have been changed to where she simply disappeared in a mysterious fire, leaving her husband and child behind. In
Hotel Transylvania 2, a picture of her holding an infant Mavis right next to Dracula is seen in her daughter's bedroom on her bedside dresser. She was then given monster ball-soup, which was Martha's own recipe, for her
cravings due to her pregnancy. Her young hybrid grandson, Dennis, had asked Dracula whether he misses "Grandma" to which he says that he does every day. In
Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation, it was since her demise that Dracula had not left the Hotel nor dated another monster female. On his very first human date with Capt. Erica, who is the great-granddaughter of the infamous
Van Helsing, Dracula mentioned her to his new zing, explaining why he was so nervous around her. In
Hotel Transylvania: The Series, which is set four years before the original film, Martha was referenced in the season finale "Fangcenera" when Dracula had presented Mavis her mother's blood-red black formal gown for her one hundred-and-fifteenth birthday. ==Introduced in
Hotel Transylvania 2==