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| Mina and the Count | |
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 A poster for theMina and the Count segment on Nickelodeon'sOh Yeah! Cartoons. | |
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| Created by | Rob Renzetti |
| Based on | Dracula byBram Stoker |
| Written by | Rob Renzetti |
| Directed by | Rob Renzetti |
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| Composers | Thomas Chase Stephen Rucker |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of episodes | 6 |
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| Running time | 7 minutes |
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| Network | Cartoon Network Nickelodeon |
| Release | November 5, 1995 (1995-11-5) – December 18, 1999 (1999-12-18) |
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| My Life as a Teenage Robot What a Cartoon! Oh Yeah! Cartoons | |
Mina and the Count is an Americananimated television series created byRob Renzetti, which was never brought intodevelopment as a full-fledged series. Instead,animated shorts of this series aired on both ofFred Seibert'sanimationanthology showcases,Cartoon Network'sWhat a Cartoon! andNickelodeon'sOh Yeah! Cartoons.
The originalMina and the Countpilot short, "Interlude with a Vampire," premiered on theWhat a Cartoon! show on Cartoon Network on November 5, 1995, making it the only short to be featured on both creator-guided short projects guided by Fred Seibert. The short was about a seven-year-old girl named Mina Harper (a play onDracula characterMina Harker) and her encounters withVlad, a 700-year-oldvampire. The aforementioned further episodes concerned the vampire, known simply as Vlad the Count, his best friend Mina, her older sister Lucy,school bully Nick, Lucy and Mina's father Mr. Harper, a handful of monsters and Vlad's disapproving servant Igor. Everything seems to occur in a little town in North America where Mina's school and house is, includingthe Count's castle.
Note: The original pilot aired onWhat a Cartoon!, and the rest were animated shorts that aired onOh Yeah! Cartoons.
According to Rob Renzetti, 6 shorts were initially supposed to be in development forOh Yeah!, but the Nickelodeon executives canceled the final short as they were uncomfortable with the series' concept later down the line. Seibert convinced Renzetti to use the final slot to develop the pilot of what later became the series,My Life as a Teenage Robot.[1]
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Storyboard by | Original release date | |
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| 1 | "Interlude with a Vampire" | C. Miles Thompson (art), Rob Renzetti (direction) | Rob Renzetti | Alex Kirwan | November 5, 1995 (1995-11-5) | |
After a young girl named Mina Harper goes to bed for the night, Vlad the Count visits her. First coming to suck out the blood of a teenage girl. But by Igor's mistake, Vlad ended up in Mina's room. Note: This is the onlyMina and the Count animated short to be produced byHanna-Barbera, to air as part ofWhat a Cartoon!, and the only timeAshley Johnson voices Mina. | ||||||
| 2 | "My Best Friend" | Rob Renzetti | Rob Renzetti | Alex Kirwan | March 18, 1998 (1998-3-18) | |
Mina is bullied by Nick at her school, so she asks Vlad for advice against bullies. She tries several things, but nothing worked. And so, Vlad decides to take matter in his own hands. Note: Beginning with this short,Tara Strong replacesAshley Johnson as the voice of Mina. | ||||||
| 3 | "FrankenFrog" | Rob Renzetti | Rob Renzetti | Alex Kirwan and Rob Renzetti | May 15, 1999 (1999-5-15) | |
After Mina and Vlad "revive" Mina's doll, she wants to do the same at dissection day with the frog Nick had cut apart. However, everyone at school is terrified of the frog and chaos ensues. So Vlad heads out so he can stop the frog. | ||||||
| 4 | "The Ghoul's Tribunal" | Rob Renzetti | Rob Renzetti | Rob Renzetti and Alex Kirwan | June 10, 1999 (1999-6-10) | |
Vlad's friends come over to play some cards but discover that he hangs around with Mina and drag him for the Ghoul's Tribunal while Igor tries to figure out a way to fix what he had done. | ||||||
| 5 | "The Vampire Who Came to Dinner" | Rob Renzetti | Rob Renzetti | Alex Kirwan and Rob Renzetti | November 7, 1999 (1999-11-7) | |
Vlad is invited by Mina to dinner along with her older sister Lucy and her father. But when Vlad meets Lucy, he becomes very tempted with her blood, and she even has a crush on Vlad. And to make things even worse, he has to eat human food too. | ||||||
| 6 | "Playing a Hunch" | Rob Renzetti | Rob Renzetti | Andy Bialk andZac Moncrief | December 18, 1999 (1999-12-18) | |
Vlad had invited Mina over, although Igor didn't want that anymore. So Vlad tries to hide Mina so that Igor won't discover that Mina is in the castle. | ||||||
