
Realizing the imminent danger, Bruce immediately deduces "Alucard" is Dracula. After failing to turn Bruce into a vampire to quench his thirst, Dracula turns a waiter into a vampire that assaults Bruce's butler Alfred. "Alucard" ("Dracula" spelled backwards), claiming to be visiting to study the Batman (believing his legacy had an influence on Batman's existence), and takes an interest in Vicki Vale, a reporter who is interviewing and dating Bruce. The invigorated Dracula appears at the party, disguised as a cultural anthropologist under the name Dr. While patrolling the city, the Batman witnesses a vampire attack, but decides to put the incident in the back of his mind and, as Bruce Wayne, proceeds to host a corporate party at his manor. After attacking and turning a watchman at the cemetery into a vampire, Dracula hypnotizes the Penguin into becoming his non-vampiric servant so that he may lead him through Gotham to feed and guard his coffin during the day while he regains his strength. The blood from his hand drips on the corpse's heart, which brings it to life it is none other than the vampire lord Count Dracula, his body having been moved from Transylvania to Gotham City after his "death". While searching through a crypt, the Penguin accidentally cuts his hand while using his umbrella-sword to open a coffin he hopes contains the money, finding a body instead. The Joker is quickly intercepted by the Batman and is electrocuted when he falls into a river by his super-charged joy buzzers while the Penguin takes the opportunity to enter the cemetery himself. The Joker and the Penguin break out of Arkham Asylum and race each other to find a stash of stolen money hidden within a crypt in Gotham Cemetery. The movie premiered on Cartoon Network's Toonami block on Octoat 7:00 PM. When the movie was first aired on TV, it was given a TV-Y7-FV rating as it was assumed that it was going to be in the same tone as the kids TV series however since there were more adult themes, and blood and violence, the rating was later changed to TV-PG. In this darker themed movie based on The Batman series, Gotham City is terrorized not only by recent Arkham escapees Joker and Penguin, but by the original creature of the night, Dracula! Can Batman stop the ruthless vampire before he turns everyone in the city, including the aforementioned super villains into his mindless minions?


The movie was released on DVD on October 18, 2005. It has a much darker tone than the series, and features Vicki Vale in her first animated appearance (voiced by Tara Strong, who previously voiced Batgirl in Batman: The Animated Series). 7:00 PM The Batman VS Dracula is a 2005 direct-to-video animated movie based on The Batman television series.
