While even folkloric vampires of the Balkans and Eastern Europe had a wide range of appearance ranging from nearly human to bloated rotting corpses, it was interpretation of the vampire by the Christian Church and the success of vampire literature, namely John Polidori's 1819 novella The Vampyre that established the archetype of charismatic and sophisticated vampire ; it is arguably the most influential vampire work of the early 19th century, inspiring such works as Varney the Vampire and eventually Dracula.

While Dracula takes Joan for a dance, Sandra lures Wilbur to a quiet spot in the woods.

While Dracula is a central figure in the events of the series, he is a minor character in the books themselves, and usually appears in only a few climactic pages of each book.

While many of the characters from Newman's Diogenes Club stories appear in the Anno Dracula novels, they are not the same versions as appear in those stories, nor is the Diogenes Club itself exactly the same.

While performing as Dracula, Juliá also played Petruchio in The Taming of the Shrew.

While teaching a high school Fantasy and Science Fiction course at Hampden Academy, King was inspired by Dracula, one of the books covered in the class.

While working on the project, Cooper also screened various recent films for Wallace to put him in the right mindset, including Tod Browning's Dracula and James Whale's Frankenstein, as well as the fragments of sequences shot by Willis O ' Brien for Creation that were to be reused in the current script.

While films of the previous decade commonly revealed the supernatural threat to be fake — such as The Cat and the Canary or The Gorilla -- the arrival of such films as Dracula and Frankenstein in the thirties saw horror films become more fantastic.

While in development at Konami Computer Entertainment Kobe ( KCEK ), Castlevania was originally known as Dracula 3D early in development.

While many songs remain very similar to their Akumajo Dracula ( X68000 ) counterparts, except with studio recorded live synth and other live instrumentation, a handful of songs are given a techno feel.

While the TV series does not include the same scenes to explicitly state that Alucard is Dracula, the end of the anime series implied that he is Vlad the Impaler, one of the original inspirations for Dracula.

While Lugosi had played a vampire in two other films during the 1930s and 1940s, it was only in this final film that he played Count Dracula on-screen for the second ( and last ) time.

While waiting for Diana to awaken, Sandor tells Charles about Dracula.

While the breakthrough Universal horror films of 1931, Dracula and Frankenstein used little or no music apart from for title sequences, Franz Waxman's score for Bride of Frankenstein is often cited as one of the first modern film scores.

While patrolling, Buffy is confronted by a vampire who condenses from mist: he introduces himself as Count Dracula.

While the film primarily spoofs the Star Wars universe in the format of The Apprentice, there are several other notable targets, including swipes at The Princess Bride, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Dracula, The Lord of the Rings, and in the film's standout sequence, Darth Vader takes to the stage, dancing Riverdance-style with a squad of stormtroopers.

While in the university library he meets a young, dark-haired woman reading a copy of Bram Stoker's Dracula.

While on their travels, Helen and Paul conclude that Rossi might have been taken by Dracula to his tomb.

While Lugosi had played a vampire in two other movies during the 1930s and 1940s, it was only in this final film that he played Count Dracula onscreen for the second ( and last ) time.

While sending a distress signal, Duke learns that aliens are attacking Los Angeles and have mutated the LAPD.

While reading newspapers to catch up on what happened during his imprisonment, Luthor learns of the resurrection of Superboy.

While in winter quarters in Bibracte, Caesar learns that several tribes are planning a revolt.

While he is gone, Cathy meets Hareton on the moors and learns of her cousin's and Wuthering Heights ' existence.

While Kip recuperates, " Prof Joe ", a " professor thing ", learns about Earth from Peewee and Kip.

While there he learns that Antonia had already written to Alexander about the divorce-leaving Alexander quite shaken.

While Justice takes the diamonds and goes to Hollywood to set things right, Marshal Willenholly learns of their mission to reach Hollywood and leaves to find them.

While herding buffalo for the village Mowgli learns that the tiger is still planning to kill him, so with the aid of two wolves, he traps Shere Khan in a ravine, where the buffalo trample him.

While on this journey, Kyle learns that seven Dark Jedi are intent on finding the " Valley of the Jedi ", a focal point for Jedi power and a Jedi burial ground.

While waiting for the timer countdown, the group learns about the differences in the alternate Earth from their own, and often become unwillingly involved in events that they must resolve before they can safely leave via the vortex.

While in the hospital after being hit by a car, Earl learns about karma from watching an episode of Last Call with Carson Daly where Daly claims that his success is a direct result of doing good things for other people.

While a veterinarian can clean a sheath, it is not a medical procedure and can be done by any person who learns the proper method.

While searching for his commander, the Master Chief learns that the Covenant have accidentally released the Flood, a parasitic alien race capable of spreading itself by overwhelming and infesting other sentient life-forms.

While struggling with his incestuous feelings for his sister, he learns that he is the reincarnation of Organic Angel Alexiel, who led a rebellion against her fellow angels after witnessing their slaughter of the Evils, a group of demons, after God's disappearance.

While trying to calm him down, Charity learns that he is not married.

While trying to find how Podacter's death is connected to Snowflake's disappearance, Ace learns of a former Dolphins kicker named Ray Finkle, whom he missed during his earlier investigation.

While touring a British-themed section of the cemetery, he meets Thanatogenos and begins his courtship of her when she learns he is a poet.

While staying in Willstown, awaiting Joe's return, Jean learns that most young girls have to leave the town to find work in the bigger cities.

While there, she learns that the space station is swarming with organisms that are infected with X Parasites.

While in Japan, he learns the art of the ninjas ( or " silent ones ", as they are referred to in the novels ).

While Michael is being held captive, he learns that Viktor's daughter, Sonja, and Lucian became lovers.

While they are unaware of his existence, he learns every part of their lives by eavesdropping on their conversations and comes to think of them as his own family, calling them his ' protectors '.

While away on a vision quest with Highwater, in which he learns the true nature of his powers and briefly sees the comic's reader, Baker's family is brutally murdered by an assassin sent by the corporate heads seeking to stop his environmental work.

While Upaya or the Noble Lie can be ( as in Wittgenstein ) teaching devices or stratagems to be superseded at a later stage, in many cases the laity only ever learns the exoteric doctrine, with only the elite ever learning the true esoteric version.

While apologizing to Rose after the party, Sue Ellen learns that her unique designs had saved GAW.