The Vampire Strikes Back (Happy Days Gang)


 * This article is about The Fonz and the Happy Days Gang episode. For the What's New, Scooby-Doo? episode with the same name, see The Vampire Strikes Back (What's New).

"The Vampire Strikes Back" is the seventh episode of The Fonz and the Happy Days Gang season one. It aired on December 20, 1980 on ABC. It was directed by George Gordon, Carl Urbano, and Rudy Zamora.

The vampire Count Von Wolfenstein sabotages the time machine, so it will arrive in Transylvania, instead of Milwaukee, so that he can take Cupcake for his bride.

Characters

 * style="background-color:#clear"| Cupcake
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Didi Conn
 * style="background-color:#clear"| The Fonz
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Henry Winkler
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Richie Cunningham
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Ron Howard
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Ralph Malph
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Donny Most
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Mr. Cool
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Frank Welker
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Count Wolfgang Von Wolfenstein
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Innkeeper
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Igor
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Janet Blanchard
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Innkeeper
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Igor
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Janet Blanchard
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Janet Blanchard
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Janet Blanchard

Locations

 * Earth
 * United States (mentioned)
 * Wisconsin (mentioned)
 * Milwaukee (mentioned)
 * Arnold's (mentioned)
 * Transylvania
 * Castle Von Wolfenstein
 * Igor's laboratory
 * Village
 * The Moon

Objects

 * Timeband
 * Igor's machine

Vehicles

 * Cupcake's time machine ship]]

Music
The music was composed by Hoyt Curtin.

Release
Dates are in order of release:


 * United States: December 20, 1980

Behind the scenes

 * Wolfenstein is based on Count Dracula.
 * This is the first time Fonzie's full name, Arthur Fonzarelli, has been used in the cartoon, although his surname had been used separately before.
 * The episode title may have been a play on the film Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back, which premiered six months prior to this episode's airing.

Home availability

 * In the United States:
 * November 5, 2019: CBS Video releases The Fonz and the Happy Days Gang: The Complete Animated Series on DVD.