blackula

Blend of black +‎ Dracula.

blackula (plural blackulas)

1. A vampire belonging to or descended from any of various (African, Aboriginal, etc.) ethnic groups which typically have dark pigmentation of the skin.
   • 2006 September 3, Doc Hammer, “Fallen Arches” (14:05 from the start), in The Venture Bros.‎^[1], season 2, episode 8, spoken by Jefferson Twilight (Charles Parnell):

     “Yes. I only hunt blackulas.” “Oh, so you only hunt African-American vampires.” “No. Sometimes I hunt British vampires. They don't have African-Americans in England...” “Oh, Yeah. Yeah. Good point.” “So I hunt blackulas.” “I was just trying to be--” “Man, I specialize in hunting black vampires. I don't know what the PC name for that is.”

   • 2011 July 22, Justine M. Cordwell, Ronald Schwarz, “The Very Human Arts of Transformation”, in The fabrics of culture: the anthropology of clothing and adornment‎^[2], reprint edition, Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 61:

     We extol as artists of transformation those makeup specialists of Hollywood who create Draculas and Blackulas, the Phantom of the Opera, Boris Karloff's monsters, and even Fred Gwynne's amiable Herman Munster.

   • 2017 January 4, Charlie Day & Glenn Howerton & Rob McElhenney, “The Gang Turns Black” (13:03 from the start), in It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia‎^[3], season 12, episode 1, spoken by Frank Reynolds (Danny DeVito):

     “Hey. What's all the hubbub about over there?” “[gasping] Oh, shit. Oh, what? That's Scott Bakula from Quantum Leap.” “I thought you said Blacula, like a black vampire.” “Hey. So we were right? Wait a minute, are you here helping somebody? Are you leaping?” “Oh, my God. The show-- I can't get away from it. Look, that was just a TV character. I'm an actor.” “Why do you got a mop?” “Researching a role.”

   • 2018 July 31, Cartoon Network, Jackson Publick, Doc Hammer, Ken Plume, “SEASON FOUR”, in Patton Oswalt, editor, Go Team Venture!: The Art and Making of the Venture Bros‎^[4], reprint edition, Dark Horse Comics, →ISBN, page 199:

     DH: Jefferson Twilight gets an actual power that isn't just killing Blackulas. He has a magical power, which is to reach into the Netherworld while still being in this world—a limited power, but a power. It's nice to know that he has something.

   • 2019 August 23, D. White, The Unknown Room‎^[5], Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN:

     "I'm dying... from a snake of cancer, Bulimia and Shell Beach striated colors, colon- Blackula gonorrhea... Can I die in your back room or garage... a dying snake on your concrete garage floor?"

   • 2021 February 23, Joe Ide, “Chapter Twenty-Two”, in Smoke‎^[6], Little, Brown, →ISBN:

     The Blackula of East Long Beach

   • 2023, E. Chris Ambrose, C. Dan Castro, Kelly Washington, Dixon Hill, Shells Legoullon, Kim May, B. A. Paul, David H. Hendrickson, Blaze Ward, Brendan DuBois, edited by M. L. Buchman, Best of Thrill Ride the Magazine: 2023‎^[7], Kydala Publishing, Inc.:

     "Nieve," Víctor whispers, unable to break eye contact with Titus, like he's a vampire who's seized his mind. Goddamn Blackula.

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:blackula.