Drak Pack


Drak Pack is a 1980 animated television series about the classic Universal Monsters villains fighting for good. It aired in the United States on CBS Saturday Morning from September 6 to December 20, 1980. It was produced by the Australian division of Hanna-Barbera.

Premise

The series centers on three young men: Drak Jr., Frankie and Howler, descendants of Count Dracula, the Frankenstein monster, and the Wolf Man. To atone for their ancestors' wrongdoings, the three, united as the Drak Pack, became superheroes.
They appear initially as normal humans, but whenever trouble arises, they strike their right hands together and shout "Wacko!" This is called the Drak Whack. They then transform into a vampire, a Frankenstein monster, and a werewolf, respectively.
Their principal mode of transport is an amphibious flying car which they called "the Drakster".
The Drak Pack's principal opponent is Dr. Dred, a blue-skinned evil genius. His evil organization O.G.R.E. includes Toad, Fly, Mummyman, and Vampira.
When the Drak Pack needs counsel, they go to Drak's great-great-uncle Count Dracula himself, known to the team as "Big D".

Characters

  • Drak Jr. is the great-great-grandnephew of Count Dracula and leader of the Drak Pack. Drak's powers include flight, telekinesis, changing shape, and walking on walls. Unlike most cartoon vampires, Drak may assume a variety of forms, although he favors a bat.
  • Frankie is the descendant of the Frankenstein Monster. Frankie has superhuman strength and can emit electrical charges from the bolts in his neck whenever he gets angry.
  • Howler is the descendant of the Wolf Man, and has an ultrasonic howl and super-breath.
  • Count Dracula is Drak's great-great-granduncle, who the Drak Pack turn to when they need his counsel. The Drak Pack refers to him as "Big D". Count Dracula is the president of the Transylvania Retired Spooks, Spectres, and Spirits Society. He also has a pet spider in the series that often gets injured when Count Dracula is giving the Drak Pack orders.
  • OGRE, short for "The Organization of Generally Rotten Enterprises" or "Endeavours", is the principal antagonist of the series. OGRE's headquarters is an artificial island called "the Dredquarters", but occasionally called "the Drednought" and "OGRE Island". They travel in an airship that Dr. Dred calls the "Dredgible".
  • * Dr. Dred is a blue-skinned evil genius and the leader of OGRE.
  • * Toad is Dr. Dred's toad-like right-hand minion and a member of OGRE. Very often, he unwittingly assists the Drak Pack.
  • * Fly is a humanoid fly and a member of OGRE who buzzes, flies, and walks on ceilings.
  • * Mummyman is a large mumbling mummy and a member of OGRE. He has super-strength and can stretch his wrappings indefinitely, often using them to tie up the Drak Pack.
  • * Vampira is a female vampire with shapeshifting powers similar to Drak's and a member of OGRE. She has something of an unrequited crush on Drak.

    Episodes

Home media

released Drak Pack: The Complete Series on DVD in Region 1 on February 5, 2008. VEI released the complete series on DVD in the U.S. on September 6, 2011.
DVD nameEp #Region 1 Region 1
Drak Pack: The Complete Series16