When fictional vampires duke it out

"Down for the Count," a painting by Deviant Art's Poopbear, shows the Count from Sesame Street laying into the fangy-come-lately prettyboy from Twilight. It cheered me.

Down for the Count (Thanks, Fipi Lele!)

Previously:

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Anonymous

The Count is not a vampire.
ill lich

Since when is “The Count” fictional???? He has been on TV alongside live actors every day for years, sure as hell LOOKS like he exists.
Antinous / Moderator

I’ll smack you so hard they’ll be sweeping up your sparkles in Port Angeles.
cameronh1403

‘One one drop of blood..two two drops of blood….three three drops of blood!! HAHAHAHAHA’

couldn’t resist…
Crashproof

This is genius.
stygyan

Vampires exist. I know it. I met one, six years ago. But the damned git couldn’t win the case in court, nope…

P.S.: I mean lawyers.
Anonymous

T-Shirt! This has to be a T-Shirt! NOW! I will buy three!
nanuq

For an encore, the Count should take on that dorky werewolf too.
Anonymous

Really, do we need to say “Fictional Vampire”?
JoshP

Now we need some quality slash fiction about James Marster’s Spike and Anne Rice’s Louis
Daemon

I hear Chocula’s also gunning for Cullen.
- Felton
  
  Chocula’s coming out of retirement? Chocky! Chocky!
Dewi Morgan

This is my desktop background now :D
Day Vexx

This picture was brought to you by the letters K and O.
railroad9

Anybody else notice the redundancy in the article title?

But seriously, I’d love to see Severen take on little Miss Edward. Hell, Caleb or Mae could probably take him.
GoDownMoses

fictional fiction? (vamp-bait)
debacle

As opposed to all of those non-fictional vampires out there?
Anonymous

As an anonymous non-fictional vampire, I find the above commnent (@debacle #11) offensive.
Agies

No better time to bring up one of the best tables on Wikipedia.
- TooGoodToCheck
  
  wow, that wiki link is awesome. I love that they’ve got Count Chocula in there.
demidan

“Kick his ass Count!!!!”
Tdawwg

Go, Epic Fang Man, go! (And are those the Amber Lamps glowing behind faux-Pattinson?)
StRevAlex

“One…crack to the jaw! Ah! Ah! Ah!”
Tdawwg

“You ain’t afraid of no one-, one-thousand-year-old, ah, ah, ah, guy! You ain’t afraid of no one-, one-thousand-year-old, ah, ah, ah, guy!”
Anonymous

Love the artist’s comment on the page:

A note to anyone who is offended by this:

Develop better taste in books and movies.
Anonymous

HHAHAAH!! finally a real vampire handling business.
Gilbert Wham

Yes.
Jon Hoffman

To say that I was suprised that my picture was posted here is an understatement. I made this mostly to entertain myself and some friends of mine who have a less than stellar opinion about Twilight. I thought it was funny and kind of weird but I had no idea that so many people would like this too.

I had thought about using Count Chocula but I thought Count Von Count was funnier. Anyway, thanks for all the comments, they are appreciated.
am

cool painting. the left fist is twisted awkwardly, though, isn’t it? good thing he’s a puppet!
- Anonymous
  
  No, it’s not twisted at all, assuming a haymaker and a whole lot of shoulder.
- Anonymous
  
  A physically correct punch will rotate 90 degrees by the end of the punch, so his fist is actually correctly portrayed.
Axx

You reckon that’s sweat, or his vampire sparkles being strewn from his face?
- Dewi Morgan
  
  According to the artist in the comments at his site: they’re sparkles!
  - Axx
    
    That is truly great, Dewi. Truly great.
- Anonymous
  
  I assumed they were fragments of his teeth.
Vanwall

TWO! TWO LEFT HOOKS! AH AH AH!
Anonymous

Oh so win.
Trent Hawkins

Wait a minute, “Fictional Vampires”? As oppose to…
Felton

Looks like the new kid didn’t cooperate.
Garrett Fitzgerald

Sorry, but I can’t resist passing on this link in response. Sometimes, it’s what you _don’t_ hear that counts. :-)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-Wd-Q3F8KM
GrymRpr

Thanks Cory & those who’ve left a comment in the “Voice of The Count” So’s to speak… That brought a smile to my face ( Needed one today )