Vlad Dracula Tepes is the main antagonist of Konami's Castlevania games, first released in 1986, drawing on Bram Stoker's Dracula and the historical Vlad the Impaler. The Tepes name became central again in Netflix's Castlevania animated series from 2017, where Dracula's grief over his wife Lisa drives the story and his son Adrian, known as Alucard, opposes him. Clips of his voice circulate on soundboards for reaction edits, where the character's reputation alone makes a short line feel like a major threat.