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You Are Worth Hell: Vows to allow himself to become a vampire if Mina can't be saved, knowing full well he'll become an evil undead creature of the night, just to be with her. Thankfully it doesn't come to that.
Aw, Look — They Really Do Love Each Other: Sort of a twisted version with the brides. The dialogue implies they were women he courted before turning them into vampires. After which the love was lost and he keeps them simply out of company. They disobey him when it came to Johnathan but otherwise theres a reason the vampire women stay in castle and serve Dracula (either from fear, respect for their "love", or just total control over them). Dracula bringing them a baby to eat shows he does somewhat still care for them.
Eats Babies: Implied though he mostly goes after women.
Evil Old Folks: Resembles an old man when first introduced.
Evil Virtues: In the text, Van Helsing recognizes the living Dracula as "no common man; for in that time, and for centuries after, he was spoken of as the cleverest and the most cunning, as well as the bravest of the sons of the ‘land beyond the forest.’ That mighty brain and that iron resolution went with him to his grave."
Hoist by His Own Petard: Inflicting Mina with vampirism as a way to see what the heroes are doing while slowly turning her into a vampire. However he didn't think Helsing would use it to track him.
Our Vampires Are Different: Mostly because he predates a lot of other vampire fiction. Later stories Flanderized some of the details in this book, and blended them with the traditional folklore. For instance, Dracula sleeps during the day... but he can stay up all day if he wants, like a human staying up all night, and he doesn't burst into flames in direct sunlight.
Red Right Hand: Described as having a large nose, a unibrow, a 'cruel-looking' mouth, and hairy palms. Hot!
To elaborate the mouth-bit, he is described having unusually red lips and a mild overbite, emphasizing his ever so slightly sharp teeth. And giving Jonathan his first clue there something inhuman about him.
Badass Damsel: She is actually pretty smart and organized, not to mention she holds it together MUCH better than her husband and is determined to help.
Chickification: Arguably happens in many movie adaptations of the original source material. In the novel, she was a well-educated assistant schoolmistress who took care of Lucy early on and kept her from sleepwalking, nursed Johnathon back to health when he was sick and functioned as the secretary of the group, organizing the notes on Dracula. After being attacked, she uses her new-found physic link to help the males keep track of what the Big Bad was doing. All this changed in the 1931 movie adaptation and many later versions in which she was turned into a weeping, hysterical Distressed Damsel who is often in love with Dracula.
Evil Scar: The wafe imprint on her forehead that Helsing blesses her with after Dracula's attack. An indication that half of her has become a vampire and she's still in danger of joining the undead (it could be argued she practically is undead at that point, it just her mindset that hasn't converted to bloodlust yet). It goes away once Dracula is killed.
Happily Married: Is in a loving relationship with her husband Jonathan, and is not even remotely interested in Dracula though the two don't really meet in the book beyond Dracula's attack on her in retaliation for killing Lucy. But if you look at any other adaptation then it becomes...
Your Cheating Heart: Since writers do have the two meet, with Dracula charming her and the eventual discovery that he's not human. Its through this and being bitten that she's willing to risk her marriage and leave Johnathan to be with Dracula. See also Transhuman Treachery below.
Hypocritical Humor: Mina mocks the "New Woman" a few times in her journal.
I Made Copies: After Dracula attacks Mina, he trashes Seward's study and burns the Scrapbook Story the heroes are keeping. Unfortunately for him, they had another copy locked up in a safe.
Transhuman Treachery: A few adaptation due to the growing vampirism in her, especially if she's been seduced or charmed by Dracula. So much so that she'll completely forget about Johnathan and willingly allow herself to become a vampire, thus needing to be look after to keep her in check. However considering that, in the book, she is sympathetic to Dracula even after being bitten by him. It does sorta fit her character, albeit in a Character Exaggeration way
Vampire Refugee: Unlike Lucy, she wasn't fully drained but is still in danger of turning as she was forced to drink Dracula's blood, inflicting her with vampirism. Depending on the adaptation, either its just a psychic link between her and Dracula with the turning never getting further then that. Or her gaining fangs and becoming more like Dracula's brides as they get closer to the castle. Either way, she's nearly on the edge of joining the undead at that point.
Sacrificial Lion: Killed to show the effects of vampirism on a fully drained victim.
Sleepwalking: Though implied to be a Dracula mind controlling her.
Transhuman Treachery: Depends on the adaptation. In many she mostly just animal-like due to the vampirism (usually implied she still a newborn and hasn't got control of her powers yet). But in a few others, she seems fully aware what she's doing once turned and goes along with it willingly.
The Vamp: The only time she speaks as a vampire she tries to seduce Arthur before trying to go for his neck. Helsing stops her just as she about to reach him.
Genre Savvy: Late in, just to be good and safe, upon entering Dracula's abode, even during the day, he takes a blacksmith's hammer and "though the doors were all open I broke them off the rusty hinges, lest some ill-intent or ill-chance should close them, so that being entered I might not get out".
Omnidisciplinary Scientist: We're first introduced to Van Helsing in a letter from John Seward to Arthur Holmwood. Seward mentions his mentor's many talents. The very next letter is from Van Helsing to Seward, and is titled 'Letter, Abraham Van Helsing, MD, D Ph, D. Lit, Etc, Etc, to Dr. Seward'.
Everything Is Big in Texas: Lucy likes his funny turns of phrase, so when he proposes to her, he hams up the quaint cowboy-themed metaphors to an almost sickening degree.
Adaptation Dye Job: In various film and television depictions, the brides are depicted with varying hair colors or shades. Usually depicted as a trio consisting of one blonde, one brunette, and one redhead, one adaptation depicts them as two blondes and a redhead!
Amazon Brigade: As short a role they had in the book, they certainly show they're fearsome creatures. Its only because of Dracula they're prevent from feeding on Harker when its clear if they had the chance, Harker would've been drained instantly and most likely turned into a vampire. And it's only due to Helsing's wafers they were kept at bay from taking Mina. And even then they don't give up on trying to get her till the sun rises, even killing the pair's horses. If it was anyone else looking after Mina, the Brides would've most likely overpowered her protectors and claimed Mina easily.
Eats Babies: In many adaptations, after stopping them from feeding on Johnathan Dracula appeases them with a sack that wriggling. Its never really stated what was in it but many versions assume its a baby. Johnathan blacks out just as the brides crowd around the sack to spare us the details (though depending on what your reading/watching you'll proabaly see a Gory Discretion Shot or a short aftermath of the feeding with the brides smiling contently as blood dribbles from their lips.)
Nice Job Fixing It, Villain: While Johnathan saw Dracula scaling the walls of the castle, he chalked it up to fatigue from his trip and his eyes playing tricks on him. Then they had to try and prematurely feed on him before his paperwork with Dracula is done. Needless to say its all the proof Johnathan needed to realize the count wasn't human and make to escape. The stupid thing too is that Drac was gonna give Johnathan to them once the business was conducted and if they had waited, he wouldn't have been none the wiser.
We Can Be With Dracula Together: Once Mina and Helsing are near the castle, they sense how near vampiric Mina's become and go to collect her. Beckoning her to join their fold since she Dracula's latest bride, even calling her their "sister". A good thing Helsing decided to look after her or the brides would've become a foursome as Mina's clearly feeling the urge to join them.
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