Mina and the Count

Mina and the Count is an American animated series created by Rob Renzetti. The series premiered April 11, 2001 on Nickelodeon. The series ended on May 1, 2005 and continued to air reruns until April 26, 2009 (the same day My Life as a Teenage Robot, another popular show created by Renzetti left the network). The series follows the misadventures of Mina Harper (a naive little girl) and her best friend Vlad the Count (a vampire).

Plot
Mina Harper, a sweet and naive 7-year-old girl, and her best friend Vlad the Count, a 700-year-old vampire are best friends and always get into trouble. Their friendship is a secret that only Vlad's servant, Igor and Mina's older sister, Lucy knows. But when the sun comes up, Vlad has to go back into hiding.

Characters

 * Wilhelmina "Mina" Harper (voiced by Tara Strong)- A 7-year-old girl with thick long red hair in a ponytail and red clothes. She likes to go to school and to play with her toys, and she doesn't get along with her sister Lucy. She meets Vlad one night and they become best friends. At school, Nick the school bully picks on her. The squeamish Martha is probably her only human friend. Mina knows how to cook, but unfortunately for Vlad, doesn't know that vampires find garlic hazardous.
 * Vlad the Count (voiced by Mark Hamill) - A 700-year-old immortal vampire with light blue skin and a blue cape and a black suit. In his past, he made a living drinking young women's blood. Thanks to Mina, he represses his evil tendencies. Vlad has many powers, including the abilities to transform into a bat or mist, use telekinesis, and to hypnotize people and animals to do his bidding. He finds comics and toys amusing and is very intelligent. Vlad believes that human food is disgusting.
 * Igor (voiced by Jeff Bennett) - Vlad's Quasimodo-like servant who wears sandals and green clothes and always has a maniacal laugh. He despise Mina because she turned Vlad into a loving man, though he still tries to do what is best for his master. He hates kisses, hugs, love and everything near to it. In his free time, he likes to watch television.
 * Mr. Harper (voiced by Michael Bell) - Lucy and Mina's strict yet loving father with black hair. He is unaware that Vlad is a vampire. He initially believes he is a life-size doll with odd body odor. Later, he believes the Count is Mina's violin teacher and has him over for dinner. He is polite, but bemused by the Count's behavior and dismisses him as a "crazy European."
 * Lucille "Lucy" Harper (voiced by Candi Milo) - Mina's older sister with long blonde hair. She has a boyfriend named Bobby, who doesn't appear much. She also has a crush on Vlad, and Lucy doesn't know that he's a vampire. Lucy doesn't get along with Mina, but deep down she cares about her little sister.