As the descendents of some of the world’s most notorious monsters, The Drak Pack had a lot to live up to.   Drak Jr. (the grand-nephew of Count Dracula), Frankie (a Frankenstein’s monster) and Howler (a wolf-man), banded together as a crime fighting team in order to balance out the bad karma their forefathers had accrued throughout the generations.  And guess what, they did it with their family’s blessing, most notably by taking their orders from Big D, Count Dracula, himself. 

Each episode featured the monster progenies going against their arch-nemesis, Dr. Dred, and his crime syndicate O.G.R.E. (Organization of Generally Rotten Enterprises).  Dred and his henchmen, and woman, were Vampira, Mummy Man, Toad, and Fly, were based out of the Dredquarters and flew around in their ‘Dredgible.’  The Drak Pack had a pretty cool vehicle as well, the ‘Drakster’ which could both fly and go into the water.

On a day-to-day basis, the Drak Pack would look like ordinary humans.  When it came time to go up against O.G.R.E., they’d clasp their hands together and should “Wack-O!!” (yeah, kinda strange, isn’t it?), which was the secret word they used to give them their necessary super powers and transform them into the monsters they were.  Though Drak Jr. would often turn into a bat, unlike other animated vampires, he also had an assortment of forms to choose from.

Though The Drak Pack was clearly the product of shows like The Munsters and The Monster Squad, it was far more hip and unique than most people ever gave it credit for.  Light-hearted and often satirical, the show’s writers often brought in pop culture references, use of alliteration, rhymes and slight turns-of-phrases that just wasn’t available with the average Saturday morning fare.  Unfortunately, it seemed as though not everyone got on board with the show.  Facing stiff competition from rival networks The Drak Pack was cancelled after only 16 episodes, and has rarely been seen since.