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Hotel Transylvania is an American animated media franchise created by comedy writer Todd Durham. It consists of four theatrical CGI animated films, three graphic novels and three short films produced by Sony Pictures Animation, as well as a flash-animated TV series and several video games. The series consists of an ensemble cast, usually led by the voices of Adam Sandler, Andy Samberg, and Selena Gomez. The first three films were directed by Genndy Tartakovsky, and he was the main writer and producer of the fourth one.

The series focuses on the adventures surrounding monsters who reside in the titular Hotel Transylvania, a plaza hotel where monsters can relax and get away from humans due to fear of persecution. Many of the primary characters are loosely based on or are parodies of the Universal Movie Monsters.

The films are

• Hotel Transylvania (2012)
• Hotel Transylvania 2 (2015)
• Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation (2018)
• Hotel Transylvania: Transformania (2021)

The flash animated series Hotel Transylvania: The Series lasted two seasons aired between 2017 and 2020, and it was a prequel of the first film, focusing on Mavis and her friends having adventures in the hotel. It was co-produced between Sony Pictures Animation, Corus Entertainment and Nelvana; outside of America, it was broadcast on Disney Channel.

The following tropes are common to many or all entries in the Hotel Transylvania franchise.
For tropes specific to individual installments, visit their respective work pages.

• Cash Cow Franchise: For Sony Pictures Animation.
• Game Face: The vampires do this.
• Monster Mash: Has the traditional monsters such as Dracula, Frankenstein and the Wolf Man.