| “ | Now husband and wife, feel the strain and the strife! | ” |
— Erik commenting on Mavis and Johnny's argument
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The Phantom of the Opera or Erik is a minor character in Hotel Transylvania 2. He is the hotel's musician. He is voiced by Jon Lovitz, whom by coincidence voiced Quasimodo Wilson in the first film.
Role in Hotel Transylvania 2
He plays his melancholy music at Mavis and Johnny's wedding.
He also plays his music during the dinner with Mavis and Johnny's family. Listening in on their conversation and making comments as he continues to play his music.
He finally appears playing his music at Dennis' fifth birthday during Kakie's performance much to the dismay of Mavis, Dracula, and Jonathan. Still playing his music during the heated fight between Dracula, Mavis and Johnny they all become fed up and shout "Shut up!"
The keystone in Hotel Transylvania is shaped like the Phantom's mask.
Memorable Quotes
- "The night brings Johnny's family here, to take away all that Drac holds dear. Hide your feelings, keep them all inside."
- (After Mavis tells Linda that her mother was killed by humans) "AWKWARD!"
- "Now Husband and Wife, feel the strain and the strife!"
Videos
Hotel Transylvania 2 - Family Dinner
Trivia
- Some fans thought he would be the villain. However, that was not true.
- Owing to the rights of the character from Universal, he was thought to "literally" be a disfigured phantom (or ghost) instead of a disfigured human as he was in the original novel, play, and films. However, this isn't the case.
- The music he plays is actually to some tocatta and fugge in d-minor which would make sense because it has a chilling tone.
- He is the only Universal Monster that did not appear in the first movie , but appears in the sequel if he was in the first film it was probably off-screen.
- In the credits, he is referred to as simply "Phantom of the Opera" and he is never addressed with a name in the film.
- His appearance is more like the handsomer portrayals of the character (such as on Broadway) as opposed to the more horror oriented versions (such as Lon Chaney's).
- Some of his deformity isn't covered by his mask as seen on the right side of his face.
- Jon Lovitz voicing both Erik and Quasimodo is a reference to Lon Chaney, The Man of a 1,000 Faces, who also potrayed both Quasimodo and Erik in the silent film era.