The Little Vampire (German-language version title: Der kleine Vampir) is a children's television series created in 1985 (first aired in 1986) by the German Polyphon Film- und Fernsehgesellschaft, TVS (United Kingdom) and Canadian Norflicks Productions Ltd.
[citation needed] Anton and Rüdiger become friends but can only meet after sunset and before sunrise.
Anton is just picked up by his mother whom he tells he is bored since his friend Teddy moved out of town.
Anton, first afraid, disarrays his room which is heard by Mrs. Perkins, the babysitter (as his parents Helga and Robert had to go to a party).
Vampire hunter Johann Geiermeier moves into his new house (Helga being the real estate agent).
As his usual sitter is ill, she sends over her daughter Effie Perkins.
Helga finds the smelly vampire cloak in Anton's room and takes it.
She asks Anton to take the cloak to Rüdiger and to invite him and his sister for dinner.
Rüdiger visits a punk party where his cousin Lumpi, also a vampire, sings as lead of the staging group.
When Anton enters his own bedroom, Anna is already there, having sprinkled flying powder over the cloak.
When Helga is about to enter the bedroom, Anna hides and Anton puts the cloak under the bed.
One major problem: Rüdiger and Anna can't go in their vampire clothes.
The solution for Rüdiger is easy: Anton lends him some of his old clothes: a jeans and a shirt.
While it is no surprise that Anna drinks milk, they believe both ate bread due to mimed chewing (although Anton quickly wolfed most of each sandwich), and Rudiger is seen apparently drinking tea (it is consommé soup).
Even Lumpi is shocked when he discovers Rüdiger consumes the regular human food.
He gets a fly prohibition, must turn in his cloak and must find another place to stay.
Rüdiger is still hiding in Anton's cellar and is frequently visited by his sister Anna.
Anna invites Anton to the "Big Vampire Party" which will take place in a few days.
Anton heard on the news bulletin Geiermeier got approval to destroy the old graveyard.
He wants to inform Rüdiger that action needs to be taken to rescue the vampires or to halt the works.
Rüdiger refuses at this time to even hear such news, as the Big Vampire Party will take place next night.
Anton dresses up as a vampire, while Rüdiger arrives by walking up the stairs to the door.
Anton informs him the demolition works started and the vampire family is in great danger.
As it is day, Rüdiger can't help his family so Anton is forced to enter the crypt to tell the news.
Once in the crypt he confesses not to be "Thor the Awful", but a regular human child.
Lumpi calls his human punk friends, and together, they proceed calmly through the streets toting seven coffins (the family's plus two others), but they are halted by police at Geiermeier's urging.
A policeman points to Theodor/Ludwig to step forward, but Anton steps forward instead to be discovered to be human, at which point the attentive police officer recognizes Geiermeier as the escaped lunatic, so Geiermeier runs away.
Dorothee/Hildegard reveals Anton might create his own powder if he takes a good smell, and tries to indicate the ingredients.
Geiermeier admits he is jealous about the vampires: they live forever whilst he is going to die sooner or later.
To prove Anton's stories are real, he sprinkles flying powder on the bed sheets.