The Count's main purpose is educating children on simple mathematics concepts, most notably counting. The Count has an obsessive love of counting (arithomania), and will count anything and everything, regardless of size, amount, or how much annoyance he is causing the other muppets. Following a count, the Count always laughs manically and thunder roars overhead.

The Count lives in a bat-infested castle, and bears a noticeable resemblance to Bela Lugosi as Count Dracula, complete with pointed eye-teeth; but it would appear that he is not actually a vampire.