8 Things We're Sure We've Seen In Films (But Actually Haven't)

We all know by now that Frankenstein is not the name of the lumbering, lumpy-faced monster but his creator, Victor Frankenstein. The promotional materials for the defining 1931 Universal Pictures adaptation may have perpetuated this myth, with horrifying images of Boris Karloff in his iconic prosthetics beneath the title "FRANKENSTEIN!" leading many to believe this was the monster and not his creator.

However, there is another interesting piece of name-related trivia to take from the masterful 1931 work - and that pertains to Victor Frankenstein's hunchbacked laboratory assistant. Completely absent from Mary Shelley's source novel, the character was introduced in the 1823 stage adaptation Presumption; Or, The Fate Of Frankenstein.

His character was then carried over to Universal's film, and we all know this guy's name, right? You're all mouthing it along with me. It's... Fritz. That's right, he was never called Igor. A character by that name shows up in sequels such as Son Of Frankenstein and Ghost Of Frankenstein, but he is neither a hunchback nor a lab assistant.

Igor has since become a stock character across many horror films and parodies, portraying the hunchbacked lab assistant we all remember, but it should be noted that his origin was never quite as straightforward as we all think. Even Marty Feldman's iconic Igor in 1974's Young Frankenstein was adamant that his name be pronounced Eye-gor.