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British novelist Mary Shelley [1797-1851] created the characters in her Gothic novel Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus (1818), but Young Frankenstein was based on a screenplay written by American director Mel Brooks and principal actor Gene Wilder.

Victor Frankenstein is the name given to the doctor by Mary Shelley, the author of the novel. The names of Victor and his best friend Henry were switched for the stage play that preceded the Whale/Karloff film, and a lot of the play carried over to the movie. In Young Frankenstein, they have returned to the character's name as Shelley originally wrote it.