History Literature / TheVampireDiaries

* TeensAreShort: Bonnie. She is the shortest one of the core group.

* TheChick: Elena. She not only the heroine and protagonist but is also the person who brings everyone together.

* TheHeart: Elena.

*** Elena: Balanced, stable, neutral, TheChick / TheHeart (''TheKirk, Ego'')

*** Elena: Balanced, stable, neutral, TheChick (''TheKirk, Ego'')

The series has been adapted for the screen in the form of a television show on the CW, albeit with some significant changes. See ''Series/TheVampireDiaries'' for the show version of the series. The books has a [[Characters/TheVampireDiariesBookCharacters Character Sheet]] featuring the main characters, vampire characters, werewolf characters, and supporting characters.

%%zce* AsianFoxSpirit: Shinichi and Misao.

* FantasticFoxes: Shinichi and Misao. Both are kitsune, which are fox spirits.

* AsianFoxSpirit: Shinichi and Misao.
* AttendingYourOwnFuneral: [[spoiler: Elena]]

* BastardBoyfriend: Tyler. He is egotistical and chauvinistic. Not to mention that he almost raped Elena in the first book.

* AngelicBeauty: Elena. She is described to have the appearance of an angel. [[spoiler: This is because Elena is actually an angel.]]

* KissOfTheVampire: Stefan and Elena share blood during times of intimacy.

* {{Kitsune}}: Shinichi and Misao.

* BigBrotherInstinct / BigSisterInstinct: Five words: ''"Get away from my brother."'' Even though Stefan and Damon don't see eye to eye, Damon sometimes shows a rather protective streak towards his younger brother.

* [[CelibateHero Celibate Heroine]]: Bonnie. She is still a virgin in the books and on the show.

* [[EveryoneLooksSexierIfFrench Everyone Looks Sexier If Italian]]: Stefan and Damon Salvatore, of course. In the books, they hail from Italy. On the show, they are American-born but are of Italian descent on their paternal side.

* TheHero: Stefan. He is the protectorate of everyone within the story, including Elena, who's the heroine. Also, he is the main male character of the series.
* [[TheHero The Heroine]]: Elena. She is the protectorate of everyone within the story, opposite Stefan, the hero. She is the main female character of the series.
* [[HeroProtagonist Heroine Protagonist]]: Elena. She is both the heroine, the person who saves and protects everyone, and the protagonist, the person whom the story centres or focuses on.

* LoveMakesYouCrazy / LoveMakesYouEvil: Katherine, in regards to the Salvatore brothers. Because of the Salvatore brothers intense rivalry over her, Katherine turned to Klaus after the tragedy that happened with the Salvatore brothers and herself. She became corrupted by Klaus and became a selfish, sociopathic and evil person.

* ReincarnationRomance / RedStringOfFate: Stefan and Elena's relationship. They are soul mates whose [[RedStringOfFate destinies are intertwined for eternity]].

* [[ActionHero Action Heroine]]: Elena.

* [[EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette Eerie Pale Skinned Brunette]]: Both Stefan and Damon. Both are very pale with very dark hair.

* TheHero: Stefan. He is the main male character of the books. Also the romantic lead for the heroine (''Elena''') and the protectorate of everyone within the story, including Elena.
* [[TheHero The Heroine]]: Elena. She is the main female character and protagonist of the books. She is the love interest for the hero (''Stefan'') and the protectorate of everyone within the story, alongside Stefan.

* [[IceQueen Ice King]]: Damon. He is cold, arrogant and ruthless.
* IceQueen: Elena. She starts of the series as a [[{{Jerkass}} cold]], [[ItsAllAboutMe selfish]], [[SpoiledBrat spoiled]], [[{{Narcissist}} vain]], [[{{Pride}} proud and conceited]] individual. Elena's nickname is the ''Ice Princess''. She does manage to change after [[DefrostingIceQueen she meets Stefan]]; she becomes much kinder, compassionate, caring and selfless.

* {{Ojou}} / ProperLady: Katherine before her FaceHeelTurn. She was delicate, lady like, fragile and polite.

* PrettyBoy / {{Bishonen}}: Stefan. Stefan has very fine facial features and is described to be inhumanly beautiful.

* BastardGirlfriend: Elena before she met Stefan. Elena used boys as trophies and prizes in order to boost her vanity and self-esteem.

* RapunzelHair: Katherine. Her hair grew out so long that it trails behind her on the floor.

* DragonLady: Misao.
* DramaQueen: Caroline.

* EvilRedhead: Caroline. She is selfish, manipulative and vain.
* ExtraordinarilyEmpoweredGirl: Elena and Bonnie.
* FaceHeelTurn: Katherine.

* WakeUpGoToSchoolSaveTheWorld: Elena, Stefan, Matt, Caroline (on the show only), Tyler (on the show), Bonnie, Jeremy (on the show only), and Meredith (in the books only). All of them are students who engage in protecting the town of Fells Church (in the novels) or Mystic Falls (on the show).

Written by L.J. Smith (also the author of ''Series/TheSecretCircle'' and ''Night World''), ''The Vampire Diaries'' novel series centres on the life of Elena Gilbert and her relationship with two [[SiblingRivalry Italian vampire brothers]], Stefan and Damon Salvatore. At the very beginning, Elena is still suffering from losing both her parents in a car crash she managed to survive. Her world is turned upside down by the arrival of a new student, [[RomanticVampireBoy Stefan Salvatore]], to their sleepy little town of Fells Church. Elena Gilbert is a [[EveryoneLovesBlondes beautiful, popular]], teenage, [[GirlNextDoor human girl]] who grew up in the small town of Fells Church, Virginia alongside her [[TrueCompanions best friends]] since childhood [[TheDitz Bonnie]], [[BrainyBrunette Meredith]], [[LovableJock Matt]], and [[AlphaBitch Caroline]]. When Elena unexpectedly meets [[TallDarkAndHandsome handsome]], [[ByronicHero brooding, intense]], and mysterious Stefan, who is a [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld centuries old]] [[FriendlyNeighbourhoodVampire immortal]], her life dramatically changes forever. Stefan struggles to resist his [[ReincarnationRomance strong connection]] with Elena out of fear that his {{dark secret}} and his [[DarkAndTroubledPast tragic, painful past]] will be too much for Elena to handle. Stefan suffers from immense {{guilt|Complex}} due to the circumstances surrounding his mysterious past and also, is fearful of the threat that his elder, malevolent and dangerous brother, [[DarkMessiah Damon]] poses to anyone whom Stefan gets close to. Elena eventually [[LoveTriangle falls for the Salvatore brothers]] as she faces many threats and dangers that face her and the town in which she lives in.

* HotForTeacher: Meredith. She developed a huge crush on the history teacher, Alaric.

* FiveManBand:
** TheLeader / TheHero: Stefan
** TheLancer: Damon
** TheSmartGirl: Meredith
** [[TheBigGuy The Big Guy / The Big Girl]]: Matt/Bonnie
** TheChick / TheHeart: Elena
** TheSixthRanger: Caroline (''in the original trilogy'')
** TeamPet: Zander (in the Hunters trilogy).

* SixStudentClique:
** The Head: Stefan
** The Muscle: Matt
** The Pretty One: Elena
** The Quirk: Bonnie
** The Smart One: Meredith
** The Wild One: Caroline or Tyler

* ''The Awakening''(1991)

* {{Adorkable}}: Bonnie. She is sweet, ditzy and naive.

* {{Deuteragonist}}: Stefan. While Elena is the [[{{Protagonist}} protagonist]], Stefan is the second protagonist of the series. He is the most important character in the story after Elena.

* GrayEyes: Meredith. Her eyes appear to be dark from afar, but up close, they are gray according to Elena.
** Meredith has Type 2.

* CuteClumsyGirl: Bonnie. See {{Dojikko}}.

* {{Dojikko}}: Bonnie.