History Main / FurAgainstFang

** ''TabletopGame/OldWorldOfDarkness'': Even though the setting has a reputation for popularizing this trope, this reputation is ''vastly'' overstated, as the two sides have a mutual attitude of "Don't start none, there won't be none." For starters, the rivalry is one-sided. Werewolves view all undead as an affront to their spiritual nature[[note]]vampires under a certain level of humanity register as tainted by the Wyrm, who is essentially werewolf Satan[[/note]], but they don't actively hunt vamps without good reason because Vampires tend to have greater numbers and resources. Meanwhile, Vampires have no collective opinion on shapeshifters and little desire to go to war with an enemy that tends to physically outclass them. However, all but the most [[TheFundamentalist fundamentalist]] of Werewolves will tolerate a FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire and even work with one if their interests align, and it's an OpenSecret that certain Werewolf tribes like the Glass Walkers, Shadow Lords, and Uktena maintain Camarilla contacts. The only vampire factions the Werewolves consider evil beyond all debate are the Sabbat -- with good reason, since the Sabbat are AxCrazy on their good nights -- and certain independent clans like the Followers of Set. But otherwise, Kindred and Garou are usually content to avoid each other.

** ''TabletopGame/OldWorldOfDarkness'': Even though the setting has a reputation for popularizing this trope, this reputation is ''vastly'' overstated, as the two sides have a mutual attitude of "Don't start none, there won't be none." For starters, the rivalry is one-sided. Werewolves view all undead as an affront to their spiritual nature[[note]]vampires under a certain level of humanity register as tainted by the Wyrm, who is essentially werewolf Satan[[/note]], but they don't actively hunt vamps without good reason because Vampires tend to have greater numbers and resources. Meanwhile, Vampires have no collective opinion on shapeshifters and little desire to go to war with an enemy that tends to physically outclass them, on the individual level at least. However, all but the most [[TheFundamentalist fundamentalist]] of Werewolves will tolerate a FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire and even work with one if their interests align, and it's an OpenSecret that certain Werewolf tribes like the Glass Walkers, Shadow Lords, and Uktena maintain Camarilla contacts. The only vampire factions the Werewolves consider evil beyond all debate are the Sabbat -- with good reason, since the Sabbat are AxCrazy on their good nights -- and certain independent clans like the Followers of Set. But otherwise, Kindred and Garou are usually content to avoid each other.

* In the Creator/JRRTolkien ''[[Franchise/TolkiensLegendarium Middle-Earth]]'' universe, both vampires and werewolves work for the same masters -Dark Lords Morgoth and Sauron-, but [[TeethClenchedTeamwork they can not stand each other]]. Werewolves despised vampires, considering them “rats with wings” and vampires regarded wolves like big bullies. It is not so evident in ''Literature/TheSilmarillion'', but when you read the ''[[Literature/HistoryOfMiddleEarth Lay of Beren and Luthien]]'' and the meeting with [[SavageWolves Carcharoth]], the text makes clear that Carcharoth is shocked of seeing a vampire and wolf together and wolves hate wampires.

* Shown in ''Webcomic/{{Shifters}}'' where {{Werebeasts}} and [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Vampi??res]] most definitely do NOT like each other.
* ''Webcomic/DarkMoonTheBloodAltar'' involves two groups of students - one comprising of vampires and the other of werewolves - from opposing schools who happen to be rivals in sports ''and'' in species.

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** In the main story, interestingly enough, both vampires and werewolves exist - albeit [[OurVampiresAreDifferent a bit]] [[OurWerebeastsAreDifferent different]] - but there's been no known meetings between the two, nor any particular conflict or enmity.

* Creator/JMichaelStraczynski wrote an episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheRealGhostbusters'', "No One Comes To Lupusville" ([[Series/{{House}} they never come to Lupusville]]), in which a group of vampires lure the Ghostbusters to an isolated town filled with odd but friendly people. Once they realize what's going on, the Ghostbusters free the captured townsfolk, only to find them more than eager to take on the vampires themselves. Angry and now under a full moon, they transform into werewolves and proceed to kick vampire ass. The 'busters do the rational thing and [[KnowWhenToFoldEm get the hell out of Dodge]], breaking up a dam to direct a river under the only bridge out of town on the way (imprisoning the were-vamps, as anything vampiric [[CannotCrossRunningWater could not cross running water]]). Hilariously, as the two sides fight, whenever any combatant from any side bites an enemy, said enemy instantly becomes the other type of critter.

** ''TabletopGame/OldWorldOfDarkness'': Even though the setting has a reputation for popularizing this trope, this reputation is ''vastly'' overstated, as the two sides have a mutual attitude of "Don't start none, there won't be none." For starters, the rivalry is one-sided. Werewolves view all undead as an affront to their spiritual nature[[note]]vampires under a certain level of humanity register as tainted by the Wyrm, who is essentially werewolf Satan[[/note]], but they don't actively hunt vamps without good reason because Vampires tend to have greater numbers and resources. Meanwhile, Vampires have no collective opinion on shapeshifters and little desire to go to war with an enemy that physically and often magically outclasses them. However, all but the most [[TheFundamentalist fundamentalist]] of Werewolves will tolerate a FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire and even work with one if their interests align, and it's an OpenSecret that certain Werewolf tribes like the Glass Walkers, Shadow Lords, and Uktena maintain Camarilla contacts. The only vampire factions the Werewolves consider evil beyond all debate are the Sabbat -- with good reason, since the Sabbat are AxCrazy on their good nights -- and certain independent clans like the Followers of Set. But otherwise, Kindred and Garou are usually content to avoid each other.

* In ''Literature/TheSanguineChronicles'', vampirism and lycanthropy are two different strains of the same mutagenic virus, one that only a very tiny percentage of the human race can be infected with, and they cannot infect each other. As such, each strain hates the other for poaching on their already limited breeding stock.

* In ''Literature/TheSanguineChronicles'' vampires and werewolves are simple niche competitors, especially since only people with a rare gene are susceptible to either strain of the strigoi virus. A month before he was born Marko's mother got caught in the middle of a territorial fight between a vamp and a were and got bitten by both, resulting in her son's "unique situation".

As a whole, this trope might be NewerThanTheyThink. In many legends and folklore that mention both vampires and werewolves, the two are not only not antagonistic to one another, they are often ''connected or are one thing'', such as one belief that an improperly-disposed-of werewolf would actually come back as a vampire. Even Literature/{{Dracula}} had many werewolfish traits, such as hairy palms and, well, the ability to turn into a wolf.

And yes, we know werewolves have fangs too. We just like the [[AlliterativeName alliteration]]. Plus, just as how you don't think "zebra" when you hear hoofbeats, you don't think "werewolf" when you hear "fang". Also, vampires may have fur depending on how bat-like they may be, but that's just stretching it at this point. Anyway, on to the examples...

* In ''Literature/TheSupernaturals2ANiceQuietTown'' Main character Daniel Price is a werewolf and he fights several vampires at the climax of the novel.

* In ''Literature/TheSupernaturals2:ANiceQuietTown'' Main character Daniel Price is a werewolf and he fights several vampires at the climax of the novel.

* Inverted in ''Series/HouseOfFrankenstein1997'' where it's mentioned that vampires love lycanthropes, treating them like beloved pets.

* '''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'': In the old Basic/Expert/etc system, powerful vampires could use their ability to control wolves, rats, and bats to control ''their lycanthropic equivalents'' as well. Not surprisingly, this made the not-yet-controlled werewolves, wererats, and werebats extremely leery of vampires, though they weren't openly at war with them.

* '''TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}}'': Played with. Werecreatures as a general category have no greater or lesser beef with vampires and related undead than anybody else. However, were''bats'' intensely dislike vampires both out of a general territoriality and because other people tend to mistake them for the undead, and often work to oppose them.

* Even though the ''TabletopGame/OldWorldOfDarkness'' has a reputation for popularizing this trope, this reputation is ''vastly'' overstated, as the two sides have a mutual attitude of "Don't start none, there won't be none." For starters, the rivalry is one-sided. Werewolves view all undead as an affront to their spiritual nature,[[note]]vampires under a certain level of humanity register as tainted by the Wyrm, who is essentially werewolf Satan[[/note]] but they don't actively hunt vamps without good reason because Vampires tend to have greater numbers and resources. Meanwhile, Vampires have no collective opinion on shapeshifters and little desire to go to war with an enemy that physically and often magically outclasses them. However, all but the most [[TheFundamentalist fundamentalist]] of Werewolves will tolerate a FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire and even work with one if their interests align, and it's an OpenSecret that certain Werewolf tribes like the Glass Walkers, Shadow Lords, and Uktena maintain Camarilla contacts. The only vampire factions the Werewolves consider evil beyond all debate are the Sabbat--with good reason since the Sabbat are AxCrazy on their good nights--and certain independent clans like the Followers of Set. But otherwise, Kindred and Garou are usually content to avoid each other.
* This trope has been excised from ''TabletopGame/ChroniclesOfDarkness'' (''TabletopGame/VampireTheRequiem'' and ''TabletopGame/WerewolfTheForsaken''). Whether vampires and werewolves fight against each other or work together is wholly dependent on their personal choices, although the standard seems to be that they are content to stay away from each other out of mutual fear of the unknown. In mixed groups, InterspeciesRomance is usually the first thing that happens.
** One of the first books in the ''TabletopGame/WerewolfTheForsaken'' line, ''Hunting Grounds: the Rockies'', parodies the trope with Black Moon [[XtremeKoolLetterz Extreme]], a pack of young cubs who decide the best way to aid Denver is to hunt down vampires and look cool while doing it. While some pack members have good reason to hate vampires -- and Denver has had a bad history with the bloodsuckers -- the pack's alpha is basically just doing it for an ego trip, and a lot of the other packs think they're posers who are going to do something hideously stupid one day.
** There is a Forsaken tribe (the Iron Masters) who specialize in hunting vampires. However, from werewolves, this is actually [[WorthyOpponent a mark of respect]] (there's also a Forsaken tribe who specialize in hunting [[HunterOfHisOwnKind other werewolves]]).
** Played straighter in ''Lodges: The Splintered'' and its Lodge of the Willow Branch, a Polish werewolf lodge dedicated to destroying vampires because it believes they are walking rifts in the Gauntlet that bring negative spirits swarming into the real world in their wake.
* The finalized edition of fan-made expansion ''TabletopGame/GeniusTheTransgression'' has a take on each of the above with a MadScientist faction; Geniuses and vampires actually get along pretty well (fittingly), though Genius blood is no different from mortal blood (how [[WeirdScience Wonders]] can help a vampire is another story entirely...). Also fitting, Geniuses and werewolves don't get along at all, but the interaction between [[MagicVersusScience Geniuses and Mages]] is... interesting. The main {{Ancient Conspirac|y}}ies of the two groups actually seem to be ''incapable'' of noticing each other.
* Since it has roots as a fan-made expansion of the ''TabletopGame/OldWorldOfDarkness'' above, ''TabletopGame/TechInfantry'' of course carries over the hatred between vampires and werewolves. Once the Earth Federation was established, all werecreatures (wolves, tigers, rhinos, etc.) are drafted into the titular Tech Infantry SpaceMarines to fight the alien [[BugWar Arachnids]]. Since the bugs threaten them too, the Vampire Kingdom of Enoch sends occasional ghouls and low-level vampires to join the Tech Infantry, and they do work together surprisingly well. But for the most part, vampires are hated and hunted throughout the Earth Federation and later the Middle Kingdom.
* In the old Basic/Expert/etc TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons system, powerful vampires could use their ability to control wolves, rats, and bats to control ''their lycanthropic equivalents'' as well. Not surprisingly, this made the not-yet-controlled werewolves, wererats, and werebats extremely leery of vampires, though they weren't openly at war with them.
* In ''TabletopGame/BleakWorld'' there is an organization of werewolves that hunt vampires called "The hunters of the dead." It is unknown why exactly they want to do so, as there is no vampire equivalent to this organization and werebeasts are generally a lot stronger than vampires so they have no reason to fear them.

As a whole, this trope might be NewerThanTheyThink. In many legends and folklore that mention both vampires and werewolves, the two are not only not antagonistic to one another, they are often ''connected or are one thing'', such as one belief that an improperly disposed of werewolf would actually come back as a vampire. Even Literature/{{Dracula}} had many werewolfish traits, such as hairy palms and, well, the ability to turn into a wolf.

May result in a VampireWerewolfLoveTriangle, the result of which will be a HybridMonster... or [[HybridOverkillAvoidance a childless marriage]]. If such a work aims to appeal to the fantasies of those attracted to men, then further contrast is likely to be employed by making the werewolf a handsome hairy [[TheBear bear]], while making the vampire a lithe {{Bishonen}} pretty boy. If it's meant to appeal to those attracted to females, the vampire is likely to be TheBeautifulElite while the werewolf will probably be something like a BadassBiker or AmazonianBeauty, and likely to take wearing clothes more as a suggestion than a rule (because ShapeshiftingExcludesClothing is probably in effect).

* In ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'', werewolves are actually been created exclusively to fight vampires - the tribe members get shapeshifting abilities only when a vampire is in the area, and it appears that most vampires and werewolves harbor prejudice towards each other, at least to a level. They each have their own racial slurs, such as "leech" and "dog". [[spoiler: And then it's revealed they weren't real werewolves at all, just shape-shifters that happened to become wolves, and the vampires mistreated them whether they knew it or not (although this does explain why the ancient vampires who did know what a real werewolf looked like weren't afraid of Jacob).]]

* {{Averted}} in the ''WesternAnimation/HotelTransylvania'' series--not only are Wayne the {{Wolfman}} and Dracula friends, there's clear PuppyLove ([[IncrediblyLamePun heh-heh]]) between Wayne's daughter Winnie and Dracula's grandson, Dennis. [[spoiler:Dennis, incidentally, is also a vampire]].

* Even though the ''TabletopGame/OldWorldOfDarkness'' has a reputation for popularizing this trope, this reputation is ''vastly'' overstated, as the two sides have a mutual attitude of "Don't start none, there won't be none." For starters, the rivalry is one-sided. Werewolves view all undead as an affront to their spiritual nature,[[note]]vampires under a certain level of humanity register as tainted by the Wyrm, who is essentially werewolf Satan[[/note]] but they don't actively hunt vamps without good reason because Vampires tend to have greater numbers and resources. However, Vampires have no collective opinion on shapeshifters and little desire to go to war with an enemy that physically and often magically outclasses them. However, all but the most [[TheFundamentalist fundamentalist]] of Werewolves will tolerate a FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire and even work with one if their interests align, and it's an OpenSecret that certain Werewolf tribes like the Glass Walkers, Shadow Lords, and Uktena maintain Camarilla contacts. The only vampire factions the Werewolves consider evil beyond all debate are the Sabbat--with good reason since the Sabbat are AxCrazy on their good nights--and certain independent clans like the Followers of Set. But otherwise, Kindred and Garou are usually content to avoid each other.

* ''Anime/DigimonAdventure'': Myotismon, the third BigBad, is a vampire {{mon}}. TheLancer's partner evolves into a WolfMan mon, [=WereGarurumon=], at the Ultimate level. This was inevitable, and came to pass when the two clashed in "[[Recap/DigimonAdventureE33PumpAndGotsuAreShibuyaTypeDigimon Out on the Town]]". It also plays straight the idea that vampires and werewolves are roughly equal in power. Whereas Myotismon soundly routs all the other Ultimate-level partner Digimon he faces later on up until his death, [=WereGarurumon=] successfully held his own in a single duel against Myotismon for quite a while. Then [[StoryBreakerPower Angemon]] intervened.

* Even though the ''TabletopGame/OldWorldOfDarkness'' has a reputation for popularizing this trope, this reputation is ''vastly'' overstated. For starters, the rivalry is one-sided; Werewolves view the undead as an affront to their spiritual nature (vampires under a certain level of humanity register as tainted by the Wyrm, who is essentially werewolf Satan), but Vampires have no collective opinion on shapeshifters other than "Don't start a fight with one unless you know you can finish it--and you probably can't finish it." However, all but the most [[TheFundamentalist fundamentalist]] of Werewolves will tolerate a FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire and even work with one if their interests align, and it's an OpenSecret that certain Werewolf tribes like the Glass Walkers, Bone Gnawers, and Uktena maintain Camarilla contacts. The only vampire factions the Werewolves consider evil beyond all debate are the Sabbat--with good reason since the Sabbat are AxCrazy on their good nights--and certain independent clans like the Followers of Set. But otherwise, Kindred and Garou are usually content to avoid each other rather than resorting to all-out war.

* ''ComicBook/YoungJustice'' introduced the show [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer ''Wendy the Werewolf Stalker'']] to the DC universe. It later turns out that its creator, [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed Joe]] [[Creator/JossWhedon Westin]] is a vampire, and is using the show to create anti-werewolf propaganda.

* The ''[[Film/Underworld2003 Underworld]]'' franchise is essentially this trope as a plot point.

* In [[Creator/JRRTolkien Tolkien's]] ''The Lay of Leithian'', Lúthien disguises herself as a vampire and her lover as a werewolf in order to infiltrate [[ElaborateUndergroundBase Angband]]. The door is guarded by the werewolf Carcharoth, and despite the fact that werewolves and vampires both serve [[BigBad Morgoth]], Carcharoth threatens to torture and kill Lúthien as soon as he sees her - [[FridgeLogic which is strange considering Lúthien is disguised as Sauron's messenger who lived in Sauron's werewolf-infested fortress]].

'''Egon:''' Precisely, so what happens when a werewolf bites a vampire, and a vampire bites a werewolf? ''(shows EXACTLY what happens)''\\