History Main / LooksLikeOrlok

* Gru from ''WesternAnimation/DespicableMe'' looks like a taller and more rotund Orlok with a scarf.

** Baron Afanas is even more monstrous than Petyr from [[WhatWeDoInTheShadows the movie]], with wrinkled grey skin, a completely emaciated body, a batlike face and huge pointed ears. [[spoiler:As of season 4 however, he's returned to a more youthful human form as the result of a Djinni wish, losing this look altogether]].

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* In ''Series/WhatWeDoInTheShadows2019'' the MonsterProgenitor of vampires is a comically exaggerated version of this to the point he resembles a gargoyle more than a human. He's mistaken for a [[FeralVampires mindless beast]], but in fact is just angry and speaks a language too ancient for the younger vampires to understand.

History time: In the original folklore, most vampires were peasants [[TheyLookJustLikeEveryoneElse little different from the people they preyed upon]], with the occasional blatant walking corpse among them. A succession of nineteenth century authors -- [[Literature/TheVampyre Polidori]], [[Literature/VarneyTheVampire Rymer]], [[Literature/{{Carmilla}} Le Fanu]], and ultimately [[Literature/{{Dracula}} Stoker]] -- made them elegant aristocrats, whose attractiveness and dignified bearing disguised an inner corruption. And we all know [[Literature/{{Twilight}} what happened since]].

* In episode 6 of ''WesternAnimation/UglyAmericans'', Blake is a blatant {{Expy}} of Edward from ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'', while Blake's father was obviously modeled after Orlok.

* Radu, from ''Film/{{Subspecies}}'', looks like Orlok with long hair. Sort of like [[JustForFun/XMeetsY the bastard child]] of Orlok and [[Film/TheRoom Wiseau]].

* ''{{Anime/Voltes V}}: Zuhl is [[AmazingTechnicolourPopulation blue]] [[spoiler: [[TheStarscream Starscream]]]] MadScientist Orlok [[JustForFun/InSpace IN SPACE!]]

A form of OurVampiresAreDifferent; see also ClassicalMovieVampire (resembling Creator/BelaLugosi, who codified the look). Compare LooksLikeCesare (for characters based on classic German Expressionist horror films) and FeralVampires for similarly outwardly monstrous vampires. Also known for their PivotalWakeup.

* The older vampires on ''Series/TheStrain'' gradually take on this appearance, with the variation that their noses seem to rot right away. The one known as The Master resembles a bodybuilder version of this trope, and is portrayed by 6'11" actor Robert Maillet [[spoiler: until he has to switch host bodies]]. Played straighter, however, with the {{dhampir}} Mr. Quinlan. In [[Literature/TheStrain the books]], the Nosferatu look was kind of implied, but a little less overt.

* Botticelli, the leader of the rats in ''WesternAnimation/TheTaleOfDespereaux'', looks like a furry version of Orlok.

* ''TabletopGame/VampireTheMasquerade'': Many of the Nosferatu in game art take on this appearance, but it can differ quite a bit from the Orlokian norm, as long as it's hideous. This is likely intentional, since the clan has the same name as the movie Orlok came from and has abilities similar to his. The version of the Nosferatu in ''TabletopGame/VampireTheRequiem'' can take on many forms foul and fair, but regardless of appearance always has an [[UncannyValley unsettling aura]] that makes social interaction difficult.

* The Na'kuhl from ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'' also have the Orlok look.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'', one of the members of Lucy's Mortician Club is Boris, a tall boy who is pale, bald and haves pointy ears and pointy buck teeth.

* Scorpius, the BigBad for much of ''Series/{{Farscape}}'', is actually called "Nosferatu" by [[TheNicknamer John Crichton]] in their first meeting thanks to his pale look, dark clothing and sharp teeth. In one of Crichton's {{Imagine Spot}}s involving the Scorpius neural clone, he actually appears as Orlok rising from his coffin in a scratchy black-and-white movie.

* Gru from ''WesternAnimation/DespicableMe'' looks like a taller and more rotund Orlok with a scarf.

* One episode of ''Series/TheXFiles'' involved a brain-eating mutant with pale skin, jet-black eyes, and no ears.

* The ''Series/DoctorWho'' episode "The God Complex" introduces a cowardly, rodent-like [[RubberForeheadAliens Rubber Forehead Alien]] who looks like this. Ironically his planet is the most invaded in the Galaxy, the people happily accepting invaders.

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* In ''Series/WhatWeDoInTheShadows'' the MonsterProgenitor of vampires is a comically exaggerated version of this to the point he resembles a gargoyle more than a human. He's mistaken for a [[FeralVampires mindless beast]], but in fact is just angry and speaks a language too ancient for the younger vampires to understand.

* ''Film/ThorLoveAndThunder'' gives Gorr the God Butcher, who has a distinctly alien appearance the comics, a more vampiric look with a bald head, pale skin, an emaciated body and sharp teeth. His actor, Creator/ChristianBale, has cited Count Orlok as one of the main influences on his portrayal of the character.

* Moloch from ''Comicbook/{{Watchmen}}'', especially after he gets cancer.

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* The ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}''/''{{Dracula}}'' FusionFic ''FanFic/BramStokersOzymandias'' features a vampiric version of [[WellIntentionedExtremist Adrian Veidt]] who looks a bit like this (though with pointed canines instead of incisors, a full head of hair even if it's a bit thin, and an age-related stoop rather than a real hump) before he regenerates to his handsome, canon form.

* ''{{Film/Goosebumps}}'' has Count Nightwing, who has a few Orlok-like features.

* [[MadScientist Jax-Ur]] in ''Film/ManOfSteel'', the Kryptonian who experiments on [[Comicbook/{{Superman}} Clark]] while he's held on Zod's ship.

* Medeus from ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemAkaneia Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon]]'' fits this despite being a dragon instead of a vampire. He's got the bald head, clawed hands, fangs, and batlike ears. All of these traits make him a dead ringer for the Count.