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* ''ComicBook/{{Blade}}'', another Dhampyr type.

* ''Franchise/{{Blade}}'', another Dhampyr type.

* ComicBook/{{Vampirella}} encounters a [[FranchiseBuffyTheVampireSlayer cheerleading vampire slayer]] in the ''Vampirella vs. Fluffy, the Vampre Killer'' one-shot.

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* Eric Van Helsing from ''Series/YoungDracula''.

* Monsignor Javier Mendoza in ''Series/BloodTies'' is a villainous variant. He was a Grand Inquisitor during the UsefulNotes/SpanishInquisition, who captured vampires using any means possible, tortured them until they confessed, and then brutally executed them. Oh yeah, he also used their blood in a potion that stopped his aging process, allowing him to continue the hunt. He doesn't shy away from murdering innocents to get to his prey. In "Heart of Ice", he murders a prostitute and drains her of blood, so that [[FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire Henry]]'s friends would give him up.
** Interestingly, the only anti-vampire weapon they show him having is a sun-shaped Chinese-made object that weakens a vampire to the point of a human being stronger. The object has to be physically attached to the vampire's chest to work, requiring trickery, given the vampires' speed.
* An episode of ''Series/{{Sliders}}'' has the eponymous characters slide into a world where vampires are real and the world knows about them (vampirism is a felony). Quinn meets a man whose wife was turned by vampires. His goal becomes to find and "free" her, so he arms himself with the usual weapons: garlic, HolyWater, stakes, stake-firing crossbows, etc.
* Ray the werewolf hates and attacks vampires on ''Series/BeingHumanUS'', though it's less righteous crusade and more [[VanHelsingHateCrimes fang-bashing.]]
** The [[Series/BeingHumanUK original]] has [=McNair=], who travels around Britain with his son, hunting vampires. A somewhat unusual example as both of them are [[FurAgainstFang werewolves]].
* ''Series/ForeverKnight'' had a dhampyr-type hunter in the episode "Bad Blood". He wasn't a vampire's child, but had dhampyr-type enhanced abilities due to not being completely drained by [=LaCroix=] years before.

* Rayne from ''VideoGame/BloodRayne'' is a dhampyr who hunts down vampires in hopes of finding and killing her fully-vampiric father.

* In ''VideoGame/AdventureQuest'' an early class the player character could take was the Vampire Slayer, which was renovated into the Shadow Slayer and [[BadPowersGoodPeople Night Hunter]] classes. Both classes specialize in skills that deal increased damage against undead, vampires, werewolves, and other night creatures, but the source of their powers are very much different. The class trainers are Cenara and Donovan, respectively, who are dracopyres and [[HunterOfHisOwnKind hunt each other down]].
* A side-quest in ''VideoGame/DragonsCrown'' involves the mayor of a village plagued by vampire attacks hiring a vampire hunter after the local priest failed to stop the attacks. TheChurch, wanting to save face, hires you to kill the Vampire WolfpackBoss before the Vampire Hunter arrives. The side-quest's Treasure Art and its FlavorText also implies that [[spoiler:the vampire hunter is a HunterOfHisOwnKind]].
* One of the roles in ''VideoGame/TownOfSalem'' is Vampire Hunter, which is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin.
* In ''Videogame/DarkestDungeon'', the Fanatic is a vampire hunter added in the ''Crimson Court'' DLC which will attack your party members if they are infected by the Crimson Curse. While he has the traditional vampire-hunting implements like garlic, stakes, and various holy protections and seals, he more resembles a crazed, fanatical monk than anything remotely heroic. He wants to get rid of the Curse at any cost, and doesn't care how someone gets it; he'll kill not only the Cursed, but anyone who associates with them. [[KnightTemplar For this reason]], he is the terror of the Hamlet during the events of the DLC, and anyone who incurs his wrath runs the risk of [[BurnTheWitch being burned at the stake]] like so many of the innocents he's killed in his mad quest.
* The main character of ''VideoGame/SixteenWaysToKillAVampireAtMcdonalds'', Lucy, is one, though her usual role is as TheBait, with her friends Maggie and Luke handling most of the actual slaying.[[spoiler:In the [[GoldenEnding True Ending]], there's a chance that Claire the cashier will join them]].
* A couple of points of ''VideoGame/SuikodenII'' have the party encounter the vampire Neclord (returning from the first game). Both of these points have the vampire hunter Kahn Marley join the party to help defeat him. Investigations reveal that the Marley family has been fighting vampires for generations.

* A minor character from ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'' is Dame Aedith, a vampire huntress tagging along with Master Payne's Circus of Adventure. Tragically, despite all the weirdness of the setting, there doesn't seem to be any vampires for her to hunt. But if any ever show up, she's ready!

* In ''Webcomic/CharbyTheVampirate'' Victor introduces himself as a vampire hunter. While the organization he works for does seem to focus on hunting vampires they're more of a CreatureHunterOrganization without true specialization beyond anything supernatural that is dangerous to humans.
* The Vampire Hunter Association of ''Webcomic/BramAndVlad'' is a [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin whole association of vampire hunters]]. Bram's family is part of the association. Other members that have showed up are Summer (Buffy's daughter with an unknown father), Boris Vordenburg, an assortment of Belmonts and Blade's daughter.
* In ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'', descendants of Pandora have an affinity for magic weapons that are particularly effective against vampires making them all potential vampire hunters.

* The [[WebVideo/RollerSamuraiVampireSlayers titular]] Roller Samurai Vampire Slayers slay vampires. It's what they do. [[NeverTrustATitle They don't roller skate though. Or practice bushido.]]

* Doctor Von Goosewing from ''WesternAnimation/CountDuckula'' comes from a long line of vampire hunters, though he is much more clumsy and scatterbrained than they were. He is frequently trying to kill the titular character, despite the fact that this incarnation of Duckula is [[VegetarianVampire a vegetarian]] who doesn't even want to be a vampire in the first place.

* Alucard from ''Manga/{{Hellsing}}'' is a HunterOfHisOwnKind. Father Alexander Anderson, who operates both as a [[ThePaladin Paladin]] and HolyHitman, is this trope played straight. Their employers, the Anglican Church's Hellsing and the Catholic Church's Iscariot, are entire organisations of monster hunters.

* ''LightNovel/VampireHunterD'' is of the HunterOfHisOwnKind type in the {{Dhampyr}} variation.
* ''Manga/VampirePrincessMiyu'' is of the HunterOfHisOwnKind type, essentially, though those [[OurVampiresAreDifferent vampires are different]].

* Arcueid Brunestud from ''VisualNovel/{{Tsukihime}}'' is of the HunterOfHisOwnKind type. Only by the label "vampire", though, as she's of an [[OurVampiresAreDifferent entirely different species]], and is the LastOfHerKind.[[note]]Well, because [[spoiler:she ''killed'' the rest.]][[/note]] The ones she hunts are of the other type.
* Abel Nightroad of ''Manga/TrinityBlood'' is not quite of the HunterOfHisOwnKind type, but is similar. He isn't actually a vampire, but a member of a vampiric race of vampire hunters (who drink vampire blood like the vampires feed on humans), Crusniks, [[spoiler:which is exactly three individuals strong with one more long dead]].
* The Sinclair family business in ''Manga/{{Karin}}''.

* Zero Kiryu from ''Manga/VampireKnight''.

* ''[[Manga/KillingMe Killing Me!]]'' is a one volume [[YuriGenre yuri]] manga about Saki Fujimiya, a teenage vampire hunter who accidentally falls for her would-be prey, the bubbly and flirty Miyoko Kujou.

* ''Franchise/{{Blade}}'', another Dhampyr type
* [[UsefulNotes/VladTheImpaler Vlad Tepes III]] in ''Impaler'', who, in this setting, was never turned into a vampire himself. Instead, when vampires attacked Wallachia, he used magic to become an immortal vampire slayer.

* ComicBook/{{Morbius}} from ''ComicBook/UltimateSpiderMan''. Also in this version, he's the brother of Dracula, who isn't a vampire.
* August Von Herling in ''ComicBook/VonHerlingVampireHunter''.

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* ''Film/VanHelsing'', of course.
* ''Film/JesusChristVampireHunter'' has Jesus Christ as [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin a Vampire Hunter]]
* ''Film/TheFearlessVampireKillers'' features Professor Abronsius and his assistant Alfred, although they aren't very good at it.
* Just about every {{Dracula}} movie will feature Van Helsing or another of his ilk helping the protagonists against the title vampire.
* The heroes of ''Film/TheTwinsEffect'' (other than Creator/JackieChan) are three vampire hunters and one FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire who joins them.
* Blade again, as he appears in the ''Film/BladeTrilogy''. Blade also hunts vampires that feed on other vampires in [[Film/BladeII the second movie]].

* In the horror-comedy ''Film/WhatWeDoInTheShadows'', newly-turned vampire Nick keeps revealing the fact that he's a vampire to strangers, one of whom claims to be a vampire hunter. [[spoiler: It turns out he wasn't lying- he really was a vampire hunter and indirectly causes the death of Petyr, an ancient vampire who was also one of Nick's flatmates.]]
* ''Film/JohnCarpentersVampires'': Jack Crow leads a group of vampire hunters who are [[FantasticCatholicism on the payroll of the catholic church]]. They're pretty effective at it until they receive a visit from the [[MonsterProgenitor Master Vampire]] Jan Valek, who is far stronger than anything they have ever dealt with, so quickly wipes out everyone but Crow and his best friend.
* ''{{Film/Vamps}}'': Dr. Van Helsing and his followers. However, though he views himself as an expert on vampires, a lot of his beliefs turn out to be wrong.

* Harry Keogh of Brian Lumley's ''Literature/{{Necroscope}}'' novels. The British E-Branch organization has a wider scope, but provides Harry with support [[spoiler: and takes over the role after his death, along with Harry's sons and his successors]].
* ''Literature/VampireAcademy'':
** The dhampyr guardians are trained to protect the Moroi [[OurVampiresAreDifferent (good, mortal vampires)]] from the Strigoi, your classic evil undead types.
** Unpromised dhampyr in Russia also go after Strigoi. In ''Blood Promise'', Rose led such a team.

* Played with in ''Literature/TheSagaOfTheNobleDead''. [[ActionGirl Magiere]] and [[TroubledButCute Leesil]] are con-artists and partners who pretend to be a VampireHunter and a vampire respectively to gull superstitious peasants out of their money - until a chance encounter with the real deal and the subsequent revelation that Magiere is a {{Dhampyr}} cause "the game" to turn ''deadly'' earnest.

* The [[UsefulNotes/AbrahamLincoln 16th President of the US]], no less. At least according to ''Literature/AbrahamLincolnVampireHunter'', Abe went so far as to get himself elected Commander In Chief to wage war against an unholy alliance of bad vampires and slave-holders.
* In the novel version of ''Literature/IAmLegend'', Robert Neville is clearly hunting vampires.
* Carlisle Cullen of ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' was one of these before becoming a vampire himself.
* Most of the witches (other than the Smoke line) in the Literature/DenOfShadows series are vampire hunters.

* Vincent from ''Literature/MissPrince''. Also doubles as a lawyer, because he needs money and being a vampire hunter is hard these days, folks.
* While he specialized in vampires, Leon [[HunterOfMonsters hunted all kinds of supernaturals]] before the titular {{Literature/Vampirocracy}} took over.
* The Order of Kresnik from ''Literature/WeWalkTheNight'' is a secret order of vampire hunters with [[AnimalThemedSuperbeing supernatural animal powers]].
* ''Literature/{{Domina}}'': The angels started as a group dedicated to hunting the vampires, who were just terrorists [[InnateNightVision who could see in the dark]] and were using vampire symbolism to scare people. Over time, more normal people became vampires, to the point that their violent origin was largely forgiven--but the angels continued slaughtering vampires indiscriminately.

** The [[BeingHumanUK original]] has [=McNair=], who travels around Britain with his son, hunting vampires. A somewhat unusual example as both of them are [[FurAgainstFang werewolves]].

Expect to see vampires' traditional weaknesses -- wooden stakes, HolyWater, garlic, cross or other religious symbols, etc. -- well-represented in this guy's armory. Also expect to see a strange compulsion to go hunting after dark despite the obvious advantages of daylight.

* The [[UsefulNotes/AbrahamLincoln 16th President of the US]], no less. At least according to ''Film/AbrahamLincolnVampireHunter'', Abe went so far as to get himself elected Commander In Chief to wage war against an unholy alliance of bad vampires and slave-holders.

* ''{{Film/Bit}}'': A group of them attempt to kill the vampires. However, it turns out they were actually mind-controlled by Vlad (another vampire) to get rid of them so he'd be freed from captivity, with the leader killing the rest with him after they're no longer of use. Duke and co. later wipe them out the rest in their bunker.

* ''[[Manga/KillingMe Killing Me!]] is a one volume [[YuriGenre yuri]] manga about Saki Fujimiya, a teenage vampire hunter who accidentally falls for her would-be prey, the bubbly and flirty Miyoko Kujou.

* The 18th century Austrian Empire [[warhistoryonline.com/guest-bloggers/the-austrian-armys-vampire-hunting-detachment-a-halloween-special.html briefly had a vampire hunting squadron]], although they were closer to doctors, as vampirism was considered a disease at the time (and probably was a poorly-understood mundane disease.

* Alfred and Professor Abronsius of ''Theatre/TanzDerVampire'' both head into darkest Transylvania in hopes of proving the existence of vampires to the world and destroying them. [[FailureHero They fail]] and [[NiceJobBreakingItHerp spread vampirism across the world]].

* In ''Videogame/DarkestDungeon'', the Fanatic is a vampire hunter added in the ''Crimson Court'' DLC which will attack your party members if they are infected by vampirism. While he has the traditional vampire-hunting implements like garlic, stakes, and various holy protections and seals, he more resembles a crazed, fanatical monk, and he starts every round by trying to [[BurnTheWitch burn one of your heroes at the stake]]. If his stake is destroyed, [[TurnsRed he becomes even more deadly.]]

Expect to see vampires' traditional weaknesses -- wooden stakes, HolyWater, garlic, cross or other religious symbols, etc. -- well-represented in this guy's armory.

** Alaric Saltzman - The good version who only goes after evil vampires.

* An episode of ''Series/{{Sliders}}'' has the eponymous characters slide into a world where vampires are real and the world knows about them (vampirism is a felony). Quinn meets a man whose wife was turned by vampires. His goal becomes to find and "free" her, so he arms himself with the usual weapons: garlic, holy water, stakes, stake-firing crossbows, etc.

* Season three of ''VisualNovel/HavenfallIsForLovers'' introduces a female vampire hunter who claims the name Van Helsing, and takes a few style notes from ''Anime/VampireHunterD'' and the various Belmonts of ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'' while she's at it. Since a vampire and a werewolf both number among the protagonist's close friends and potential love interests, Van Helsing's arrival in Havenfall provides more than a little cause for concern.

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