History Main / VanHelsingHateCrimes

On one end, we have the HunterOfMonsters, the man who stalks the night, armed to the teeth, ready to mow down {{vampire|Hunter}}s, zombies, werewolves, or [[BreadEggsBreadedEggs vampiric]] [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot zombie werewolves]]. And on the other end, we have the FriendlyNeighborhoodVampires. The guys and girls who keep a nocturnal schedule, [[VegetarianVampire stop over at the blood bank]] for a quick snack, and do their best to help the community.

Van Helsing Hate Crimes are what happen when a medium that includes monsters and/or monster hunters calls attention to the fact that, in that [[TheVerse 'verse]] at least, [[SlidingScaleOfVampireFriendliness not all monsters are, well]]...[[HaveYouTriedNotBeingAMonster monsters]]. Some of them are [[DarkIsNotEvil perfectly decent folks]] [[MonstersAnonymous trying to fit in]] who happen to get lumped in with the one or two bad apples, like {{Dracula}}. Of course, this will result in the monster hunters either learning AnAesop or turning out to be [[HeWhoFightsMonsters those who fight monsters in the truest Nietzschean sense]], sometimes [[HumansAreTheRealMonsters becoming even worse than the actual monsters]]. If there are both good and bad monsters within this universe, expect these hunters to be ''far'' more competent at [[TheLopsidedArmOfTheLaw attacking the good ones]].

* The core Aesop of Disney's ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast'' is about vanity and selfishness, and not getting obsessed with appearances. Gaston riled up the crowd to this trope, but he himself is not guilty of it. He wants to kill the Beast because [[{{Yandere}} he sees him as]] [[MurderTheHypotenuse competition for Belle]]. He also has no trouble believing the Beast is harmless, but, being a JerkAss, he actually mocks him for it.

* A ''Series/{{Grimm}}'' inevitably has this reputation among the creatures [[TheMasquerade hiding their presence]] by [[TheyLookJustLikeEveryoneElse living among humans]]. As Grimms have the ability to see them for what they really are [[GlamourFailure if they lose control]], they've historically been known to mercilessly hunt and slaughter non-humans. [[TheHero Nick]], however, being a police officer, tries to treat them as he would anyone else once he figures out what's going on, and prefers to arrest the ones who break the law whenever possible, rather than hunting them. That said, even the ones who legitimately try to live normal lives can be extremely dangerous. Even Monroe, the [[FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire Friendly Neighborhood]] [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent Big Bad Wolf]], only says that he doesn't kill people ''anymore'' and ended up ripping a guy's arm off when he lost control in a fight.

** Dean absolutely refuses to trust Ruby on grounds that she's a demon, asking Sam on several occasions why they haven't killed her yet, despite her insisting that all she wants to do is help the boys out [[spoiler:because she remembers being human]] and the lack of evidence to the contrary [[spoiler:until after Dean goes to Hell. [[PsychoSerum Turns out]] [[ManipulativeBastard he]] [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt was right]]]].

** The British [[KnightTemplar Men]] [[AncientConspiracy of]] [[CreatureHunterOrganization Letters]] in Season 12. Between killing friendly monsters, killing a human psychic girl, who [[PowerIncontinence was unaware that she was killing others by using her abilities to call for help]] that the Winchesters saved from her religious abusive family, on the grounds that she's a monster, and really having no issue with ColdBloodedTorture, killing [[spoiler: or brainwashing]] hunters or even their own members for slightest sign of disobedience, the British Men of Letters are arguably [[HeWhoFightsMonsters far worse than the so-called monsters they kill]]. Their leadership is corrupt to the core, Mr. Arthur Ketch (their assassin) is TheSociopath (and outright stated as such) and an amoral hitman with no real belief in their ideology and only in it to satisfy his killer urges, and their code includes killing everything that is a monster (no matter if good or evil) and [[spoiler: their operatives are ChildSoldiers raised and indoctrinated in the code and then made to kill their friends to see if they're obedient, and at one point they kill another hunter Sam and Dean worked with because she killed one of their operatives even though they know that the death was an ''accident''. This haunts Mick Davies and eventually causes him to switch sides to the Winchesters only to get killed as [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness He Has Outlived His Usefulness]].]] For all their anti-monster propaganda, [[spoiler: the leadership has a backroom DealWithTheDevil with Crowley himself.]] It only gets worse from there. [[spoiler: Sam, in the Season 12 two-part finale, concludes that the British branch has crossed the MoralEventHorizon and leads a raid on their compound, killing all those present and cutting ties with the organization after the British Men of Letters start killing all the hunters.]] Needless to say, the American branch that Sam and Dean are a remnant of were very different, lacked the extremism and really had the best intentions at heart.

* [[ZigZaggingTrope Treated oddly]] by ''TabletopGame/UnknownArmies'', especially with the [[ChurchMilitant Order of St. Cecil]]. They're [[BeliefMakesYouStupid religious fanatics]] [[HeWhoFightsMonsters who kidnap, brainwash, or kill anything that smells of]] DemonicPossession. [[EnemyMine That includes helping your group take down really nasty monsters]], [[EldritchAbomination frying creeps]] fresh out of a ReligiousHorror flick, [[AndYourLittleDogToo or kidnapping and stealing the magic from the cute bibliomancer]] [[DeathBySex one of the players was hitting on earlier]]. [[GrayAndGreyMorality On the other hand,]] [[AntiVillain they are interested in justice and saving living things]]. [[BoredWithInsanity Sometimes, the 'cured' adepts are happy about it]], [[TheMadHatter knew they were mad]], [[SanityHasAdvantages and are better off afterwards]].
* The [[StateSec Imperial Inquisition]] in ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'' occasionally has this trope called in. The Inquisition's usual response is to execute everyone involved and resume the hunt. Given [[WorldHalfEmpty the universe they live in]] and [[ArtifactOfDoom the]] [[TheCorruption dangers]] [[TheVirus they]] [[EldritchAbomination typically]] [[OmnicidalManiac deal]] [[SealedEvilInACan with]], this is usually [[IDidWhatIHadToDo the correct response]].

* ''Webcomic/AdaptingToNight'' has the Dawn Crusaders, with whom Derpy's [[EvilTwin twin]] [[UntoUsASonAndDaughterAreBorn brother]] Sky Hooves works because he still shares their beliefs. Derpy [[DefectorFromDecadence got over herself]] as she warmed up to [[HalfHumanHybrid Dinky's]] future father, which got him killed when Sky found out, and in the Present Day, got Dinky kidnapped by Sky when he finally came out of hiding.

* ''LightNovel/DateALive'': This is brought up with Origami, who wants to kill all spirits since it was a spirit that killed her parents. Shido tries to reason with her to get her to see that not all spirits are bad and most are unaware of the damage they cause. Sealing their powers mitigates the damage and for a while, Origami tolerates them, but her fixation on finding her parents' murderer leads her to ally herself with Isaac Westcott, who provides her with new weaponry to use against the spirits, even though they're no longer considered a threat after Shido seals them.
* In ''LightNovel/TheDeathMageWhoDoesntWantAFourthTime'', while there is a peaceful faction within TheChurch that respects some non-humans, several races who descend from monsters (the goddess of life wasn't picky on her partners while populating the world) are targets of extermination even though many of them are sentient and can have peaceful relations with humans. Our protagonist happens to be born into one of those races, which understandably leaves him with a very negative opinion of the church and their god.

* Once it's clear demons are infiltrating human society in ''Manga/{{Devilman}}'', humans start military actions against them. The problem is that they don't know about, and later don't believe in, Devilmen--humans who bonded with demons and retained their good nature--killing them alongside real demons. They're also willing to kill anyone even suspected of being a demon (defined as [[WitchHunt “anyone who is unsatisfied with society”]]) and those accused of helping them. The big irony is that [[spoiler:the ringleader and instigator of the hunt, Ryo Asuka, is himself the king of all demons, {{Satan}}, who was trying to tear down human society so demons may rule again]].
* Discussed, Defied and Justified in ''LightNovel/GoblinSlayer''. Right at the end of the first arc, Priestess expressed her disturbance at Goblin Slayer's willingness to kill goblin children, citing this trope. Goblin Slayer would have none of it, even proclaiming that 'the only good goblins are the ones who never leave their holes', and judging from how every single goblin depicted so far are AlwaysChaoticEvil bastards who would RapePillageAndBurn, he would not (and ''should'' not) take that chance.

* ''LightNovel/IsItWrongToTryToPickUpGirlsInADungeon'': When Bell and the Hestia Familia discover the Xenos, monsters that can talk and reason, they are rocked by this discovery, but decide to help them. When the city finds out, they issue a search and destroy order, and Ais Wallenstein, Bell's love interest, attacks the innocent Xenos Wiene while Bell tries to defend her. Ais says all monsters must be exterminated and only relents when Wiene maims herself to prove she is not a threat. Ais is rocked by this sight, and it takes her a while to accept that the world is not black and white and that some humans are evil just like some monsters are good.

** Benny, a vampire Dean met [[spoiler:in Purgatory who helped him escape on the condition that Dean took Benny with him]], claims to be surviving off of stolen blood transfusions--and, so far, there hasn't been any evidence that he's lying about this--but that hasn't stopped Sam from wanting to chop off his head since the moment they met. [[spoiler:Eventually, Benny proves himself when he sacrifices himself to go back to Purgatory to save Sam and Bobby from Hell, but he then chooses to stay in Purgatory because he has realized that he doesn't fit in on Earth anymore]].

* Similar to the Huntsclan, ''WesternAnimation/TheLifeAndTimesOfJuniperLee'' had H.A.M. (Human Against Magic), an organization that hunted monsters regardless of their alignment. They're not exactly fond of humans that help them either, a.k.a Juniper (though she is magically enhanced, so it falls under their range of targets).
* The BigBad of ''WesternAnimation/LittleDracula'' is a PlantPerson vampire hunter called Garlick Man.
* [[spoiler:Emperor Belos]] from ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'' intends [[FinalSolution a particularly grand scale example]]: [[spoiler:a witch hunter from the 17th century, he has orchestrated a whole religion with the end goal to use a draining spell to kill all life in the Boiling Isles, seeing such an act as saving humanity from evil. Despite the fact that the various witches and demons run the whole morality spectrum, and the Isles actually were better [[HumansAreTheRealMonsters before he showed up]].]]
* An interesting variation of this trope occurs in ''WesternAnimation/TheRealGhostbusters''. While many of the supernatural entities the Ghostbusters came across were as evil and dangerous as one might typically expect and had to be busted in one way or another, sometimes the ghosts, vampires or other beings were, in fact, the ones who needed the Ghostbusters' help. Whether it was a family of [[FriendlyNeighborhoodVampires suburban spirits hiring the Ghostbusters to get rid of the malign demons that infested their house]], ghosts who were causing trouble for the living but only needed the Ghostbusters' assistance to complete their UnfinishedBusiness to be able to rest in peace, or a clan of vampires that fed on synthetic blood needing help with some overzealous vampire hunters who wanted to kill them even when they weren't a threat, the Ghostbusters could just as easily be helping the supernatural as fighting it.

* This is quite common on ''WesternAnimation/StarVsTheForcesOfEvil''. The Mewmans have been the monster’s throats for generations, even though they are mostly harmless. There was once a great war where the Mewmans and monsters where they fought over territory, and when the Mewmans won, they’ve been bossing the monsters around for decades.
* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/UglyAmericans'' drew direct parallels between Van Helsing's hunting of vampires and [[PuttingOnTheReich Adolf Hitler's hatred of Jews]], right down to authoring "[[Literature/MeinKampf Mein Vampf]]"
* In ''WesternAnimation/WelcomeToTheWayne'', self-proclaimed vampire hunter Wendell Wasserman tries to hunt down a vampire that was really a NiceGuy and mocks other people for sympathizing with him.

* In ''Nyctophobia'', this is part of the backstory of the man himself, [[Literature/{{Dracula}} Bram Van Helsing]]. [[DarkAndTroubledPast The Professor's son was killed by a werewolf and his wife's mind was shattered by the event]], so it's no surprise he joined Nyctophobia to exterminate monsters. Then on a mission hunting a cambion (half-demon), he discovered it was living an ordinary, if hermitic life with an expecting wife. Bram [[EveryoneHasStandards couldn't bring himself to kill a parent]], so he reached out instead. [[spoiler:That cambion? His fellow agent and friend, [[Literature/ThePhantomOfTheOpera Erik Garnier]].]]

** Sometimes the choice of if this Trope is applicable or not can vary from house to house, party or party, or even by different members in the ''same'' party. If you murder a room full of babies that are part of an AlwaysChaoticEvil race, is that a hate crime or is it justified since they are "born" evil? Some parties will break up trying to argue over that choice. [[https://youtu.be/Tc8Ubesn9GA This video]] from [[WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment Spoony]] goes into the nature of the argument, and suggests that either the Dungeonmaster shut down the discussion before it gets heated or just implement a HouseRule as to whether or not this trope applies.

** Goes on the assumption that all monsters are naturally evil, but occasionally throws a curve ball, like when Sam and Dean encounter a group of vampires who [[VegetarianVampire abstain from human blood]] and feed on cattle. Dean earlier killed a vampire who turned out to be part of this group, and is disturbed by the thought that some of the creatures he's killed might not have been evil.[[note]]Probably not many, because reports of humans dying in horrific ways or going missing are usually what bring him and Sam to whatever town they're in that week.[[/note]] Gordon Walker, however, sees no difference between them and any other vampire, and Sam and Dean have to stop him from killing them all. However, later seasons have stressed the moral issues of the job of hunting, as it has been revealed that [[spoiler:most of the major threats, including demons, were human at some point]].

** Victor Rogers trains a group of teenage Hunters--all of whom have the requisite traumatic past--to kill vampires by setting them on newly embraced vampires who've been framed for grisly murders. [[spoiler:Worse still, he's been colluding with a genuinely evil vampire to accomplish this]].

* In ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'', Abraham killed beings created by the Dewitchery Diamond regardless of their alignment simply because he took an oath to do so.

* Doctor Von Goosewing from ''WesternAnimation/CountDuckula'' keeps coming after the eponymous Count, despite the fact that he (the Count) is a vegetarian (actual vegetarian--not just a VegetarianVampire). In the Doctor's defense, all of Duckula's previous incarnations were exactly as bad as he believes the current one is, and the only reason the current one is a decent bloke is a flaw in the resurrection ritual.

** Goes on the assumption that all monsters are naturally evil, but occasionally throws a curve ball, like when Sam and Dean encounter a group of vampires who [[VegetarianVampire abstain from human blood]] and feed on cattle. Dean earlier killed a vampire who turned out to be part of this group, and is disturbed by the thought that some of the creatures he's killed might not have been evil.[[note]]Probably not many, because humans dying in horrific ways is usually what brings him and Sam to whatever town they're in that week.[[/note]] Gordon Walker, however, sees no difference between them and any other vampire, and Sam and Dean have to stop him from killing them all. However, later seasons have stressed the moral issues of the job of hunting, as it has been revealed that [[spoiler:most of the major threats, including demons, were human at some point]].

* ''Film/ModernVampires'' has Van Helsing as a Nazi, while Dracula is just trying to run his Los Angeles nightclub.

* The Palatine Guard of Creator/MegCabot's ''Insatiable'' series see nothing wrong with [[JackBauerInterrogationTechnique torturing]] a captive vampire, especially since nothing short of outright killing one would leave any evidence. Alaric Wulf, one such Guard, repeatedly [[InsaneTrollLogic makes the argument]] that since the BigBad who gravely injured his partner is a vampire, he is fully justified in summarily killing any and all vampires he meets, and any human who dares harbor one. In the first book, during the climactic battle against the BigBad and his minions, the Palatine Guard repeatedly shoot the vampire protagonist Lucien in the back (he survives because he is just that badass). For some reason that will presumably be explained in the next book, all this inspires [[IdiotPlot the female protagonist Meena to join the Palatine Guard]].

* ''Film/TheMonsterClub'': Pickering and The Blini--a MenInBlack [[CreatureHunterOrganization vampire hunting group]]--are dedicated to hunting down and exterminating all vampires; including VegetarianVampire Mr. Busotsky (who survives by feeding on drunks and whose motto is 'feed without greed'). After he is bitten by Busotsky, Pickering's underlings immediately turn on him and drive a WoodenStake through his heart.

* [[spoiler:Emperor Belos]] from ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'' intends [[FinalSolution a particularly grand scale example]]: [[spoiler:a witch hunter from the 17th century, he has orchestrated a whole religion with the end goal to use a draining spell to kill all life in the Boiling Isles, seeing such an act as freeing humanity from evil. Despite the fact that the various witches and demons run the whole morality spectrum, and the Isles actually were better [[HumansAreTheRealMonsters before he showed up]].]]

* Witch hunters in ''TabletopGame/WitchGirlsAdventures'' range from comparatively decent sorts who try to target witches that are actually a problem for people and are willing to let children off with a warning, to the Malleus Maleficarum, who take Van Helsing Hate Crimes into KnightTemplar territory, being perfectly willing to kill (relatively) harmless witches and children, and whose ultimate goal is the complete genocide of witches. The problem is that, due to abysmal setting-building, witches come off as [[UnintentionallyUnsympathetic so innately monstrous]] that the Maleficarum's policy of KillEmAll seems like the only sane reaction, given that witches are portrayed as universally selfish monsters who are outright encouraged to mutilate and kill people as they see fit for the pettiest of reasons.

** Averted in ''VideoGame/LuminousAvengerIX'', where a century seeing Adepts becoming warrior slaves and humans labeled "Minos" and hunted down because of [[spoiler:Asimov's tyranny]] had led to him becoming more compassionate with Adepts than he is in the mainline games.

* The Wiki/SCPFoundation is determined to contain every abnormal being they come across, even if they're completely harmless. One of its rival organizations, the Global Occult Coalition, plays this straighter, as they are dedicated to ''destroying'' every SCP they can find.

** Sometimes the choice of if this Trope is applicable or not can vary from house to house, party or party, or even by different members in the ''same'' party. If you murder a room full of babies that are part of an AlwaysChaoticEvil race, is that a hate crime or is it justified since they are "born" evil? Some parties will break up trying to argue over that choice. [[https://youtu.be/Tc8Ubesn9GA This video]] from [[WebOriginal/TheSpoonyExperiment Spoony]] goes into the nature of the argument, and suggests that either the Dungeonmaster shut down the discussion before it gets heated or just implement a HouseRule as to whether or not this trope applies.

* ''WebOriginal/TheFederalVampireAndZombieAgency'': The FVZA was disbanded after a Judge declared that vampires were also American citizens.

** The Eberron setting comes flat out and says that there are no AlwaysChaoticEvil races (well, ''maybe'' the daelkyr). An orc or goblin is about as likely to be a respectable merchant as a bloodthirsty savage, and the elves are xenophobic semi-necromancers (which, again, doesn't ''automatically'' mean "evil"). FantasticRacism is still a thing, of course, but it's no longer a justified trope. Dragons are also no longer ColorCodedForYourConvenience - the usual chromatic and metallic colored subspecies of dragon still exist but don't determine their alignment.

* Mocked in ''Series/WhatWeDoInTheShadows'' when Nadja and Laszlo try to play this card for sympathy, claiming they were forced to flee Europe because of ethnic persecution on account of their vampirism; Europeans [[MetaphoricallyTrue did not like the color of their skin]], or the fact that they are inhuman monsters of the night that kill and eat people for sustenance. Probably more the latter, as Laszlo concedes.

** Taken UpToEleven with the Lighthouse leader, Samaniego. When Avery asks him what he wants, he responds by asking Avery to write down what she wants the most on a piece of paper and to place it face down. When she does, without reading it, he points to it and tells her that he wants to stop her getting whatever she wrote down.

* [[spoiler:Emperor Belos]] from ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'' intends [[FinalSolution a particularly grand scale example]]: [[spoiler:a witch hunter from the 17th century, he has orchestrated a whole religion with the end goal to use a draining spell to kill all life in the Boiling Isles, seeing such an act as freeing humanity from evil. Despiste the fact that the various witches and demons run the whole morality spectrum, and the Isles actually were better [[HumansAreTheRealMonsters before he showed up]].]]

* ''LightNovel/IsItWrongToTryToPickUpGirInADungeon'': When Bell and the Hestia Familia discover the Xenos, monsters that can talk and reason, they are rocked by this discovery, but decide to help them. When the city finds out, they issue a search and destroy order, and Ais Wallenstein, Bell's love interest, attacks the innocent Xenos Wiene while Bell tries to defend her. Ais says all monsters must be exterminated and only relents when Wiene maims herself to prove she is not a threat. Ais is rocked by this sight, and it takes her a while to accept that the world is not black and white and that some humans are evil just like some monsters are good.

* ''LightNovel/IsItWrongToTryToPickUpGirlsInADungeon'': When Bell and the Hestia Familia discover the Xenos, monsters that can talk and reason, they are rocked by this discovery, but decide to help them. When the city finds out, they issue a search and destroy order, and Ais Wallenstein, Bell's love interest, attacks the innocent Xenos Wiene while Bell tries to defend her. Ais says all monsters must be exterminated and only relents when Wiene maims herself to prove she is not a threat. Ais is rocked by this sight, and it takes her a while to accept that the world is not black and white and that some humans are evil just like some monsters are good.

* In ''Manga/MobPsycho100'', the titular Mob is an [[StoryBreakerPower exceptionally powerful]] young psychic who has been taught not to use his powers on humans, but works part-time as an exorcist and thus has no problem [[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman exterminating spirits]]. Most of those being cartoonishly evil vengeful ghosts hostile to humanity, this initially doesn't seem like a problem... until Mob and his mentor, Reigen, encounter a family of ghosts who just want to spend their unlife in peace. This ends up causing some moral conundrums for both of them.

** Also lampshaded when [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0013.html the plot first arrives.]]

* In ''Webcomic/ScaryGoRound'', the West Yorkshire Anti-Zombie Unit leap into action when they meet [[http://www.scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20021031 Zombie!Shelley]] ([[http://www.scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20021022 long story]]), but soon have the error of their ways pointed out to them. Ashamed, they decide to be a "more caring group, rehabilitating offenders in the community," because "Just because someone doesn't have a soul, doesn't mean they don't have a heart." [[http://www.scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20021204]]

* Beastmen are persecuted on a regular basis in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'' since the bad ones are always trying to summon primals to brainwash people and inflate the beastmen's ranks. TheEmpire wants to wipe out all beastmen completely and at one point, they capture a bunch of non-hostile beastmen to execute them and ignore the protagonist's plea to not harm them since they aren't primal worshippers. Many of the beastmen stories you discover via beastmen quests have beastmen and people trying to get along.