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Ok, after doing further research, apparently it DIDN'T crumble into nonexistence after dying. Apparently, its two pack mates took the corpse with them when they fled.


* ''Series/LostTapes'' has two vampiric [[DoingInTheWizard animal monsters]] as antagonists in the first two seasons. The first are featured in the episode "Cave Demons" as nearly man-sized semi-vampiric [[BatOutOfHell predatory bats]] with impressive wingspreads that are implied to be the basis for sightings of the olitiau cryptid. The second was out and out called a vampire and is a horrible brutally animalistic, but living, ape-like creature with a vaguely bat-like face that feeds on blood from any humans and small animals it can catch. The episode also portrays its lair as something akin to a raccoon's or a pack rats, as it lives in the basement of a [[HauntedHouse old home]]. And while incredibly strong and fast, it ultimately possesses the traditional weakness of being instantly killed via a WoodenStake to the heart (as demonstrated by the father of the family it tries to hunt when he picks up a fragment of a wooden door that the creature tried to bust through to reach him and his family and uses it as an ImprovisedWeapon when he gets desperate enough to try to fight back), and it [[NoBodyLeftBehind crumbles to ash upon death]]. The 3rd season introduces a third vampire species, the Strigoi, which is an explicitly supernatural humanoid creature, capable of invisibility, shape-shifting, and other supernatural powers.

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* ''Series/LostTapes'' has two vampiric [[DoingInTheWizard animal monsters]] as antagonists in the first two seasons. The first are featured in the episode "Cave Demons" as nearly man-sized semi-vampiric [[BatOutOfHell predatory bats]] with impressive wingspreads that are implied to be the basis for sightings of the olitiau cryptid. The second was out and out called a vampire and is a horrible brutally animalistic, but living, ape-like creature with a vaguely bat-like face that feeds on blood from any humans and small animals it can catch. The episode also portrays its lair as something akin to a raccoon's or a pack rats, as it lives in the basement of a [[HauntedHouse old home]]. And while incredibly strong and fast, it ultimately possesses the traditional weakness of being instantly killed via a WoodenStake to the heart (as demonstrated by the father of the family it tries to hunt when he picks up a sharpened fragment of a wooden door that the creature tried to bust through to reach him and his family and uses it as an ImprovisedWeapon when he gets desperate enough to try to fight back), and it [[NoBodyLeftBehind crumbles to ash upon death]].back). The 3rd season introduces a third vampire species, the Strigoi, which is an explicitly supernatural humanoid creature, capable of invisibility, shape-shifting, and other supernatural powers.
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* ''Series/LostTapes'' has two vampiric [[DoingInTheWizard animal monsters]] as antagonists. The first are featured in the episode "Cave Demons" as nearly man-sized semi-vampiric/predatory bats with impressive wingspreads. The second was out and out called a vampire and is a horrible brutally animalistic, but living, creature the feeds on blood from humans and small animals it can catch. The episode also portrays its lair as something akin to a raccoon's or a pack rats, as it lives in the basement of a [[HauntedHouse old home]]. There's a third vampire, the Strigoi, which is a supernatural creature, capable of invisibility, shape-shifting, and other supernatural powers.

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* ''Series/LostTapes'' has two vampiric [[DoingInTheWizard animal monsters]] as antagonists. antagonists in the first two seasons. The first are featured in the episode "Cave Demons" as nearly man-sized semi-vampiric/predatory bats semi-vampiric [[BatOutOfHell predatory bats]] with impressive wingspreads. wingspreads that are implied to be the basis for sightings of the olitiau cryptid. The second was out and out called a vampire and is a horrible brutally animalistic, but living, ape-like creature the with a vaguely bat-like face that feeds on blood from any humans and small animals it can catch. The episode also portrays its lair as something akin to a raccoon's or a pack rats, as it lives in the basement of a [[HauntedHouse old home]]. There's And while incredibly strong and fast, it ultimately possesses the traditional weakness of being instantly killed via a WoodenStake to the heart (as demonstrated by the father of the family it tries to hunt when he picks up a fragment of a wooden door that the creature tried to bust through to reach him and his family and uses it as an ImprovisedWeapon when he gets desperate enough to try to fight back), and it [[NoBodyLeftBehind crumbles to ash upon death]]. The 3rd season introduces a third vampire, vampire species, the Strigoi, which is a an explicitly supernatural humanoid creature, capable of invisibility, shape-shifting, and other supernatural powers.

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* Vampires in ''Series/{{Sanctuary}}'' once ruled the world due to being better than humans in pretty much every way (getting thrown off a skyscraper fails to faze one). Eventually the other species rose up and wiped them out but their genes lived on in a few families. Nikola Tesla accidentally turned himself into one when he injected the last remaining vampire blood into himself. They have spikes that come out of their fingers, hugely dilated eyes and ignore sunlight.

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Vampires in ''Series/{{Sanctuary}}'' once ruled the world due to being better than humans in pretty much every way (getting thrown off a skyscraper fails to faze one). Eventually the other species rose up and wiped them out but their genes lived on in a few families. Nikola Tesla accidentally turned himself into one when he injected the last remaining vampire blood into himself. They have spikes that come out of their fingers, hugely dilated eyes and ignore sunlight.
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* ''Series/OctoberFaction'': They don't seem to be undead and lack the typical weaknesses and powers of vampires. They keep they typical fangs, but instead of being longer canines they're retractable and protrude forward from their mouths. They are created from normal humans though.
* ''Series/TheOrville'' has a race called the Krill, the resident bad guy race of the first season. They have pale skin and vampiric features, are hypersensitive to light to the point that ultraviolet rays can burn them alive, they have a violent and murderous culture that sees all other races as soulless and free to be killed at leisure, and culturally they follow a ReligionOfEvil built around blood sacrifices and worship of an OmnicidalManiac deity called Avis, who are basically space vampires.

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* ''Series/OctoberFaction'': They don't seem to be undead and lack the typical weaknesses and powers of vampires. They keep they the typical fangs, but instead of being longer canines they're retractable and protrude forward from their mouths. They are created from normal humans though.
* ''Series/TheOrville'' has a race called the Krill, the resident bad guy race of the first season. They have pale skin and vampiric features, are hypersensitive to light to the point that ultraviolet rays can burn them alive, they have a violent and murderous culture that sees all other races as soulless and free to be killed at leisure, and culturally they follow a ReligionOfEvil built around blood sacrifices and worship of an OmnicidalManiac deity called Avis, who and are basically space vampires.
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** In "Monsters!", the vampire Emile Francis Bendictson explains to Toby Michaels that most of what he has learned about [[YourVampiresSuck vampires from the monster movies that he loves so much is incorrect]]. Becoming a vampire is more like contracting a disease than dying and returning as TheUndead. It also doesn't mean that an infected person is granted eternal life and stops aging altogether. Mr. Benedictson became a vampire at 11 years old and appears to be in his early 80s in 1986, 147 years after he was infected. He is not evil but simply a kind old man who has returned to his native Mill Valley to die. Vampires are also [[DaywalkingVampire immune to sunlight]], garlic and the cross. Most significantly, there is something in a vampire's biology that activates a recessive gene in ordinary humans when in close proximity, causing them to mutate into monsters who destroy vampires. It acts as a genetic defense mechanism.
** In "Red Snow", the vampires living in the [[TheGulag Siberian gulag]] have fangs, [[VampiresSleepInCoffins sleep in coffins]] and [[WeakenedByTheLight are killed by sunlight]]. However, they are not evil. In exchange for protection during the summer months, they protect the townspeople from any possible source of danger. Aside from thieves and murderers, they never feed on humans. These vampires also [[DirtyCommunists despise the Soviet Union]] for all the suffering that it has caused the Russian people.

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** In "Monsters!", "[[Recap/TheTwilightZone1985S1E15 Monsters!]]", the vampire Emile Francis Bendictson explains to Toby Michaels that most of what he has learned about [[YourVampiresSuck vampires from the monster movies that he loves so much is incorrect]]. Becoming a vampire is more like contracting a disease than dying and returning as TheUndead. It also doesn't mean that an infected person is granted eternal life and stops aging altogether. Mr. Benedictson became a vampire at 11 years old and appears to be in his early 80s in 1986, 147 years after he was infected. He is not evil but simply a kind old man who has returned to his native Mill Valley to die. Vampires are also [[DaywalkingVampire immune to sunlight]], garlic and the cross. Most significantly, there is something in a vampire's biology that activates a recessive gene in ordinary humans when in close proximity, causing them to mutate into monsters who destroy vampires. It acts as a genetic defense mechanism.
** In "Red Snow", "[[Recap/TheTwilightZone1985S1E21 Red Snow]]", the vampires living in the [[TheGulag Siberian gulag]] have fangs, [[VampiresSleepInCoffins sleep in coffins]] and [[WeakenedByTheLight are killed by sunlight]]. However, they are not evil. In exchange for protection during the summer months, they protect the townspeople from any possible source of danger. Aside from thieves and murderers, they never feed on humans. These vampires also [[DirtyCommunists despise the Soviet Union]] for all the suffering that it has caused the Russian people.
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** Vampires have reflections, they cast shadows, and their photos can be taken (e.g. Tom Anderson keeps a photograph of the vampires Louis de Pointe and Lestat de Lioncourt in his desk drawer).
** Although undead, their heart still beats (a vampire's heart rate will even match that of their beloved's), and they still draw breath (according to Claudia, Louis and Lestat's breathing become synchronized after spending an hour alone together).

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** Vampires have reflections, they cast shadows, and their photos can be taken (e.g. in "[[Recap/InterviewWithTheVampire2022S1E7TheThingLayStill The Thing Lay Still]]", Tom Anderson keeps a photograph of the vampires Louis de Pointe and Lestat de Lioncourt in his desk drawer).
** Although undead, their heart still beats (a vampire's heart rate will even match that of their beloved's), and they still draw breath (according to Claudia, Claudia in [[Recap/InterviewWithTheVampire2022S1E7TheThingLayStill episode 7]], Louis and Lestat's breathing become synchronized after spending an hour alone together).

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* ''Series/{{Grimm}}'' has Murcielagos, if as is stated in-univere Wesens inspired the different creatures of folklore, then Murcielagos looks a lot like the classic {{Nosferatu}} and could also be the inspiration for the turning-into-bat part of the myth, in a similar way how the Blutbad was the inspiration for the werewolf myth.

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* ''Series/{{Grimm}}'' has Murcielagos, if as is stated in-univere Wesens inspired the different creatures of folklore, then Murcielagos looks a lot like the classic {{Nosferatu}} Film/{{Nosferatu}} and could also be the inspiration for the turning-into-bat part of the myth, in a similar way how the Blutbad was the inspiration for the werewolf myth.


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* ''Series/InterviewWithTheVampire2022'': The show's vampires follow some of the baseline rules, but not all of them.
** A WoodenStake [[AttackOnTheHeart through the heart]] won't kill a vampire.
** [[SilverHasMysticPowers Silver]], [[HolyBurnsEvil religious objects/sites]] and [[VampiresHateGarlic garlic/onions]] are harmless to them.
** They can move freely because MustBeInvited, CannotCrossRunningWater and AtTheCrossroads don't apply.
** Vampires have reflections, they cast shadows, and their photos can be taken (e.g. Tom Anderson keeps a photograph of the vampires Louis de Pointe and Lestat de Lioncourt in his desk drawer).
** Although undead, their heart still beats (a vampire's heart rate will even match that of their beloved's), and they still draw breath (according to Claudia, Louis and Lestat's breathing become synchronized after spending an hour alone together).
** Unlike Creator/AnneRice's [[Literature/TheVampireChronicles vampires]], the TV incarnations can eat human food even though they don't like the taste. The latter can also physically have sex, while the former cannot.
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* ''Series/{{Charmed|1998}}''[='=]s Paige was partially turned into a vamp. They have a hierarchy similar to bees. In order to save Paige before she finished transforming, her sisters killed the vampire queen, freeing Paige and causing every other vampire in that clan to die instantly. They have the standard vampire weaknesses and their eyes are extremely sensitive to light making them wear sunglasses in bright places.
* In "Justice is Served", a first-season episode of ''Series/{{CSI}}'', a nutritionist with [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porphyria Porphyria]] liquifies human organs and drinks them to get the enzymes she needs. Interestingly, porphyria is often cited as a possible influence for the creation of vampire myths, as the symptoms of some forms of it can mimic vampire traits; extreme pallor and sensitivity to light, receding gums which make the teeth appear longer, mental disturbances such as paranoia and hallucinations, etc. However, since vamps being harmed by sunlight is a recent invention, this speculation is questioned just as often.

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* ''Series/{{Charmed|1998}}''[='=]s ''Series/Charmed1998''[='=]s Paige was partially turned into a vamp. They have a hierarchy similar to bees. In order to save Paige before she finished transforming, her sisters killed the vampire queen, freeing Paige and causing every other vampire in that clan to die instantly. They have the standard vampire weaknesses and their eyes are extremely sensitive to light making them wear sunglasses in bright places.
* In "Justice is Served", a first-season the ''Series/{{CSI}}'' episode of ''Series/{{CSI}}'', "[[Recap/CSIS1E21JusticeIsServed Justice is Served]]", a nutritionist with [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porphyria Porphyria]] liquifies human organs and drinks them to get the enzymes she needs. Interestingly, porphyria is often cited as a possible influence for the creation of vampire myths, as the symptoms of some forms of it can mimic vampire traits; extreme pallor and sensitivity to light, receding gums which make the teeth appear longer, mental disturbances such as paranoia and hallucinations, etc. However, since vamps being harmed by sunlight is a recent invention, this speculation is questioned just as often.
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* ''Series/TheStrain'' has somewhat traditional vampires (burned by sunlight, vulnerable to silver, etc.), except that the vampirism is spread by virus-carrying worms. The vampires also have long, tongue-like "stingers," and appear on video and in reflections (although their images seem to vibrate in silver mirrors). The show hasn't yet addressed the effects of crosses or garlic. Vampirism also completely morphs their body, turning their skin grey, causing all the hair on their body to fall out and their noses and genitals to fall off.

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* ''Series/TheStrain'' ''Series/TheStrainTVSeries'' has somewhat traditional vampires (burned by sunlight, vulnerable to silver, etc.), except that the vampirism is spread by virus-carrying worms. The vampires also have long, tongue-like "stingers," and appear on video and in reflections (although their images seem to vibrate in silver mirrors). The show hasn't yet addressed the effects of crosses or garlic. Vampirism also completely morphs their body, turning their skin grey, causing all the hair on their body to fall out and their noses and genitals to fall off.
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*** In the canonical ''Angel & Faith'' comics, it's elaborated that mesmerism is an inherent ability of vampires but few of them bother to develop it.

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*** In the canonical ''Angel & Faith'' ''Comicbook/AngelAndFaith'' comics, it's elaborated that mesmerism is an inherent ability of vampires but few of them bother to develop it.



** Vampires also seem to age by becoming more and more inhuman, and stronger as they do. It is unknown how old the Master is, but he has mutated to the point where his skin is wrinkled, his fingernails are claws, and has the general features of a bat. He is also faster than any other vampire and it took a broken table to kill him. [[spoiler: Of course, it didn't take. In the Buffy Season 8 comics, he's alive and well again.]] Even then, he didn't fully turn to dust, just his flesh did, and the next episode was resolved by smashing his bones into dust with a sledgehammer to prevent any resurrection. Another vampire, Kakistos, had cloven hands and feet, and was large enough that a standard stake didn't reach his heart. Though he still turned to complete dust when a pole was shoved through his heart. Then, there are the completely monstrous Über-Vamps of the Turok-Han.

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** Vampires also seem to age by becoming more and more inhuman, and stronger as they do. It is unknown how old the Master is, but he has mutated to the point where his skin is wrinkled, his fingernails are claws, and has the general features of a bat. He is also faster than any other vampire and it took a broken table to kill him. [[spoiler: Of course, it didn't take. In the Buffy Season 8 comics, he's alive and well again.]] Even then, he didn't fully turn to dust, just his flesh did, and the next episode was resolved by smashing his bones into dust with a sledgehammer to prevent any resurrection. Another ancient vampire, Kakistos, had cloven hands and feet, and was large enough that a standard stake didn't reach his heart. Though he still turned to complete dust when a pole was shoved through his heart. Then, there are the completely monstrous Über-Vamps of the Turok-Han.
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*** In the canonical ''Angel & Faith'' comics, it's elaborated that mesmerism is an inherent ability of vampires but few of them bother to develop it.
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* In the ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' episode "The Man Trap", there was a "salt vampire" (officially called "the M-113 Creature") that could look like its victim's ideal love/sex object. This allowed it to find victims when straight salt wasn't available.

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* In the ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' episode "The "[[Recap/StarTrekS1E1TheManTrap The Man Trap", there was Trap]]", there's a "salt vampire" (officially called "the M-113 Creature") that could can look like its victim's ideal love/sex object. This allowed allows it to find victims when straight salt wasn't isn't available.
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* ''Series/ReginaldTheVampire'' is set in a world where vampires are beautiful, fit and vain. Reginald is none of these things and the comedy stems from this.

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