History OurVampiresAreDifferent / LiveActionTv

* Since KryptoniteIsEverywhere in ''{{Smallville}}'', it makes perfect sense that a girl named Buffy Sanders in a vampire sorority was bitten by a mutated bat from a cave with [[GreenRocks meteor-rock]] infected stalactites. She is vaporized by Lana, who gained heat vision after biting Clark. There is also a cure for this.

* The vamps in ''MyBabysittersAVampire'' have most of the strengths and weaknesses of the standard vamps but can go out in sunlight, although they wear sunglasses. They can't change shape but can fly.

* ''BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' 's vampires are described as a type of demon (just one of many) possessing a corpse and are said to lack souls, explaining their amoral behavior. They have [[GameFace "demonic" faces]] that only appear just before they feed or during a fight, or any other time [[RuleOfCool the writers want them to look more intimidating]] -- [[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman Whedon explained in interviews that he was unnerved by the thought of a teenage girl murdering normal looking people on network television, so the "vamp face" was created to allow for guilt-free slaying.]] Vampires have many of the usual traits otherwise, including sensitivity to sunlight (although very much the direct-sunlight-only variety; put them in any kind of shadow and they're quite cozy) and the stake-through-the-heart kill. [[NoBodyLeftBehind When killed, however, they turn to dust instantly]] -- a conscious decision by the producers, since they didn't want to devote time in every episode of a teenage-oriented show to "Well, let's clean up all the '''dead bodies'''."

* ''StarTrek'' had a "salt vampire" that could look like it's victim's ideal love/sex object. This allowed it to find victims when straight salt wasn't available.

* Tragically few details are given about the specifics vampiric nature of [[SesameStreet Count von Count]], but he is known to have the obsessive-compulsive bit and is suggested to have control of the weather. Uniquely, he also has purple skin, although if this is a result of vampirism, puppet-ism, or the combination of the two is unknown. He has been seen in the sun, although, again, his lack of actual skin brings into question whether other vampires of his world are similarly immune or if it is a puppet advantage.

* ''{{Charmed}}'''s Paige was partially turned into a vamp. They have a hierarchy similar to bees. Vampires only appeared in a single episode, because in order to save Paige before she finished transforming, her sisters killed the vampire queen, freeing Paige and causing every other vampire in the world 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 one episode of the horror anthology series ''{{Monsters}}'', a couple of teenage boys investigate the local barbershop, noticing that the barbers have been around for a very long time without aging and that customers sneak in carrying large bottles of blood. One of them is convinced that the barbers are vampires, while his friend (the narrator who is recounting this tale from his youth to a barber) thinks he's nuts. It turns out that the barbers aren't vampires, but they are in league with one. The barbers explain to the narrator that vampires used to be the stereotypical monsters seen in classic horror films, but over the centuries they have become giant near-immobile ''leeches''. The barbers of the world are the vampires' caretakers -- they and their customers give large quantities of their own blood to the vampires in exchange for small quantities of the vampires' blood which allows humans to live for a very long time (hence why the barbers don't seem to age). The barbers try to convince the narrator and his friend to join them by letting them taste their master's blood. In the present day, it's shown that the two accepted the offer.

** The are a couple more differences between this show's mythos and traditional vampire stories. Garlic has no effect on vampires (in the first episode, Mick mentions that "it tastes good on a pizza"). Silver is toxic, but not immediately fatal. It will kill a vampire given sufficient time or amount. A stake through the heart paralyzes them, but remove the stake and [[IGotBetter they get better]]. Fire and decapitation still work, though.

** Actually, another vampire queen showed up in the season seven finale (or an episode near it), and then yet another queen appeared and got killed off by a BigBad in [[Revival the Zenescope comics]]. So it wasn't every vampire in the world that was destroyed in the "Bite Me" episode, just that one queen's clan.

** Actually, another vampire queen showed up in the season seven finale (or an episode near it), and then yet another queen appeared and got killed off by a BigBad in [[TheRevival the comics]]. So it wasn't every vampire in the world that was destroyed in the "Bite Me" episode, just that one queen's clan.

* In ''Series/BeingHuman'', the vampires do not really need to drink blood in the first place (they just experience intense cravings for it akin to an incurable drug addiction), and bloodbanks aren't good enough. They are also attached to their creator in some way, and able to locate the creator vampire from a distance. Oddly enough, drinking vampire blood seems to stave off cravings for human blood, for a while, anyway... They can venture into sunlight, but they're not exactly fond of it. A stake through the heart kills them. People wielding signs of faith (including holy symbols and recitations from the Bible) can ward them off. They need an invitation to enter homes.
** Additionally, they don't have a vampire face, but their eyes do turn completely black when they're in full vampire force (feeding, about to feed, etc.) and their fangs come out. They also turn into a [[BuffyTheVampireSlayer Buffy-style]] pile of dust when staked, although their style of dusting is a touch slower than those of the vampires in ''BuffyTheVampireSlayer''. One [[spoiler: sort of]] effective way to kill a vampire is to lock him in a room with a transformed werewolf.
* The vampire in ''Series/TheVampyrASoapOpera'' has a special condition for remaining a vampire: he must kill three women in three nights, or he is doomed to hell.
** This idea comes from John Polidori's "Literature/TheVampyre" and its theatrical adaptations, especially the opera ''Theatre/DerVampyr'' upon which the miniseries is based. Additionally in ''Der Vampyr'' (and originally from ''The Vampyre''), vampires can be injured by normal weapons, but heal when they lay in the moonlight.
* ''{{Charmed}}'''s Paige was partially turned into a vamp. They have a hierarchy similar to bees. Vampires only appeared in a single episode, because in order to save Paige before she finished transforming, her sisters killed the vampire queen, freeing Paige and causing every other vampire in the world to die instantly.
** They have the standard vampire weaknesses and their eyes are extremely sensitive to light making them wear sunglasses in bright places.

* ''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 weas 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 racoon'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.

* In one episode of the horror anthology series ''{{Monsters}}'', a couple of teenage boys investigate the local barbershop, noticing that the barbers have been around for a very long time without aging and that customers sneak in carrying large bottles of blood. One of them is convinced that the barbers are vampires, while his friend (the narrator who is recounting this tale from his youth to a barber) thinks he's nuts. It turns out that the barbers aren't vampires, but they are in league with one. The barbers explain to the narrator that vampires used to be the stereotypical monsters seen in classic horror films, but over the centuries they have become giant near-immobile ''leeches''. The barbers of the world are the vampires' caretakers -- they and their customers give large quantities of their own blood to the vampires in exchange for small quantities of the vampires' blood which allows humans to live for a very long time (hence why the barbers don't seem to age). The barbers try to convince the narrator and his friend to join them by letting them taste the vampires' blood. In the present day, it's shown that the two accepted the offer.

** This idea comes from John Polidori's "Literature/TheVampyre" and its theatrical adaptations, especially the opera ''Theatre/DerVampyr'' upon which the miniseries is based. Additionally in ''DerVampyr'' (and originally from ''The Vampyre''), vampires can be injured by normal weapons, but heal when they lay in the moonlight.

** This idea comes from John Polidori's ''The Vampyre'' and its theatrical adaptations, especially the opera ''DerVampyr'' upon which the miniseries is based. Additionally in ''DerVampyr'' (and originally from ''The Vampyre''), vampires can be injured by normal weapons, but heal when they lay in the moonlight.

* ''EarthFinalConflict'' has introduces the Atavus (again) in its final season ([[YourMileageMayVary arguably]] worst). Unlike the other 2 times they introduced them, these Atavus look very similar to humans (but with slight animalistic characteristics) and do not possess the Shaqarava - an organ possessed by several species (and [[HalfHumanHybrid Liam Kincaid]]) that allows energy to be channeled through the palms. They have extendable glowing claws that, apparently, rip into the victim's soul and drain the life force. This is their main method of feeding. Projectile weapons have no effect on the Atavus due to their HealingFactor and semi-EnergyBeing nature. Energy weapons work fairly well, though, although you're unlikely to get a OneHitKill, except with the {{Hand Cannon}}s introduced in the series finale. The Atavus cannot turn a human into one of them. However, they can use their stasis pods to turn a human into a human/Atavus hybrid. They can (and need to) feed as the Atavus but look human. They are also loyal to their masters. Being aliens, the Atavus are not repelled by any vampire wards. It's also mentioned that the Atavus don't need to feed on living beings on their homeworld.

* {{Forever Knight}}'s vampires are rather traditional in many ways. They are vulnerable to fire, sunlight,garlic, stakes and crosses. They can fly and have a sort of infrared heat vision when vamped out. They get yellow eyes when vamped out. Usually they don't show up in mirrors, but NIck does due to his humanity (and budget constraints). Turning, or 'bringing accross' requires the usual mutual blood exchange. And a newborn vamp that eats something other than human gets fixated on that species, and they're called a carouche. The vampirism is mostly scientific, related to a alteration in DNA or RNA, and at least one drug can reverse it, but it creates an addiction to the drug then. It's also possible to become human through a process involving a bond with a human, and a severe emotional trauma. They share a mindlink with sires, siblings and children that lets them sense their presence. And they can survive as an essence if there's evil energy around and revive, like Divia did.

* Mick in {{Moonlight}} didn't have a holy object or garlic sensitivity, but he was vulnerable to silver. Sunlight was troubling but not killing, unless he really overdid it. He was strong and had enhanced senses, but couldn't fly.

** One episode of ''Angel'' featured the "Prince of Lies", a ShoutOut CaptainErsatz of Count Orlok from ''{{Nosferatu}}''. He seemed senile and frail for a Vamp, but he eventually flipped out and put up quite a fight.

** Buffyverse vampires are ''insanely'' allergic to wood. Bram Stoker's Dracula needed a stake of ash wood severed from the tree by a bolt of lightning driven through his heart, and that was just to keep him in place. Buffyverse vampires however "dust" when stabbed in the heart with a pencil or chopstick, and crossbows are a common weapon despite their modern-day impracticality. You still have to hit the heart, though -- Angel's taken wooden stakes in the neck, the arm, the shoulder, and in one case in the chest but ''just'' missing the heart, and was only mildly discomfited. The rib cage also seems to [[MadeOfPlasticine cave in immediately against wood]], as vampires have been staked with blunt wood objects, such as a spatula handle or a tree branch, and without much force behind the blow (Xander accidentally staking Jesse, in fact just any non-augmented human staking a vampire basically implies their ribs can't handle any damage from wood).

* ''BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' 's vampires are described as a type of demon (just one of many) and are said to lack souls, explaining their amoral behavior. They have [[GameFace "demonic" faces]] that only appear just before they feed or during a fight, or any other time [[RuleOfCool the writers want them to look more intimidating]] -- [[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman Whedon explained in interviews that he was unnerved by the thought of a teenage girl murdering normal looking people on network television, so the "vamp face" was created to allow for guilt-free slaying.]] Vampires have many of the usual traits otherwise, including sensitivity to sunlight (although very much the direct-sunlight-only variety; put them in any kind of shadow and they're quite cozy) and the stake-through-the-heart kill. [[NoBodyLeftBehind When killed, however, they turn to dust instantly]] -- a conscious decision by the producers, since they didn't want to devote time in every episode of a teenage-oriented show to "Well, let's clean up all the '''dead bodies'''."

* ''{{Buffy the Vampire Slayer}}'' 's vampires are described as a type of demon (just one of many) and are said to lack souls, explaining their amoral behavior. They have [[GameFace "demonic" faces]] that only appear just before they feed or during a fight, or any other time [[RuleOfCool the writers want them to look more intimidating]] -- Whedon explained in interviews that he was unnerved by the thought of a teenage girl murdering normal looking people on network television, so the "vamp face" was created to allow for guilt-free slaying. Vampires have many of the usual traits otherwise, including sensitivity to sunlight (although very much the direct-sunlight-only variety; put them in any kind of shadow and they're quite cozy) and the stake-through-the-heart kill. When killed, however, they turn to dust instantly -- a conscious decision by the producers, since they didn't want to devote time in every episode of a teenage-oriented show to "Well, let's clean up all the '''dead bodies'''."

** It does have to be wood and only wood, though. If anything else pierces their heart, they're discomfited, but still alive. Well, alive in an undead kind of way.

** One classic power is anti-lampshaded in the pilot, specifically to distinguish from The Movie:

** 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 Uber-Vamps of the Turok-Han.
** One episode of ''Angel'' featured the "Prince of Lies", a ShoutOut CaptainErsatz of Count Orlok from ''Nosferatu''. He seemed senile and frail for a Vamp, but he eventually flipped out and put up quite a fight.

* The series ''{{Ultraviolet}}'' has "leeches" (vampires) who are susceptible to ultraviolet rays (found in sunlight), do not show up on any electrical or photographic audiovisual equipment (they can't even use telephones without an electronic speech synthesiser), and are injured by carbon-based bullets. They also violently burn to ash when killed by any means, with enough energy discharged to cause serious damage to anything too close, but if another vampire spills blood on their remains they can regenerate, which is why the vampire hunters must gather up the ashes and keep them locked away. They appear to have super healing, but damage done by sunlight never heals. However, they are visually identical to humans, and don't even have fangs.
* ''KamenRiderKiva'' has the Fangire(a portmanteau of Fang and Vampire), stained-glass based creatures (resembling different animals and monsters) that can masquerade as humans and suck the "life energy" of their victims out through "phantom" fangs that appear above their heads, turning the victims transparent, as a result. They're also the strongest and most prolific of the 13 Demon Races in the show's setting, having dealt with most of the others one way or another (nearly wiping out the [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent Wolfen]], [[OurMermaidsAreDifferent Merman]], and [[FrankensteinsMonster Franken]] races [[AllThereInTheManual and actually having wiped out the Goblins centuries ago]]).
* Vampires in ''Moonlight'' can go about during the day provided they keep mostly covered up. They have a drink/drinkback siring process, and a special "[[GameFace vampire face]]" as in BTVS. They must rest in a cold place, typically a freezer or an ice bath. They can be photographed digitally, but not with any silver emulsion, nor do they reflect in silver mirrors (modern aluminum mirrors haven't been brought up). They also have a strict code of ethics aimed at preserving the {{Masquerade}} and enforced by hot vampire chicks, but [[{{Fanservice}} that's another trope entirely]].

* One episode of ''TheXFiles'' had Mulder and Scully investigate a series of vampire-like tourist killings in a small town. They went to investigate, and it turns out the ''entire town'' was vampires. They were able to go out in daylight, and even eat normal food. They also had OCD, which saved a drugged Mulder's life when he threw a bag of sunflower seeds at the one malicious vampire instead of grabbing his gun. He then blacks out, and comes to just after the vampire has finished and is about to bite him. Mulder is trapped in a trailer while the entire town surrounds it, and wakes up the next morning in their rental car, with the entire town gone. Scully, meanwhile, had had a very informative chat with the local sheriff - right before he drugged her, while explaining that the vampire that had gone after Mulder and other victims "just isn't who we are any more. Still, though he is a moron, he is one of ours".

* ''SabrinaTheTeenageWitch'' features a vampire who follows the Bela Lugosi mold to a T, though he's also a professional actor, so he may be hamming it up on purpose. He's repulsed by garlic and mirrors, and immune to witch-magic. Sabrina kills him by driving a ''steak'' through his heart. A porterhouse steak. Magic in the Sabrinaverse is largely based on wordplay.

* Vampires from ''YoungDracula'' have most of the stereotypical abilities and weaknesses, except for the ability to throw fireballs. There's also no mention of them being affected by holy symbols, garlic and garlic juice being used instead, presumably to avoid [[MoralGuardians offending anyone]]. They can also be born mostly human until they're exposed to their SuperpoweredEvilSide. Not being able to travel over water was brought up in one episode as a minor plot point.

* ''{{Supernatural}}'''s vampires were intended to lack several traits of vampires seen in other media, so they tend to be, well, different, aside from being [[TheUndead undead]] and feeding on blood. They have normal human teeth and a retractable second set of pointed teeth used to bite people. Strong weakness to sunlight? The worst they get is a bad sunburn and the first time vampires are seen in the series, one of them is actually seen outside in the day with no problems caused by doing so. Killed by stakes? Nope. Repelled by crosses? Nope. In fact, one of them wore a cross around her neck! In addition, dead men's blood is poisonous to them, so they're required to drink blood fresh from living prey. Humans are turned into vampires if they ingest the blood of a vampire.

* The lore of ''{{The Vampire Diaries}}'' takes some major turns from other vampire tales.

** As for weaknesses, crosses, silver, and holy water aren't a problem, but any kind of wood implement causes pain. [[KryptoniteFactor Although garlic doesn't affect them, vampires have a weakness to the plant vervain]], but they can build up an immunity if exposed to small amounts over a long period of time. When humans wear vervain they can't be compelled or have their memories erased. Vervain is also toxic to vampires; contact causes pain, and ingesting or having it injected causes pain and paralysis. Drinking the blood of someone who's recently consumed vervain has the same effects of consuming vervain itself. They must also be [[VampireInvitation invited at least once into dwellings with living inhabitants before they can enter, but killing the inhabitants also works]]. While they're still vulnerable to direct sunlight, indirect sunlight doesn't do them any harm and a few vampires even have special rings that allow them to walk during the day. The rings need to be enchanted by witches and the original creator can remove the ring's confered sunlight immunity at any time they choose. [[FurAgainstFang Werewolves are the natural enemies of vampires]], and their bites are horribly lethal.
** To turn someone into a vampire they must first drink vampire blood and then die, but they're not out of the woods just yet. After death they will be in a stage called "transition" which lasts about a day before the person in question either dies or chooses to drink human blood and thus completes the "transition", becoming a full vampire. On top of this, drinking vampire blood causes humans to gain a temporary sort of HealingFactor. The reverse is true for vampires, who ordinarly have a HealingFactor (they can even regenerate their eyes), but heal even faster after consuming human blood.

* In ''Series/BloodTies'', vampires have some of the traditional weaknesses but none of the others. Sunlight burns (all vampires instinctively know when dawn is near), blood is necessary (although killing isn't), turning is done via the drink/give blood method, a vampire can be killed with a stake to the heart (or by ''punching'' through the heart with a first), and religious symbols are useless. Vampires are fast and strong. They can also hypnotize, although this, for some reason, fails to work on Vicki (possibly, due to her poor eyesight). All vampires are extremely territorial. It's almost impossible for two vampires to be in the same city without killing each other (unless the city is very big, then two or more vampires may divide it amongst themselves). This biological mechanism keeps the vampire population low. The terrotoriality only develops after about 6 months, allowing the newly-turned vampire to learn from his or her maker before being forced to leave. The only known way of incapacitating a vampire appears to be the Iluminación del Sol, a Chinese-made device that incapacitates a vampire when pressed into his or her chest.

* In ''Series/BloodTies'', vampires have some of the traditional weaknesses but none of the others. Sunlight burns (all vampires instinctively know when dawn is near), blood is necessary (although killing isn't), turning is done via the drink/give blood method, a vampire can be killed with a stake to the heart (or by ''punching'' through the heart with a first), and religious symbols are useless. Vampires are fast and strong. They can also hypnotize, although this, for some reason, fails to work on Vicki (possibly, due to her poor eyesight). All vampires are extremely territorial. It's almost impossible for two vampires to be in the same city without killing each other (unless the city is very big, then two or more vampires may divide it amongst themselves). This biological mechanism keeps the vampire population low. The terrotoriality only develops after about 6 months, allowing the newly-turned vampire to learn from his or her maker before being forced to leave. The only known way of incapacitating a vampire appears to be the Iluminación del Sol, a Chinese-made device that incapacitates a vampire when pressed into his or chest chest.