History OurVampiresAreDifferent / LiveActionTv

* In ''TheMiddleman'', vampires can tell all about a victim from one sip of blood, including their motivations and thoughts. And they can only be killed by a stake of purest Carpathian wood. And sometimes their souls can get trapped in evil puppets.

** 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 they get better. Fire and decapitation still work, though.

* ''{{Buffyverse}}'':

* ''EarthFinalConflict'' has introduces the Atavus (again) in its final season. 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.

* Count Nocturne from ''Series/PowerRangersTurbo'' is a vampire MonsterOfTheWeek who was transformed from a [[SpaceX lunar bat]]. He manages to bite Carlos, starting to turn the teen into a vampire as well. The other Rangers are able to subdue their friend and Alpha administers a temporary antidote that breaks Carlos free. It starts to wear off during the fight, but Carlos is able to resist long enough to blow the Count up with the Rescue Turbo Megazord. This breaks the spell.
** In ''PowerRangersMysticForce,'' Necrolai is the queen of vampires. Being the queen makes her and those directly sired by her immune to the usual weaknesses. She herself gets true immortality as a perk: no matter how thoroughly you destroy her and no matter what AppliedPhlebotinum you use to do it, she'll re-form. However, [[spoiler: a little while after her HeelFaceTurn, she transformed into a human after using her stored LifeEnergy to bring those who'd died during the GrandFinale battle back to life, apparently losing her powers. It would seem that role has fallen to her daughter Leelee [[SignificantAnagram Pimvare]] now, since the Book of Prophecy says she will become the new queen.]] When it comes to turning others into vampires, any vampire can do that, it seems, but they will have the weaknesses - there was a rush to take down the vampire MonsterOfTheWeek (whose monster form is actually based on a venus flytrap) before dawn, lest all the newly created vampire minions get nuked.

* ''{{Forever Knight}}'s'' vampires are rather traditional in many ways. They are vulnerable to fire, sunlight,garlic, stakes and crosses (and other holy objects...the Egyptian sun disk affected Divia the same way as a cross would have) 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). He also has something of a tolerance where holy objects are concerned,though not for long. Turning, or 'bringing across' 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 an 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. Oh, and apparently, drinking animal blood will feed them, but it leaves them a bit weaker than their human-drinking counterparts. They have a strict code of masquerade maintenance as well.

* In 2011 Korean sit-com {{Series/''Vampire Idol''}} (뱀파이어 아이돌) the crown prince of planet Vampiritus and his [[UndyingLoyalty three trusty body guards]] come to Seoul to see a k-pop concert because There's No Such Thing As Alien Pop Culture and end up [[AlienAmongUs stranded on earth]]. This alien species has many of the standard vampire traits- glowing eyes, fangs, immortality, nigh invulnerability, and special powers ( the three body guards have respectively, super intelligence, super hearing, and super strength and reflexes)- but have [[SpaceElves adapted beyond the need to drink blood]]. The renowned founder of their society led them to enlightenment ala [[Franchise/StarTrek Surak of Vulcan]] and now they have all but suppressed their barbaric cravings for blood and subsist on synthetic blood substitutes. Being aliens, these vampires are not undead but born that way and their bite cannot turn humans into vampires. The show loves to poke fun at modern vampire tropes:

** Vampires as inhumanly sexy and gorgeous is hilariously played with. The stocky, average looking crown prince is [[InformedAttractiveness considered a paragon of beauty]] by the standards of his home planet, whereas his three [[EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette tall, pale, and handsome]] guards have been [[IAmNotPretty considered ungainly and hideous their whole lives]] but are [[ValuesDissonance suddenly considered flower boys]] upon their arrival on earth.

** The afflicted are ageless, and one becomes "afflicted" by drinking their blood; Elizabeth describes the transformation process to [[spoiler:Alex Lowe]] as feeling like one is dying. Sunlight does not kill them, but they are irritated and weakened by it. They are superhuman, and have advanced healing, speed, and strength, but they are vulnerable to the same things that would kill a human; as one vampire explains to a new sire, vampires don't live forever by being stupid. They subsist on blood, but notably, they don't have fangs, instead accessing blood by either slicing their victims' necks the old-fashioned way (Elizabeth has [[FemmeFatalons a blade on her fingertip]] she uses for that purpose) or by draining it with a needle and syringe. Filtering blood through a dialysis machine also apparently enriches it.

* Since KryptoniteIsEverywhere in ''{{Smallville}}'', it makes perfect sense that a girl named [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Buffy]] [[ShoutOut 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.

* On an early 1990s ''SaturdayNightLive'' episode hosted by James Woods, Woods played a vampire who, before biting a potential female victim's neck, screens them for AIDS by asking questions about their past sexual partners and even takes the blood to a lab to get it checked. [[spoiler: By the time all that is finished and he's ready to feed on her, the sun rises and kills him.]]

* Vampires in ''{{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.

* ''Series/AmericanHorrorStory: Hotel'' features vampires (the first hint was Music/LadyGaga's character being named [[ElizabethBathory Elizabeth, aka The Countess]], plus all the references to [[HorrorHunger addiction]]), though they're a bit different:
--> Creator/RyanMurphy: I prefer the term '[[ViralTransformation ancient blood virus]]'. It's really a form of hemophilia, in a way. There's no capes or fangs."
** Vampires on ''Hotel'', [[NotUsingTheZWord known as the "afflicted"]], are ageless, and are turned by drinking the blood of a vampire. Sunlight does not kill them, but it does weaken them. They are superhuman, and have advanced healing, speed, and strength, but they are vulnerable to the same things that would kill a human; as one vampire explains to a new sire, vampires don't live forever by being stupid. Notably, they don't have fangs, and instead drink blood by either slicing their victims' necks the old-fashioned way (Elizabeth has [[FemmeFatalons a blade on her fingertip]] she uses for that purpose), or by draining it with a needle and syringe. Filtering blood through a dialysis machine also apparently enriches it.

* ''Series/AmericanHorrorStory: Hotel'' will feature vampires (the first hint was Music/LadyGaga's character being named [[ElizabethBathory Elizabeth, AKA The Countess]] plus all the references to [[HorrorHunger addiction]]) though they're a bit different:
--> Creator/RyanMurphy: I prefer the term '[[ViralTransformation ancient blood virus]]'. It's really a form of hemophilia, in a way. There's no capes or fangs." (though there is agelessness)

* Count Nocturne from ''Series/PowerRangersTurbo'' is a vampire who turns into a [[SpaceX lunar bat]]. He manages to bite Carlos, starting to turn the teen into a vampire as well. The other Rangers are able to subdue their friend and Alpha administers a temporary antidote that breaks Carlos free. It starts to wear off during the fight, but Carlos is able to resist long enough to blow the Count up with the Rescue Turbo Megazord. This breaks the spell.

* In ''Series/BeingHuman'', vampires need to eat, sleep and use the restroom in spite of being dead and having no heartbeat. They don't need to drink blood, but do experience intense cravings for it akin to an incurable drug addiction. They have to drink quite a lot of it to stave off their cravings, virtually assuring that they kill their victims. Blood that is not fresh gives them almost no relief. Their eyes go completely black when they're angered or feeding. Vampires are attached to their creator and are able to locate them from a distance. Sunlight causes them no ill effects, but they seem to have a mild dislike for 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, but they can overcome this problem for a short while after feeding. They need an invitation to enter homes, although the "Old Ones" have found out ways around this, and cannot be seen in recordings or reflections in silver-backed mirrors. Their reflections can, however, be seen in windows and on the chassis of cars. They can sense werewolves instinctively and see ghosts without effort. They are stronger and faster than humans, but not immensely so. They turn into dust when killed.
** There are minor changes in the [[Series/BeingHumanRemake SyFy Channel remake]]. The physical need seems to be a larger component and they heal by drinking blood. Whether holy symbols affect them has not been addressed but Aidan was able to enter a church.

** One point that causes a small degree of confusion in-series is the rule about [[VampireInvitation vampires needing an invitation to enter a home]]: once they're invited the first time, they're ''always'' "welcome". And welcome signs count.

** 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 or ingest 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 conferred sunlight immunity at any time they choose. [[FurAgainstFang Werewolves are the natural enemies of vampires]], and their bites are horribly lethal.

* ''Series/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 {{Franken|steinsMonster}} 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]].

*** This same episode has one of the vampires claim that he can't be seen in mirrors; Mulder becomes skeptical of his claims when he surreptitiously holds up a metal lighter while turning away and sees said vampire's reflection. While it's never explained, it's possible this means that the whole "no reflection" thing strictly applies to proper mirrors, not other reflective surfaces.

* 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, can be destroyed by holy water (the VampireHunter 's sidearm of choice being a Super Soaker filled with it), and can live on animal blood or in extreme circumstances normal food.

* In "Justice is Served", a first-season episode of ''{{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.

** The show's vampires are described as a type of demon (just one of many) possessing a corpse; this is actually consonant with many Eastern European vampire legends,'vampir' deriving from 'upir', a variety of psychopomp that evidently sometimes can't resist the temptation presented by a now-vacant body. They 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'''."
** Buffyverse vampires are ''insanely'' allergic to wood. Some vampire legends required that a stake of ash wood severed from the tree by a bolt of lightning be driven through the heart, and that was just to keep the vampire 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 relatively blunt wood objects, such as a snapped-off spatula handle or 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 - at one point it's stated outright that wood goes through vampire flesh like a hot knife through butter).
** It does have to be wood and only wood, though. If anything else pierces their heart, they're discomfited, but still alive. [[ImmortalityHurts Well, alive in an undead kind of way.]] Buffy seems to have a preternatural talent for hitting the heart, but that seems par for the course for her, one such talent among many.

** In the ''[=BtVS=]'' fifth-season opener "Buffy vs. Dracula", Dracula has some of the traditional vampire traits that other Buffyverse vampires don't, including shape-shifting and mesmerism. These "special powers" are dismissed by Spike as "Nothin' but showy gypsy stuff." In the Season 8 comic "Wolves at the Gate", Dracula elaborates that he went to great lengths to gain his special powers, but later revealed the spells he used to gain his powers are mere window dressing intended to strengthen his power of will. Dracula is also more focused on romance than just finding food, liking to make a connection with his victims before he feeds on them. He also displays an immunity to being staked. When stabbed, he'll disintegrate like a normal vamp, but he can regenerate at will.
** Drusilla, in "Becoming, Part 1", used a mesmerism-like power on Kendra, enabling Drusilla to kill her.
** Although, since only three vampires in the entire Buffyverse seem to have the ability of mesmerism (The Master, Dracula, and Drusilla, who was psychic before being vamped), it's possible that this is not a vampire ability at all, and instead is an unrelated magical or mystical ability. And Dracula's mesmerism apparently is different in some undefined way from the Master's and Drusilla, because after Buffy's first death she was immune to the Master's mental powers and later to Drusilla's, but still vulnerable to Dracula's.

** 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: [[NotQuiteDead 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 ''Film/{{Nosferatu}}''. He seemed senile and frail for a Vamp, but he eventually flipped out and put up quite a fight.

** [[RemovedAchillesHeel Removing a vampire's heart]] makes it temporarily invincible but [[YourDaysAreNumbered instant death after the time limit expires]]. Needless to say, few vampires utilize this.
** Vampire here have the classic trait of being harmed by crosses and holy water.

** In Season 9, vampires sired end up different to even "normal" Buffyverse vampires. Without the Seed of Wonder allowing demons to posses a sired body, vampires turn out mindless and feral. The Scoobies call them Zompires (Zombie/Vampires).

* DoubleTheFist gives us pale, naked humans who use their capes to glide, as well as the basic fangs and sunlight allergy. They are also invisible on camera, and have fangs on their penises, according to the DVD commentary. The CrazyAwesome character of Mephisto was originally intended to be a vampire, but actor and special effects man Doug Bayne missed that brainstorming session. That this gone through, their vampires would have also had aids and their own cult.

** One point that causes a small degree of confusion in-series is the rule about vampires needing an invitation to enter a home: once they're invited the first time, they're ''always'' "welcome". And welcome signs count.

* In 2011 Korean sit-com {{Series/Vampire Idol}} (뱀파이어 아이돌) the crown prince of planet Vampiritus and his [[UndyingLoyalty three trusty body guards]] come to Seoul to see a k-pop concert because There's No Such Thing As Alien Pop Culture and end up [[AlienAmongUs stranded on earth]]. This alien species has many of the standard vampire traits- glowing eyes, fangs, immortality, nigh invulnerability, and special powers ( the three body guards have respectively, super intelligence, super hearing, and super strength and reflexes)- but have [[SpaceElves adapted beyond the need to drink blood]]. The renowned founder of their society led them to enlightenment ala [[Franchise/StarTrek Surak of Vulcan]] and now they have all but suppressed their barbaric cravings for blood and subsist on synthetic blood substitutes. Being aliens, these vampires are not undead but born that way and their bite cannot turn humans into vampires. The show loves to poke fun at modern vampire tropes:

* In 2011 [[Main/KoreanDrama Korean sit-com]] Vampire Idol (뱀파이어 아이돌) the crown prince of planet Vampiritus and his [[UndyingLoyalty three trusty body guards]] come to Seoul to see a k-pop concert because There's No Such Thing As Alien Pop Culture and end up [[AlienAmongUs stranded on earth]]. This alien species has many of the standard vampire traits- glowing eyes, fangs, immortality, nigh invulnerability, and special powers ( the three body guards have respectively, super intelligence, super hearing, and super strength and reflexes)- but have [[SpaceElves adapted beyond the need to drink blood]]. The renowned founder of their society led them to enlightenment ala [[Franchise/StarTrek Surak of Vulcan]] and now they have all but suppressed their barbaric cravings for blood and subsist on synthetic blood substitutes. Being aliens, these vampires are not undead but born that way and their bite cannot turn humans into vampires. The show loves to poke fun at modern vampire tropes:

* In 2011 [[Main/KoreanDrama Korean sit-com]] Vampire Idol (뱀파이어 아이돌) the crown prince of planet Vampiritus and his [[UndyingLoyalty three trusty body guards]] come to Seoul to see a k-pop concert because There's No Such Thing As Alien Pop Culture and end up [[AlienAmongUs stranded on earth]]. This alien species has many of the standard vampire traits- glowing eyes, fangs, immortality, nigh invulnerability, and special powers ( the three body guards have respectively, super intelligence, super hearing, and super strength and reflexes)- but have [[SpaceElves adapted beyond the need to drink blood]]. The renowned founder of their society led them to enlightenment ala [[Franchise/StarTrek Surak of Vulcan]] and now they have all but suppressed their barbaric cravings for blood and subsist on synthetic blood substitutes. Being aliens, these vampires are not undead but born that way and their bite cannot turn humans into vampires. The show loves to poke fun at modern vampire tropes.

* In 2011 [[Main/KoreanDrama Korean sit-com]] Vampire Idol (뱀파이어 아이돌) the crown prince of planet Vampiritus and his [[UndyingLoyalty three trusty body guards]] come to Seoul to see a k-pop concert because [[There'sNoSuchThingAsAlienPopCulture There’s No Such Thing as Alien Pop Culture]] and end up [[AlienAmongUs stranded on earth]]. This alien species has many of the standard vampire traits- glowing eyes, fangs, immortality, nigh invulnerability, and special powers ( the three body guards have respectively, super intelligence, super hearing, and super strength and reflexes)- but have [[SpaceElves adapted beyond the need to drink blood]]. The renowned founder of their society led them to enlightenment ala [[Franchise/StarTrek Surak of Vulcan]] and now they have all but suppressed their barbaric cravings for blood and subsist on synthetic blood substitutes. Being aliens, these vampires are not undead but born that way and their bite cannot turn humans into vampires. The show loves to poke fun at modern vampire tropes.

** The four stranded vamps stay with their contact on earth, an older vampire that has been living there for 2000 years. He is married to a human woman, but the natural consequences of an immortal being marrying a human are dryly highlighted as he is forced to pretend his much older looking wife is actually his mother in public and [[DeadSparksescape her fawning attempts to attract him]] in private.