History PlayingWith / FoodChainOfEvil

** There’s a creature eat eats werewolves, another for vampires another for zombies, ect ect ect.

** Necrophages parasite vampires, but are only irritating.

** They were artificially designed to hunt down and eat vampires.
** They serve the BalanceBetweenGoodAndEvil... [[GoodIsNotNice in the favor of good.]]
** Necrophages eat vampires because they're competitors for their other food source: humans. As such Necrophages, despite being undead, have evolved to be able to digest vampire flesh and bones.

* '''Subverted''': There are rumours of a necrophage in the area, but it turns out to be just a [[MonstrousCannibalism particularly deformed and depraved vampire.]]

* '''Parodied''': The necrophages are described to Krong the conqueror. [[ExtremeOmnivore He thinks they sound delicious.]]
* '''Zig Zagged''': Necrophages are known for eating vampires, but that’s just because they’re one of the few creatures strong enough to overpower them; [[ExtremeOmnivore Necrophages are willing to eat basically anything that moves.]]

* '''Enforced''': The writers had put themselves into a hole due to entering a PostScriptSeason, and [[SoLastSeason needed a new set of villains.]]
* '''Lampshaded''': “Well damn. Call it karma.”
* '''Implied''': Vampires mention in writing 'the supreme predator of the dark' in hushed tones. It isn't clear if it is a myth, [[TheDreaded a very powerful monster hunter]], a cannibal vampire, or there really is some other monster out there eating vampires.
* '''Invoked''': A HunterOfHisOwnKind becomes a necrophage in order to destroy his “kin” more efficiently.
* '''Exploited''': A vampire hunter tames a necrophage so it can be set loose on unsuspecting targets.
* '''Defied''': “Vampire eating vampires? That’s stupid. The undead do not provide any nutrition.”
* '''Discussed''': “ Please tell me you’re not one of those vampire-eating abominations.”
* '''Conversed''': “You think they wouldn’t care about humans, would you? I mean, it’s not like wolves eat grass…”
* '''Deconstructed''': It turns out that necrophages are extremely rare for [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome fundamental trophic levels that make hunting other apex predators not a good strategy]]. They suffer not only CripplingOverspecialization of preying upon a much smaller population of vampires but vampires are inherently risky for even them to hunt given their intelligence and ability to fight back. Even if they stand no chance of surviving they will almost certainly wound them.
* '''Reconstructed''': Because vampires are inherently fewer in numbers than humans, Necrophages have evolved into being able to hunt, eat and digest other undead such as ghouls and zombies but can also eat carrion in times of need and, unlike vampires, eating twice a year is enough for them. They're also incapable of reproduction, thus their numbers never grow much in comparison to other undead.

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* '''Deconstructed''': It turns out that necrophages are extremely rare for [[RealityEnsues fundamental trophic levels that make hunting other apex predators not a good strategy]]. They suffer not only CripplingOverspecialization of preying upon a much smaller population of vampires but vampires are inherently risky for even them to hunt given their intelligence and ability to fight back. Even if they stand no chance of surviving they will almost certainly wound them.

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* '''Justified''':They were artificially designed to hunt down and eat vampires.

* '''Justified''': Necrophages are artificial beings created specifically to hunt down and eat vampires.

** [[LetsMeetTheMeatA human subspecies that insists on being eaten by vampires

** A human subspecies that insists on being eaten by vampires

* '''Subverted''': There are rumours of a in the area necrophage existing, but it turns out to be just a [[MonstrousCannibalism particularly deformed and depraved vampire.]]

'''Food Chain of Evil''': Monsters that eat other monsters.

* '''Exaggerated''': There is also a monster that eat necrophages, and monster that eats that, and so on and so forth.

* '''Downplayed''': Necrophages parasites vampires, but are only irritating.

* '''Inverted''': A human subspecies that insists on being eaten by vampires

* '''Parodied''': The necrophages are described to Krong the conqueror. [[AlwaysBiggerFish He thinks they sound delicious.]]

* '''IntendedAudienceReaction''': It turns out the Necrophages are attacking because [[TheHunter the protagonist]] is so good at vampire slaying that they’re starting to run out of food.

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** Necrophages eat PlanetEaters.

** Vegetarian Vampire

* '''Parodied''': The necrophages are described to Krong the conqueror. [[BiggerFish He thinks they sound delicious.]]

Back to FoodChainofEvil

* '''Downplayed''': a vampire that’s also a cannibal.

* '''Subverted''': There are rumours of a in the area necrophage existing, but it turns out to be just a particularly deformed and depraved vampire.

* '''Zig Zagged''': Necrophages are known for eating vampires, but that’s just because they’re one of the few creatures strong enough to overpower them; [[ExtemeOmnivore they’re v willing to eat basically anything that moves.]]
* '''Averted''': Vampires are not eaten or suggested to be eaten by any weird species.

* '''Invoked''': A HunterOfHisOwnKind makes a necrophage in order to destroy his “kin” more efficiently.

* '''Discussed''': “ Please tell me you’re not one of those vampire-eating monsters.”

* '''IntendedAudienceReaction''': It turns out the Necrophages are attacking because the protagonist is so good at vampire slaying that they’re starting to run out of food.