History Series / TheVampireDiaries

** Despite Bonnie and Damon not having a real romantic relationship, it's not crazy to think they didn't have feelings for one another: that said, it can be argued that Damon was an Archie, to Elena's Betty and Bonnie's Veronica.

** Despite Bonnie and Damon not having a real romantic relationship, it's not crazy to think they didn't have feelings for one another: that said, it can be argued that Damon was an Archie, to Elena's Betty (fallen in a deep slumber) and Bonnie's Veronica.

** Both Salvatore brothers are torn between [[OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent Elena]] and [[FemmeFatale Katherine]].

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Bonnie was a much more vapid and shallow character in the pilot. She was very boy crazy and snarky, acting like a stereotypical "mean girl". These edges were softened out and not really brought up again afterwards.

* FaceDeathWithDignity: [[spoiler: Jack Forbes]] is turned into a vampire but refuses to feed, opting to die instead.

* FreudianExcuse: It could be called Freudian Excuse : The Série ! ALL the main characters have flimsy excuses to justify their homicidal manic sociopathic behavior . Literally everyone! The worst part is that it actually always works to get the other main characters ( and , even worse, THE AUDIENCE ) to like them, despite the fact that they are enemies who are constantly trying to kill each other.

* FreudianExcuse: It could be called Freudian Excuse : The Série ! ALL the main characters have flimsy excuses to justify their homicidal manic sociopathic behavior . Literally everyone! The worst part is that it actually always works to get the other main characters ( and , even worse, THE AUDIENCE ) to like them, despite the fact that they are enemies who are constantly trying to kill each other .

* ArtisticLicenceGunSafety: In 2.22 "As I Lay Dying" Sheriff Forbes tries to shoot Damon who dodges [[spoiler: and the round hits and kills Jeremy instead]]. One of the four basic rules of gun safety is, "Verify your target and what's behind it." Someone who has been a LEO that long and knew she was shooting at a vampire should really know better and never have taken that shot.

* ArtisticLicenceGunSafety: In 2.22 "As I Lay Dying" Sheriff Forbes tries to shoot Damon who dodges [[spoiler: and the round hits and kills Jeremy instead]]. One of the four basic rules of gun safety is, "Verify your target and what's behind it." Someone who has been a LEO that long and knows she's shooting at a vampire should really know better and never have taken that shot.

* EnemyMine: Damon will take a break from harassing Stefan if there's a bigger threat, or if it's in his interest.

** In 3.1 "The Birthday" Matt is skeptical as to the existence of ghosts. Even though at this point [[spoiler: his sister was turned into a vampire and killed, one of his ex-girlfriends is in a love triangle with two vampire brothers, another of his ex-girlfriends is a vampire dating his best friend (who is also a werewolf). For bonus points, he's hearing this from Jeremy who was killed and resurrected by his witch girlfriend. And Matt is fully aware of all of these facts at this point.]] But ghosts? Preposterous!

* PerverseSexualLust: Elena wants no less than ''two'' men, both essentially dead, who are brothers.

** In the second to last episode of season 3 Klaus wants to get into the Gilbert Residence to take Elena (who is actually not there at the time). He is told he will not be getting an invitation, so then he super throws a soccer ball and a few fence posts. Last he is seen with a container of gasoline and lite piece of wood.

* AllGuysWantCheerleaders: inverted, Elena cannot resist snacking on one from a rival team just before a cheerleading competition although the girl is left unharmed (although seemingly subjugated to Elena) except for a sore neck, blood loss induced weakness and the Elena keeping her beloved hair ribbon as a trophy of her conquest.

* AllGuysWantCheerleaders: inverted, Elena cannot resist snacking on one from a rival team just before a cheerleading competition although the girl is left unharmed (although seemingly subjugated to Elena) except for the loss of her hair ribbon.

* ProtagonistCenteredMorality: ALL . LITERALLY EVERYONE . All the main characters already are or end up becoming horrible and morally repulsive people , casually performing disgusting acts , laughing about it and everyone around them still keeps claiming that they deserve happiness and redemption or even already got it . It gets so ridiculous that even the ( few ) genuinely good and decent people in the cast keep claiming that none of them should suffer consequences for their past sins ( almost as if they were desperately trying to convince the show's audience ) .

* WhiteAndGreyMorality: The show veers between this and GreyAndGreyMorality. Countless times, characters are introduced and seem [[ObviouslyEvil just so mean]] but often turn out to have genuine motives behind their actions.

* FreudianExcuse: It could be called Freudian Escuse : The Série ! ALL the main characters have flimsy excuses to justify their homicidal manic sociopathic behavior . Literally everyone! The worst part is that it actually always works to get the other main characters ( and , even worse, THE AUDIENCE ) to like them, despite the fact that they are enemies who are constantly trying to kill each other .