History Series / VanHelsing2016

* InNameOnly: Despite supposedly being "inspired" by Zenescope Entertainment's comic series of the same name, the only thing those two have in common is that they feature a female protagonist with the surname van Helsing. ''That's literally it.'' This show otherwise has none of the comics' characters, setting, tone, worldbuilding, or even basic plot. A reader of the ''Helsing'' comics watching this probably wouldn't even be able to tell it was inspired by those comics without either already knowing beforehand or having learned it from browsing the Internet.

* AndThisIsFor:[[spoiler:In Season 4, Episode 11, Ivory says this to Michaela by killing her]].

* AndThisIsFor...:[[spoiler:In Season 4, Episode 11, Ivory says this to Michaela by killing her]].
-->[[spoiler:'''Ivory''': This is for my sisters!]]

Bears no connection to the [[Film/VanHelsing 2004 film of the same name]].

''Van Helsing'' is an American-Canadian television series created by Neil [=LaBute=] and starring Creator/KellyOverton. The show is inspired by the Creator/ZenescopeEntertainment graphic novel series, ''Helsing'', itself loosely based on the character of Abraham Van Helsing from Creator/BramStoker's ''Literature/{{Dracula}}''. It first premiered on September 23, 2016 and can be seen on Creator/{{Syfy}} in the U.S and Creator/{{Netflix}} in Canada and the United States.

* IWarnedYou: In season 4, it's revealed that in his very first month in office, President Park was given a briefing revealing the existence of things like vampires. At the time, he ignored it, thinking more important things to deal with than a low-level thread most never knew existed. Then Yosemite blew...

* BluffTheImposter: When posing as [[spoiler: Avery, the Oracle]] keeps insisting to the President on her identity. Even if she hadn't already been shown the real [[spoiler: Avery's]] decayed corpse, the President just smirks as she asks the woman to identify where she was born, what year, her social security number and, oh yes, "what's the name of your husband and daughter?" The imposter just smirks with the game up.

* ClassyCane: The Dark One is eventually shown to have one, the head of which is styled like a demonic skull.
* {{Cliffhanger}}: Every season ends on one:

* StormingTheCastle: In the first season finale, the Resistance assaults the factory that serves as Dimitri's fortress.

** However, [[spoiler:an unlikely-seeming number of those 'dead' and missing turn out to have survived into season 2 after all.]] But the party remains shattered and scattered into the four winds.

* LaResistance: There's a network of rebels fighting to overthrow the vampires' rule.

* SecretLegacy: Dimitri reveals to Vanessa in the Season 1 finale that she comes from a lineage of vampire hunters that he's encountered before. This is expanded on as the series progresses.

* PsychologicalTormentZone: A non-paranormal example ([[AmbiguousSituation probably]]) in "Outside World". Vanessa, stuck impaled on a hook and chain, spends the whole episode being visited by visions of loved ones and enemies playing GoodAngelBadAngel, either reminding her of the good she's done, or mocking her that the horrible things she's also done have left her no better than the vampires.
* PutOnABusToHell: Midway through Season 4, [[spoiler: Vanessa is trapped in the Dark Realm in the process of stopping Dracula's escape]]. She doesn't appear again for the rest of the season.

* AndShowItToYou: [[spoiler: Ivory and Scab do this when they kill Scarhead and his lieutenant.]]

* ImplacableMan: [[spoiler:Sam when he becomes a Vampire]].

* ForMeItWasTuesday: Ivory barely remembers all the horrible things she did as a vampire. She is genuinely horrified when she finds out that one of her surviving sisters was, in fact, turned by her and not Michaela.

* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:Jack's girlfriend Shelley was bitten by a vampire during the Rising, and killed herself before she could turn.]]

* GovernmentConspiracy: It's implied that the government knew about the vampires prior to the Rising, due to how rapidly Axel's squad was sent to retrieve Vanessa. This is confirmed in Season 2, as it's revealed that Vanessa's mother was involved with a secret project to study and experiment on vampires, which is still ongoing even though the government is now gone. Season 3 reveals that this group is also running the Denver safe zone. [[spoiler: It's ultimately revealed in Season 4 that Hansen organized this group in order to find a way to kill Dracula.]]

* HaveWeMetYet: [[spoiler: When Jack goes back in time in Season 5, she encounters both Bathory and Mikaela, who have no idea who she is or how she knows them.]]

** [[spoiler:Julius]] becomes a remarkably loyal and kind follower once Vanessa bites him in the second season.

** Flesh and [[spoiler:Julius]] gain similar healing abilities after being bitten by Scarhead.

* HitlersTimeTravelExemptionAct: [[spoiler: In Season 5, Jack goes back in time to kill Olivia van Dracula before she can become the Dark One. While she succeeds, Past!Michaela gloats that doing so changes nothing, a point she proves by resurrecting Olivia and completing the ritual.]]
* HornedHumanoid: [[spoiler: Sam, after becoming the Fourth Elder.]]

** Vanessa is not only immune to vampire bites, but her blood can actually turn them back human. [[spoiler:Scarlett later turns out to be the same.]]
** Anyone who Vanessa [[spoiler:or Scarlett]] cures also becomes immune from ever being turned back. The exception to this is the Elders, who aren't affected.

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Vanessa and Mohamad deciding to leave [[spoiler:Sam]] alive instead of just killing him outright leads to him [[spoiler: being turned into a vampire and curing his deafness, making him far stronger than he was before, definitely counts as this.]]

* TheRemnant: Portions of the US government and society still exist in safe zones at high enough altitudes to be above the sun-blocking ash clouds. Denver is the most prominently mentioned, finally showing up in Season 3.

* AristocratsAreEvil: Averted with Count Dalibor, who is very generous and protective towards his subjects.

* SenselessSacrifice: [[spoiler:In the season 3 finale, Scarlett gives her life to try and fuel Vanessa's light so that she can become the Fourth Elder and thus prevent Sam from taking the role. It doesn't work; the Seer tells Vanessa that she already gave up any hope of becoming the light when she killed Dylan, and thus Sam becomes the Fourth Elder anyway.]]
* SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong: [[spoiler: In Season 5, Vanessa sends Jack back in time to prevent Dracula from becoming the Dark One.]]

* HitlersTimeTravelExemptionAct: [[spoiler: In Season 5, Jack goes back in time to kill Olivia Dracula before she can become the Dark One. While she succeeds, Past!Michaela gloats that doing so changes nothing.]]

In December 2019, Syfy renewed the show for a fifth and final season, which is premiered on April 16, 2021.

In December 2019, Syfy renewed the show for a fifth and final season, which is set to premiere in April 2021.

* HandicappedBadass: Sam is deaf, but manages to outlive most of the group... [[spoiler:because he's been secretly killing off the "weaker" members]].

In December 2019, Syfy renewed the show for a fifth and final season.