Line #34 PlayingWith/VegetarianVampire


1	'''Basic Trope''': A vampire with an aversion to drinking human blood, usually [[DarkIsNotEvil on moral grounds]].
2	* '''Straight''': Vlad does not bite humans. He instead prefers to drink animal blood.
3	* '''Exaggerated''':
4	** Vlad does not drink ''any'' kind of blood at all.
5	** Vlad is a literal VegetarianVampire who satisfies the blood requirement by eating in a manner similar to an anemic.
6	* '''Downplayed''':
7	** If any human blood is drank, it's in very small quantities.
8	** Vlad only drinks blood from murderers or other {{Asshole Victim}}s.
9	** Vlad never kills or otherwise hurts people to get his hands on human blood - he just "borrows" it from hospitals and blood banks, making sure to take the blood types that would get thrown away anyway.
10	* '''Justified''':
11	** Vlad believes that drinking blood from humans is wrong.
12	** Vlad is an "energy vampire"; he survives on spiritual energy, not blood.
13	** Vlad was [[AfraidOfBlood hemophobic]] in life, and that trait stayed with him when he became a vampire.
14	** Vlad doesn't like the metallic taste of blood. (He may be a relatively "new" vampire and not used to it.)
15	** Vlad is concerned for some reason about the possibility of contracting blood-borne illness (such as AIDS or Hepatitis) or parasites (such as malaria or flukes) from biting humans. (Why that should be a concern to an undead creature [[ItMakesSenseInContext depends on the setting]].)
16	** Vlad is ''supposed'' to subsist on something other than blood (such as [[MustHaveCaffeine coffee]]) to get the energy he needs.
17	** Vampires in Vlad's setting don't require human blood specifically; animal blood works just as well and is more readily available.
18	* '''Inverted''':
19	** Vlad drinks ''only'' human blood, direct from the source.
20	** Vlad isn't a vampire, he drinks human blood ForTheEvulz.
21	** Vlad is a FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire.
22	* '''Subverted''':
23	** But, in one episode, Vlad drinks human blood...
24	** Vlad isn't a vampire, but a [[BeastMan humanoid Fruit Bat]].
25	* '''Double Subverted''':
26	** But only from medical bags from the local blood bank, not directly from a human.
27	** Or only if the human in question ''offers'' it to him voluntarily and consensually.
28	* '''Parodied''':
29	** Vlad drinks "soy-based blood substitute".
30	** Vlad drinks only tomato or cranberry juice, or any other red liquid that maybe ''looks'' like blood but isn't.
31	** Since seduction is usually a key element of vampires, [[BestialityIsDepraved Vlad seduces the cow he bites into...and is seen with it later.]]
32	** WarmBloodbagsAreEverywhere
33	* '''Zig Zagged''': Vlad's blood drinking is treated like chronic alcoholism. He means to stay off the human blood, but falls off the wagon every so often.
34	* '''Averted''':
35	** Vlad is not a vampire.
36	** Vlad ''is'' a vampire, but primarily (or exclusively) drinks human blood.
37	* '''Enforced''': OurVampiresAreDifferent, FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire, DarkIsNotEvil.
38	* '''Lampshaded''':
39	** "Oh, no. Biting humans is wrong. I only bite cows."
40	** "What? It's just cranberry juice!"
41	* '''Invoked''': Vlad is "turned", but does not feel comfortable biting humans, especially without their consent.
42	* '''Exploited''': Vlad's refusal to drink human blood makes it much easier for him to stay near civilization, without the necessity for a whole masquerade.
43	** A LesbianVampire seeks out menstruating women at the local lesbian bar. That way, she has a steady supply of blood, without needing to kill for it.
44	* '''Defied''': Vlad's BloodLust is overwhelming, and he bites the first human he sees.
45	* '''Discussed''': "What kind of vampire drinks tomato juice?" "You'd rather him chomping on you?"
46	* '''Conversed''': ???
47	* '''Deconstructed''': Non-human sources of blood aren't as nourishing, and Vlad grows weak. He becomes more and more tempted to bite humans, either because he's at risk of being destroyed or because [[HorrorHunger his thirst]] [[WarmBloodbagsAreEverywhere is becoming more difficult to resist]].
48	* '''Reconstructed''':
49	** OurVampiresAreDifferent; Vlad is able to sustain on non-human sourced blood.
50	** Alternatively, Vlad is able to go to blood banks to get the required blood.
51	* '''Played For Laughs''': Vlad joins a group of vampires called "VETH" ([[AnimalWrongsGroup Vampires for the Ethical Treatment of Humans]]).
52	* '''Played For Drama''': Vlad ''craves'' human blood; will his own willpower be enough to keep him off it?
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57	%%* '''Implied''': ???

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