My Babysitter's A Vampire is a TV movie and then later a TV series developed for Canadian television that was later brought to the Disney Channel. It's made by Fresh TV, the same people behind 6teen, Total Drama Island and Stoked.The series follows the adventures of a geeky fourteen-year old boy named Ethan (Matthew Knight), his best friend Benny (Atticus Dean Mitchell), and his vampire babysitter Sarah (Vanessa Morgan).The show has similarities to Nick's The Troop, but My Babysitter's a Vampire is Darker and Edgier in terms of content matter and what is shown.
Asshole Victim: The kid trespassing on the Morgans' property at the beginning of the movie.
Audience Participation: The official website currently has a FightingWeb Game called Humans vs. Vampires, where you pick a side and battle against opponents on the other team. The ending for the next season will be determined by whichever team gets the more wins; if the human side wins, the season will end with a Happy Ending, but if the vampire side wins, the bad guys will win.
By the looks of things, the final season will have a Happy Ending.
Badass Damsel: Erica. Brie, and the two girls from the martial-arts club in "Smells Like Trouble", also qualify.
To be honest, after the pilot movie Erica immediately starts to suffer of Badass Decay and ends up being useless most of the time: she bares her fangs to the Monster of the Week and the next thing we see is that she's been knocked out, trasnformed into a doll or hypnotized. Or trapped in a van. Said decay is probably a consequence of The Worf Effect though. Rory is equally useless too, most of the time.
The Blind Leading The Blind: Benny trying to give Ethan advise on how to ask Sarah out. It's pointed out by both, and played with by the bordering-on Dangerously Genre Savvy Benny, who mentions that he's got access to info because his dad's getting back into the dating scene.
The Cheerleader: Played with. The head cheerleader is kind of bitchy, but it has more to do with the fact that she's an immortal witch planning to suck the souls of the student body then her being a cheerleader.
Deadpan Snarker: In this show, everyone gets a turn on that carousel.
Deal with the Devil: Ethan offering a pint of his blood to the nurse vampires, in exchange for Rory and Erica.
Demonic Possession: Sarah ends up this way in "Three Geeks and a Demon".
Designated Girl Fight: between Sarah and the vampire nurses, in "Blood Drive", and in "Smells Like Trouble", between the girls who were attracted to Benny/Ethan and Erica/Sarah. Guess who won.
More like a Bittersweet Ending, because even though Sarah is a full vampire, the last shot (as she flies away) shows that she may get used to some of the benefits, and there's no doubt that both she and Ethan realize how much she cares for him. Also, it's not as if it'll change her life in the immediate future (she can still do the things she has before, like Rory and Erica still do), drink the blood substitute or animal blood as before...
'80s Hair: Doug Falconhawk is rocking that mullet (even though it's only a wig).
Evil Costume Switch: Erica's clothing choices after she's bitten in the pilot movie. She even lampshades this as a reason for wanting to become a cheerleader and wear the uniform.
Even Evil Has Standards: In Friday Night Frights, Coach Ed specifically states that he isn't willing to get Ethan killed in his quest for a new trophy for the school.
Everyone Can See It: played straight with most of the cast in relation to Ethan and Sarah (and possibly the reason Jesse bit Ethan in the season one finale, in order to force her to become a full vampire).
Specifically used by Coach Ed in "Friday Night Frights" to get Ethan to wrestle, as he shows him a Bad Future where Sarah is Happily Married to Kurt ;The Hurt' Lochner.
Eye Scream: The reporter in 'Lawn Of The Dead', when Tiberius attacks him on-camera.
Fangirl: Erica, over Dusk - and as "Smells Like Trouble" showed, even becoming an Ascended Fangirl hasn't lessened her Squee moments over anything associated with the franchise.
in "Three Geeks and a Demon", it's revealed that Sarah is a Justin Bieber fan.
Fur Against Fang: Werewolves and Vampires are ancestral enemies, they have an almost instinctual dislike of each other. Erica subverts this by trying to imitate a Twilight expy.
Genius Ditz: Rory is a complete buffoon in common sense, but he has his moments of intelligence such as in "Three Geeks and a Demon."
Rory: Did you try the on switch?
Genre Savvy: Ethan, Benny, and Rory, especially given that all three are nerds. Benny's grandmother also qualifies, and Sarah is starting to pick up on things.
Glory Days: Benny's Grandma touches upon this in the movie, when she says that after living in Whitechapel for almost a century, one learns a few things.
Hair of Gold: Definitely Benny's preference in girls.
Hoist by His Own Petard: The usual outcome of many of the boys' misadventures, and the way a surprising number of the bad folks end up in the show. Subverted by Jesse, who's now Back from the Dead - although, although being already undead, counts more as a 10-Minute Retirement.
I Want My Beloved to Be Happy: The reason Sarah sucked the venom from Ethan. She chose to become a full vampire so that Ethan could have a normal life.
I Will Protect Him: Sarah's feelings towards Ethan, when danger arises. Subverted in the ghost episode, when she tells him that she can't fight a ghost.
No Export for You: In it's native Canada, series-wise. Only a few episodes of Season 1 aired there (the US got it first), now the show is stated for a 2011/2012 release there, despite the cast now filming Season 2.
Sarah: Whatever you guys thought you saw, it's not what it looks like! Ethan: You're a vampire! Sarah: Okay, so it kinda is what it looks like.
Played straight in "Smells Like Trouble", when Ethan's father listens in on Ethan and benny's webchat.
Oh Crap: Ethan's reaction when he realized that Doug knows Sarah's a vampire in "Doug The Vampire Hunter".
One of Us: EVERYBODY in the main cast (as they're all Genre Savvy) - even though Sarah tries to pay lip service to being a Cool Loser. Erica and Sarah call each out on it in the vampire hunter episode, when Erica mentions that Sarah made a Star Trek reference - and Sarah shoots back that Erica recognized it for what it was.
Our Vampires Are Different: Partially subverted. The vampires are sensitive to sunlight (for example, they usually need sunglasses when outside, and UV lamps can force them back), wood stakes work, holy water can hurt or kill them, they have enhanced senses, strength, and super-speed (resembling teleportation). They have to be invited inside, and can eat normal food (although it's not as good for them as blood).
Our Zombies Are Different: Zombiefication works here in much the way vampirism works in the Buffy the Vampire Slayer universe: once a person dies, the soul moves on, and a demon enters the revived body.
Weirdness Censor: You'd think that Ethan's parents would have noticed and commented of some of the ongoing weirdness. Also, the local news and the school's administration haven't seemed to catch on to the weirdness.
Wham Episode: "ReVamped". Jesse returns from the dead, brain-washes Erica, and bites Ethan to force Sarah to become a true vampire by sucking out the venom.
Who Wants to Live Forever?: Sarah's view on being a vampire. Half the season is her trying to find a way to regain her humanity through magical means. Other vampires actually taunt her on this, with one vampire specifically mentioning that she'll probably forget about Ethan and Benny after a couple of centuries, and Sarah herself saying that they will move on, get married and live fulfilling lives, while she will be 17 forever.
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