Playing With / Warm Bloodbags Are Everywhere

• Basic Trope: A character finds it difficult to live in a location where their natural food source is everywhere.
• Straight: Bob is a vampire. He has a very hard time restraining himself when he sees people wearing shirts that do not cover their necks.
• Exaggerated:
  • When Bob sees any living organism, he feels a sudden urge to bite and feed on it.
  • Bob tackles anyone who wears a shirt that exposes their neck on sight.
  • Bob suffers from Pica, a rare disorder where one eats inanimate objects or things that are otherwise considered inedible.
• Downplayed: This only happens to Bob when he is desperately hungry.
• Justified:
  • Bob is aware of the negative stigma surrounding vampires; he does not want people to figure out what he is.
  • Bob hates being a vampire, no matter how much his body tells him otherwise.
• Inverted:
  • Bob is an Ax-Crazy vampire who attacks any humans on sight.
  • Every person Bob tries to feed off of has a clove of garlic in their pocket.
  • Cold Turkeys Are Everywhere
• Subverted: Bob tries to restrain himself, but gives into his desires.
• Double Subverted: He has a My God, What Have I Done? moment after he accidentally kills someone from massive blood loss and relents.
• Parodied: Bob gets Meat-O-Vision whenever he sees a human's neck.
• Zig-Zagged: Bob's ability to stop himself from providing himself with the sustenance he requires depends on how long it has been since his last meal.
• Averted: Bob is a Vegetarian Vampire.
  • Bob has great self-control.
• Enforced: The writers know that there are several Vampire Vannabe's who love Bob, so they want to give them a reality check by emphasizing the negative aspects.
• Lampshaded:
  "Why does Bob look so...crazy?"
  "Because he's trying not to go on a feeding frenzy."
• Invoked:
• Exploited: The Hero uses Bob's hunger to his advantage, unleashing the hungry Bob on the Big Bad.
• Defied: Bob commits Suicide by Sunlight.
  • A Voluntary Vampire Victim appears to satiate Bob whenever he needs it.
• Discussed:
• Conversed:
• Deconstructed: Bob's constant attempts at restraining himself renders him weak and vulnerable to hunters.
• Reconstructed: Bob finds a few friendly, non-judgmental friends who love him for who he is. They act as Voluntary Vampire Victims to him, and turn him into a Friendly Neighborhood Vampire.
• Played For Laughs: Bob is harassed by Vampire Vannabe's who know what he is on a daily basis. Despite his constant warnings that being a vampire sucks, they still don't leave him alone.