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The youngest of the Salvatore brothers who has recently moved into Mystic Falls. He is one of the protagonists and narrator of the series. Stefan is known to be the "good" vampire brother but he has many dark secrets in his long past.

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One of the protagonists of ''Series/TheVampireDiaries'' and the narrator of the series. The youngest of the Salvatore brothers who has recently moved into Mystic Falls. He is one of the protagonists and narrator of the series.Falls. Stefan is known to be the "good" vampire brother but he has many dark secrets in his long past.



* AdaptationalNationality: Stefan and Damon were from Renaissance Italy in the books. In the series the Salvatore family is one of the town's founding families and the two brothers are now Italian Americans from the civil war era.

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* AdaptationalNationality: Stefan and Damon were from Renaissance Italy in the books. In the series the Salvatore family is one of the town's founding families and the two brothers are now Italian Americans from the civil war Civil War era.
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The youngest of the Salvatore brothers who has recently moved into Mystic Falls. Stefan is known to be the "good" vampire brother but he has many dark secrets in his long past.

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The youngest of the Salvatore brothers who has recently moved into Mystic Falls. He is one of the protagonists and narrator of the series. Stefan is known to be the "good" vampire brother but he has many dark secrets in his long past.
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* AmazonChaser: All of his love interests are badass ActionGirls who know how to fight and stand up for themselves. Stefan is definitely not one to fall for the damsel in distress. Elena, Katherine, Caroline, Rebekah, and Valerie are all strong, powerful women who can kick ass and take names.
* AmicableExes: With Elena starting season five onwards. Stefan eventually accepts Elena being with Damon and he moves onto being in a relationship with Caroline. He and Elena still have plenty of ShipTease and UnresolvedSexualTension moments throughout seasons five and six.

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* AmazonChaser: All of his love interests are badass ActionGirls {{Action Girl}}s who know how to fight and stand up for themselves. Stefan is definitely not one to fall for the damsel in distress. Elena, Katherine, Caroline, Rebekah, and Valerie are all strong, powerful women who can kick ass and take names.
* AmicableExes: With Elena starting season five onwards. Stefan eventually accepts Elena being with Damon and he moves onto on to being in a relationship with Caroline. He and Elena still have plenty of ShipTease and UnresolvedSexualTension moments throughout seasons five and six.



* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: To Elena in the season four premiere. Stefan and Elena are both trapped in separate cells. Elena is in the process of transitioning into a vampire. If she didn't consume human blood promptly, she would die. Stefan feels guilty because he believed she should have consumed human blood immediately to complete her transition, but he hesitated. He wanted to believe that there was a way to undo Elena's vampirism or to find a cure, but Damon was insistent that there was no door number three and she needed to feed on bood to stay alive. Elena tells Stefan to stop feeling guilty about her situation because she chose to sacrifice herself to save Matt. Elena reveals to Stefan that she perished on Wickery Bridge while attempting to reunite with him, choosing him over Damon. Stefan anguishingly tells Elena that he loves her so much and she returns the sentiment. Stefan told Elena he loved her, knowing that there was a possibility that she was going to die that night.

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* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: To Elena in the season four premiere. Stefan and Elena are both trapped in separate cells. Elena is in the process of transitioning into a vampire. If she didn't consume human blood promptly, she would die. Stefan feels guilty because he believed she should have consumed human blood immediately to complete her transition, but he hesitated. He wanted to believe that there was a way to undo Elena's vampirism or to find a cure, but Damon was insistent that there was no door number three and she needed to feed on bood blood to stay alive. Elena tells Stefan to stop feeling guilty about her situation because she chose to sacrifice herself to save Matt. Elena reveals to Stefan that she perished on Wickery Bridge while attempting to reunite with him, choosing him over Damon. Stefan anguishingly tells Elena that he loves her so much and she returns the sentiment. Stefan told Elena he loved her, knowing that there was a possibility that she was going to die that night.



* AntiVillain: Stefan is [[SlidingScaleOfAntiVillains Type III or IV]] in Season 3. He willing does a FaceHeelTurn by choosing to serve Klaus in order to save his brother from a werewolf bite. He turns off his humanity, but turns it back once again to save damn. During his dark period, he comes off as AffablyEvil.
* TheAtoner: He feels extreme guilt by all the innocent people he has kill due to his time as a Ripper, and is always willing to help people in part out of a sense of needing to repent.

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* AntiVillain: Stefan is [[SlidingScaleOfAntiVillains Type III or IV]] in Season 3. He willing willingly does a FaceHeelTurn by choosing to serve Klaus in order to save his brother from a werewolf bite. He turns off his humanity, humanity but turns it back once again to save damn. During his dark period, he comes off as AffablyEvil.
* TheAtoner: He feels extreme guilt by all the innocent people he has kill killed due to his time as a Ripper, and is always willing to help people in part out of a sense of needing to repent.



* AxCrazy: As Ripper Stefan or Non-Humanity Stefan, he is absolutely psychotic, unpredictable, ruthless and blood thirsty. He has zero remorse when he goes on a killing spree. When he is in his Ripper phase or high on human blood, he literally blacks out and feeds extremely hard on people until he rips them apart. He got the Ripper gene from his mother, Lily, who is also a Ripper like her son.
* BadassAngster: Stefan often angsts over his dark past as a vampire and a Ripper who has an inability to control himself on human blood. Much of his time is spent feeing guilty over the things he's done and him using his present time to make amends and atone for his past. There's also the fact that his love life has been a complete mess and he's had his heart broken over and over.

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* AxCrazy: As Ripper Stefan or Non-Humanity Stefan, he is absolutely psychotic, unpredictable, ruthless and blood thirsty.bloodthirsty. He has zero remorse when he goes on a killing spree. When he is in his Ripper phase or high on human blood, he literally blacks out and feeds extremely hard on people until he rips them apart. He got the Ripper gene from his mother, Lily, who is also a Ripper like her son.
* BadassAngster: Stefan often angsts over his dark past as a vampire and a Ripper who has an inability to control himself on human blood. Much of his time is spent feeing feeling guilty over the things he's done and him using his present time to make amends and atone for his past. There's also the fact that his love life has been a complete mess and he's had his heart broken over and over.



* BadassBookworm: Stefan is a badass vampire who is also known to be highly scholarly and academic. He often spends his time studying or researching and he has a passion for writing and literature. Stefan attended Ivy league schools such as Harvard.

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* BadassBookworm: Stefan is a badass vampire who is also known to be highly scholarly and academic. He often spends his time studying or researching and he has a passion for writing and literature. Stefan attended Ivy league League schools such as Harvard.



* BattleCouple: With Elena, particularly in the earlier seasons. Stefan, being a badass vampire, a GuileHero and ActionHero, would handle the physical aspects of a battle but would also use his intelligence and brains to solve problems. Elena, an ActionSurvivor, would use more diplomatic approaches to solve the towns issues. She didn't have any abilities which would be useful in a fight but she could still fend for herself pretty well. After she becomes a vampire, she morphs into an ActionGirl.
* BeAllMySinsRemembered: Stefan struggled with being seen as good and heroic at different times throughout the series because he's completely wracked with guilt about the bad things he's done as the Ripper. He developed a huge GuiltComplex and became TheAtoner in order to make amends for the pain he caused as a humanity-less, blood thirsty vampire. In the series finale, he willingly sacrifices himself in order to save the town of Mystic Falls because he feels that it will help him find peace and redemption for his sins of the past.
* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: Stefan gets alot of cuts, bruises and scrapes but because he's a vampire, he heals quickly and still looks handsome.

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* BattleCouple: With Elena, particularly in the earlier seasons. Stefan, being a badass vampire, a GuileHero and ActionHero, would handle the physical aspects of a battle but would also use his intelligence and brains to solve problems. Elena, an ActionSurvivor, would use more diplomatic approaches to solve the towns town's issues. She didn't have any abilities which would be useful in a fight but she could still fend for herself pretty well. After she becomes a vampire, she morphs into an ActionGirl.
* BeAllMySinsRemembered: Stefan struggled with being seen as good and heroic at different times throughout the series because he's completely wracked with guilt about the bad things he's done as the Ripper. He developed a huge GuiltComplex and became TheAtoner in order to make amends for the pain he caused as a humanity-less, blood thirsty bloodthirsty vampire. In the series finale, he willingly sacrifices himself in order to save the town of Mystic Falls because he feels that it will help him find peace and redemption for his sins of the past.
* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: Stefan gets alot a lot of cuts, bruises bruises, and scrapes but because he's a vampire, he heals quickly and still looks handsome.



* BewareTheNiceOnes: Stefan appears to be gentle, kind and compassionate, but he definitely has a tough and violent side when provoked. He even has a SuperpoweredEvilSide in his "Ripper" persona.

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* BewareTheNiceOnes: Stefan appears to be gentle, kind kind, and compassionate, but he definitely has a tough and violent side when provoked. He even has a SuperpoweredEvilSide in his "Ripper" persona.



** Stefan is involved in quite a few love triangles, the most notable one being the one between himself, Elena and Damon. Stefan is the Betty to Damon's Veronica for Elena's Archie. Stefan was in a relationship with Elena from seasons one to four. Elena started developing feelings for Damon in season three while Stefan was absent from town with Klaus. At the end of season three, Elena chose Stefan over Damon despite her lingering feelings for Damon. Elena developed a relationship with Damon in season four but things were made complicated when it was discovered that Elena was sired to Damon. At the end of season four, Elena chooses Damon over Stefan and he ends up being the one she ends up with.

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** Stefan is involved in quite a few love triangles, the most notable one being the one between himself, Elena and Damon. Stefan is the Betty to Damon's Veronica for Elena's Archie. Stefan was in a relationship with Elena from seasons one to four. Elena started developing feelings for Damon in season three while Stefan was absent from town with Klaus. At the end of season three, Elena chose chooses Stefan over Damon despite her lingering feelings for Damon. Elena developed a relationship with Damon in season four but things were made complicated when it was discovered that Elena was sired to Damon. At the end of season four, Elena chooses Damon over Stefan and he ends up being the one she ends up with.



* {{Bookworm}}: Stefan is highly knowledgable and well-read. He reads many books and literature, studies and researches a lot.

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* {{Bookworm}}: Stefan is highly knowledgable knowledgeable and well-read. He reads many books and literature, studies and researches a lot.



* TheCasanova: When he is normal and has his humanity, he's more of a ChickMagnet. However, when he's a Ripper with no humanity, he's definitely more of a ladies man who will use women for their sexuality and their blood. He ReallyGetsAround when he has no humanity.

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* TheCasanova: When he is normal and has his humanity, he's more of a ChickMagnet. However, when he's a Ripper with no humanity, he's definitely more of a ladies ladies' man who will use women for their sexuality and their blood. He ReallyGetsAround when he has no humanity.



* ClassicalAntiHero: Stefan fits this trope in season three after starting to recover from Ripperdom. Stefan's flaws, vulnerabilities and weaknesses are exposed and therefore, we as the audience discover that Stefan isn't the perfect IdealHero that he was in season one and two.
* CockFight: He was involved in pretty tumultuous love triangles with Damon over the affections of Katherine and Elena. Both Elena and Katherine had feelings for both Salvatore brothers and both Katherine and Elena had expressed loving Stefan more than Damon at different times. The situation between Stefan and Damon with regards to their affections for Elena got the most intense in season three and four.

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* ClassicalAntiHero: Stefan fits this trope in season three after starting to recover from Ripperdom. Stefan's flaws, vulnerabilities and weaknesses are exposed and therefore, we as the audience discover that Stefan isn't the perfect IdealHero that he was in season seasons one and two.
* CockFight: He was involved in pretty tumultuous love triangles with Damon over the affections of Katherine and Elena. Both Elena and Katherine had feelings for both Salvatore brothers and both Katherine and Elena had expressed loving Stefan more than Damon at different times. The situation between Stefan and Damon with regards to their affections affection for Elena got the most intense in season seasons three and four.



* ColourCodedEyes: Stefan's eyes are green, which often indicated a character who can be wild and have uncontrollable and unpredictable tendencies. Stefan has an unpredictable alter-ego, the Ripper. In the novels, Stefan's green eyes are heavily emphasized and mentioned.

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* ColourCodedEyes: Stefan's eyes are green, which often indicated indicates a character who can be wild and have uncontrollable and unpredictable tendencies. Stefan has an unpredictable alter-ego, the Ripper. In the novels, Stefan's green eyes are heavily emphasized and mentioned.



* CorruptTheCutie: At the end of season two, Klaus turned Stefan to the dark side by forcing him to drink tons of human blood bags in order to revert him back into a blood addicted junkie vampire. After Klaus got Stefan to give into his dark side, he gave Stefan the cure for werewolf bites, which was his blood, to give to his brother Damon. Stefan then proceeded to leave town with Klaus, became TheDragon for him, and wreaked havoc across the States while assisting Klaus in building a hybrid army. He becomes TheStarscream and turns against Klaus, resulting in him wanting revenge for Klaus taking away his agency and his life.
* TheCorruptible: To Klaus. At the end of season two, Klaus forced Stefan to become a blood addicted vampire and turn off his humanity, embracing his dark side. He had a strong influence on Stefan changing for the worse and it took all of season three form to bounce back to his normal self.

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* CorruptTheCutie: At the end of season two, Klaus turned Stefan to the dark side by forcing him to drink tons of human blood bags in order to revert him back into a blood addicted blood-addicted junkie vampire. After Klaus got Stefan to give into his dark side, he gave Stefan the cure for werewolf bites, which was his blood, to give to his brother Damon. Stefan then proceeded to leave town with Klaus, became TheDragon for him, and wreaked havoc across the States while assisting Klaus in building a hybrid army. He becomes TheStarscream and turns against Klaus, resulting in him wanting revenge for Klaus taking away his agency and his life.
* TheCorruptible: To Klaus. At the end of season two, Klaus forced Stefan to become a blood addicted blood-addicted vampire and turn off his humanity, embracing his dark side. He had a strong influence on Stefan changing for the worse and it took all of season three form to bounce back to his normal self.



* DeclarationOfProtection: Stefan's existence basically revolves around protecting Elena and keeping her safe at all times. In season 2 he tells Caroline "I will never let anything to happend to you" and he goes on to keep this promise as well as possible.

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* DeclarationOfProtection: Stefan's existence basically revolves around protecting Elena and keeping her safe at all times. In season 2 he tells Caroline "I will never let anything to happend happened to you" and he goes on to keep this promise as well as possible.



* EvilFeelsGood: When he is Ripper Stefan or Non-humanity Stefan, he completely revels in causing trouble and wreaking havoc wherever he goes. He shows no remorse when he commits immoral acts and he gets an adrenaline rush out of doing those deeds. When Stefan turns his humanity back on, however, he ends consumed with guilt and tries to atone for his misdeeds as the Ripper.

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* EvilFeelsGood: When he is Ripper Stefan or Non-humanity Stefan, he completely revels in causing trouble and wreaking havoc wherever he goes. He shows no remorse when he commits immoral acts and he gets an adrenaline rush out of doing those deeds. When Stefan turns his humanity back on, however, he ends up consumed with guilt and tries to atone for his misdeeds as the Ripper.



** Elena got very jealous and suspicious of first Caroline, then Lexi (who only turned out to be Stefan's best friend), then Katherine and then Rebekah, who all happened to harbour either an attraction, obsession or affection for Stefan. As of recently, Elena has even gotten very jealous of Stefan and Tessa and jumped to the conclusion that they were sleeping together. It seems as though Elena gets jealous, angered and suspicious of any girl that gives Stefan the slightest affection or attention or any girl who so much as even looks at Stefan or shows any kind of interest in him (and Elena is supposed to be in a relationship with Damon!) Elena also showed extreme jealousy when she found out that Stefan slept with Rebekah in Season 4. Even when her humanity was turned off during the later part of the same season, Elena showed jealousy towards Stefan and his relationship with Caroline. She also didn't take it well when she found out that Stefan slept with Katherine in Season 5. It seems that no matter if Elena is in a relationship with Damon, she will always be possessive of Stefan and be envious and jealous towards any girl that looks Stefan's way.

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** Elena got very jealous and suspicious of first Caroline, then Lexi (who only turned out to be Stefan's best friend), then Katherine Katherine, and then Rebekah, who all happened to harbour harbor either an attraction, obsession or affection for Stefan. As of recently, Elena has even gotten very jealous of Stefan and Tessa and jumped to the conclusion that they were sleeping together. It seems as though Elena gets jealous, angered angered, and suspicious of any girl that gives Stefan the slightest affection or attention or any girl who so much as even looks at Stefan or shows any kind of interest in him (and Elena is supposed to be in a relationship with Damon!) Elena also showed extreme jealousy when she found out that Stefan slept with Rebekah in Season 4. Even when her humanity was turned off during the later part of the same season, Elena showed jealousy towards Stefan and his relationship with Caroline. She also didn't take it well when she found out that Stefan slept with Katherine in Season 5. It seems that no matter if Elena is in a relationship with Damon, she will always be possessive of Stefan and be envious and jealous towards any girl that looks Stefan's way.



** Rebekah was obsessively in love with Stefan to {{Yandere}} levels, although no where near as extreme as Katherine. She did not react well when she discovered that Stefan was in love with Elena and she openly admitted that she hates Elena because she is super envious of Stefan's love for her.

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** Rebekah was obsessively in love with Stefan to {{Yandere}} levels, although no where nowhere near as extreme as Katherine. She did not react well when she discovered that Stefan was in love with Elena and she openly admitted that she hates Elena because she is super envious of Stefan's love for her.



** Qetsiyah also displayed jealousy over Stefan briefly, especially when it came to Elena. It seems as though Qetsiyah was transferring her 2,000+ year old obsession with Silas onto his doppelgänger Stefan.

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** Qetsiyah also displayed jealousy over Stefan briefly, especially when it came to Elena. It seems as though Qetsiyah was transferring her 2,000+ year old year-old obsession with Silas onto his doppelgänger Stefan.



* HasAType: Stefan has fallen for two Petrova doppelgängers, Katherine and Elena. He fell in love with with Katherine in 1864 when he was a human. And he fell in love with Elena in 2009 as a vampire. The reason why Stefan was curious about getting to know Elena is because of her uncanny physical resemblance to Katherine, the girl he was in love with back in the day. However, once he realized that Elena is the opposite of Katherine in regards to personality, he fell deeper in love with her.

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* HasAType: Stefan has fallen for two Petrova doppelgängers, Katherine and Elena. He fell in love with with Katherine in 1864 when he was a human. And he fell in love with Elena in 2009 as a vampire. The reason why Stefan was curious about getting to know Elena is because of her uncanny physical resemblance to Katherine, the girl he was in love with back in the day. However, once he realized realizes that Elena is the opposite of Katherine in regards to personality, he fell falls deeper in love with her.



** He makes the biggest one in the series finale when he dies by killing Katherine and sacrificing himself to save Damon and the entire town of Mystic Falls from being consumed by Hell fire.

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** He makes the biggest one in the series finale when he dies by killing Katherine and sacrificing himself to save Damon and the entire town of Mystic Falls from being consumed by Hell fire.Hellfire.



* JerkassToOne: Stefan is generally friendly and nice to everyone he meets, but there are a few people who Stefan can be very rude or mean to from time to time: Damon, Katherine and Klaus. But his reasons for being rude to all of them are completely justified. He had an estranged relationship with Damon because Damon has made it his mission to destroy his life to get revenge. He's not nice to Katherine because of what she did in the past to him and Damon and how much heartbreak and pain she caused him. Finally, he was mean to Klaus because Klaus was a villain who was intent on killing Elena and wreaking havoc in Mystic Falls.

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* JerkassToOne: Stefan is generally friendly and nice to everyone he meets, but there are a few people who Stefan can be very rude or mean to from time to time: Damon, Katherine Katherine, and Klaus. But his reasons for being rude to all of them are completely justified. He had an estranged relationship with Damon because Damon has made it his mission to destroy his life to get revenge. He's not nice to Katherine because of what she did in the past to him and Damon and how much heartbreak and pain she caused him. Finally, he was mean to Klaus because Klaus was a villain who was intent on killing Elena and wreaking havoc in Mystic Falls.



* KnightTemplar: In season four, Stefan goes to extreme lengths to find the cure for vampirism so that he can cure Elena of being a vampire. He makes a deal with Klaus, manipulates Rebekah in order to gain information about finding the cure and kills a murderer and turns him into a vampire so that Jeremy can kill him and grow his hunters mark.

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* KnightTemplar: In season four, Stefan goes to extreme lengths to find the cure for vampirism so that he can cure Elena of being a vampire. He makes a deal with Klaus, manipulates Rebekah in order to gain information about finding the cure and kills a murderer and turns him into a vampire so that Jeremy can kill him and grow his hunters hunter's mark.



* LikeParentLikeChild: Like his mother Lily, he became a Ripper when he turned into a vampire. Both Stefan and Lily carry the Ripper gene which activates when someone is turned into a vampire. Ripperism is when vampires cannot control their blood lust, black out and feed so hard on their victims that they tear them apart. Stefan has a high body count during his Ripper phase and his mother Lily's body count is estimated to be a shocking 3,000. When Lily tries to appeal to Stefan and get him to turn on his humanity, she tells him that his lack of control came from her as she passed the Ripper gene down to him.

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* LikeParentLikeChild: Like his mother Lily, he became a Ripper when he turned into a vampire. Both Stefan and Lily carry the Ripper gene which activates when someone is turned into a vampire. Ripperism is when vampires cannot control their blood lust, black out blackout and feed so hard on their victims that they tear them apart. Stefan has a high body count during his Ripper phase and his mother Lily's body count is estimated to be a shocking 3,000. When Lily tries to appeal to Stefan and get him to turn on his humanity, she tells him that his lack of control came from her as she passed the Ripper gene down to him.



* MayflyDecemberRomance: With both Katherine and Elena. Katherine was much older than him when she fell in love with Stefan back in 1864. Katherine was an over three hundred years old vampire while Stefan was a seventeen year old human. With Elena, it's the opposite. Stefan was one hundred and sixty-two years old and Elena was a seventeen year old human girl when they first met and fell in love.

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* MayflyDecemberRomance: With both Katherine and Elena. Katherine was much older than him when she fell in love with Stefan back in 1864. Katherine was an over three hundred years old vampire while Stefan was a seventeen year old seventeen-year-old human. With Elena, it's the opposite. Stefan was one hundred and sixty-two years old and Elena was a seventeen year old seventeen-year-old human girl when they first met and fell in love.



* MyGrandsonMyself: In season 1, he pretended to be the descendants of "the original Stefan Salvatore" from Mystic Falls' founding families. However, when Elena discovers that both Stefan Salvatores are identical, she realizes the truth.

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* MyGrandsonMyself: In season 1, he pretended to be the descendants of "the original Stefan Salvatore" from Mystic Falls' founding families. However, when Elena discovers that both Stefan Salvatores Salvatore are identical, she realizes the truth.



* WellDoneSonGuy: While Damon was more openly antagonistic to their [[AbusiveParent abusive father]], Stefan strove to try to please him and earn his approval. This is why his affair with Katherine and vampirism weighted on him much more than they did on Damon.

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* WellDoneSonGuy: While Damon was more openly antagonistic to their [[AbusiveParent abusive father]], Stefan strove to try to please him and earn his approval. This is why his affair with Katherine and vampirism weighted weighed on him much more than they did on Damon.

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[[caption-width-right:300:''"I don't hurt people. I don't do that. I'm the good brother."'']]

!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/PaulWesley
!!!'''Full Name:''' Stefan Salvatore
!!!'''Birthdate:''' November 1, 1846
!!!'''Age:''' 17/171
!!!'''Gender:''' Male
!!!'''Birthplace:''' Mystic Falls, Virginia, United States
!!!'''Species:''' Human/Doppelgänger, Vampire (Niklaus' Bloodline/Broken) (Cured/Formerly), Ghost (Formerly), Phoenix Stone Spirit (Formerly), Spirit (Currently)
!!!'''Hair Color:''' Light Brown
!!!'''Eye Color:''' Forest Green
!!!'''Occupation:''' Carpenter (Formerly; Unknown), Nomadic Traveller (Formerly; 1920s), Allies Soldier of World War II (Formerly; 1942), Harvard University Student (Formerly; 1970s), Ambulance Driver (Formerly; 1990s), Immigrant Worker (Formerly; Unknown), High School Student (Formerly; 2009 to 2011), Mechanic (Formerly; 2012), Cade's Soul Harvester (Formerly), The Cure (Formerly)
!!!'''First Appearance:''' "Pilot" (1.01)
!!!'''Last Appearance:''' "I Was Feeling Epic" (8.16)

Stefan Salvatore was born on Nov 1, 1846 in Mystic Falls, Virginia. He is the youngest child and the second son of Giuseppe Salvatore and Lillian "Lily" Salvatore. He has an older brother Damon. Stefan is a mysterious, handsome century-old immortal. He is a protagonist, and narrator of the series. Stefan is known to be the good vampire brother (between he and Damon) and is seen to be kind, caring, compassionate, heroic and selfless. Stefan tries to avoid drinking human blood due to the fact that he hates hurting or killing anyone (drinking human blood turns him into an insane, amoral "ripper", choosing to feed from the blood of animals instead. Stefan is weaker than most other vampires, in particular his elder brother Damon who has held a grudge against Stefan for over a century. Early in the series, Stefan fatefully meets and falls in love with Elena Gilbert. He develops a mutual romantic relationship with her while protecting her and her loved ones both from his own nature and other vampires. When Katherine returns it is discovered that she had always loved Stefan and not Damon; however, Stefan is in love with Elena and not interested in Katherine. Stefan starts to build a friendship with Caroline Forbes after she is turned into a vampire. After Klaus gives Stefan his blood to save Damon from a werewolf bit if he turns into a Ripper again which he does from his brothers sake. Stefan starts working for him as he agreed to do to save Damon, and hopes it might also protect Elena by making sure Klaus never returns to Mystic Falls, since he believes her to be dead. Klaus later finds out and compels Stefan to kill her, but when he is able to resist the compulsion, Klaus makes him turn his humanity and emotions off. However, he is later able to get his humanity back, which is seen when he saves Klaus's life to protect Damon, but yet he pretends not to care about Elena anymore. He then takes it upon himself to kill Klaus. He steals Klaus's family as retaliation, and uses them as blackmail, when that fails (the witches give Klaus the coffins when he threatens to end the Bennett line), Stefan threatens to drive Elena off Wickery Bridge with vampire blood in her system if Klaus does not get his hybrids out of town, Klaus agrees at the last minute. He and Elena get into a fight. In the season three finale, he kisses Elena. In the end, Elena chooses Stefan over Damon, but when Rebekah causes Matt's truck to drive off Wickery Bridge, she is trapped underwater. Stefan barely gets there in time, but Elena makes him save Matt first and she drowns. It is later revealed Dr. Fell gave Elena vampire blood, meaning she died with vampire blood in her system. Then she became a vampire. In season four, Stefan tries to get Bonnie to save her from becoming a full vampire, however, she along with several other vampires are captured by the Founder's Council. As Elena begins to die and out of desperation to keep Elena alive, Stefan kills a guard and uses his blood to allow Elena to feed and to complete her transition into a vampire. Stefan gives Elena a daylight ring, which was made by Bonnie, in order to protect Elena from the sun. Stefan tries to assure Elena that everything will be okay and that they'll take Elena's newborn vampirism one day at a time. During the second episode of season 4, Stefan tries to help Elena cope with her hunger for human blood. After his "bunny diet" disagrees with Elena stomach she seeks help from Damon to find an alternative blood source. When blood bags and Damon's own blood fails too, she ends up feeding on Matt under extreme circumstances. Stefan then discovers from Klaus and Rebekah that there is a possible cure for vampirism. Stefan "teams" up with Klaus in order to find the possible cure, so that Stefan can give Elena the choice of becoming human again. Unfortunately, Klaus needs the vampire hunter Connor to stay alive because he holds the map to the cure in his tattoo, and Stefan must keep him alive at all costs when everyone else wants him dead. When Connor kidnaps Jeremy, April, and Matt, and keeps them hostage at the Grill, Stefan must stop Damon from rashly walking in and killing his chance at curing Elena. After tranquilizing Damon with vervain and taking his daylight ring, Stefan tries to take matters into his own hands and infiltrates the Grille by himself. With Jeremy at gunpoint, Elena comes in and takes Connor by surprise. Stefan manages to get Connor out, but Elena later kills him and is consumed with grief at being a murderer. When Elena begins to hallucinate because of Connor's death, Klaus informs Stefan and Damon that she must be locked away to keep from killing herself, and kidnaps her before they can say no. Later, Stefan works with one of Klaus's hybrids, Chris, to free Elena who stabs him in the neck and runs away. Stefan sends Damon to find her and goes with Bonnie to see if the Professor Shane knows how to end the hallucinations. He informs them that a potential hunter must kill a vampire so he may take the place of that dead hunter, which is virtually impossible. Luckily, Stefan realizes that Jeremy is a potential hunter, and tells him that to save his sister, he must kill a vampire. Jeremy kills the hybrid Chris who originally helped them free Elena, and in turn her hallucinations end, and she is safe, but only barely. Later then, Stefan breaks up with Elena because of her feelings for Damon. Stefan goes to Caroline for support since she loathes Damon, and they become closer. During the Miss Mystic Falls Pageant, Stefan Turns a criminal in the hospital and convinces Jeremy to kill him to make the hunter's mark on his arm grow. Afterward, Jeremy becomes anti-vampire and attempts to kill Elena. Stefan is there and saves her, but has to apologize for making him crazy. Elena tries to tell him that she does not need the cure if it means it hurts Jeremy. That night Elena comes to stay at the Salvatore house, and Stefan leaves to crash at Caroline's. While there, he and Caroline realize that Elena is sired to Damon. When Stefan informs Damon of this, they go to New Orleans to find the witch that broke a sire bond years ago that Damon had. Stefan and Damon find that in order to break the bond, Damon has to convince Elena not to care about him, and leave her, which Damon agrees to do for Stefan. Post Jeremy's death, Damon convinces Elena to switch off her humanity leading to her becoming brutal and ruthless. Stefan and Damon try constantly to make her feel something again. Later after Elena's humanity comes back, she chooses Damon, leaving Stefan heartbroken. Then Stefan tries to dump Silas body in the river only to find that Silas is still alive. Stefan discovers that he is the doppelgänger and distant descendant of the world's first immortal man, Silas. Silas was the one who created the immortality spell 2000 years ago however, as nature creates a balance for everything, it created a version of Silas that could be killed, a shadow-self which ends up being Stefan. Silas then locks Stefan into a vault and drowns him in the river. This incident tempts Stefan to turn his humanity off in order to escape. Stefan happens to be in the safe for three months where he keeps on hallucinating.

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!!!'''Full Name:''' Stefan Salvatore
!!!'''Birthdate:''' November 1, 1846
!!!'''Age:''' 17/171
!!!'''Gender:''' Male
!!!'''Birthplace:''' Mystic Falls, Virginia, United States
!!!'''Species:''' Human/Doppelgänger, Vampire (Niklaus' Bloodline/Broken) (Cured/Formerly), Ghost (Formerly), Phoenix Stone Spirit (Formerly), Spirit (Currently)
!!!'''Hair Color:''' Light Brown
!!!'''Eye Color:''' Forest Green
!!!'''Occupation:''' Carpenter (Formerly; Unknown), Nomadic Traveller (Formerly; 1920s), Allies Soldier of World War II (Formerly; 1942), Harvard University Student (Formerly; 1970s), Ambulance Driver (Formerly; 1990s), Immigrant Worker (Formerly; Unknown), High School Student (Formerly; 2009 to 2011), Mechanic (Formerly; 2012), Cade's Soul Harvester (Formerly),
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The Cure (Formerly)
!!!'''First Appearance:''' "Pilot" (1.01)
!!!'''Last Appearance:''' "I Was Feeling Epic" (8.16)

Stefan
youngest of the Salvatore was born on Nov 1, 1846 in brothers who has recently moved into Mystic Falls, Virginia. He is the youngest child and the second son of Giuseppe Salvatore and Lillian "Lily" Salvatore. He has an older brother Damon. Stefan is a mysterious, handsome century-old immortal. He is a protagonist, and narrator of the series. Falls. Stefan is known to be the good "good" vampire brother (between but he and Damon) and is seen to be kind, caring, compassionate, heroic and selfless. Stefan tries to avoid drinking human blood due to the fact that he hates hurting or killing anyone (drinking human blood turns him into an insane, amoral "ripper", choosing to feed from the blood of animals instead. Stefan is weaker than most other vampires, in particular his elder brother Damon who has held a grudge against Stefan for over a century. Early in the series, Stefan fatefully meets and falls in love with Elena Gilbert. He develops a mutual romantic relationship with her while protecting her and her loved ones both from his own nature and other vampires. When Katherine returns it is discovered that she had always loved Stefan and not Damon; however, Stefan is in love with Elena and not interested in Katherine. Stefan starts to build a friendship with Caroline Forbes after she is turned into a vampire. After Klaus gives Stefan his blood to save Damon from a werewolf bit if he turns into a Ripper again which he does from his brothers sake. Stefan starts working for him as he agreed to do to save Damon, and hopes it might also protect Elena by making sure Klaus never returns to Mystic Falls, since he believes her to be dead. Klaus later finds out and compels Stefan to kill her, but when he is able to resist the compulsion, Klaus makes him turn his humanity and emotions off. However, he is later able to get his humanity back, which is seen when he saves Klaus's life to protect Damon, but yet he pretends not to care about Elena anymore. He then takes it upon himself to kill Klaus. He steals Klaus's family as retaliation, and uses them as blackmail, when that fails (the witches give Klaus the coffins when he threatens to end the Bennett line), Stefan threatens to drive Elena off Wickery Bridge with vampire blood in her system if Klaus does not get his hybrids out of town, Klaus agrees at the last minute. He and Elena get into a fight. In the season three finale, he kisses Elena. In the end, Elena chooses Stefan over Damon, but when Rebekah causes Matt's truck to drive off Wickery Bridge, she is trapped underwater. Stefan barely gets there in time, but Elena makes him save Matt first and she drowns. It is later revealed Dr. Fell gave Elena vampire blood, meaning she died with vampire blood in her system. Then she became a vampire. In season four, Stefan tries to get Bonnie to save her from becoming a full vampire, however, she along with several other vampires are captured by the Founder's Council. As Elena begins to die and out of desperation to keep Elena alive, Stefan kills a guard and uses his blood to allow Elena to feed and to complete her transition into a vampire. Stefan gives Elena a daylight ring, which was made by Bonnie, in order to protect Elena from the sun. Stefan tries to assure Elena that everything will be okay and that they'll take Elena's newborn vampirism one day at a time. During the second episode of season 4, Stefan tries to help Elena cope with her hunger for human blood. After his "bunny diet" disagrees with Elena stomach she seeks help from Damon to find an alternative blood source. When blood bags and Damon's own blood fails too, she ends up feeding on Matt under extreme circumstances. Stefan then discovers from Klaus and Rebekah that there is a possible cure for vampirism. Stefan "teams" up with Klaus in order to find the possible cure, so that Stefan can give Elena the choice of becoming human again. Unfortunately, Klaus needs the vampire hunter Connor to stay alive because he holds the map to the cure many dark secrets in his tattoo, and Stefan must keep him alive at all costs when everyone else wants him dead. When Connor kidnaps Jeremy, April, and Matt, and keeps them hostage at the Grill, Stefan must stop Damon from rashly walking in and killing his chance at curing Elena. After tranquilizing Damon with vervain and taking his daylight ring, Stefan tries to take matters into his own hands and infiltrates the Grille by himself. With Jeremy at gunpoint, Elena comes in and takes Connor by surprise. Stefan manages to get Connor out, but Elena later kills him and is consumed with grief at being a murderer. When Elena begins to hallucinate because of Connor's death, Klaus informs Stefan and Damon that she must be locked away to keep from killing herself, and kidnaps her before they can say no. Later, Stefan works with one of Klaus's hybrids, Chris, to free Elena who stabs him in the neck and runs away. Stefan sends Damon to find her and goes with Bonnie to see if the Professor Shane knows how to end the hallucinations. He informs them that a potential hunter must kill a vampire so he may take the place of that dead hunter, which is virtually impossible. Luckily, Stefan realizes that Jeremy is a potential hunter, and tells him that to save his sister, he must kill a vampire. Jeremy kills the hybrid Chris who originally helped them free Elena, and in turn her hallucinations end, and she is safe, but only barely. Later then, Stefan breaks up with Elena because of her feelings for Damon. Stefan goes to Caroline for support since she loathes Damon, and they become closer. During the Miss Mystic Falls Pageant, Stefan Turns a criminal in the hospital and convinces Jeremy to kill him to make the hunter's mark on his arm grow. Afterward, Jeremy becomes anti-vampire and attempts to kill Elena. Stefan is there and saves her, but has to apologize for making him crazy. Elena tries to tell him that she does not need the cure if it means it hurts Jeremy. That night Elena comes to stay at the Salvatore house, and Stefan leaves to crash at Caroline's. While there, he and Caroline realize that Elena is sired to Damon. When Stefan informs Damon of this, they go to New Orleans to find the witch that broke a sire bond years ago that Damon had. Stefan and Damon find that in order to break the bond, Damon has to convince Elena not to care about him, and leave her, which Damon agrees to do for Stefan. Post Jeremy's death, Damon convinces Elena to switch off her humanity leading to her becoming brutal and ruthless. Stefan and Damon try constantly to make her feel something again. Later after Elena's humanity comes back, she chooses Damon, leaving Stefan heartbroken. Then Stefan tries to dump Silas body in the river only to find that Silas is still alive. Stefan discovers that he is the doppelgänger and distant descendant of the world's first immortal man, Silas. Silas was the one who created the immortality spell 2000 years ago however, as nature creates a balance for everything, it created a version of Silas that could be killed, a shadow-self which ends up being Stefan. Silas then locks Stefan into a vault and drowns him in the river. This incident tempts Stefan to turn his humanity off in order to escape. Stefan happens to be in the safe for three months where he keeps on hallucinating.long past.



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* TheDeterminator: Stefan is an extremely determined individual and he NEVER gives up. Whenever he has a mission, plan, agenda or goal in sight or in mind, he will do anything and everything to accomplish it. An example of this is [[spoiler: Stefan doing everything in his power to find the cure for Elena to become human again, going as far as to make a deal with Klaus and making Jeremy stake vampires so that 'The Five' mark on Jeremy's hand grows. Stefan's primary motivation behind trying to find the cure for Elena to become human is a combination of guilt (from not saving her instead of Matt at the end of season 3) and realizing how much Elena has changed as an individual as a vampire (Elena's erratic behaviour, depression, suicidal tendencies, mood swings, etc).]]

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* TheDeterminator: Stefan is an extremely determined individual and he NEVER gives up. Whenever he has a mission, plan, agenda or goal in sight or in mind, he will do anything and everything to accomplish it. An example of this is [[spoiler: Stefan doing everything in his power to find the cure for Elena to become human again, going as far as to make a deal with Klaus and making Jeremy stake vampires so that 'The Five' mark on Jeremy's hand grows. Stefan's primary motivation behind trying to find the cure for Elena to become human is a combination of guilt (from not saving her instead of Matt at the end of season 3) and 3), realizing how much Elena has changed as an individual as a vampire (Elena's erratic behaviour, depression, suicidal tendencies, mood swings, etc).new vampire, and her feelings for Damon being intensified).]]



* {{Deuteragonist}}: To Elena's [[TheProtagonist protagonist]]. Stefan is the second most important character of the series after Elena. He's also the narrator and the series is told from his perspective.
* DevotedToYou: Stefan has managed to attract many of the female characters, with some of them being Elena, Katherine, Caroline, Valerie, and Rebekah. It has turned into an UnwantedHarem for Stefan and even a PsychoticLoveTriangle in regards to Stefan/Elena/Katherine/Rebekah. But the one he loved the most out of all the girls he's had relationships with was Elena. He was completely devoted to her and would do anything for her. He would sacrifice himself in order to keep Elena and her loved ones safe. He would be willing to give up being with Elena if it made her happy.

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* {{Deuteragonist}}: To Elena's [[TheProtagonist protagonist]]. Stefan is the second most important character of the series after Elena. He's also the narrator and the series is told from his perspective. From season 6 onwards he's the co-lead with Damon.
* DevotedToYou: Stefan has managed to attract many of the female characters, with some of them being including Elena, Katherine, Caroline, Valerie, and Rebekah. It has turned into an UnwantedHarem for Stefan and even a PsychoticLoveTriangle in regards to Stefan/Elena/Katherine/Rebekah. But the one he loved the most out of all the girls he's had relationships with was Elena. He was completely devoted to her Elena and Caroline in those respective relationships. He would do anything for her. He would them, sacrifice himself in order to keep Elena them safe, and her loved ones safe. He would be willing to give up being with Elena them if it made her happy.was their wish.
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* DealWithTheDevil: Stefan has done this many, many times with [[BigBad Klaus]]. He did this at the end of season two [[spoiler: when he sacrificed himself and his humanity and became the Ripper in exchange for his hybrid blood to cure Damon's fatal werewolf bite. Stefan did this again in season four, when he made a secret deal to work with Klaus to find a cure for Elena to become human again.]]
* DeclarationOfProtection: Stefan's existence basically revolves around protecting Elena and keeping her safe at all times.

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* DealWithTheDevil: Stefan has done this many, many times with [[BigBad Klaus]]. He did this at the end of season two [[spoiler: when he sacrificed himself and his humanity and became the Ripper in exchange for his hybrid blood to cure Damon's fatal werewolf bite. Stefan did this again in season four, when he made a secret deal to work with Klaus to find a cure for Elena to become human again. In season 8 he pledged his soul to Cade to save Lizzy and Josie Saltzman.]]
* DeclarationOfProtection: Stefan's existence basically revolves around protecting Elena and keeping her safe at all times. In season 2 he tells Caroline "I will never let anything to happend to you" and he goes on to keep this promise as well as possible.
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* BroodingBoyGentleGirl: Stefan is the mysterious, brooding vampire who falls in love with Elena, the sweet, cheerful {{girl next door}}, who often makes Stefan crack a smile.

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* BroodingBoyGentleGirl: Stefan is the mysterious, brooding vampire who falls in love with Elena, the sweet, cheerful {{girl next door}}, who often makes Stefan crack a smile. Also has this dynamic with Caroline, both as friends and then love interests.
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* BlessedWithSuck: Stefan is a vampire and with that comes many powers and abilities such as invulnerability, speed, healing, strength, immortality, etc. But he hates being a vampire because of his lack of control on human blood. If he drinks too much human blood, he becomes addicted to it to extreme levels and he won't stop until he hurts someone. Because of his troubles with vampirism, he has desired to become a human once more so he doesn't have to deal with what he feels is a curse.

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* BlessedWithSuck: Stefan is a vampire and with that comes many powers and abilities such as invulnerability, speed, healing, strength, immortality, etc. But he hates being a vampire because of his lack of control on human blood. If he drinks too much human blood, he becomes addicted to it to extreme levels and he won't stop until he hurts someone.someone (or more accurately, many, ''many'' someones). Because of his troubles with vampirism, he has desired to become a human once more so he doesn't have to deal with what he feels is a curse.
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* BittersweetEnding: Stefan makes a HeroicSacrifice and dies to save Mystic Falls from being engulfed in Hell fire in the series finale. Stefan gives Damon the cure before he sacrifices himself and finds peace and reunites with both Lexi and Damon (after he dies) in the afterlife.

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* BittersweetEnding: Right after his wedding to Caroline, Stefan makes a HeroicSacrifice and dies to save Mystic Falls from being engulfed in Hell fire in the series finale. Stefan gives Damon the cure before he sacrifices himself and finds peace and reunites with both Lexi and Damon (after he dies) in the afterlife.
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** Stefan is the Betty to Damon's Veronica for Katherine's Archie. Katherine was involved with both Salvatore brothers back in 1864. She admitted that she was in love with both of them, but she had a preference for Stefan to obsessive {{Yandere}} levels. Stefan and Damon got over their feelings for Katherine and preferred Elena to her, which spiked intense jealousy and hatred from Katherine towards Elena.

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** Stefan is the Betty to Damon's Veronica for Katherine's Archie. Katherine was involved with both Salvatore brothers back in 1864. She admitted that she was in love with loved both of them, but she had a preference for Stefan to obsessive {{Yandere}} levels. Stefan and Damon got over their feelings for Katherine and preferred Elena to her, which spiked intense jealousy and hatred from Katherine towards Elena.
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** Stefan is involved in quite a few love triangles, the most notable one being the one between himself, Elena and Damon. Stefan is the Betty to Damon's Veronica for Elena's Archie. Stefan was in a relationship with Elena from seasons one to four. Elena started developing feelings for Damon in season three while Stefan was absent from town with Klaus. At the end of season three, Elena chose Stefan over Damon despite her lingering feelings for Damon. Elena developed a relationship with Damon in season four but things were made complicated when it was discovered that Elena was sired to Damon. At the end of season four, Elena chooses Damon over Stefan and he ends up being the one she ends up with though Stefan and Elena have plenty of UnresolvedSexualTension moments in seasons four, five and six.

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** Stefan is involved in quite a few love triangles, the most notable one being the one between himself, Elena and Damon. Stefan is the Betty to Damon's Veronica for Elena's Archie. Stefan was in a relationship with Elena from seasons one to four. Elena started developing feelings for Damon in season three while Stefan was absent from town with Klaus. At the end of season three, Elena chose Stefan over Damon despite her lingering feelings for Damon. Elena developed a relationship with Damon in season four but things were made complicated when it was discovered that Elena was sired to Damon. At the end of season four, Elena chooses Damon over Stefan and he ends up being the one she ends up with though Stefan and Elena have plenty of UnresolvedSexualTension moments in seasons four, five and six. with.
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* BadassNickname: His SuperpoweredEvilSide with his humanity turned off is called The "Ripper". {{Downplayed|Trope}} in that it's technically the nickname associated with all vampires who become incredibly violent when their humanity is turned off.

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* BadassNickname: His SuperpoweredEvilSide with his humanity turned off is called The "Ripper". {{Downplayed|Trope}} in that it's technically the nickname associated with all vampires who become incredibly violent and bloodlusty when their humanity is turned off.off. Played more straight with his more specific moniker, "The Ripper of Monterey"
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* BadassInDistress: Stefan gets himself into trouble at times and requires help from time to time, although he is still completely capable of fending for himself.

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* BadassInDistress: Stefan gets himself into trouble at times and requires help from time has to time, although he is still completely capable be helped out of fending for himself. it (as happens with most characters, given the nature of the show).
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* AnchoredShip: With Elena in Seasons 1 and 2. Their relationship was marred by constant ups and downs and they never caught t moment of peace. Stefan and Elena's relationship was marred by numerous factors: Elena discovering Stefan was a vampire, Stefan's blood addiction issues, Elena losing loved ones, Elena developing feelings for Damon, Katherine, etc. Their relationship ended in season five, though they always had a deep, abiding love for each other. Stefan and Elena are the StarCrossedLovers of the series.

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* AnchoredShip: With Elena in Seasons 1 and 2. Their relationship was marred by constant ups and downs and they never caught t moment of peace. Stefan and Elena's relationship was marred by numerous factors: Elena discovering Stefan was a vampire, Stefan's blood addiction issues, Elena losing loved ones, Elena developing feelings for Damon, Katherine, etc. Their relationship ended in season five, four, though they always had a deep, abiding love for each other. Stefan and Elena are the StarCrossedLovers of the series. other, even when it became platonic.

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