History Series / WhatWeDoInTheShadows2019

** Nadja uses her [[MakeMeWannaShout special vampire voice]] when she feels she's being ignored, causing electronics and glass to explode nearby. This always includes the documentary crew, who stagger, but notably also includes [[ShellShockSilence audible hearing damage]] to the sound quality.

** Nandor used to believe that the [[Literature/{{Discworld}} Earth was on the backs of four elephants, supported by a giant turtle]] until Colin Robinson sets him straight.[[note]]This idea actually originates in Myth/HinduMythology, which existed during Nandor's pre-vampirism life unlike the Discworld, so the writers may have intended for Nandor to be referencing the original myth instead.[[/note]]

* CanadaEh: Marcus the werewolf is proudly Caribbean-Canadian – specifically, he's from "Saskatoon, MOTHERFUCKER!" He later reassures Toby that they'll go on their dream trip to the city someday.

''What We Do in the Shadows'' is a {{horror|Comedy}} {{sitcom}} SpinOff of the [[Film/WhatWeDoInTheShadows film of the same name]], airing on [[Creator/FXNetworks FX]], with heavy involvement from the film's creators Creator/JemaineClement and Creator/TaikaWaititi. The show premiered in March 2019, and ended up running for six seasons. All of them can be watched on Creator/{{Hulu}}, and the first three seasons can be purchased on Creator/{{Amazon}} Creator/PrimeVideo.

* ArtisticLicenseLaw: In the episode "City Council," the vampires visit the Staten Island City Council, which does not exist. Staten Island is a borough of New York City, and, as such, is governed by the New York City Council, which meets in Manhattan. Staten Island also has only three members in the Council (out of 51).
** Similarly, in "Pride Parade," Sean Rinaldi runs for Staten Island comptroller, an office that doesn't exist. The New York City comptroller's office has jurisdiction over all five boroughs.

''What We Do in the Shadows'' is a {{horror|Comedy}} {{sitcom}} SpinOff of the [[Film/WhatWeDoInTheShadows film of the same name]], airing on [[Creator/FXNetworks FX]], with heavy involvement from the film's creators Creator/JemaineClement and Creator/TaikaWaititi. The first season premiered in March 2019. The show has since been renewed each year, until the sixth and final season. All of them can be watched on Creator/{{Hulu}}, and the first three seasons can be purchased on Creator/{{Amazon}} Creator/PrimeVideo.

''What We Do in the Shadows'' is a {{horror|Comedy}} {{sitcom}} SpinOff of the [[Film/WhatWeDoInTheShadows film of the same name]], airing on [[Creator/FXNetworks FX]], with heavy involvement from the film's creators Creator/JemaineClement and Creator/TaikaWaititi. The first season premiered in March 2019, with season 2 following in April 2020. The show has since been renewed each year, with the fifth season airing in July 2023. All seasons can be watched on Creator/{{Hulu}}, and the first three seasons can be purchased on Creator/{{Amazon}} Creator/PrimeVideo.

** Season 1:

** Season 2:

** Season 4:

*** From a [[spoiler: world-building]] standpoint, [[spoiler: the Night Market]] is one for the entire series. [[spoiler: a vast underground network of shops, stands, and kiosks beneath NYC where every mythical being from around the world congregates to barter and haggle]].

* FictionalCountry: Nandor used to rule Al Qolnidar (in modern-day southern Iran) but it was dissolved in 1401. Al Qolnidarese is just contemporary Farsi.

** '''Season 3 Episode 9''' - Spoken by Laszlo: [[spoiler:"Colin Robinson is dying."]]

** '''Season 3 Episode 9''':[[spoiler:Nandor doesn't believe Colin Robinson is dead, as they have pranked him before. Nandor taps Colin Robinson's face, which collapses in on itself, with Nandor's entire hand going through Colin Robinson's face.]]
** '''Season 3 finale''':[[spoiler:Laszlo goes into the basement to say his last goodbyes to Colin's body, and discovers that a baby version of Colin has torn itself out of his body.]]
** '''Season 4 finale:'''[[spoiler: when young Colin enters a closet full of journals and lots of familiar suits...]]

[[caption-width-right:350:"♫''[[RealSongThemeTune You're dead and out of this world...]]''♫"]]

''What We Do in the Shadows'' is a {{Horror|Comedy}} {{sitcom}} SpinOff of the [[Film/WhatWeDoInTheShadows film of the same name]], airing on [[Creator/FXNetworks FX]], with heavy involvement from the film's creators Creator/JemaineClement and Creator/TaikaWaititi. The first season premiered in March 2019, with season 2 following in April 2020. The show has since been renewed each year, with the fifth season airing in July 2023. All seasons can be watched on Creator/{{Hulu}}, and the first three seasons can be purchased on Creator/{{Amazon}} Creator/PrimeVideo.

*** Laszlo and Nadja care about Guillermo, too, even if, like Nandor, they "have a funny way of showing it". They treat Guillermo like their own familiar (something Guillermo [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] in one episode), and Nadja has shown some genuine respect for the human. Laszlo goes so far as to get rid of his hat when he sees it's [[ArtifactOfDoom making Guillermo flatline]] in Episode 4.

* ImmortalityPromiscuity: All three immortal vampires (Nandor, Laszlo, and Nadja) really, really get around. Married couple Laszlo and Nadja are extremely proud of it and have zero issues with it.

* LooksLikeOrlok: Just as Petyr in the film, the Baron has this appearance too, in stark contrast to the other vampires. Also like with Petyr, it is implied to be a result of his advanced age.

* MagicalQueer: Guillermo is the OnlySaneMan of the main crew, and he is, [[https://www.advocate.com/television/2019/5/29/harvey-guillen-queer-human-heart-what-we-do-shadows?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=television by actor Harvey Guillén's words]], somewhat attracted to his master Nandor. Ironically, he's the only {{Muggle}} of the main cast.

** Count Rapula, who actually is a vampire rapper.

* TheMirrorShowsYourTrueSelf: A recurring trope on the show. Normal vampires are often revealed for what they are by [[MissingReflection not appearing in mirrors at all]], whereas Colin Robinson the energy vampire shows up in mirrors as a disturbing spectral gray figure (possibly indicating true vampires are TheSoulless while energy vampires ''have'' a soul but it's not a human one). When Jenna is undergoing the "transition" from living to vampire one of the things that happens to her is her reflection going out of sync with herself, smirking at her when she turns her back on it.

* {{Necromancer}}: The vampires take [[spoiler:the recently-deceased Topher]] to one named Wallace, who, in addition to raising the dead, also runs a gift shop selling trinkets such as personalised name-plate key-rings.

* NotQuiteDead: The eyes of [[spoiler: the Baron]] glow as the remains are being buried, implying this.

* OurGeniesAreDifferent: Nandor and Guillermo find a Djinn lamp lying around in Nandor's treasure hoard in season 4. It turns out lamps can only unlock the Djinn inside if it's rubbed counterclockwise, not clockwise. While Nandor's Djinn does fulfill Nandor's exact wishes with no drawbacks and has seemingly unlimited power by casually resurrecting 37 dead people fully clothed and healthy in the house with no issues, he also interprets certain mundane requests made of him to count as a wish like when asked how many wishes he has. The Djinn himself doesn't appear to be malicious and even cautions Nandor on the danger of burning through wishes on too many banal requests.

** Nandor claims hypnosis as a vampire power works the same as real-life hypnosis and is unable to make anybody do something they don't want to do, hence why all of his on-screen attempts at hypnosis tend to fail. Nadja and Laszlo do not seem to have this issue, Laszlo routinely wiping people's memories with it and Nadja forces hosts to invite her (and whomever she wishes) into their building, so it is possible that Nandor only makes this claim because he has personal issues with this ability. In "Brain Scramblies", if two vampires try to hypnotize a person at the same time, it leaves them with full-on amnesia and symptoms of brain damage (or "brain scramblies" as they call it).

** Exactly how "vampiric" energy vampires are is left a little vague. Colin seems to be a lot more like normal people. He goes out in the day, eats food, can enter churches, and has a job. When asked if he's undead, Colin only gives a shrug. In "[[Recap/WhatWeDoInTheShadowsS1E6BaronsNightOut Baron's Night Out]]", Colin implies that energy vampires are mortal. In "Colin's Promotion," it's revealed that energy vampires gain all sorts of new powers and undergo physical transformations if they're extremely full of energy. Even Colin wasn't aware of this. Colin states in season 3 that he thought he was born an energy vampire, but neither parent seemed to be one, leaving him confused on how he even is an energy vampire as he doesn't know. [[spoiler:Energy vampires are apparently all doomed to automatically die when they reach the age of 100. In the finale, an identical baby version is revealed to have emerged out of Colin Robinson's corpse.]]