History Series / WhatWeDoInTheShadows2019

* TheBore: Colin invokes this, as he sustains himself on human boredom, and specializes in telling long, rambling, and ultimately pointless stories about either himself or very esoteric topics to his victims.

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** The fifth episode "The Campaign" creates more subtle paradoxes, regarding previous instances of Creator/TaikaWaititi and Creator/JemaineClement reprising their roles from the movie. Nandor and Alexander visit a theater showing ''Film/EagleVsShark'' and ''Film/HuntForTheWilderpeople'', two films that Waititi directed, wrote, and made cameos in; the former also co-stars Clement.

** In " The Campaign", Nadja introduces Lazlo to the people of Little Antipaxos she has recently befriended. They end up believing he is the reincarnation of a spirit that is known for being a pompous, perverted oaf that brings good luck called "King of Pigs". Matt Berry voiced Mercimer in Disenchantment, who is a prince that gets turned into a pig and is also as much of a pompous, perverted oaf as Lazlo.

* CelebrityParadox: ''Film/{{Blade}}'' is explicitly cited by Jenna as a possibility to evade being burned by the sun since the film's vampires used motorcycle helmets to do so. Later on in the same season, Creator/WesleySnipes shows up and is revealed to have the exact same heritage and job as the character he played as a fully immersed member of vampire society. No one comments on this. Creator/DonalLogue shows up also as a vampire in the third season, but this one gets explained away by him being converted into a vampire after filming ''Blade'' (though other vampires who CannotTellFictionFromReality get confused and think he's Quinn for real). Of course, being a comedy, this is mainly just PlayedForLaughs on both counts.

%%* ActuallyNotAVampire: Played with.

* AManIsAlwaysEager: In 'Witches', Nandor and Laszlo aren't too worried once it's revealed ''why'' the witches
abducted them ([[spoiler: for, ahem, semen extraction]]) and are in fact quite puffed up about it. Once Colin Robinson finds out, he straps himself into a spare extraction table.

* DayWalker: Colin, being an "energy vampire", rather than a "real" vampire, is able to go out during the daytime. Wesley Snipes, being a half-vampire, can also tolerate sunlight.

** Many people, including the writers and actors themselves, have compared Guillermo's secret [[spoiler: heritage and career as a vampire slayer]] to a closeted gay man having to hide a major facet of who he is in a homophobic society. (It's multilayered, since Guillermo is ''literally'' gay and crushing on his vampire master Nandor, and part of why he's keeping the secret is fear of how Nandor might react.) It helps that Guillermo ''literally lives in a closet'', and his final scene in Season 2 where he reveals his [[IKnowYourTrueName true name]] comes off a lot like a triumphal coming out scene.

* AccidentalMisnaming:
** Laszlo and Nadja tend to call Guillermo "Gizmo".
** Nadja can't bear to refer to Jeff by his name (thinking it sounds pathetic), going through a number of misnomers but eventually settling on "Jesk" instead.

* ActuallyNotAVampire: Played with.

* AManIsAlwaysEager: In 'Witches', Nandor and Laszlo aren't too worried once it's revealed ''why'' the witches abducted them ([[spoiler: for, ahem, semen extraction]]) and are in fact quite puffed up about it. Once Colin Robinson finds out, he straps himself into a spare extraction table.

''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 for a third and fourth season; the third season premiered in September 2021 and the fourth season in July 2022. All seasons can be watched on Creator/{{Hulu}}, and the first and second seasons can be purchased on Creator/{{Amazon}} Creator/PrimeVideo.

* WhamLine: Season 3 Episode 9 - Spoken by Laszlo: [[spoiler:"Colin Robinson is dying."]]
** The last line of season four, and ''how''.

* WhamShot: 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.]]
** Far later, in the season four finale, [[spoiler: when young Colin enters a closet full of journals and lots of familiar suits...]]

''What We Do in the Shadows'' is a HorrorComedy {{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 for a third and fourth season; the third season premiered in September 2021 and the fourth season in July 2022. All seasons can be watched on Creator/{{Hulu}}, and the first and second seasons can be purchased on Creator/{{Amazon}} Creator/PrimeVideo.

''What We Do in the Shadows'' is a BlackComedy {{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 for a third and fourth season; the third season premiered in September 2021 and the fourth season in July 2022. All seasons can be watched on Creator/{{Hulu}}, and the first and second seasons can be purchased on Creator/{{Amazon}} Creator/PrimeVideo.

* ADateWithRosiePalms:
** Jeff is shown pleasuring himself when Nadja takes the camera crew to spy on him to highlight how pathetic and single he is.
** Laszlo's ghost needs Laszlo's help (or at least his hands) to reach an an orgasm.

* HomeAndGarden: In [[WhatWeDoInTheShadowsS4E8GoFlipYourself "Go Flip Yourself"]], Laszlo starts watching a ShowWithinAShow called ''Go Flip Yourself'' about home renovations. He even hails it as a masterpiece because the renovators truly understand their trade. Everyone else is of the opinion that ''Go Flip Yourself'' suffers a bad case of StrictlyFormula.

** In "The Trial," the Vampire Council is populated by a bunch of actors who have previously played vampires. These include three of the vampires from the original ''Film/WhatWeDoInTheShadows'' film. The other actors are Tilda Swinton (''Film/OnlyLoversLeftAlive''), Paul Reubens (''Film/BuffyTheVampireSlayer''), Danny Trejo (''Film/FromDuskTillDawn''), Evan Rachel Wood (''Series/TrueBlood''), and Wesley Snipes (''Film/{{Blade}}''). The allusion is especially driven home by the actors looking like their respective characters (most notable with Swinton and Reubens's hair). The vampire council also mentions [[Literature/TheTwilightSaga Robert]], [[Film/InterviewWithTheVampire Tom and Brad]], and [[Film/TheLostBoys Kiefer]].
** In "The Portrait" Lazlo can be heard playing the first few notes of a [[Series/ToastOfLondon certain tv series theme]] on the piano.

*** 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 where every mythical being from around the world congregates to barter and haggle]].

* WhamEpisode: The Season 2 finale is a moderate one, but still significantly changes the paradigm of the series. [[spoiler: Guillermo outs himself as a vampire hunter to the Roommates when he infiltrates the Théâtre des Vampires to rescue them… and massacres every vampire patron in attendance apart from Vladislav]].

* MagicalNativeAmerican: Conversed. Nadja asks the FiveTokenBand werewolf crew if they're Indian, in reference to ''Literature/{{Twilight}}''. One of them actually is Native American, but it's definitely not an ethnic thing.