History WebVideo / LAByNight

* RememberTheNewGuy: Suzanne is one of these for fans of [[Literature/VampireTheMasqueradePrinceDuology The Dark Prince]] books. Vannevar Thomas has his entire life detailed in ''Prince of the City'' and a long term relationship with a female Toreador never comes up. Theoretically, it could have happened during his time living among the Texas Camarilla.

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: The head of Project: Firstlight gets one of these from a Society of Leopold Inquisitor at the end of Episode 1, Season 5.

* HeroesWantRedheads:
** Before [[AntiHero Jasper's]] embrace he dated redheaded Chloe. [[spoiler: After Jasper's embrace there is an air of romantic tension remaining between the former lovers.]]
** Annabelle is in a relationship with the also redheaded Ellenore before and after Annabelle's embrace.

** When Annabelle is discussing her worries at the fate that might befall the mortals she cares about the most - namely, one of the two partners in her polyamorous relationship who are both ''still alive'' - and the prospect of losing one or both of them, Jasper; a Nosferatu who rarely, if ever, raises his voice for ''any'' reason, turns to her and actually ''screams''.
--->'''Jasper:''' "'''You made him a ''FUCKING GHOUL''!! That was ''your'' goddamn decision!'''"

* CanonWelding: By way of character features/cameos, both the ''Winter's Teeth'' comicbooks and the ''No Vacancy'' one-shot take place alongside - [[spoiler: and before the dissolution of]] - the height of the "Valley Coterie". A crossover oneshot has ''LA By Night'''s Annabelle and Victor starring alongside Vodd and Margot from ''Winter's Teeth'', while the Kindred of ''No Vacancy'' - featuring new characters played by Josephine [=McAdam=] (Eva) and Mica Burton (Delilah) - take their mission from Victor Temple himself; with the letters being hand-delivered by Jasper.

* CanonWelding: By way of character features/cameos, both the ''Winter's Teeth'' comicbooks and the ''No Vacancy'' one-shot take place alongside - [[spoiler: and before the dissolution of]] - the height of the "Valley Coterie". A crossover oneshot has ''LA By Night'''s Annabelle and Victor starring alongside Vodd and Margot from ''Winter's Teeth'', while the Kindred of ''No Vacancy'' - featuring new characters played by Josephine McAdam (Eva) and Mica Burton (Delilah) - take their mission from Victor Temple himself; with the letters being hand-delivered by Jasper.

'''Victor:''' We look out for eachother.\\

** Subverted by [[spoiler: Victor dominating Eva not to attack Strauss and losing her frinedship. Later in a big way when X attempts to kill Annabelle.]]

The story ended on October 29, 2021. In June of 2022 the sequel was announced: ''New York by Night'', starring Aabria Iyengar, Alexander Ward, Joey Rassool, and Mayanna Berrin, with Jason Carl returning as Storyteller.

* AbsenteeActor: Actors are frequently absent. When this happens they are usually replaced by X or a guest star.

** This was apparently the same way that François Villion ruled the Kindred of Paris right before the French Revolution, though his persecution was primarily directed at mortals.

** Gregory and Lavender gradually become this for Nelli G from Season 3 onwards.

* DrivenToSuicide: In Season 5, [[spoiler: Eva chooses to meet the Sun, taking the extreme risk that it might turn her human but very clearly burning. X also chooses to enter torpor as a last ditch attempt to cleanse himself of a curse but unlikely to awaken on his own.]]
* EnragedByIdiocy: Annabelle at the beginning of the 3 episode of season 2, when calling out Victor. Later on, also Jasper, when Victor babbles about his secrets to everyone and at the end Abrams, for the same reasons Annabelle was.

* FantasticRacism: What most Kindred express towards Thin Bloods.

* FlowerMotifs: Red and pink flowers, mostly roses are Eva's aesthetic. She also gives different kinds of flowers to the coterie members after she arrived.

** A DownplayedTrope example as none of them are actively trying to harm mortals but only Annabelle (along with possibly Jasper) really qualify. Eventually, both of them are forced to ShooTheDog at various points.

** Heroic Annabelle is in a relationship with the also redheaded Ellenore before and after Annabelle's embrace.

** Bobby Blaine and a group of Thin Bloods are working with both the Second Inquisition.
** Baron Theresa of Santa Monica is working with the Camarilla.
** An iffy case with [[spoiler: Nelli G as she takes one of the Inquisitors on as a ghoul. Gregory eventually becomes her full-time servant.]]

* LetsGetDangerous: After the Second Inquisition was repeatedly run rings around by our heroes, they proceed to mop the floor with LA's Kindred in Season 5.
* LighterAndSofter: The protagonists are much more on the FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire scale of things than is typical for the World of Darkness. They even rescued a bunch of human trafficking victims and sent them to college.
* LoopholeAbuse: Jasper won't feed on [[spoiler: humans but he feeds Tara who Jasper then feeds upon. Later, it becomes revealed that he's a full blown diablerist who embraces "monsters" to feed on.]]

** Jasper with Annabelle, Eva, and Chloe.

** Ultimately subverted by the series as a whole [[spoiler: Jasper and Nelli turn on Victor, Annabelle leaves LA, and Victor is left contemplating that Kindred never band together in times of crisis.]]

* VampireHunter: The Second Inquisition as a whole with the Society of Leopold that shows up in Season 5.

** Baron Temple says this is the problem of vampire society with regard to the Second Inquisition. [[spoiler: He's proven correct in Season 5.]]
* WhatWereYouThinking: What Annabelle, Abrams and Jasper subject Victor to in episode 3 of season 2 after he nearly broke the Masquerade and caused a war.

** Victor has "I activate Awe". Following Episode 4, he always introduces himself at the start of episodes as [[spoiler: "undisputed Baron of the Valley"]].

** Eva's role in Anarch society. She is known as the Witch of Griffith Park. [[spoiler: Until she rejoins the Camarilla in Season 4.]]

** Katya takes up the role of Strauss in the LA Camarilla court when he becomes Keeper of Elysium.

* The Dragon:

* BittersweetEnding: The GrandFinale of the series in Season 5 has a number of things that make it more bitter than sweet, reflecting the tragedy of the gameline. [[spoiler: Los Angeles has survived the Second Inquisition and the Anarch Free States is formally re-established. However, the vamily has broken with Nelli and Jasper turning on Victor due to his constant scheming. Eva has been DrivenToSuicide and X has entered torpor, possibly forever. Annabelle also can't stay due to her anger making her unable to deal with peace. Mark is in a coma and while he's getting better, is still in a bad way.]]

* BloodMagic: Eva, the Tremere uses Thaumaturgy, which is basically this.

** Vannevar Thomas gradually starts turning away from being a LawfulEvil AristocratsAreEvil {{Jerkass}} to this. [[spoiler: This is due to the fact that Therese Voorman is using Dementation on him to drive him mad.]] He uses his Scourge extensively, pours molten gold down the throats of his own minions, and heavily quotes the ''Book of Nod.''
** This was apparently the same way that Francois Villon ruled the Kindred of Paris right before the French Revolution, though his persecution was primarily directed at mortals.

** Fiorenza has "Victor, my boy!" which has flavors of CondescendingCompassion.

* Annabelle (as played by Creator/ErikaIshii): A NaiveNewcomer Brujah of the 13th generation who knows nothing about Kindred society.

** Gregory was originally an antagonist before becoming TheRenfield as well as a major supporting character.

''L.A. By Night'' is a web video series created by Creator/GeekAndSundry that follows a group of players during a game of ''TabletopGame/VampireTheMasqueradeFifthEdition'' with Jason Carl as the Storyteller. It was originally shown on Alpha and Twitch before gradually being released on Website/YouTube. After three seasons on Creator/GeekAndSundry, it will now be on the White Wolf's own Twitch channel.

The premise of the series is three vampires have been granted domain over Griffith College when a series of anemic students appearing in the clinic clue them into the presence of a "poacher" on campus. Investigating, they meet a fourth member of their coterie and become involved in a conspiracy that threatens the stability of the Anarch Free States as well as their own freedom.

*** Ultimately subverted by the series as a whole [[spoiler: Jasper and Nelli turn on Victor, Annabelle leaves LA, and Victor is left contemplating that Kindred never band together in times of crisis.]]

The series also possesses numerous guest stars like Creator/MarkMeer, Creator/TaliesinJaffe and Satine Phoenix.

* KilledToUpholdTheMasquerade:
** A constant threat to the loved ones of the characters.
** Averted with Archangel [[spoiler: as neither X or Annabelle are willing to kill Chloe despite her regular violations of the Masquerade.]]