History YMMV / Vampirella

* EvilIsSexy: No, not Vampirella herself, who is definitely sexy but is also a FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire. However, a number of her foes such as Dracula, the Blood Red Queen of Hearts, and even her mother Lilith at times are very seductive characters who, especially in the case of the women, are usually as [[{{Stripperiffic}} underdressed]] as the main character.

* TheyCopiedItSoItSucks: In addition to other complaints about the 2016 costume redesign was the complaint that it ripped off Claire Redfield's [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/residentevil/images/f/f6/Claire-Redfield-skinsuit.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20060612165744 outfit]] from ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil2'', changing only the colors, the logo, and the boots.

* TheyCopiedItSoItSucks: In addition to other complaints about the 2016 costume redesign was the complaint that it ripped off Claire Redfield's outfit from ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil2'', changing only the colors, the logo, and the boots.

* WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs: The 2017 run where she finds herself in a dystopian future replete with psychedelic MindScrew.

* QuestionableCasting: Creator/TalisaSoto as Vampirella in the 1996 AshcanCopy. Not that she isn't beautiful (stunningly so, in fact), she just didn't have the physique for the role. The director later said that he tried to get the statuesque Julie Strain, but was overruled. And in Soto's defense, the material she had to work with was pretty bad to begin with.

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* WhatTheHellCastingAgency: Creator/TalisaSoto as Vampirella in the 1996 AshCanCopy. Not that she isn't beautiful (stunningly so, in fact), she just didn't have the physique for the role. The director later said that he tried to get the statuesque Julie Strain, but was overruled. And in Soto's defense, the material she had to work with was pretty bad to begin with.

* BrokenBase: Vampirella's 2016 outfit has been called out by many fans for not being sexy enough while others point out a skintight roller derby outfit with a leather jacket is sexy by itself. Vampirella #0, released in 2017, has ditched the new outfit in favor of a modified version of her old one.

** [[SociopathicSoldier Gustav von Kreist]], fascinated by the carnage he saw during UsefulNotes/WorldWarI, made a DealWithTheDevil in return for immortality, though he found his body began to decay as time went on. Giving his services to any vampire clan that would provide him with a fresh supply of victims, Von Kreist aided the vampires' efforts to reduce mankind to cattle. Taking the daughters of a Mafia boss hostage, Von Kreist forces him to choose which will live, only to shoot the one he chose; before ordering the survivor to kill her father, turning the dead sister into a vampire and killing said girl again when she shows hesitance to do harm to her living sister. Also a horrific SerialKiller and [[SerialRapist rapist]], a victim of Von Kreist is found with her eyes and mouth stitched shut and her arms and legs stitched together. His long list of victims [[WouldHurtAChild includes children]], as he crashed a damaged plane into a playground and casually threw a little girl off a bridge. Believed to be destroyed, Von Kreist is later resurrected into the body of one of Vampirella's close friends by his own descendant, which he uses to attempt to kill his grandson and then offer the life of his new body to forge an alliance with Dracula. A [[HumansAreTheRealMonsters normal human]] aside from his immortality, Von Kreist was a [[CardCarryingVillain monster]] who walked the Earth in the skin of a man, spreading suffering wherever he went.

** [[SociopathicSoldier Gustav von Kreist]], fascinated by the carnage he saw during UsefulNotes/WorldWarI, made a DealWithTheDevil in return for immortality, though he found his body began to decay as time went on. Giving his services to any vampire clan that would provide him with a fresh supply of victims, Von Kreist aided the vampires' efforts to reduce mankind to cattle. Taking the daughters of a Mafia boss hostage, Von Kreist forces him to choose which will live, only to shoot the one he chose; before ordering the other one to kill her father, turning the dead sister into a vampire and killing her again when she shows hesitance to do harm to her living sister. Also a horrific SerialKiller and [[SerialRapist rapist]], a victim of Von Kreist is found with her eyes and mouth stitched shut and her arms and legs stitched together. His long list of victims [[WouldHurtAChild includes children]], as he crashed a damaged plane into a playground and casually threw a little girl off a bridge. Believed to be destroyed, Von Kreist is later resurrected into the body of one of Vampirella's close friends by his own descendant, which he uses to attempt to kill his grandson and then offer the life of his new body to forge an alliance with Dracula. A [[HumansAreTheRealMonsters normal human]] aside from his immortality, Von Kreist was a [[CardCarryingVillain monster]] who walked the Earth in the skin of a man, spreading suffering wherever he went.

** [[SociopathicSoldier Von Kreist]], fascinated by the carnage he saw during UsefulNotes/WorldWarI, made a DealWithTheDevil in return for immortality, though he found his body began to decay as time went on. Giving his services to any vampire clan that would provide him with a fresh supply of victims, Von Kreist aided the vampires' efforts to reduce mankind to cattle. Taking the daughters of a Mafia boss hostage, Von Kreist forces him to choose which will live, only to shoot the one he chose; before ordering the other one to kill her father, turning the dead sister into a vampire and killing her again when she shows hesitance to do harm to her living sister. Also a horrific SerialKiller and [[SerialRapist rapist]], a victim of Von Kreist is found with her eyes and mouth stitched shut and her arms and legs stitched together. His long list of victims [[WouldHurtAChild includes children]], as he crashed a damaged plane into a playground and casually threw a little girl off a bridge. Believed to be destroyed, Von Kreist is later resurrected into the body of one of Vampirella's close friends by his own descendant, which he uses to attempt to kill his grandson and then offer the life of his new body to forge an alliance with Dracula. A [[HumansAreTheRealMonsters normal human]] aside from his immortality, Von Kreist was a [[CardCarryingVillain monster]] who walked the Earth in the skin of a man, spreading suffering wherever he went.

* BestKnownForTheFanservice: All know her iconic {{Stripperific}} red sling suit, but very few know anything about the setting or her backstory. (Or how selfsame costume stays put - a frequent cosplay problem...)

** [[SociopathicSoldier Von Kreist]], fascinated by the carnage he saw during UsefulNotes/WorldWarI, made a DealWithTheDevil in return for immortality, though he found his body began to decay as time went on. Giving his services to any vampire clan that would provide him with a fresh supply of victims, Von Kreist aided the vampires' efforts to reduce mankind to cattle. Taking the daughters of a Mafia boss hostage, Von Kreist forces him to choose which will live, only to shoot the one he chose; before ordering her to kill her father, turning the dead sister into a vampire and killing her again when she shows hesitance to do harm to her living sister. Also a horrific SerialKiller and [[SerialRapist rapist]], a victim of Von Kreist is found with her eyes and mouth stitched shut and her arms and legs stitched together. His long list of victims [[WouldHurtAChild includes children]], as he crashed a damaged plane into a playground and casually threw a little girl off a bridge. Believed to be destroyed, Von Kreist is later resurrected into the body of one of Vampirella's close friends by his own descendant, which he uses to attempt to kill his grandson and then offer the life of his new body to forge an alliance with Dracula. A [[HumansAreTheRealMonsters normal human]] aside from his immortality, Von Kreist was a [[CardCarryingVillain monster]] who walked the Earth in the skin of a man, spreading suffering wherever he went.

* ValuesDissonance: Vampirella's iconic bathing suit was created by feminist comic artist Trina Robbins as an example of open female sexuality and lack of shame. It has since been criticized by many feminists for being overly sexualized. And then when the bathing suit was brought back in 2017, writer Blake Northcott said her decision to do so [[HistoryRepeats was rebellion against shaming female sexuality.]]

** ''Vampirella[=/=]ComicBook/{{Witchblade}}: The Feast'', written by Justin Gray: [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Rod Sterling]] is the unofficial head of the J. Holmes Modeling Agency, who discovered a MagicalCamera which allowed him to [[YourSoulIsMine steal the souls]] of innocent women to keep himself [[ImmortalityImmorality immortal and young]]. Having J. Holmes himself find and prepare the women for him by [[YouWouldMakeAGreatModel promising them a model career]], Rod hires some people to track down the vampire for him and cut them apart, so he could make the "Eternal Slender" product from their meat and feed it to unsuspecting women, before he steals their souls and turn them into his undead slaves. Making a deal with other vampires, Rod feeds them his zombified models, so he could have them hunt down and harvested as well.

** [[SociopathicSoldier Von Kreist]], fascinated by the carnage he saw during UsefulNotes/WorldWarI, made a DealWithTheDevil in return for immortality, though he found his body began to decay as time went on. Giving his services to any vampire clan that would provide him with a fresh supply of victims, Von Kreist aided the vampires' efforts to reduce mankind to cattle. Taking the daughters of a Mafia boss hostage, Von Kreist forces him to choose which will live, only to shoot the one he chose; before ordering her to kill her father, turning the dead sister into a vampire and killing the living girl when she shows hesitance to do so. Also a horrific SerialKiller and [[SerialRapist rapist]], a victim of Von Kreist is found with her eyes and mouth stitched shut and her arms and legs stitched together. His long list of victims [[WouldHurtAChild includes children]], as he crashed a damaged plane into a playground and casually threw a little girl off a bridge. Believed to be destroyed, Von Kreist is later resurrected into the body of one of Vampirella's close friends by his own descendant, which he uses to attempt to kill his grandson and then offer the life of his new body to forge an alliance with Dracula. A [[HumansAreTheRealMonsters normal human]] aside from his immortality, Von Kreist was a [[CardCarryingVillain monster]] who walked the Earth in the skin of a man, spreading suffering wherever he went.

* ValuesDissonance: Vampirella's iconic bathing suit was created by feminist comic artist Trina Robbins as an example of open female sexuality and lack of shame. It has since been criticized by many feminists for being overly sexualized.