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'''Josh:''' Do what, be a better monster? No thank you. }}

''Being Human'' is a North American remake of [[The BBC]]'s ''[[~~Being Human (TV)|~~Being Human]]'', created by Toby Whithouse. It debuted in January 2011. As with the original British show, it centres around a pair of friends: Aidan, a [[Friendly Neighborhood Vampire]], and Josh, a geeky and uptight [[Wolf Man]]. They decide to get a place together, thinking that it will help them set up the routine and structure each of them needs to [[Stages of Monster Grief|live as normally as possible]]. However, on moving to a new house, they discover that it is haunted-—by the ghost of a young woman called Sally, who is unclear on the circumstances of her death.

''Being Human'' is a North American remake of [[The BBC]]'s ''[[Being Human]]'', created by Toby Whithouse. It debuted in January 2011. As with the original British show, it centres around a pair of friends: Aidan, a [[Friendly Neighborhood Vampire]], and Josh, a geeky and uptight [[Wolf Man]]. They decide to get a place together, thinking that it will help them set up the routine and structure each of them needs to [[Stages of Monster Grief|live as normally as possible]]. However, on moving to a new house, they discover that it is haunted-—by the ghost of a young woman called Sally, who is unclear on the circumstances of her death.

The news of the remake wasn't met with much [[They Changed It, Now It Sucks|applause]], as most American remakes of British works seem to be somewhat lacking. However, the show has been quite successful, and has been renewed for a third season.

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* [[Continuity Nod]]: While the show in general is pretty heavy on continuity, the Professor's book on werewolves shows up again in season two as something Nora and Josh are studying.

* [[Curse Escape Clause]]: Nora tells Josh in Season 2 that he can end his "curse" by killing Ray, his sire, before the full moon.

* [[Cursed ~~With~~ Awesome]]: Aidan, doomed to be a young and buff vampire. Yeah, we feel for you.

* [[Cursed with Awesome]]: Aidan, doomed to be a young and buff vampire. Yeah, we feel for you.

** Overlaps with [[Blessed ~~With~~ Suck|Blessed With]] [[Stealth Pun|Suck]] since blood addiction, the indulgence of which either kills or creates a new monster, seems comparable to heroin. {{spoiler|This includes both the high and the lows as well as the often radical changes in behavior. See Aidan and Rebecca 'falling off the wagon' on each other, resulting in them drinking from each other rather recklessly. And then in general, Rebecca turning from an otherwise normal personality into someone willing to sleep promiscuously and kill for her addiction.}}

** Overlaps with [[Blessed with Suck|Blessed With]] [[Stealth Pun|Suck]] since blood addiction, the indulgence of which either kills or creates a new monster, seems comparable to heroin. {{spoiler|This includes both the high and the lows as well as the often radical changes in behavior. See Aidan and Rebecca 'falling off the wagon' on each other, resulting in them drinking from each other rather recklessly. And then in general, Rebecca turning from an otherwise normal personality into someone willing to sleep promiscuously and kill for her addiction.}}

** Similarly for werewolves who, if they're not careful (or don't care), can end up becoming overly aggressive and lust for violence and blood as much as the vampires.

** Ghosts (not surprisingly) get their version of supernatural addiction. Possessing people can be pretty euphoric for the dead. And it's suggested that {{spoiler|destroying other ghosts can be kind of a power trip too.}}

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* [[Handsome Lech]]: Henry the vampire. Notably, he was forced to go into hiding for several decades after cheating on Suren.

* [[Heterosexual Life Partners]] - Josh and Aidan

* [[Hey, It's That Guy!]]: [[Sam Witwer]] who plays the vampire Aidan also played Starkiller in [[The Force Unleashed]]. Mark Pellegrino who plays the antagonistic vampire Bishop also plays Lucifer in ''[[Supernatural (TV)|Supernatural]]''.

* [[Hey, It's That Guy!]]: [[Sam Witwer]] who plays the vampire Aidan also played Starkiller in [[The Force Unleashed]]. Mark Pellegrino who plays the antagonistic vampire Bishop also plays Lucifer in ''[[Supernatural (TV series)|Supernatural]]''.

* [[Ho Yay]]: Aidan/Josh, commented on in universe.

* [[Horror Hunger]]: Blood addiction.

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* [[I Will Only Slow You Down]]: {{spoiler|Cecilia the vampire cop, who has been tortured and is badly injured, tells Aidan to leave her behind when they're being hunted by a pack of werewolves. She gets torn apart.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Jekyll and Hyde]]}}: Sally, in the second season.

* [[Jerk ~~With~~ a Heart of Gold]]: Zoe is rather abrasive to the ghosts who hang around her, but it's mostly to ensure that the right ghost is allowed to reincarnate into the right baby

* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]: Zoe is rather abrasive to the ghosts who hang around her, but it's mostly to ensure that the right ghost is allowed to reincarnate into the right baby

* [[Kink Meme]]: [http://http://bhkink.livejournal.com/ Here]

* [[Kiss of the Vampire]]: While vampire bites are generally depicted as extremely painful in this series, Aidan is very tender when he drains {{spoiler|Celine.}}

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* [[Mexican Standoff]]: A variation of this occurs at the end of Season 2, with {{spoiler|Ray holding a gun on Josh and Nora pointing a gun at Ray}}.

* [[Mind Rape]]: While vampires have the power to influence and even brainwash people it is not easy and takes lot of skill and constant practice. Bishop is quite good at it but he practices a lot and has centuries of experience. Aidan on the other hand has not done this in a long time and when he tries to cover his tracks by erasing a man's memory of an event, Bishop suggests that it might be kinder to just kill the man. {{spoiler|Aidan ends up damaging the guy so badly, he kills himself the next day}}

** What Bishop {{spoiler|did to Aidan's ex-girlfriend, Celine, has ''got'' to count for something. It went straight over into both [[Rape As Drama]] and [[Scarpia Ultimatum]] territory. She never gets over it, even on her death bed.}}

** What Bishop {{spoiler|did to Aidan's ex-girlfriend, Celine, has ''got'' to count for something. It went straight over into both [[Rape as Drama]] and [[Scarpia Ultimatum]] territory. She never gets over it, even on her death bed.}}

* [[Mistaken for Gay]] - Josh and Aidan by their landlord. Josh doesn't get what the guy is trying to say, but Aidan just shrugs it off with 'It's okay'.

** Josh's parents also do this.

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** Mother is even older still since as old as Heggeman is, he doesn't display anywhere close to the level of power that Mother demonstrates and he treats her as effectively a living legend.

** In the fifties, Suren was almost 700, so she's this trope almost to the year.

* [[Removing the Head Or Destroying ~~The~~ Brain]]: One way of killing vampires if a stake isn't handy.

* [[Removing the Head or Destroying the Brain]]: One way of killing vampires if a stake isn't handy.

* [[Rich Idiot With No Day Job]]: The pure-bred werewolf twins, Brynn and Connor.

* [[Shiksa Goddess]]: Emily's girlfriend.

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{{quote| '''Sally:''' Oh, ladies and gentlemen, [[The Bobbsey Twins]]. I am God, I am everywhere! I drive all night just to get back home!<br />

'''Aidan:''' Are you trying to scare us...with ''[[Bon Jovi]]?'' }}

** Also ''[[Twilight (~~Literature~~)|Twilight]]'', as seen above.

** Also ''[[Twilight (novel)|Twilight]]'', as seen above.

** There's another [[Supernatural (TV)|Supernatural]] show where {{spoiler|a vampire is beheaded using barbed wire.}}

** There's another [[Supernatural (TV series)|Supernatural]] show where {{spoiler|a vampire is beheaded using barbed wire.}}

* [[Sliding Scale of Comedy and Horror]]: While most character fantasies involving bodily harm to their enemies are inherently funny, it is simultaneously sad, and appalling that {{spoiler|Danny made some level of his fiance's consciousness}} want to see Aidan tearing at the guy's throat.

** It's even a little bit cute that Sally imagines that Aidan thinks of her as "their girl."

* [[Sliding Scale of Vampire Friendliness]] - In the lower middle. It's ''possible'' to be good... but it's like going off a hard drug while [[Warm Bloodbags Are Everywhere|it walks around you.]] Aidan talkes about it a bit in season two and the show continues to emphasize the comparision to drugs: feeding 'live' is fairly euphoric and stopping cold turkey is... bad.

* [[Snuff Film]]: Aidan receives a DVD from Rebecca which features her having sex with a man and then killing him.

* [[Stalker ~~With~~ a Crush]]: The Reaper to Sally {{spoiler|though it turns out to be more of a case of [[Screw Yourself]]}}.

* [[Stalker with a Crush]]: The Reaper to Sally {{spoiler|though it turns out to be more of a case of [[Screw Yourself]]}}.

* [[The Starscream]]: Henry plays this role with Aidan early in life, but later subverts the trope by defending Aidan from other vampires when he runs off with Suren.

* [[Status Quo Is God]]: Sally seems to find her true love... and then he disappears, with a 2 second mention in the next episode of how they broke up off-screen. An odd example in a show like this, especially considering the roles the other characters' love interests play.

* [[Supernatural Angst]] - The entire show ''is'' this trope...

* [[Supernatural Soap Opera]]

* [[Stronger ~~With~~ Age]]: Both vampires and werewolves are implied to grow stronger as time passes in this series.

* [[Stronger with Age]]: Both vampires and werewolves are implied to grow stronger as time passes in this series.

* [[Tainted Veins]]: Sally displays these after [[Hollywood Exorcism|surviving an exorcism]].

* [[Take That]]:

{{quote| '''Sally:''' Are you guys going to go all ''[[Twilight (~~Literature~~)|Twilight]]'' on each other at some point, or...?<br />

{{quote| '''Sally:''' Are you guys going to go all ''[[Twilight (novel)|Twilight]]'' on each other at some point, or...?<br />

'''Josh:''' Excuse me?!<br />

'''Sally:''' It's all you guys ever talk about. "[[I Just Want to Be Normal|I want to be normal]], but I can't, 'cause I eat people!" Et cetera. }}

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* [[Warm Bloodbags Are Everywhere]]

* [[What Measure Is a Non-Human?]] - We'll probably see a lot of this in future episodes.

* [[You Are a Credit To Your Race]]: Suren makes this comment to Josh during an awkward dinner party. Julia misinterprets it as a Jewish slur. Aidan is able to cover it by saying she meant Josh kept a clean house for a guy.

* [[You Are a Credit to Your Race]]: Suren makes this comment to Josh during an awkward dinner party. Julia misinterprets it as a Jewish slur. Aidan is able to cover it by saying she meant Josh kept a clean house for a guy.

* [[Yank the Dog's Chain]]: All the goddamn time. Somewhat literally with Josh.

* [[You Can See Me?]] - Sally is more than a little surprised that Aidan and Josh can see her. <ref>It's possible that the use of Wintersleep's "Weighty Ghost" earlier in the episode is a [[Musical Gag]] referring to this. "Oh, have you seen my ghost / Seen my ghost, seen my ghost..."</ref>