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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 (UK)]]'', 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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** In addition to werewolves who are created through a bite or scratch, there are pure-bred werewolves. They seem stronger than regular werewolves — their senses are constantly heightened, not just a day or two before the full moon — and they view their human forms as the true curse, as they would rather be wolves all the time.
* [[Our Vampires Are Different]]: Blood isn't a necessity, but more like a drug they're all addicted to from the time they're turned.
* [[Overtook the Manga]]: The original ''[[Being Human (UK)]]'' has very short seasons thanks to [[British Brevity]]. As a cable show, the US ''Being Human'' has shorter seasons than a network primetime series, but it's still way more than ''six'' episodes. As such, what begins as a fairly straight adaptation quickly develops a lot of new material.
** Also, the US version ''not'' having two of the [[Power Trio]]'s [[Real Life Writes the Plot|actors decide to bail]] means the UK and US versions are now very different shows.
* [[Painful Transformation]] - Werewolves go through this.
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