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The series is based on the ''[[Blood Books]]'' by Tanya Huff. [[Vampire Detective Series|The leads are a private investigator, a vampire, and a cop]]. This show plays with and [[Subverted Trope|subverts]] several tropes of the [[Friendly Neighborhood Vampire]] genre: we are supposed to be sympathetic to him, but he isn't "friendly" in the usual sense.

Henry Fitzroy has no visible [[Wangst]]. He is not [[The Atoner]]. He doesn't suffer from [[I Just Want to Be Normal]] syndrome, so he does not waste any time looking for cures. He ''likes'' being a vampire. Since he likes being a vampire, [[I Hate You Vampire Dad|he does not want to kill his sire.]] He still carries a torch for her.

Henry Fitzroy has no visible [[Wangst]]. He is not [[The Atoner]]. He doesn't suffer from [[I Just Want to Be Normal]] syndrome, so he does not waste any time looking for cures. He ''likes'' being a vampire. Since he likes being a vampire, [[I Hate You, Vampire Dad|he does not want to kill his sire.]] He still carries a torch for her.

He is a very efficient practitioner of the [[Kiss of the Vampire]], so there is a long line of bimbos who want to get into his bed. (The book version of Henry Fitzroy is cheerfully bisexual, [[No Bisexuals|but this version is apparently heterosexual]].)

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* [[Black Eyes of Evil]]: Averted with Henry, whose eyes go black for his [[Game Face]] and during hypnosis, as he is a [[Friendly Neighborhood Vampire]] (more or less).

* [[Body Surf]]: "D.O.A."

* [[Born Again Immortality]]: A couple of lovers had this power. After death they would be reincarnated and their old memories would come back once they reached puberty. They would find each other again and they would spend another lifetime as a couple. Things go awry when the woman dies in an accident that also puts the man in a coma for ten years. When he finally reincarnates and gets his memories back he can't find her.

* [[Born-Again Immortality]]: A couple of lovers had this power. After death they would be reincarnated and their old memories would come back once they reached puberty. They would find each other again and they would spend another lifetime as a couple. Things go awry when the woman dies in an accident that also puts the man in a coma for ten years. When he finally reincarnates and gets his memories back he can't find her.

* [[Break the Cutie]]: "Heart of Fire" is a good example of this: the ultra-handsome, charming and quirky Henry Fitzroy is physically tortured by a mad priest, who beats, drains and starves the vampire into confessing his sins so the priest can kill him. The priest also enthusiastically Breaks the Cutie by showing him videos of his ex-girlfriend betraying him, trying to get Henry to suck dry his love interest Vicki, and twisting a device that is LODGED around Henry's heart with metal spikes. As the final Break The Cutie moment, he even kills a cute little rat that Henry had spared despite his desperation for blood.

* [[Charm Person]]: Henry (would be [[Compelling Voice]], but Vicki can fend him off).

* [[Chinese Vampire]]: While not present, they are mentioned by Coreen in reference to "Illuminacion del sol," a sun-shaped weapon that paralyzes a vampire when stuck in his or her chest. Despite the Spanish name, possibly given by its previous owner [[Vampire Hunter|Monsignor Javier Mendoza]], it was actually created at the request of a Chinese emperor to battle jiangshi. Given that the weapon works on a Western vampire, it can be assumed that these jiangshi are the same, although the number of supernatural beings in existence in this verse could indicate otherwise.

* [[Christianity Is Catholic]]: [[Justified Trope|Justified]] for Henry, at least -- he originally came from a place where, as far as the locals were concerned, Christianity really was Catholic. When he has a run-in with a crazed immortal [[Church Militant|Catholic priest]] Mendoza, that Catholic priest came from Catholic Spain.

* [[Cold Blooded Torture]]

* [[Cold-Blooded Torture]]

* [[Comic Books]]: Henry creates "[[Insistent Terminology|graphic novels]]." (This was updated to a visual medium from the books, where he writes romance novels under a female pseudonym.) Mike makes fun of him for this constantly.

* [[Cop Boyfriend]]: Mike Celluci.

* [[Depleted Phlebotinum Shells]]: Detective Mike Sellucci is given silver bullets made for his police-issue Glock 9mm to kill a wendigo. He pumps it full of silver before the creature explodes.

* [[Did I Just Say That Out Loud]]: When Vicki tries to convince Mike that she was attacked by a zombie in "Bad Juju":

* [[Did I Just Say That Out Loud?]]: When Vicki tries to convince Mike that she was attacked by a zombie in "Bad Juju":

{{quote| '''Mike:''' It's pitch black and you're half blind. ([[Beat]].) I said that last part out loud, didn't I?}}

* [[Died in Your Arms Tonight]]: Mike dies in Vicki's arms after being shot, but Henry hits the [[Reset Button]] on the [[Groundhog Day Loop]] and he's fine.

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* [[Mr. Fanservice]]: Henry.

* [[Evil Sorcerer]]: [[Danny Trejo|Pacha Camac]] is an [[Mayincatec|Incan]] priest who has himself mummified so that he can be resurrected in the future.

* [[Fakin MacGuffin]]: In "Norman", the heroes Vicki and Henry are forced to give a magic dagger to the demonic villain Norman when he kidnaps Vicki's secretary and holds her hostage. Norman needed the dagger to complete a spell to release the uber demon Asteroth into the world. However, unknown to the audience, Vicki and Henry had first taken the dagger to a priest to have it blessed before they gave it to Norman, so that when he used it, his spell of summoning failed and he was sucked back down to Hell.

* [[Fakin' MacGuffin]]: In "Norman", the heroes Vicki and Henry are forced to give a magic dagger to the demonic villain Norman when he kidnaps Vicki's secretary and holds her hostage. Norman needed the dagger to complete a spell to release the uber demon Asteroth into the world. However, unknown to the audience, Vicki and Henry had first taken the dagger to a priest to have it blessed before they gave it to Norman, so that when he used it, his spell of summoning failed and he was sucked back down to Hell.

* [[Fantasy Helmet Enforcement]]: A bizarre example, where a child is shown sneaking out of the house to ride his bike. Just because you are the evil spawn of a dark elf, sneaking out of the house to murder one of the neighborhood children, that's no reason to ignore bicycle safety.

* [[Fight Clubbing]]: "Necrodome." Yeah, guess what the twist to that one is.

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* [[Horror Hunger]]: After being tortured, Henry is set up to go after Vicki, but he ends up biting Mike. And later moves on to Javier.

* [[I Love You Because I Can't Control You]]: At least part of Henry's attraction to Vicki is her resistance to his [[Compelling Voice]].

* [[I Love You Vampire Son]]: Henry specifically mentions that a vampire only turns people he or she cares about. In his case, Christina warned him that natural vampiric territoriality would eventually force them apart, lest they [[I Hate You Vampire Dad|kill each other]].

* [[I Love You, Vampire Son]]: Henry specifically mentions that a vampire only turns people he or she cares about. In his case, Christina warned him that natural vampiric territoriality would eventually force them apart, lest they [[I Hate You, Vampire Dad|kill each other]].

* [[Imaginary Friend]]: A young girl in "Gifted" can summon her imaginary friend in a semi-solid form.

* [[Intangible Man]]: [[Lampshaded]] in "D.O.A.," where a ghost complains to Vicki that how come he can't touch stuff, but he can still sit on a couch.

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* [[Latin Lover]]: [[Horny Devils]] Emmanuel the gardener.

* [[Literally Shattered Lives]]: [[All Myths Are True|Medusa]] seduces and petrifies young men. When Vicki takes the statue of her latest victim, she sends a [[Mook]] to destroy the evidence, which he does by smashing the poor kid into pieces. After Medusa is dead, her victims get better, except for the smashed one.

* [[Mayfly December Romance]]: A requirement for Henry in dating. Though it's subverted with Maya, who he claims he's too old for. {{spoiler|That's because he used to date her mother and still remembers her as a cute little kid.}}

* [[Mayfly-December Romance]]: A requirement for Henry in dating. Though it's subverted with Maya, who he claims he's too old for. {{spoiler|That's because he used to date her mother and still remembers her as a cute little kid.}}

{{quote| '''Henry''': "Oh, come on, she's a little young for me, don't you think?"<br />

'''Vicki''': "Isn't everybody?" }}

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* [[Weirdness Magnet]]: Vicki. Her demon tattoos draw supernatural things to her, explaining why all of her cases suddenly have to do with monsters and demons.

* [[Wendigo]]

* [[Who Dunnit to Me]]: "DOA" starts when an undercover cop's spirit strolls in and asks Vicki to solve his murder. {{spoiler|It eventually develops that he's technically still alive, he's just been [[Grand Theft Me|evicted from his body]].}}

* [[Who Dunnit to Me?]]: "DOA" starts when an undercover cop's spirit strolls in and asks Vicki to solve his murder. {{spoiler|It eventually develops that he's technically still alive, he's just been [[Grand Theft Me|evicted from his body]].}}

* [[Wipe That Smile Off Your Face]]: A voodoo witch does this to Coreen.

* [[Wunza Plot]]: She's a Canadian police detective who is slowly losing her sight. He's a vampire. They fight crime!