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[[File:zombie-girlfriend-001 9029.png|frame|''[http://www.thezombienation.com/2010/09/20/a-zombie-girlfriend-id-do-it/ And they say romance is dead...]'']]
{{quote|''My girlfriend is smart, beautiful, and totally in love with me. The only problem is that she really enjoys the taste of human blood. Should I be at all concerned about this?''
[[The Undead]] are usually scary, but sometimes they're [[Evil Is Sexy|sexy]] as well, and sometimes, a guy or a gal falls in love with one. A little bit of stalking-the-night and [[Horror Hunger|feasting-off-the-bodies-of-the-living]] is no impediment to true romance, after all. When Boy Meets Ghoul, or girl meets vampire, or, in general, when a normal person meets an attractive member [[Ghost Shipping|of the opposite, uh, side of the border between life and death]], love can flourish. They say that [[The Power of Love|love conquers all]]. Maybe it can even conquer undeath?
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A subtrope of [[Interspecies Romance]]. May be a case of [[Mayfly-December Romance]]. See also: [[Kiss of the Vampire]], [[Lesbian Vampire]], [[Cute Ghost Girl]], [[Woman in White]], [[I Love the Dead]]. May invoke the [[Hemo-Erotic]].
Contrast with [[Robosexual]] and [[Did You Just Romance Cthulhu?]]. See also [[Vampires Are Sex Gods]].
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== Anime and Manga ==
* ''[[Rosario + Vampire]]'': Boy meets vampire; she turns him into a ghoul, albeit accidentally. For some reason this doesn't threaten the relationship at all, despite creating the extreme likelihood of him turning into a mindless berserker.
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* In the ''Cherry Comics'' parody of [[Anne Rice]], Cherry and Ellie have sex with a vampire, a mummy and a ghost.
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* Novembersmith's RPS fan-novel ''[[The Anatomy of a Fall]]'' is based on a boy meets ghost scenario.
* In ''[[The Amazing World of Gumball]]'' fan art, Gumball/[[Cute Ghost Girl|Carrie]] is [http://gumballxcarriefans.deviantart.com/ a popular pairing].
== Film ==
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