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[[File:OurVampiresAreDIfferent11 286.jpg|thumb|''[[As Many X as There Are Y|You see, doctor, there are as many species of vampire as there are beasts of prey.]]'' <ref>From the top left: [[Dracula (1931 film)|Dracula]], [[Nosferatu|Count Orlok]], [[Van Helsing|Aleera]], [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer|Spike]], [[30 Days of Night|Marlowe]], [[Twilight (novel)|Edward Cullen]], [[Hellsing|Alucard]], [[Karin]], and [[Sesame Street|Count von Count.]]</ref>]]▼
{{quote|''There are as many types of vampire as there are disease; some are virulent and deadly, and some just make you walk funny and avoid fruit.''|'''[[Terry Pratchett]]''', ''[[Discworld/Carpe Jugulum|Carpe Jugulum]]''}}
Subtrope of [[Our Monsters Are Different]]. This one deals with everyone's favorite [[The Undead|undead]] bloodsuckers.
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▲[[File:OurVampiresAreDIfferent11 286.jpg|thumb|''[[As Many X as There Are Y|You see, doctor, there are as many species of vampire as there are beasts of prey.]]'' <ref>From the top left: [[Dracula (1931 film)|Dracula]], [[Nosferatu|Count Orlok]], [[Van Helsing|Aleera]], [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer|Spike]], [[30 Days of Night|Marlowe]], [[Twilight (novel)|Edward Cullen]], [[Hellsing|Alucard]], [[Karin]], and [[Sesame Street|Count von Count.]]</ref>]]
* They [[Vampiric Draining|need blood]]. Mostly. Usually Vampires [[Horror Hunger|go insane/grow weak/die]] without it.
** You can also have a critter that sucks out someone's [[Life Drinker|youth, or soul, or "will"]], or [[Emotion Eater|fear]]. [[Buffy-Speak|It's a whole big sucking thing]]. Usually for a vampire, it is blood; whether or not they consume anything ''else'' varies between versions.
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