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In many ways, the legends of [[Our Werewolves Are Different|werewolves]] and [[Our Vampires Are Different|vampires]] spring from similar sources, but recently popular fiction has fleshed them out, made them into ''species'', and given them cultural traits.
* Werewolves are [[
* Vampires are [[The Undead|dead yet moving]], shadows behind you, sneaky and manipulative, [[Wicked Cultured|aristocratic and stylish]].
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And they ''did''. And it was ''awesome''.
''[[
May result in a [[Vampire
As a whole, this trope might be [[Newer Than They Think]]. In many legends and folklore that mention both vampires and werewolves, the two are not only not antagonistic, they are often ''connected'', such as one belief that an improperly disposed of werewolf would actually come back as a vampire.
And yes, we know werewolves have fangs too. We just like the [[
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== Individual Battles ==
=== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ===
* ''[[Digimon Adventure]]'': Myotismon, the third [[Big Bad]], was a vampire [[Mon]]. [[The Lancer]] had a werewolf mon, WereGarurumon, as a partner. This was inevitable.
** It also played straight the idea that vampires and werewolves are roughly equal in power. Whereas Myotismon soundly routed all the other Ultimate-level partner Digimon he faced later on up until his death, WereGarurumon successfully held his own in a single duel against Myotismon for quite a while. Then [[Story
* Seras Victoria and The Captain fight from ''[[Hellsing]]''.
* In the ''[[Soul Eater]]'' manga, Death The Kid (who, for bonus points, is a shinigami) {{spoiler|teams up with the immortal werewolf Free to fight the bloodsucking Mosquito, who eventually takes on a very vampiric form. Partially subverted because, once Mosquito takes on this form, Free doesn't actively participate in the battle and it becomes a one-on-one fight.}}
* While mostly averted in ''[[Dance in
* In ''[[
* Averted in ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX]]''. [[Arc Villain|Lady vampire Camula]] has no trouble making use of [https://yugipedia.com/wiki/Zombie_Werewolf "Zombie Werewolf"] in her otherwise vampire-themed deck.
=== [[Comic Books]] ===
* In 1974, the Dracula/Wolfman rivalry was present in [[Marvel Comics]], and could be seen throughout ''Tomb Of Dracula #18'' and ''Werewolf By Night #15''.
* ''[[Minimonsters]]'' has a frenemy example in [[Jerkass|Victor]] (elitist vampire) and [[Sleepyhead|Lupo]] (working-class werewolf). [[Headbutting Heroes|Despite being on the same gang of friends]], these two don't get along ''at all'' and are shown fighting most of the time.
=== [[Fan Works]] ===
* [https://www.deviantart.com/phillipvandamme/art/Vampire-vs-Werewolf-763524233 This striking painting] by contributor PhillipVandamme on [[DeviantArt]].
=== [[Film]] ===
* The Wolfman first fought Dracula in visual media in the 1948 comedy ''[[Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein]]'' where the [[Wolf Man]] is depicted as a hero who rescued the titular duo.
* The 1971 Spanish film ''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066160/ La Noche De Walpurgis]'' a.k.a. ''The Werewolf Versus The Vampire Woman'' had several ordinary people pursuing a story getting caught up in a battle between a rather compassionate and gentlemanly werewolf under a curse and a Satan-worshiping vampire witch. In the end, {{spoiler|the humans win}}.
* The 1991 direct-to-video film ''[[The Howling]] IV: The Freaks'' had a werewolf protagonist fighting against a vampire villain.
** Just for fun they also had some carnival freaks in the fray.
* Only a werewolf can kill Dracula in the 2004 movie ''[[Van Helsing]]'', {{spoiler|which the title character himself inadvertently becomes, briefly
=== [[Literature]] ===
* ''[[The Dresden Files]]'' features a group of college-age, amateur monster-hunters known as the "Alphas", who have learned how to turn themselves into enormous wolves. They use their abilities to protect Chicago's university district from various monster threats, including the occasional vampire attack. Later on, in ''Turn Coat'', two of the Alphas fight a White Court vampire straight-up and manage to defeat her with repeated hit-and-run attacks.
* In [[
=== [[Live Action TV]] ===
* Two episodes of ''[[Tales
** In the episode "The Secret", an orphan is adopted by a wealthy, childless couple, who turn out to be vampires. After they hunt him down at the end, the child reveals he's a werewolf, and promptly kills them.
** In the episode "Werewolf Concerto", a group of guests at a secluded hotel suspect one of them is a werewolf. In the end, the guest played by Timothy Dalton turns out to be the lycanthrope, but is killed by another guest, Beverly D'Angelo, who turns out to be a vampire.
* Interestingly mostly averted in ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]''. There is only one meeting between Angelus and werewolf Oz, in which they merely growl at each other until Angelus backs off. Of course, Oz does occasionally stake vampires, but that's because he's a Scooby, not because he's a werewolf.
** In his own series, Angel dates a werewolf for a while. It doesn't work out, but again, that has nothing to do with her lycanthropy.
* In ''[[Big Wolf
* ''[[Kamen Rider Kiva]]'' has it, though it's more of a part of the larger case of Everything Against Fang. The vampiric Fangire race hunts and kills the other 12 Demon Races as well as humans, which includes their killing [[Last of His Kind|all but one]] of the Wolfen, Merman, and Franken races. Thus the last Wolfen, Garulu (AKA Jiro) has a well-justified hatred for Fangire and is all too eager to battle them in 1986 with the prototype IXA System. {{spoiler|He mellows out later on and makes a blood oath to watch over his friend Otoya's son, resulting in the eponymous Kiva being able to call upon Garulu's power in battle.}}
* Averted in the upcoming episode of [[Deadliest Warrior]] where they'll be pitting Vampires against...zombies. Yeah...
=== Magazines ===
* A recent{{when}} article in ''Pyramid'' role-playing magazine combines this with the "Ninja vs Pirate" internet meme, and indeed [[Ninja Pirate Robot Zombie]]. Yes, it's Werewolf Pirates versus Vampire Ninjas!
=== [[Video Games]] ===
* It's quite a bit of a stretch, but [[Touhou]] ''Imperishable Night'' could qualify for this trope. One playable team includes the vampire [[Your Vampires Suck|Remillia Scarlet]], and Keine Kamishirasawa (who is a [[Our Werewolves Are Different|werehakutaku]]) is the stage 3 boss.
* Seeing as both are playable in ''[[
* In ''[[World of Warcraft]]'', the human nation of [[Victorian London|Gilneas]] is invaded by the Forsaken, a playable race of undead/zombies aligned with [[The Horde]]. Problem is, most of the population of Gilneas has been bitten by [[Our Werewolves Are Different|Worgen]] and are turning into werewolves. This leads to
* Actually subverted in ''[[Disgaea 4:
=== [[Web Comics]] ===
* [[Cry Havoc]] features a short battle between a platoon of zombies and a vampire against a squad of werewolves. The werewolves win easily thanks to a combination of heavy weapons and body armor.
* The webcomic [[Shifters]] includes a deadly rivalry between were-creatures and vampires and reveals what many consider an abomination as the protagonist finds herself a hybrid of the two as she's attacked by a vampire and infected triggering her latent lycanthropy.
=== [[Western Animation]] ===
* [[J. Michael Straczynski]] wrote an episode of ''[[The Real Ghostbusters]]'', "No One Comes To Lupusville" ([[House (TV series)|they never come to Lupusville]]), in which a group of vampires lure the Ghostbusters to an isolated town filled with odd but friendly people. Once they realize what's going on, the Ghostbusters free the captured townsfolk, only to find them more than eager to take on the vampires themselves. Angry and now under a full moon, they transform into werewolves and proceed to kick vampire ass. The 'busters do the rational thing and [[Know When to Fold
** Hilariously, as the two sides fight, whenever any combatant from any side bites an enemy, said enemy instantly becomes the other type of critter.
{{quote|
'''Peter:''' Right...
'''Ray:''' And when a werewolf bites someone, he becomes a werewolf, too!
'''Egon:''' Precisely, so what happens when a werewolf bites a vampire, and a vampire bites a werewolf? ''(shows EXACTLY what happens)''
'''Winston:''' Man, talk about democracy in action!
'''Peter:''' I'm hip! But guys! Don't you want to stick around to see who wins?
'''Egon, Ray, and Winston:''' NO. }}
== [[Fantastic Racism]] ==
=== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ===
* The [[Anime]] ''[[Princess Resurrection]]'', aka ''[[Monster Princess]]''.
=== [[Comic Books]] ===
* The comic ''Werewolves on the Moon: Versus Vampires'', seriously.
* ''[[Tarot: Witch of the Black Rose]]'' has a were-cat named Boo Cat in a sexual relationship with a vampire named Liquorice Dust. At least 3 of the vampire's friends don't mind, and have joined in. However, the same issue had a werewolf who had very different ideas on inter-species romances. It also featured an [[Anvilicious]] speech, a [[Stripperiffic]] Little Red Riding Hood costume, and an example of why you shouldn't try to force your tongue down the throat of an angry were-creature.
* Subverted as a joke in the comic ''Supernatural Law''. The receptionist for [[Occult Law Firm|the titular law firm]] is dismayed to realize that she's booked appointments for a werewolf and a vampire at the same time: "You know what happens when they meet. You can't pull 'em apart..." Cut to the two merrily exchanging jokes. "...when they're into their shop talk."
=== [[Film]] ===
* The ''[[Underworld (
** Parodied in ''[[Stationery Voyagers]]'', where the "Feather Against Proboscis" conflict was started over a charity organization being destroyed by a [[Our Vampires Are Different|Mosquatlon]] tyrant who didn't want the [[Our Werewolves Are Different|Aviatets']] economic problems resolved ''[[Artistic License Economics|through any means at all]].'' (Cue [[Aliens and Monsters|Alien]] [[Deus Ex Machina|intervention]], [[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot|just for]] [[Rule of Cool|awesome]], when said tyrant's desire to rule over surface humans and their economies leads him to want to [[Mike Nelson, Destroyer of Worlds|block out the sun]]. ''[[A Wizard Did It|Muellex]][[Applied Phlebotinum|ically]]''.)
* ''Bloodz vs. Wolvez''.
=== [[Literature]] ===
* In the book series ''[[The Dark Hunters|Dark Hunters]]'', the [[Voluntary Shapeshifting|Were Hunters]] and the [[Our Vampires Are Different|Dark Hunters]] tolerate each other. But just barely.
** The Dark-Hunters are mostly faux-vamps though. However, the Were-Hunters do have a rather complicated relationship with the more vampiric Daimons. Even though they are related races, Daimons will eat the souls of Weres, and the Weres will kick Daimon butt.
* The ''[[Anita Blake Vampire Hunter|Anita Blake]]'' novels. Generally the vampires in this universe view shapeshifters as animals, or at best moderately useful tools. Jean-Claude is very rare among vampires in that he has alliances with many of the local were-groups. This is so unusual that he says at one point other vampires with an eye toward conquering his territory will think him weaker than he is because they won't view as relevant any weregroups other than his "animal to call". (Animal with which he has magical affinity- in Jean-Claude's case this is wolves and werewolves.) Then again you can't entirely blame them for thinking that, since different were-animal groups usually can't even get along with ''each other'', much less anybody else.
* This comes up a lot in the ''[[
** The antagonism is said to come from the fact that werewolves are jealous of vampires being thought of as suave and sophisticated, while vampires are jealous of werewolves being able to fit more easily into human society (when in human form, obviously).
** Angua and Sally seem to get along [[Fire-Forged Friends| slightly better than most]], however.
* The vampires and werecreatures in ''[[The Sookie Stackhouse Mysteries]]'' don't like each other either. Of course, the vampires consider themselves ''superior'' to ''everybody else'', including humans; and even werewolves look down on all werecreatures who don't turn into wolves.
* In the Horror-tropes dimension Skeeve visited in one of the ''[[Myth Adventures]]'' novels, vampires are city folk, and look down on werewolves as country bumpkins (who likewise look down on vampires as shallow yuppies).
* In the urban fantasy series the ''[[Mortal Instruments]]'', the werewolves and vampires generally hate one another. It is explained that the two demon species which originally infected humans, giving rise to the vampires and werewolves, were rivaling species who hated one another.
* In ''[[Twilight (
** Also, the ''[[Twilight (
** They each have their own racial slurs, such as "leech" and "dog".
** Real werewolves are mentioned, but unlike the ones we see, they can't control it, and are so powerful one can take down 20 vampires with ease.
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* In ''The Last Werewolf'', vampires and werewolves are sickened by each other's presence and tend to keep their distance. {{spoiler|And then the vampires realize that werewolf bites confer resistance to the sun}}.
=== [[Live Action TV]] ===
* In ''[[Being Human (
** Averted in Mitchell and George's incredibly rare case: they're BFFs against all odds.
** It's suggested that the vampires' hatred of werewolves stems from ''fear''. When transformed on a full moon, a werewolf can rip even the most powerful vampire to shreds, but for the other 27 days of the cycle they're (usually) just a normal human, so vampires kill them when they get the chance or make sure they can keep werewolves locked up during the full moon. This prejudice also backfired, inspiring some werewolves (e.g. MacNair) to hunt vampires even while they're in human form.
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* ''[[The Vampire Diaries]]'' has introduced the idea of an instinctive rivalry between the two groups, in the second season. A (transformed) werewolf's bite is fatal to a vampire (causing nasty sickness and [[Sanity Slippage]] before their inevitable death), while vampires {{spoiler|were created specifically to be able to kill werewolves}}.
* Happens in ''[[CSI]]'' of all shows during a Halloween episode where a Lycanthrope is beaten to death by Sanguinarians. Turns out {{spoiler|[[Serious Business|he used to be a Sanguinarian and when he decided to change things up both groups got pissed and killed him]].}}
* In ''[[True Blood]]'', the first few encounters between vampires and werewolves (starting with Bill and some weres in Season 3) are what we modern folk
=== [[Tabletop Games]] ===
* Of course, the example that catapulted this concept into recent memory would be the ''[[
** Vampires, for their part, didn't have any special hate for werewolves. What they had was pure unmitigated ''fear''
** It is thus ironic that in both versions of ''[[
* This trope has been excised from the ''[[
** One of the first books in the ''[[
* The finalized edition of fan-made expansion ''[[
* Since it has roots as a fan-made expansion of the ''[[
* In the old Basic/Expert/etc D&D system, powerful vampires could use their ability to control wolves, rats, and bats to control ''their lycanthropic equivalents'' as well. Not surprisingly, this made the not-yet-controlled werewolves, wererats and werebats extremely leery of vampires, though they weren't openly at war with them.
=== [[Video Games]] ===
* The online game ''[[
** And ''then'' there are the [[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot|Werepyres]].
** And '''then''' they added [[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot|DRACOpyres]]. In case that didn't make sense, it's vampire, werewolf, and DRAGON.
** Darkovia in ''[[
* The X-Box 360 game ''[[Operation Darkness]]'' has werewolf Allies fighting vampire-aided Hitler and his [[Ghostapo]].
** Which is kind of ironic, since in real life the Nazis had a division called the "Werewolves" (not actually shapeshifters, [[Beethoven Was an Alien Spy|as far as we know]]).
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* [http://www.bitefight.org/ BiteFight], Game Forge's browser-based RPG, is just that.
* The ''[[King's Quest II]]'' [[Fan Remake]] uses this to great effect. In the original game, the monk gives you a key to the vampire's castle, you trick your way into the castle, stake the vampire, and grab the key. The remake version subverts the hell out of it. The "friendly" monk at the local church {{spoiler|is leader of a werewolf pack that has been mercilessly hunting down the ruler's family. In fact, THEY were the ones responsible for turning the count of Kolyma into a vampire in the first place}}. It also turns out that {{spoiler|the grandma and [[Little Red Riding Hood]] expies are the Countess and the Count's granddaughter}}, forced to flee for their lives due to the persecution.
* ''[[Vampire: The Masquerade Bloodlines]]'' is the above (tabletop) [[
* ''[[The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim]]'' has {{spoiler|The Companions}}, who are [[Friendly Neighborhood Vampire|Friendly Neighborhood Werewolves]] who were [[Cursed
=== [[Web Comics]] ===
* Nina Delacroix in ''[[Eerie Cuties]]'' upon meeting a [
** Of course, in her defense, Ace obviously has no idea how the feud started either.
** It probably helps that [[Silk Hiding Steel|her mother is nice and polite to everyone]] (and probably would consider such petty squabbles beneath herself anyway) and her sister is [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold|nice and rude to everyone]] (with a few exclusions). At least, when Ace visited Delacroix house, you couldn't tell there could possibly be any problems of this sort from the way Maria The Perfect Hostess treats him. Conversely, Ace didn't even think about this until Nina mentioned it - his father only mildly grumbles at a mention of vampires.
** Diodore, a vampire from Europe and Layla's [[Arranged Marriage|fiance]], later tried to twit Ace about how "our kind bested yours in war centuries ago"... it could even work, if only he didn't start by making himself look like a moron ''and'' previously demonstrated that when the going really gets tough, Dio himself freezes in indecision.
* Parodied in ''[[Sam and Fuzzy]]'', were it turns out that vampire bites turn people into werewolves. For some reason, being physically assaulted by someone's teeth and suddenly morphing into a half-ton of animalistic rage gives the newly minted werewolf some severe aggression to work out, and the assaulting vampire tends to become the first target.
* Shown in ''[[Shifters]]'' where [[Werebeasts]] and [[Our Vampires Are Different|Vampires]] most definitely do NOT like each other.
== Other ==
=== [[Literature]] ===
* Inverted in ''[[The Saga of Darren Shan]]''. In the books, vampires and Wolves are from the same bloodline.
* Averted in the books of Mary Janice Davidson because neither race believes in the existance of the other.
=== [[Live Action TV]] ===
* Inverted in the NBC mini-series ''House of Frankenstein'' where it's mentioned that vampires love lycanthropes, treating them like beloved pets.
* Averted in ''[[
* Averted in [[Sanctuary]]. While there are plenty of issues between different species of Abnormals, vampires and werewolves don't seem to have any particular animosity. Tesla's interactions with Henry do manage to have a bit of this, though, but only because Tesla is kinda misanthropic and thinks all non-Vampires (minus Helen) are idiots compared to him.
* Inverted in ''[[Beetleborgs]]'', where Count Fangula and Wolfgang are close friends who have known each other a long time. In fact, Fangula is always the one who translates for Wolfgang, who only speaks wolf-language.
* Averted in ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'', where the dynamic between the two races (''if'' any) doesn't seem to come up at all - Oz could be considered an enemy to vampires by default, as he's part of Buffy's group.
=== [[
* ''[[Dungeons and Dragons]]'' mostly averts it, as there is no special animosity between lycanthropes and vampires. The only lycanthrope species that might initiate conflict with them are the [[Ravenloft]]-exclusive wereravens, who consider ''all'' the evil denizens of Ravenloft to be their foes.
=== [[Video Games]] ===
* ''[[Battlefield Heroes]]'' just recently added vampire skins for the Nationals and werewolf skins for the Royals.
* Subverted entirely in ''[[
* Played with in ''[[Free Realms]]''. Both races show up for the Halloween event, and they do have a rivalry with each other (with players encouraged to choose sides)... but this is a family-friendly game, so they settle things with dance-offs.
* ''[[The Sims Social]]'' on [[
* Averted in ''[[The Elder Scrolls]]'' games. Vampires and werewolves don't really care about each other. They also have surprisingly similar origins. Both are creations of the Daedric Princes -- [[The Corrupter|Molag Bal]] created the Vampires, and [[Egomaniac Hunter|Hircine]] created the Werewolves. [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=101379.msg3013652#msg3013652 They did not get along]. Also, it is impossible for one human to become both a vampire and werewolf, as there is a [[One Curse Limit]].
* A natural result of the AI in ''[[Dwarf Fortress]]'', whose latest release added vampire immigrants and wandering werecreatures. One player found a random peasant in a cage trap, and when the full moon rolled around and he turned into a werepanda he was introduced to one of the resident vampires. [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=101379.msg3013652#msg3013652 They did not get along].
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