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== Live-Action TV ==
* ''[[Ultraviolet (TV series)|Ultraviolet]]'' never used the word vampire. Instead, the government called them "Code 5" (that is, V). Also 'leeches' as a slang term.
* The ''[[Doctor Who]]'' story ''[[Doctor Who/Recap/S26/E03 The Curse of Fenric|The Curse of Fenric]]'' has undead which drank blood and are repelled by strong faith, but are never called vampires. (Another ''[[Doctor Who]]'' story, "[[Doctor Who/Recap/
** In the Big Finish audio production ''Loups-Garoux'', in which the Doctor meets a group of Werewolves, they're usually called "Loups-Garoux" (the French word for "werewolves"), but one character calls them "Lobos", sometimes they're referred to as "wolves", and "Werewolf" is used sparingly.
** The television story "[[Doctor Who/Recap/
** Then you have the "Vampires of Venice" which inverts this trope by constantly saying how similar the [[Monster of the Week]] is to vampires, only for them to turn out to be {{spoiler|not vampires but alien fish creatures.}}
* The 2007 ''[[Flash Gordon (TV series)|Flash Gordon]]'' series avoids referring to any of the Mongo peoples as the human-animal mashups or mythological constructs that they're based on, and by which they are known in most other adaptations. Thus, Hawkmen are "[[Hollywood Meaningful Name|Dactyls]]", Lionmen are "Tuuren", Amazons are "Omadrians", and so forth. Being that it's an installment of '''[[Camp|Flash]] [[So Bad It's Good|Gordon]]''', it doesn't work. At all.
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