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== [[Our Vampires Are Different|Vampire/Vampyr(e)]] ==
=== [[Comic Books]] ===
* Parody in the "Storyteller" episode of ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'': "Buffy, Slayer of the Vampyrs". Andrew [[AcCENT Upon the Wrong SylLABle|actually pronounces "Vampyr" slightly differently]] to make the point, putting the stress on the second syllable rather than the first.▼
* One ''[[Blade (character)|Blade]]'' series implies that vampires and vampyres are actually different things.▼
** Later, in an episode of ''[[Angel]]'' he even [[Got Me Doing It|gets Angel pronouncing it that way]].▼
* In the latest{{when}} ''[[The Tomb of Dracula]]'' series, starring Marvel horror mainstay Blade, it's indirectly implied that a vamp''y''re is
** Also, in the pilot there was an old-looking book titled ''Vampyr''.▼
* Also parodied in ''[[Carpe Jugulum]]'':▼
=== [[Literature]] ===
{{quote|Vampyres are just the same, the only real difference being that they can't spell correctly.}}
▲* One ''[[Blade]]'' series implies that vampires and vampyres are actually different things.
* The [[Ravenloft]] campaign setting makes the distinction explicit: vampyres are living, predatory humanoids who consume blood and have the ability to supernaturally dominate the minds of their prey; vampires (generally) follow their traditional depictions.▼
** That setting did the same trick with "goblin"/"goblyn", making them two different monsters.▼
* The Usenet group alt.vampyres.▼
* The first vampire novel published in English, ''[[Varney the Vampire]]'' [http://varney.50megs.com/varney/images.htm spells the word in two ways]; one cover uses "vampire" while the title page reads "vampyre".
** However, the first vampire ''story'' published in English is called ''[[The Vampyre]]'' and uses that spelling exclusively.
* The Vampyr boss from the Sega CD game ''Vay'' (in addition to being a lame-as-hell boss) doesn't even get the courtesy of having an "e" on the end of his name.▼
* [[City of Heroes]]' [[Stupid Jetpack Hitler|5th Column]]/[[No Swastikas|Council]] Vampyri are explicitly stated not be "true" vampires but the end result of a super-soldier program.▼
* Brian Lumley's ''[[Necroscope]]'' series features the classic Romanian mythological variant "Wamphyri".
* ''[[American Gods]]'' includes a very brief walk-on by a "wampyr". Mostly, this is to evoke the Slavic folk roots of the creature, and not simply to say that [[Neil Gaiman]]'s [[Our Vampires Are Different|Vampires Are Different.]] Which hardly needs saying. Neil Gaiman's everything is different, at least from the pop culture version.
* ''[[RuneScape]]'''s vampires are vampyres (noted in the quest name "Vampyre Slayer"), with the tie-in novels being the current notable exception spelling-wise.▼
** This would be because originally they were all called vampires, then the race was split into the mindless vampires and the intelligent and stronger vampyres, then in mid-2011 they were changed again so the race as a whole was called vampyre, with the intelligent ones referred to as vyres. The novels were released before the changes to spelling and terminology.▼
* The eponymous being of Meredith Ann Pierce's [[The Darkangel Trilogy]] is variously called darkangel, icarus or vampyre. As it turns out, a darkangel is a {{spoiler|human boy adopted by [[Big Bad|the witch]], raised as her son ''and'' lover. Eventually she drains his blood, gives him his wings, and gilds his heart with lead before sending him out to collect some souls for Mommy. When he succeeds, he flies home, Mommy drinks the souls like shots, as well as his own soul, which will make him a complete darkangel.}}
* ''[[The House of Night]]'' series would like to remind you that their vampyres are in fact super special. They have [[Suspiciously Specific Denial|no association with feral, violent 'vampires']] of any sort. Spelling vampyre with a 'y' both differentiates from these completely imaginary creatures and creates a cozy learning environment. The House of Night would also like to wish you a nice day.
* [[Christopher Moore]]'s ''[[Bloodsucking Fiends|You Suck: A Love Story]]'' uses ''vampire'' most of the time, but switches to ''vampyre'' for Abby's diaries, to spoof how "gothic" she is.
=== [[Live-Action TV]] ===
▲* Parody in the "Storyteller" episode of ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'': "Buffy, Slayer of the Vampyrs". Andrew [[AcCENT Upon the Wrong SylLABle|actually pronounces "Vampyr" slightly differently]] to make the point, putting the stress on the second syllable rather than the first.
▲** Later, in an episode of ''[[Angel]]'' he even [[Got Me Doing It|gets Angel pronouncing it that way]].
▲** Also, in the pilot there was an old-looking book titled ''Vampyr''.
=== [[Tabletop Games]] ===
▲* The [[Ravenloft]] campaign setting makes the distinction explicit: vampyres are living, predatory humanoids who consume blood and have the ability to supernaturally dominate the minds of their prey; vampires (generally) follow their traditional depictions.
▲** That setting did the same trick with "goblin"/"goblyn", making them two different monsters.
=== [[Video Games]] ===
▲* The Vampyr boss from the Sega CD game ''Vay'' (in addition to being a lame-as-hell boss) doesn't even get the courtesy of having an "e" on the end of his name.
▲* [[City of Heroes]]' [[Stupid Jetpack Hitler|5th Column]]/[[No Swastikas|Council]] Vampyri are explicitly stated not be "true" vampires but the end result of a super-soldier program.
▲* ''[[RuneScape]]''{{'}}s vampires are vampyres (noted in the quest name "Vampyre Slayer"), with the tie-in novels being the current notable exception spelling-wise.
▲** This would be because originally they were all called vampires, then the race was split into the mindless vampires and the intelligent and stronger vampyres, then in mid-2011 they were changed again so the race as a whole was called vampyre, with the intelligent ones referred to as vyres. The novels were released before the changes to spelling and terminology.
* While ''[[World of Warcraft]]'' has no vampires per se, the San'layn come close. One of the dungeon bosses in ''Wrath of the Lich King'', Prince Taldaram, has an attack called "Embrace of the Vampyr".
* ''[[Darkened Skye]]'':
{{quote|"You're the boss vampire?"
"With a Y. Spell vampyre with a Y!" }}
▲* In the latest{{when}} ''[[The Tomb of Dracula]]'' series, starring Marvel horror mainstay Blade, it's indirectly implied that a vamp''y''re is comepletely different from a vamp''i''re. From the context, they're apparently analogous to the real life vampire subculture, except they hobnob with actual vampires and are really obnoxious about it.
=== [[Web Original]] ===
▲* The Usenet group alt.vampyres.
== Other/Multiple ==
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