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== Anime and Manga ==

* The ''[[Night Walker]]'' anime actually has the epithet "Vampire Detective," and is heavily influenced by both ''[[Forever Knight (TV)|Forever Knight]]'' and ''[[Interview With the Vampire]]''. It follows most of the criteria, with a few subversions: the lead is a male private detective, [[The Atoner|regrets the evil things he's done in the past]], was [[I Hate You, Vampire Dad|forcefully transformed]] by [[Fully Embraced Fiend|an evil vampire]] who [[I Love You, Vampire Son|had a one-sided homosexual relationship with him]], has [[Kiss of the Vampire|a closer-than-business relationship with his secret agent partner]] and [[Last Minute Hookup|a sexual relationship with the assistant college girl]] he [[Emergency Transformation|turned into a vampire]], had flashbacks during the later half of the series that tied into current [[Demonic Possession]] cases, and [[Friendly Neighborhood Vampire|only feeds on willing donors]]. It's also a rare example of a vampire detective series [[Happily Ever After|ending on a positive note]].

* The ''[[Night Walker]]'' anime actually has the epithet "Vampire Detective," and is heavily influenced by both ''[[Forever Knight (TV)|Forever Knight]]'' and ''[[Interview With the Vampire]]''. It follows most of the criteria, with a few subversions: the lead is a male private detective, [[The Atoner|regrets the evil things he's done in the past]], was [[I Hate You, Vampire Dad|forcefully transformed]] by [[Fully-Embraced Fiend|an evil vampire]] who [[I Love You, Vampire Son|had a one-sided homosexual relationship with him]], has [[Kiss of the Vampire|a closer-than-business relationship with his secret agent partner]] and [[Last-Minute Hookup|a sexual relationship with the assistant college girl]] he [[Emergency Transformation|turned into a vampire]], had flashbacks during the later half of the series that tied into current [[Demonic Possession]] cases, and [[Friendly Neighborhood Vampire|only feeds on willing donors]]. It's also a rare example of a vampire detective series [[Happily Ever After|ending on a positive note]].

* ''[[Blood Plus|Blood+ ]]'' (Japanese Anime), though subverted slightly with female vampires.

* The manga ''[[Blood Alone]]'' doesn't have the private investigator as a vampire; instead he adopted one. But still all the elements are there.

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** The real appeal of these books, though, is [[So Bad It's Good|just how cheesy they are]], and how they manage to be compelling and interesting despite that.

* The titular character from ''[[The Dresden Files]]'' replaces vampire with wizard and sire with teacher, but otherwise sticks to the classical trope, complete with angst over love interest and desire to act human. The emphasis is lampshaded. Thomas might be a case of a secondary character being the Vampire Detective, given ''Backup'' and ''White Knight'', but he doesn't do the private eye stuff for cash. It's just a distraction from his real job, which he isn't really doing for money either.

* Bit of a stretch, but F. Paul Wilson's ''[[Repairman Jack]]'' is probably as close to fitting this trope as an ordinary human is likely to get. He's an investigator of sorts, in that he's hired to find out what's hassling his clients and stop it (1). He's been living under the radar of authorities for so long, re-establishing himself in a legal identity so that he can marry his girlfriend isn't an easy prospect (2 & 4). His relationship with his father stagnated for years, because he couldn't admit that he works as a hired vigilante, not an appliance repairman (3). And while he doesn't have centuries of memories to flash back to, his confrontations with the Otherness invariably contain [[Shout Out|Shout Outs]] to previous books' encounters (5). Oh, and he runs into weirder shit than ''anyone'' on this list except John Taylor and Harry Dresden.

* Bit of a stretch, but F. Paul Wilson's ''[[Repairman Jack]]'' is probably as close to fitting this trope as an ordinary human is likely to get. He's an investigator of sorts, in that he's hired to find out what's hassling his clients and stop it (1). He's been living under the radar of authorities for so long, re-establishing himself in a legal identity so that he can marry his girlfriend isn't an easy prospect (2 & 4). His relationship with his father stagnated for years, because he couldn't admit that he works as a hired vigilante, not an appliance repairman (3). And while he doesn't have centuries of memories to flash back to, his confrontations with the Otherness invariably contain [[Shout-Out|Shout Outs]] to previous books' encounters (5). Oh, and he runs into weirder shit than ''anyone'' on this list except John Taylor and Harry Dresden.

* John Taylor of the ''[[Nightside]]'' series probably qualifies, if having {{spoiler|Lilith}} for a Mom can substitute for having a vampiric sire. #2 and #5 are covered too, if flash''forwards'' to a future where you've caused [[The End of the World As We Know It]] suffice as a guilt-generator. And whether or not he's {{spoiler|immortal}} has yet to be determined: time will tell.

* Despite being a literal vampire detective, Jack Fleming from ''[[The Vampire Files]]'' is an aversion of this trope: he doesn't express any desire to become human, the only angst about his sire is that she was murdered, his love interest is requited with no major problems and he rarely discusses the past. He is a [[Vegetarian Vampire]], however.

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