Vampire Vannabe: Difference between revisions

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[[Evil Is Cool|Vampires are cool]]. [[Vampires Are Rich]] and [[Sorting Algorithm of Evil|powerful]]. [[Vampires Are Sex Gods]]. Who wouldn't [[Misaimed Fandom|want]] to be a vampire?

Vampires are surrounded by humans who, while they haven't been bitten, do their masters' bidding ''[[Working for a Body Upgrade|in the hope that they will be]]''. Sometimes they're under some sort of mind control, but often they're just willing vampire groupies. How likely their loyalty is [[You Have Outlived Your Usefulness|to actually be rewarded]] depends on the vamp, however - they might be exploiting this trope as a not-so-[[Secret Test of Character]] in order to keep the bloodline pure.

The wannabe's desire can be justified, if the work's [[Our Vampires Are Different|version of vampires]] are [[Cursed with Awesome]], gaining great powers and few if any weaknesses. This can lead to [[Moral Dissonance]] if the wannabe is [[Informed Wrongness|portrayed as a foolish coward]] regardless of this - perhaps because being a vampire is [[Always Chaotic Evil|just inherently evil]]. Or possibly because the [[Vampire Wannabe]] leaves him-/herself wide open to a [[Pretender Diss]], whether from actual vamps or their enemies.

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== Anime and Manga ==

* In ''[[Vampire Hunter D]]'', one of Count Lee's minions is in it for the goal of becoming a vampire himself one day.

* In ''[[Hellsing]]'', several members of the British army and government betray their home country in the hopes of getting turned. The ones that do get turned are easily destroyed by the Hellsing Organization or indeed [[Rewarded as a Traitor Deserves|by Rip van Winkle.]]

* Not necessarily vampires, but groups of Homunculi in ''[[Busou Renkin]]'' are often assisted by humans called familiars, who [[The Quisling|help the homunculi when possible in the hopes of becoming humanoid homunculi themselves]]. [[You Have Failed Me|Failure results in being eaten]].

== Comicbooks ==

* In the graphic novel ''[[Life Sucks]]'', Dave and his friend Jerome, who are actually vampires, have a good laugh at a Goth guy who goes around in a black cape using a fake Transylvanian accent. More seriously, Dave's crush Rosa wants to be a vampire, based on her fantasy of vampires being rich, cultured and sexy.

* There is a [[Jhonen Vasquez]] story where a Goth boy who wants to be a vampire for real finally meets an undead guy willing to grant his wish. The results... [[Looks Like Orlok|aren't pretty]].

** The vampire claims that beauty would come with time and patience, which was a downright lie, as the condition only got worse.

*** Though it manages to play it straight ''and'' subvert it- while Eric (the victim) is one hideous vampire, the one who did the turning was plenty attractive.

* Les Enfants du Sang in ''[[Preacher (Comic Book)]]''. Weird goths who act as groupies to the Lestat parody Ecarius.

* For a vampire wannabe who has actual powers to back it up, ''[[Chew]]'' has the The Vampire, a criminal who dresses and acts like a vampire so he can scare his enemies. Due to his cibopathy, he's able to get psychic impressions off the things he eats. He prefers to use this to drink blood and gain the knowledge of his victims.

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== Live-Action TV ==

* An episode of ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' featured a group of vampire wannabes who thought they were going to be turned. {{spoiler|They were really going to be food, as a payment of sorts from the one character who was actually going to be turned (who was dying of cancer).}}

** Also, there's an episode of ''[[Angel]]'' (Eternity, S01E17), where an actress wants to become a vampire for the eternal youth. After getting a glimpse of soulless Angel and finding what being a vampire was really about, she ran off and never returned.

** The ''Angel'' comic book is currently using this plot, with a group of [[Corrupt Corporate Executive|Corrupt Corporate Executives]] trying to use a VERY unwilling Angel and a hired Gypsy to turn rich idiots into ensouled vampires. It works about as well as you would expect.

* [[Does This Remind You of Anything?|"Fangbangers"]] in ''[[True Blood]]'' and ''The Southern Vampire Mysteries'' fit this to a T. On the other hand, the main character Sookie is a subversion as she has repeatedly said she doesn't want to be a vampire, she just [[I Love You Because I Can't Control You|likes them because she can't hear their thoughts]].

** Actually, most fangbangers apparently have no desire of being turned themselves. They just like to have vampiric sex partners.

* In ''[[Forever Knight]]'', why does every other woman who discovers that Nick is a vampire throw herself into his arms and demand to be turned?

* One of the clients in ''[[The Collector (TV series)|The Collector]]'' made a [[Deal with the Devil]] to become a vampire. She didn't realize at the time, but vampires were completely fictional before she got her wish.

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== Tabletop Games ==

* "Wannabe Vampire" is a monster in ''[[Munchkin (game)|Munchkin]].'' Clerics can scare him off by saying "Ooga booga."

* A sort of Meta example happens in ''[[Vampire: The Requiem]].'' This trope is played straight(ish) with a lot of Ghouls and the blood addicted, but there is a [[Prestige Class|vampire bloodline]], The Players, who want to be the stereotypical "cool" vampires. Y'see, the game has five vampire clans; the sexy ones are the Daeva, and the shadowy ones are the Mekhet. The Players are what happened when a Mekhet wanted ''really badly'' to be like the Daeva. The result? They gained some of their special powers, but not their actual "cool". Every time a Player fails an action using a power, those who witnessed it see him as the poser he is and are ''immune to further uses of that power.''

** Ironically, other vampires are at the least wary of them, if not outright ''scared'' - because with the way vampires work, something that weak ''has'' to have some nasty surprises in store... right?

* Lahmian vampires in ''[[Warhammer Fantasy Battle]]'' are a sect of [[The Vamp|Vamps]] so alluring they can control men's minds. Their army list includes mortal human characters fighting for their favour.

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