User:Phorque/Comparison of depictions of vampires in media
Appearance
This is a draft of an article I'd love to get as complete as possible. Please expand/correct at will!
Ideas
[edit]- Include "Aversion to fire" (this will be tricky counting the columns to put it next to the other aversions...)
- Organize columns with higher level titles (spanning several columns) such as "Physiology", "Mystical traits" etc OR split into two tables
- Add either a "Severely weakened during day" column or maybe something like "Require sleep during day".
Comments
- This is an interesting idea, but confusing as all hell to edit. There are too many fields and there's nothing to label them when you're trying to edit.
- I've put in comments for navigation.
- You should use the {{y}} and {{n}} templates, much cleaner.
- Done! Thanks for the tip.
- Need fields for if they must rest in coffins and if they can come into a house uninvited, among other things.
- If you want to add any yourself just remember to update the template and all the rows so far (a lotta work, I know) - Phorque 20:06, 3 September 2006 (UTC)
--SeizureDog 18:14, 3 September 2006 (UTC)
New Row Template
[edit]Copy and paste this into the correct alphabetical slot (by title) and then fill in the blanks...
BEGIN TEMPLATE |- !'''''[[INSERT TITLE HERE]]''''' |<!-- 1 Media and date --> |<!-- 2 Die from blood starvation? --> |<!-- 3 Always deformed? --> |<!-- 4 Turn to dust? --> |<!-- 5 Die in sunlight/fire? --> |<!-- 6 can shapeshift? --> |<!-- 7 can fly? --> |<!-- 8 no reflections/shadows? --> |<!-- 9 eat regular food? --> |<!-- 10 hurt by garlic? --> |<!-- 11 hurt by holy water etc? --> |<!-- 12 hurt by silver? --> |<!-- 13 psychic powers? --> |<!-- 14 structured society? --> |<!-- 15 can procreate? --> |<!-- 16 how are vamps portrayed? (undead,virus,etc) --> |<!-- 17 method of "turning"? --> |- END TEMPLATE
Table
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Title | Media and date | Die after prolonged lack of feeding on blood | Fangs / deformities always present | Turn to dust when staked / beheaded | Mortally wounded by sunlight / fire | Ability to shape-shift into bat(s) or mist | Ability to fly | Cast no reflection / shadow | Ability to eat / drink regular foodstuffs | Aversion to garlic | Aversion to Christian crosses / holy water | Aversion to silver | Presence of psychic powers | Have structured society | Ability to procreate | Vampirism portrayed as... | Method of "turning" |
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A Thousand Years of Snow | Manga (2001) |
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Blade | Film Trilogy (1998, 2002 and 2004) |
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Blood: The Last Vampire "Chiropterans" |
Anime (2000) |
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Bram Stoker's Dracula | Film (1992) |
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel | TV Series (1997-2003 and 1999-2004) |
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Undead | Victim must be bitten, nearly drained of blood and must drink blood of vampire. |
Discworld series[4] | Novels (1983 - present) |
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Dracula | Novel (1897) |
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From Dusk Till Dawn | Film (1998) |
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Hellsing | Anime (2001-2002) |
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Lament of the Lamb | Anime (2003) |
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Nosferatu | Film (1922) |
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Queen of the Damned | Film (2002) |
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Supernatural | TV Series (2005 - present) |
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— | Undead | Victim must drink the blood of a vampire. |
The Lost Boys | Film (1987) |
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The Fearless Vampire Killers | Film (1967) |
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The Vampire Chronicles | Novels (1976-2003) |
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Trinity Blood "Methuselahs" | Anime (2005) |
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Tsukihime, Lunar Legend | Anime (2003) |
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Tsukuyomi -Moon Phase- | Anime (2004) |
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Underworld and Underworld: Evolution | Films (2003 and 2006) |
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Vampire Hunter D | Novels and Anime (1983, 1985 and 2000) |
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Vampire Princess Miyu | Anime (1988) |
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World of Darkness | Roleplaying and computer games (1991 - present) |
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Undead | Victim must be bitten, drained completely and must drink some vampire blood. [18] |
Footnotes
[edit]- ^ Chiropterans appear to be anemic humans, but upon death they change into their true from to hunt.
- ^ Can only be killed by losing a large amount of blood in one stroke.
- ^ Some older vampires are shown as being unable to maintain a regular human form.
- ^ In the series, all vampire legends are true, even when contradictory, but not all vampires share the same traits.
- ^ Can only die from beheading.
- ^ Vampires are averse to sunlight but not killed by it.
- ^ a b c Vampires in Supernatural can be poisoned by dead man's blood.
- ^ Killing the "head vampire" causes all those he turned to revert to normal humans.
- ^ The protagonists never manage to actually kill a vampire during the film, thus this cannot be determined.
- ^ The film shows a Jewish vampire, when confronted with a cross, saying "You've got the wrong vampire!"
- ^ Marcus in his hybrid form is able to fly due to the presence of bat-like wings.
- ^ A wooden stake to the heart merely paralyzes World of Darkness vampires.
- ^ This ability is limited to the Gangrel vampire clan.
- ^ This trait is limited to the Lasombra vampire clan.
- ^ This can be forced by characters but the food can only be kept down by willpower.
- ^ a b c Any aversion to crosses, holy water, garlic etc. is only as effective as the wielder's faith in those objects.
- ^ This only applies to the Malkavian and Ravnos vampire clans.
- ^ This is called the Embrace
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