History Film / Vamps

* ItIsPronouncedTROPAY: Dr. Van Helsing insists the name "Tepes" is pronounced "Tee-pes" and not "Tepish" which everyone else uses (their pronunciation is right, going by the original Romanian).

* ItIsPronouncedTROPAY: Dr. Van Helsing insists the name "Tepes" is pronounced "Tee-pes", unlike the pronunciation of "Tepish" which everyone else uses.

* FunnyBackgroundEvent: A man on a hospital gurney checking his cellphone when Goody runs into her old boyfriend from the sixties.

''Vamps'' is a 2012 comedy film about two vampire women living in New York City, Goody and Stacy. The pair have lived in secret from the mortal world happily together for years. Modern life is getting complicating for the vampire world though, and things get more difficult for both when two men come into their lives. This is especially so in Stacy's case, as she fell for a member of the Van Helsings, the infamous vampire-hunting family. The film stars Creator/AliciaSilverstone, Creator/KrystenRitter, Creator/SigourneyWeaver, Creator/WallaceShawn and Creator/MalcolmMcDowell.

* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: When Goody tries to warn a club girl who Vadim and Ivan had been in the process of seducing (and had planned to feed on) that their bad guys, she says she likes bad guys, causing Goody to hypnotize her, ordering her not to go with them, and telling her [[SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan to pay attention to nice guys from now on]] with the girl walking past an annoyed Vadim and Ivan, muttering about guys who listen when she says stuff and who compliment her.
* BrickJoke: Goody always claims to know historical facts about New York from stuff she witnessed from watching Creator/TheHistoryChannel. After realizing how old Goody really is [[spoiler: as she starts getting old again]]. Stacy tearfully says she should have known because all the times she watched Creator/TheHistoryChannel there was just stuff about Hitler.

* DrowningMySorrows: A distributing case of drowning ones sorrows with blood, combined with being a VillainousGlutton when [[spoiler: Cisserus drinks a whole restaurant dry, and implies that she'd killed more people directly before that, after a celebrity she'd attempted to seduce rejects her]].
* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: Stacy (as Krysten Ritter plays her, who's look really is this), and it makes the elder Van Helsings suspicious that she's really a vampire. At first Dan just thinks they're paranoid, but of course it's true.

* FunnyBackgroundEvent: A man on a a hospital gurney checking his cellphone when Goody runs into her old boyfriend from the sixties.

* VampiresSleepInCoffins: And so do humans sleeping with said vampires if their in on TheMasquerade.
* VanHelsingHateCrimes: Dr. Van Helsing isn't aware at first that not all vampires are killers, so he's after them equally. He later learns the error of his ways however on meeting Stacy and Goody. They ally with him to destroy their maker, who really is a killer.

* TakeThat: At one point, Goody and Stacy call [[''Series/TrueBlood'' Sookie]] the stupidest character on TV.

* OneSteveLimit: Played straight, not to mention PlayedForLaughs when Stacy wants to keep dating Joey after learning his full name, saying that Van Helloing isn't ''that'' uncommon of a name. Goody is quick to tell her that, yeah, it is.

* AllGirlsLikeBadBoys: When Goody tries to warn a club girl who Vadim and Ivan had been in the process of seducing (and had planned to feed on) that their bad guys, she says she likes bad guys, causing Goody to hypnotize her, ordering her not to go with them, and telling her [[SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan to pay attention to nice guys from now on]]. with the girl walking past an annoyed Vadim and Ivan, muttering about guys who listen when she says stuff and who compliment her.

* ChekhovsGunman: A human woman who attends one of the Sanguines Anonymous Meetings and is quickly scared off initally just seems to be a TalkativeLoon {{Cloudcuckoolander}} at first, but is later revealed to have been a spy for Dr. Van Helsing.

* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Cisserus calling over Goody and Stacy to model dresses she brought because since she can't take a picture of herself or look in a mirror, she wants to see them wearing those clothes so she can imagine how much better she'd look in them (later dialogue reveals she's been doing this for a long time and only kept Stacy alive instead of draining her to be a second model), and then summons a pizza boy who she feeds on offscreen, quickly establishing her as vain, demanding and uncaring towards human life.

* OneSteveLimit: Played for laughs, and subverted, when Stacy wants to keep dating Joey after learning his full name, saying an Helloing isn't ''that'' uncommon of a name. Goody is quick to tell her that, yeah, it is.

''Vamps'' is a 2012 comedy film about two vampire women living in New York City, Goody and Stacy. The pair have lived in secret from the mortal world happily together for years. Modern life is getting complicating for the vampire world though, and things get more difficult for both when two men come into their lives. Especially in Stacy's case, as she fell for a member of the Van Helsings, the infamous vampire-hunting family. The film stars Creator/AliciaSilverstone, Creator/KrystenRitter, Creator/SigourneyWeaver, Creator/WallaceShawn and Creator/MalcolmMcDowell.

* WhatMeasureIsANonCute: Goody and Stacy don't have the heart to feed on domesticated animals, not even pigeons they bought for a pet store for the specific intention of feeding.

* BrickJoke: Goody always claims to know historical facts about New York from stuff she witnessed from watching the history chanel. After realizing how old Goody really is [[spoiler: as she starts getting old again]]. Stacy tearfully says she should have known because all the times she watched the history chanel there was just stuff about Hitler.

* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Cisserus calling over Goody and Stacy to model dresses she brought because since she can't take a picture of herslf or look in a mirror, she wants to see them wearing those clothes so she can imagine how much better she'd look in them (later dialogue reveals she's been doing this for a long time and only kept Stacy alive instead of drain gin her to be a second model), and then summons a pizza boy who she feeds on offscreen, quickly establishing her as vain, demanding and uncaring towards human life.

* LastGirlWins: Danny remains devoted to his wife, who me met after Goody left him [[spoiler: and who is later turned into a vampire]].

* WhatMeasureIsNonCute: Goody and Stacy don't have the heart to feed on domesticated animals, not even pigeons they bought for a pet store for the specific intention of feeding.
* WhoNamesTheirKidDude: When Stacy finally realizes how old Goody is, she smiles and asks her if she really though people still named their daughters Goody.

* OutlivingOnesOffspring: Goods outlived both her children. She seems pretty okay with it. Her son died at 63, which she happily notes was old for the time. She's even happier that her daughter died at 99, which was nearly unheard of. [[spoiler: However, at the end when she's dying she sees visions of her children, seeming pleased at the idea of reuniting with them after death]].

* SuicideBySunlight: Goods says she considered doing this prior to meeting Stacy.

''Vamps'' is 2012 comedy film about two vampire women living in New York City, Goody and Stacy. The pair have lived in secret from the mortal world happily together for years. Modern life is getting complicating for the vampire world though, and things get more difficult for both when two men come into their lives. Especially in Stacy's case, as she fell for a member of the Van Helsings, the infamous vampire-hunting family. The film stars Creator/AliciaSilverstone, Creator/KrystenRitter, Creator/SigourneyWeaver, Creator/WallaceShawn and Creator/MalcolmMcDowell.

* WhoWantsToLiveForever: Goody is growing increasingly tired of life, especially as modern times keep moving so fast-she finds it hard to keep up. Many of the changes also aren't to her liking, and she misses her long dead children. [[spoiler: So in the end, she decides to destroy her maker, which will age her unto death.]]

* OurVampiresAreDifferent: They don't appear in mirrors, can be destroyed by sunlight, have to sleep inside of coffins with soil from their homeland, aren't harmed by garlic or holy objects and can get pregnant although they miscarry soon after as pregnancy can't be sustained very long. Only certain vampires can make others, called "stems", and if they're killed then vampires they made will become human again at the age they were while turned. Turning someone requires them being bitten by the vampire, then drinking the vampire's blood. Also, their saliva has a natural blood-thinner and this can stop a heart attack. It appears vampires are only killed by beheading. If a pregnant vampire is turned back into a human, their child will apparently be a {{dhampyr}}.

* UndeadTaxExemption: The vampires all stay underground, with no [=IDs=], using only cash and making sure to not do things which draw attention. However, in modern times this has become difficult, as most are on social media or use various electronic devices that the government has taken note of. They're starting to be drawn out with things such as being called for jury duty, which they can't do with it being during the day. In the end, they band together and hypnotize government officials during an eclipse into erasing them from all records.

* WhoWantsToLiveForever: Goody is growing increasingly tired of life, especially as modern times keep moving so fast she finds it hard to keep up. Many of the changes also aren't to her liking, and she misses her long dead children. [[spoiler: So in the end, she decides to destroy her maker, which will age her into death.]]

* OutlivingOnesOffspring: Goods outlived both her children. She seems pretty okay with it. Her son died at 63, which she happily notes was old at the time. She's even happier that her daughter died at 99, which was nearly unheard of. [[spoiler: However, at the end when she's dying she sees visions of her children, seeming pleased at the idea of reuniting with them after death]].

* NewAgeRetroHippie: Danny is an old hippie who used to be a student anti-war leader in the '60s. He still holds the old values, and works at the ACLU to fight government abuses.

* ItsPronouncedTROPAY: Dr. Van Helsing insists the name "Tepes" is pronounced "Tee-pes", unlike the pronunciation of "Tepish" which everyone else uses.

* EmergencyTransformation: Danny agrees to have Vadim turn his wife, who's dying of cancer, so they'll be together longer. This not only cures her, she's left looking much younger than him.

* IHateYouVampireDad: Neither Goods nor Stacy much likes their "stem" Cisserus, who bosses them around and lethally feeds on humans all the time (which neither of them do). [[spoiler: They help kill her in the end to break free.]]

''Vamps'' is 2012 comedy film about two vampire women living in New York City, Goody and Stacy. The pair have lived in secret from the mortal world happily together for years. Modern life is getting complicating for the vampire community though, and things get more difficult for both when two men come into their lives. Especially in Stacy's case, as she fell for a member of the Van Helsings, the infamous vampire-hunting family. The film stars Creator/AliciaSilverstone, Creator/KrystenRitter, Creator/SigourneyWeaver, Creator/WallaceShawn and Creator/MalcolmMcDowell.

* {{Dhampir}}: Little Goody at the end is apparently a dhampir, perhaps because being conceived when her mother was still a vampire left her half one.

* OurVampiresAreDifferent: They don't appear in mirrors, can be destroyed by sunlight, have to sleep inside coffins with soil from their homeland, aren't harmed by garlic or holy objects and can get pregnant although they miscarry soon after as pregnancy can't be sustained very long. Only certain vampires can make others, called "stems", and if they're killed them vampires they made will become human again at the age then were while turned. Turning someone requires them being bitten by the vampire, then drinking the vampire's blood. Also, their saliva has a natural blood-thinner and this can stop a heart attack. It appears vampires can only be killed through beheading.
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Goody was born in the early 1800s, but looks no older than her thirties. Stacy turned at 20 in the early '90s and still looks the same two decades later. Other vampires like Cisserus and Tepes look old, but don't show the ''centuries'' they actually are.

* OutlivingOnesOffspring: Goods outlived both her children. She seems pretty okay with it. Her son died at 63, which she happily notes was old at the time. She's even happier that her daughter died at 99, which was nearly unheard of. [[spoiler: However, at the end when she's dying she sees visions of her children, seeming pleased at the idea of reuniting with them after death.