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* IHaveBoobsYouMustObey: How Tammy keeps Chad in line. He's not 100% sold on her plans, but AllMenArePerverts.
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* BigBeautifulWoman: Loretta is overweight, but appealing enough that Duke knows that a couple of beers would be enough to make him sleep with her. He vows to avoid beer while in Rockwood [[spoiler:but eventually gives in]].
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* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: When Earl's asleep, he's basically dead, but terrible events of significant enough psychic power can briefly rouse him. Things like deadly earthquakes, the Nazis invading Poland, and {{Franchise/TheGreenHornet}} being cancelled.

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* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: When Earl's asleep, he's basically dead, but terrible events of significant enough psychic power can briefly rouse him. Things like deadly earthquakes, the Nazis invading Poland, and {{Franchise/TheGreenHornet}} {{Franchise/The Green Hornet}} being cancelled.
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* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: When Earl's asleep, he's basically dead, but terrible events of significant enough psychic power can briefly rouse him. Things like deadly earthquakes, the Nazis invading Poland, and TheGreenHornet being cancelled.

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* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: When Earl's asleep, he's basically dead, but terrible events of significant enough psychic power can briefly rouse him. Things like deadly earthquakes, the Nazis invading Poland, and TheGreenHornet {{Franchise/TheGreenHornet}} being cancelled.
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* PunchClockVillain: The ghouls seem to be this. As their bodies dissolve in the sun, they chat amiably amongst themselves, complimenting each other for their performance, and wondering where they'll be summoned next.
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* WolfMan: Duke's transformed shape. Ironically, he hates that movie. He prefers {{Film/YoungFrankenstein}}.

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* WolfMan: Duke's transformed shape. Ironically, he hates that movie. He prefers {{Film/YoungFrankenstein}}.{{Film/Young Frankenstein}}.

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* WolfMan: Duke's transformed shape.

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* WhoWantsToLiveForever: Earl muses that while the undead may claim they will live forever, deep down they all know that they won't, and don't really want to anyway.
* WolfMan: Duke's transformed shape. Ironically, he hates that movie. He prefers {{Film/YoungFrankenstein}}.
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* TimeyWimeyBall: Tammy gets her witchcraft gear from a catalog that can send you the items before you've finished ordering them (if you spring for the rush delivery, that is).
** Also, whatever happened to the Roman Empire.
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* DumbJock: Chad. Tammy would never choose someone like him to be her follower, but since he's the only one she's got, she makes due.


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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: The ritual to summon the TheOldGods requires a sacrifice to be performed by someone who doesn't know what they are doing. At first it seems Tammy is setting up Chad to perform it, with him not really understanding the consequences. Instead Chad ''is'' the sacrifice; she had him preparing to kill Duke while he was regenerating, fully aware that the blade she gave him isn't silver, and when the werewolf wakes up he's gonna be ''pissed''.
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* EldritchLocation: Turns out Gil built the diner on top of just such a place, to focus and intensify its powers. A side effect is that the surrounding area is ground zero for all sorts of paranormal activity.

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* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: Rockwood's populace is rather blasé about the supernatural, with most people just accepting it as an annoying part of life.

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* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: Rockwood's populace is rather blasé about the supernatural, with most people just accepting it as an annoying part of life. It's explained that humans have a natural WeirdnessCensor, and things have been getting increasingly weird in Rockwood for so long that everyone's used to it.

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This leads to a veritable MonsterMash of events, as in addition to the vampire, werewolf, and zombies, a witch, some ghouls, a ghost, TheOldGods, and a herd of undead cattle are all involved. But what is it about this diner that attracts such weirdness?

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This leads to a veritable MonsterMash of events, as in addition to the vampire, werewolf, and zombies, a witch, some ghouls, a ghost, couple of ghosts, TheOldGods, and a herd of undead cattle are all involved. But what is it about this diner that attracts such weirdness?


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* BatterUp: One of Cathy's fondest memories is of playing baseball with her father. It's strong enough that as a ghost she discovers she can summon a bat to her hand, making her far less defenseless.
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* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: When Earl's asleep, he's basically dead, but terrible events of significant enough psychic power can briefly rouse him. Things like deadly earthquakes, the Nazis invading Poland, and TheGreenHornet being cancelled.
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* NoodleImplements: A magic user with three yards of duct tape, a PEZ dispenser, a CD player, and a pair of clown shoes was responsible for the fall of the Roman Empire. Don't ask how they managed that [[TimeyWimeyBall before any of those objects existed]].
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* NeverGetsDrunk: Being undead, Earl is immune to the effects of alcohol. Much to his regret; he keeps trying in the hope that somewhere there is a brand of beer that can affect vampires.
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* PrecisionFStrike: Tammy's Magic *-Ball telling her "Go fuck yourself."

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* PrecisionFStrike: Tammy's Magic *-Ball 8-Ball telling her "Go fuck yourself."
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* PrecisionFStrike: Tammy's Magic *-Ball telling her "Go fuck yourself."
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* VoluntaryShapeshifting: Duke can transform whenever he likes, but during the day when it's a New Moon his powers are much weaker. Earl can become a wolf, a bar, or mist, but finds it difficult and inconvenient.

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* VoluntaryShapeshifting: Duke can transform whenever he likes, but during the day when it's a New Moon his powers are much weaker. Earl can become a wolf, a bar, bat, or mist, but finds it difficult and inconvenient.
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* VoluntaryShapeshifting: Duke can transform whenever he likes, but during the day when it's a New Moon his powers are much weaker.

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* VoluntaryShapeshifting: Duke can transform whenever he likes, but during the day when it's a New Moon his powers are much weaker. Earl can become a wolf, a bar, or mist, but finds it difficult and inconvenient.
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* ZombifytheLiving: One sign that things in Rockwood are getting bad is that a herd of cattle become zombies without dying first.

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* ZombifytheLiving: ZombifyTheLiving: One sign that things in Rockwood are getting bad is that a herd of cattle become zombies without dying first.
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* SlidingScaleofVampireFriendliness: Earl's a decent guy, but can be obnoxious.

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* SlidingScaleofVampireFriendliness: SlidingScaleOfVampireFriendliness: Earl's a decent guy, but can be obnoxious.
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* RemovingtheHeadorDestroyingtheBrain: Good way to deal with zombies. Even cow zombies.

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* RemovingtheHeadorDestroyingtheBrain: RemovingTheHeadOrDestroyingTheBrain: Good way to deal with zombies. Even cow zombies.
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* OurVampiresAreDifferent: Earl has most of the classic traits, but averts CannotCrossRunningWater, MustBeInvited, and HolyBurnsEvil, isn't very good at shapeshifting, only occasionally follows CastsNoShadow.

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* OurVampiresAreDifferent: Earl has most of the classic traits, but averts CannotCrossRunningWater, MustBeInvited, and HolyBurnsEvil, isn't very good at shapeshifting, and only occasionally follows CastsNoShadow.
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* MundaneUtility: If Tammy's plan doesn't come to fruition, she threatens to simply move to California and become an actress. She can do it too, her eldritch grimoire of arcane spells includes rituals especially for this. Apparently a three-picture deal with a major studio requires HumanSacrifice, but a simple incantation [[TakeThat can land you a sitcom deal]].

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* MundaneUtility: If Tammy's plan doesn't come to fruition, she threatens to simply move to California and become an actress. She can do it too, her eldritch grimoire of arcane spells includes rituals especially for this. Apparently a three-picture deal with a major studio requires HumanSacrifice, but a simple incantation [[TakeThat can land you a sitcom deal]].sitcom]].
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* BaitandSwitch: Tammy needs to contact a spirit, so she goes to her closet where her OuijaBoard is kept - then swats it aside to consult a Magic 8-Ball instead.

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* BaitandSwitch: BaitAndSwitch: Tammy needs to contact a spirit, so she goes to her closet where her OuijaBoard is kept - then swats it aside to consult a Magic 8-Ball instead.

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A [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent werewolf]] named Duke and a [[OurVampiresAreDifferent vampire]] named Earl run out of gas in the creepy desert town of Rockwood. Taking a break at a GreasySpoon named Gil's All Night Diner, they discover that the place has become an inexplicable magnet for [[OurZombiesAreDifferent zombie attacks]], and the owner Loretta is at her wits end to deal with them. After the two amicable monsters help repel the latest attack, she offers them a job tracking down the source of the attacks (and doing a few other chores around the place as well).

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A [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent werewolf]] named Duke and a [[OurVampiresAreDifferent vampire]] named Earl run out of gas in the creepy desert town of Rockwood. Taking a break at a GreasySpoon named Gil's All Night Diner, they discover that the place has become an inexplicable magnet for [[OurZombiesAreDifferent zombie attacks]], and the owner Loretta is at her wits end to deal with them. After the two amicable monsters help repel the latest attack, she offers them a job tracking down the source of the attacks problem (and doing a few other chores around the place as well).
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A [OurWerewolvesAreDifferent werewolf] named Duke and a [OurVampiresAreDifferent vampire] named Earl run out of gas in the creepy desert town of Rockwood. Taking a break at a GreasySpoon named Gil's All Night Diner, they discover that the place has become an inexplicable magnet for [OurZombiesAreDifferent zombie attacks], and the owner Loretta is at her wits end to deal with them. After the two amicable monsters help repel the latest attack, she offers them a job tracking down the source of the attacks (and doing a few other chores around the place as well).

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A [OurWerewolvesAreDifferent werewolf] [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent werewolf]] named Duke and a [OurVampiresAreDifferent vampire] [[OurVampiresAreDifferent vampire]] named Earl run out of gas in the creepy desert town of Rockwood. Taking a break at a GreasySpoon named Gil's All Night Diner, they discover that the place has become an inexplicable magnet for [OurZombiesAreDifferent [[OurZombiesAreDifferent zombie attacks], attacks]], and the owner Loretta is at her wits end to deal with them. After the two amicable monsters help repel the latest attack, she offers them a job tracking down the source of the attacks (and doing a few other chores around the place as well).

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* BlessedWith Suck / CursedWithAwesome: Being any sort of supernatural being in this world seems to be a combination of these tropes. You get all the cool powers you'd expect, but they usually come with drawbacks, are difficult to master, and make you a natural WeirdnessMagnet.

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* BlessedWith Suck BlessedWithSuck / CursedWithAwesome: Being any sort of supernatural being in this world seems to be a combination of these tropes. You get all the cool powers you'd expect, but they usually come with drawbacks, are difficult to master, and make you a natural WeirdnessMagnet.



* MustBeInvited



* OurVampiresAreDifferent: Earl has most of the classic traits, but averts CannotCrossRunningWater and HolyBurnsEvil, isn't very good at shapeshifting, only occasionally follows CastsNoShadow.
* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: Duke can transform at any time (though the full moon makes him stronger), has a HealingFactor, and when he changes shape the monstrous form [[BodyHorror bursts out of his skin]].

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* OurVampiresAreDifferent: Earl has most of the classic traits, but averts CannotCrossRunningWater CannotCrossRunningWater, MustBeInvited, and HolyBurnsEvil, isn't very good at shapeshifting, only occasionally follows CastsNoShadow.
* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: Duke can transform at any time (though the full moon makes him stronger), has a HealingFactor, and when he changes shape the monstrous form [[BodyHorror bursts out of his skin]]. He also wasn't bitten, but inherited the curse by accidentally killing a werewolf.



* PunnyName
* RemovingtheHeadorDestroyingtheBrain
* SlidingScaleofVampireFriendliness
* SmallTownBoredom
* TransformationHorror
* UnusuallyUninterestingSight
* VampireDance
* VampiresAreSexGods
* VampiresHateGarlic
* VegetarianVampire
* VoluntaryShapeshifting
* VoodooZombie
* WeirdnessMagnet
* WhoWantstoLiveForever?
* WolfMan
* YouKillItYouBoughtIt
* ZombifytheLiving

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* PunnyName
PunnyName: Sheriff Marshall Kopp. Also, Duke & Earl.
* RemovingtheHeadorDestroyingtheBrain
RemovingtheHeadorDestroyingtheBrain: Good way to deal with zombies. Even cow zombies.
* SlidingScaleofVampireFriendliness
SlidingScaleofVampireFriendliness: Earl's a decent guy, but can be obnoxious.
* SmallTownBoredom
SmallTownBoredom: Rockwood doesn't even have a movie theater or swimming pool. The only form of entertainment for miles is a crummy mini-golf course, and even that suffers from the town's WeirdnessMagnet tendencies.
* TransformationHorror
TransformationHorror: Duke's transformation features his werewolf self bursting out of his human skin.
* UnusuallyUninterestingSight
UnusuallyUninterestingSight: Rockwood's populace is rather blasé about the supernatural, with most people just accepting it as an annoying part of life.
* VampireDance
VampireDance: Earl is a terrible dancer.
* VampiresAreSexGods
VampiresAreSexGods: Less convenient than it sounds. Earl can't control who it affects and doesn't, wants to avoid trouble with jailbait like Tammy, and has encountered his share of angry boyfriends and husbands (including one who was handy with [[ChainsawGood a chainsaw]]).
* VampiresHateGarlic
VampiresHateGarlic: Getting stabbed with a spoon is barely even annoying to Earl, but the fact that the chili it was in contained garlic makes the wound itch something awful.
* VegetarianVampire
VegetarianVampire: Earl can live off animal blood, but it's hardly his preference.
* VoluntaryShapeshifting
VoluntaryShapeshifting: Duke can transform whenever he likes, but during the day when it's a New Moon his powers are much weaker.
* VoodooZombie
VoodooZombie: Played straight in that the zombies are intentionally summoned and commanded, but averted in that Duke and Earl acknowledge that Voodoo is a real religion that doesn't actually get up to this sort of thing, and that anyone can study Black Magic.
* WeirdnessMagnet
WeirdnessMagnet: Being any sort of supernatural being seems to make you into one. The whole town of Rockwood is one as well.
* WhoWantstoLiveForever?
WolfMan: Duke's transformed shape.
* WolfMan
YouKillItYouBoughtIt: How werewolves are made; kill one and you become one. In Duke's case one ran in front of his 18-wheeler (possibly intentionally) and got its head crushed.
* YouKillItYouBoughtIt
* ZombifytheLiving
ZombifytheLiving: One sign that things in Rockwood are getting bad is that a herd of cattle become zombies without dying first.

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* BaitandSwitch
* CannotCrossRunningWater
* CastsNoShadow
* Clown-CarGrave
* CursedwithAwesome
* EliteZombie
* FireKeepsItDead
* FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire
* FurAgainstFang
* GhostlyChill
* GreasySpoon
* HolyBurnsEvil
* HotWitch
* InterspeciesRomance
* MissingReflection
* MsFanservice
* MundaneUtility

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* BaitandSwitch
BaitandSwitch: Tammy needs to contact a spirit, so she goes to her closet where her OuijaBoard is kept - then swats it aside to consult a Magic 8-Ball instead.
* CannotCrossRunningWater
BlessedWith Suck / CursedWithAwesome: Being any sort of supernatural being in this world seems to be a combination of these tropes. You get all the cool powers you'd expect, but they usually come with drawbacks, are difficult to master, and make you a natural WeirdnessMagnet.
* CastsNoShadow
CastsNoShadow / LivingShadow: Earl sometimes has a normal shadow, sometimes has a shadow that has a mind of its own, and sometimes has no shadow because it has wandered off somewhere.
* Clown-CarGrave
ClownCarGrave: One of the early signs that there is more going on than it seems is that the nearby graveyard has produced more zombies than there are bodies buried there.
* CursedwithAwesome
EliteZombie: the Ghouls Tammy creates from some pilfered bodies, which are far more deadly than regular zombies.
* EliteZombie
FireKeepsItDead: Loretta is smart enough to have the zombies she kills burned, to prevent them from rising again. Also a good way to ''permanently'' deal with vampires and werewolves.
* FireKeepsItDead
[[FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire Friendly Neighborhood Vampire and Werewolf]]: Both Duke and Earl can be dangerous and violent when necessary, but neither is really a bad person.
* FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire
FurAgainstFang: They [[VitriolicBestBuds bicker constantly]], but are still best friends.
* FurAgainstFang
GhostlyChill: Cathy's touch feels cold even to Earl's undead flesh.
* GhostlyChill
GreasySpoon: The diner wouldn't exactly be a five-star establishment even if it weren't for the frequent zombie attacks.
* GreasySpoon
HolyBurnsEvil: Averted for Earl, although he's met other vampires who play it straight. He assumes it's because he's an atheist.
* HolyBurnsEvil
HotWitch: Tammy is very attractive (but underage).
* HotWitch
InterspeciesRomance: Vampire and Ghost.
* InterspeciesRomance
MissingReflection: Earl has none, but he can still see his clothes in a mirror. Not his hair though, which explains the terrible combover.
* MissingReflection
MsFanservice: Tammy.
* MsFanservice
* MundaneUtility
MundaneUtility: If Tammy's plan doesn't come to fruition, she threatens to simply move to California and become an actress. She can do it too, her eldritch grimoire of arcane spells includes rituals especially for this. Apparently a three-picture deal with a major studio requires HumanSacrifice, but a simple incantation [[TakeThat can land you a sitcom deal]].



* OurGhostsAreDifferent
* OurGhoulsAreCreepier
* OurVampiresAreDifferent
* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent
* OurZombiesAreDifferent

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* OurGhostsAreDifferent
OurGhostsAreDifferent: Every cemetery has one, usually the last person buried there who must stay behind as a guardian. Sucks if the cemetery has been out of use for a long time, and you've got no one to talk to.
* OurGhoulsAreCreepier
OurGhoulsAreCreepier: They are green-skinned monstrosities created from normal bodies who aren't entirely solid in darkness, making them very hard to dispatch.
* OurVampiresAreDifferent
OurVampiresAreDifferent: Earl has most of the classic traits, but averts CannotCrossRunningWater and HolyBurnsEvil, isn't very good at shapeshifting, only occasionally follows CastsNoShadow.
* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent
OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: Duke can transform at any time (though the full moon makes him stronger), has a HealingFactor, and when he changes shape the monstrous form [[BodyHorror bursts out of his skin]].
* OurZombiesAreDifferentOurZombiesAreDifferent: They combine traits of voodoo zombies and Romero zombies, being mindless flesh-hungry corpses, but they follow orders and aren't infectious.



* YourVampiresSuck

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Gil's All Fright Diner is a 2005 comedic UrbanFantasy novel by A. Lee Martinez.

A [OurWerewolvesAreDifferent werewolf] named Duke and a [OurVampiresAreDifferent vampire] named Earl run out of gas in the creepy desert town of Rockwood. Taking a break at a GreasySpoon named Gil's All Night Diner, they discover that the place has become an inexplicable magnet for [OurZombiesAreDifferent zombie attacks], and the owner Loretta is at her wits end to deal with them. After the two amicable monsters help repel the latest attack, she offers them a job tracking down the source of the attacks (and doing a few other chores around the place as well).

This leads to a veritable MonsterMash of events, as in addition to the vampire, werewolf, and zombies, a witch, some ghouls, a ghost, TheOldGods, and a herd of undead cattle are all involved. But what is it about this diner that attracts such weirdness?

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!! ''Gil's All Fright Diner'' contains the following tropes:

* BaitandSwitch
* CannotCrossRunningWater
* CastsNoShadow
* Clown-CarGrave
* CursedwithAwesome
* EliteZombie
* FireKeepsItDead
* FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire
* FurAgainstFang
* GhostlyChill
* GreasySpoon
* HolyBurnsEvil
* HotWitch
* InterspeciesRomance
* MissingReflection
* MsFanservice
* MundaneUtility
* MustBeInvited
* OurGhostsAreDifferent
* OurGhoulsAreCreepier
* OurVampiresAreDifferent
* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent
* OurZombiesAreDifferent
* PunnyName
* RemovingtheHeadorDestroyingtheBrain
* SlidingScaleofVampireFriendliness
* SmallTownBoredom
* TransformationHorror
* UnusuallyUninterestingSight
* VampireDance
* VampiresAreSexGods
* VampiresHateGarlic
* VegetarianVampire
* VoluntaryShapeshifting
* VoodooZombie
* WeirdnessMagnet
* WhoWantstoLiveForever?
* WolfMan
* YouKillItYouBoughtIt
* YourVampiresSuck
* ZombifytheLiving

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