History Literature / VampireAcademy

** Rose between Mason (Betty) and Dimitri (Veronica). Mason is a close childhood friend, who adores her, and offers her a safe relationship. Dimitri is her older mentor and their relationship is forbidden. Later it's Rose between Dimitri and Adrian, though which one is the Betty or Veronica depends on the situation (usually Dimitri is the Betty but [[spoiler: when he's a Strigoi he is definitely a Veronica]]). Dimitri is more down-to-earth while Adrian is wealthy, glamorous, and likes to show-off. [[spoiler:During Dimitri's Strigoi face, Adrian offers a safer relationship to Rose and proves devoted. While Dimitri is dangerous and is willing to completely dominate his lover.]]

** [[spoiler:Natalie Dashkov acts like a cute and friendly dorky girl on the outside, which hides her true devious nature. She is not a true friend to Lissa, but an enemy. Killing animals, which Lissa cares for, in an effort to manipulate her. Leaving mental scars]].

* KissOfTheVampire: A vampire bite from the non-immortal Moroi vampires cause euphoria and can be addictive. So addictive that there are people who are volunteer feeders for them and are addicted to it the same way drug addicts are. A Dhampir letting a Moroi suck his/her blood during sex is the kinkiest thing imaginable in their world, and such Dhampirs are stigmatized and called "blood whores". In fact, any instance of a Dhampir giving blood to a Moroi is labeled like dirty by the public regardless of how non-sexual the context is.
** The narcotic bite of the undead Strigoi is ten times as potent as the Moroi.

* ChristianityIsCatholic: Averted. The dominant religion of the Moroi world is OrthodoxChristianity.

* SuicidalPacifism: The pacifistic philosophy of the Moroi turns out to be a suicidal stance for them. When attacked by Strigoi, they usually do not even think to fight back. This makes them surprisingly easy victims. Particularly bad because fire users have the ideal power to kill their attackers.

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:This is in effect the ending to the series. On the sweet side: 1) Lissa rises to the throne with the intention to push necessary reforms to both Moroi and dhampir lives. 2) The relationship of Rose and Dimitri is safely accepted and their careers as guardians are secure. On the bitter side: 1) Jill is now a Princess and is exposed to the dangers of life at Court. 2) Adrian is broken-hearted after Rose ends their relationship. His vices return. 3) Eddie Castile is in trouble after killing a Moroi in self-defense. His once promising career as a guardian is in jeopardy. 4) Sydney Sage is in trouble with the Alchemists after helping the fugitive Rose. The spinoff series ''{{Bloodlines}}'' follows the fates of all four characters with bitter endings]].

Has a spinoff series, ''{{Bloodlines}}''.

* PlotHole: There is one introduced with the existence of the character Robert Doru. Victor Dashkov was slowly dying in the first book and desperately needed Lissa to heal him. Then we find out that he already had access to Robert, a spirit user who loved him and could heal him. So what was the purpose of Victor forcing Lissa to do the deed? Resolved in that Rose notes that Robert is much farther down on the path to insanity, because of spirit use and it would probably kill him if he tried to heal his brother.

* PlotHole: There is one introduced with the existence of the character Robert Doru. Victor Dashkov was slowly dying in the first book and desperately needed Lissa to heal him. Then we find out that he already had access to Robert, a spirit user who loved him and could heal him. So what was the purpose of Victor forcing Lissa to do the deed?

** There is also a minor one, involving the powers of Jill. When introduced in ''Shadow Kiss'', Jill tells Rose that she is an air user. She is later established as a water user instead. Even given some training by older water user Mia Rinaldi.

* AdaptationalAttractiveness: Headmistress Ellen Kirova is given an unflattering depiction in the novels. Rose thinks of her as an "old hag", and describes her as sharp-nosed, gray-haired, tall, slim, and reminiscent of a vulture. In the film, Kirova is played by the famously attractive Creator/OlgaKurylenko. Kurylenko has had a notable modelling career, including photo shoots for ''Vogue'', ''Elle'', ''Madame Figaro'', ''Marie Claire'', and ''Victoria's Secret'' catalogues. Far from looking like a hag.

* ParentsAsPeople: Janine Hathaway is a legendary guardian but Mother of the Year she is not. When we meet her she barely knows Rose, Rose doesn't like or trust her at all, and Janine has the tendency to project her own fears and failures onto Rose. See also ParentalAbandonment above.

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* AdaptationalAttractiveness: Headmistress Ellen Kirova is given an unflattering depiction in the novels. Rose thinks of her as an "old hag", and describes her as sharp-nosed, gray-haired, tall, slim, and reminiscent of a vulture. In the film, Kirova is played by the famously attractive Creator/OlgaKurylenko. Kurylenko has had a notable modelling career, including photo shoots for ''Vogue'', ''Elle'', ''Madame Figaro'', ''Marie Claire'', and ''Victoria's Secret'' catalogues. Far from looking like a hag.

** Janine Hathaway is shorter than her daughter. She is a famous Strigoi-killer and packs a mean punch.

** Rose Hathaway is a medium-sized girl who is highly skilled in killing Strigoi. She is 5 feet, 7 inches tall. (1,70 meters).

* ParentsAsPeople

** Lissa's parents and brother died in a car crash.

* AdaptationNameChange: The character Ralf Sarcozy is renamed to "Ray" in the film. His role is essentially the same.

* AdaptationalAttractiveness: Headmistress Ellen Kirova is given an unflattering depiction in the novels. Rose thinks of her as an "old hag", and describes her as sharp-nosed, gray-haired, tall, slim, and reminiscent of a vulture. In the film, Kirova is played by the famously attractive Creator/OlgaKurylenko. Kurylenko has had a notable modeling career, including photo shoots for ''Vogue'', ''Elle'', ''Madame Figaro'', ''Marie Claire'', and ''Victoria's Secret'' catalogues. Far from looking like a hag.

* DeathByAdaptation: [[spoiler:Oscar the cat. He appears briefly in the first novel, as the pet of a human housemate of Lissa and Rose. In the film, Oscar is Lissa's pet. The discovery of his corpse traumatizes her. ]]
** The character Ray (the film's rename of Ralf Sarcozy) is killed by Natalie Dashkov. The kill she needed to transform to a Strigoi. In the book nothing happens to him. He goes on to become one of the founding members of the Mână in ''Shadow Kiss''.

* SlidingScaleOfAdaptationModification: Near-Identical Adaptation. The film is mostly loyal to the first novel. The differences are generally minor. Three characters receive name changes, one character is younger and more attractive than her book counterpart, three characters are of different age than their book counterparts, two characters who survive the original novel are killed in the film, Natalie Dashkov kills a different person than the one she killed in the novel (Ray instead of Mr. Nagy), Lissa does not practice SelfHarm, and some minor book characters do not appear at all in the films. The most obvious change comes from the style of clothes the characters wear. In the books, the students of the Academy wear regular street clothes. It is a sore spot for Rose that she can't afford decent clothing, at one point wearing clothes she received from the Salvation Army. In the films, both Moroi and dhampir students wear school uniforms. Rose wears a relatively stylish uniform.
* SparedByTheAdaptation: The character Mr. Nagy/"Mr. Meisner" is killed by Natalie Dashkov in the book. Nothing happens to him in the film.

* SparedByTheAdaptation: The Mr. Nagy/"Mr. Meisner" is killed by Natalie Dashkov in the book. Nothing happens to him in the film.

* SlidingScaleOfAdaptationModification: Near-Identical Adaptation. The film is mostly loyal to the first novel. The differences are generally minor. Three characters receive name changes, one character is younger and more attractive than her book counterpart, three characters are of different age than their book counterparts, two characters who survive the original novel are killed in the film, Natalie Dashkov kills a different person than the one she killed in the novel (Ray instead of Mr. Nagy), Lissa does not practice SelfHarm, and some minor book characters do not appear at all in the films. The most obvious change comes from the style of clothes the characters wear. In the books, the students of the Academy wear regular street clothes. It is a sore spot for Rose that she can't afford decent clothing, at one point wearing clothes she received from the Salvation Army. In the films, both Moroi and dhampir students wear school uniforms. Rose wears a relatively stylish uniform.

** The teacher Mr. Nagy is renamed to Mr. Meisner. His role is mostly the same, trying to humiliate students by reading their secret notes aloud. Only instead of a note by Rose and Lissa (as in the book), he reads a note from Mia.

** Queen Tatiana Ivashkov is said to be in her early 60s in the books. In the film, she is played by 49-year-old Joely Richardson.

* DeathByAdaptation: [[spoiler:Oscar the cat. He appears briefly in the first novel, as the pet of a human roommate of Lissa and Rose. In the film, Oscar is Lissa's pet. The discovery of his corpse traumatizes her. ]]

* DeathByAdaptation: [[spoiler:Oscar the cat]].
* FilmOfTheBook

* AdaptationDyeJob: In the Book, Natalie Dashkov has Black hair, in the Film, her hair is Brown.

* AgeLift: Headmistress Ellen Kirova is described as a grey-haired woman in the books. Making her at least middle-aged. In the film, Kirova is played by 35-year-old Creator/OlgaKurylenko.
** A minor case in the role of teacher Sonya Karp. According to her appearance in the ''{{Bloodlines}}'' series, Sonya is still in her late 20s. She is played by 30-year-old Claire Foy.

* AdaptationDyeJob: In the Book, Natalie Dashkov has Black hair, in the Film, It's Brown.

* BittersweetEnding: This is in effect the ending to the series. On the sweet side: 1) Lissa rises to the throne with the intention to push necessary reforms to both Moroi and dhampir lives. 2) The relationship of Rose and Dimitri is safely accepted and their careers as guardians are secure. On the bitter side: 1) Jill is now a Princess and is exposed to the dangers of life at Court. 2) Adrian is brokenhearted after Rose ends their relationship. His vices return. 3) Eddie Castile is in trouble after killing a Moroi in self-defense. His once promising career as a guardian is in jeopardy. 4) Sydney Sage is in trouble with the Alchemists after helping the fugitive Rose. The spinoff series ''{{Bloodlines}}'' follows te fates of all four characters with bitter endings.