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''TabletopGame/OldWorldOfDarkness'' popularized this trope, but there were some earlier examples. Compare MonsterMash, where they're cooperative, if not friendly. A subtrope of CoolVersusAwesome. In many cases, the most powerful vampires and werewolves could end locked on a ArrogantGodVsRagingMonster rivalry.

* While mostly averted in ''Manga/DanceInTheVampireBund'', where werewolves are elite bodyguards for the vampiric royal lines, Mina forces her BodyguardCrush to fight her in a brutal hand to hand fight at the end of an early arc. And while in theory all werewolves, like all vampires, are loyal to the Tepes bloodline, this is a fairly recent condition with many remaining unburied grudges; while the entire species don't seem to have ever been at war there are a ''lot'' of clans and bloodlines rendered extinct within the last few centuries at each other's hands.

* In 1974, the Dracula/Wolfman rivalry was present in Creator/MarvelComics, and could be seen throughout ''ComicBook/TheTombOfDracula #18'' and ''ComicBook/WerewolfByNight #15''. In ''Werewolf By Night'' v2 #6 a trio of vampires assault Jack and refer to him as 'dog', 'cur' and 'animal', but a fourth later apologizes for his friends' behavior. It's implied all this was part of a set-up, but due to the series being CutShort the nature of the rivalry is never made entirely clear.

* In season five of ''Series/{{Angel}}'' our hero fights and kills a werewolf. Though there isn't isn't any indication of a general rivalry between vampires and werewolves, and Angel also briefly ''dates'' a werewolf (who'd been turned by the one he killed).

** In the episode "The Secret", an orphan is adopted by a wealthy, childless couple, who turn out to be vampires. After they hunt him down at the end, the child reveals he's a werewolf, and promptly kills them.
** In the episode "Werewolf Concerto", a group of guests at a secluded hotel suspect one of them is a werewolf. In the end, the guest played by Timothy Dalton turns out to be the lycanthrope, but is killed by another guest, Beverly D'Angelo, who turns out to be a vampire.

* ''TabletopGame/OneNightUltimateWerewolf'' has an expansion called ''One Night Ultimate Vampire'' and the two can be combined. (There's also an expansion called ''One Night Ultimate Werewolf Daybreak'' which adds additional werewolf roles. This can also be combined with ''Vampire''.) The combination can result in a werewolf against vampire battle with human villagers caught in the middle. The general rule is that the werewolf or vampire side wins if all their members survive while the villagers win if a werewolf and vampire are killed.

* ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaLegacyOfDarkness'' fits this trope nicely. It not only has a higher than usual number of vampires, but lead character Cornell is a werewolf.

* ''VideoGame/KillerInstinct'' alows players to set up matches between Sabrewulf (a pseudo-alchemical werewolf) and Mira (a former demon hunter turned vampire.) They even have special dialogue in the Shadow Lords campaign mode against each other showing quite the mutual dislike for one another.

* Both played straight AND subverted - albeit in a fictional space - in an arc of ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive''. Sarah has entered a random-draw TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering tournament, and the theme of the relevant expansion-pack is basically 'Vampires and Werewolves' - so she's planning to make a themed '[[NinjaPirateZombieRobot Werewolves riding flying unicorns]]' deck. However, she winds up with a large collection of vampires, including a ludicrously overpowered 'Legendary' vampire, and finds herself wondering if she should discard her original 'theme' in favor of building a vampire-centric deck that might actually enable her to WIN the tournament, or at least put in a damn good showing. Cue a mental debate between her 'Vampiric' side and her 'Werewolf' side, that eventually turns violent... even as [[http://www.egscomics.com/index.php?id=1871 she realizes that she could make a NEW themed deck based around vampire-werewolf COOPERATION!]]
** In the main story, interestingly enough, both vampires and werewolves exist - albeit [[OurVampiresAreDifferent a bit]] [[OurWerebeastsAreDifferent different]] - but there's been no known meetings between the two, nor any particular conflict or enemity.

* ''ComicBook/TarotWitchOfTheBlackRose'' has a were-cat named Boo Cat in a sexual relationship with a vampire named Liquorice Dust. At least 3 of the vampire's friends don't mind, and have joined in. However, the same issue had a werewolf who had very different ideas on inter-species romances. It also featured an {{Anvilicious}} speech, a {{Stripperiffic}} Little Red Riding Hood costume, and an example of why you shouldn't try to force your tongue down the throat of an angry were-creature.

* In the comic book ''ComicBook/YoungJustice'', [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Wendy the Werewolf Stalker's]] creator, [[Creator/JossWhedon Joe Westin]] is revealed to be a vampire, and is writing the show so that people will hate werewolves.

* ''Fanfic/ABoyAGirlAndADogTheLeithianScript'': Just like in the original ''[[Literature/TheSilmarillion book]]'', werewolves and wampires do NOT get along in this setting. Werewolves despised vampires like “rats with wings” and vampires regarded wolves like big bullies.

* In the Horror-tropes dimension Skeeve visited in one of the ''Literature/MythAdventures'' novels, vampires are city folk, and look down on werewolves as country bumpkins (who likewise look down on vampires as shallow yuppies).

* In ''Series/TrueBlood'', the first few encounters between vampires and werewolves (starting with Bill and some weres in Season 3) are what we modern folk expect--seemingly standard Fur Against Fang encounters. [[spoiler:But then the situation is subverted, because all of the werewolves are under the control of a vampire, which is one of the first clues about Russell Edgington's awesome level of power]]. It's still not clear whether the standard version of the trope would be in effect if not for that, but it seems to be implied, since [[spoiler:Edgington's control seems to be based on the vampire blood he's giving the wolves, which makes it like a drug addiction.]]

* As noted above, this trope is '''way''' NewerThanTheyThink, originating from the TabletopGame/OldWorldOfDarkness in the 1990`s. In Slavic folk religion, vampires and werewolves were seen as flipsides of the same creature, with werewolves becoming vampires after death.

* Even though the ''TabletopGame/OldWorldOfDarkness'' has a reputation for popularizing this trope, this reputation is ''vastly'' overstated. For starters, the rivalry is one-sided; Werewolves view the undead as an affront to their spiritual nature (vampires under a certain level of humanity register as tainted by the Wyrm, who is essentially werewolf Satan), but Vampires have no collective opinion on shapeshifters other than "Don't start a fight with one unless you know you can finish it--and you probably can't finish it." However, all but the most [[TheFundamentalist fundamentalist]] of Werewolves will tolerate a FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire and even work with one if their interests align, and it's an OpenSecret that certain Werewolf tribes like the Glass Walkers, Bone Gnawers, and Uktena maintain Camarilla contacts. The only vampire factions the Werewolves consider evil beyond all debate are the Sabbat--with good reason, since the Sabbat are AxCrazy on their good nights--and certain independent clans like the Followers of Set. But otherwise, Kindred and Garou are usually content to avoid each other rather than resorting to all-out war.

** There is a Forsaken tribe (the Iron Masters) who specialize in hunting vampires. However, from werewolves this is actually [[WorthyOpponent a mark of respect]] (there's also a Forsaken tribe who specialize in hunting [[HunterOfHisOwnKind other werewolves]]).

* In the old Basic/Expert/etc TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons system, powerful vampires could use their ability to control wolves, rats, and bats to control ''their lycanthropic equivalents'' as well. Not surprisingly, this made the not-yet-controlled werewolves, wererats and werebats extremely leery of vampires, though they weren't openly at war with them.

* ''Manga/TokimekiTonight'' has the parents of the main character, a vampire and werewolf, fighting quite frequently, and their children treat it like an ordinary occurance. Despite this, they very much love each other. [[LikeAnOldMarriedCouple They have been married 500 years]], so some arguments are bound to happen.

* The first couple of times ComicBook/{{Morbius}} the Living Vampire and ComicBook/WerewolfByNight's paths cross, they end up fighting, but it's not anything personal: Morbius is subject to HorrorHunger and the werewolf will attack anything that moves when it's a full moon. Over the years they grow to be best friends, although the occasional fighting [[VitriolicBestBuds is not something they get rid off entirely]].

* Averted in ''Literature/TheSagaOfDarrenShan''. Vampires-Vampaneze and wolves are in fact from the very same bloodline, and wolves are rather friendly with Vampires. However they really hate Vampaneze, and are more than happy to battle them.

* Averted in Creator/SergeyLukyanenko's ''Literature/NightWatchSeries'', where vampires and werewolves make up the lowest rung on the [[DifferentlyPoweredIndividual Other]] hierarchy. Specifically, they're Dark Others, whose nature seems to change a little from book to book. As such, they have more in common with one another than with the rest of the Others and are universaly loathed by both the Light and the Dark ones. As part of maintaining the Treaty, the Night Watch (i.e. Light Others) are required to give out hunting licenses to vampires and werewolves, picking humans at random. While vampires don't technically have to drain those they feed on, most do. Hunting without a license is punishable by dematerialization.

* Averted in ''Literature/FamilyBites''; Ben Rivers, the patriarch of the werewolf family, who has never met a vampire before, says you can't trust them, but everything he knows he got from his grandfather, whose vampric business partner ran off with the money. As it turns out, the Riverses and Alfonzes get on fine.

* Inverted in ''Series/{{Beetleborgs}}'', where Count Fangula and Wolfgang are close friends who have known each other a long time. In fact, Fangula is always the one who translates for Wolfgang, who only speaks wolf-language.

* The ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'' set [[GothicHorror Innistrad]], vampires and werewolves are symbolic opposites according to WordOfGod: the former represent repressed lust, the latter repressed rage.

* {{Averted}} in ''Webcomic/FangsAndFrights,'' where the two main characters are Nathan and Lyne, a pair of friends who are a vampire and a werewolf, respective. When transformed, Lyne is even aware enough to let Nathan drink from the deer that she's about to eat. Aww.

* In ''Podcast/TheAdventureZoneDust'', a major plot point is the [[FeudingFamilies feud]] between the Blackwell family (vampires) and the Mathis family (werewolves). However, this takes place in a town populated equally by humans, vampires, and werewolves, all of whom live more-or-less hospitably. The aforementioned feud is treated as more of a Hatfields-and-[=McCoys=] affair than anything racially-fueled.

* Even though the ''TabletopGame/OldWorldOfDarkness'' has a reputation for popularizing this trope, this reputation is ''vastly'' overstated. For starters, the rivalry is one-sided; Werewolves view the undead as an affront to their spiritual nature, but Vampires have no collective opinion on shapeshifters other than "Don't start a fight with one unless you know you can finish it." However, all but the most [[TheFundamentalist fundamentalist]] of Werewolves will tolerate a FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire and even work with one if their interests align, and it's an OpenSecret that certain Werewolf tribes like the Glass Walkers, Bone Gnawers, and Uktena maintain Camarilla contacts. The only vampire factions the Werewolves consider evil beyond all debate are the Sabbat and certain independent clans like the Followers of Set. But otherwise, Kindred and Garou are usually content to avoid each other rather than resorting to all-out war.

* Garou in ''TabletopGame/OldWorldOfDarkness'' are ''really'' not fond of vampires, mostly because all vampires whose humanity meter has fallen below a certain level register to their mystical senses as tainted by their ancestral enemy the Wyrm, a spirit of godlike power who fell into corruption long ago and is destroying the world in his madness. Of course, it also doesn't help that the AxCrazy vampire blood cult known as the Sabbat likes to hunt werewolves for sport.

* ''WebOriginal/TheFederalVampireAndZombieAgency'': Averted, the site explains that vampires and werewolves not only do not compete for the same prey but also do not share the same ecosystems.

May result in a VampireWerewolfLoveTriangle, the result of which will be a HybridMonster... or [[HybridOverkillAvoidance a childless marriage]]. If such a work aims to appeal to the fantasies of those attracted to men, then further contrast is likely to be employed by making the werewolf a handsome hairy [[TheBear bear]], while making the vampire a lithe {{Bishonen}} pretty boy. If it's meant to appeal to those attracted to females, the vampire is likely to be TheBeautifulElite while the werewolf will probably be something like a BikerBabe or AmazonianBeauty, and likely to take wearing clothes more as a suggestion than a rule (because ShapeshiftingExcludesClothing is probably in effect).

* Averted in ''LightNovel/VampireHunterD:'' The werewolf Mashira is on friendly terms with the vampire Mayerling.

* ''ComicBook/RequiemVampireKnight'': The vampires and werewolves are hostile towards each other, but that's because ALL supernatural races are that way in Resurrection. They're just as likely (probably even moreso) to punch in the face of a zombie or ghoul, which are lower on the general food chain than they are. Interestingly, vampires are the reincarnation of people who knowingly committed acts of evil for their own gratification. Werewolves are the reincarnation of people who did evil in the name of good. Lady Claudia Demona even uses a mind-controlled Torquemada (the biggest werewolf on the planet) as a sex toy.

* ''VideoGame/{{Bloodborne}}'' could be one of the most roundabout versions of this trope yet. [[NotUsingTheZedWord The terms for werewolves and vampires are never used]], but there are nevertheless strong undertones of lycanthropy and vampirism in the setting. The people of Yharnam use blood for medicinal purposes, intoxication, and even as a substitute for sex, and the Scourge of Beasts that is afflicting them irreversibly transforms people into ravenous wolf-like monstrosities called Beasts. And it's the player's job to kill the Beasts after receiving a transfusion of Yharnam blood that gives them all manner of supernatural abilities.

May result in a VampireWerewolfLoveTriangle, the result of which will be a HybridMonster... or [[HybridOverkillAvoidance a childless marriage]]. If such a work aims to appeal to the fantasies of those attracted to men, then further contrast is likely to be employed by making the werewolf a handsome hairy [[TheBear bear]], while making the vampire a lithe {{Bishonen}} pretty boy.

As a whole, this trope might be NewerThanTheyThink. In many legends and folklore that mention both vampires and werewolves, the two are not only not antagonistic to one another, they are often ''connected or are one thing'', such as one belief that an improperly disposed of werewolf would actually come back as a vampire.

* ''Manga/TokimekiTonight'' has the parents of the main character, a vampire and werewolf, fighting quite frequently, and their children treat it like an ordinary occurance. Despite this, they very much love each other.

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* In 1974, the Dracula/Wolfman rivalry was present in Creator/MarvelComics, and could be seen throughout ''Comicbook/TheTombOfDracula #18'' and ''ComicBook/WerewolfByNight #15''. In ''Werewolf By Night'' v2 #6 a trio of vampires assault Jack and refer to him as 'dog', 'cur' and 'animal', but a fourth later apologizes for his friends' behavior. It's implied all this was part of a set-up, but due to the series being CutShort the nature of the rivalry is never made entirely clear.

* One playable team in VideoGame/{{Touhou}} ''Imperishable Night'' includes the vampire [[YourVampiresSuck Remillia Scarlet]], and Keine Kamishirasawa (who is a [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent werehakutaku]]) is the stage 3 boss. Keine's got more of an initial issue with Remilia's human partner, but Remilia ''loves'' to play the heel...

* In ''Videogame/DarkestDungeon'', with the ''Crimson Court'' expansion this can be [[InvokedTrope invoked]] by taking [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent the Abomination]] against the Bloodsuckers of the titular Crimson Court. While his human form's blighting abilities are only somewhat useful against the Bloodsuckers, his stunning abilities are very effective against most of the creatures, and his beast form is quite effective at dealing direct damage.

* The online game ''VideoGame/AdventureQuest'' borrows much from the ''Underworld'' movies, and the Vampire/Werewolf conflict consumes most of the Film/HammerHorror section known as Darkovia. And ''then'' there are the [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot Werepyres]]. And '''then''' they added [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot DRACOpyres]]: a mix of vampire, werewolf and ''[[UpToEleven dragon]]''.

* While generally averted in the ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls'' series as noted below, in ''[[Videogame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim Skyrim]]'', Lord Harkon, leader of the Volhikar vampire clan, is outright disdainful of werewolves, offering his own vampiric blood to cleanse the "filth" from a werewolf PlayerCharacter if they choose.

* Webcomic/{{Dark Moon The Blood Altar}} involves two groups of students - one comprising of vampires and the other of werewolves - from opposing schools who happen to be rivals in sports ''and'' in species.

* In ''VideoGame/{{Splatoon 2}}'', the theme of the October 2017 Splatfest for North America and Oceania was "Vampires vs. Werewolves".
* In ''Videogame/{{Vampyr}}'', "werewolves" are actually a subspecies of vampires known as Vulkods, and some of them are feral monsters referred to as "sewer beasts" due to the [[HatePlague Blood of Hate]]. Like most other vampires afflicted by the Blood of Hate, they are enemies that Jonathan has to fight while traversing the streets of London.

* '' WebOriginal/TheFederalVampireAndZombieAgency'': Averted, the site explains that vampires and werewolves not only do not compete for the same prey but also do not share the same ecosystems.

* This trope has been excised from the ''TabletopGame/NewWorldOfDarkness'' (''TabletopGame/VampireTheRequiem'' and ''TabletopGame/WerewolfTheForsaken''). Whether vampires and werewolves fight against each other or work together is wholly dependent on their personal choices, although the standard seems to be that they are content to stay away from each other out of mutual fear of the unknown. In mixed groups, InterspeciesRomance is usually the first thing that happens.

* In the ''donghua'' version of ''Webcomic/AllSaintsStreet'', Ira has it out for Da Mao. Averted in the original comic, where they get along no better than the rest of the apartment's tenants.

* Even though the ''TabletopGame/OldWorldOfDarkness'' has a reputation for popularizing this trope, this reputation is ''vastly'' overstated. For starters, the rivalry is one-sided; Werewolves view the undead as an affront to their spiritual nature, but Vampires have no collective opinion on shapeshifters other than "Don't start a fight with one unless you know you can finish it." However, all but the most [[TheFundamentalist fundamentalist]] of Werewolves will tolerate a FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire and even work with one if their interests align, and it's an OpenSecret that certain Werewolf tribes like the Glass Walkers, Shadow Lords, and Uktena maintain Camarilla contacts. The only vampire factions the Werewolves consider evil beyond all debate are the Sabbat and certain independent clans like the Followers of Set. But otherwise, Kindred and Garou are usually content to avoid each other rather than resorting to all-out war.

* Even though the ''TabletopGame/OldWorldOfDarkness'' has a reputation for popularizing this trope, this reputation is ''vastly'' overstated. For starters, the rivalry is one-sided; Werewolves view all undead as an affront to their spiritual nature, but Vampires have no collective opinion on shapeshifters other than not to start a fight with one unless you know you can finish it. However, all but the most [[TheFundamentalist fundamentalist]] of Werewolves will tolerate a FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire and even work with one if their interests align, and it's an OpenSecret that some Werewolf tribes like the Glass Walkers, Shadow Lords, and Uktena maintain Camarilla contacts. The only vampire factions the Werewolves consider evil beyond all debate are the Sabbat and certain independent clans like the Followers of Set. But otherwise, Kindred and Garou are usually content to avoid each other rather than resorting to all-out war.

* Even though the ''TabletopGame/OldWorldOfDarkness'' has a reputation for popularizing this trope, this reputation is ''vastly'' overstated. For starters, the rivalry is one-sided; Werewolves view all undead as an affront to their spiritual nature, but Vampires have no collective opinion on shapeshifters other than not to start a one-on-one fight with one unless you know you can finish it. However, all but the most [[TheFundamentalist fundamentalist]] of Werewolves will tolerate a FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire and even work with one if their interests align, and it's an OpenSecret that some Werewolf tribes like the Glass Walkers, Shadow Lords, and Uktena maintain Camarilla contacts. The only vampire factions the Werewolves consider evil beyond all debate are the Sabbat and certain independent clans like the Followers of Set. But otherwise, Kindred and Garou are usually content to avoid each other rather than resorting to all-out war.

* Even though the ''TabletopGame/OldWorldOfDarkness'' has a reputation for popularizing this trope, its actual presence in the game books seldom reaches the levels described here. Vampires and Werewolves are usually content to avoid each other, and the only vampire factions the Werewolves consider evil beyond all debate are the Sabbat and certain independent clans like the Followers of Set. Some Werewolf tribes like the Wendigo and Red Talons take a hard stance against all vampires, while others like the Glass Walkers, Shadow Lords, and Uktena will work with the Camarilla when their interests align.

* In ''TabletopGame/OldWorldOfDarkness'', werewolves and vampires generally ''hate'' each other because werewolves see vampires as agents of their sworn enemy, the Wyrm (a monster bent towards eternal suffering and decay). Vampires are generally confined to the cities and werewolves to rural areas, though each side has at least one faction that prefers the opposing setting and generally gets along better with the opposing side. Werewolves are much more physically powerful than most vampires, being able to turn into murder monsters with claws that carve through most vampire defenses. Vampires, on the other hand, can easily use silver, have trickier magical abilities than werewolves, and can grow much more powerful as they age, turning the conflict into something of a LinearWarriorsQuadraticWizards arrangement.

* Shown in ''Webcomic/{{Shifters}}'' where {{Werebeasts}} and [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Vampires]] most definitely do NOT like each other.
* {{Webcomic/Dark Moon The Blood Altar}} involves two groups of students - one comprising of vampires and the other of werewolves - from opposing schools who happen to be rivals in sports ''and'' in species.

* {{Webcomic/Dark Moon The Blood Altar}} involves two groups of students - one comprising of vampires and the other of werewolves - from opposing schools who happen to be rivals in sports ''and'' in species.

* {{''Webcomic/Dark Moon The Blood Altar''}} which involves two groups of students - one comprising of vampires and the other of werewolves - from opposing schools who happen to be rivals in sports ''and'' in species.

* ''Webcomic/Dark Moon The Blood Altar'' which involves two groups of students - one comprising of vampires and the other of werewolves - from opposing schools who happen to be rivals in sports 'and' in species.

* Seeing as both are playable in ''VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}}'' you can set this up between Demitri and Jon. To a lesser extent, this could also apply to Morrigan and Felicia.