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* ''ComicBook/{{Preacher}}'': The vampire Cassidy has no fangs, eats human food (but with lots of rare steak), and drinks vast amounts of alcohol. The only traditional vampiric weakness he displays is that direct sunlight ignites him, and in the comic version he always wears shades due to, it's finally revealed, having red irises and very bloodshot whites.

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* ''ComicBook/{{Preacher}}'': The vampire Cassidy has no fangs, eats human food (but with lots of rare steak), and drinks vast amounts of alcohol. The only traditional vampiric weakness he displays is that direct sunlight ignites him, and in the comic version he always wears shades due to, it's finally revealed, to having red irises and very bloodshot whites.
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* In ''ComicBook/{{Preacher}}'', and its TV adaptation, the vampire Cassidy has no fangs, eats human food (but with lots of rare steak), and drinks vast amounts of alcohol. The only traditional vampiric weakness he displays is that direct sunlight ignites him, and in the comic version he always wears shades due to, it's finally revealed, having red irises and very bloodshot whites.

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* In ''ComicBook/{{Preacher}}'', and its TV adaptation, the ''ComicBook/{{Preacher}}'': The vampire Cassidy has no fangs, eats human food (but with lots of rare steak), and drinks vast amounts of alcohol. The only traditional vampiric weakness he displays is that direct sunlight ignites him, and in the comic version he always wears shades due to, it's finally revealed, having red irises and very bloodshot whites.
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* ''WebVideo/{{Smosh}}'': Discussed and defied in "Twilight: New Moon Deleted Scenes 1". [[Literature/{{Twilight}} Bella]] asks Edward if vampires defecate, to which he responds that [[NobodyPoops they don't]]. Bella is confused because ''Literature/EveryonePoops'' says that everybody does that.

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* ''WebVideo/{{Smosh}}'': Discussed and defied in "Twilight: New Moon Deleted Scenes 1". [[Literature/{{Twilight}} [[Literature/TheTwilightSaga Bella]] asks Edward if vampires defecate, to which he responds that [[NobodyPoops they don't]]. Bella is confused because ''Literature/EveryonePoops'' says that everybody does that.
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* ''Webcomic/{{Erma}}'': Erma and her mother Emiko are technically ghosts, [[StringyHairedGhostGirl Onryo]] specifically. Despite this, both of them where born naturally, have grown and developed, and otherwise do all the things a living person does including eating and sleeping. Really, the only thing distinguishing them from a normal living human is the assortment of supernatural powers they both possess and their UndeathlyPalor.

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* ''Webcomic/{{Erma}}'': Erma and her mother Emiko are technically ghosts, [[StringyHairedGhostGirl Onryo]] specifically. Despite this, both of them where born naturally, have grown and developed, and otherwise do all the things a living person does including eating and sleeping. Really, the only thing distinguishing them from a normal living human is the assortment of supernatural powers they both possess and their UndeathlyPalor.UndeathlyPallor.
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* ''Webcomic/{{Erma}}'': Erma and her mother Emiko are technically ghosts, [[StringyHairedGhostGirl Onryo]] specifically. Despite this, both of them where born naturally, have grown and developed, and otherwise do all the things a living person does including eating and sleeping. Really, the only thing distinguishing them from a normal living human is the assortment of supernatural powers they both possess and their UndeathlyPalor.
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* ''Literature/SaintessSummonsSkeletons'': Alith is technically a ghost, having died on (some version of) Earth and then being summoned by Sofia. However, the System gives her a [Human form] skill that lets her become effectively human at will (so long as she's in an environment that the System can reach, and remains connected to the spiritual plane). She can eat and drink -- although she doesn't actually need to -- sleep, you name it. [[spoiler:She can even ''be eaten'', [[LetsMeetTheMeat volunteering herself]] as emergency rations when she and Sofia are trapped in Zangdar for months.]] She still counts as undead, though, so skills like [Heal Undead] work on her.
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* ''VideoGame/ShadowGambitTheCursedCrew'': The crew of the ''Red Marley'' are undead pirates, but they often mention eating, drinking, smoking tobacco, and sleeping. Some of them can't swim, implying that breathing is necessary as well.
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* Kureiji Ollie from ''WebAnimation/{{Hololive}}'' is a RevenantZombie. She was brought back to life for reasons that have never been fully elaborated, and she can detach her limbs at will. That said, she still needs to eat, go to the bathroom, and attend to any other normal bodily functions. As with every other idol, she occasionally needs to go to an "[[UnusualEuphemism idol meeting]]".

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* Kureiji Ollie from ''WebAnimation/{{Hololive}}'' is a RevenantZombie. She was brought back to life for reasons that have never been fully elaborated, and she can detach her limbs at will. That said, she still needs to eat, go to the bathroom, and attend to any other normal bodily functions. As with every other idol, she occasionally needs to go to an "[[UnusualEuphemism idol meeting]]".meeting]]" (bathroom break).
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* ''Advertising/MonsterCereals'': Four of the five monsters (Count Chocula, Frankenberry, Boo Berry, and Fruity Yummy Mummy) are undead creatures. Despite this, they still shill and eat their trademark cereals and are often seen sleeping.

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* ''Advertising/MonsterCereals'': Four Five of the five six monsters (Count Chocula, Frankenberry, Boo Berry, and Fruity Yummy Mummy) Mummy, and Carmella Creeper) are undead creatures. Despite this, they still shill and eat their trademark cereals and are often seen sleeping.
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* ''Manga/YuunaAndTheHauntedHotSprings'': Aside from having supernatural powers (floating, telekinesis, altering her clothes at will), Yuuna is more like an invisible human than a ghost. She eats, drinks and sleeps, and even the way she's "bound" to a location is much looser than for other ghosts. She can leave the titular hot sprints whenever she pleases; she's only bound to ''sleep'' in a specific room at the resort (and will end up back in her room if she falls asleep elsewhere). [[spoiler:Eventually Yuuna even finds out that it's possible for her to get pregnant, if her partner is a man with sufficiently high spiritual power.]]
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* Ayumu Aikawa, the protagonist of ''LightNovel/IsThisAZombie'', was revived by a necromancer after he was killed, but other than drying up like a prune when under the sunlight, he looks and acts just as he did when alive.

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* Ayumu Aikawa, the protagonist of ''LightNovel/IsThisAZombie'', ''Literature/IsThisAZombie'', was revived by a necromancer after he was killed, but other than drying up like a prune when under the sunlight, he looks and acts just as he did when alive.
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* Normally undead in ''LightNovel/TheDeathMageWhoDoesntWantAFourthTime'' are mindless creatures that want to kill all living beings, but thanks to Vandalieu and his [Death Charm] attribute, undead of all sorts regain their sanity and memories from when they were alive, and act accordingly.

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* Normally Normally, undead in ''LightNovel/TheDeathMageWhoDoesntWantAFourthTime'' ''Literature/TheDeathMageWhoDoesntWantAFourthTime'' are mindless creatures that want to kill all living beings, but thanks to Vandalieu and his [Death Charm] attribute, undead of all sorts regain their sanity and memories from when they were alive, and act accordingly.
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* The inhabitants of the Land of the Dead in ''Videogame/GrimFandango'' retain the ability to eat, drink, sleep, and (one presumes) have sex, despite existing in the liminal space between their human death and their eternal destiny. They can even smoke without taking ill effects (since they're, y'know, ''dead'').
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* Normally undead in ''LightNovel/TheDeathMageWhoDoesntWantAFourthTime'' are mindless creatures that want to kill all living beings, but thanks to Vandalieu and his [Death Charm] attribute, undead of all sorts regain their sanity and memories from when they were alive, and act accordingly.
* Ayumu Aikawa, the protagonist of ''LightNovel/IsThisAZombie'', was revived by a necromancer after he was killed, but other than drying up like a prune when under the sunlight, he looks and acts just as he did when alive.
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* ''TabletopGame/VampireTheMasquerade'': Vampires can expend blood points to temporarily ape being alive, including blushing, breathing naturally and functioning sexually. The higher your Humanity the cheaper this becomes, to the degree that [[ProHumanTranshuman high-Humanity (9 or 10) vampires]] can fall under this trope all the time as long as they remember to do it. A Quality is still needed to eat normally though.
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* In ''[[Literature/NightmaresAndDreamscapes Night Flier]]'', by Creator/StephenKing, a vampire uses a urinal. This is a massive shock to a human also in the restroom at the time, since the (rather bloody) urine is visible in a mirror, while the body producing it is not.
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Horny Devils was renamed to Succubi And Incubi, and Hot As Hell was retooled into being about attractive and seductive demons


Compare RidiculouslyHumanRobot for the robot equivalent, and NoBiochemicalBarriers for the alien equivalent. Also compare OurZombiesAreDifferent and HornyDevils. Contrast TechnicallyLivingZombie, for when someone ''is'' living, but seems very much like an undead person, and TheNeedless, which is when a character (who may be undead) ''doesn't'' have biological needs. Can overlap with ToiletHumour if it involves using the bathroom, burping, or farting.

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Compare RidiculouslyHumanRobot for the robot equivalent, and NoBiochemicalBarriers for the alien equivalent. Also compare OurZombiesAreDifferent and HornyDevils.HotAsHell. Contrast TechnicallyLivingZombie, for when someone ''is'' living, but seems very much like an undead person, and TheNeedless, which is when a character (who may be undead) ''doesn't'' have biological needs. Can overlap with ToiletHumour if it involves using the bathroom, burping, or farting.

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