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* ''VideoGame/ChampionsOfNorrath'' has a Dark Elf vampire named Sylea. She looks like she invokes the EvilIsSexy trope, but is actually more akin to a FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire and prefers to sate her urges by feasting on bloodvine flowers.

* ZigZagged by TokenEvilTeammate Astarion in ''VideoGame/BaldursGateIII''. After his true nature is revealed he states "I only feed on beasts, mindless creatures! You know, [[BreadEggsMilkSquick boars, deer, kobolds]]." However, after being accepted by the PlayerCharacter he'll happily add their enemies to the list, debuffing them while healing and buffing himself.

* ''Series/InterviewWithTheVampire2022'': By 2022, Louis de Pointe du Lac has become one, only feeding on animals, donor blood, or [[VoluntaryVampireVictim volunteers]] like Damek and Rashid. He claims not to have killed any human since 2000. Louis also had a stint of vegetarianism from 1917 to 1937 where he limited his diet to animal blood (the one blip during this time period is when he drained Alderman Fenwick to death, a racist AssholeVictim). However, it ended when Lestat de Lioncourt and Claudia convinced him to resume eating humans after they criticized Louis for his air of superiority for being a vegetarian.

* In ''Literature/TheSanguineChronicles'' vampire-werewolf hybrid Marko eats a lot of blood sausage and bacon to satisfy the cravings from both his strigoi strains.

[[caption-width-right:277:All things considered, he's [[OverlyNarrowSuperlative the third-least angst-ridden]] [[HybridMonster vampire-mallard]] in history.]]

* Chipz from ''Website/AscensionAcademy'' has refused to drink blood of any kind, fueled by his loathing of Vampires. He was turned without choice when he was very young after vampires had already slaughtered his family. For a time he was force-fed blood, but he never willingly drank. Now that he is away from the other Vampires he has had the freedom to forgo feeding for much longer- far longer than should be possible according to Victor. Vampires should begin to go rabid and transform into a Vargheist after mere months without blood, but Chipz has not gone a full two years without feeding, which confuses Victor greatly.

* Chipz from ''WebOriginal/AscensionAcademy'' has refused to drink blood of any kind, fueled by his loathing of Vampires. He was turned without choice when he was very young after vampires had already slaughtered his family. For a time he was force-fed blood, but he never willingly drank. Now that he is away from the other Vampires he has had the freedom to forgo feeding for much longer- far longer than should be possible according to Victor. Vampires should begin to go rabid and transform into a Vargheist after mere months without blood, but Chipz has not gone a full two years without feeding, which confuses Victor greatly.

* An episode of ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' had a group of vampires who fed on cows to avoid notice from hunters. [[VanHelsingHateCrimes Gordon]] didn't care.
** The fact that they had to kill the cows is something of a head-scratcher because it was made pretty clear the previous season that it took an entire coven of vampires weeks to drain a pair of victims. Why not just drink a little from a different cow every night? How much blood could they really need if it takes them so long to kill humans?
** It's probably that they need more blood from animals than from humans.

* Felix Gomez, the protagonist of Mario Acevedo's VampireDetectiveSeries, subsisted on animal blood from the time he was turned until near the climax of the first novel. This led his powers to gradually fade to the point where it became clear that he would have to change his diet in order to survive the story.

* Rachel Alucard from ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'' only sucked someone's blood once, and that's because said person is dying and can only be saved by turning him into a {{Dhampyr}} through the bite. And for the rest of time, she prefers drinking high-class tea, when she's not snarking everyone she comes across or beating up her familiars.

* In the ''Film/{{Underworld}}'' series, one of the vampires' many legitimate businesses is that of making artificial blood that has uses both for them and the medical community at large. This is not by choice, though. The non-killing policy was instituted by Victor in order to keep humans from attacking them. A policy he himself routinely violated but strictly enforced. They started with animal blood, then donor blood, then blood substitutes, then cloned blood.

->''"He won't bite beast or man, cause he's a vegetarian\\
and things never run to plan for... DUCKULA!"''
-->-- '''Theme song''' for ''WesternAnimation/CountDuckula''

* While not strictly vampires, some Ghouls from ''Manga/TokyoGhoul'' employ alternate methods to survive without having to kill humans. The coffee shop ''Anteiku'' serves as a sort of "food bank" for the community, providing human meat scavenged from suicides or leftover kills. This same method was practiced by [[CainAndAbel Touka and Ayato]]'s father, who became known as the "Corpse Collector" because he scavenged Human and Ghoul remains to feed his family. It didn't earn him any [[VanHelsingHateCrimes mercy]], when Investigators from [[HunterOfMonsters CCG]] caught him.

* ''Film/TheresaAndAllison'': When she's being oriented into vampire society, Theresa's told they have access to many blood banks if she doesn't want to kill for it. Theresa already considered feeding on rats because killing humans for blood left her [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone extremely guilty]]. However, she'd told this doesn't work-it only makes vampires sick. Theresa signs up with the blood bank program right away, feeling [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone quite guilty]] about having fed on people lethally.

* There's a book called ''Suck It Up'' where the main character is a vampire who's never drunk blood of any sort; instead he lives on a soy substitute.

* Samantha Moon of the ''Vampire for Hire'' series had subsisted entirely on blood from the butcher shop for the six years before the start of the first book. It's frequently noted that it allows her to survive, but the various chemicals and impurities make her sick to her stomach. Human blood, particularly blood drawn recently from the living, not only tastes infinitely better but also gives her more power. Although she has yet to drink directly from an unwilling victim, she's been sliding down a slippery slope toward that end.

* The Dracula from Dennis Jürgensen's ''Freddy'' series has learned to subside on red, raspberry flavored soda, which also happens to have the side effect of removing his weakness to sunlight.

* In the ''Film/{{Underworld}}'' series, one of the vampires' many legitimate businesses is that of making artificial blood that has uses both for them and the medical community at large.
** This is not by choice, though. The non-killing policy was instituted by Victor in order to keep humans from attacking them. A policy he himself routinely violated but strictly enforced. They started with animal blood, then donor blood, then blood substitutes, then cloned blood.

* Nezuko of ''Manga/DemonSlayerKimetsuNoYaiba'', unlike all other demons, refuses to devour humans. She still has their trademark HorrorHunger, so she keeps a chunk of bamboo in her mouth at all times to ensure she doesn't lose control and bite someone. The tradeoff is that she has to spend a lot of time sleeping to regain energy; man-eating demons seem to run at full throttle 24/7. Another demon, Tamayo, has found a way to suppress her HorrorHunger and can even work as a doctor without being overwhelmed by the smell of her patients' blood; she uses her profession to take blood "transfusions" from willing donors to sate her hunger.

* The ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'' fic ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/22302946/chapters/53269705#workskin An Issue of Blood]]'' puts a twist on the trope; most modern vampires live on animal blood with the occasional supplement of human blood from blood banks to satisfy their nutritional needs. This lifestyle has the convenient side effect of curing a vampire's weakness to both sunlight and silver. However, a minority of vampires still feed solely on human blood, and while most of them make agrements with willing donors, some like to do it the old-fashioned way. One of the latter type coming to town and choosing Marinette as his next victim kicks off the plot.

* [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Fluttershy]] in ''FanFic/{{Nosflutteratu}}'' survives by mostly drinking blood donated from the local blood bank, with the occasional drink from a willing donor.

* Zig-zagged in the ''Literature/{{Evernight}}'' series. Most of the [[FriendlyNeighbourhoodVampire friendlier vampires]] live primarily on animal blood; however even they occasionally drink human blood. Adrian and Celia keep human blood from blood banks in their apartment as "treats", whilst [[spoiler:Bianca]] frequently feeds off [[spoiler:Lucas]], [[KissOfTheVampire who actually rather enjoys this]]. Bianca makes a point of stating that being a veggie vamp is easier for most vampires because humans have a tendency to to scream and fight back (she likens it to trying to eat a hamburger that can punch you in the face). However, Balthazar states that all vampires need to consume human blood at some point, as animal blood alone doesn't cut it and could result in some SanitySlippage. However, the nicer vampires prefer using blood banks or willing donors than just jumping on people.

** Vampires behave similarly in ''VideoGame/TheSims4''[='=]s ''Vampires'' expansion. You can choose to subsist on plasma fruit (which can be made into salads and juice) and plasma packs (made from fish and frogs) or find a willing donor. There's even an aspiration, Good Vampire, for playing a vampire Sim as this. [[EvilIsEasy It's not an easy path]], though, as plasma only replenishes a small bit of your thirst compared to biting someone, and it can be difficult to convince a human Sim to let you suck their blood.

* In ComicBook/DisneyMouseAndDuckComics, many strange vampires appear. In one comic, good vampires eat blood soup and blood sausage. One story was a parody of ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' with werewolf-like farmers and a beautiful family (husband, wife, and little child) of vampire-like beetroot-eaters. Another parody of ''Twilight'' included Daisy as a duck in love with Donald as a member of a clan of vampires eating vegetables. There is also a parody of ''Literature/{{Dracula}}'' where vampires make their victims eat beetroot and feed on victims' energy when the victims turn into beetroot themselves.

* ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'': The Cullens call themselves "vegetarians" because they feed on animals, not people. It is the reason why they have golden eyes, as vampires who feed on human blood have dark red eyes. However, they aren't perfect - Edward went through a five-year period (1927-1931) where he left the family and fed exclusively on human criminals, but eventually gave it up and returned to his animal diet; Emmett is mentioned to have lost control around two "singers" - humans whose blood smelled particularly attractive to him; and Jasper, among the newest members of the coven and the one still having difficulty adjusting from his previously human diet, instigates the events of ''New Moon'' when Bella's paper cut blood briefly overwhelms him. The Cullen family's allied coven, the Denali, also practice the same diet and have the same golden eyes.

* Zigzagged in the Series/TalesFromTheCrypt episode "The Reluctant Vampire." Creator/MalcolmMcDowell plays Donald [[MeaningfulName Longtooth]], a meek vampire who avoids killing humans by working as the night guard at a blood bank. When the manager announces the bank is in trouble due to a shortage, a contrite Longtooth decides to fill the coffers himself. He can't bring himself to kill innocent people so he attacks criminals, asking them medical questions beforehand. These kills are comedic, especially for ''Tales'' with Longtooth using an IV in the neck, then using the Heimlich maneuver and even jumping on bellies to get all the blood out. These actions are only part of the story...

* ''Series/InterviewWithTheVampire2022'': By 2022, Louis de Pointe du Lac has become one, only feeding on animals or donor blood (he also has [[VoluntaryVampireVictim volunteers]] like Damek and Rashid who allow him to drink from them). He claims not to have killed any human since 2000. Louis also had a stint of vegetarianism from 1917 to 1937 where he limited his diet to animal blood (the one blip during this time period is when he drained Alderman Fenwick to death, a racist AssholeVictim). However, it ended when Lestat de Lioncourt and Claudia convinced him to resume eating humans after they criticized Louis for his air of superiority for being a vegetarian.

* ''Series/InterviewWithTheVampire2022'': By 2022, Louis de Pointe du Lac has become one, only feeding on animals or donor blood (he also has one man who allows him to drink from him). He claims not to have killed any human since 2000. Louis also had a stint of vegetarianism from 1917 to 1937 where he limited his diet to animal blood (the one blip during this time period is when he drained Alderman Fenwick to death, a racist AssholeVictim). However, it ends when Lestat de Lioncourt and Claudia convince him to resume eating humans after they criticize Louis for his air of superiority for being a vegetarian.

** After a certain Generation, a vampire couldn't subsist on animal blood. Elders of a certain level could only feed on other vampires. Methuselahs could only feed on Elders. The big bads of the setting, the Antediluvians who founded the clans, could only feed on Methuselahs. It's unknown if Caine himself needed to feed at all, but it seems unlikely.
** Ventrue in ''TabletopGame/VampireTheMasquerade'' had the weakness that they could only feed on one type of blood. Depending on what was chosen at character creation, they could be barred from this... or ''forced'' into this. This only applied to mortal sources - they were always allowed to indulge in the vampiric version of ImAHumanitarian.