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** Chuck the Vampire is a pretty, [[Literature/{{Twilight}} sparkling]], [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld teenage-looking]] [[VampiresAreSexGods sex god]].

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** Chuck the Vampire is a pretty, [[Literature/{{Twilight}} [[Literature/TheTwilightSaga sparkling]], [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld teenage-looking]] [[VampiresAreSexGods sex god]].
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* '''Double Subverted''': Which just LooksLikeOrlok's.

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* '''Double Subverted''': Which just also LooksLikeOrlok's.
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* '''Exaggerated''': Vorlak not just looks like Orlok, he resembles him down to the last wrinkle. He may even call himself Orlok (and then add: not ''that'' Orlok, other one).

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* '''Exaggerated''': Vorlak not doesn't just looks look like Orlok, he resembles him down to the last wrinkle. He may even call himself Orlok (and then add: not ''that'' Orlok, other one).
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** Chuck the Vampire is a pretty, [[{{Twilight}} sparkling]], [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld teenage-looking]] [[VampiresAreSexGods sex god]].

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** Chuck the Vampire is a pretty, [[{{Twilight}} [[Literature/{{Twilight}} sparkling]], [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld teenage-looking]] [[VampiresAreSexGods sex god]].
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** Vorlak looked like Orlok before he was vampirized, then turned into a ClassicMovieVampire.

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** Vorlak looked like Orlok before he was vampirized, then turned into a ClassicMovieVampire.ClassicalMovieVampire.
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** Vorlak looked like Orlok before he was vampirized, then turned into Lugosi's Dracula.

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** Vorlak looked like Orlok before he was vampirized, then turned into Lugosi's Dracula.a ClassicMovieVampire.
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* '''Played For Drama''': Vorlak, unable to see himself in mirrors and photographs, has a VillainousBSOD when he finally has a chance to see what he has become over the years in digital film, leading him to ponder on his lost humanity.

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* '''Played For Drama''': Vorlak, [[MissingReflection unable to see himself himself]] in mirrors and photographs, has a VillainousBSOD when he finally has a chance to see what he has become over the years in digital film, leading him to ponder on his lost humanity.

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* '''Inverted''': Chuck the Vampire is a pretty, [[{{Twilight}} sparkling]], [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld teenage-looking]] [[VampiresAreSexGods sex god]].

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Chuck the Vampire is a pretty, [[{{Twilight}} sparkling]], [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld teenage-looking]] [[VampiresAreSexGods sex god]].god]].
** Vorlak looked like Orlok before he was vampirized, then turned into Lugosi's Dracula.
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* '''Parodied''': Vorlak is a carbon copy of Orlok, down to being in black and white, silent and "talking" by showing intertitles he hides in HammerSpace. But he constantly reminds [[SuspiciuslySpecificDenial he is not imitating Orlok]].

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* '''Parodied''': Vorlak is a carbon copy of Orlok, down to being in black and white, silent and "talking" by showing intertitles he hides in HammerSpace. But he constantly reminds [[SuspiciuslySpecificDenial [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial he is not imitating Orlok]].
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* '''Exaggerated''': Vorlak is a carbon copy of Orlok, down to being in black and white, silent and "talking" by showing intertitles he hides in HammerSpace.

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* '''Exaggerated''': Vorlak is a carbon copy of not just looks like Orlok, he resembles him down to being in black and white, silent and "talking" by showing intertitles he hides in HammerSpace.the last wrinkle. He may even call himself Orlok (and then add: not ''that'' Orlok, other one).



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* '''Parodied''': ???
Vorlak is a carbon copy of Orlok, down to being in black and white, silent and "talking" by showing intertitles he hides in HammerSpace. But he constantly reminds [[SuspiciuslySpecificDenial he is not imitating Orlok]].
* '''Zig Zagged''': ???Vorlak does look like Orlok, but he wears fake pointy ears on his real ones. Flash forward a century, his ears start to become pointy.



* '''Invoked''': The human Vorlak, an ordinary man shunned by his peers, begins a ritual to turn himself into a monstrous vampire to strike fear into their hearts...

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* '''Invoked''': The human Vorlak, an ordinary man shunned by his peers, begins a ritual to turn himself into a monstrous vampire to strike fear into their hearts...hearts.



* '''Defied''': ...only to find out partway through the ritual that some of them respect him for the man he already is, and he tries to stop it from finishing.
* '''Discussed''': ???
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* '''Defied''': ...only to find out partway '''Defied''': Partway through the ritual aforementioned ritual, Vorlak finds out that some of them respect him for the man he already is, and he tries to stop it from finishing.
* '''Discussed''': ???
"This guy looks pretty familiar to me... I've seen ones like him before. Maybe he's a vampire?"
* '''Conversed''': ???"Look, this is [[MostDefinitelyNotAVillain most definitely not a vampire]]".
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'''Basic Trope''': Characters (usually supernatural) reminiscent of Count Orlok from ''{{Nosferatu}}''.

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'''Basic Trope''': Characters (usually supernatural) reminiscent of Count Orlok from ''{{Nosferatu}}''.''Film/{{Nosferatu}}''.


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* '''Invoked''': The human Vorlak, an ordinary man shunned by his peers, begins a ritual to turn himself into a monstrous vampire to strike fear into their hearts...



* '''Invoked''': The human Vorlak, an ordinary man shunned by his peers, begins a ritual to turn himself into a monstrous vampire to strike fear into their hearts...
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* '''Invoked''': ???



* '''Defied''': ???

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* '''Defied''': ???'''Invoked''': The human Vorlak, an ordinary man shunned by his peers, begins a ritual to turn himself into a monstrous vampire to strike fear into their hearts...
* '''Defied''': ...only to find out partway through the ritual that some of them respect him for the man he already is, and he tries to stop it from finishing.
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* '''Reconstructed''': Pretty high actually. After centuries of isolation, Vorlak happens upon [[CuteMonsterGirl Karlova]] by chance, another Orlok-lookalike vampire who reveals to Vorlak that he is part of an entire race of vampires that LooksLikeOrlok and he had no idea about.
* '''Played For Laughs''': Oblivious to his own ugliness, Vorlak fancies himself a [[VampiresAreSexGods sex god]] and is a hopeless suitor to Sangria the Vampire ([[LesbianVampire who doesn't swing that way]], either).

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* '''Reconstructed''': Pretty high actually. After centuries of isolation, Vorlak happens upon [[CuteMonsterGirl Karlova]] by chance, another an Orlok-lookalike vampire vampiress who reveals to Vorlak that he is part of an entire race of vampires that LooksLikeOrlok and he had no idea about.
* '''Played For Laughs''': Oblivious to his own ugliness, Vorlak fancies himself a [[VampiresAreSexGods vampire sex god]] and is a hopeless suitor to Sangria the Vampire Vampiress ([[LesbianVampire who doesn't swing that way]], either).
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* '''Played For Laughs''': Vorlak is a hopeless suitor to Sangria the Vampire, oblivious to his own ugliness (and the fact [[LesbianVampire she doesn't swing that way]]).

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* '''Played For Laughs''': Oblivious to his own ugliness, Vorlak fancies himself a [[VampiresAreSexGods sex god]] and is a hopeless suitor to Sangria the Vampire, oblivious to his own ugliness (and the fact [[LesbianVampire she Vampire ([[LesbianVampire who doesn't swing that way]]).way]], either).

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* '''Reconstructed''': Pretty high actually. After centuries of isolation, Vorlak happens upon [[CuteMonsterGirl Karlova]] by chance, another Orlok-lookalike vampire who reveals to Vorlak that he is part of an entire race of vampires that LooksLikeOrlok and he had no idea about.
* '''Played For Laughs''': Vorlak is a hopeless suitor to Sangria the Vampire, oblivious to his own ugliness (and the fact [[LesbianVampire she doesn't swing that way]]).
* '''Played For Drama''': Vorlak, unable to see himself in mirrors and photographs, has a VillainousBSOD when he finally has a chance to see what he has become over the years in digital film, leading him to ponder on his lost humanity.



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** Vorlak is an Orlok impersonator.
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** Vorlak ''is'' Orlok, who has adopted a new identity.
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* '''Double Subverted''': Which just LooksLikeOrlok.

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* '''Double Subverted''': Which just LooksLikeOrlok.LooksLikeOrlok's.
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* '''Subverted''': ??
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Vorlak uses an Orlok latex mask to hide his true face.
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'''Basic Trope''': Characters (usually supernatural) reminiscent of Count Orlok from ''{{Nosferatu}}''.
* '''Straight''': Vorlak the Vampire is tall, bald, with pointy ears, protruding incisors and long fingers and nails.
* '''Exaggerated''': Vorlak is a carbon copy of Orlok, down to being in black and white, silent and "talking" by showing intertitles he hides in HammerSpace.
* '''Downplayed''': Vorlak has protruding incisors and long fingernails. Other than that, he's indistinguishable from a living man with a terrible fashion sense.
* '''Justified''':
** Vampirism is caused by TheVirus. Orlok features are symptoms of infection.
** Vampires AgeWithoutYouth. The older a vampire is, the more Orlok-like it looks.
* '''Inverted''': Chuck the Vampire is a pretty, [[{{Twilight}} sparkling]], [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld teenage-looking]] [[VampiresAreSexGods sex god]].
* '''Subverted''': ??
* '''Double Subverted''': ??
* '''Parodied''': ??
* '''Zig Zagged''': ??
* '''Averted''': Vorlak doesn't resemble Orlok.
* '''Enforced''': The author wanted to homage ''Nosferatu''.
* '''Lampshaded''': "F. W. Murnau called: He wants his vampire back."
* '''Invoked''': ??
* '''Exploited''': Vorlak attends a contest of Orlok-lookalikes. [[YourCostumeNeedsWork He loses.]]
* '''Defied''': ??
* '''Discussed''': ??
* '''Conversed''': ??
* '''Implied''': Vorlak is never seen directly, but the shadow hand shot from ''Nosferatu'' is homaged.
* '''Deconstructed''': Vorlak is a depressive individual that curses his exceptional ugliness for his lonely existence. What's the chance of there being even another Orlok-duplicate vampire out there, after all?
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* '''Played For Laughs''': ??
* '''Played For Drama''': ??
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