Basic Trope: Vampires have a vaguely Eastern-European accent (or speech impediment), like Lugosi's Dracula.
- Straight: Vorlak ze Vampire hasz a very notizeable, particular aksent.
- Exaggerated: Fvorlak'sz akszent iszt szo zick he kannott be undersztooth.
- Vorlak isn't avare that the letter "W" even existsz and getsz confused vhenever he seesz it in vriting.
- Downplayed: Vorlak pronounces his W's like V's.
- Justified:
- Vampiriszm affekts ze tongue'sz form or ze brain'sz language area.
- Ze aktorsz playing vampiresz vear fang prozesisz zat affekt zeir szpeech.
- Inverted: Vorlak had a speech impediment before he became a vampire.
- Subverted: Vorlak szpoke like zat becausz he had a szcrap of victim'sz neck fleshz sztuck in hisz tooth. He speaks perfectly after spitting it out.
- Double Subverted: Vorlak initially spoke like that due to the neck scrap but then, after spitting it out, continues to use the accent.
- Parodied: Vorlak's accent is so exaggerated that even other vampires have a hard time understanding him. They frequently ask him to repeat himself.
- Zig Zagged: Vorlak's accent fluctuates depending on his mood or the situation. Sometimes he exaggerates it for comedic effect, while at other times, he speaks with perfect clarity.
- Averted:
- Vorlak has no noticeable accent.
- Vorlak speaks with a real accent.
- Enforced: The studio insisted that Vorlak's character must have a strong Eastern-European accent to conform to vampire stereotypes, even though the actor was initially against it.
- Lampshaded: "Why do you talk like that, Vorlak? You're not fooling anyone with that fake accent."
- Invoked: Vorlak intentionally plays up his vampire accent to appear more intimidating and mysterious when dealing with humans.
- Exploited: Vampire Hunter Valery fakesz a vampire aksent to szneak in ze Vampire Ball and kill all vampiresz.
- Defied: Vorlak takes speech lessons to lose his aksent... accent.
- Discussed: ???
- Conversed: ???
- Implied: Vorlak ze Vampire is also Ze Ghost. He talksz to Valery only on ze phone. Valery jokesz zat szhe can barely make vat he saysz becausz of hisz "veird aksent."
- Deconstructed: Vampiresz are szubjected to a shibboleth teszt and eksterminated ven zey fail it.
- Reconstructed: ???
- Played For Laughs: ???
- Played For Drama: ???
Now return to Vampire Vords if you don't vant your blood szuck'd.