Vampire (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
| Vampire | |
|---|---|
| Buffyverse race | |
| First appearance | Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992) (non-canon) "Welcome to the Hellmouth" (1997) | 
| Created by | Joss Whedon | 
| In-universe information | |
| Other name(s) | Vamp, Vampyr, Lonely One, Van-Tal, Lurk | 
| Type | Human-demon hybrid | 
| Distinctions | 
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In the fictional world of the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer and its spin-off series Angel, a vampire is a unique variety of demon that can exist on the earthly plane only by inhabiting and animating a human corpse. In Fray, a Buffy comic book spin-off set about a century in the future, vampires are also called "lurks".