# Why aren't vampires affected by moonlight? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 6, 2022, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-vampires-affected-by-moonlight/962426 "2022-04-06T22:36:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2022, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-vampires-affected-by-moonlight/962426/61 "2022-04-20T15:38:56Z")
Ahhh. But are vampires affected by _The Moonlight Sonata_? It’s a very compelling work! ---
**Author:** ![Bill\_Door](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@Bill\_Door](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_Door)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2022, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-vampires-affected-by-moonlight/962426/62 "2022-04-20T21:30:03Z")
My grandson asked if if a werewolf became an astronaut and traveled to the moon, would they be a wolf all of the time, or only when the phase of the moon was appropriate. I was stumped, but we settled on a wolf all of the time. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2022, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-vampires-affected-by-moonlight/962426/63 "2022-04-20T23:14:12Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > > [@simster](#): > > > > Shouldn’t that make Superman vulnerable at night?⁢ > > Battery-powered, like a Kryptonian Energizer Bunny.⁢ In fact, it has been a plot point at various times for villains to do something to make it eternally night to force Supes to use up all his saved-up power. It’s only Nuclear Man from Superman IV who needs sunlight at all times. (He may or may not have an analog in the comics.) He is a not quite clone of Supes + Luthor. Seems he got the sun power but not the battery. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2022, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-vampires-affected-by-moonlight/962426/64 "2022-04-20T23:24:15Z")
> [@Bill\_Door](#): > > My grandson asked if if a werewolf became an astronaut and traveled to the moon, would they be a wolf all of the time… That young man is going places! ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2022, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-vampires-affected-by-moonlight/962426/65 "2022-04-21T00:00:55Z")
> [@Bill\_Door](#): > > My grandson asked if if a werewolf became an astronaut and traveled to the moon, would they be a wolf all of the time, or only when the phase of the moon was appropriate. I was stumped, but we settled on a wolf all of the time. I’d have gone with the phase of the Earth. Somewhere on the way there, they switch polarity. But we’re just guessing. We’ll have to convince NASA to include a werewolf on Artemis. For SCIENCE! ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2022, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-vampires-affected-by-moonlight/962426/66 "2022-04-21T07:18:15Z")
Given that there have been already some interesting side-tracks concerning the life of vampires, can I piggy-back with another question? I was joking around with my friend @The_Butterfly_s_Ghost about my current nocturnal habits, and I mentioned to be afraid that I’m about to grow fangs and getting allergic to garlic. Since I’m a vegetarian, that raised the question: can there be vegetarian vampires? What could be an alternative to drinking blood? Inquiring minds want to know, maybe I’ll be fully transformed in the near future. ---
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2022, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-vampires-affected-by-moonlight/962426/67 "2022-04-21T11:47:57Z")
The blood _per se_ is bupkis, really; keep the goal in mind rather than the medium. I’m sure you can more satisfyingly feast on and consume human souls directly. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2022, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-vampires-affected-by-moonlight/962426/68 "2022-04-21T11:56:57Z")
But besides taking people’s souls, isn’t a vampire dependent on blood as nutrition? ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2022, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-vampires-affected-by-moonlight/962426/69 "2022-04-21T12:30:52Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > It would have been too silly to see Dracula’s fangs bust right off when he bit Kal-el in the neck, huh? Kal-el is famously weak against magic, so the fangs working isn’t much of a stretch assuming Drac is a magical creature. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2022, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-vampires-affected-by-moonlight/962426/70 "2022-04-21T15:17:10Z")
> [@Bill\_Door](#): > > My grandson asked if if a werewolf became an astronaut and traveled to the moon, would they be a wolf all of the time, or only when the phase of the moon was appropriate. I was stumped, but we settled on a wolf all of the time Hope you took him out for ice cream afterwards, to reward him for his intelligent thinking. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2022, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-vampires-affected-by-moonlight/962426/71 "2022-04-21T17:20:54Z")
> [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > Since I’m a vegetarian, that raised the question: can there be vegetarian vampires? What could be an alternative to drinking blood? Inquiring minds want to know, maybe I’ll be fully transformed in the near future. Actually, if you read the REAL Vampire lore (not the kind that people are always reading in the movies) you’ll find that there is a tradition of vegetarian vampires. I haven’t been able to find it, on a quick look through, but it’s there. I’ll have to see if I can dig it out later. In the meantime, of COURSE people have thought about this. There’s an entire TV Tropes page devoted to the topic: > **[Vegetarian Vampire - TV Tropes](https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/VegetarianVampire)** > > Vampirism is a nasty, nasty business. By nature, vampires have to kill to survive, and the existence of just one vampire means the death of countless innocent people. Right? Well... not always. Some vampires have a moral code and are aware of all … Hah! Here we go: > **[3 August 2020 - Vampires of Vegetable Origin | The Everyday Lore Project](https://liza-frank.com/3-august-2020-vampires-of-vegetable-origin/)** > > I fell down a research rabbit hole today after my friend, Karin sent me a Wikipedia entry entitled ‘Vampire pumpkins and watermelons’... > **[Vampire pumpkins and watermelons](https://en-academic.com/dic.nsf/enwiki/220146)** > > Infobox Paranormalcreatures Creature Name = Vampire Fruit/Vegetables Image Caption = Blood forms naturally on a few square centimeters of the outside of an aged watermelon. Another picture shows the Grouping = vampire Sub Grouping = Folklore AKA ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2022, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-vampires-affected-by-moonlight/962426/72 "2022-04-21T17:39:24Z")
> [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > Since I’m a vegetarian, that raised the question: can there be vegetarian vampires? Of course. They are killed by a steak through the heart. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2022, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-vampires-affected-by-moonlight/962426/73 "2022-04-21T17:44:55Z")
Bravo. 😂 ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2022, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-vampires-affected-by-moonlight/962426/74 "2022-04-21T17:48:35Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > In the meantime, of COURSE people have thought about this. There’s an entire TV Tropes page devoted to the topic: _Of course_ there’s a TV Tropes page for it 🤦‍♂️. And how could I forget about Count Duckula? ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2022, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-vampires-affected-by-moonlight/962426/75 "2022-04-22T15:04:25Z")
> [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > Since I’m a vegetarian, that raised the question: can there be vegetarian vampires? I refer you to Bunnicula - [Bunnicula (TV series) - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bunnicula_(TV_series)) > It is a [dark comedy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_comedy) about a vampire rabbit named Bunnicula who drinks carrot juice instead of blood to strengthen his super abilities in new paranormal adventures. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-vampires-affected-by-moonlight/962426.md?page=3)