The word ‘meme’ was first introduced by Richard Dawkins, who defined it as an imitating process of a specific thing from brain to brain. When Dawkins first introduced meme, he referred to it as a “replication” of a human culture, however it has become more common on the internet today with different meanings. Today, meme could either be a catchy song or a supernatural creature. Even though the memes have changed now, it still has to have three qualities in it in order to have a long lasting effect in society. Dawkins defines these three qualities as longevity, fecundity and copy-fidelity. One of these supernatural creature that contains these three qualities is Vampires. Vampires are an immortal species and have gained popularity in American society very shortly. The consistent appearance, in movies, T.V. shows and books, with additional fear and romance is what makes Vampires appealing to the American society. There are many different stories about the true origin of the vampire species. As Logan says in his article "Vampires and Zombies: No Mere Pop Culture Trend," “some speak of the anomaly being spawned from hell; others say they are the spawn of demonic creatures”. The cause of vampires existence is a blood disease that caused the victims to turn very pale and their faces changed in appearance. People created folklore that people with this disease were blood drinking monsters. And this the how the idea of vampires came into existence. This is the most well known, and thus most believing story out of many of them that explains the origins of vampires. However there is one statement that has been regarded as fact that vampires have been around as long as the human race. The reason why vampires have attained long lasting relevance in society is because of their long time existence. One of the main reasons why vampires are so popular in American culture is because of their consistent appearance in movies and TV shows. When people watch horror movies or TV shows based on vampires, the mysterious lifestyle of vampires that is being portrayed, in the movies, captures the viewer’s attention and soon becomes a dream lifestyle for them. In her article Why are Vampires so popular: Sharon says, “The modern vampire is rich, beautiful, seductive, powerful, desirable and seductive. These characteristics