What's the Difference between The Vampire Diaries the Book and The Vampire Diaries the TV Show?
| In the Book |
In the TV Show |
Elena Gilbert
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Elena Gilbert
Portrayed by: Nina Dobrev
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Stefan Salvatore
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Stefan Salvatore
Portrayed by: Paul Wesley
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Damon Salvatore
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Damon Salvatore
Portrayed by: Ian Somerhalder
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This Character does not appear.
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Jeremy Gilbert
Portrayed by: Steven R. McQueen
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Bonnie McCullough
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Bonnie Bennett
Portrayed by: Katerina Graham
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Katherine von Swartzchild
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Katherine Petrova/Pierce
Portrayed by: Nina Dobrev
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Margaret Gilbert
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This Character does not appear.
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Mrs. Flowers
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This Character does not appear.
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Matt Honeycutt
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Matt Donovan
Portrayed by: Zach Roerig
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Tyler Smallwood
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Tyler Lockwood
Portrayed by: Michael Trevino
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Caroline Forbes
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Caroline Forbes
Portrayed by: Candice Accola
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Meredith Sules
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This Character does not appear.
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Judith Maxwell
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Jenna Sommers
Portrayed by: Sara Canning
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The Vampire Diaries Book vs TV Show
| In the Book |
In the TV Show |
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In the books elena is starting grade 12, at the start of the first book The Awakening. |
In the show in the pilot episode, she is starting grade 11, and don't start grade 12 intil season 3. |
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caroline appearance the books is different,plus you see on one of the hard backcovers she has green eyes and red hair. |
on the show caroline has blonde hair and her eyes are a different color
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In the books Klaus was the one who turned Katherine into a vampire. |
In the show it was rose. |
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Stefan and Damon fight over Katherine after she leaves and they kill each other. |
They are shot while trying to help Katherine escape and die.
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In the books when Elena and friends starts college, Bonnie starts along with them. She's so happy about starting, she buys a campus teddy bear out the book store, along with some markers. |
In the show at the start of season 5, Bonnie don't start college just yet at the same time as Elena, and Caroline, because she is still a ghost, after that spell she used to bring Jeremy back to life for good, late in season 4. |