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* Paladins from the ''Game/{{Clonk}}'' [[GameMod fan-mod]] Metal and Magic can do this. They create ghosts or [[DemBones skeletons]], depending on which god they serve.

* Paladins from the ''{{Clonk}}'' [[GameMod fan-mod]] Metal and Magic can do this. They create ghosts or [[DemBones skeletons]], depending on which god they serve.

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*** The [[VampireTheMasquerade original]] [[TheMafia Giovanni]] could make zombies as well (one sidequest in ''VampireTheMasqueradeBloodlines'' has you stealing an instruction manual), and...the less said about the [[BodyHorror Tzimisce]] the better.

* In ''{{Anime/Naruto}}'', Orochimaru, [[spoiler: The Second Hokage]], and [[spoiler: Kabuto]] can all reanimate the dead with the same jutsu, with [[spoiler: Kabuto]] performing the largest scale resurrection seen in the series.

* ''{{Undying}}'' has the Invoke spell, which raises dead enemies to fight on your side for a little while. It also [[ReviveKillsZombies insta-kills skeletons]].

** ''TabletopGames/MageTheAwakening'' has the Death Arcanum, which allows for control of ghosts and zombies. At the third level, you can pretty much create your own ZombieApocalypse.

* In ''Anime/Naruto'', Orochimaru, [[spoiler: The Second Hokage]], and [[spoiler: Kabuto]] can all reanimate the dead with the same jutsu, with [[spoiler: Kabuto]] performing the largest scale resurrection seen in the series.

* Done by [[CastingAShadow Gekko Moria]] in ''AnimeOnePiece'', who can reanimate zombies by putting shadows of living people inside corpses.

* [[GGundam Devil Gundam]] can use its nanomachine to animate corpses, turning them into zombies to pilot Death Army [[AMechByAnyOtherName mobile suit]].
* Kagura from {{Inu Yasha}} can use her fan to control corpses.
* Done by [[CastingAShadow Gekko Moria]] in OnePiece, who can reanimate zombies by putting shadows of living people inside corpses.
* In {{Naruto}}, Orochimaru, [[spoiler: The Second Hokage]], and [[spoiler: Kabuto]] can all reanimate the dead with the same jutsu, with [[spoiler: Kabuto]] performing the largest scale resurrection seen in the series.

** ''MageTheAwakening'' has the Death Arcanum, which allows for control of ghosts and zombies. At the third level, you can pretty much create your own ZombieApocalypse.

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See also {{Necromancer}}, NightOfTheLivingMooks.

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* In ''{{Sacrifice}}'', the spell "Animate Dead" is avaible to your wizard if they serve Charnel.

* In ''TwoKinds'', [[spoiler:Trace seems to manipulate corpses of the Bastin royal guard with magic telekenesis, mimicking this.]]

->"In case you weren't sure, the Skeletons are on our side"
-->--Richard, LookingForGroup

The [[NightOfTheLivingMooks undead]] make great [[{{mooks}} minions]]. But where are you gonna get your hands on a bunch of {{skeletons}} or [[ZombieApocalypse zombies]]? Why not go look up AnimateDead in your TomeOfEldritchLore (it should be in chapter one, "Exercises for the Aspiring Necromancer"), proceed to your local graveyard, and give it a try? So long as you have enough [[ManaMeter mana]], you can do this [[ClownCarGrave all night]]! Of course, easy come, easy go. Chances are that your new minions are low-durability and may even have a short lifespan. Good thing you can just raise the corpses of your slain foes, right?

* {{Subversion}} in ''ArmyOfDarkness'': The titular army of undead is ''accidentally'' spawned when Ash screws up the pronunciation of a time travel spell that was meant to get him home.