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** The recent {{Elseworld}} mini-series called ''ComicBook/DCeased'' is about a corrupted, technological version of the Anti-Life Equation that, instead of brainwashing the masses, turns them into ravenous, rage-filled undead that will stop at nothing to destroy any living persons, including superhumans.

* Played with in Episodes 18 and 19 of ''LightNovel/FateZero'': Kiritsugu's backstory involves [[spoiler:his father's research inadvertently causing a ''vampire'' apocalypse on an island, and then losing his mentor to the same vampire creatures later.]] However, the situations play out very much like a zombie apocalypse, since the creatures act much more like mindless zombies[[note]]the information on them technically being vampires is from other works in TheVerse[[/note]], and a few zombie tropes appear in both episodes, like ThePlague, ZombieInfectee, HeroicSacrifice, and TrappedWithMonsterPlot. These creatures only appear in those two episodes; the rest of the series is about the Holy Grail War. Unlike most examples, the zombification effects stick and the whole thing is PlayedForDrama, since such an event helped shape Kiritsugu into the battle-hardened magus he is in the present.

* ''Anime/SpaceDandy'' has an episode in the first season about Dandy and his crew trapped a rare alien, who's a ZombieInfectee, first biting and infecting Meow and later the whole hospital where Dandy and QT left him thinking he was just "sick". The first half ends with the entire cast turned into zombies. The second half reveals [[RevenantZombie turning zombie hasn't affected their minds much]], and [[CursedWithAwesome they've also]] [[TheAgeless stopped aging]] or [[TheNeedless needing food]]. Thus when the rest of the universe were converted into zombies, it becomes a utopia.

* The Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse series ''WesternAnimation/WhatIf2021'' has an AlternateUniverse episode where a ZombieApocalypse broke out. Among the infectees are ComicBook/IronMan, ComicBook/CaptainAmerica and Hawkeye.

* The Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse series ''WesternAnimation/WhatIf2021'' has an AlternateUniverse episode where a ZombieApocalypse broke out. ComicBook/CaptainAmerica himself ends up a zombie-like creature.

** The "Justice" arc from ''Manga/StardustCrusaders'' has the Crusaders exploring a town overrun by living corpses being controlled by [[TheNecromancer Enya Geil]]'s [[FightingSpirit Stand]], Justice. [[spoiler: When Enya is defeated, the town is revealed to be a graveyard cloaked within an illusion created by the Stand's ability]].

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* ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'', "[[Recap/RickAndMortyS1E6RickPotionNumber9 Rick Potion #9]]" plays out as one but with a Mutant Apocalypse rather than zombies, but otherwise fits all other cliches. [[MadScientist Rick]] makes a serum for Morty to use to attract Jessica, but it [[GoneHorriblyWrong goes horribly wrong]] when it combines with the influenza virus she had contracted, causing it to mass multiply and quickly spread as ThePlague. This virus causes everyone to turn into love-sick zombies that [[SingleTargetSexuality all want to make love to Morty]]. Rick attempts to fix up an antidote by mixing in mantis DNA, [[NiceJobBreakingItHero which only seeks to make things worse]] as it instead [[BodyHorror mutates them into Mantis-human hybrids]] that still lust for Morty but now also want to eat him. Rick's second attempt to fix the epidemic is to mix a whole bunch of different DNA material together [[InsaneTrollLogic in the belief it would restore humanity]]. [[RealityEnsues It doesn't]]. In fact it makes things [[FromBadToWorse far far worse]] as now all the Mantis people mutate into [[HumanoidAbomination hideous deformed fleshy blobs]] with [[MultiArmedAndDangerous various limbs protruding all over]], extra [[EyesDoNotBelongThere eyes]] and [[TooManyMouths mouths]], with these creatures dubbed "[[Creator/DavidCronenberg Cronenbergs]]". Morty's family are the only ones unaffected by ThePlague due to being closely related to Morty's DNA and end up [[ActionSurvivor fighting through hordes to survive]]. In the end rather than fix the apocalypse, Rick's solution is to find a CloseEnoughTimeline where the apocalypse was fixed but the Rick and Morty also perish, so that Rick and Morty can pull a KillAndReplace, while [[ExpendableAlternateUniverse abandoning their old dimension]]. While Rick and Morty do return to their lives, the psychological ramifications are deeply traumatizing for Morty as he now knows, NothingIsTheSameAnymore.

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[[caption-width-right:350:They're not just robots Sonic has to deal with, they're ''zombots''.]]

*** The second event titled "28 Weeks Later" parodying ''Film/TwentyEightDaysLater'' deals with the full-out of the first epidemic. The player gets to first play as a SoleSurvivor in one town that got overtaken by zardbies and must flee after their safehouse is compromised. After a TimeSkip the regular Player discovers one boy still carrying the zardbie virus but is [[TheImmune immune]] to its effects. Though as a carrier he accidentally infects several humans and monsters, so the Player must sneak him out of the camp and through the forest while fighting off this second zardbie epidemic.

[[caption-width-right:350:It's not just robots Sonic has to deal with, it's ''zombots''.]]

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** Between their stages, ''VideoGame/CannonSpike'' has one in which characters have to fight zombified humans and dogs, as well giant mutated monsters. Being a MythologyPorn game, this stage is a clear ShoutOut to ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'' series.

** In "The Fright to Creep and Scare Harms", Lisa sees the gravestone of UsefulNotes/BillyTheKid who "dreams of a world without guns" and manages to petition Springfield to outlaw all guns. But then Billy the Kid and his crew rise from the dead after hearing what she's achieved. Unlike most examples, these zombies are intelligent and take over Springfield with their guns rather than devouring flesh. To resolve this problem, Homer gets given a time machine by Professor Frink, and manages to warn past Springfield not to give up their guns and to instead shoot the graves of the undead cowboys which rekills the zombies.

* In "Once Bitten", the residents of Bikini Bottom believes that Gary has "mad snail disease", which turns people into a zombie after being bitten. The town is sent into a state of chaos, with most residents being zombified, and the survivors hiding out in The Krusty Krab. In the end, however, a doctor explains to everyone that Gary's attitude is due to a splinter and that "mad snail disease" is just a myth, causing everyone to return to normal.
* "Krabby Patty Creature Feature" is a better example. Mr. Krabs and Sandy concoct a lab-made Krabby Patty to modify the menu. It's initially a hit, but it comes with a grievous side effect; turning whoever that eats it into a mindless Krabby Patty like monster who can turn others via force feeding. From there, Bikini Bottom becomes overrun by Krabby Patty zombies, leaving it up to [=Spongebob=] to save the day.

* ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants'': In "Once Bitten", the residents of Bikini Bottom believes that Gary has "mad snail disease", which turns people into a zombie after being bitten. The town is sent into a state of chaos, with most residents being zombified, and the survivors hiding out in The Krusty Krab. In the end, however, a doctor explains to everyone that Gary's attitude is due to a splinter and that "mad snail disease" is just a myth, causing everyone to return to normal.

* ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventure'':

* The "Justice" arc in ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders]]'' has the Crusaders exploring a town overrun by living corpses being controlled by Enya the Hag's Stand, Justice. [[spoiler: When Justice is defeated, the town is revealed to be a graveyard cloaked within an illusion created by the Stand's power.]]