History Main / EverythingsDeaderWithZombies

* There was a British [[TheSixties 60s]] rock band called [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Zombies The Zombies]] that had disbanded after two poor-selling albums. In 1968 their label re-released the song "Time of the Season" in the U.S. which became a huge hit. There was an attempt to revive the band, but after a few recording sessions the band [[IncrediblyLamePun stayed buried]].

** ''VideoGame/MetroidPrime2Echoes'' starts out with Samus entering a Galactic Federation base, only to find that all of the soldiers she had been tasked with rescuing have been brutally murdered. As she investigates further, all of the corpses suddenly come back to life as undead "Dark Troopers" and start attacking her (they're kind of rubbish, though). They continue to shamble about the base even after she leaves, but they never have a significant appearance later on in the game's plot.

* ''VideoGame/StarCraft?'': ''Wings of Liberty'' had a mission where you have to fight off colonists who were infested by the Zerg. They were zombies in all but name.

* ''VideoGame/{{Mother}}''

** ''VideoGame/{{Mother 3}}'' has some zombies in the beginning of Duster's chapter, who were (coincidentally) [[spoiler:Hinawa and Claus]] like. One of the zombies cranks the creepy UpToEleven by commenting on how much Duster has grown since she knew him, then attacking anyways.

* ''Franchise/{{Metroid}}''

* ''VideoGame/HalfLife''

* ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda''

* ''VideoGame/{{Postal}} 2'' features its own [[OurZombiesAreDifferent mad-cow-tourettes]] zombies when an inevitable apocalypse hits Paradise, causing havoc alongside terrorist attacks, insane protesters, drunken rednecks, fanatic church workers, and cats raining from the sky. [[ButForMeItWasTuesday Just one of those days.]]

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** Zombie Pigmen are even worse. They show up in groups, most often in the Nether, and attacking one will bring the entire group down on your head. And they are much tougher, faster and stronger than regular zombies.

* In ''Webcomic/HolidayWars'', a zombie TyrannosaurusRex shows up in this [[http://www.th3rdworld.com/web-comic/Holiday-Wars/episode/Holiday-Wars-Episode-47 Episode 47]].

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-->-- ''[[http://www.radioactivepanda.com Radioactive Panda]]''

* The graveyard scenario in ''VideoGame/WaxWorks'' has a never-ending supply of respawning zombies roaming around the area.

** Threed in ''VideoGame/EarthBound''.
** ''VideoGame/{{Mother 3}}'' also had some zombies in the beginning of Duster's chapter, who were (coincidentally) [[spoiler:Hinawa and Claus]] like. One of the zombies cranks the creepy UpToEleven by commenting on how much Duster has grown since she knew him, then attacking anyways.

* The Cauldron-Born in the ''Literature/ChroniclesOfPrydain'' are reanimated corpses that exist only to slay for BigBad Arawn.

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There's a [[OurZombiesAreDifferent Romero-style]] zombie shambling around, but it's not a ZombieApocalypse. So what's it doing here? [[RuleOfCool Because zombies are cool]]. Whether it's to set up a LowFantasy setting with necromantic {{Horror}}s, add an element of comedy, or simply to add variety, some works of fiction feature Zombies in a less than central position. It doesn't even have to have a reason. The zombie is there just because.

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[[caption-width-right:250:Even Creator/JaneAusten's books are better with them.]]

This is something of a popular advertising gimmick for games, MMORPG's, and ComicBooks these days. Just like slapping [[WolverinePublicity Wolverine]] on the cover adds to sales, a ZombieEpisode, "Halloween Special", or other stunt can drive up sales and give a fun BreatherEpisode from more plot heavy story arcs.

This is something of a popular advertising gimmick for games, MMORPG's, and ComicBooks these days. Just like slapping [[WolverinePublicity Wolverine]] on the cover adds to sales, a "zombie invasion", "Halloween Episode", or other stunt can drive up sales and give a fun BreatherEpisode from more plot heavy story arcs.

** In "Habeaus Corpses" an evil law firm is being destroyed by a terrible monster, and most of the lawyers turned into zombies. It was a supernatural safeguard against unwelcome intruders. After all, Wolfram & Hart is led by very old demons who do not want to share their secrets. And fortunately for Gunn, they left out the "Bite makes a convert".
** In the episode "Provider", there was also one guy who was a zombie, and all he wanted to do was hook up with his ex-girlfriend. It's unknown what exactly brought him to undeath. The girlfriend poisoned him. He died. He came back as a zombie. She forgave him for cheating. He forgave her for killing him. They kissed and made up.
** In an earlier episode, "The Thin Dead Line", Angel and [[FairCop Kate]] discovered a police chief had raised all the dead cops in a particular bad area of LA as zombie policemen.

* ''Series/DoctorWho''
** In the story "The Web of Fear", the evil Great Intelligence operated chiefly through the body of Staff Sergeant Arnold, KIA early on in the emergency. Similarly a character in "The Greatest Show in the Galaxy" gets reanimated by the bad guys for no apparent reason except RuleOfCool.
** The Ninth Doctor, Rose and ''Creator/CharlesDickens'' teamed up to fight zombies in Victorian Cardiff on Christmas Eve in "The Unquiet Dead".

** The novel ''Discworld/ReaperMan'' details an actual zombie apocalypse (or more precisely, an undead apocalypse... with zombies!) caused by Death being fired for taking too much of an interest in his work. HilarityEnsues.

** There's zombies in ''Discworld/MonstrousRegiment'' as well, and they're the more classic variety, but still don't eat any brains, they're just restless dead followers of the Duchess. Reg Shoe, who's accompanying Vimes on a diplomatic mission, regards them as an embarrassment (although this is the same guy who gives lectures to graveyards).

* ''VideoGame/{{Borderlands}}'': The first DLC has zombies.

* On ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim'', Zim breaks into the mall to return a video tape, leading the security guard to release his zombie army. PlayedForLaughs in that the zombies just sort of stumble around aimlessly, mostly bumping into each other and ignoring Zim completely.

* The enemies of ''[[AllThereInTheManual StrikerS Sound Stage X]]'', a special Sound Drama of the ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha'' series featuring [[AudioPlay/StrikersSoundStageX a mini-arc]] set between the third and fourth season? The [[NightOfTheLivingMooks Mariage]], an army of [[ActionBomb Kamikaze]] SuperSoldier [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot Cyborg Zombies]].

* The Charmed Ones in ''Series/{{Charmed}}'' have to fight against zombies created by a necromancer and Zankou.

* ''LightNovel/IsThisAZombie'' has Ayumu, a [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin zombie]] as the main character WITH A HAREM.

* ''Anime/ZombieLandSaga'' hides its true colors for the first seven minutes... before revealing that, no, it's not a standard zombie apocalypse, the zombies are actually going to be IdolSingers. Much fun is had lampooning both zombie tropes and idol singer tropes.

* IDW Comics had a {{Crisis|Crossover}} CrossThrough miniseries called "[[http://trekmovie.com/2010/10/08/idw-infestation-series-to-mix-zombies-with-star-trek-other-licensees Infestation]]", crossing ''Comicbook/ZombiesVsRobots'' over with ''Franchise/StarTrek'', ''[[ComicBook/TheTransformersIDW The Transformers]]'', ''Franchise/GIJoe'', ''Comicbook/{{Ghostbusters}}'', and ''ComicBook/PocketGod'' (but not said five licensed properties with each other), with canonical consequences for everyone involved. ''Trek'' and ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'' fan reactions has been... about as bad as expected.