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* Sawyer from ''WesternAnimation/CampLakebottom'', is one of the camp counselors and an all round NiceGuy who plays with the kids. While he does snack on brains every now and then, he makes it a strict rule to never harm the campers. His mother on the other hand is a stereotypical brain eating zombie who wants to make her son follow in her path.

* Blanche from ''WesternAnimation/GravedaleHigh'' is identified as a zombie and is quite friendly. Although it should be noted that except for a couple of references to her being undead, she acts like a typical rich girl/Southern belle.

* [[spoiler:Koyomi]] from ''Series/KamenRiderWizard'' is more alof than friendly, but she clearly has no desire to eat anyone. Reanimated before the start of the series, she provides useful aid to the rest of the cast.

[[caption-width-right:350:See? Zombies have feelings too.]]

If this is the result of a ZombieInfectee who succumbed to their condition then this is AndThenJohnWasAZombie.

* Bruno Buccelatti from Part 5 of ''Franchise/JoJosBizarreAdventure'', who is accidentally turned into a RevenantZombie thanks to some odd Stand powers and his own determination. Personality wise he is pretty much identical to before his zombification, though he's no longer capable of healing and slowly decays over the course of the story.

[[caption-width-right:350:See? Zombies can still feel.]]

May overlap with RevenantZombie, though while these zombies are intelligent they are not necessarily benign. Also Another distinction Revenant Zombies typically avoid the cliche of rotting and falling apart, which is very widespread for Friendly Zombies often due to RuleOfFunny.

For different the trope applied to different supernatural species, see FriendlyGhost and FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire.

[[caption-width-right:350:Sometimes even zombies [[CooldownHug could do with a hug]].]]

* ''Disney/WreckItRalph'' features a zombie (based on Cyril zombies from ''VideoGame/TheHouseOfTheDead'') who attends the [[PunchClockVillain Bad]]-[[MonstersAnonymous Anon]].

* Liv Moore from ''Series/{{iZombie}}'' became a zombie after getting infected through a scratch. Although she has an urge to eat brains, once her hunger is kept in check, she's able to behave like a normal civilised human and even assists in forensic cases.

Often overlaps with RevenantZombie, though while these zombies are intelligent they are not necessarily benign. See also: FriendlyGhost and FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire.

While zombies come in all sorts and types, one thing they typically have in common is their depiction as mindless [[FleshEatingZombie flesh eating monsters]]. They can't be reasoned with and the only way to put a stop to these walking corpses is to put a hole in their head. But it turns out, not all zombies are like that. Sometimes a state of undeath has not been accompanied by HorrorHunger.

A specific form of OurZombiesAreDifferent. These zombies are typically intelligent enough to have rationality and emotions, and often will have avoided experiencing a LossOfIdentity that their more mindless cousins are subjected to This in turn makes them capable of being benign and friendly. Though that isn't to say the more stereotypical mindless zombies can't be harmless in some cases.

Such instances are very likely of being an AttractiveZombie, after all BeautyEqualsGoodness and it would be a lot easier to make friends with something that didn't thoroughly repulse you.

* Squiggly from ''VideoGame/SkullGirls'' was reanimated as a result of the return of the Skull Heart. It's only thanks to her parasite Leviathan that she didn't fall into the undead horde the Skull Girl usually resurrects. She quickly became best friends with Filia ([[FriendlyRivalry despite their rivalry]]), and is a really nice girl... as long as you're not a member of the Medicci family.

A specific form of OurZombiesAreDifferent. These zombies are typically intelligent enough to have rationality and emotions, which in turn allows them to be capable of being benign and friendly. Though that isn't to say the more stereotypical mindless zombies can't be nice in some cases.

Such cases are very likely of being an AttractiveZombie, after all BeautyEqualsGoodness and it would be a lot easier to make friends with something that didn't thoroughly repulse you.

Zombies come in all sorts of breeds. The vast majority of them are mindless {{Flesh Eating Zombie}}s. They can't be reasoned with and the only way to put a stop to these walking corpses is to put a hole in their head. But not all zombies are like that. Sometimes a state of undeath has not been accompanied by a LossOfIdentity and HorrorHunger.

** As a secondary character, there's Zombina, a zombie monster girl who's also a {{ninja}} and a member of [[ElitesAreMoreGlamorous M.O.N.]] She had the mission of capturing [[FriendlyNeighborhoodSpider Rachnera]], but eventually failed thanks to [[TokenHuman Kimihito]], who also has a crush on him and get a couple of dates with him.

** Zombina's {{rival}} Shiishii is a [[ChineseVampire Jiangshi]][[note]]also translated as "hopping corpse"[[/note]] who kidnapped Kimihito when he was on a date with Zombina in order to marry him so she can stay in Japan as resident. Despite of that, she's not a bad monster at all and she's a YaoiFangirl as Zombina.

* The main cast of ''Anime/ZombieLandSaga'' are an idol group composed of zombie girls. While they initially behaved very much like stereotypical [[ZombieGait shambling]] biting zombies, after being ''awakened'' they regain their humanity and act just like they did back when they were alive. Sakura in particular is a NiceGirl zombie who serves as TheHeart of the group and looks out for her friends. The problem is while the girls don't act like stereotypical zombies, the general populace still thinks of them as such and will scream in fear or shoot on sight if they ever appear in public without makeup on.

* Played with in ''ComicBook/MarvelZombies''. While most zombies ''are'' flesh eating monsters, they [[RevenantZombie retain their intelligence]] and are able to act rationally so long as they keep their HorrorHunger in check. Certain zombies also possess altruistic qualities such as Zombie Spider-Man who constantly has MyGodWhatHaveIDone moments and eventually turned on his fellow zombies to side with the humans, while Zombie Colonel America still retains a degree of honor and promises to let survivors die painlessly first.

* Rotgut from ''Series/AceLightning''. While he is allied with the villains, he's still a far-cry from the standard monstrous zombies. For the most he's a LaughablyEvil MinionWithAnFInEvil and has little interest in partaking in the other villans' {{Evil Plan}}s. He always politely greets humans and is dismayed when they run away in terror, enjoys singing folk songs, and at one time approached someone because he wanted a hug. He also believes Chuck to be his good friend due to the boy calling him "dude", even though Chuck [[TheFriendNobodyLikes has other ideas]].

* Sawyer from ''WesternAnimation/CampLakebottom'', is one of the camp counselors and an all round NiceGuy who plays with the kids. While he does snack on brains everyone now and then, he makes it a strict rule to never harm the campers. His mother on the other hand is a stereotypical brain eating zombie who wants to make her son follow in her path.

-> '''Gretchen''': But you're a zombie.
->'''Sawyer''': Sure I'm a zombie, but I still got a heart.

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* ''Disney/WreckItRalph'' features a zombie (based on Cyril zombies from VideoGame/TheHouseOfTheDead) who attends the [[PunchClockVillain Bad]]-[[MonstersAnonymous Anon]].
--> Labels no make you happy. Good! Bad! Errr! You must love you.

* The ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' has its zombies. Who are not in the least interested in eating brains or indeed any other bodily part. In the main they retain sentience and awareness: Wizard Windle Poons comes back and finds that the haze and fog of senility has blown away and he can think clearly and rationally for the first time in six decades. he also says "I think I could perhaps metabolise a bit of alcohol" as an answer to the diet thing. Reg Shoe died as a political activist and comes back equally fired with radicalism. mentioning the brains thing is his BerserkButton. Both forge friendships and are capable of working alongside humans for the common good.

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* In ''Series/ZNation'', there are the Talkers, who have been turned into zombies but have retained their intelligence. As long as they are plied with "bizkits", they retain their personality, so those who were sociable before being turned will remain sociable afterwards. Of course, if they run out of bizkits, that's a different story.

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Usually when one thinks of zombies what comes to mind are mindless {{Flesh Eating Zombie}}s. They can't be reasoned with and the only way to put a stop to these walking corpses is to put a hole in their head. But not all zombies are like that. Sometimes a state of undeath has not been accompanied by HorrorHunger.

Not to be confused with RevenantZombie which are intelligent zombies but not necessarily benign. See also: FriendlyGhost and FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire.

* Liv Moore from ''Series/{{iZombie}}'' became a zombie after getting scratched. While she has an urge to eat brains, when her hunger is kept in check she's able to behave like a normal civilised human and even assists in forensic cases.

* Rottytops and her zombie family from ''VideoGame/{{Shantae}}'' are this to a degree, being a loving family.

* The main cast of ''Anime/ZombieLandSaga'' are an idol group composed of zombie girls. While they initially behaved very much like stereotypical [[ZombieGait shambling]] biting zombies, after being ''awakened'' they regain their humanity and act just like they did back when they were alive. Sakura in particular is a NiceGirl zombie who serves as TheHeart of the group and looks out for her friends. The problem is while the girls don't act like stereotypical zombies, the general populace still thinks of them as such and will scream in fear or shoot on sight if they ever in public without makeup on.