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* ''Literature/FredTheVampireAccountant'' has Albert, who was raised by a necromancer after an accident involving autoerotic asphyxiation. He's still as polite and helpful as he was when he was alive.

* Arcana Comics's hero ''Kade'' was the prophesied hero who would free the world from the demon Apollyon. When word of the prophecy reached Apollyon, he had every boy born under the Black Sun a.k.a Eye of God (a special eclipse) killed. Kade's mother was murdered during this period and baby Kade died from exposure. But the supernatural energies of the Black Sun had re-animated Kade's body and trapped his soul inside of it. So growing up for 21 years, Kade never realized he's actually dead, just that he doesn't feel any physical sensation. Kade would later the Black Sun has made him the champion against evil and as an undead, he won't age and will only die if killed with violence. Kade learns to repress his rage at his lack of sensation, as well he's grown kinder to others.

* Zombies in ''Webcomic/UndeadFriend'' are made from making contracts with ghosts in place of a virus, so they completely retain who they are in their new forms.

* ''WebAnimation/ZombieCollege'': All of the zombies, particularly Zeke are kind to Scott Bardo.

* ''Literature/WarmBodies'': The protagonist of the book, as well TheMovie, is a zombie who ate Julie's boyfriend and absorbs his memories and feelings, getting a HeelFaceTurn by falling in love with this girl and protecting her from other zombies. And somehow, his "love" is requited by Julie.

* [[spoiler:Bruno Buccelatti]] from ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureGoldenWind'', who was revived and turned into a RevenantZombie thanks to Giorno's 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.

* ''WebAnimation/{{hololive}}'': Kureiji Ollie is a highschool girl who rose from the dead as a zombie. With her memories still intact, she became a vtuber idol, remaining an upbeat excitable GenkiGirl who showers her fans with love, while gushing over her idol senpais.

* ''VideoGame/{{Shantae}}'': Rottytops and her zombie family are this to a degree, being a loving family. Rotty starts out more villainous, but becomes much friendlier over time and eventually considers Shantae to be her closest friend. By the time of ''VideoGame/ShantaeHalfGenieHero'', she's a 100% good, if mischievous, character who just wants to help Shantae out.

* ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'': In the Training of the Dead ova, as All Mighty suddenly regress into his normal form surrounded by zombies, they casually give him a pat on the shoulder and move on, only because he was mistaken for being one of them.

* Such zombies develop in ''Film/Fido''. The titular Fido begins the movie as a zombie house servant whose craving for human flesh is controlled by a collar created by company Zomcon. Over the course of the movie, Fido regains aspects of his humanity and becomes part of the human community once more.

* ''LightNovel/IsThisAZombie'': Ayumu Aikawa, is a recently turned zombie. However being reanimated hasn't seemed to have had an effect on his personality in the slightest, remaining a NiceGuy who is a slightly snarky ChickMagnet with his own SupportingHarem. He himself even questions whether it would be right to call himself a zombie as he's almost completely lacking in the stereotypical traits.

* Downplayed by ghouls in the ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'' universe, humans who have been mutated into zombie-like creatures through exposure to radiation. Some of them are feral and behave like regular zombies, attacking humans on sight, while others have retained their intelligence and are capable of co-existing with other sentient creatures... but are just as likely to be [[DeadpanSnarker Deadpan Snarking]] {{Jerkass}}es as regular humans are. A notable exception is Harold, who shows up in the first three games. He's a ghoul who has a plant growing out of his head, but he's as extroverted and friendly as they can be. A genuinely friendly guy who's always joking and having a laugh.

* [[spoiler: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.

* ''Film/{{Zombies 2018}}'': The premise of the movie is that humans and zombies live together in a segregated society, with zombies as a secondary class. Despite being undead, the zombies are pretty much the same as humans with more strength and speed. The zombie characters in the film are all pretty nice, with their worst actions happening as a result of being mistreated by the human characters.

* ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilVillage:'' During the final stretch of the game, we find out that [[spoiler: Ethan was actually killed by Jack before he was even dragged to the Baker's Mansion and was reanimated by the Mold. Unusual for the franchise, Ethan retains his humanity, intelligence, and sanity, never realizing for the next four years that he was DeadAllAlong, and ultimately pulls a HeroicSacrifce]].

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* ''Literature/DeadCity'': The Type 1 zombies act like living humans and just want to live normal lives. Taken UpToEleven with [[spoiler:Molly's mom who completely retains her human personality after becoming a zombie (and continues working for Omega), and Natalie, who becomes a zombie in ''Dark Days''.]]

* ''Series/BeingHuman'': "Type 4"s are the supernatural beings closest to zombies, created when a person dies but something blocks the soul's transition to the afterlife and it remains bound to their corpse. Though they're dead enough for their internal organs to have stopped functioning, they retain their intelligence and personality from being alive, and the most prominent Type 4 character, Sasha, builds a strong friendship with the main cast before her body completely decays and she's able to enter the afterlife properly.

* Dr. Muñoz from "Cool Air" by Creator/HPLovecraft. An excellent physician, and a genereally kindly, hospitable and well-educated man, who'd died 18 years prior and has been since sustaining his un-life through special chemicals and extremely low temperatures.

* Rottytops and her zombie family from ''VideoGame/{{Shantae}}'' are this to a degree, being a loving family. Rotty starts out more villainous, but becomes much friendlier over time and eventually considers Shantae to be her closest friend. By the time of ''Half-Genie Hero'', she's a 100% good, if mischievous, character who just wants to help Shantae out.