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->''"The dolphin is also a zombie."''
-->-- '''[[MonsterCompendium The Suburban Almanac]]''', ''VideoGame/PlantsVsZombies''

* ''Fanfic/AbraxasHrodvitnon'': In this ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'' Franchise/MonsterVerse fanfiction, [[Characters/AbraxasHrodvitnonTitansAndOtherCreatures the Many]] turn not only humans into undead monstrosities, but also Skullcrawlers, and they attempt to inflict the same fate on Manda before he's hatched from an egg.

** Later on in ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'', when Death Knights became playable it meant that you could have an undead version of every race: dwarves, gnomes, [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent worgen]], goblins, elves... You could even have an Undead Death Knight, meaning a human who died, was raised from the dead, then was killed and THEN risen from the dead ''again''. The only races that can't be Death Knights are [[PandaingToTheAudience pandaren]] and [[DraconicHumanoid dracthyr]], due to those races living on long-lost continents during the invasion of the Scourge.

** In ''TabletopGame/{{Eberron}}'', the Elves of Aerenal have [[DarkIsNotEvil their own versions of undead called the Deathless]]. These act as their rulers through the Undying Court, and are animated by positive energy rather than the usual Negative energy used by regular undead. Similarly, ''TabletopGame/ForgottenRealms'' has baelnorns, a type of good-aligned elf liches.

* There are zombie dragon bosses in ''VideoGame/BreathOfFireIII''.

* ''VideoGame/HeroesOfMightAndMagicIII'' features [[{{Dracolich}} Bone Dragons]] (and their upgraded form, Ghost Dragons) as the tier 7 unit of the Necropolis faction. The horses that [[BlackKnight Black and Dread Knights]] ride on are most likely undead as well.

* ''LightNovel/OrcHeroStory'' shows orc zombies, [[spoiler:an army of which are the main villains of Volume 2.]]
* ''LightNovel/Overlord2012'': Ainz spares the Lizardmen from extermination and zombification because Cocytus asked him to... [[PragmaticVillainy and because reanimated Lizardmen corpses aren't particularly better than human corpses.]]

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* ''VideoGame/VagrantStory'' includes zombie variants of several of the games enemies as optional {{Bonus Boss}}es: zombie [[OurMinotaursAreDifferent minotaur]], zombie [[OurOgresAreHungrier ogre]], and [[{{Dracolich}} zombie dragon]].

* In the ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' series, there are various NonHumanUndead creatures. A staple of the series is the [[DemBones Dry Bones]], a reanimated Koopa skeleton, and Bony Beetles (skeletal Buzzy Beetles) occasionally show up as well. The ''VideoGame/PaperMario'' series adds variations of Dry Bones, along with other NonHumanUndead (e.g. [[BonusBoss Bonetail]] from ''The Thousand Year Door'' and Bonechill of ''VideoGame/SuperPaperMario'')

* In the ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' series, there are various NonHumanUndead creatures. A staple of the series is the [[DemBones Dry Bones]], a reanimated Koopa skeleton. The ''VideoGame/PaperMario'' series adds variations of Dry Bones, along with other NonHumanUndead (e.g. [[BonusBoss Bonetail]] from ''The Thousand Year Door'' and Bonechill of ''VideoGame/SuperPaperMario'')

** [[spoiler:Minister Malack]] is a vampire lizardfolk, and [[spoiler:Durkon]] is now a vampire dwarf. [[spoiler:Or was, as he was cured after a few years.]]

** That said, there are plenty of undead ''animals'' and other creatures. Bonewolves, "Skinned Hounds", and vampiric Death Hounds are various forms of undead canine. ''[[Videogame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim Skyrim]]''[='s=] ''Dawnguard'' DLC adds Arvak, an undead HellishHorse. ''Skyrim'' also offers some undead ''[[OurDragonsAreDifferent dragons]]'', including a {{Dracolich}} and [[spoiler:Durnehviir, a zombified dragon]].

* ''LightNovel/Overlord2012'': Ainz spares the Lizardmen from extermination and zombification because Cocytus asked him to... and because reanimated Lizardmen corpses aren't particularly better than human corpses.

** The vampiric half-dragon half-troll lycanthropic fiendish snail has a ''lot'' going on (it's a parody of increasing a Challenge Rating by stacking templates), but the "vampric" bit presumably makes it undead.

** Due to several problems with the session's formation, the [[{{Mooks}} underlings]] in the Alpha version of [[TheMostDangerousVideoGame Sburb]] -- normally living fantasy monsters such as imps, ogres, basilisks and cyclopes -- are all walking skeletons.

* ''Series/ZNation'' has animals becoming zombies, including a bear.
* ''Series/GameOfThrones'' has Viserion changed into a zombie dragon after his death. That's a powerful example.

* The Egyptian gods were mostly immortal through [[WeCanRebuildHim recovery]] and [[ResurrectiveImmortality resurrection]] but Apep, usually depicted as a really big snake, was functionally unable to be killed at all because of him being from the darkness before the universe, which now happens make up the underworld the dead pass through on their way to the afterlife. He hates the fact that there is life at all and wants to destroy the sun to bring about the end of the universe as ancients knew it, to put things back the way they used to be.[[/folder]]

* ''VideoGame/WarcraftIII'' has the undead Scourge side, and their ranks include more than undead humans. They also have undead spider-men called Crypt Fiends, undead elves called banshees, and a super flying undead dragon with ice breath. Plus, generic skeletons can be made with the corpses of any species. ''Frozen Throne'' later has Skeleton Orc creeps.
** The Death Knight's Animate Dead skill raises dead units of any allegiance or species as undead to fight for him. The catch is that they only last a short time (and in the expansion, are now invincible).
** Inverted with the original Death Knights, who were made by taking the corpses of human knights and forcing the spirit of an orc necrolyte (the first game's spellcaster) into it. These were then remade as the floating skeletal Liches (spellcaster hero) in the third game, with the new Death Knights being human aristocrats who sold out their species for immortality.

** Later on in VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft, when Death Knights became playable it meant that you could have an undead version of every race: dwarves, gnomes, werewolves, goblins, elves... You could even have an Undead Death Knight, meaning a human who died, was raised from the dead, then was killed and THEN risen from the dead ''again''.
** Averted with the Worgen (werewolves) whose curse makes them immune to undeath. Some people deliberately let themselves be bitten for this very reason. Which makes Worgen Death Knights very [[FridgeLogic headscratching]].

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* D'Compose of the WesternAnimation/{{Inhumanoids}} is a giant undead dinosaur-looking EldritchAbomination whose merest touch can transform others into giant, undead abominations until [[UndeathAlwaysEnds revived by]] [[WeaksauceWeakness sunlight]].
* ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'':
** The Lich appears to be the undead of some sort of giant with horns. Assuming it was just a mutant human, he definitely becomes one when he takes over Billy's body, since Billy's a giant.
** Marceline, the [[VampireMonarch Vampire Queen]], is only [[HalfHumanHybrid half-human]] - her other half is demonic.
** "[[Recap/AdventureTimeS1E1SlumberPartyPanic Slumber Party Panic]]" and "[[Recap/AdventureTimeS3E13FromBadToWorse From Bad to Worse]]" feature the Candy People (sentient candy, pastries, and other sugary snacks), Jake the Dog (a talking, shapeshifting dog), Lady Rainicorn (a talking cross between a {{unicorn}} and a rainbow), and Lumpy Space Princess (a talking purple cloud) turning into zombies.
* ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooWhereAreYou'': In "Spooky Space Kook", the gang deals with an abandoned airfield that is evidently haunted by both a ghost alien and his haunted spaceship. Of course, this being Scooby Doo, it turns out to be a criminal in a disguise.

* The ''WesternAnimation/{{Spliced}}'' episode "Bite, Shuffle, and Moan" had all the mutants on Keepaway Island getting turned into zombies.
* ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'' episode ''[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS2E7LegacyOfTerror Legacy of Terror]]'' features undead [[InsectoidAlien Geonosians]] that are controlled by parasitic brain worms. Although [[HumanoidAliens closer to human]] than the Geonosians, ''[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS4E19Massacre Massacre]]'' features undead Nightsisters (female Dathomirians) reanimated through magic.
* ''WesternAnimation/Primal2019'': "Plague of Madness" gives us TechnicallyLivingZombie dinosaurs, starting with a duck-billed hadrosaur which bites an ''Argentinosaurus'', one of the biggest dinosaurs known to science. GentleGiantSauropod is then averted and NightmareFuel ensues.

-->--'''[[MonsterCompendium The Suburban Almanac]]''', ''VideoGame/PlantsVsZombies''

** Later on in VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft, when Death Knights became playable it meant that you could have an undead version of every race: dwarves, gnomes, werewolves, goblins, elves... You could even have an [[UpToEleven Undead Death Knight]], meaning a human who died, was raised from the dead, then was killed and THEN risen from the dead ''again''.

* ''VideoGame/VagrantStory'' includes zombie variants of several of the games enemies as optional {{Bonus Boss}}es: zombie [[ALoadOfBull minotaur]], zombie [[OurOgresAreHungrier ogre]], and [[{{Dracolich}} zombie dragon]].