History Main / ZombieAdvocate

** Shepard can similarly become this for the Krogan, repeatedly expressing the belief that absolutely ''nothing'' justified the Turians or Salarians in committing [[UsefulNotes/TheLawsAndCustomsOfWar a war crime]] by unleashing the [[DepopulationBomb Genophage]] to end the Krogan Rebellions, even if the Krogan ''were'' the aggressors in the conflict and threatening to take over the galaxy.

* In the latter part of season 2 of ''Series/{{Battlestar Galactica|2003}}'', a group of activists briefly emerged who argued that the Colonials should pursue peace and coexistence with the Cylons. This despite the fact that the Cylons had [[FinalSolution almost entirely eradicated all of mankind in a nuclear holocaust]] and pursued the scant few survivors into deep space, the activists ''still'' characterized Admiral Adama and Galactica's campaign to protect the fleet from being wiped out of existence as a "relentless war machine".

* ''Series/{{The Outer Limits|1995}}'': In "Summit", Kate Woods' husband Brian was a professor at Sumner University and a strong advocate for the rights of Dregocians. His views made him very unpopular with most other humans to the point that he received death threats but his work was widely read by Dregocians. Ironically, he was killed by a bomb planted by Dregocian terrorists. However, he was merely an innocent bystander as opposed to the target.

* From ''Series/TheWalkingDead'':

* ''WebComic/SupernaturalLaw'', a comic strip, and later a comic book and a webcomic about a law firm that represents ghosts, zombies, Frankenstein's monster and others. [[ShownTheirWork Highly accurate when it comes to how law works.]]

* In ''Manga/HighSchoolOfTheDead'', a group taking refuge on Saya's parents' estate criticize them for slaughtering the undead indiscriminately rather than searching for a cure. Who are eventually eaten by the zombie hordes [[spoiler:because those idiots from the orgybus messed up and let them into the compound.]] Just in case you were wondering, they actually try to reason with the zombies ''while they are being eaten.'' (The ringleader panics, stabs a zombie in the eye before the moment of truth, and is ''still'' in denial.)

* In ''Manga/{{Nightschool}}'', FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire Nicholas's girlfriend is a "vampire rights activist", even defending vampires who try to eat her.
* By the end of the ''Alicization'' arc of ''LightNovel/SwordArtOnline'', Kirito, Asuna, and especially Rinko become advocates to the Artificial Fluctlights, brain-scanned human clones nurtured in a virtual world known as the "Underworld" and can interact with real world through a robotic body.
* Bell Cranel in the season 3 of ''LightNovel/IsItWrongToTryToPickUpGirlsInADungeon'' become a Xenos advocate who, despite that Xenos is still threatening as ever when going berserk, they have achieved human-like sentience which makes Bell sympathize to them.

* ''WebComic/SupernaturalLaw'', a comic strip, and later a comic book and a webcomic about a law firm that represents ghosts, zombies, Frankenstein's monster and others. [[ShownTheirWork Highly accurate when it comes to how law works.]]

* In the Second Renaissance sections of ''Anime/TheAnimatrix'', there are protests and a [[UsefulNotes/CivilRightsMovement Million Machine March]] promoting civil rights for sentient machines.

* ''Film/{{Colin}}'': The zombie's sister chases away kids trying to terminate him, then pleads with her boyfriend to take him back to their apartment and tie him to the shower head. She shows him family photos [[spoiler:(which he snarls at), gets bitten for her trouble, hides it, then dies and comes back to wander the Earth with her brother.]]

* ''Film/JourneyToTheWestConqueringTheDemons'': Tang believes that demons can be reformed through song. This keenly foreshadows the fact that [[spoiler:his three disciples will be demons recruited to his side]].
* Inverted in ''Film/{{Daybreakers}}'', where vampires dominate polite society and humans are [[PeopleFarms farmed for blood]]. The vampire Senator Turner is a secret supporter of the [[LaResistance human fugitives]] who uses his position to lobby for human rights.
* Film/MonsterVerse: Slightly {{downplayed}} with Monarch in that they don't humanize the Titans; but this is generally their stance on Godzilla, and as of ''Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019'' also the other Titans they study. Against the organization's original directive to find ways of killing the creatures it finds, Monarch is advocating against the government's increasing push to have the military indiscriminately kill all the Titans, recognizing that not all Titans are malevolent, that some can potentially coexist with humans in harmony, and that the Titans' continued existence is essential to the maintenance of Earth's ecological balance. Unfortunately, their tensions with the government are running high at the start of ''King of the Monsters'' due to widespread FantasticRacism following the [[Film/Godzilla2014 first film's events]]. Interestingly, the more negative representation of this trope is also slightly played with in that Titans do kill a lot of Monarch operatives.

* ''Franchise/Whoniverse'': A spinoff book, the ''Dalek Survival Guide'', briefly discusses someone who tried to be this for [[OmnicidalManiac the Daleks]] following a period [[StockholmSyndrome trapped with a Dalek]]. She appealed to be allowed to see her Dalek and discovered, to put it mildly, that the Dalek did not return her feelings.

* Gabriel and Gabriella of ''Dead Hungry Diner'' are a variation on the "actually right" version. Initially idolizing Vanda Hellsing -- who protected their town from zombies by fighting them -- they discover by accident that not only are the zombies simply hungry rather than malevolent, but they'll gladly eat certain berries instead of people -- even paying for the privilege. They convert the local cemetery into a diner for monsters, while their former hero devolves into VanHelsingHateCrimes, refusing to accept any solution to the problem that doesn't involve killing the monsters.

* Lion-O from ''WesternAnimation/{{ThunderCats|2011}}'' is the only Cat who will defend the rights of the Lizards, the Cats' sworn enemy. And, to a lesser extent, Dogs too. This almost gets him skinned by an angry mob in the first episode when he defends a Lizard they're about to murder, but after Mumm-Ra's forces conquer the city, the same Lizard recognizes him and [[BecauseYouWereNiceToMe lets him and his companions escape]]

* Literature/AnitaBlake is -- in the early novels -- an ardent defender of zombie rights, and lobbies in support of a Bill of Zombie Rights. Not because she thinks they're harmless. It's more about respect for the dead, and preventing their being raised for irresponsible reasons. Like, um, necrophilia. Yeah, it's that kind of series.
* A ''Doctor Who'' spinoff book, the ''Dalek Survival Guide'', briefly discusses someone who tried to be this for [[OmnicidalManiac the Daleks]] following a period [[StockholmSyndrome trapped with a Dalek]]. She appealed to be allowed to see her Dalek and discovered, to put it mildly, that the Dalek did not return her feelings.

* In ''[[Literature/BlackTideRising Strands of Sorrow]]'', The Secretary of Education, during her stint acting in place of the missing President, orders all clearing operations halted, with talk about charging those involved with crimes against humanity, due to the fact that the infected are still technically human. She also orders that the infected be captured and restrained instead of killed, in spite of the fact that the CDC determined that there was no way to reverse the infection and make the victims whole again and that it would be impossible to carry out her orders given the conditions of a zombie apocalypse.

* From ''Series/TheWalkingDead'':
** [[spoiler:Hershel Greene]] thinks of them as sick people [[spoiler:and keeps a barn filled with his infected family members and neighbors, even those that get trapped trying to enter his farm. And he feeds them. With chicken.]]
** In season 4, Lizzie does not believe that the walkers are any different from normal people. [[spoiler: This leads to her murdering her little sister in order to prove that, when she turns, walkers are just like them.]]
* The vampires of ''Series/TrueBlood'' have lobbyists and talking heads just like every other special interest group.
* In ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', Gib Cain scoffs at having to deal with "People for the Ethical Treatment of Werewolves" after Buffy and co. stop him from killing a werewolf on the grounds that it's still a human being. It even spawned a [[http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=10322289364&v=info real-life counterpart.]]

* When the study group plays ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' on ''Series/{{Community}}'', Britta keeps getting distracted from their actual goals by such causes:

* The Doctor in ''Series/DoctorWho'' sometimes tends this way, DependingOnTheWriter. He or she is generally protective of all sapient life, up until the point where a species proves habitually villainous, at which point the gloves are off — though the Doctor dislikes weapons and tries to avoid outright genocide, and this restraint occasionally seems to go to ridiculous lengths. At times, the show has featured a distinct bias against artificial intelligences and robots, with the Doctor and others treating them with disdain, but even that varies. The trope also appears, mentioned but not shown, in the stories with Cybus Cybermen. Many people in Pete's world apparently think that it's inhumane to keep the Cybermen locked up because they're still human (sort of).

* ''TabletopGame/{{Shadowrun}}''. In his will the dragon Dunkelzahn set up an organization called the Astral Space Preservation Society. One of its duties was to "protect the rights of the denizens of astral space". Some of these denizens are insect spirits (which infest and take over human beings), toxic spirits (which are used in the evil plans of toxic shamans) and Horrors, who are {{Eldritch Abomination}}s that devastate the surface of the Earth [[ViciousCycle every few thousand years]].
** He also bequeathed a significant sum to whoever could come up with an artificial flesh substitute for [[OurGhoulsAreCreepier ghouls]], so they would have a chance to re-enter society. While the efforts have so far been unsuccessful, ghouls are capable of maintaining a semi-civilized lifestyle if they can satisfy their HorrorHunger in non-illegal ways (like corpses they didn't kill).
* ''TabletopGame/{{Mystara}}'' has one of TransplantedHumans areas bringing lycanthropes to [[TheMagocracy Glantri]]. They eventually got enough of a political clue to organize the underground Canine Protection Society and claim they are persecuted out of prejudice much like the dwarves were before. They leave dwarves and halflings alone; conversely, some dwarves quietly support them with money as an indirect revenge against Glantrians. The real plan is very simple: to spread lycanthropy around until there are enough of them, because once there are 5000 supporters who live in one area far enough from the capitol (which is the case) and agree on which noble they want as the Prince, the last step is perfectly legal -- they can officially request an Act of Enfiefment and get their own principalty.

* ''TabletopGame/DeadReign'' has the Zombie Lover character type. Some just see the zombies as ill loved ones sick with a really bad disease, others consider them to actually be an improvement over humanity.

* James in ''VideoGame/TheWalkingDead'', being one of The Whisperers who disguises himself as a walker to hide among them and even use them as weapons or defenses, believes that they are "harmless and innocent when left alone" and that there's some semblance of who they were left that makes them less than human but still more than just monsters. Thankfully he's fairly rational and intelligent, knowing that they ''will'' kill you at any available opportunity and being understanding when people kill them. The most he asks of Clementine is to not kill them unless necessary, and to don his mask and walk among them to "see them at peace" as he does.

* Lion-O from ''WesternAnimation/{{ThunderCats|2011}}'' (2011) is the only Cat who will defend the rights of the Lizards, the Cats' sworn enemy. And, to a lesser extent, Dogs too. This almost gets him skinned by an angry mob in the first episode when he defends a Lizard they're about to murder, but after Mumm-Ra's forces conquer the city, the same Lizard recognizes him and [[BecauseYouWereNiceToMe lets him and his companions escape]]

* Khan in ''VideoGame/MetroLastLight'' certainly believes that the Dark Ones, an intelligent race of mutants capable of MindRape on humans, is actually the titular "last light" of humanity, and that the Rangers were wrong to bomb their home during the ending of ''VideoGame/Metro2033''. Specifically, he thinks that the [[LastOfHisKind Baby Dark One]] can save what's left of Moscow from potential ruin.

* In ''VideoGame/{{Siren}}: Blood Curse'', Melissa Gale becomes one of these [[spoiler:near the end of the first "time loop". Both her daughter and husband are turned into Shibito zombies, and Melissa can be seen "comforting" her trapped shibito-fied daughter, as the husband comes up behind her to kill her.]]
* ''VideoGame/StubbsTheZombie'' is Wideload Games' attempt to present the zombie point of view, supplemented with arguments on their website.
-->''[[http://web.archive.org/web/20051207022924/http://www.wideload.com/cannibals.html It's no surprise that the all-human media cartel resorts to distortions and name-calling; their anti-zombie bias has been evident for decades...]]''
* Online game ''VideoGame/UrbanDead'' naturally has these, generally staffed by zombies. One even had on its webpage a campaign to help cure the humans. With the normal tender zombie love.
* Gabriel and Gabriella of ''Dead Hungry Diner'' are a variation on the "actually right" version. Initially idolizing Vanda Hellsing -- who protected their town from zombies by fighting them -- they discover by accident that not only are the zombies simply hungry rather than malevolent, but they'll gladly eat certain berries instead of people -- even paying for the privilege. They convert the local cemetery into a diner for monsters, while their former hero devolves into VanHelsingHateCrimes, refusing to accept any solution to the problem that doesn't involve killing the monsters.

* Playing as a Ranger in ''VideoGame/BaldursGateII'' affords you the opportunity to do this for a group of hobgoblins after you complete the Ranger Stronghold quest.
* In the mobile game ''VideoGame/{{Rebuild}}'' one of your survivors can, if you allow it, write a pro-zombie book and later start a church. This leads to one of the game's endings in which everyone in the city eventually joins the cult and decides to become one of the "Chosen Ones", rejoicing every time one of its members gets eaten alive. [[spoiler:It's actually a good idea to allow this, since it gives a crucial early-game happiness boost and the cultists can convert an otherwise-useless graveyard into a church... as long as you crack down on the cult once its members start going insane. This will cost you a few survivors, but it will also save your city.]] Drafting a constitution at the old city hall will also at one point lead to one random citizen insisting on giving zombies rights.
* Fia, The Deathbead Companion from ''VideoGame/EldenRing'' wants to create a world where Those-Who-Live-In-Death are not persecuted and instead are free to exist in their undead state.
* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'' has several races of beastmen, which are a collective group of people that are "monsters/animals" with intellect (Amalj'aa=lizards, Ixal=parrots, Sahaghin=fish, Kobold=a different breed of rat, Slyph=talking plants, Vanu=hawk/eagle, Gnath=insect). The beast tribes are usually fanatic, territorial, and aggressive while also having the ability to summon a magical god to fight for them (though technically anyone can do this, with enough aether and some appropriate foci) to cause even more destruction whilst ''also'' brainwashing most any sentient/sapient beings nearby into becoming their servants. There's a subset of beast tribes that do not want any part of their hostile brethren's antics and you can do quests to help them out and show people that not all beastmen are bad.
* ''VideoGame/Fallout4'':
** The [[UndergroundRailroad Railroad]] helps liberate [[RidiculouslyHumanRobots Synths]] from the Institute, while the rest of the population views Synths with hostility and suspicion, with varying degrees of success. Some Synths end up successfully escaping and living happy lives, but some are recaptured by the Institute, and others end up becoming Raiders terrorizing the population of the Commonwealth. [[TomatoInTheMirror One actually ended up joining]] [[spoiler:the Brotherhood of Steel]], [[YouAreWhatYouHate an organization that wants to destroy all Synths]].
** A smaller case is present in Rex Goodman, a radio presenter and [[Creator/WilliamShakespeare Shakespeare]] {{Fanboy}} who decided that Super Mutants could be civilized if exposed to the Bard's works. Instead, they mostly found it funny and locked him up with another Super Mutant, Strong, who took the most out of Shakespeare's writing. Which is to say he now thinks that there's some kind of empowering milk out there that unlocks the secret to human success. The [[PlayerCharacter Sole Survivor]] can even call Rex out for being a complete idiot, to which Rex [[DidntThinkThisThrough meekly agrees.]]

* In ''Webcomic/{{Flipside}}'', Maytag tries to help Bloody Mary, a mass-murdering cannibal, genuinely hoping that she'll be able to help her reverse her condition. Her determination to help is pretty solid, especially considering that [[spoiler: Mary has just ''eaten Maytag's arm'' and killed a good man whom she admired.]]

* ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'':
** Tsukiko is unlike most necromancers in fiction. Rather than see the undead as slaves, she considers them morally ''superior'' to the living on the grounds that the dead don't lie or go around hurting feelings. [[FluffyTamer She acts motherly toward her vicious flesh-eating creations,]] and flirted with the lich Xykon in their first meeting. The whole thing is mostly PlayedForLaughs. In her case, it's more of a [[LogicalFallacies logical fallacy]] situation: she reasons that since the living are mean liars who go around hurting each other, the undead (as the antithesis of living creatures) MUST be kind, loving gentle creatures. She holds to this belief regardless of the mountains of evidence to the contrary [[spoiler:right up until the end.]] There're also [[ILoveTheDead other reasons]] for her behavior.
** Redcloak is one for goblins, as is his (formerly mortal) deity the Dark One, and the entire plot is set into motion by the Dark One's plan to get goblins more rights, either by holding reality hostage with the [[EldritchAbomination Snarl,]] or allowing it to be destroyed and recreated with himself now one of the gods making the rules. [[spoiler:Subverted when someone points out that Redcloak ''already has what he wants'', but Redcloak utterly refuses to do anything but carry out his plan because that would require him to admit he's not the hero.]]
*** As for why this is necessary, OOTS takes place in an RPGMechanicsVerse, where monsters like goblins ''literally'' only exist to be killed for XP, especially for the followers of the more traditional gods. In fact, the whole plan was set up by the Dark One when he found out about the true nature of his people.
*** By ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' standards, goblins are supposed AlwaysNeutralEvil, but it's highly clear that this is a highly unrealistic thing to expect of any mortal race and it's more of a toxic mentality that led to the rise of beings like the Dark One and people like Redcloak.
* In a story arc in the ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft''-based comic, ''Webcomic/DarkLegacyComics'', Keydar joins a group that supports NPC rights, culminating in violence towards [=NPCs=] being made illegal. In the world of an MMO, killing [=NPCs=] is integral to society, so the economy crumbles and people starve as they can't get meat or loot anything.

* ''Webcomic/MegaTokyo'': The MagicalGirl [[http://megatokyo.com/strip/1107 tries to save a zombie Godzilla]]. (Guilt is a factor here, since she precipitated the infection.)

* In ''Webcomic/BrunoTheBandit'', Bruno is going to be forced to to fight a dragon on live television. Suddenly, a group of straw PETA stand-ins rush the stage and start protesting the mistreatment of this majestic creature. [[spoiler:The dragon immediately eats them.]]
* ''Webcomic/PennyArcade'' gives us the PETO, which stands for People for the Ethical Treatment of [[VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft Orcs]].
* ''Webcomic/PvP'''s Skull the troll briefly ran a troll-rights group at one point.
* In ''WebComic/HannaIsNotABoysName'', Hanna gets ''pissed'' when someone implies that Zombie is a thing and not a person. It could be because Zombie is his friend and business partner, but he also earlier was apologetic to a vampire bat for potentially implying that [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything all bats look the same]].

* ''Webcomic/ReBootCodeOfHonor'': Bob's beliefs on reformatting viruses instead of deleting them outright inadvertently led to the rise of "Viral Sympathizer" groups, which are outright opposed to the Guardian Collective's efforts in the Viral War.

* The premise of ''WesternAnimation/UglyAmericans'' is that a social worker named Mark Lilly tries to help various supernatural creatures integrate into an AlternateUniverse version of New York City. Includes a [[NobleBigotWithABadge police chief who hates the supernatural]] (especially vampires--his ex-wife left him for one), a zombie roommate, a wizard co-worker and a boss/girlfriend who's a [[HornyDevil promiscuous]] [[HalfHumanHybrid half-demon]] (her father is the [[LegacyCharacter current]] Devil).

** Redcloak is one for goblins, as is his (formerly mortal) deity the Dark One, and the entire plot is set into motion by the Dark One's plan to get goblins more rights, either by holding reality hostage with the [[EldritchAbomination Snarl,]] or allowing it to be destroyed and recreated with himself now one of the gods making the rules.

* On ''Series/FraggleRock'', Mokey once feels sorry for the Doozers having their buildings eaten, and convinces the other Fraggles to stop. Turns out the Doozers ''like'' having their hard work destroyed because it leaves room for them to keep building.

** The defictionalized ''Daily Prophet Newsletters'' have mentioned other groups, like the ''Society for the Support of [[MuggleBornOfMages Squibs]]'', ''The Society For The Tolerance of Vampires'', a ''Troll Rights Movement'' and a ''Brotherhood of Goblins''. There's also Carlotta Pinkstone, a {{Muggle}}-rights activist who wants to end TheMasquerade and has been arrested for blatant use of magic in front of Muggles.

* In ''Manga/HighSchoolOfTheDead'', a group taking refuge on Saya's parents' estate criticize them for slaughtering the undead indiscriminately rather than searching for a cure. Who are eventually eaten by the zombie hordes [[spoiler:because those idiots from the [[FanNickname orgybus]] messed up and let them into the compound.]] Just in case you were wondering, they actually try to reason with the zombies ''while they are being eaten.'' (The ringleader panics, stabs a zombie in the eye before the moment of truth, and is ''still'' in denial.)

->'''Hiccup:''' I screwed up. I... I-I-I should have told you before now. I... just you... take this out on me, be mad at me. But please, just don't hurt Toothless.\\
'''Stoick:''' The dragon?! ''That's'' what you're worried about?! Not the people you almost ''killed?!''\\
'''Hiccup:''' Dad, he was just protecting me! H-He's not dangerous!\\
'''Stoick:''' They've killed ''hundreds'' of us!\\
'''Hiccup:''' And ''we've'' killed ''thousands'' of ''them!''
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon''

* The premise of ''WesternAnimation/UglyAmericans'' is that a social worker named Mark Lilly tries to help various supernatural creatures integrate into an AlternateUniverse version of New York City. Includes a [[NobleBigotWithABadge police chief who hates the supernatural]] (especially vampires--his ex-wife left him for one), a zombie roommate, a [[WitchSpecies wizard]] co-worker and a boss/girlfriend who's a [[HornyDevil promiscuous]] [[HalfHumanHybrid half-demon]] (her father is the [[LegacyCharacter current]] Devil).

* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman is a central theme in ''Fanfic/TheParselmouthOfGryffindor'', so naturally Hermione takes up this mantle for most oppressed or overlooked sapient beings in the wizarding world. Hagrid also has shades of this when it comes to Acromantulas. In both cases, they're actually mostly right.
* ''FanFic/RosarioVampireBrightestDarkness'':
** After saving a benevolent monster from an evil human, Rason Miyamosa became this, [[FallenAngel falling from grace]] as part of an agreement with the other angels to prove that not all monsters are evil. By Act IV, he's succeeded in doing so.
** Kyouko has become one as of Acts V and VI, explicitly telling several of the other girls in the group that even if they are monsters, she knows they aren't evil and trusts them with her life.

* ''Fanfic/TheDevilsInTheDetails'': In his college years, Peter becomes a big name in Mutant Rights despite not being a mutant himself, often roping Matt into it whenever he or someone else needs legal advice in regards to it.
--> '''Matt''': So, you ready for dealing with the backlash of Stark Industries' "pro Mutant" stand? Either way, you'll get some backlash for it.\\
'''Peter''': Bring it on, I'll happily punch a fucker that tries to claim anyone is more or less human than anyone else just because they aren't the same.\\
'''Matt''': That's my boy.

* Hermione in ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheGobletOfFire'' started S.P.E.W., the Society for the Promotion of Elfish Welfare. Notable in that house elves ''do not want'' better treatment, being a [[PlanetOfHats race of]] {{Extreme Doormat}}s. Considering that they are ''physically and mentally incapable'' of disobeying their owners, it may be fair to say the elves generally lack the ability to independently "want" anything in particular, Dobbies and Kreachers notwithstanding. Hermione's understanding of the situation gradually improves from Book 4 ("The other elves will see how happy [Dobby] is, being free, and slowly it'll dawn on them that they want that too!") to Book 7 (after Kreacher is punishing himself for calling her a Mudblood: "Don't you see how sick it is, the way they've got to obey?").
** In general, it's clear that a lot of masters take advantage of their house elves' psychology and end up physically and mentally abusing them in ways that sentient creatures shouldn't ''have'' to put up with. {{Word of God}} states that Hermione eventually gets a job in the Ministry working to pass laws requiring that House Elves are treated humanely in their positions. A good example of the problem is Dumbledore's hiring of Dobby. The first offer was good wages and weekends off, but Dobby talked him down.
** The defictionalized ''Daily Prophet Newsletters'' have mentioned other groups, like the ''Society for the Support of [[MuggleBornOfMages Squibs]]'', ''The Society For The Tolerance of Vampires'', a ''Troll Rights Movement'' and a ''Brotherhood of Goblins''. There's also Carlotta Pinkstone, a {{Muggle}}-rights activist who wants to end TheMasquerade and has been arrested for blatant use of magic in front of Muggles.
** ''Pottermore'' gives us the ''Goblin Liberation Front''.
** Chocolate frog cards in the video games mention a ''Society for the Reformation of Hags''.

* In the ''Simon Canderous'' series, the vampire Aidan Christos is a bit of a {{Jerkass}}, but the liaison between humans and vampires once the vampires convince the DEA they don't want to wipe out humanity or cause a human-vampire war.
* Literature/AnitaBlake is -- in the early novels -- an ardent defender of zombie rights, and lobbies in support of a Bill of Zombie Rights. Not because she thinks they're harmless. It's more about respect for the dead, and preventing their being raised for irresponsible reasons. Like, um, necrophilia. Yeah, it's that kind of series.
* In ''Literature/WarmBodies'', a zombie eats a guy's brain and falls in love with his girlfriend. The two fall in love, which heals other zombies through ThePowerOfLove and turns the girl into a Zombie Advocate. This is one of the few instances in which a Zombie Advocate in a ZombieApocalypse movie is shown to be right.

* A ''Doctor Who'' spinoff book, the ''Dalek Survival Guide'', briefly discusses someone who tried to be this for [[OmnicidalManiac the Daleks]] following a period [[StockholmSyndrome trapped with a Dalek]]. She appealed to be allowed to see her Dalek and discovered, to put it mildly, that the Dalek did not return her feelings.
* Robin Dyer, from the ''Literature/DanShambleZombiePI'' stories, is a ''literal'' Advocate for zombies, as well as vampires, werewolves, witches, and the numerous other "unnaturals" of the setting. Although human herself, this young civil rights attorney is building a career around untangling the countless legal issues arising from the Big Uneasy, and ensuring that even no-longer-human citizens retain their human legal rights.

See also InhumanableAlienRights, which is what a justified ZombieAdvocate is fighting for. Compare BlackShirt, SupportingTheMonsterLovedOne, and GullibleLemmings. Not to be confused with [[EvilLawyerJoke soulless]] [[AmoralAttorney lawyers]]. MamaDidntRaiseNoCriminal is when ''human'' monsters get this treatment.

* Retired Hunter Djura from ''VideoGame/{{Bloodborne}}'' actively protects the beasts of Old Yharnam, first with barricades, then with warning, and finally with a massive [[GatlingGood Gatling Gun]]. The apparent reason for sympathizing with the beasts, as revealed through dialogue should you befriend him and spare the lives of the Old Yharnam beasts, is that he doesn't see them as monsters, he sees them as people. [[spoiler:He's not entirely wrong, [[WasOnceAMan beasts used to be people]].]]

* Hypno-Shroom from ''VideoGame/PlantsVsZombies'' is one of the few plants who sympathizes with their mortal enemies, the zombies, believing them to be NotEvilJustMisunderstood. While the truth of this remains to be seen (probably not), zombies can become allies and fight for the plants with the help of his [[MindControl hypnotic "persuasion"]].

See also InhumanableAlienRights, which is what a justified ZombieAdvocate is fighting against. Compare BlackShirt, SupportingTheMonsterLovedOne, and GullibleLemmings. Not to be confused with [[EvilLawyerJoke soulless]] [[AmoralAttorney lawyers]]. MamaDidntRaiseNoCriminal is when ''human'' monsters get this treatment.

->'''Hiccup:''' I screwed up. I...I-I-I should have told you before now. I...just you...take this out on me, be mad at me. But please, just don't hurt Toothless.\\

Civil Rights activists [[WeCare care]], so much so that opponents derisively label them "bleeding hearts". But what they fail to consider is that the Zombie Advocate's friends may well rip it from their chest.

* In the mobile game ''VideoGame/{{Rebuild}}'' one of your survivors can, if you allow it, write a pro-zombie book and later start a church. This leads to one of the game's endings in which everyone in the city eventually joins the cult and decides to become one of the "Chosen Ones". [[spoiler:It's actually a good idea to allow this, since it gives a crucial early-game happiness boost and the cultists can convert an otherwise-useless graveyard into a church... as long as you crack down on the cult once its members start going insane. This will cost you a few survivors, but it will also save your city.]] Drafting a constitution at the old city hall will also at one point lead to one random citizen insisting on giving zombies rights.

* ''VideoGame/{{Rebuild}}'': In the second game, an early event has a ZombieAdvocate publish his controversial views, and you can choose whether or not to let them continue. Continuing down this path unlocks one of the endings where the entire city eventually becomes a cult that rejoices everytime one of its members gets eaten alive.

** The [[UndergroundRailroad Railroad]] helps liberate [[RidiculouslyHumanRobots Synths]] from the Institute, while the rest of the population views Synths with hostility and suspicion, with varying degrees of success. Some Synths end up successfully escaping and living happy lives, but some are recaptured by the Institute, and others end up becoming Raiders terrorizing the population of the Commonwealth. [[TomatoInTheMirror One actually ended up joining]] [[spoiler:the Brotherhood of Steel]] [[YouAreWhatYouHate an organization that wants to destroy all Synths]].

* Bell Cranel in the season 3 of LightNovel/IsItWrongToTry ToPickUpGirlsInADungeon become a Xenos advocate who, despite that Xenos is still threatening as ever when going berserk, they have achieved human-like sentience which makes Bell sympathize to them.

They may not even be that far off. If the creature being advocated for is [[DarkIsNotEvil genuinely good]] the Zombie Advocate can get the HunterOfMonsters to stop from committing a VanHelsingHateCrime they [[HeWhoFightsMonsters might]] regret. In more idealistic stories they're instrumental in [[ShamingTheMob getting]] the [[TorchesAndPitchforks angry villagers]] (or [[JustAMachine disdainful scientists)]] and the misunderstood monster to reconcile -- until some idiot goes invoking an InterruptedCooldownHug, that is. Interestingly, they may well have hated or feared the monster just like everyone else, only changing their mind after [[WhyIsntItAttacking discovering]] their [[GentleGiant gentle]] side.

* In the mobile game ''Rebuild'' one of your survivors can, if you allow it, write a pro-zombie book and later start a church. This leads to one of the game's endings in which everyone in the city eventually joins the cult and decides to become one of the "Chosen Ones". Drafting a constitution at the old city hall will also at one point lead to one random citizen insisting on giving zombies rights.