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* BullyingADragon: Subverted. The boys constantly bully Zombie Kenny, who could easily eat them in turn, but they're never attacked throughout the episode, not even when Cartman steals his pudding and eats it in front of him.



** As happy as he was killing zombies of adults, Stan can't bring himself to kill zombie Wendy, and it's implied at the funeral that he was somewhat upset with Kyle for killing zombie Kenny despite it saving everyone.

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** As happy as he was killing zombies of adults, Stan can't bring himself to kill zombie Wendy, and it's implied at the funeral that he was somewhat upset with Kyle for killing zombie Kenny despite it saving everyone. Furthermore, though Cartman kept goading him into killing her, he never actually does it himself, implying he too was uncomfortable with killing his classmate.



** Even if dressing up as Hitler and a Klansman stem from ignorance rather than malice, Cartman still goes out of his way to mock his friends' Halloween costumes, provokes Kenny constantly for his sorry state (not knowing he was a zombie), and later tries to goad Stan into killing zombie Wendy.

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** Even if dressing up as Hitler and a Klansman stem from ignorance rather than malice, Cartman still goes out of his way to mock his friends' Halloween costumes, provokes Kenny constantly for his sorry state (not knowing he was a zombie), eats the latter's pudding, and later tries to goad Stan into killing zombie Wendy.Wendy just because he was mad that she donated all her candy to hungry children.

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* CannotKillTheirLovedOnes: When Wendy shows up as a Zombie, Stan eventually decides he can't bring himself to kill her, [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor despite having wished she was dead before]]. This ends up being the right decision as Kyle cures her seconds later.



** In the end, Stan says he learned that Halloween is about being good to each other, giving, and loving instead of costumes and candy. Kyle says that's Christmas and that Halloween is about costumes and candy.

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** In the end, Stan says he learned that Halloween is about being good to each other, giving, and loving instead of costumes and candy. Kyle says that's Christmas and that Halloween is ''is'' about costumes and candy.


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* ThinksLikeARomanceNovel: Stan has a moment of this when he declares that Halloween was about being with your loved ones all along, based on [[BreakupMakeupScenario the experience]] he had with Wendy in this episode. Kyle has to remind him that that's what ''Christmas'' is about, not Halloween.

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* KidsAreCruel:
** Most kids in class laugh at Stan for his Raggedy Ann costume. Mr. Garrison even incites them to do so!
** The boys aren't any better, constantly making fun of each other for their costumes (especially with Kenny, who doesn't retaliate because he's a zombie), and are mostly unfazed by the zombie outbreak, only being worried about getting their candy.



* KidsAreCruel:
** Most kids in class laugh at Stan for his Raggedy Ann costume. Mr. Garrison even incites them to do so!
** The boys aren't any better, constantly making fun of each other for their costumes (especially with Kenny, who doesn't retaliate because he's a zombie), and are mostly unfazed by the zombie outbreak, only being worried about getting their candy.



* PoorCommunicationKIlls: After mistaking him for a zombie, Chef rips an arm off of a nearby patient to show the doctor that the zombies how devoid of humanity the zombies are. When the misunderstanding is cleared, Chef meekly gives the man his arm back.

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* PoorCommunicationKIlls: PoorCommunicationKills: After mistaking him for a zombie, Chef rips an arm off of a nearby patient to show the doctor that the zombies how devoid of humanity the zombies are. When the misunderstanding is cleared, Chef meekly gives the man his arm back.

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** WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Although they were clearly cured since they appear on future episodes, Pip and Clyde aren't seen again after their introductory scenes as zombies. Bebe isn't seen either after being drowned.


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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Although they were clearly cured since they appear on future episodes, Pip and Clyde aren't seen again after their introductory scenes as zombies. Bebe isn't seen either after being drowned.
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: PlayedForLaughs when Kyle kills Kenny, whereupon he says his and Stan's CharacterCatchphrase ''to himself''.
-->'''Kyle:''' Oh my God, I killed Kenny! [shuts his eyes] You bastard!

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* BatterUp: Stan kills his first zombie with a nearby baseball bat. He soon switches to one of Chef's chainsaws after the latter is infected.



* GoodCounterpart: Wendy is this to Cartman in '[[Recap/SouthParkS1E2WeightGain4000 Weight Gain 4000]]'', as they both unfairly win a school contest (Cartman cheated on his school paper, while Wendy came dressed as Chewbacca like everybody else and bizarrely still won). However, Cartman spent most of his episode bragging about his unearned victory and rubbing his prize (being on TV) in his friends' face, while Wendy not only didn't make a big deal out of her victory, but donated her candy barrel prize to hungry children in Nairobi.



* MirrorCharacter: Kyle's story is this to Wendy's in ''[[Recap/SouthParkS1E2WeightGain4000 Weight Gain 4000]]'', as they both lose a contest to a rival who didn't deserve it despite all the effort that they had put to win (Wendy loses to Cartman who plagiarized his essay, while Kyle loses to Wendy who was dressed like everybody else), much to their chagrin. However, Kyle throws a hissy fit and leaves the issue be, while Wendy spends most of the episode trying to expose Cartman's cheating.



** The Klansmen give Cartman one tootie bar (presumably for being dressed like them). Cartman doesn't appreciate it, though.
--->'''Cartman:''' ''One'' Tootie Bar? You cheap bastards!



* TheQuietOne: Exaggerated after Kenny is zombified, as he hardly talks at all except when attacking someone, which annoys Cartman to no end.



** Kenny's zombified state is mistaken as an Creator/EdwardJamesOlmos costume by Garrison, and wins the 2nd price as the spookiest costume.



--->'''Mr. Garrison:''' (when zombie Clyde tackles Bebe) Wait your turn Clyde.

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--->'''Mr. Garrison:''' (when [when zombie Clyde tackles Bebe) Bebe] Wait your turn Clyde.



-->'''Cartman:''' Eh, too bad drinking scotch isn't a paying job, or else Kenny's dad would be a millionaire. (Kenny doesn't respond) I said your dad would be a millionaire, get it?! Kenny?! Your family is poor Kenny!! Your family's poor!!! (to the boys) I don't like Kenny anymore, he, he just doesn't communicate.

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-->'''Cartman:''' Eh, too bad drinking scotch isn't a paying job, or else Kenny's dad would be a millionaire. (Kenny [Kenny doesn't respond) respond] I said your dad would be a millionaire, get it?! Kenny?! Your family is poor Kenny!! Your family's poor!!! (to [to the boys) boys] I don't like Kenny anymore, he, he just doesn't communicate.

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* DownerEnding: Most of the zombified Townsfolk are killed by Stan and Cartman before Kyle cures them, with only Wendy, Chef, Pip, and Clyde being confirmed cured. Stan managed to make up with Wendy but failed to kiss her, causing her to get mad and storm off. Kyle never got to win the costume contest, and it's heavily implied that the boys ended up quite short on candy at the end. The only solace is that a reincarnated zombie Kenny is killed ''again'', preventing the apocalypse from being started a second time.



-->'''Fosse:''' Heheh. Heheh. Hey Stan, you look almost pretty enough to kiss.

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-->'''Fosse:''' Heheh. Heheh. Hey Stan, you look almost pretty enough to kiss.\\



** Bebe is shown wearing her pink jacket that she previously wore in "Weight Gain 4000" despite being shown with her usual red jacket in "Big Gay Al's Big Gay Boat Ride", "An Elephant Makes Love to a Pig", and "Death".

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** Bebe is shown wearing her pink jacket that she previously wore in "Weight Gain 4000" despite being shown with her usual red jacket in "Big Gay Al's Big Gay Boat Ride", "An Elephant Makes Love to a Pig", and "Death". It might've had something to do with it being Halloween.
** The South Park Morgue, introduced in this episode, isn't seen again for the rest of the series, though it may have been destroyed in the zombie attack (or any of the subsequent town invasions) and they didn't bother rebuilding it.



* EveryoneHasStandards: As happy as he was killing zombies of adults, Stan can't bring himself to kill zombie Wendy, and it's implied at the funeral that he was somewhat upset with Kyle for killing zombie Kenny despite it saving everyone.

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* EveryoneHasStandards: EveryoneHasStandards:
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As happy as he was killing zombies of adults, Stan can't bring himself to kill zombie Wendy, and it's implied at the funeral that he was somewhat upset with Kyle for killing zombie Kenny despite it saving everyone.everyone.
** Kyle is mildly taken aback at Stan's idea of packing a taser to shock people who give the boys granola treats.



* IntercourseWithYou: zombie Chef's song, ''Make Love, Even When I'm Dead'', including lyrics such as "My body might get cold, but it's always hot in my bed".



* PintSizedPowerhouse: Zombie Pip is as small as he usually is, but he still destroys a Morgue window with one tap.



* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Chef leaps out the window of the doctor's office when the zombies start storming the place.

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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: ScrewThisImOuttaHere:
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Chef leaps out the window of the doctor's office when the zombies start storming the place. place.
** Wendy storms off in a huff after Stan pukes on her, killing the mood.


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** The mortician and his assistant Marty are bitten by PatientZero Kenny. Instead of reporting the zombie to the authorities, they instead go straight to the doctor, allowing Kenny to roam free and infect more people.


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** When preparing for ''Trick or Treats'', Stan packs a taser to shock people who give them granola treats. Cartman agrees with the idea.


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** WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Although they were clearly cured since they appear on future episodes, Pip and Clyde aren't seen again after their introductory scenes as zombies. Bebe isn't seen either after being drowned.


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* VillainSong: ''Make Love, Even When I'm Dead'', sung by Chef after turning into a zombie.


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* ZombieApocalypse: After Kenny is killed by a falling space station and is accidentally infused with Worcestershire sauce at the morgue, he is revived as a zombie and bites the mortician and his assistant before being unleashed into the town. By the next day, most of South Park is infected as well.
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* {{Hypocrite}}: Minor example. [[Recap/SouthParkS1E2WeightGain4000 A previous episode]] had Wendy unfairly losing an essay contest to Cartman (when he had just copied another author's work), much to her chagrin. She then spent most of that episode trying to expose Cartman as a cheater, but is ignored by the townsfolk. Here, ''she'''s the one who unfairly wins a contest with a costume that looked like everybody else's, indirectly screwing someone (Stan) out of a potential victory, and leaving another someone who rightfully deserved to win (Kyle) frustrated over the results. However, this time she doesn't speak up or try to reach out to Kyle and Stan, instead telling the latter to "relax", and only apologizing later that night when he showed that he was still mad about it.

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* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Stan tells Wendy to her face that he wished she was dead, and a few moments later, she's attacked and bitten by zombies. The next time he sees her in that state, Stan swallows his words, and admits to her that he didn't mean it.



* ChainsawGood: Stan and Cartman use chainsaws to fend off the zombies at the morgue, and then Kyle uses one to slice Kenny in half to end the zombie curse.
* CharacterizationMarchesOn: As with a lot of other Season 1 episodes, Mayor [=McDaniels=] is shown to be corrupt and incompetent, being completely unaware that there's a zombie apocalypse taking place, and instead busying herself having sex with Officer Barbrady for reasons that [[MakesAsMuchSenseInContext somehow have to do with the Yakuza and a ton of money]]. This was before she was established as an OnlySaneWoman who usually (and futilely) tries to do what's best for the town.

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* ButtMonkey: This was not the boys' best Halloween, and not just because of the zombies.
** Stan is convinced by Wendy to go to school dressed up like Raggedy Andy (while she went as Raggedy Ann), only for her to bail on the idea without telling him and show up as Chewbacca instead. This not only caused him to end up last at the costume contest, but it gets him made fun of by absolutely everybody including [[SadistTeacher Mr. Garrison]]. He doesn't even get Wendy's SmoochOfVictory at the end, although that's mostly his own fault.
** Kyle spends countless time and money prepping up his Halloween costumes, only for something to screw him out of the candy barrel. He tries to come in as Chewbacca; everyone else chose to come in as him as well. He comes in as the entire solar system; he's bizarrely ignored in favor of Wendy (who was ''also'' coming in as Chewbacca). He finally settles for a vampire costume, but by then Kenny kept eating all the people with candy so he never gets any recognition for it.
** Cartman is constantly made fun of for his mother's prostitution, and everything he says to defend her ends up being squandered minutes later by proof that she's simply a slut. He's also made to change his hard-earned costume for reasons he didn't understand, though that's hardly unfair to him considering [[AdolfHitlarious what the costume was]].
** Kenny is killed ''three'' times in this episode, and his reanimated corpse is constantly losing body parts. He also gets mocked for his family's poverty, although it's implied he couldn't hear that due to his zombified state.
* ChainsawGood: Chef wields dual chainsaws to defend himself and the boys from zombies. After he turns, Stan and Cartman use chainsaws one each to fend off the zombies at the morgue, and then Kyle uses one to slice Kenny in half to end the zombie curse.
* CharacterizationMarchesOn: As with a lot of other Season 1 episodes, Mayor [=McDaniels=] is shown to be corrupt and incompetent, being completely unaware that there's a zombie apocalypse taking place, and instead busying herself having sex with Officer Barbrady for reasons that [[MakesAsMuchSenseInContext [[NoodleIncident somehow have to do with the Yakuza and a ton of money]]. This was before she was established as an OnlySaneWoman who usually (and futilely) tries to do what's best for the town.



* ItsAllAboutMe: Throughout the episode, the boys are only concerned with not getting candy for Halloween, and ''that'' is their main grievance with the zombie outbreak and Kenny's situation: He keeps eating people with candy.



* IgnoredExpert: Kyle's incredible Solar System costume is completely ignored in favor of Wendy's chewbacca costume and Kenny in his zombie state.



* JerkassHasAPoint: Though Stan is needlessly harsh on Wendy at the bus stop, he's right to call her out for not telling him about her changing her mind on going to the contest dressed up like Raggedy Ann and Andy, getting him humiliated at school.
-->'''Wendy:''' Stan, I'm awful sorry you got dressed up like Raggedy Andy. Please don't be mad.\\

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* JerkassHasAPoint: JerkassHasAPoint:
** Kyle is somewhat of a SoreLoser, but he's right that Wendy won unfairly, since [[TheyLookJustLikeEverybodyElse she looked just like everybody else]]. His Solar System costume really ''was'' the most impressive of the bunch.
--->'''Kyle:''' Up yours, Tina Yothers!
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Though Stan is needlessly harsh on Wendy at the bus stop, he's right to call her out for not telling him about her changing her mind on going to the contest dressed up like Raggedy Ann and Andy, getting him humiliated at school.
-->'''Wendy:''' --->'''Wendy:''' Stan, I'm awful sorry you got dressed up like Raggedy Andy. Please don't be mad.\\



** As badly as they treat him throughout the episode, the boys still give Kenny a funeral and heartfelt eulogy, even if they later shrug it off and go eat candy.



* SmooshOfVictory: Subverted. Wendy tries to give one of these to Stan after they make up, but he pukes on her like usual, killing the mood and grossing her out.

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* SmooshOfVictory: SmoochOfVictory: Subverted. Wendy tries to give one of these to Stan after they make up, but he pukes on her like usual, killing the mood and grossing her out.


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--->'''Mr. Garrison:''' (when zombie Clyde tackles Bebe) Wait your turn Clyde.


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* VitriolicBestBuds: Stan, Kyle, and Cartman mock each other's (and Kenny's) respective misfortunes (Stan getting humiliated, Kyle's costumes getting ignored, Cartman's mom being a whore, and Kenny being too poor to afford a costume), but still work together to solve the zombie problem once they're rallied by Chef.
* WeWantOurJerkBack: Cartman is upset when Zombie Kenny doesn't respond to his insults, and both him and the other boys are happy to see him bite Clyde's arm off because [[InformedAttribute it means he's back to normal]].
-->'''Cartman:''' Eh, too bad drinking scotch isn't a paying job, or else Kenny's dad would be a millionaire. (Kenny doesn't respond) I said your dad would be a millionaire, get it?! Kenny?! Your family is poor Kenny!! Your family's poor!!! (to the boys) I don't like Kenny anymore, he, he just doesn't communicate.

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* DraggedIntoDrag: While Raggedy Andy isn't in drag per se, this is the case with Stan when Wendy talks him into going to school dressed up as him, and everyone basically treats him as if he were a girl as a result.
-->'''Fosse:''' Heheh. Heheh. Hey Stan, you look almost pretty enough to kiss.
'''Bill:''' Yeah, you want to be my girlfriend? Huhuh.



* {{Foreshadowing}}: While it can be interpreted as EarlyInstallmentWeirdness, Cartman's ImagineSpot of being Adolf Hitler could be viewed as this [[Recap/SouthParkS8E3ThePassionOfTheJew seven seasons later]], when he rallies unsuspecting people into forming a [[ANaziByAnyOtherName "fan club"]] for ''Film/ThePassionOfTheChrist''.

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* {{Foreshadowing}}: FelonyMisdemeanor:
** Wendy is fine with kissing Stan after he had killed many zombies and was surrounded by their mutilated corpses, but she draws the line at him puking. Granted, he had puked on ''her''.
--->'''Wendy:''' Gross, Stan. Sick. Barf is gross.
** Similarly, Stan doesn't blink at all the blood that spouts from the people he killed, but a little PDA [[AllergicToLove is too much for him to handle]].
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While it can be interpreted as EarlyInstallmentWeirdness, Cartman's ImagineSpot of being Adolf Hitler could be viewed as this [[Recap/SouthParkS8E3ThePassionOfTheJew seven seasons later]], when he rallies unsuspecting people into forming a [[ANaziByAnyOtherName "fan club"]] for ''Film/ThePassionOfTheChrist''.''Film/ThePassionOfTheChrist''.
** Garrison dressing up in drag for Halloween also foreshadows his sex change operation in [[Recap/SouthParkS9E1MrGarrisonsFancyNewVagina Mr. Garrison's Fancy New Vagina]].



* HighPressureBlood: Happens ''a lot'' in this episode, especially with Mr. Torres, the man Chef rips an arm off of.



-->'''Wendy:''' Stan, I'm awful sorry you got dressed up like Raggedy Andy. Please don't be mad.
'''Cartman:''' How can he be mad with such pretty hair and rosy cheeks?

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-->'''Wendy:''' Stan, I'm awful sorry you got dressed up like Raggedy Andy. Please don't be mad.
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'''Cartman:''' How can he be mad with such pretty hair and rosy cheeks?cheeks?\\



* KidsAreCruel:
** Most kids in class laugh at Stan for his Raggedy Ann costume. Mr. Garrison even incites them to do so!
** The boys aren't any better, constantly making fun of each other for their costumes (especially with Kenny, who doesn't retaliate because he's a zombie), and are mostly unfazed by the zombie outbreak, only being worried about getting their candy.



* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Chef leaps out the window of the doctor's office when the zombies start storming the place.



** The man whose arm Chef rips off passes out soon after the fact, though it's unclear if he died of blood loss. Even if he didn't, he was probably DevouredByTheHorde when the zombies storm in the office.

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** Mr. Torres, The man whose arm Chef rips off off, passes out soon after the fact, though it's unclear if he died of shock or blood loss. Even if he didn't, he was probably DevouredByTheHorde when the zombies storm in the office.



** Chef rips off the arm of a man (who then promptly passes out) in front of the doctor when he mistakes him for a zombie. After patiently clearing up the misunderstanding, the doctor doesn't bother to aid the man.

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** Chef rips off the arm of a man (who then promptly passes out) out from shock) in front of the doctor when he mistakes him for a zombie. After patiently clearing up the misunderstanding, the doctor doesn't bother to aid the man.


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** While searching for clues at the Morgue, Stan finds a dead body in one of the lockers, but doesn't even comment on it. Technically, Chef told him to look for something "suspicious", and a Morgue ''is'' a place to find a dead body.


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* WholesomeCrossdresser:
** Downplayed with Mr. Garrison, who unashamedly dresses up in drag for Halloween but is as apathetic about it as he generally is with his class.
** Subverted with Stan, who is DraggedIntoDrag by Wendy, though possibly downplayed in that he doesn't take the costume off even after he finds out Wendy bailed on the idea and everyone makes fun of him for it.

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* {{Bowdlerization}}: InUniverse. The educational video about Hitler that Victoria shows Cartman is incredibly superficial and barely touches on the man's actions (if at all), omitting its more disturbing content likely for the purposes of being child-appropriate. The result is Cartman only seeing the "cool" part of Hitler (a charismatic man who gets entire nations to do whatever he wants while everyone around him follows him around and repeats what he says), which doesn't change his mind on the man in the slightest.
-->''''Puffy the Bear:''' So remember kids, dressing like Hitler in school isn't cool!



* FauxHorrific: As far as Cartman is concerned, Wendy is insane for donating her barrel full of candy to hungry children in Nairobi.



* JerkassHasAPoint: Though Stan is needlessly harsh on Wendy at the bus stop, he's right to call her out for not telling him about her changing her mind on going to the contest dressed up like Raggedy Ann and Andy, getting him humiliated at school.
-->'''Wendy:''' Stan, I'm awful sorry you got dressed up like Raggedy Andy. Please don't be mad.
'''Cartman:''' How can he be mad with such pretty hair and rosy cheeks?
'''Stan:''' Trick-or-treat with yourself, Wendy!



* MoralityPet: Despite initially being all to eager to kill zombies, Stan is eventually unable to kill zombie Wendy, even after they've had a fight and he's wished she was dead.

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* MoralityPet: Despite initially being all to too eager to kill zombies, Stan is eventually unable to kill zombie Wendy, even after they've had a fight and he's wished she was dead.


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* SmooshOfVictory: Subverted. Wendy tries to give one of these to Stan after they make up, but he pukes on her like usual, killing the mood and grossing her out.


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** Minor example, but Victoria's educational video on Nazis only makes Cartman even ''more'' keen on Hitler, which doesn't impact this episode much but it surely impacts [[CharacterizationMarchesOn his character in later seasons]].

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* AssholeVictim: Cartman sees zombie Wendy as this for getting Stan humiliated at the costume contest (and for donating her entire supply of candy to hungry children in Nairobi).
-->'''Cartman:''' Finish her dude, she's a zombie now!\\
'''Stan:''' I know, but uh-... but...\\
'''Cartman:''' Come on Stan! Remember how she dissed you at the costume contest?\\
'''Stan:''' Hey, yeah!



* TheBully: Bill and Fosse are the kids who make fun of Stan's costume the most, and later point and laugh at him alongside the other kids.



* {{Jerkass}}:
** Even if dressing up as Hitler and a Klansman stem from ignorance rather than malice, Cartman still goes out of his way to mock his friends' Halloween costumes, provokes Kenny constantly for his sorry state (not knowing he was a zombie), and later tries to goad Stan into killing zombie Wendy.
** Mr. Garrison is clearly biased during the costume contest and gets the other kids to point and laugh at Stan for his "stupid clown thing costume".
** The Mayor and Barbrady would rather have sex in her office than deal with the zombie problem, and even mock Chef for giving a damn about it.



* PetTheDog: As a zombie, Kenny never made any attempts to eat Stan, Kyle or Cartman, and followed them around, as usual. It seems that even as a zombie, Kenny could still recognize who his best friends were. He does not extend said kindness to Clyde or most adults, however.

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** Wendy may have gotten Stan to come to school dressed up like Raggedy Andy (and is unapologetic about it until later), but she has the decency not to point and laugh at him like the other kids when [[SadistTeacher Garrison]] tells them to.


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* TeachersPet: Heavily implied to be the reason Wendy won the costume fair contest, since she was dressed as Chewbacca like everybody else.


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* TheyLookJustLikeEverybodyElse: Kyle angrily says this trope verbatim when Wendy wins the costume contest despite her costume being the same as everybody else's.

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* AndThenJohnWasAZombie: Happens to Kenny, Clyde, Wendy, Pip, and Chef, and the morticians, alongside other townspeople. Chef is the most shocking example as he's shown turning within seconds with no implications of having been bitten beforehand.



* BigDamnHeroes: Kyle saves South Park by killing Zombie Kenny, who was the PatientZero of the zombie outbreak, therefore curing everyone else of the curse.



* DevouredByTheHorde: Several townspeople are ambushed and EatenAlive by the zombies, such as two joggers and a doctor.



* NiceJobBreakingItHero: All Stan and Cartman accomplished by killing zombies left and right was to ensure that the people would remain dead after being cured.



* NoSympathy: Cartman has no problem with killing zombie Wendy, and encourages Stan to finish her off for getting him humiliated.



* SadistTeacher: After declaring Stan the loser of the costume contest, Mr. Garrison outright tells the other kids to point and laugh at him, and he does so as well.



* TalkingTheMonsterToDeath: Stan tries to do this to Wendy's zombie by apologizing for their fight. It seems to work briefly, but it doesn't seem to matter in the long run because Kyle cures her by killing Kenny.



** Dr. Mortimer and his assistant are never shown going back to life after kenny is killed, making it unclear if they were killed by the boys or anyone else before the curse was broken.

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* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom:
** One of the Russian astronauts kickstarts the entire ordeal by pranking his friend who was manning the space station's systems, causing it to crash and kill Kenny.
** The mortician's assistant Marty accidentally revives Kenny by dropping his Worcestershire sauce into his embalming fluid.

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** Chef says he's seen zombies before.

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** After seeing the chaos on TV, Chef says he's seen zombies before.before, and seems to come across as more experienced at dealing with them than most.



* OhCrap: Chef when he realizes he has accidentally killed a man.



* PoorCommunicationKIlls: After mistaking him for a zombie, Chef rips an arm off of a nearby patient to show the doctor that the zombies how devoid of humanity the zombies are. When the misunderstanding is cleared, Chef meekly gives the man his arm back.



* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: Stan and Cartman are a little ''too'' eager to go around maiming zombies when defending Kyle.
* UndeathIsCheap: After Kyle kills Kenny with a chainsaw, Wendy and all the other zombified victims become living again and the dismembered zombified corpses return to being lifeless.

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* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior:
** Cartman arriving at school dressed up as Hitler and trying to quote him. However, since the costume had been made by his mother (and he doesn't seem to know much about what the man did), it's a lot more mitigated than most examples concerning him.
** Nobody sees any issue with Kenny biting people. Since they don't know he's a zombie, apparently biting people for no reason is par the course for him.
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Stan and Cartman are a little ''too'' eager to go around maiming zombies when defending Kyle.
* UncertainDoom:
** The man whose arm Chef rips off passes out soon after the fact, though it's unclear if he died of blood loss. Even if he didn't, he was probably DevouredByTheHorde when the zombies storm in the office.
** Dr. Mortimer and his assistant are never shown going back to life after kenny is killed, making it unclear if they were killed by the boys or anyone else before the curse was broken.
* UndeathIsCheap: After Kyle kills Kenny with a chainsaw, Wendy and all the other zombified victims become living again and the dismembered zombified corpses return to being lifeless. Hilariously, any tears in their clothes all magically mend as well, as shown with Wendy.


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* UndyingLoyalty: Even as a zombie, Kenny never makes an attempt to eat his friends, regardless of how much they make fun of him.


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** Chef rips off the arm of a man (who then promptly passes out) in front of the doctor when he mistakes him for a zombie. After patiently clearing up the misunderstanding, the doctor doesn't bother to aid the man.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: While it can be interpreted as EarlyInstallmentWeirdness, Cartman's ImagineSpot of being Adolf Hitler could be viewed as this [[Recap/SouthParkS8E3ThePassionOfTheJew seven seasons later]], when he rallies unsuspecting people into forming a [[ANaziByAnyOtherName "fan club"]] for ''Film/ThePassionOfTheChrist''.

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* AlasPoorVillain: Despite initially being angry at him for eating people who were going to give them candy, the boys all give Kenny a funeral after putting his zombie down. Cartman even cries at his grave.



* BigBad: Zombie Kenny is the patient zero for the zombie outbreak, and the one who [[SeriousBusiness constantly stops the boys from getting candy]] by eating people. When Kyle kills him, they all turn back to normal.



* TheDogBitesBack: A minor example. After Stan and the other boys had bullied him relentlessly, Pip is among the group of kids who point and laugh at Stan for his Raggedy Andy costume.



* EveryoneHasStandards: As happy as he was killing zombies of adults, Stan can't bring himself to kill zombie Wendy, and it's implied at the funeral that he was somewhat upset with Kyle for killing zombie Kenny despite it saving everyone.



* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: Zombie Kenny is cut in half vertically with a chainsaw by Kyle.



* MoralityPet: Despite initially being all to eager to kill zombies, Stan is eventually unable to kill zombie Wendy, even after they've had a fight and he's wished she was dead.
* NightmareFetishist: It's downplayed, but Wendy gets in the mood for kissing with Stan in the middle of a corpse-infested morgue.



* OnlySaneMan: Chef is the only one in town to recognize they've got a zombie problem.

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* OnlySaneMan: OnlySaneMan:
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Chef is the only one in town to recognize they've got a zombie problem.problem. To a lesser extent, Jimbo and Ned could also count since they're shown actively fighting the zombies during a FreezeFrameBonus.
** Chef and Principal Victoria are the only ones who try to do something about Cartman's Hitler costume, although Victoria invertedly makes it worse.



* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: As expected, Mr. Garrison doesn't blink at Cartman's Hitler costume. Ms. Cartman could also count for dressing him up like that in the first place.



* RuleOfThree: Kenny is killed three times in this episode: Once by the [=MIR=] space station, once by Kyle, and once by a falling statue and a plane.



* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: Stan and Cartman are a little ''too'' eager to go around maiming zombies when defending Kyle.



* UnusuallyUninterestingSight:

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* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: The entire town of South Park sans for Chef (and Jimbo and Ned, as shown in a FreezeFrameBonus) is happy to continue their daily lives despite having zombies roaming around. At one point, Chef says that he's seen that happen before.


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** When Wendy is turned back to normal, she doesn't blink at the pile of bodies around her, and neither does Chef when he arrives to congratulate the boys.
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** Cartman's YouArePoor jokes towards Kenny's zombie. Unlike in later episodes, Stan and Kyle join in in mocking him.

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** Cartman's YouArePoor "your family is poor" jokes towards Kenny's zombie. Unlike in later episodes, Stan and Kyle join in in mocking him.

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* ItCanThink: Some of the zombies seem to at least somewhat retain their previous consciousness. For example, Kenny never attacks Stan, Kyle or Cartman, and continues to hang around with them when he's not biting anyone else that comes into contact with him. Also, Chef sings a parody of Michael Jackson's "Thriller" after he turns and later reads a porn magazine, instead of joining the other zombies in their rampage.

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* InformedFlaw: Unless it was a joke about him being starving because he's poor, Kenny apparently has a tendency to bite people with food, if the boys' reaction to him biting Clyde is any indication.
-->'''Kyle:''' Oh, good. Kenny's back to normal.
* ItCanThink: Some of the zombies seem to at least somewhat retain their previous consciousness. For example, Kenny never attacks Stan, Kyle or Cartman, and continues to hang around with them when he's not biting anyone else that comes into contact with him. Also, Chef sings a parody of Michael Jackson's "Thriller" after he turns and later reads a porn magazine, instead of joining the other zombies in their rampage. Wendy's zombie also never attacks Stan despite having a wide window of time to do so, instead moving towards him at a snail pace while he apologizes to her for telling her that he wished she was dead.



* KickTheDog:
** Cartman's YouArePoor jokes towards Kenny's zombie. Unlike in later episodes, Stan and Kyle join in in mocking him.
** Wendy not telling Stan that she changed her mind about going in as a couple for Halloween, and then not apologizing to him after he gets bullied at school because of her. Stan then returns it by telling Wendy that he wished she were dead. Both apologize to each other afterwards.
** Cartman encouraging Stan to kill zombie Wendy.



* PetTheDog: As a zombie, Kenny never made any attempts to eat Stan, Kyle or Cartman, and followed them around, as usual. It seems that even as a zombie, Kenny could still recognize who his best friends were.

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* PetTheDog: As a zombie, Kenny never made any attempts to eat Stan, Kyle or Cartman, and followed them around, as usual. It seems that even as a zombie, Kenny could still recognize who his best friends were. He does not extend said kindness to Clyde or most adults, however.



* SkewedPriorities: When the boys, save Kenny (who is a zombie) are told by Chef about the zombie attack on the town, they immediately come to the conclusion that if everyone's a zombie, there'll be no way for them to get candy from trick-or-treating.

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* SkewedPriorities: SkewedPriorities:
** The kids (and Mr. Garrison) all make fun of Stan for his Raggedy Andy costume, but none of them say anything about the armless Zombie Kenny or Hitler/Klansman Cartman.
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When the boys, save Kenny (who is a zombie) are told by Chef about the zombie attack on the town, they immediately come to the conclusion that if everyone's a zombie, there'll be no way for them to get candy from trick-or-treating.



* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: While trick-or-treating, the boys happen to pass by the zombies running amok throughout the neighborhood. They don't even acknowledge it.

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* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: UnusuallyUninterestingSight:
** Nobody at school bats an eye to zombie Kenny biting Clyde, or zombie Clyde biting and almost drowning Bebe. Zombie Kenny losing his two arms also goes without notice. Unfortunately for Stan, his Raggedy Andy costume doesn't get the same treatment.
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While trick-or-treating, the boys happen to pass by the zombies running amok throughout the neighborhood. They don't even acknowledge it.
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* GroupCostumeFail: Stan dresses up as Raggedy Andy for Halloween as part of a couple's costume with Wendy as Literature/RaggedyAnn. However, Wendy shows up at school dressed as [[Franchise/StarWars Chewbacca]] instead because she decided their initial idea was stupid. She didn't tell Stan because she assumed he'd come to the same conclusion himself. The result is Stan becoming a laughingstock.
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'''Chef:''' ''(sees Cartman dressed as a Klansman)'' Damn it boy, what in the Hell are you doing dressed up like that?!\\

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'''Chef:''' ''(sees Cartman dressed as a Klansman)'' Damn it boy, what it, boy! What in the Hell are you doing dressed up like that?!\\
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* ItCanThink: Some of the zombies seem to at least somewhat retain their previous consciousness. For example, Kenny never attacks Stan, Kyle or Cartman, and continues to hang around with them when he's not biting anyone else that comes into contact with him. Chef also sings a parody of Michael Jackson's "Thriller" after he turns and later reads a porn magazine, instead of joining the other zombies in their rampage.

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* ItCanThink: Some of the zombies seem to at least somewhat retain their previous consciousness. For example, Kenny never attacks Stan, Kyle or Cartman, and continues to hang around with them when he's not biting anyone else that comes into contact with him. Also, Chef also sings a parody of Michael Jackson's "Thriller" after he turns and later reads a porn magazine, instead of joining the other zombies in their rampage.
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* ItCanThink: Some of the zombies seem to at least somewhat retain their previous consciousness. For example, Kenny never attacks Stan, Kyle or Cartman, and continues to hang around with them when he's not biting anyone else that comes into contact with him. Chef also sings a parody of Michael Jackson's "Thriller" after he turns and later reads a porn magazine, instead of joining the other zombies in their rampage.
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In the first {{Halloween episode}}, Kenny gets crushed by the MIR space station and comes back to life as a zombie (thanks to a morgue accident involving Worcestshire sauce and embalming fluid), causing a ZombieApocalypse, which the town thinks is a pinkeye epidemic. Meanwhile, Cartman gets in trouble for wearing an UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler costume to school and Stan breaks up with Wendy after she goes to school dressed as [[Franchise/StarWars Chewbacca]] rather than Literature/RaggedyAnn.

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In the first {{Halloween episode}}, Kenny gets crushed by the MIR space station and comes back to life as a zombie (thanks to a morgue accident involving Worcestshire Worcestershire sauce and embalming fluid), causing a ZombieApocalypse, which the town thinks is a pinkeye epidemic. Meanwhile, Cartman gets in trouble for wearing an UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler costume to school and Stan breaks up with Wendy after she goes to school dressed as [[Franchise/StarWars Chewbacca]] rather than Literature/RaggedyAnn.



* NoTimeToThink: While Kyle uses the payphone to contact the [[ItMakesSenseInContext Worcestshire Sauce Emergency Hotline]], Stan and Cartman use chainsaws to kill off the zombies attacking them all. Apparently, they shouldn't be doing that:
-->'''Worcestshire Sauce Emergency Hotline Operator:''' For regular sauce, the first thing you need to do is make sure you do not just go out and start decapitating zombies left and right! [[PunctuatedForEmphasis DO NOT]] go out and start decapitating zombies left and right!\\

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* NoTimeToThink: While Kyle uses the payphone to contact the [[ItMakesSenseInContext Worcestshire Worcestershire Sauce Emergency Hotline]], Stan and Cartman use chainsaws to kill off the zombies attacking them all. Apparently, they shouldn't be doing that:
-->'''Worcestshire -->'''Worcestershire Sauce Emergency Hotline Operator:''' For regular sauce, the first thing you need to do is make sure you do not just go out and start decapitating zombies left and right! [[PunctuatedForEmphasis DO NOT]] go out and start decapitating zombies left and right!\\



* OurGhostsAreDifferent: Because the school doesn't accept Cartman wearing a Hitler costume he is forced to change his outfit. The principal makes him a ghost costume, which unfortunately doesn't make him look less offensive, because now he looks like a member of the [[UsefulNotes/KuKluxKlan KKK]].

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* OurGhostsAreDifferent: Because the school doesn't accept Cartman wearing a Hitler costume costume, he is forced to change his outfit. The principal makes him a ghost costume, which unfortunately doesn't make him look less offensive, because now he looks like a member of the [[UsefulNotes/KuKluxKlan KKK]].



* TheyKilledKennyAgain: Kenny is crushed by the [=MIR=] space station and due to the morgue accident involving Worcestshire sauce, is revived as a zombie. Kyle later kills him to end the zombie attack since he was the start of it. [[RuleOfThree And then after being buried, he rises from the dead only to be crushed by a statue and a plane.]]

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* TheyKilledKennyAgain: Kenny is crushed by the [=MIR=] space station and due to the morgue accident involving Worcestshire Worcestershire sauce, is revived as a zombie. Kyle later kills him to end the zombie attack since he was the start of it. [[RuleOfThree And then after being buried, he rises from the dead only to be crushed by a statue and a plane.]]
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* NoTimeToThink: While Kyle uses the payphone to contact the [[ItMakesSenseInContext Worcester Sauce Emergency Hotline]], Stan and Cartman use chainsaws to kill off the zombies attacking them all. Apparently they shouldn't be doing that:
-->'''Worcester Sauce Emergency Hotline Operator:''' For regular sauce, the first thing you need to do is make sure you do not just go out and start decapitating zombies left and right! [[PunctuatedForEmphasis DO NOT]] go out and start decapitating zombies left and right!\\

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* NoTimeToThink: While Kyle uses the payphone to contact the [[ItMakesSenseInContext Worcester Worcestshire Sauce Emergency Hotline]], Stan and Cartman use chainsaws to kill off the zombies attacking them all. Apparently Apparently, they shouldn't be doing that:
-->'''Worcester -->'''Worcestshire Sauce Emergency Hotline Operator:''' For regular sauce, the first thing you need to do is make sure you do not just go out and start decapitating zombies left and right! [[PunctuatedForEmphasis DO NOT]] go out and start decapitating zombies left and right!\\
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'''Episode''' – 107\\
'''Airdate''' – 10/29/1997

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'''Episode''' – 107\\
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'''Original air date:''' 10/29/1997

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