History Webcomic / ZombieRanch

* MainliningTheMonster: Zombie blood turns out to have a myriad medical and industrial uses, leading to the existence of extensive farming operations where herds of zombies are corralled, fed and harvested to ensure a steady stream of high-quality undead blood.

* BilingualBonus: "Rosa Amarilla" is Spanish for "yellow rose," which is in turn a symbol for friendship. Suzie's mistrust for Rosa is doubly compounded when you know that Rosa just gave a potential business partner an obviously false name calculated specifically to inspire trust.
** Rosa, being a native Spanish speaker, also has a few other Spanish phrases sprinkled into her dialogue. Particularly fun is when she basically says "fuck my life."
* BlackComedy: A lot of the comic revolves around this, from the all-in-day's-work attitudes of people wrangling former human beings for profit, to the overly cheery media presentations.

* GratuitousSpanish: Averted with Rosa; she is Hispanic, but she never uses a Spanish phrase incorrectly or without reason. Uncle Chuck seems to be fairly fluent in Spanish, but he is also flippant with his phrasing when he attempts to impress Rosa

* NoZombieCannibals: Averted. They won't eat each other under normal circumstances, but it's standard practice at zombie ranches to "recycle" destroyed or non market-worthy zeds into feed for the rest of the herd.
* NotUsingTheZWord: Very, very much averted. Not only does the in-universe show have the same title as the comic, the characters are constantly referring to the zombies as zombies. There's no denying their everyday existence, so why make up new words?
** Well...subverted. "[[CanadaEh Zed]]" seems to be interchangeable with "zombie," so there are instances when zombies are pretty much referred to as "z-words."

* RaisingTheSteaks: Zombie horses, mules, and even prairie dogs have been shown. Although carnivorous, their behavior seems mostly unchanged compared to human zombies, and their bite isn't infectious to people. Zombie horses are even considered a preferred mode of transportation, but zombie cattle were put down as useless. Regardless of your former species, zombification apparently makes you taste terrible.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: Undead people get these.

--> '''Chuck''': "Take that bullet out, are you ''crazy''? Guess it goes without sayin', but...[[YouWatchTooMuchX you folks watch way too much T.V.]]"
* WeirdWest: Or in this case, a Weird [[NewOldWest New West]], though so far the supernatural elements all seem to be limited to zombies or the products of their existence.

>''No glory, no diamonds, no frills and no mansion''
-->''It just, just pays the bills when you’re out zombie ranchin' ''

-->''Every sunrise they greet a new dawn of the dead''
-->''They’re out boltin' and brandin' and countin' the head''
-->''No glory, no diamonds, no frills and no mansion''

* CurbStompBattle: Suzie [[http://www.zombieranchcomic.com/episode/259-punch-the-other-cheek/ lays one on "Pigtails"]] when she catches the miscreant sabotaging Zombie Ranch equipment (oh yeah, and endangering Suzie's life in the bargain).

* CurbStompBattle: Suzie lays one on "Pigtails" when she catches the miscreant sabotaging Zombie Ranch equipment (oh yeah, and endangering Suzie's life in the bargain).

* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture: The exact timeline has been kept deliberately vague, but a lot of the technology shown already exists in some form or is in development. Then again, there's the free floating camera drones. Then also again, cellphones seem to be a thing of the past, at least where the Wild Zones are concerned.

* MenUseViolenceWomenUseCommunication: Subverted. During episode five, after [[spoiler:the [=McCarthy=]'s]] arrive at the ranch, [[spoiler: Muriel [=McCarthy=]]] is more than willing to do anything to get her way, including [[spoiler:shooting Brett (one of the hands) and releasing zombies to attack him]]. Likewise, Suzie has no problem holding [[spoiler:the [=McCarthy=] boys]] at gun point. However, she still willing to discuss this until [[spoiler:Muriel]] pushes her too far. Meanwhile Frank and [[spoiler:Muriel's husband, Eustace [=McCarthy=]]] end up negotiating, [[spoiler:not that it ends up doing much good]].

* MenUseViolenceWomenUseCommunication: Subverted. During episode five, after [[spoiler:the McCarthy's]] arrive at the ranch, [[spoiler: Muriel McCarthy]] is more than willing to do anything to get her way, including [[spoiler:shooting Brett, one of the hands, and releasing zombies to attack him]]. Likewise, Suzie has no problem holding [[spoiler:the McCarthy boys]] at gun point. However, she still willing to discuss this until [[spoiler:Muriel]] pushes her too far. Meanwhile Frank and [[spoiler:Muriel's husband, Eustace McCarthy]] end up negotiating, [[spoiler:not that it ends up doing much good]].

* WildCard: Rosa Amarilla. She's even portrayed as the Joker card in what appears to be a poker hand on [[http://www.zombieranchcomic.com/2012/05/30/issue-5-cover/ the cover of issue five]].

* WeHaveToGetTheBulletOut: Subverted and lampshaded; you think this is what Chuck is going to do when he's operating on Brett's shoulder. Instead, he just yanks out a piece of Brett's shirt out of the wound.

[[caption-width-right:350:A hogtied zombie slung over a zombie horse? No big deal in this Weird New West.]]

* StealthPun: The plant of a pharmaceutical corporation (probably one that processes zombies) can be seen. It is called "Parasol". A parasol keeps the sun from you. Hmmm, what similar object keeps away the rain? [[ResidentEvil And where do we find a corporation named after that object?]]