Abby: Tony, there is nothing scary about a zombie dragging his butt around.
Tony: Well, a zombie isn't a zombie unless it's dragging its butt around.
Abby: John Carpenter's The Thing?
Tony: Well, there's an exception to every rule.
Abby: The Fly?
Tony: Well, maybe two.
Tony: Well, a zombie isn't a zombie unless it's dragging its butt around.
Abby: John Carpenter's The Thing?
Tony: Well, there's an exception to every rule.
Abby: The Fly?
Tony: Well, maybe two.
— NCIS, Witch Hunt
"I dunno what it is but something about zombies just really creeps me out. The way they move really slowly but they always seem to get you in the end. Really freaks me out, but that's why I watch 'em, I guess."
— 2D, Gorillaz Rise of the Ogre
"Zombies have one speed: shamble."
Best thing about zombies? They're slow...moving...
—Miko, Transformers: Prime
"Man, this sucker wobbles, but he won't fall down!"
— Xander, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, "Dead Man's Party"
Field Reporter: Are they slow-moving, chief?
Sheriff Conan McClelland: Yeah, they're dead. They're all messed up.
Sheriff Conan McClelland: Yeah, they're dead. They're all messed up.
"So this is what everyone was scared of the entire time? I thought they were gonna be, like, 28 Days Later zombies who can sprint or something, or I Am Legend zombies? They are so slow! Just leave! How is this even remotely scary in a world where cars exist? Just run them over!"
Danny Gonzalez's review of Z-O-M-B-I-E-S (2018)
"Do your arms ever get tired?"
— Gex: When encountering a Franken-gecko
