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* ''Anime/YuGiOh'' has various dragon monsters, some of which have been revived at various points into zombies or other such things.
** This includes [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Dragon Zombie]].
** Also features in one of the anime's most infamous examples of ScrewTheRulesIHavePlot when Yugi somehow fuses his Mammoth Graveyard (a wooly mammoth skeleton) with Kaiba's Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon (a three-headed dragon created by combining three copies of the iconic Blue Eyes White Dragon card). This turns the dragon into a zombie, causing its stats to drop each turn as its body decomposes.
** There's also Berserk Dragon, called Berserk Dead Dragon in the Japanese version.

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* ''Anime/YuGiOh'' has various dragon monsters, some of which have been revived at various points into zombies or other such things.
** This includes [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Dragon Zombie]].
** Also features in
things, and one of the anime's most infamous examples of ScrewTheRulesIHavePlot is when Yugi somehow fuses his Mammoth Graveyard (a wooly mammoth skeleton) with Kaiba's Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon (a three-headed dragon created by combining three copies of the iconic Blue Eyes White Dragon card). This turns the dragon into a zombie, causing its stats to drop each turn as its body decomposes.
** There's also Berserk Dragon, called Berserk Dead Dragon in the Japanese version.
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* ''{{TabletopGame/Yugioh}}'' has had various [[https://yugipedia.com/wiki/Zombie undead creatures]] since the early days of the game, and has had [[https://yugipedia.com/wiki/Zombie_counterpart Zombie counterparts almost as long]]. In the early days this included [[https://yugipedia.com/wiki/Dragon_Zombie Dragon Zombie]], a revived version of [[https://yugipedia.com/wiki/Crawling_Dragon Crawling Dragon]]. There's also [[https://yugipedia.com/wiki/Berserk_Dragon Berserk Dragon]], called Berserk Dead Dragon in the Japanese version. [[https://yugipedia.com/wiki/Paladin_of_White_Dragon Paladin of White Dragon]] got a zombie counterpart in [[https://yugipedia.com/wiki/Paladin_of_the_Cursed_Dragon Paladin of the Cursed Dragon]].
**Later on, [[https://yugipedia.com/wiki/Red-Eyes_Zombie_Dragon the Red-Eyes family got not one zombie counterpart]], [[https://yugipedia.com/wiki/Red-Eyes_Zombie_Necro_Dragon but]] [[https://yugipedia.com/wiki/Red-Eyes_Zombie_Dragon_Lord three]] in total.
**In the Synchro era, [[https://yugipedia.com/wiki/Doomkaiser_Dragon Doomkaiser Dragon]] and his [[https://yugipedia.com/wiki/Doomkaiser_Dragon/Assault_Mode Assault Mode upgrade]] also qualify.
** [[https://yugipedia.com/wiki/Tatsunoko Tatsunoko]] into [[https://yugipedia.com/wiki/Tatsunecro Tatsunecro]] is a Wyrm example.
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Wakfu}}'' Season 4: the [[Horror Hunger Necros]] host include a colossal, undead Dragon called Rotalström. While no longer able to fly or talk, the beast can bite down on huge chunks of scenery and, unusually, employ a Wakfu BreathWeapon to feed hordes of Necros at once. [[spoiler: It is later revealed that Efrim, the Eliatrope Dragon brother of Nora, has been turned into a sentient Necros after being left behind in the Necroworld for centuries, though he mostly resembles a zombie-like lizard person with glowing magenta eyes and mouth.]]

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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Wakfu}}'' Season 4: the [[Horror Hunger [[HorrorHunger Necros]] host include a colossal, undead Dragon called Rotalström. While no longer able to fly or talk, the beast can bite down on huge chunks of scenery and, unusually, employ a Wakfu BreathWeapon to feed hordes of Necros at once. [[spoiler: It is later revealed that Efrim, the Eliatrope Dragon brother of Nora, has been turned into a sentient Necros after being left behind in the Necroworld for centuries, though he mostly resembles a zombie-like lizard person with glowing magenta eyes and mouth.]]
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Wakfu}}'' Season 4: the [[Horror Hunger Necros]] host include a colossal, undead Dragon called Rotalström. While no longer able to fly or talk, the beast can bite down on huge chunks of scenery and, unusually, employ a Wakfu BreathWeapon to feed hordes of Necros at once. [[spoiler: It is later revealed that Efrim, the Eliatrope Dragon brother of Nora, has been turned into a sentient Necros after being left behind in the Necroworld for centuries, though he mostly resembles a zombie-like lizard person with glowing magenta eyes and mouth.]]

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* ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}'': Zombie dragons feature heavily as epically powerful [[HorseOfADifferentColor steeds]] for vampires (and, in some editions of the codex, necromancers), who supposedly journey to a [[ElephantGraveyard legendary dragon graveyard]] to find dragon corpses to reanimate. Unlike most undead dragons, though, they are nothing more than mindless automatons, being basically extra-beefy flying zombies.

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Zombie dragons feature heavily as epically powerful [[HorseOfADifferentColor steeds]] for vampires (and, in some editions of the codex, necromancers), who supposedly journey to a [[ElephantGraveyard legendary dragon graveyard]] to find dragon corpses to reanimate. Unlike most undead dragons, though, they are nothing more than mindless automatons, being basically extra-beefy flying zombies.zombies.
** The Tomb Kings and High Priests of Khemri also make used of reanimated dragon skeletons as war mounts. These are often incredibly ancient remains, preserved from the days when ancient Nehekhara clashed against the dragons of the World's Edge Mountains.
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** Vathek, the antagonist of the Dragon's Peak adventure pack, is an undead wyvern.
** Skeletal cyclops dragons appear as enemies in ''VideoGame/SkylandersTrapTeam''.


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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Ninjago}}'': In Season 13, the legendary dragon Grief-Bringer is resurrected as an undead skeleton by the Skull Sorcerer.
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** Vorkath is eventually introduced in ''[=RS3=]'' after [[{{necromancy}} Zemouregal]] raises his corpse in preparation for a raid on Fort Forinthry. Vorkath occasionally [[FightingFromTheInside attacks his new master]] as the player reduces his health throughout the boss fight, before Zemouregal is able to re-establish control. Eventually, Vorkath breaks Zemouregal's hold completely and flies off to parts unknown, lifting Zemouregal's damage cap and allowing the player to give him their full attention.

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** Vorkath is eventually introduced in ''[=RS3=]'' after [[{{necromancy}} [[{{necromancer}} Zemouregal]] raises his corpse in preparation for a raid on Fort Forinthry. Vorkath occasionally [[FightingFromTheInside attacks his new master]] as the player reduces his health throughout the boss fight, before Zemouregal is able to re-establish control. Eventually, Vorkath breaks Zemouregal's hold completely and flies off to parts unknown, lifting Zemouregal's damage cap and allowing the player to give him their full attention.

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* ''VideoGame/DragonsDogma'': The {{Superboss}} is an undead dragon known as the Ur-Dragon.

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* ''VideoGame/HungryDragon'':
** Blaze's "Reaper" skin gives him an undead appearance with white GlowingEyelightsOfUndeath and white splotches on his otherwise dark grey body.
** Draconis' "White Flyer" skin turns her into an icy undead dragon.
** Goldheist's "Spectre" skin turns him into a translucent ghostly dragon.
** Umbra is an undead dragon with open wounds on her body that radiate spectral flames.
** Skully is a skeletal dragon who is wreathed in demonic flames.
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* ''VideoGame/{{Ultrakill}}'' has [[KrakenAndLeviathan The Leviathan]], the boss of Wrath. While it's a [[OurDemonsAreDifferent Demon]] instead of a proper dragon, the Leviathan is still close enough for being a {{sea serpent|s}} that not only has [[DemBones a skeletal appearance]], [[spoiler:[[BodyOfBodies its body is born from countless souls of dead sinners]] who were merged together by the same force that created the other Demons after they sunk to the [[UnderworldRiver ocean Styx's abyss]] out of despair.]]
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* In the world of ''VideoGame/PillarsOfEternity'', dragons take on the characteristics of their environment. So when, in the ''[[VideoGame/PillarsOfEternityIIDeadfire Beast of Winter DLC for the second game]]'', the player comes across a dragon that apparently lives in the [[{{Hellmouth}} Vytmawdh]], a gate to an afterlife that emphasizes cold, entropy, and the gradual destruction of the soul, the dragon appropriately has the appearance of a half-rotted frozen corpse, with an exposed ribcage and skeletal wings. [[spoiler: Later in the quest it's revealed that the dragon is quite literally a lich as well, having bound her soul to a phylactery to live forever. [[TheGrimReaper Rymrgand]] took issue with that, and now she's trapped in his realm; when the [[PlayerCharacter Watcher]] gets trapped in the Vytmawdh as well, the dragon's (permanent) death is the price Rymrgand demands before letting them return to the realm of the living.]]
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* The Undead (a.k.a. Zombie) dragons from Website/DragonCave. They are created from dead dragons that the breeder attempts to revive, with a small chance of being successful. Undead dragons match the general morphology of the breed they used to be, i.e. a turned lindwurm (wings and a pair of arms) will have an Undead sprite with that appearance.

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** Revenant dragons are the cursed ghosts of dragons slain in the [[ForeverWar God Wars]]. Skeletal wyverns, however, are explicitly ''not'' undead. They are reanimated piles of bones, and anti-undead spells don't work against them.

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** Vorkath is eventually introduced in ''[=RS3=]'' after [[{{necromancy}} Zemouregal]] raises his corpse in preparation for a raid on Fort Forinthry. Vorkath occasionally [[FightingFromTheInside attacks his new master]] as the player reduces his health throughout the boss fight, before Zemouregal is able to re-establish control. Eventually, Vorkath breaks Zemouregal's hold completely and flies off to parts unknown, lifting Zemouregal's damage cap and allowing the player to give him their full attention.
** Revenant dragons are the cursed ghosts of dragons slain in the [[ForeverWar God Wars]]. Wars]].
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Skeletal wyverns, however, are explicitly ''not'' undead. They are reanimated piles of bones, and anti-undead spells don't work against them. In 2023 this was {{retcon}}ned and they now count as undead monsters.
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* ''VideoGame/QuizAndDragons'': In the Japanese version, it's possible for dragons to come back as skeletons once killed the first time.
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* ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'': In [[https://www.reddit.com/r/elgoonishshive/comments/h0s2el/a_talking_wand/ "A Talking Wand???"]], "zombie dragon" is mentioned as a possibility of meeting a dragon, but not one that's alive.
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* ''WebVideo/VShojo'': Froot is stated to be one, although being a VirtualYoutuber she's a great deal friendlier than most. She's apparently native to Hell.

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* ''WebVideo/VShojo'': Froot Bittersweet Apricot, known to all as Froot, is stated to be one, although being a VirtualYoutuber she's a great deal friendlier than most. half-dragon lich. [[DiscardAndDraw She's apparently native stated to Hell.have lost much of her draconic power in exchange for immense necromantic power as a lich]], resulting in a LittleBitBeastly appearance. Defying the usual reputation of dracoliches, Froot is very much a PerkyGoth, and usually the TokenWholesome amongst her friends.
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* ''WebOriginal/VShojo'': Froot is stated to be one, although being a VirtualYoutuber she's a great deal friendlier than most. She's apparently native to Hell.

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* ''WebOriginal/VShojo'': ''WebVideo/VShojo'': Froot is stated to be one, although being a VirtualYoutuber she's a great deal friendlier than most. She's apparently native to Hell.
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* ''VideoGame/MinionMasters'' has Nyrvir, an undead dragon who serves Morellia, the Lich Queen.

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