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** The ''Storm of Magic'' supplement describes undead ''trees'' -- the Living Deadwood Staff, a creation of an eccentric necromancer known as the Daemon Harborist of Tilea, allows its holder to animate dead trees into horrific, shambling undeath.

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** The ''Storm of Magic'' supplement describes undead ''trees'' -- the Living Deadwood Staff, a creation of an eccentric necromancer known as the Daemon Harborist Carpenter of Tilea, Estalia, allows its holder to animate dead trees into horrific, shambling undeath.
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While this primarily involves undead animals, a rarer variant sees also the raising of undead ''plants'', usually trees. Typically, the zombified plants end up gaining the ability to move in the bargain.



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* In the third book of ''Literature/TheImmortals'' series by Creator/TamoraPierce, Daine raises dead dinosaurs and takes them on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge because she thinks Numair has been executed by the Emperor.

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* In the third book of ''Literature/TheImmortals'' series by Creator/TamoraPierce, Daine's temporarily given the ability to wake the dead, but isn't informed about the nature of this 'gift' and so has some PowerIncontinence trouble accidentally touching things like a stuffed king vulture and a tiger skin rug before she realizes what's happening. The goddess who gave her that ability wants her to raid the graveyards, but she resists. Instead Daine raises dead dinosaurs ends up raising dinosaur fossils and takes them on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge because she thinks Numair has been executed by the Emperor.
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* ''VideoGame/BigBuckHunter'' features Zombie Deer with their own hunting adventure, it's considered Hard Mode because ''only'' a [[BoomHeadshot headshot]] can take the undead bucks down.
** There's also "In Case of Zombies" which feature zombie chickens, racoons, the mentioned deer and [[BearsAreBadNews bears.]], the last of these being the FinalBoss of sorts in that mode.
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* ''Fanfic/EverfreeInfectionAU'': While ponies are the most commonly seen victims of the infection, magical tampering gave it the ability to affect all mammals. Twilight Sparkle is initially infected by a mouse overgrown by branches, while one pony contracts the Everfree infection after being attacked by a sick cat that's implied to be Rarity's pet cat Opalescence.
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* The campfire song "Johnny Verbeck's Sausage Making Machine" has this verse:

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* The campfire song "Johnny Verbeck's Sausage Making Machine" is about a man who makes a machine that turns dogs and cats into sausages. It has this verse:

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[[caption-width-right:350:Their bites are much worse than their barks. Worst of all, [[DeadlyEuphemism they're only after ''your'' bones!]]]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:Their bites are much worse than their barks. Worst of all, [[DeadlyEuphemism they're only after ''your'' after]] ''[[DeadlyEuphemism your]]'' [[DeadlyEuphemism bones!]]]]

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In works where zombie humans have ZombieGait, for some reason animals almost never move slower. If anything, they might even get a speed or strength ''bonus''. Can in some cases be justified when zombification reduces brain function, as it takes more dexterity for a biped to run without falling over. Can also be justified in that the zombie plague causes the higher brain functions to cease, while the animal part of the brain keeps functioning. If the subject's already an animal, then there's no hindrance. Likewise, the fact that zombies don't get tired may work in a reanimated animal's favor, as many living carnivores are sprinters, unable to sustain high speeds for long.

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In works where zombie humans have ZombieGait, for some reason animals almost never move slower. If anything, they might even get a speed or strength ''bonus''. Can in some cases be justified when zombification reduces brain function, as it takes more dexterity for a biped to run without falling over. Can also be justified in that the zombie plague causes the higher brain functions to cease, while the animal part of the brain keeps functioning. If the subject's already an animal, then there's no hindrance. Likewise, the fact that zombies don't get tired may work in a reanimated animal's favor, as many living carnivores are sprinters, unable to sustain high speeds for long.


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* ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken'': In "May Cause the Exact Thing You're Taking This to Avoid", Music/{{Bjork}}'s iconic swan dress is fashioned from a real swan. It awakens from what it thinks is a melatonin coma and freaks out when it discovers it's been turned into a dress.
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* ''Literature/BloodOfTheZombies'' contains huge zombie rats in Goraya Castle's AbsurdlySpaciousSewer, and a separate area where you fight zombiefied canines. However, they do ''not'' count under the zombie tally ([[GottaKillEmAll you need to hunt down and kill every HUMAN zombie in the Castle]] - [[spoiler:all '''333''' of them]]) - battling zombified animals are a waste of your ammunition.
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* WebVideo/PATHCO: Thyra smashes up a bunch of taxidermied animals after she reads a diary that suggests that they aren't as immobile as taxidermy usually is. This is a fortunate decision, because Graverisen casts Animate Dead on the taxidermied animals later to little avail because they're broken.

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* WebVideo/PATHCO: WebVideo/{{PATHCO}}: Thyra smashes up a bunch of taxidermied animals after she reads a diary that suggests that they aren't as immobile as taxidermy usually is. This is a fortunate decision, because Graverisen casts Animate Dead on the taxidermied animals later to little avail because they're broken.

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* ''ComicBook/LenoreTheCuteLittleDeadGirl'': Taxidermy and his associates are deities that look like humans dressed in black suits except that their heads are taxidermied chimeras.
* ''[[ComicBook/DisneyKingdoms Seekers of the Weird]]'': Taxidermied chimeras serve as the Shadow Society's minions
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* ''Literature/ThatIsAll'': One of many, many apocalyptic scenarios to come up is the dead returning to life, but curiously, it only seems to effect taxidermied animals, most of whom are unable to escape from their stands and their eyes are glass.

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* ''Literature/TheScarecrowWalksAtMidnight'': After Stanley magically brought the scarecrows to life and he and his siblings barely survived the situation, he promises never to do that again. Come next morning and, indeed, he's not bringing scarecrows to life. He does, however, reanimate a taxidermied grizzly bear that already was a killer when it was alive .
* ''Literature/ThatIsAll'': One of many, many apocalyptic scenarios to come up is the dead returning to life, but curiously, it only seems to effect taxidermied animals, most of whom are unable to escape from their stands and most of whom are unable to see because their eyes are glass.



* ''Series/ComedyBangBang'': At times, the studio's taxidermied animals, as well as the couch, come to life to put in a comment of their own.



* ''Dracula's Secret'': The Trophy Room in Dracula's Castle contains seven living taxidermized animals: a gorilla, a fish, a pig, a lion, an elephant, a deer, and a bird. They're all on display as heads, by the fish, the bird, and the gorilla still have their whole bodies. When the visitor arrives, someone's messed with the heads by swapping all the noses and the visitor has to put everything back the way it was.

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* ''Dracula's Secret'': The Trophy Room in Dracula's Castle contains seven living taxidermized taxidermied animals: a gorilla, a fish, a pig, a lion, an elephant, a deer, and a bird. They're all on display as heads, by the fish, the bird, and the gorilla still have their whole bodies. When the visitor arrives, someone's messed with the heads by swapping all the noses and the visitor has to put everything back the way it was.was.
* ''VideoGame/{{Gex}} 3: Deep Cover Gecko'': Bad Bears are taxidermied bears that roam the mansion in the "Clueless In Seattle" level. It's implied they are the trophies of Safari Sam, a hunter that also roams the mansion and supposedly owns it. Both beings are hostile to Gex.


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* WebVideo/PATHCO: Thyra smashes up a bunch of taxidermied animals after she reads a diary that suggests that they aren't as immobile as taxidermy usually is. This is a fortunate decision, because Graverisen casts Animate Dead on the taxidermied animals later to little avail because they're broken.
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* ''WesternAnimation/SWATKats'': In "[[Recap/SWATKatsS1E1ThePastmasterAlwaysRingsTwice The Pastmaster Always Rings Twice]]", the Pastmaster breaks into a museum and to rid himself of security and other interference, he brings a taxidermied sabertoothed cat to life. The [=SWAT Kats=] eventually render it harmless with a good shot from the cement machine gun.

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* ''TabletopGame/Malifaux'': Stuffed piglets and flying piglets, which are stuffed piglets with wings sewn on, are the work of taxidermists, which is a job exclusively held by gremlins. Stuffed piglets are classified as undead and are generally filled up with explosives to send out to enemies as "live" bombs.

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* ''TabletopGame/Malifaux'': ''TabletopGame/{{Malifaux}}'': Stuffed piglets and flying piglets, which are stuffed piglets with wings sewn on, are the work of taxidermists, which is a job exclusively held by gremlins. Stuffed piglets are classified as undead and are generally filled up with explosives to send out to enemies as "live" bombs.



* ''Dracula's Secret'': The Trophy Room in Dracula's Castle contains seven living taxidermized animals: a gorilla, a fish, a pig, a lion, an elephant, a deer, and a bird. They're all on display as heads, by the fish, the bird, and the gorilla still have their whole bodies. When the visitor arrives, someone's messed with the heads by swapping all the noses and the visitor has to put everything back the way it was.



** At Sunrise Woods Bible Camp in "Cat Fight" of ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'', Lois challenges everyone to keep their eyes closed in prayer lest they be gay. One boy does so anyway and comes in contact with a living mounted deer head. They start a romance.

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** At Sunrise Woods Bible Camp in "Cat Fight" of ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'', Lois challenges everyone to keep their eyes closed in prayer lest they be gay. One boy does so anyway and comes in makes eye contact with a living mounted deer head. They start a romance.
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* ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'': The Stuffed Bear of the ''Innistrad: Midnight Hunt'' series is a bear who was killed, taxidermied, and still is going strong. It is categorized as an artifact creature and the flavor text notes that it takes a taxidermist of unusual skill to leave the bear's "primal, predatory drive" intact.
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* ''TabletopGame/Malifaux'': Stuffed piglets and flying piglets, which are stuffed piglets with wings sewn on, are the work of taxidermists, which is a job exclusively held by gremlins. Stuffed piglets are classified as undead and are generally filled up with explosives to send out to enemies as "live" bombs.
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* ''VideoGame/ScoobyDooClassicCreepCapers'': The Ghoul King, despite being another guy in a costume in the end, has a castle full of horrors that are very elaborate for fakes. One such horror is a hallway filled with growling and moving mounted animal heads that likely are just animatronics.

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