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* '''Deconstructed''': Alice and Bob would much rather believe that they are being attacked by injured people than that they are zombies, because it would mean they're either insane or in a ZombieApocalypse. This leads to them and most other people being killed because they can't confront the truth. This is a commentary on human culture being (ironically) a dumb horde of zombies unwilling to think differently.
* '''Reconstructed''': Whenever someone first sees a zombie they have to go through a mental process to decide whether they fundamentally do or do not accept that the person before them is normal. Whether they can --quickly -- decide that something is abnormal is the mark of people who do not cling to illusions and can adapt to new situations. Effectively, anyone who can avert this trope (even if their first thought ''isn't'' "zombie" but something else) has a shot at surviving and represents those few people who are not brain eating sheep.
* '''Reconstructed''': Whenever someone first sees a zombie they have to go through a mental process to decide whether they fundamentally do or do not accept that the person before them is normal. Whether they can --quickly -- decide that something is abnormal is the mark of people who do not cling to illusions and can adapt to new situations. Effectively, anyone who can avert this trope (even if their first thought ''isn't'' "zombie" but something else) has a shot at surviving and represents those few people who are not brain eating sheep.
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* '''Deconstructed''': '''Deconstructed''':
** Alice and Bob would much rather believe that they are being attacked by injured people than that they are zombies, because it would mean they're either insane or in a ZombieApocalypse. This leads to them and most other people being killed because they can't confront the truth. This is a commentary on human culture being (ironically) a dumb horde of zombies unwilling to think differently.
** There's an element of MoralLuck involved; there are still lots of sick and severely injured people in the zombie apocalypse, and sometimes there's overlap between zombie symptoms and ordinary illness. If Alice and Bob mistook a living person for a zombie and ran away, then they've just left [[MurderByInaction an innocent person to die]] because they were too scared to help.
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** Whenever someone first sees a zombie they have to go through a mental process to decide whether they fundamentally do or do not accept that the person before them is normal. Whether they can --quickly -- decide that something is abnormal is the mark of people who do not cling to illusions and can adapt to new situations. Effectively, anyone who can avert this trope (even if their first thought ''isn't'' "zombie" but something else) has a shot at surviving and represents those few people who are not brain eatingsheep.sheep.
** Emergency services are trained to recognize specific signs of zombification and have a protocol in place to identify them. There's still a lot of false positives and false negatives, but at least the number of deaths goes down.
** Alice and Bob would much rather believe that they are being attacked by injured people than that they are zombies, because it would mean they're either insane or in a ZombieApocalypse. This leads to them and most other people being killed because they can't confront the truth. This is a commentary on human culture being (ironically) a dumb horde of zombies unwilling to think differently.
** There's an element of MoralLuck involved; there are still lots of sick and severely injured people in the zombie apocalypse, and sometimes there's overlap between zombie symptoms and ordinary illness. If Alice and Bob mistook a living person for a zombie and ran away, then they've just left [[MurderByInaction an innocent person to die]] because they were too scared to help.
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** Whenever someone first sees a zombie they have to go through a mental process to decide whether they fundamentally do or do not accept that the person before them is normal. Whether they can --quickly -- decide that something is abnormal is the mark of people who do not cling to illusions and can adapt to new situations. Effectively, anyone who can avert this trope (even if their first thought ''isn't'' "zombie" but something else) has a shot at surviving and represents those few people who are not brain eating
** Emergency services are trained to recognize specific signs of zombification and have a protocol in place to identify them. There's still a lot of false positives and false negatives, but at least the number of deaths goes down.
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** The ZombieApocalypse started in the middle of a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zombie_walk zombie walk]]
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** The ZombieApocalypse started in the middle of a events or gatherings where people dress up in costumes, such as Halloween or the aptly named [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zombie_walk zombie walk]]walk]].
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* '''Parodied''': The "zombie" turns out to be someone trying to sell them timeshares.
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* '''Parodied''': '''Parodied''':
** The "zombie" turns out to be someone trying to sell themtimeshares.timeshares.
** Alice and Bob take an inordinately long time to wise up to the threat of the zombies: "That's the third time someone's tried to bite us today! Is this some new trend or something?"
** The "zombie" turns out to be someone trying to sell them
** Alice and Bob take an inordinately long time to wise up to the threat of the zombies: "That's the third time someone's tried to bite us today! Is this some new trend or something?"
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** Zombies show up in a setting that predates zombie movies (like [[VideoGame/RedDeadRedemptionUndeadNightmare the Wild West]]).
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* '''Parodied''': Alice and Bob --accidentally covered in so much talcum powder they aren't recognized as human by the zombies-- walk around a zombie-infested city and [[TakeThat think everyone is being much nicer and cleaner than normal.]]
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* '''Parodied''': Alice and Bob --accidentally covered in so much talcum powder they aren't recognized as human by the zombies-- walk around a zombie-infested city and [[TakeThat think everyone is being much nicer and cleaner than normal.]]The "zombie" turns out to be someone trying to sell them timeshares.
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* '''Played For Laughs''': The "zombie" turns out to be someone trying to sell them timeshares.
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* '''Played For Laughs''': The "zombie" turns out to be someone trying to sell them timeshares.Alice and Bob --accidentally covered in so much talcum powder they aren't recognized as human by the zombies-- walk around a zombie-infested city and [[TakeThat think everyone is being much nicer and cleaner than normal.]]
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* '''Downplayed''': AliceAndBob mistake a zombie for a person, but come with their gun raised and they recognize it's not a living person once they get close enough to examine the figure.
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* '''Downplayed''': '''Downplayed''':
** AliceAndBob mistake a zombie for a person, but come with their gun raised and they recognize it's not a living person once they get close enough to examine the figure.
** The zombie is a TechnicallyLivingZombie.
*'''Justified''': '''Justified''':
** AliceAndBob mistake a zombie for a person, but come with their gun raised and they recognize it's not a living person once they get close enough to examine the figure.
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* '''Double Subverted''': But they don't notice that Carl has been turned into a zombie and has been with them the whole time.
* '''Parodied''': Alice and Bob --accidentally covered in so much talcum powder they aren't recognized as human by the zombies-- walk around a zombie infested city and [[TakeThat think everyone is being much nicer and cleaner than normal.]]
* '''Zig Zagged''': ???
* '''Averted''':
* '''Parodied''': Alice and Bob --accidentally covered in so much talcum powder they aren't recognized as human by the zombies-- walk around a zombie infested city and [[TakeThat think everyone is being much nicer and cleaner than normal.]]
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* '''Double Subverted''': But they don't notice that Carl Carl, who was with them all this time, has been turned into a zombie and has been with them the whole time.
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* '''Parodied''': Alice and Bob --accidentally covered in so much talcum powder they aren't recognized as human by the zombies-- walk around azombie infested zombie-infested city and [[TakeThat think everyone is being much nicer and cleaner than normal.]]
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AliceAndBob do not recognize the zombies as zombies, and the zombies don't recognize them as living.
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* '''Parodied''': Alice and Bob --accidentally covered in so much talcum powder they aren't recognized as human by the zombies-- walk around a
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* '''Enforced''': "We need a good scare."
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* '''Enforced''': "We need a good scare. Let's have one of the zombies pass for a living human."
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* '''Lampshaded''': ???"Oh, crap! That was no injured person. That was a zombie!"
* '''Implied''': AliceAndBob walk up to a zombie, and are clearly not scared of it.
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* '''Downplayed''': ???AliceAndBob mistake a zombie for a person, but come with their gun raised and they recognize it's not a living person once they get close enough to examine the figure.
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* '''Basic Trope''': A zombie is mistaken for a living human.
* '''Played Straight''': AliceAndBob are wandering the post-apocalyptic wasteland, seeking food, shelter, clean water, and other people. They come across what looks like an injured person, only for that injured person to attack them.
* '''Played Straight''': AliceAndBob are wandering the post-apocalyptic wasteland, seeking food, shelter, clean water, and other people. They come across what looks like an injured person, only for that injured person to attack them.
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* '''Inverted''': [[NoZombieCannibals A zombie mistakes Alice for another zombie]].
** A zombie mistakes another zombie for a living human and attacks them.
** AliceAndBob mistake a living person for a zombie.
* '''Justified''': The ZombieApocalypse started in the middle of a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zombie_walk zombie walk]]
** A zombie mistakes another zombie for a living human and attacks them.
** AliceAndBob mistake a living person for a zombie.
* '''Justified''': The ZombieApocalypse started in the middle of a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zombie_walk zombie walk]]
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* '''Inverted''': [[NoZombieCannibals A zombie mistakes Alice for another zombie]].
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* '''Justified''':
**A zombie mistakes another zombie for a living human and attacks them.
** AliceAndBob mistake a living person for a zombie.
* '''Justified''':The ZombieApocalypse started in the middle of a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zombie_walk zombie walk]]
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** AliceAndBob mistake a living person for a zombie.
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* '''Inverted''':
** [[NoZombieCannibals A zombie mistakes Alice for another zombie]].
** A zombie mistakes another zombie for a living human and attacks them.
** AliceAndBob mistake a living person for a zombie.
** [[NoZombieCannibals A zombie mistakes Alice for another zombie]].
** A zombie mistakes another zombie for a living human and attacks them.
** AliceAndBob mistake a living person for a zombie.
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* '''Deconstructed''': Alice and Bob would much rather believe that they are being attacked by injured people than that they are zombies, because it would mean they're either insane or in a ZombieApocalypse. This leads to them and most other people being killed because they can't confront the truth. This is a commentary on human culture being (ironically) a dumb horde of zombies unwilling to think differently.
* '''Reconstructed''': Whenever someone first sees a zombie they have to go through a mental process to decide whether they fundamentally do or do not accept that the person before them is normal. Whether they can --quickly -- decide that something is abnormal is the mark of people who do not cling to illusions and can adapt to new situations. Effectively, anyone who can avert this trope (even if their first thought ''isn't'' "zombie" but something else) has a shot at surviving and represents those few people who are not brain eating sheep.
* '''Reconstructed''': Whenever someone first sees a zombie they have to go through a mental process to decide whether they fundamentally do or do not accept that the person before them is normal. Whether they can --quickly -- decide that something is abnormal is the mark of people who do not cling to illusions and can adapt to new situations. Effectively, anyone who can avert this trope (even if their first thought ''isn't'' "zombie" but something else) has a shot at surviving and represents those few people who are not brain eating sheep.
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* '''Averted''': AliceAndBob know that the "person" they saw is a zombie and respond appropriately.
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* '''Averted''':
** AliceAndBob know that the "person" they saw is a zombie and respond appropriately.
* '''Averted''':
** AliceAndBob know that the "person" they saw is a zombie and respond appropriately.
* '''Lampshaded''': ???
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Deconstructed''': Alice and Bob would much rather believe that they are being attacked by injured people than that they are zombies, because it would mean they're either insane or in a ZombieApocalypse. This leads to them and most other people being killed because they can't confront the truth. This is a commentary on human culture being (ironically) a dumb horde of zombies unwilling to think differently.
* '''Reconstructed''': Whenever someone first sees a zombie they have to go through a mental process to decide whether they fundamentally do or do not accept that the person before them is normal. Whether they can --quickly -- decide that something is abnormal is the mark of people who do not cling to illusions and can adapt to new situations. Effectively, anyone who can avert this trope (even if their first thought ''isn't'' "zombie" but something else) has a shot at surviving and represents those few people who are not brain eating sheep.
* '''Reconstructed''': Whenever someone first sees a zombie they have to go through a mental process to decide whether they fundamentally do or do not accept that the person before them is normal. Whether they can --quickly -- decide that something is abnormal is the mark of people who do not cling to illusions and can adapt to new situations. Effectively, anyone who can avert this trope (even if their first thought ''isn't'' "zombie" but something else) has a shot at surviving and represents those few people who are not brain eating sheep.
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* '''Played For Drama''': AliceAndBob notice that a) the person is not so much "injured" as "undead" and b) that he/she ''was'' someone close to one or both of them.
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* '''Played For Drama''': AliceAndBob notice that a) the person is not so much "injured" as "undead" and b) that he/she ''was'' someone close to one or both of them.them.
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* '''Deconstructed''':
'''Deconstructed''': Alice and Bob would much rather believe that they are being attacked by injured people than that they are zombies, because it would mean they're either insane or in a ZombieApocalypse. This leads to them and most other people being killed because they can't confront the truth. This is a commentary on human culture being (ironically) a dumb horde of zombies unwilling to think differently.
*'''Reconstructed''':
'''Reconstructed''': Whenever someone first sees a zombie they have to go through a mental process to decide whether they fundamentally do or do not accept that the person before them is normal. Whether they can --quickly -- decide that something is abnormal is the mark of people who do not cling to illusions and can adapt to new situations. Effectively, anyone who can avert this trope (even if their first thought ''isn't'' "zombie" but something else) has a shot at surviving and represents those few people who are not brain eating sheep.
* '''Parodied''': Alice and Bob --accidentally covered in so much talcum powder they aren't recognized as human by the zombies-- walk around a zombie infested city and [[TakeThat think everyone is being much nicer and cleaner than normal.]]
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* '''Parodied''': Alice and Bob --accidentally covered in so much talcum powder they aren't recognized as human by the zombies-- walk around a zombie infested city and [[TakeThat think everyone is being much nicer and cleaner than normal.]]
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* '''Invoked''': Bob spots someone lying on the ground.
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* '''Invoked''': Bob spots someone lying on the ground.catches, cleans, embalms and dresses a zombie to make it look as lifelike (yet still injured) as possible, even adding a hidden speaker in its throat that says "Help" periodically, all in order to trick his enemies into thinking it's a human needing assistance.
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'''Discussed''': Alice admonishes Bob to be very careful, as zombies and injured people can look very similar and he shouldn't shoot, help, or call attention to himself without first making sure.
*'''Conversed''':'''Conversed''': "Ever notice how, despite knowing there's zombies out there, characters never notice that they're in front of a corpse when it's a lone zombie?"
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** Alice works at a leper colony, and thinks the zombie is just another patient.
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* '''Exaggerated''': AliceAndBob mistake an entire ''horde'' of zombies for living injured people, in spite of the obvious rotting flesh and ZombieShuffle.
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* '''Exaggerated''': AliceAndBob mistake an entire ''horde'' of zombies for living injured people, in spite of the obvious rotting flesh and ZombieShuffle.ZombieGait.
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* '''Inverted''': [[NoZombieCannibalism A zombie mistakes Alice for another zombie]].
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* '''Inverted''': [[NoZombieCannibalism [[NoZombieCannibals A zombie mistakes Alice for another zombie]].
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* '''Inverted''': [[NoZombieCannibalism A zombie mistakes Alice for another zombie.zombie]].
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