History PlayingWith / ZombieApocalypse

** The celebrations were premature; the undead threat [[IncrediblyLamePun revives]] and finishes the job.

** A cure develops long before they are a threat

** It's AllJustADream

* '''Inverted''': [[FrankensteinsMonster A single animated corpse]] must try and elude [[TorchesAndPitchforks the living people who are trying to destroy it]].

** Among the survivors out in the boonies is the CrazySurvivalist that ''does'' have 50 caliber machine guns, just for this kind of situation.

** It is a new disease and nobody is immune, so it causes serious damage before stopping it.

* A cure develops long before they are a threat

* It is a new disease and nobody is immune, so it causes serious damage before stopping it.

** A powerful necromancer has used an ancient curse to revive the dead.

%%* '''Implied''': ???

** [[{{VideoGame/Overlord}} A very slutty demoness who sleeps around with people gives them an STD that turns them into zombies.]]

** [[Film/DawnOfTheDead There is no more room in Hell.]]

* '''Exploited''': TheConspiracy didn't release the virus, but they're not above taking advantage of the fact that everyone's being distracted by it.

* '''Invoked''': A MadScientist / necromancer releases into the wild something which will raise the dead and cause them to feast on the living.

* '''Exploited''': A MadScientist / necromancer releases into the wild something which will raise the dead and cause them to feast on the living so that he can take over the civilization.

* '''Exploited''': ???

* '''Downplayed''': ???

** "[[Franchise/ResidentEvil Hi, this is]] [[CapcomSequelStagnation Capcom]]"

** A [[TheVirus virus]] designed to attack enemy cities by the government or a MadScientist has accidentally broken out, infecting the surrounding areas.

** "[[ResidentEvil Hi, this is]] [[CapcomSequelStagnation Capcom]]"

** The zombies do immensely silly things. Like [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=un3-Hb9wF9s&feature=fvst song and dance routines]] with a dash of slapstick.
** Instead of moaning [[BrainFood "braiiiiins..."]] they moan [[{{Rule34}} "sssseeeeeex..."]]
* '''Deconstructed''':
** The corpses that have come back to life are not immune to the same factors that affect corpses in RealLife -- rigor mortis, decomposition, muscle decay, etc. Limbs and various extraneous parts of the dead drop off or fall away, and they are very slow and mostly have very poor balance, being practically incapable of standing upright. As their brains are dead, they have no control over themselves at all. As such, they fall apart and are practically no threat.
** Another alternative: while the zombies do pose somewhat of a threat, government response is swift, crushing the zombies efficiently with superior firepower and tactics. Even organized civilians easily avert a crisis.
* '''Reconstruction''':
** Although TheVirus might not technically ''kill'' its victims, it reduces them to unthinking, savage creatures of pure bloodlust who still retain human urges, drives and body control. As such, they are a very potent threat.
** The virus itself slows down decomposition and, while stripping away everything else, manages to keep its host body working enough to pose a threat to humans.
** ...Or, they decay rapidly and pose no threat... unless there's a whole mob of them.
** It's not just zombies - they sometimes turn into mutants that make [[VideoGame/{{Prototype}} BLACKLIGHT]] look pleasant. Bioweapons are on the loose. There's been experimentation going on, and somehow, those experiments have been released.
** While helicopters and 50 caliber machine guns are an insurmountable obstacle for the zombie hordes, the survivors are all civilians out in the boonies who do not have access to them. While all the survivors need to do is hold out while the military prepares to move in, the zombies possess inhuman strength and an ambush predator cunning, and ammunition is scarce. The tension lies in not "can the zombies be contained?" but "[[HoldTheLine can the survivors hold out long enough for help to arrive?]]"

** "[[ResidentEvil Hi this is]] [[CapcomSequelStagnation Capcom]]"

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** "Okay, we [[NoBodget have a tiny budget, not many resources]], and only a few actors who can actually act around here. Get some meat, pale makeup, extras (just a bunch of friends of ours) and fake blood though, and I think we've got enough to make a zombie flick..."