History PlayingWith / ZombieApocalypse

** "Okay, we have a tiny budget, not many resources, and only a few actors who can actually act around here. Get some meat, extras and fake blood though, and I think we've got enough to make a zombie flick..."

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

* '''Subverted''': The zombies turn out to be [[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman thinking, feeling creatures]] with a [[{{Xenofiction}} society all their own]], they are satisfied eating only most, not all humans, and the embattled hero realizes he was just provoking a defense mechanism by slaughtering them.

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

* '''Parodied''': 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.

* '''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.

* '''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.

* '''Zig Zagged''': Society falls to Zombie kind, having a few humans fight through it. While Zombie society settles in, there is a human outbreak, which overthrows the Zombie society leaving a few Zombie survivors to run for their lives. It's actually all the evil plot of the secret government who release different viruses that control death by enacting or counteracting it. The humans and zombies must band together to save the world from these the nefarious schemes.

* '''Averted''': While a few corpses do come to life and attack the living, there aren't enough to threaten civilization entirely.

* '''Enforced''': "Okay, we have a tiny budget, not many resources, and only a few actors who can actually act around here. Get some meat, extras and fake blood though, and I think we've got enough to make a zombie flick..."

* '''Defied''': The [[TheMenInBlack Secret Anti-Paranormal Government Agency]] keeps a close eye out for anything of this nature and quashes any potential rising of the undead with terminal force.

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

** [[Film/CorpseBride The zombies were just coming upstairs for a wedding.]]

** Alternatively, the plot switches from a desperate survivor trying to flee the cities from the rampaging hordes to some {{MIB}} dealing with small outbreaks out in the boondocks on another country.

* '''Defied''': The [[{{MIB}} Secret Anti-Paranormal Government Agency]] keeps a close eye out for anything of this nature and quashes any potential rising of the undead with terminal force.

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

** Alternatively, the zombies aren't the threat; the zombies are trying to save the survivors from the people/organization/power that turned them.

** They're still living but extremely rabid.

** It's not just zombies - they sometimes turn into mutants that make [[{{Prototype}} BLACKLIGHT]] look pleasant. Bioweapons are on the loose. There's been experimentation going on, and somehow, those experiments have been released.

** [[CorpseBride The zombies were just coming upstairs for a wedding.]]

** 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 easy avert a crisis.

** 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 "can the survivors hold out long enough for help to arrive?"

** 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 will 'not' be pushovers. The tension lies in not "can our heroes escape?" but "can our heroes hold out long enough for help to arrive?"

** It's not just zombies - they sometimes turn into mutants that make [[{{Prototype}} BLACKLIGHT]] look pleasant. Bioweapons are on the loose. There''s been experimentation going on, and somehow, those experiments have been released.

** Another alternative: while the zombies do pose somewhat of a threat, the bigger threat is from humanity itself; as society breaks down in the face of the zombie hordes, the military steps in killing everyone, zombified or not, in a desperate attempt to suppress the outbreak, and brother turns against brother in a desperate struggle to survive.

** Another alternative: while the zombies do pose somewhat of a threat, the bigger threat is from humanity itself; as society breaks down in the face of the zombie hordes, the military steps in killing everyone, zombified or not, in a desperate attempt to supress the outbreak, and brother turns against brother in a desperate struggle to survive.

* '''Justified''': A virus designed by the government to attack enemy cities has accidentally broken out, infecting the surrounding areas.

* '''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 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 are practically no threat.

** [[CorpseBride The zombies were just upstairs for a wedding.]]

* '''Parodied''': The zombies do immensely silly things. Like song and dance routines with a dash of slapstick.

** Every human who ever died is coming back to life and walking around for food... they just need some food, medicine, and bedrest to heal back to their normal selves. The living are just panicking and shooting them on sight out of fear, this results in the 'zombies' attacking them out of self defense and the people who died revive shortly after. The movie stops when everyone agrees to stop killing eachother.

* '''Zig Zagged''': Society falls to Zombie kind, having a few humans fight through it. While Zombie society settles in, there is a human outbreak, which overthrows the Zombie society leaving a few Zombie survivors to run for thier lives. It's actually all the evil plot of the secret government who release different viruses that control death by enacting or counteracting it. The humans and zombies must band together to save the world from these the nefarious schemes.

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

* '''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 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 are practically no threat.

**[[{{Hentai}} Instead of moaning "braiiiiins..." they moan "sssseeeeeex..."]]