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* SaltAndPepper: In "Maternity Liv" someone calls Clive and Liv "Detectives Ebony and Ivory".
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* RidiculouslyAliveUndead: So long as they continue to feed, people infected with the zombie virus are still able to almost everything a human can do, aside from losing most of their sense of taste and losing their pulse. They're even able to continue having sex, although doing so spreads the virus.

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* RidiculouslyAliveUndead: So long as they continue to feed, people infected with the zombie virus are still able to do almost everything a human can do, aside from losing most of their sense of taste and losing their pulse. They're even able to continue having sex, although doing so spreads the virus.
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* RidiculouslyAliveUndead: So long as they continue to feed, people infected with the zombie virus are still able to almost everything a human can do, aside from losing most of their sense of taste and losing their pulse. They're even able to continue having sex, although doing so spreads the virus.
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* WhoMurderedTheAsshole: In "Virtual Reality Bites", Liv tries to find out who killed an infamous hacker named "Sin Reaper". Unfortunately he has so many enemies trying to take credit for his death that finding the real culprit proves difficult. [[spoiler:In the end it turns out to be the brother of a woman whose life he ruined..]]

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* WhoMurderedTheAsshole: In "Virtual Reality Bites", Liv tries to find out who killed an infamous hacker named "Sin "SIM Reaper". Unfortunately he has so many enemies trying to take credit for his death that finding the real culprit proves difficult. [[spoiler:In the end it turns out to be the brother of a woman whose life he ruined..]]
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* CryForTheDevil: Blaine, when we learn of his childhood abuse.
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* FrenchJerk: Enzo Lambert.
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** Averted by [[spoiler:the leaders of Fillmore Graves.]] You'd expect them to stay alive, but they are suddenly killed off [[spoiler:by a helicopter explosion only a few episodes into Season 3]] without warning or expectation. This mostly appears to be done in order to bring in [[spoiler:Chase Graves]] to replace them.

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** Averted by [[spoiler:the [[spoiler:Vivian, the leaders of Fillmore Graves.]] You'd expect them to stay alive, but they are suddenly killed off [[spoiler:by a helicopter explosion only a few episodes into Season 3]] without warning or expectation. This mostly appears expectation due to be done in order to bring in [[spoiler:Chase Graves]] to replace them.ActorLeavesCharacterDies behind the scenes.
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* JustDesserts: [[spoiler:Vaughn Du Clark is eaten alive by his own zombified daughter, a KarmicDeath given it's his fault she was infected.]]
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* BadInfluencer: Finn Vincible, the BodyOfTheWeek in "Eat a Knievel", was the obnoxious host of an online prank show that frequently took things way too far.

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* AdaptationalMundanity: The TV series omits supernatural elements that aren't zombies. In the comics, the main character's two best friends were a ghost and a were-terrier, and vampires were also a thing. The comics were also part of the larger [[Creator/VertigoComics DC/Vertigo Comics]] universe, given that they had Halloween crossovers with the ''[[ComicBook/TheSandman Sandman]]'' spinoff ''ComicBook/HouseOfMystery''.

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* AdaptationalMundanity: The TV series omits supernatural elements that aren't zombies. In the comics, the main character's two best friends were a ghost and a were-terrier, and vampires were also a thing. The comics were also part of the larger [[Creator/VertigoComics DC/Vertigo Comics]] universe, given that they had Halloween crossovers with the ''[[ComicBook/TheSandman Sandman]]'' spinoff ''ComicBook/HouseOfMystery''.''ComicBook/HouseOfMystery'' along with other titles such as ''ComicBook/{{Hellblazer}}'', ''ComicBook/{{Lucifer}}'' and ''ComicBook/MadameXanadu''.
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* AdaptationalMundanity: The TV series omits supernatural elements that aren't zombies. In the comics, the main character's two best friends were a ghost and a were-terrier, and vampires were also a thing. The comics were also part of the larger [[Creator/VertigoComics DC/Vertigo Comics]] universe, given that they had Halloween crossovers with the ''[[ComicBook/TheSandman Sandman]]'' spinoff ''ComicBook/HouseOfMystery''.

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* AloneWithThePsycho: Liv winds up stuck alone with the killer of the week at the climaxes of "Live and Let Clive", "Mr. Berserk", "Dead Rat, Live Rat, Brown Rat, White Rat" and "Real Dead Housewife of Seattle".

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* AloneWithThePsycho: AloneWithThePsycho:
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Liv winds up stuck alone with the killer of the week at the climaxes of "Live and Let Clive", "Mr. Berserk", "Dead Rat, Live Rat, Brown Rat, White Rat" and "Real Dead Housewife of Seattle".Seattle".
** Chase is ambushed by the killer of the week at the climax of "Mac-Liv-Moore".
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* XOnAStick: Don E. sells brains on a stick to a zombie crowd.
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* HotSauceDrinking: Zombies can only taste incredibly spicy foods, and on a couple of occasions we see zombies pouring hot sauce into coffee mugs and drinking it.
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* UnpleasantParentReveal: [[spoiler:Liv reunites with her father in Season 5, and is disappointed to learn that despite his claims, he is still a Utopium addict.]]

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* PlotArmor: Played straight with the main cast, and especially with Blaine. Plenty of characters have tried to kill him throughout the series, none of which resulted in success due to either their lack of awareness of his zombie condition or due to convenient timing of his re-zombification. [[spoiler:The finale ends with all main characters alive, though Blaine and Don E are given AFateWorseThanDeath.]]
* PlotHole:
** Natalie states Blaine paid her exclusively in brains, leading her to run through her savings. Yet when she returns in the penultimate episode of Season 3 she tells Major she's been able to fund her travels and bought a new home in Italy via her savings, earned from her time as a call girl. She also tells Major upon receiving a dose of the cure that she can't leave with him as her captor, Osborn Oates, will find her no matter where she runs to. She did, and apparently, he did not.

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* PlotArmor: PlotArmor:
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Played straight with the main cast, and especially with Blaine. Plenty of characters have tried to kill him throughout the series, none of which resulted in success due to either their lack of awareness of his zombie condition or due to convenient timing of his re-zombification. [[spoiler:The finale ends with all main characters alive, though Blaine and Don E are given AFateWorseThanDeath.]]
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** Natalie states Blaine paid her exclusively in brains, leading her to run through her savings. Yet when she returns in the penultimate episode of Season 3 she tells Major she's been able to fund her travels and bought a new home in Italy via her savings, earned from her time as a call girl. She also tells Major upon receiving a dose of the cure that she can't leave with him as her captor, Osborn Oates, will find her no matter where she runs to. She did, and apparently, he did not.
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* PlotHole: Natalie states Blaine paid her exclusively in brains, leading her to run through her savings. Yet when she returns in the penultimate episode of Season 3 she tells Major she's been able to fund her travels and bought a new home in Italy via her savings, earned from her time as a call girl. She also tells Major upon receiving a dose of the cure that she can't leave with him as her captor, Osborn Oates, will find her no matter where she runs to. She did, and apparently, he did not.
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* GirlNextDoor: Anna to Clive in his [[HappyFlashback Happy Flashbacks]] in Season 3.
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* CelebrityParadox: Don E. fondly recounts watching the series premiere of Series/OneTreeHill in his mother's basement, but never seems to notice that he's constantly interacting with Creator/RobertBuckley.

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* MomentKiller: An epic one in ''Max Wager''. Liv and Major have finally reconciled and are about to re-consummate their relationship, with Major wearing a condom just in case after some prodding from Liv. Cue Ravi bursting into their room and warning them that [[CantHaveSexEver sex will infect Major]] and that the virus [[ButWeUsedACondom can penetrate any kind of condom]].

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* MomentKiller: MomentKiller:
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An epic one in ''Max Wager''. Liv and Major have finally reconciled and are about to re-consummate their relationship, with Major wearing a condom just in case after some prodding from Liv. Cue Ravi bursting into their room and warning them that [[CantHaveSexEver sex will infect Major]] and that the virus [[ButWeUsedACondom can penetrate any kind of condom]]. condom]].
** Ravi ending what may be his last conversation with Peyton ever with a Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack ShoutOut in the Season 4 finale ''could'' have been charming, if he didn't second guess it and stumble over himself explaining the reference and groveling.
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* GenderBlenderName: Dallas Anne Bozzio goes by "Dale" and Alice Bronson goes by "Al".
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** Blaine's father Angus is taken out of the Shady Plots freezer in the third season premiere, after having been frozen since the thirteenth episode of the second season.

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** Blaine's father Angus is taken out of the Shady Plots freezer in the third season premiere, after having been frozen since the thirteenth episode of the second season. [[spoiler:He's dropped down a well in the middle of Season 3, only to come back ''again'' in the fourth season premiere.]]

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* BigNo: Major lets one out [[spoiler:when he arrives JustInTime to stop Liv's execution in the Season 4 finale.]]

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* BigNo: BigNo:
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Major lets one out [[spoiler:just before Chase Graves shoots Fisher Webb.]]
** Major gets another one
[[spoiler:when he arrives JustInTime to stop Liv's execution in the Season 4 finale.]]
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* BatterUp: The anti-zombie gas station attendant in the Season 5 premiere keeps a bat on hand for any zombies who dare to venture inside.

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* ColdBloodedTorture: Blaine has Candy and Chief torture his father to force him to amend his will.

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* ColdBloodedTorture: ColdBloodedTorture:
** When Blaine sends dealers into Mr. Boss's territory, Mr. Boss responds by pulling out their teeth and fingernails before killing them to send a message.
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Blaine has Candy and Chief torture his father to force him to amend his will.


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* {{Fingore}}:
** The victim in "Live and Let Clive" had his fingers removed post-mortem to make the body more difficult to identify.
** Mr. Boss executes dealers who encroach on his territory by [[ColdBloodedTorture pulling out all their teeth and fingernails]].

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* EvilIsPetty: The AssholeVictim in "Virtual Reality Bites", forced a couple's Donut shop to go out of business and drove a woman to suicide by exposing her private information online. Why? Because the couple gave him donuts he was allergic to, and the woman kept him on hold at the call center.

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* EvilIsPetty: EvilIsPetty:
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The AssholeVictim in "Virtual Reality Bites", forced a couple's Donut shop to go out of business and drove a woman to suicide by exposing her private information online. Why? Because the couple gave him donuts he was allergic to, and the woman kept him on hold at the call center.center.
** Vaughn Du Clark engineers the police shooting of someone in another country who left a negative review of Max Rager online.
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* ChekhovsMIA: [[spoiler:Stacey Boss in Season 5, who is revealed to be behind the campaign to ruin Blaine's reputation in a scheme to take over his brain smuggling business.]]

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* ChekhovsMIA: ChekhovMIA: [[spoiler:Stacey Boss in Season 5, who is revealed to be behind the campaign to ruin Blaine's reputation in a scheme to take over his brain smuggling business.]]
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* ChekhovsMIA: [[spoiler:Stacey Boss in Season 5, who is revealed to be behind the campaign to ruin Blaine's reputation in a scheme to take over his brain smuggling business.]]


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** Season 5: [[spoiler:Al is Stacey Boss's niece. Her exposé destroys Blaine's business and reputation, and allows Mr. Boss to take over Seattle's brain smuggling operation. Blaine learns that Freylich brains function as cures and begins hunting teens with the disease. Martin Roberts is revealed to be Liv's father.]]
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* NeckLift: [[spoiler:Ravi does this while in rage mode to corrupt CDC researcher Saxon after retrieving the cure from him in the penultimate episode of the series.]]
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** Blaine at the start of his ADayInTheLimelight episode of Season 5, "The Scratchmaker".

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** Blaine at the start beginning and end of his ADayInTheLimelight episode of Season 5, "The Scratchmaker".

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