History YMMV / DeadSet

* CompleteMonster: [[TokenEvilTeammate Patrick Goad]], the producer of ''Series/BigBrother'', started off as a {{Jerkass}}, but during the zombie outbreak, [[HumansAreTheRealMonsters he becomes something much worse]]. He abandons his staff and shoves a disabled person to the hordes of zombies, [[DirtyCoward all to save himself]]. After forcing himself into the ''Big Brother'' house, he decides to grind the dead houseguests into bait for zombies, much to the survivors' disgust. After being tied up for threatening to endanger the survivors, Patrick manipulates Joplin into freeing him, and hold the others survivors hostage, even killing one himself. This led to Joplin opening the gates, unleashing the zombie hoards and [[spoiler:killing the remaining survivors, including Patrick]].

** The show can be considered an unofficial self-contained story within any popular "fast zombie" movie universe, like ''Film/DawnOfTheDead2004'' or ''Film/TwentyEightDaysLater''.

* SugarWiki/FunnyMoments: It’s Charlie Brooker, so there’s lots of these, but a special mention goes to Pippa - “We were locked in a room, and he done a poo, and it stank!” Patrick’s response - “What the ''fuck'' is ''wrong'' with you?”
* HarsherInHindsight: The show saw a sudden surge of new interest during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic as real life Big Brother contestants, isolated from the outside world, actually did end up being among the last to find out about the global outbreak.

* NightmareFuel: The final shots of [[spoiler:zombie Kelly staring directly at you through dozens of TV monitors]] will ''haunt'' you.

%%* TheWoobie

* CompleteMonster: [[TokenEvilTeammate Patrick Goad]], the producer of ''Series/BigBrother'', started off as a {{Jerkass}}, but during the zombie outbreak, [[HumansAreTheRealMonsters he becomes something much worse]]. He abandons his staff and shoves a disabled person to the hoards of zombies, [[DirtyCoward all to save himself]]. After forcing himself into the ''Big Brother'' house, he decides to grind the dead houseguests into bait for zombies, much to the survivors' disgust. After being tied up for threatening to endanger the survivors, Patrick manipulates Joplin into freeing him, and hold the others survivors hostage, even killing one himself. This led to Joplin opening the gates, unleashing the zombie hoards and [[spoiler:killing the remaining survivors, including Patrick]].

* CrowningMomentOfFunny: It’s Charlie Brooker, so there’s lots of these, but a special mention goes to Pippa - “We were locked in a room, and he done a poo, and it stank!” Patrick’s response - “What the ''fuck'' is ''wrong'' with you?”

* CrowningMomentOfFunny: It’s Charlie Brooker, so there’s lots of these, but a special mention goes to Pippa - “We were locked in a room, and he done a poo, and it stank!” Patrick’s response - “What is ''wrong'' with you?”

* CompleteMonster: [[TokenEvilTeammate Patrick Goad]], the producer of ''Series/BigBrother'', started off as a {{Jerkass}}, but during the zombie outbreak, [[HumansAreTheRealMonsters he becomes something much worse]]. He abandons his staff and shoves a disabled person to the hoards of zombies, [[DirtyCoward all to save himself]]. After forcing himself into the ''Big Brother'' house, he decides to chop up the dead houseguests into bait for zombies, much to the disgust of everyone else. After being tied up for threatening to endanger the survivors, Patrick manipulates Joplin into freeing him, and hold the others survivors hostage, even killing one himself. He then has Joplin open the gates unleashing the zombie hoards, [[spoiler:causing the deaths of the remaining survivors, including Patrick himself]].

* RetroactiveRecognition: [[Music/RizMC Riq]] would later be known as [[Film/RogueOne Bodhi Rook]] nine years later.

* TheWoobie: Everyone to varying degrees, with some qualifying for JerkassWoobie status (with the exception of Patrick).

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* UnfortunateImplications: The two minorities are the first main characters to die.

* CompleteMonster: How some viewers see Patrick.

* TheWoobie: Pretty much everyone to varying degrees, with some qualifying for JerkassWoobie status (with the exception of Patrick).

* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:Everybody is either dead or undead]].
* {{Gorn}}:
** Especially during the death of [[spoiler:Patrick]], who gets the slowest, goriest death in the series.
** Patrick rants while he hacks the flesh off Grayson's body to use as bait to distract the zombies outside.
** Subverted during some character deaths - some of them, such as [[spoiler:Kelly]] and [[spoiler:Pippa]], die off-screen.

* HighOctaneNightmareFuel: The final shots of [[spoiler:zombie Kelly staring directly at you through dozens of TV monitors]] will ''haunt'' you.

* TheWoobie: Pretty much everyone (with the exception of Patrick).

* UnfortunateImplications: The two minorities are the first to die.

* MoralEventHorizon: Patrick the producer is pretty mean from the get-go, but to really hammer this home the show has him ''throw'' a man ''in a wheelchair'' into the path of a zombie.

* UnfortunateImplications:
** Unsurprisingly, the two minorities are the first to die. What's worse, the black heterosexual girl receives a single bite and is shot once in the head after turning. [[spoiler:[[CampGay Grayson]]]] brutally has his throat ripped out, and then is graphically stabbed in the head repeatedly with a butcher knife. And the two housemates that did it, aren't the least bit bothered.
** Angel died slowly from the zombie bite before turning, whereas [[spoiler:Grayson]] died quickly. The only reason why Angel was shot once in the head was because she was in the pool and posed no threat to them. And the others were upset with what happened to [[spoiler:Grayson]]. They were also angry when [[spoiler:Patrick started cutting up his body to use as bait]].

* BetterThanItSounds: Who would have thought "Zombies + ''Big Brother'', not a comedy," could have turned out so well?

* AuthorTract: Patrick's awesome rant as he feeds the zombies.

* SelfInsertFic: The sneering, cynical producer Patrick bears some resemblance to the show's sneering, cynical creator. Could also be said of Joplin, who voices many of the creator's views, sometimes verbatim quoting him. This being Charlie Brooker, the king of SelfDeprecation, these two are respectively the most loathsome and most pathetic character in the show.