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11	->'''Zoe:''' ''[to Dirge]'' So... if she's a zombie, too... why does she look so... you know? And you look so, well...\
12	'''Nephthys:''' Men always let themselves go, sweetheart. Even the dead ones.
13	-->-- ''WebAnimation/{{Xombie}}''
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15	Like ghosts and vampires who were only recently romanticised and portrayed as humanlike in many aspects, zombies were traditionally depicted as horrifying, creepy, ugly, mindless and carnivorous. The reason for this lies in the concept of zombie originating from [[HollywoodVoodoo Caribbean voodoo]], in which they were corpses reanimated by a magician and subjected to his will, devoid of their own will and personality.
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17	However, since the late 1990s zombies have increasingly been seen as not so much different from humans, and even as sexual figures. Nowadays, the depiction of a zombie as sentient, humane and seeking equality with humans is a frequent metaphor for real-life discriminated groups and for the de-objectification of them; to amplify the effect, he or she may be portrayed as physically attractive and sometimes even in a [[BoyMeetsGhoul romantic relationship with a human]]. Another source of this trope is the old legends and Gothic fantasies about undead beauties, which have been reimagined in the light of modern zombie lore.
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19	Moreover, while vampires represent the archetype of [[AristocratsAreEvil a corrupt aristocrat]], zombies, with their tattered clothes, [[UndeadBarefooter bare feet]], wild desires, and freedom from social conventions, can be associated with [[NewAgeRetroHippie hippies]] and similar "alternative lifestyle" subcultures. For this reason, such characters often have nonconformist and taboo-breaking (sometimes sexually nonconformist) overtones. Their attitude to their undead status may vary: some of them dream of becoming human or of resting in peace, while others are perfectly happy being the way they are, and [[CursedWithAwesome find advantages in it]] (sometimes they would even [[KeepingTheHandicap refuse to become living humans again when given such a possibility]]).
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21	Most of these characters [[OurZombiesAreDifferent discard the conventions of zombie lore settled by George Romero]] (since eating flesh and brains is just somehow... [[{{Squick}} unsexy]]), instead appealing to older undead archetypes, like {{Voodoo Zombie}}s, {{Revenant Zombie}}s, and the aforementioned undead beauties from Gothic-era stories. In the most general sense, "zombie" may apply to any living dead creature that is not [[OurGhostsAreDifferent incorporeal]], does not [[OurVampiresAreDifferent drink blood]], and is not [[{{Mummy}} wrapped in bandages]].
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23	This trope only applies when the said zombie is described as attractive and/or as a romantic interest to humans '''in-universe'''.
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25	SisterTrope to SeductiveMummy and CuteGhostGirl, and frequently overlaps with BoyMeetsGhoul. Compare with VampiresAreSexGods, HotAsHell, SuccubiAndIncubi, CuteMonsterGirl, YouSexyBeast, IncongruouslyDressedZombie. Frequently overlaps with FriendlyZombie, due to BeautyEqualsGoodness, and RevenantZombie, due to the fact that such characters often retain the personality they had in life.
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27	For more examples of this trope, check out [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Fiction_about_human–zombie_romance a thematic category]] on Website/TheOtherWiki.
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29	!!Examples:
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32	[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
33	* Several characters in ''Manga/{{Cinderalla}}'' qualify. Cinderalla's father becomes a zombie and marries another zombie who has two zombie daughters. And Cinderalla herself falls in love with a zombie singer, and needs a spell to transform herself into a zombie in order to be allowed to attend one of his performances.
34	* Necrowaif's FleshGolem receptionist from ''Manga/InterspeciesReviewers'' is remarkably cute for a quantity of mutilated corpses held together with crude stitching and large screws. In the manga, she even quips that [[SerialProstheses her bust was willed to her by a friend who finally went to Heaven,]] Igor style.
35	* ''Manga/MadeInAbyss'': [[spoiler:Riko was stillborn in the depths of The Abyss, but was revived through a Relic. She still looks like an adorable little girl despite this.]]
36	* Zombina the MON close-quarters specialist from ''Manga/MonsterMusume''. She's an attractive redhead with mismatched eyes and patchwork skin (since her body doesn't heal naturally, she has to attach new body parts to herself by sewing them on). Her FriendlyEnemy, the [[ChineseVampire Jiangshi]] Shiishii, also qualifies; practicing Tai Chi every day to stave off rigor mortis left her looking quite toned.
37	* Victoria Cindry from ''Manga/OnePiece'' has blue skin and stitches covering her body, but overall looks much more appealing than the other zombies in Thriller Bark; many of them lack lips, some have lost an eye, and several are stitched with animal parts or even inanimate objects. [[spoiler:The MadDoctor Hogback joined the zombification business because he wanted to bring back Cindry, but when she ended up with a different personality from the shadow used to animate her, he only cared about her appearance thereafter.]]
38	* Rea from ''Manga/{{Sankarea}}'' looks identical to how she did as a human after being zombified, the only physical differences being paler skin and red eyes (they were blue as a human).
39	* Zig-zagged in ''Anime/ZombieLandSaga''. The zombies of the main cast are sweet girls who are normally just as cute out of their prosthetic makeup as they are in it, but that's just for the convenience of the artists; in-universe, people stumbling across them out of it (including Sakura, when she briefly thought she was still alive) is followed by [[GrossUpCloseUp their sunken eyes and cheeks and veiny, marbled, cyanotic skin becoming very apparent]].
40	** [[spoiler:This works in their favor in [[Recap/ZombieLandSagaRevengeE11 ''Revenge's'' penultimate episode]]; after having accidentally being seen without any makeup by a crowd (mostly made up of [[ChildrenAreInnocent young kids]]), they think they're screwed and admit that they've been hiding the fact that they're zombies... however, the kids don't think the group are zombies, because zombies are "scary, bite-y, and dangerous", while Franchouchou aren't. This allows Ai to play off their appearance as "zombie makeup", but behind closed doors, they all admit that it was a ''really'' close call.]]
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43	[[folder:Comic Books]]
44	* ''ComicBook/IZombie'': Gwen Dylan, the RevenantZombie protagonist, is only marked as undead by having a slightly more purple skin tone to the still-living human members of the cast, although she states she lives with the possibility of turning into a regular rotting zombie if she doesn't get her regular ration of brains.
45	* ''ComicBook/TheUnexpected'': Deconstructed in the short story "Look Alive", where a RevenantZombie is able to pass for an attractive woman, but has to adhere to a strict regime of mental and physical exercise in order to do it.
46	* ''ComicBook/XStatix'': The RevenantZombie superhero Dead Girl initially looks a little mummified, but quickly becomes ProgressivelyPrettier to the point that she becomes a sex symbol in-universe, and has a sexual relationship with living teammate Anarchist.
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49	[[folder:Films -- Animation]]
50	* ''WesternAnimation/CorpseBride'': Emily is not technically a zombie until near the end when she and Victor use a spell to return to the land of the living, but she is a corpse who's walking around and talking, so close enough. She's also conventionally attractive by the standards of the movie's art style (she still has most of her skin, unlike everyone else Victor encounters in the Land of the Dead, for one thing) and very much romantically interested in Victor.
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53	[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
54	* ''Film/ArmyOfTheDead'' has the "Queen" zombie, a [[IncongruouslyDressedZombie former showgirl]] who, even with her NightmareFace, still looks attractive, especially with an outfit that shows off her cleavage and her legs. There's also a bunch of topless showgirls chasing a guy and rabidly devouring him in a jacuzzi in the opening credits.
55	* ''Film/TheBattery'' contains a scene in which one of the main characters begins masturbating at the sight of a not particularly horribly decayed female zombie that is ineffectually trying to break into his car, smooshing her breasts all over the door window in the process.
56	* ''Film/TheBride'': Baron Charles Frankenstein, Dr. Zalhus, and Frankenstein's assistant, Paulus, attempt to create a female mate, Eva, for his creation. The team of scientists succeed in creating Eva, who is physically identical to a human and lacking the deformities of the monster. As such, she is revolted by the monster and rejects him. This causes the monster to fly into a rage and destroy Frankenstein's laboratory. Frankenstein, believing the monster has died, flees with Eva back to Castle Frankenstein. There he falls in love with her and, with the help of his friend Charles Clerval and housekeeper Mrs. Baumann, educates her with the goal of making her a perfect human mate.
57	* ''Film/BrideOfFrankenstein'': The Bride is meant to be conventionally attractive, as she was built by the Doctor to be a suitable wife for his earlier creation. Just like her mate, she's assembled from stolen corpses.
58	* The 2008 movie ''Film/{{Camille}}'' is about a girl who becomes a RevenantZombie after her death, and wins the heart of her husband (who originally married her only for personal profit reasons).
59	* Pretty much all of the revenants brought back by ''Franchise/TheCrow'' retain the attractiveness that they had in life.
60	* One of the DVD extras in ''Film/DawnOfTheDead2004'' is an [[ApocalypticLog in-universe news broadcast]] containing, among other things, a video of [[WackyFratboyHijinx some high schoolers]] taunting a young female zombie wearing nothing but a football helmet and BlackBraAndPanties. One of the guys can be heard saying "[[MostCommonSuperpower look at those melons]]" and that "she is the hottest girl in the school." They learn very quickly [[DoNotTauntCthulhu not to mess around with any kind of zombie]].
61	** A DeletedScene in the film proper has a fully nude blonde woman walking past Anna's car in the highway, but it's unclear if she's a zombie, a ZombieInfectee, or just under shock.
62	* Played with in ''Film/DeadGirl'', a horror film about a couple of obnoxious teenage boys who find a teenage girl FleshEatingZombie and decide to keep her as a SexSlave. Although they obviously consider her attractive enough to do this, she's visibly decaying and scarred.
63	* The female leads in ''Film/DeathBecomesHer'' (played by Meryl Streep and Goldie Hawn) may not technically be ''zombies'', but they're pretty close: they've taken an immortality potion and then suffered a mortal wound. Their bodies are no longer living (so they can't heal from any damage they take), but the potion won't let them actually die. At least initially they're still reasonably attractive, though by the end of the movie they've had to resort to ''extensive'' use of cosmetics and despite having had a long time to practice they're not very good at it.
64	* Tammy in ''Film/{{Fido}}'', although she's kept like that deliberately by his owner, in a world where zombies are kept as slaves, you can imagine why.
65	* ''Film/{{Frankenhooker}}'' puts a raunchier spin on this, with a medical student who resurrects his dead fiancé by building her a body assembled from local streetwalkers.
66	* Beth (Aubrey Plaza) in ''Film/LifeAfterBeth'' a film about a guy's girlfriend returning from the dead.
67	* The ''Film/ReturnOfTheLivingDead'' series:
68	** In the [[Film/TheReturnOfTheLivingDead original film]], the MsFanservice punk chick Trash (played by Creator/LinneaQuigley) gets killed and zombified halfway in. Upon her resurrection, a homeless man winds up DistractedByTheSexy when he sees the naked zombie Trash walk out of the graveyard... at least, until she's close enough that the fog and darkness no longer obscure her NightmareFace.
69	** Julie (played by Creator/MelindaClarke) in ''Film/ReturnOfTheLivingDead3'' remains as attractive as when she was alive (albeit turning more "dominatrix-like") as the love story is crucial to the plot. Even prompting a [[AttemptedRape rape attempt]] from one of the villains--[[MuggingTheMonster which turns out exactly how you'd expect]].
70	* The male protagonist of ''Film/WarmBodies'', who falls in love with a human girl after eating her ex-boyfriend's brain.
71	* ''Film/{{Zombieland}}'': Kind-of subverted with Columbus' neighbor "406" played by Creator/AmberHeard. She's "insanely hot" as Columbus states, but once zombified, it's FanDisservice.
72	* The zombies in ''Film/Zombies2018'' are simply humans with green hair and white skin (considering it's a Creator/DisneyChannel Original Movie, it's pretty obvious why they didn't go with more traditional-looking zombies), and the plot revolves around the romance between the zombie Zed and the human Allison.
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75	[[folder:Literature]]
76	* Ayumu from ''Literature/IsThisAZombie'' has at least five girls in love with him (only one of which doesn't know that he's a member of the undead).
77	* Ayumi, the eponymous zombie little sister in ''Literature/MyVampireOlderSisterAndZombieLittleSister''. Unlike most zombies who decay naturally, Ayumi injects herself with preservatives, so she looks identical to a human save for stitches all over her body.
78	* Generally, "zombie romance" seems to be a growing trend in the paranormal genre. In 2011, the Night Wolf Press publishing house [[http://nightwolfpress.yolasite.com/submissions.php put out a call for submissions in this genre]] stating: "Ain't no lovin' like undead lovin' - it applies to more than vampires".
79	* In ''Literature/AmericanGods'', the protagonist's wife Laura is resurrected as this; unfortunately, as the months pass, she rots severely, even despite the embalming.
80	* Laura Steele from ''Literature/BoneSong'' by John Meaney; the protagonist has a romance with her.
81	* The undead girl Tuanne from ''Conan the Defiant'', one of the Franchise/ConanTheBarbarian novels; Conan even has a brief intercourse with her.
82	* ''The Country of Comers-Back'' by Lafcadio Hearn is set in Haiti and features a beautiful [[UndeadBarefooter barefoot]] zombie woman who seduces men and lures them to their death.
83	* Undead in the ''Literature/DanShambleZombiePI'' series typically retain their libido from life, and can remain good-looking if their demise wasn't too messy and they regularly visit the morticians' shop for maintenance. A trio of zombie "cougars" flirt quite aggressively with a living cosmetics salesman in the first novel, and the second openly acknowledges that the Full Moon Brothel's zombie prostitutes are a major revenue source. Dan himself is implied to be pretty handsome for a zombie, occasionally having to turn down passes from female Unnaturals.
84	* In ''Literature/DeadCity'', many zombies look like ordinary humans, and can pull off an attractive look. Type I zombies are also [[FriendlyZombie Friendly Zombies]]: they retain their human personality and just want to live normal lives. In particular, [[spoiler: Natalie]] becomes a Type I zombie in ''Dark Days'', and retains her model looks.
85	* Sally from ''Literature/TheDemonCollector'' by Jon Mayhew is a quite attractive revenant girl; there is no romance between her and the protagonist, but they establish a friendship.
86	* The high-functional zombie teens from ''Literature/GenerationDead'' series, most notably Tommy Williams and Karen [=DeSonne=].
87	* In a teenage novel ''Literature/IKissedAZombieAndILikedIt'', the female protagonist Alley falls in love with a Goth called Doug who turns out to be a zombie.
88	* Shurq Elalle from ''Literature/MalazanBookOfTheFallen'' really loves to seduce living males. She seems to cherish her undead state (mainly because it keeps her from aging and losing her good looks) and [[KeepingTheHandicap repeatedly refuses the possibility of resurrection]].
89	* In ''My Girlfriend, the Zombie: A Zombie Romance'' by Rebecca M. Senese, the main character's girlfriend Sharon is a beautiful and intelligent zombie woman who passes as human.
90	* The zombie princesses from ''Literature/OnceUponAZombie'' series retain their good looks in spite of being turned into undead beings.
91	* The FieryRedhead Cate Hendrickson from ''Literature/ParadiseRot'', who is the protagonist's LoveInterest.
92	* ''Literature/ParaisoStreet'' features Rosita, a ghost stitched into the corpse of her sister. According to Gallows Charlie, a sorcerer who creates such zombies for cash, the operation gives the dead control of all the corpse’s bodily functions, prevents rot, and only becomes noticeable when they don’t age. This also creates [[ILoveTheDead certain issues]], in that a person may not be aware that their partner is dead, and that even the dead themselves might occasionally forget it.
93	* In ''The Poe Detective Agency'' series by Brian Yansky, the main character's love interest Julia is a zombie. The novel also mentions that he had sex with a number of other zombie women before.
94	* The {{Revenant Zombie}}s from Amy Plum's ''Revenant'' series are all quite attractive, and the heroine has a romance with one of them, namely Vincent. [[spoiler: At the end, she becomes a zombie herself.]]
95	* The 2017 book ''Romancing the Zombie: Essays on the Undead as Significant “Other”'' is a collection of essays discussing the increasing use of this trope in modern fiction.
96	* In ''Literature/UndeadGirlGang'' by Lily Anderson, the three undead girls Riley, June, and Dayton, brought back to life by a Wiccan spell, remain as attractive as they were in life.
97	* The female zombie Lee Ling from ''Voodoo Killings'' by Kristi Charish.
98	* The Returned of ''Literature/{{Warbreaker}}'' are humans who were returned to life by the Divine Breath, and must devour one soul a week to stay alive. They also possess {{Humanshifting}} powers, which most of them use to take on whatever particular form of ideal beauty they desire.
99	* Jane Stitch from ''Literature/WolfmanConfidential'' is also this, though she's a FrankensteinsMonster rather than a zombie.
100	* In ''Literature/{{Xanth}}'' novel ''Dragon on a Pedestal'', Zora gradually becomes this due to Xavier giving her ThePowerOfLove.
101	* In ''Zombie Noir: The Corpse with the Beautiful Face'' by Austin Taylor, a beautiful lady hires a private eye to investigate... her own murder. They also share an intercourse.
102	* Another collection of essays analyzing this phenomenon is ''Zombies and Sexuality: Essays on Desire and the Living Dead'' by Shaka [=McGlotten=] and Steve Jones.
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105	[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
106	* Episode "New Year's Day" of anthology horror series ''Series/FearItself'' has one, once we learn that [[spoiler:Helen (played by Briana Evigan) was a zombie all along]].
107	* In ''Series/{{iZombie}}'', zombies in general (as long as they're able to eat enough brains to sustain themselves) look like ordinary people with pale skin and hair. Most choose to disguise themselves with cosmetics. Liv doesn't, but once she gets over being a zombie, it hasn't really affected her dating life (beyond having to take extra precautions to prevent infecting human partners, although she mostly dates other zombies); one of her boyfriends tells her she pulls off the zombie look.
108	* As the [[MonsterOfTheWeek Orphnochs]] of ''Series/KamenRider555'' are zombies (specifically the RevenantZombie kind) by their very nature, every single one counts, though that's due to being able to alternate between their human and monster appearances. Especially true of the main Orphnoch cast, including [[spoiler: the titular Rider and hero himself]].
109	* In ''Series/PushingDaisies'', the protagonist magically brings his dead girlfriend back to life; she remains as beautiful as she was in life, but it is strongly implied that she's now a RevenantZombie rather than human (she doesn't age, calls herself "dead" on several occasions, and is referred to as "dead girl" by several other characters).
110	* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'':
111	** The female zombie Angela Mason in "[[Recap/SupernaturalS02E04ChildrenShouldntPlayWithDeadThings Children Shouldn't Play With Dead Things]]" is quite attractive, apart from the "homicidally jealous" part.
112	** In "[[Recap/SupernaturalS14E06Optimism Optimism]]", Vance was a stereotypical handsome guy before being murdered and Harper still finds him attractive in death, treating him like a typical boyfriend.
113	* ''Series/{{Superwog}}'' has an episode set during a zombie apocalypse. Theo and Johnny are accosted by a zombie who happens to be a hot woman with big tits. Rather than attack the lads, she just lets Theo grab her tit...[[FanDisservice and keep it]].
114	* ''Franchise/{{Whoniverse}}'':
115	** Series 9 of ''Series/DoctorWho'' ends with [[spoiler:companion Clara Oswald KilledOffForReal, but she receives a temporary delay in her death which renders her technically undead with no life functions, though with her personality and soul still intact]]. This has no impact on her attractiveness; in fact, it is stated that due to her new state, she will never age, therefore remaining as a beautiful woman in her late 20s effectively forever.
116	** A minor case in ''Series/{{Torchwood}}'' when Owen is resurrected as a zombie midway through Season 2. It doesn't do nearly enough to stop a girl in a bar from finding him gorgeous. Too bad for Owen that no bodily function means no more blood flow downstairs.
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119	[[folder:Music]]
120	* Music/AurelioVoltaire sings about the [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Zombie Prostitute]]:
121	->Buck teeth fell out and her tongue fell out to boot
122	->But all in all she was a rotten kind of cute
123	* "The Zombie Song" by Stephanie Mabey is about a zombie girl falling in love with a living guy during a ZombieApocalypse.
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126	[[folder:Music Videos]]
127	* Music/MyChemicalRomance music video "Helena" has a beautiful zombie girl dancing at her own funeral.
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130	[[folder:Tabletop Games]]
131	* In ''TabletopGame/{{Exalted}}'', in the Skullstone Archipelago some people kill themselves and come back as zombies in order to preserve their beauty. This honor has to be granted by the bureaucracy, so it is far from common, but there have been instances of it.
132	* The card game ''TabletopGame/YuGiOh'' has a series of Vampire-themed monsters that are classified under the Zombie-typing and as typical of vampires in fiction, the majority are depicted as finely-dressed with flawless good looks. That said, their ace card, Vampire Genesis, [[OneWingedAngel trades in the looks for power]].
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135	[[folder:Toys]]
136	* Since ''Toys/MonsterHigh'' revolves around the CuteMonsterGirl trope, zombies are no exception. Hence, Ghoulia Yelps is one, as well as a CuteBookworm.
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139	[[folder:Video Games]]
140	* ''VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}}'': While Jiang Shi are considered [[ChineseVampire vampires]] rather than zombies, Hsien-Ko is, nevertheless, quite attractive for a hopping corpse.
141	* ''Franchise/{{Disgaea}}'':
142	** ''VideoGame/Disgaea5AllianceOfVengeance'': One of the character classes is the [[{{Meido}} Maid]]. More specifically, they're zombie maids. ''Adorable'' zombie maids with GirlishPigtails and CuteLittleFangs. According to their bio, they're not actually very good at housework due to their brains rotting, but many in-universe find them endearing.
143	** ''VideoGame/Disgaea6DefianceOfDestiny'': Zed might be [[FantasticRacism hated in-universe]], but looks good for a zombie. His little sister, Bieko, is also undead but also [[{{Moe}} disgustingly adorable]].
144	* In the final chapter of ''VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBlazingBlade'', [[BossRush several slain bosses]] are resurrected as [[ArtificialHuman Morphs]] for one final fight. If [[DefectorFromDecadence Legault]] takes the field against Lloyd, his former ally and friend, he'll comment that death hasn't taken his good looks, even though it's taken everything else.
145	--> '''Legault''': ...Huh, even as a monster, you are a handsome one, Lloyd. But you know something? I can’t let this continue!!
146	* Qiqi from ''VideoGame/{{Genshin Impact}}'' is still an adorable little girl and doesn't look like a zombie aside from her talisman.
147	* Zombie Queen Mictlana in the third chapter of ''TabletopGame/MageKnight: Apocalypse'' is a [[UndeathlyPallor blue-skinned]] AmazonianBeauty barely dressed with [[ChainmailBikini breast pasties, panties and a thong]]. Her [[AmazonBrigade zombie minions]], [[SubvertedTrope however]], are all decayed and barely responsive women covered in wounds.
148	* ''VisualNovel/MonsterProm'': Brian, the green player character, is a zombie who's quite a {{hunk}} in spite of missing a few pieces of skin on his face and neck. Vicky, the blue player character, is a Frankenstein's monster girl who's stitched skin and the bolts sticking out of her neck only add to her attractiveness.
149	* ''VideoGame/{{Shantae}}'': Rottytops is drawn in the same cute anime girl style as the rest of the female cast, albeit with green skin and a stapled on arm and leg. The games establish that zombies are divided between the traditional mindless undead, and those who are able to hold on to decent chunk of their humanity thanks to the power of coffee, with Rottytops and her family falling into the latter category. While Rotty's older brothers are more monstrous, Abner is still a bit of a looker, and there are other zombie [=NPCs=] (such as a pair of siblings in ''Seven Sirens'') who look completely normal aside from the green skin and stitches.
150	* ''VideoGame/{{Skullgirls}}'': Although too young and modest to qualify as "sexy", Squigly is an adorable CuteMonsterGirl of a zombie.
151	* ''Franchise/TouhouProject'' has resident [[ChineseVampire jiangshi]] Yoshika Miyako. Supplementary materials reveal that her mistress, Seiga, has an extensive regiment in place to keep her face cute and her body flexible since rigor mortis poses as big an issue to Yoshika as the biological breakdown of her body does.
152	* ''VideoGame/TownOfSalem'': The [[HookerWithAHeartOfGold Escort]] and her EvilCounterpart the [[FemmeFatale Consort]] can become this after dying, since the {{Necromancer}} can [[AnimateDead raise them]] to [[DistractedByTheSexy Roleblock]] live players.
153	* ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles1'': One of the characters, specifically [[spoiler:Shulk himself]], is revealed to have been DeadAllAlong and puppeteered by an ancient malevolent spirit. Despite this, [[spoiler:he]] enjoys a longstanding romance with [[spoiler:Fiora]], who also becomes this partway through the game.
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156	[[folder:Web Animation]]
157	* ''WebAnimation/{{Xombie}}'' has Nephthys, a SeductiveMummy who is the resident MsFanservice in the show. This is lampshaded in Chapter 5 of the original web series, when Zoe compares her to Dirge (who, while ripped, has a skull-like face).
158	* [=VTuber=] Kureiji Ollie from ''WebAnimation/{{Hololive}}'' Indonesia is a zombie virtual idol whose good looks haven't been tainted by undeath. While more conservative than the outfits worn by other hololive members, her dress draws a lot of attention to her shapely legs.
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161	[[folder:Webcomics]]
162	* Mye of ''Webcomic/CharbyTheVampirate'' has quite a few admirers among short demons and fay. It helps that in many ways her body is alive if not aging and therefore not rotting.
163	* ''Webcomic/SkinHorse'': While Unity is not conventionally among the comic's "main hotties", she does look good for being a bunch of stitched-together body parts, and she's caught the eye of a fair number of men, women and abominations of science. Even Tip's made his move on her once. (Only to find out that Unity's interpretation of "let's get physical" differed from his.) Admittedly, Unity's not a regular kind of zombie; she's actually a bucket-worth of black goo controlling a dead body, and habitually replaces any parts that get damaged or go bad.
164	* Orrick from ''Webcomic/UndeadFriend'' is fairly zombified but manages to remain fairly similar-looking to his human form, so he still comes across as attractive. It helps he doesn't deal with rotting; he just easily loses his limbs sometimes.
165	* ''Webcomic/VioletZombie'' is about [[PunnyName Penelope Mortinez]], a teenage girl who was resurrected as a zombie and retained her good looks.
166	* In ''Webcomic/DanAndMabsFurryAdventures'', Kria Soulstealer meets a handsome Undead at a bar and starts trying to get drunk so [[http://missmab.com/Comics/Vol_1461.php she won't feel weird for hitting on him]].
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170	* ''Podcast/LessIsMorgue'' has Brains Vincent, a zombie beauty guru with such impressive makeup skills that he practically looks alive. He even invented Zomtouring!
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173	[[folder:Western Animation]]
174	* In ''WesternAnimation/BobsBurgers'', this is how Tina views any and all zombies. She frequently writes “erotic friend fiction” stories involving zombies and has romantic dreams about them. Once, she even wrote a school essay about dating an entire zombie basketball team.
175	* Blanche, the {{Goth}} SouthernBelle Zombie student of ''WesternAnimation/GravedaleHigh'', [[http://gravedalehigh.wikia.com/wiki/Blanche?file=Blanche.jpg clearly an example]].
176	* Teased and subverted in the ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' episode "[[Recap/GravityFallsS1E1TouristTrapped Tourist Trapped]]". Mabel gets a crush on a local named Norman, and Dipper suspects he's a zombie from his unusual behavior. He turns out to be a bunch of [[OurGnomesAreWeirder gnomes]] instead.
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