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2	[[caption-width-right:350:[[RulesOfTheRoad Watch out!]] Undead Ahead!]]
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4	->''"You know, it's an interesting thing when you consider: the Earth people, who can think, are so frightened by those who cannot: the dead."''
5	-->-- '''Eros''', ''Film/Plan9FromOuterSpace''
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7	Zombies fall precisely into the UncannyValley. That's why they're so scary and so fun to kill. This is an index of tropes about them.
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9	''Braaaaains...''
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11	Compare MummyTropes, SkeletalTropes, and VampireTropes.
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13	Ironically, TheLivingDead is [[ThisIndexIsNotAnExample not an example]].
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17	!!Tropes:
18	[[index]]
19	[floatboxright:
20	'''Main tropes:'''
21	* OurZombiesAreDifferent
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23	'''Related index:'''
24	* ZombieStories
25	]
26	* ArtificialZombie: A corpse that's re-animated by (or {{for\|science}}) science.
27	* AttractiveZombie: A zombie who is beautiful and attractive in spite of being undead.
28	* BewareTheLiving: When there are zombies running amok, humans are more a danger to themselves than the zombies are.
29	* BrainFood: Zombies eat brains.
30	* BurnTheUndead: When fire is effective at destroying the undead.
31	* CavalryOfTheDead: Summoning an army of undead soldiers to fight a mutual enemy.
32	* ClownCarGrave: An absurd or limitless number of enemies spawning out of a disproportionately smaller area.
33	* CreepyCemetery: An unusually scary cemetery with zombies, and maybe other monsters, abound.
34	* TheDeadHaveEyes: The undead either still have functioning eyes or are able to see without eyes.
35	* DeadlyLunge: Sudden zombie leaping attack.
36	* DeadWeight: Obese zombies.
37	* DevouredByTheHorde: When a character is EatenAlive and/or torn apart by multiple parties.
38	* ElementalZombie: Zombies with elemental powers or an elemental theme.
39	* EliteZombie: Superpowered zombies.
40	* EpisodeOfTheDead: A chapter, episode, level, or stage dedicated solely to zombies in a work that is often otherwise about something else.
41	* EverythingsDeaderWithZombies: When flesh-eating zombies are added to a story just for the sake of coolness.
42	* FearlessUndead: When the (re)animated dead have no concept of self-preservation.
43	* FleshEatingZombie: A zombie that feeds on the bodies of the living.
44	* FriendlyZombie: A zombie who's nice and friendly.
45	* GlowingEyelightsOfUndeath: Undead creatures depicted with glowing eyes.
46	* HemoErotic: The biting, cutting, and/or drinking of blood for sex appeal.
47	* HorrorHunger: When a character feels a supernatural and irresistible hunger for other humans.
48	* IncongruouslyDressedZombie: A zombie wears clothes that makes them stand out more than the other undead corpses seen.
49	* TheJaywalkingDead: Zombies are dumb enough to walk into traffic and get run over.
50	* MarionetteMotion: When someone or something moves like a puppet.
51	* MistakenForUndead: When a character thought to be dead is accused of being undead despite not actually being so.
52	* NaziZombies: Undead Nazis.
53	* NightOfTheLivingMooks: The villain uses the undead as their foot soldiers.
54	* NoFEMAResponse: When earthquakes, terrorist attacks, and/or stranger events don't elicit a response from authorities, and the survivors are left to fend for themselves.
55	* NotAZombie: It takes a while for someone to realize a zombie is a zombie in spite of the obvious clues.
56	* NotUsingTheZWord: A zombie isn't directly called a zombie.
57	* NoZombieCannibals: Zombies don't eat each other.
58	* ParasiteZombie: A zombie produced or controlled by a PuppeteerParasite.
59	* PatientZero: The first person who got infected by the zombie plague.
60	* PerpetualMotionMonster: Zombies who don't need to eat, drink, or rest.
61	* PickyPeopleEater: Zombies only eat specific parts of people.
62	* PlagueZombie: A zombie created by TheVirus or TheAssimilator.
63	* PossessingADeadBody: When a dead body is reanimated by a spirit inhabiting it.
64	* PretendWereDead: If you act like zombies, real zombies won't attack you.
65	* RaisingTheSteaks: Zombie animals.
66	* RemovingTheHeadOrDestroyingTheBrain: When the only way to kill something is by destroying or removing its head.
67	* RevenantZombie: A zombie that is more intelligent and aware of how they were in life than most depictions of the walking dead.
68	* RidiculouslyAliveUndead: Despite being undead, these zombies act similar to or just like us living people.
69	* RiseFromYourGrave: When a person who is dead and buried turns out to be undead and has to claw their way out of their own grave.
70	* RoboticUndead: Zombie-bots.
71	* RoomFullOfZombies: When a locked room turns out to be storing dozens, or a hoard, of zombies.
72	* SlidingScaleOfUndeadRegeneration: The different forms of healing for the undead.
73	* [[SoYouWantTo/WriteAZombieApocalypse So You Want To.Write a Zombie Apocalypse]]: Instructions for how to write a zombie apocalypse story.
74	* SpringLoadedCorpse: When an undead character or enemy is FakingTheDead only to rise up and attack.
75	* StagesOfMonsterGrief: The human-to-monster version of the FiveStagesOfGrief.
76	* TechnicallyLivingZombie: A monster that has everything in common with the typical depiction of a zombie except for the fact that they are not undead, i.e., rabies victims or possessed people.
77	* TitleOfTheDead: Titles including the phrase "of the [Living] Dead".
78	* UndeadBarefooter: Zombies that don't wear shoes.
79	* UndeadLaborers: Using undead as servants or workers.
80	* UndeathIsCheap: Zombification or vampirism that is easily cured.
81	* UndeathlyPallor: Undead creatures portrayed with pale skin.
82	* ViralTransformation: A transformation that can be spread virally and physically changes humans to non-humans.
83	* TheVirus: A creature causes other beings to turn into creatures like itself.
84	* VoodooZombie: The original zombies of Caribbean Voudon folklore.
85	* YouCantKillWhatsAlreadyDead: When the dead are nearly indestructible.
86	* YourBrainWontBeMuchOfAMeal: Zombies aren't interested in eating the brains of stupid people.
87	* ZombieAdvocate: A human character who fights for the moral rights of zombies and/or other non-humans.
88	* ZombieApocalypse: The world gets overrun by zombies.
89	* ZombieApocalypseHero: Someone who shows a particular talent for killing zombies.
90	* ZombieGait: Zombies move slowly.
91	* ZombieInfectee: Someone gets infected by a zombie and turns into a zombie themselves.
92	* ZombiePukeAttack: Zombies with deadly, projectile vomit.
93	* ZombifyTheLiving: Using necromancy on those still living.
94	[[/index]]
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