1 | [[quoteright:350:[[WesternAnimation/HotelTransylvania https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/hoteltransylvania.png]]]] |
2 | Tropes having to do with [[TheUndead the undead and undeath]]. |
3 | |
4 | JustForFun/NotToBeConfusedWith TheLivingDead, which is about living actors portraying corpses. Not to be confused with BackFromTheDead. Generally unrelated to {{Undead Horse Trope}}s. |
5 | |
6 | Overlaps with DeathTropes, DeadBodyIndex, and SkeletalTropes. |
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8 | [[index]] |
9 | |
10 | !!Assorted creature and character tropes: |
11 | [floatboxright: |
12 | '''Sub-indexes:''' |
13 | + '''TheUndead''' (super-trope) |
14 | + HauntedIndex (ghosts) |
15 | + MummyTropes (mummies) |
16 | + SkeletalTropes (skeletons) |
17 | + TropesOfTheLivingDead (zombies) |
18 | + VampireTropes (vampires) |
19 | ] |
20 | * AttractiveZombie: A zombie that is good-looking in spite of being an undead corpse. |
21 | * {{Calacas}}: Skeletons representing the dead in Mexican culture. |
22 | * ChineseVampire: Vampires from Chinese folklore and mythology. |
23 | * ChummyMummy: A mummy who's friendly. |
24 | * CuteGhostGirl: A ghost who happens to be adorable. |
25 | * TheDeadHaveEyes: Undead beings with still-functioning eyes. |
26 | * DemBones: Reanimated skeletons. |
27 | * {{Dracolich}}: Undead dragons. |
28 | * EerieAnatomyModel: A scary- or spooky-looking anatomy model. |
29 | * FleshGolem: A creature made of dead body parts. |
30 | * FrankensteinsMonster: A monster made from being sewn together from dismembered corpses. |
31 | * FriendlyGhost: A ghost who is nice. |
32 | * FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire: A vampire who is good. |
33 | * FriendlySkeleton: A skeleton who is kind and usually funny. |
34 | * FriendlyZombie: A zombie who means no harm. |
35 | * {{Gashadokuro}}: A giant skeleton {{Youkai}} manifestation of those who died from famine or war. |
36 | * GhastlyGhost: A ghost who's unpleasant in looks, demeanor, or both. |
37 | * GhostlyAnimals: Undead animals without physical bodies. |
38 | * GhostPirate: Undead pirates. |
39 | * TheGrimReaper: The personification of death is often depicted as a cloak-wearing skeleton. |
40 | * HeadlessHorseman: A headless horse rider who haunts roadways and woods. |
41 | * {{Mummy}}: Preserved corpses wrapped in bandages who come back to life. |
42 | * NaziZombies: Undead Nazis. |
43 | * {{Necromancer}}: A sorcerer who has the power to raise the dead. |
44 | * NonHumanUndead: An undead being that was never human to begin with. |
45 | * OurBansheesAreLouder: A Celtic PortentOfDoom in the form of a crying, or wailing, woman. |
46 | * OurGhostsAreDifferent: The varying portrayals of ghosts in fiction. |
47 | * OurGhoulsAreCreepier: The inconsistent portrayals of ghouls in fiction. |
48 | * OurLichesAreDifferent: Undead sorcerers. |
49 | * OurVampiresAreDifferent: Vampires are depicted differently from how they are usually depicted in fiction. |
50 | * OurWightsAreDifferent: The often inconsistent portrayals of wights in fiction. |
51 | * OurZombiesAreDifferent: Zombies are depicted differently from how they are usually depicted in fiction. |
52 | * PlagueZombie: People become zombies from a virus. |
53 | * RaisingTheSteaks: Undead zombified animals. |
54 | * RevenantZombie: A zombie that isn't just a mindless monster and still remembers who they were when they were alive. |
55 | * RoboticUndead: Robots that take inspiration from the undead. |
56 | * SeductiveMummy: An alluring mummy. |
57 | * SillySpook: A ghost who acts goofy instead of scary. |
58 | * SkeletalMusician: Animated skeletons performing music. |
59 | * StingyJack: A folk tale about a pumpkin-headed trickster. |
60 | * UndeadAbomination: An undead EldritchAbomination. |
61 | * UndeadChild: Children that have risen from their graves. |
62 | * UndeadFossils: Undead prehistoric animals. |
63 | * VampireDoctor: Character who works in close contact with those they'd normally consider food. |
64 | * VengefulGhost: An angry spirit out for revenge from beyond the grave. |
65 | * WalkingOssuary: Skeletal undead created by cobbling together parts from multiple skeletons. |
66 | |
67 | !!Assorted general tropes: |
68 | * ActuallyNotAVampire: A person with vampire-like habits and traits is mistaken for being a real vampire. |
69 | * AnimateDead: Bringing the dead to life under your command. |
70 | * BigBoosHaunt: Generic RPG "haunted house" level. |
71 | * BoyMeetsGhoul: Love that ''starts'' with an undead partner. |
72 | * BurnTheUndead: Fire is effective at destroying undead. |
73 | * CameBackWrong: Can be the reason for undeath. |
74 | * CavalryOfTheDead: Summoning undead soldiers to fight a common enemy. |
75 | * ChillOfUndeath: Undead creatures with abnormally low body temperatures. |
76 | * CreepyCemetery: An unusually scary cemetery with undead creatures abound. |
77 | * DeadAllAlong: A character turns out to have been deceased all along. |
78 | * TheDeadCanDance: Undead characters depicted as good dancers. |
79 | * DeceasedAndDiseased: Undead creatures portrayed as poisonous or filled with disease. |
80 | * TheDisembodied: Can be argued to be a form of undeath. |
81 | * DutyThatTranscendsDeath: A character so devoted to their cause, not even death stops them from fulfilling it. |
82 | * EatingOptional: They often have urges to feed despite not really needing to. |
83 | * FateWorseThanDeath: Undeath in general is often depicted as this. |
84 | * FearlessUndead: Undead creatures with no sense of self-preservation. |
85 | * FireKeepsItDead: Burning corpses keeps them from becoming undead. |
86 | * GhostlyDeathReveal: A character's offscreen death is revealed by their appearance as a ghost later on |
87 | * GhostlyChill: When haunted places get colder, your breath is visible. |
88 | * GhostlyGape: The undead have black empty pits where their eyes and mouths would be. |
89 | * GlowingEyelightsOfUndeath: Undead creatures with glowing eyes. |
90 | * HorrorHunger: An undead character who feels a supernatural and irresistible hunger for living humans. |
91 | * ILoveTheDead: A person likes to have sex with dead bodies. |
92 | * TheJaywalkingDead: Zombies are dumb enough to walk into traffic and get run over. |
93 | * LevelDrain: Something that causes the player to regress levels; common effect of undead enemies in [=RPGs=]. |
94 | * MaximumHPReduction: Attacks that reduce the maximum number of HitPoints, not just their current amount; common effect of undead enemies in [=RPGs=] |
95 | * MistakenForUndead: A person is mistaken for being a member of the undead. |
96 | * MortalityGreyArea: A character is considered to be neither alive nor dead, or both at once. |
97 | * MummyWrap: A mummy restrains people using their own bandages. |
98 | * MurderIntoMalevolence: When murder victims become evil ghosts. |
99 | * TheNecrocracy: Undead creatures ruling a kingdom. |
100 | * {{Necromantic}}: When a villain's motive is to revive a dead loved one. |
101 | * OxymoronicBeing: They are the "living dead", after all. |
102 | * PerpetualMotionMonster: Despite often craving [[ThePowerOfBlood blood]], ''braaains'', LifeEnergy or other foods, the undead don't need to eat and can keep going until permanently killed. |
103 | * PossessingADeadBody: A dead body (re)animated by an inhabiting demon or spirit. |
104 | * PrecautionaryCorpseDisposal: A setting or situation where anyone who dies will become a monster, or otherwise dangerous. |
105 | * QuietingTheUnquietDead: Giving the undead a helping hand to pass on. |
106 | * RemovingTheHeadOrDestroyingTheBrain: The go-to method for killing zombies. |
107 | * ResurrectedRomance: Love that ''continues'' with an undead partner. |
108 | * ResurrectedMurderer: A homicidal human doesn't stay dead. |
109 | * ReviveKillsZombie: "White" magic and healing items harming undead creatures. |
110 | * RidiculouslyAliveUndead: An undead creature does something that seems biological, such as eating or burping. |
111 | * RiseFromYourGrave: When a person who is dead and buried turns out to be undead and has to claw their way out of their grave. |
112 | * SlidingScaleOfUndeadRegeneration: Some undead rot, others don't, and some can heal. |
113 | * SuicideBySunlight: Vampires who kill themselves by waiting for dawn or walking straight into sunlight. |
114 | * SupernaturalLight: Unnatural illumination. |
115 | * TurnUndead: Something that causes undead creatures to panic or be destroyed. |
116 | * UndeadBarefooter: Undead characters with no footwear. |
117 | * UndeadCounterpart: Undead variations of {{Mooks}} |
118 | * UndeadLaborers: A pragmatic solution when "have undead" and "need unskilled workers" overlap |
119 | * UndeathAlwaysEnds: Even the undead can die. |
120 | * UndeathIsCheap: A character can be turned back from being undead to alive again. |
121 | * UndeathlyPallor: Undead creatures with pale skin. |
122 | * VampireDance: Vampires who love dancing. |
123 | * VampireHickey: When a vampire leaves their bite mark on a victim after feeding. Used for someone to find when they examine said victim and/or staying with the victim after they turn. |
124 | * VampireProcreationLimit: Something that prevents a vampire population explosion. |
125 | * VampiresAreSexGods: Vampires are pretty hot. |
126 | * WarriorUndead: An undead creature that skillfully uses armour, tactics, fighting techniques and weaponry. |
127 | * WasOnceAMan: Since the undead used to be alive, this means that they used to be human beings. |
128 | * WeakenedByTheLight: Most undead creatures, ranging from vampires to zombies, are weakened by sunlight. |
129 | * WhoWantsToLiveForever: Eternal undeath can be just as sucky as eternal life. |
130 | * WightInAWeddingDress: Undead creatures in wedding dresses. |
131 | * YouCantKillWhatsAlreadyDead: Undead creatures with NighInvulnerability. |
132 | * ZombiePukeAttack: Zombies are so gross they make each other sick. |
133 | * ZombifyTheLiving: From living to undead without passing through dead first. |
134 | |
135 | [[/index]] |
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