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->''"Boomer, don't let it puke on you."''
-->-- '''Zoey''', ''VideoGame/Left4Dead''

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* In ''Literature/TheExpanse'', before reducing everyone to MeatMoss and spare body parts, the protomolecule would infect humans who would spread it to others by vomiting a brown slurry containing it on them. These were aptly referred to as "vomit zombies".

* ''VideoGame/NotDyingToday'' has a Zombie Nurse boss who can turn OneWingedAngel after her initial defeat, gaining a bloody vomit attack in her second form. In a rather blatant reference to ''VideoGame/MetalSlug'' (even using the same animation).

* In ''Anime/YuGiOhTheMoviePyramidOfLight'', a kid fighting Joey summons Maju Garzett, who attacks with Sludge Regurgitate.

* ''ComicBook/GreenLantern'': Red Lanterns can vomit "corrosive plasma." Note that [=RLs=] just barely pass on the undead stipulation; they die if they take their rings off.

* Some "[[TechnicallyLivingZombie infected]]" from ''Film/TwentyEightDaysLater''[=/=]''Film/TwentyEightWeeksLater'' constantly hemorrhage high-pressure blood out of their mouths.
* One ''Film/DayOfTheDead2008'' remake cover depicts a zombie copiously vomiting on something off-camera.

* A variation of this occurs in the ''Film/CabinFever'' series, where people who have contracted the flesh-eating virus start puking infected blood once it's advanced enough. They don't specifically try to puke blood on other people, but that's what typically happens anyway.
* In another example that has to do with cabins, ''Film/TheCabinInTheWoods'' has [[spoiler:among its many, many monsters some named Mutants whose sapience is unknown (unlike the other zombies), but what is known is that their special attack is vomiting corrosive acid on their victims mouths. Plus, the Boomer makes a cameo in the ending, along with other ''VideoGame/Left4Dead'' infected.]]
* ''Film/ScoobyDooMonstersUnleashed'': The Zombie throws up at a news reporter.

* The zombies from ''Literature/{{Newsflesh}}'' will spit blood at you if they can't get close enough.

* In ''Literature/TheExpanse'' series, before reducing everyone into {{meatmoss}} and spare body parts, the protomolecule would infect humans who would spread it to others by vomiting a brown slurry containing it on them. These were aptly referred to as "vomit zombies".

* The "zombie" people in ''Series/TorchwoodMiracleDay'' were the ill undead thus, many would throw up regularly for effect in hospital scenes.
* The primary weapon of the Hidiacs, zombie {{Mooks}} in ''Series/PowerRangersMysticForce.'' They make a very big kaboom, making these arguably the most dangerous ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' standard foot soldier. The EliteMook versions called Styxoids favor less messy ThisIsMyBoomstick lances.

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* The zombies from Music/MichaelJackson 's ''Music/{{Thriller}}'' MV.

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* The ancient Greek version of a zombie, called a ''Kathakano'', was said to vomit up scalding hot blood at people, (when not simply trying to eat them) making this trope OlderThanFeudalism. In later versions, the ''kathakano'' was considered a vampire, [[OurVampiresAreDifferent with the vomited blood being how it transformed people.]]
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* ''VideoGame/Borderlands1'': Defilers from ''The Zombie Island of Doctor Ned'' DLC use this most prominently, but most of the setting's zombies can every so often. The only zombie that can't is the [[WhoNeedsTheirWholeBody Torso]].

%%* ''VideoGame/DeadSpace'': Female Slashers and legless Brutes, although it's more akin to an organic grenade.

* ''VideoGame/{{Disgaea}}'': The first special technique that zombies gain is "Zombie Puke", which can also poison the target.

* ''VideoGame/Left4Dead''

* ''VideoGame/MassEffect1'': The Thorian Creepers (grotesque clones made from an ancient and powerful alien organism) are a close analogue to zombies. They vomit green fluid onto the protagonists to deal damage. It also completely ignores your shields. Hope you packed some medigel. According to the [[AllThereInTheManual fluff exposition]] in the [[VideoGame/MassEffect3 third game]], Cannibals (grotesque monsters made from both alien and human carcasses) vomit on dead flesh to consume it and grow stronger. This was originally supposed to be their FinishingMove against the players, but that was cut out before the final release.

* ''VideoGame/NotDyingToday'', a zombie-themed action game, have a Zombie Nurse boss who can turn OneWingedAngel after her initial defeat, gaining a bloody vomit attack in her second form. In a rather blatant reference to ''VideoGame/MetalSlug'' (even using the same animation).

* ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'': Zombies sometimes do this, if an enemy (that is, a player character) runs by them in a hallway or staircase, or otherwise aren't able to be grabbed, such as if the zombie is on a slightly lower platform. In ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil2,'' this is the only way they can attack Sherry, who's significantly shorter than them.
* ''Franchise/SilentHill'': The "Lying Figures" (the ones that look like they're straitjacketed into their own skin and stumble around like zombies) squirt acid directly from their stomachs. Lore-wise, they are more akin to [[OurDemonsAreDifferent demons]] than undead. There are several similar monsters -- the Lying Figure (''VideoGame/SilentHill2'') sprays a mist of acid; the Armless Figure (from the [[Film/SilentHill fi]][[Film/SilentHillRevelation3D lms]]) spews a stream of puke; the Straightjacket (''VideoGame/SilentHillOrigins'') projectile-vomits; and the Smog (''VideoGame/SilentHillHomecoming'') continuously leaks and belches a noxious black gas.

%%* ''VideoGame/SpaceQuestVTheNextMutation'' has the "death loogies" of MutagenicGoo that the Pukoids try to spit on Roger in one sequence.%%Missing context -- is a zombie doing this?

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* ''Webcomic/TheZombieHunters'' features 7 different subspecies of zombie, one of which can attack by vomiting a sort of corrosive poison up to 50 ft. Suitably, they are called spitters.
* ''Webcomic/StandStillStaySilent'': While the biggest threat for non-immunes is bites, some [[PlagueZombie trolls]] can transmit ThePlague via breathing (one-meter range) or spitting (range of up to ten meters). The small risk of this happening is one of the reasons non-immunes need to wear breathing masks in places where trolls live.
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** ''WebAnimation/BattleForDreamIsland'', Rocky, while not being a zombie himself, he’s has a RunningGag where he occasionally barfs upon everyone, he usually uses his barfing powers to pursue in challenges. That was until the end of the season, when a spike ball got lodged inside him, it broke his “infinite matter generator”, so he couldn’t puke in ''WebAnimation/BattleForDreamIslandAgain'' anymore. But later in ''WebAnimation/BattleForBFDI'', he gained back his Barfing abilities, in which his vomit has developed to become acidic.
--->'''Rocky:''' Bulleh!\\

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* Website/{{Uncyclopedia}}'s Bulemic Zombie Gun, which is a zombie puke plus EquippableAlly.

* ''WesternAnimation/HarleyQuinn'': The zombies in the penultimate episode of season 3 all are capable of producing vomit that turns anyone who gets hit by it into [[{{Transflormation}} a tree]] [[ZombieApocalypse or another zombie.]]

%%* ''VideoGame/QuakeIV'': The "Slimy Transfer" zombies.

* Wiki/{{Uncyclopedia}}'s Bulemic Zombie Gun, which is a zombie puke plus EquippableAlly.

A Sub-trope of SuperSpit, compare BreathWeapon and BadBlackBarf. Involves VomitIndiscretionShot. See also: EliteZombie, which has the "Vomit Zombie" subtype.

* Creator/JunjiIto's oneshot manga ''The Supernatural Transfer Student'' has one of the characters die and come back as a grotesque, overweight, projectile-vomiting zombie.

* [[Franchise/GreenLantern Red Lanterns]] can vomit "corrosive plasma." Note that [=RLs=] just barely pass on the undead stipulation, they die if they take their rings off.

* Bloated Butchers (the fat zombies) from ''VideoGame/{{Blood}}'' hack out a gob of green bile at medium to close range. You can safely crouch under them.
* Defilers from ''The Zombie Island of Doctor Ned'' DLC for ''VideoGame/Borderlands1'' use this most prominently, but most of the setting's zombies can every so often. The only zombie that can't is the [[WhoNeedsTheirWholeBody Torso]].
* Zombie prince Erik from ''VideoGame/BreathOfDeathVII'' has a technique that lets him puke at enemies to inflict poison. Other zombies can do this as well.
* Vahzilok zombies, Apocalypse zombies, and Mastermind pet zombies in ''VideoGame/CityOfHeroes'' all have acid vomit attacks.

* Floaters from ''VideoGame/DeadIsland''.
* Queen Zombies and Gas Zombies from ''VideoGame/DeadRising'' vomit infected blood.
* Female Slashers and legless Brutes from ''VideoGame/DeadSpace'', although it's more akin to an organic grenade.
** Spitters and Pukers from ''VideoGame/DeadSpace2''. Pukers play this more straight, with the short-ranged jet of acid and all.
* The Vomitron from ''[[VideoGame/DeadTrigger Dead Trigger 2]]'' is a Special Zombie that attacks by expectorating red spit at the player. Said spit causes heavy damage and messes up the player's aim for a short period of time.
* Wretched Mothers from ''VideoGame/DiabloIII'' use the "smaller zombie" method of this to act as {{Mook Maker}}s, as well as the "gob of acid" method to directly attack.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Disgaea}}'', the first special technique that zombies gain is "Zombie Puke", which can also poison the target.
* [[TechnicallyLivingZombie Weepers]] from ''VideoGame/{{Dishonored}}'' attack by puking on you.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Elsword}}'', Field Boss Bater (a stronger variant of Zombie Glitters) has an attack where he pukes out poisonous gas at you that will hurt continuously.
* The Putrid Lamassu from ''VideoGame/HeroesOfMightAndMagic VI'', a [[NonHumanUndead zombie sphinx]] that vomits parasites at opponents.
* Some zombies from ''VideoGame/HouseOfTheDeadOverkill'' puke acid, with NotUsingTheZWord explaining this as a genetic mutation in the victims.
* The blandly but fittingly named "Puker" zombies in ''VideoGame/{{Infectonator}}'' launch green vomit at humans.
* The Bloat in ''VideoGame/KillingFloor'' uses a wide-angle spray of vomit as its primary attack. The bile does damage over time and also obstructs your view.
* Some of the zombies in ''VideoGame/LandOfTheDeadRoadToFiddlersGreen'' do this; they can be identified by the green gas cloud trailing around them.

* [[http://forums.khinsider.com/video-games/148589-little-big-planet-8.html#post5047977 One fan-made scenario]] in ''VideoGame/LittleBigPlanet'' 2 is a ''VideoGame/Left4Dead'' clone, which has a zombie that "can puke on you and the puke will summon a horde of zombies that will attack you. He can also swipe at you. If you shoot him, he will explode and his bodily fluids will coat you and also summon a horde of zombies, so shoot him from a distance."
* The end boss in ''VideoGame/LollipopChainsaw'' chokes up vanilla zombies.
* Barrow-Wights in ''VideoGame/TheLordOfTheRingsOnline'' do this all the time.
* [[NotUsingTheZedWord Walking Dead]] in ''VisualNovel/LorenTheAmazonPrincess'' have an ability called "Plague Vomit", which strikes the entire First row for minor (1-3) damage, but inflicts Poison status. They also have the ability [[SuperSpit Stinking Spit]], which is largely the same.
* In ''VideoGame/MassEffect1'', the Thorian Creepers (grotesque clones made from an ancient and powerful alien organism) are a close analogue to zombies. They vomit green fluid onto the protagonists to deal damage. It also completely ignores your shields. Hope you packed some medigel.
** According to the [[AllThereInTheManual fluff exposition]] in the [[VideoGame/MassEffect3 third game]], Cannibals (grotesque monsters made from both alien and human carcasses) vomit on dead flesh to consume it and grow stronger. This was originally supposed to be their FinishingMove against the players, but that was cut out before the final release.
* Zombies from ''VideoGame/MetalSlug'' attack and infect civilians/the player characters solely by this method, although only two variants actually puke the stuff out (the others use disgusting methods to get the vomit out like ripping open their ribcage, squeezing their head until the puke explodes out of their brain, or using their intestines as a hose). When a player character is zombified, their grenade attack is turned into a screen-sweeping BloodyMurder vomit spray, and it's ''the most powerful attack available'' to the player in any of the games by a fairly wide margin. The [[CloneDegeneration undead clones]] in the final mission, being clones of one of the playable characters, have access to the same blood vomit attack that you can use.

* The Lost Souls (read: Zombies of what appears to be former christian monks) from ''VideoGame/OnimushaDawnOfDreams'' can sometimes puke orange-ish slime as a form of attack. You can also get damaged by stepping in it.
* One Ghoul attack from ''VideoGame/PhantasyStarI''.
* In ''VideoGame/PlagueInc'', one of the symptoms you can give zombies created by the Necroa virus is the ability to projectile vomit at humans, increasing severity and combat advantage.
* The "Slimy Transfer" zombies from ''VideoGame/QuakeIV.''
* Retchers from ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemptionUndeadNightmare'' do this, aside from exploding when killed.
* Zombies from ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'' sometimes do this, if an enemy (that is, a player character) runs by them in a hallway or staircase, or otherwise aren't able to be grabbed, such as if the zombie is on a slightly lower platform. In ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil2,'' this is the only way they can attack Sherry, who's significantly shorter than them.
* The "Lying Figures" in the ''Franchise/SilentHill'' franchise (the ones that look like they're straitjacketed into their own skin and stumble around like zombies) squirt acid directly from their stomachs. Lore-wise, they are more akin to [[OurDemonsAreDifferent demons]] than undead.
** There are actually several similar monsters -- the Lying Figure (''VideoGame/SilentHill2'') sprays a mist of acid; the Armless Figure (from the [[Film/SilentHill fi]][[Film/SilentHillRevelation3D lms]]) spews a stream of puke; the Straightjacket (''VideoGame/SilentHillOrigins'') projectile-vomits; and the Smog (''VideoGame/SilentHillHomecoming'') continuously leaks and belches a noxious black gas.
* Zombie Sputum and Gut Grenades from ''VideoGame/StubbsTheZombie,'' although the latter is more of a StickyBomb.
* Finnigan can use puke attacks in ''VideoGame/TeenageZombiesInvasionOfTheAlienBrainThingys''. What they do [[ExtremeOmnivore depends on the rotting garbage he's already eaten]].
* Some of the undead in ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' have a puke attack.
** Likewise with ''VideoGame/RagnarokOnline.''
* Present in ''VideoGame/{{Cataclysm}}'' in both blinding yet harmless and damaging acidic varieties, both referencing ''VideoGame/Left4Dead.'' The experimental builds also add variants of both monsters. Huge boomers add a long-lasting glowing effect that make it harder to sneak away from the horde, acidic zombies are closer ranged (and FAR less annoying) than spitters, while corrosive zombies trade AreaOfEffect ability for range and [[SpamAttack rate of fire.]]
* ''VideoGame/SpaceQuestVTheNextMutation'' has the "death loogies" of MutagenicGoo that the Pukoids try to spit on Roger in one sequence.
* ''VideoGame/{{Bloodborne}}:''
** Rotten Corpses (the sewer zombies) attack this way whenever they don't want to use their foot-long claws for some reason. They have so much bile that they bleed it, in fact.
** [[CrammingTheCoffin Cramped]] [[BodyOfBodies Caskets]] spit globules of rotting, semicoagulated blood as their ranged attack.
* Some Infested units in ''VideoGame/{{Warframe}}'' can attack by vomiting stuff, such as mutalist MOA's loogies that create lingering harmful puddles or nauseous crawler's paralyzing juices.
* ZigZagged in ''VideoGame/TalesOfMajEyal.'' The Ghoul race has the Retch ability, which causes them to puke an undead-only HealingPotion at their feet. Standing in this puddle heals their decrepit bodies over time and [[AntiDebuff removes a negative status effect]] every few turns. However, it acts as an AcidPool against living enemies.
* While they're [[OurZombiesAreDifferent not really]] [[TechnicallyLivingZombie "zombies"]] in the traditional sense (being the result of botched time-travel/de-aging experiments), the Reverts in ''[[{{VideoGame/Singularity}} Singularity]]'' shamble about and attack with a spray of acidic puke when they get up close. Can be weaponized [[SetAMookToKillAMook against other enemies]] using the Reversion power on the TMD.
* Can be facilitated during co-op play in ''VideoGames/ZombieVikings''. When a player character is defeated, their head will fall off and subsequently will be able to projectile-vomit at enemies until the player is revived by a teammate.
* All Plague Eater-type enemies ([[TechnicallyLivingZombie technically not zombies,]] but mutant farmers/farm animals afflicted with HorrorHunger by a [[TheVirus mutagenic alien plague]]) of ''VideoGame/DarkestDungeon2'' have the ability to [[SwallowedWhole consume]] and regurgitate nearby corpses, splattering their hapless victim with the mangled, acid-soaked remains; in some cases putting the corpse back in play. Hungry?