History Film / Zombies2018

* Hide Your Pregnancy: Kylee Russell was pregnant while filming the third movie. She gave birth on July 10, 2021 right before they were finished filming in late July of 2021. Due to this, her character Eliza is always sitting and is now interning at Z-Corp.

* KarmaHoudini: Bucky and the Aceys receive absolutely no punishments for exposing the zombies' true forms and inadvertently almost getting their brains eaten. Lampshaded by Eliza a while later.

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[spoiler:Zed swipes right at exactly the wrong moment to let the cheerleaders who stole Eliza's computer past her fire wall.]]

* AbusiveParents: Addison's. Though not as bad as some, they do shame her into believing she has to hide who she is down to her natural hair color and be just like everyone else.

* CruelCheerleader: According to Eliza, cheerleaders are monsters.

* EasilyForgiven: Bucky and the Aceys never even have to apologize for their stunt at Homecoming, even after the two towns reconcile.

* EntertaininglyWrong: Addison trying to speak Zombie Tongue. The words come out right, but she ends up saying "thanks for rubbing peanut butter on my umbrella". Done again in the second movie, when Wyatt brings her to the den and she attempts to say hi in werewolf, but is very much off the mark both times.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: "Never swipe to the right, that'll corrupt the software."
* FreakyIsCool: [[AnAesop The primary Aesop.]]

* NoNameGiven: Other than Principal Lee, the cast list doesn't show last names for any of the characters, though Zed's last name is revealed to be "Necropolis" at one point. None of the parents' FIRST names are spoken either.

* StarCrossedLovers: Zed and Addison.

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome:
** The people of Seabrook hate anything that's different. Because of this, [[spoiler:Addison is forced to wear a blonde wig over her unusually natural white hair in the company of others, or she'll never be allowed to cheer.]]
** [[spoiler:The Seabrook cheer squad is able to pull off a decent last minute performance given that they had a rough start, and most of the kids weren't in uniform, but they still lose the competition.]]

* WorldOfNoGrandparents: There aren't any elderly characters, human or zombie, seen on screen.

* TheCheerleader: According to Eliza, cheerleaders are monsters.

* {{Meganekko}}: Bree appears to be the only character that wears glasses onscreen.

A sequel, ''Z-O-M-B-I-E-S 2'', premiered on Disney Channel on February 14, 2020. It picks up a year later where, after a groundbreaking semester, Zed and Addison continue to steer both their school and community toward unity. But the arrival of a new group of outsiders--the mysterious werewolves--threatens to shake up the newfound peace and causes a rift in Zed and Addison's budding romance. It was followed by an animated short series, ''Addison's Moonstone Mystery'', which began airing in October 2020. A second season, under the title of ''Addison's Monster Mystery'', will air throughout October 2021.

A [[https://deadline.com/2021/03/zombies-3-disney-channel-meg-donnelly-milo-manheim-1234719141/ third and final]] film is also in production to release in 2022. Zed, Addison, and their friends are beginning their final year at Seabrook High in the town that's become a safe haven for monsters and humans alike. Zed is anticipating an athletic scholarship that will make him the first Zombie to attend college, while Addison is gearing up for Seabrook’s first international cheer-off competition. Then suddenly, extraterrestrial beings appear around Seabrook, provoking something other than friendly competition, which could also give Addison clues toward her true identity.

* AbsenteeActor: Bonzo, Bucky, the Aceys and Zoey are nowhere to be seen in the series.

* AdultFear:
** It's a common worry that your children won't fit in or be accepted by their peers, though Addie's parents take it to extremes of making her tie her sense of self worth to other's opinions.
** The werewolves in the second movie are worried about their pack ''dying out'', with their elders already incapacitated. Not to mention Addison's father gasses them with colloidal silver in "Flesh and Bone".

A [[https://deadline.com/2021/03/zombies-3-disney-channel-meg-donnelly-milo-manheim-1234719141/ third and final]] film is also in production to release in 2022. Zed, Addison, and their friends are beginning their final year at Seabrook High in the town that's become a safe haven for monsters and humans alike. Zed is anticipating an athletic scholarship that will make him the first Zombie to attend college, while Addison is gearing up for Seabrook’s first international cheer-off competition. Then suddenly, extraterrestrial beings appear around Seabrook, provoking something other than friendly competition.

* SequelHook: ''Z-O-M-B-I-E-S 2'' ends with [[spoiler:Addison witnessing a blue meteor falling from the sky which causes her radio to short out, and her hair briefly glows the same color as the meteor.]]

''Z-O-M-B-I-E-S'' is set in the suburban town of Seabrook, a place filled with traditions, uniformity, and pep rallies--and also happens to have a zombie population living in the rundown Zombietown right next door. Thanks to high-tech wristbands that curb their hunger for brains, the zombies can have lives just as fulfilling as humans, but are hampered by various laws -- especially an anti-difference law where [[ObsessivelyNormal everyone and everything have to be exactly alike]] -- and [[FantasticRacism prejudiced humans]]. The first film opens with students from Zombietown being allowed to take (segregated) classes at Seabrook High. When Zombie football player Zed and human cheerleader Addison fall in love, chaos ensues, and the two must lead their groups' to coexistence with each other. [[Film/HighSchoolMusical Sound familiar?]]

!! ''Addison's Moonstone Mystery'' provides examples of:

''Z-O-M-B-I-E-S'' is set in the suburban town of Seabrook, a place filled with traditions, uniformity, and pep rallies--and also happens to have a zombie population living in the rundown Zombietown right next door. Thanks to high-tech wristbands that curb their hunger for brains, the zombies can have lives just as fulfilling as humans, but are hampered by various laws and [[FantasticRacism prejudiced humans]]. The first film opens with students from Zombietown being allowed to take (segregated) classes at Seabrook High. When Zombie football player Zed and human cheerleader Addison fall in love, chaos ensues, and the two must lead their groups' to coexistence with each other. [[Film/HighSchoolMusical Sound familiar?]]

* NotSoDifferent: Bucky and Eliza, with their prejudice toward one another's race being partly legitimate and partly selfishly motivated. [[spoiler:It's even more apparent in the final dance number, where the two of them actually dance together.]]

* AmbiguouslyHuman: Addison might be this, due to being born with unusually white hair that cannot be dyed, and judging by it glowing blue in TheStinger of ''Z-O-M-B-I-E-S 2''.

A sequel, ''Z-O-M-B-I-E-S 2'', premiered on Disney Channel on February 14, 2020. It picks up a year later where, after a groundbreaking semester, Zed and Addison continue to steer both their school and community toward unity. But the arrival of a new group of outsiders--the mysterious werewolves--threatens to shake up the newfound peace and causes a rift in Zed and Addison's budding romance. It was followed by an animated short series, ''Addison's Moonstone Mystery'', which began airing in October 2020.

** The werewolves only have two outfits each it appears - their standard where, and [[spoiler: their formal outfits for Prawn]].

[[caption-width-right:250:[[HiddenDepths Which side are ''you'' on?]]]]

* StepfordSmiler: Seabrook was like this before the outbreak. Now the facade is starting to crack under the pent up feelings and growing sympathy for monsters.

* RealityEnsues:
** The people of Seabrook hate anything that's different. Because of this, [[spoiler:Addison is forced to wear a blonde wig over her unusually natural white hair in the company of others, or she'll never be allowed to cheer.]]
** [[spoiler:The Seabrook cheer squad is able to pull off a decent last minute performance given that they had a rough start, and most of the kids weren't in uniform, but they still lose the competition.]]

* EurekaMoment: Addison discovers the meaning of teamwork when the power combined by Vanna's crystal, Addison's moonstone and Zed's Z-band is what uncovered the vampire's cavern, and they use said combined magic to resurrect Vanna's family.

* NobleBigot: While the underlying reason for his bigotry against zombies is selfish, Bucky does genuinely believe zombies are dangerous and wants to protect his cousin Addison from them. He starts to feel conflicted about his views [[spoiler:after Zed resists his instincts to kill Bucky while in full zombie mode, which Bucky himself caused him to regress into, and has a [[HeelFaceTurn complete change of heart]] after being shown kindness from Zoey despite everything he's done.]]

* AllYourPowersCombined: Addison discovers the meaning of teamwork when the power combined by Vanna's crystal, Addison's moonstone and Zed's Z-band is what uncovered the vampire's cavern, and they use said combined magic to resurrect Vanna's family.

Not to be confused with ''Zombies'', another title for the 2006 movie ''Film/WickedLittleThings''.