History Literature / HowToSurviveAZombieApocalypse

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: People always seem to come with really creative ways to mispronounce Duff's name.

%%* BadassBaritone: Butch.

%%* FiveManBand:
** TheLeader: Duff.
** TheLancer: Kerberos.
** TheSmartGuy: Lucas.
** TheBigGuy: Butch.
** TheChick: April.
** TheSixthRanger: Collin.

%%* AmbiguousDisorder: Kerberos.

* RuleOfFunny: Taken UpToEleven at times. How can you take a zombie apocalypse seriously when the titular threat opens bakeries, goes to dance clubs and seems more interested in bird watching than actual cannibalism? There is also little to no tension about anyone dying due to survivors seeming MadeOfIron... at first.

* ScreamsLikeALittleGirl: Lucas. Taken UpToEleven when not even the girls yell as much as him.

* TooDumbToLive: Taken UpToEleven. It's a wonder how the Squad managed to say alive for so long.

* ActionGirl: Subverted. Duff will fight, but it's not like she's any good. More like, she fights because she wants to keep her innards inside her.
* AdultFear: Imagine getting bottled up with a group of impossibly stupid teenagers instead of, well, any other possible combination. Or having your daughter kill you to avoid having her own self killed.

%%* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: April.

* ACupAngst: Duff. And a lot.

* AmbiguousDisorder: Kerberos.

* AnyoneCanDie

* AwesomeButImpractical: Lucas's BB gun.
* BadassBaritone: Butch.

* BerserkButton:

* BewareTheNiceOnes: A mad April is ''not'' a nice sight.
* BewareTheQuietOnes: A mad Collin isn't that much nicer.

* BlackComedy

* CatScare: A literal example in Chapter 2.

* ChewToy: Collin to the Zombie Squad, even more so that Lucas.
* ChildrenForcedToKill: Pretty much every underage survivor.

* CowardlyLion: Duff.

* CrazySurvivalist: [[spoiler: the religious sect at the mall.]]
* DangerousSixteenthBirthday
* DeadpanSnarker: Duff and Butch, which leads to a lot of bickering between the two.
* DefrostingIceQueen: Kerberos.

* EmoTeen: Collin.
* EmotionlessGirl: Kerberos.
* EndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt

* FiveManBand:

* FourTemperamentEnsemble:

* GagSeries
* GenkiGirl: April.
* GenkiGuy: Lucas.

* GreenEyedRedhead: Duff.
* GroinAttack: Duff constantly threatens Lucas with one.
* IJustWantToBeBadass: Lucas.
* IdiotHero: Duff. Or, well, pretty much the whole Zombie Squad.

* JerkassWithAHeartOfGold: Butch.

* LeaningOnTheFourthWall

* ObliviousToLove: [[spoiler: Duff and Collin.]]

* RedOniBlueOni:

* TheStoic: Kerberos. Collin appears to be this at first.
* SugarAndIcePersonality: Collin.

* TranquilFury: Lucas.
* TrueCompanions: Given the theme, this was bound to happen to some point. Or will probably happen. It'll be a shame if it doesn't. Too bad it won't. Maybe?
* {{Tsundere}}: Duff, a rather bitter type A.

* WeirdnessMagnet: The Zombie Squad.

* YaoiFangirl: None other than Kerberos.
* YouCantGoHomeAgain
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: April.
* YouthIsWastedOnTheDumb: Played with. Part of the reason why the Zombie Squad never seems to get a thing right.
* ZombieApocalypse

* CompletelyMissingThePoint: Trying to reason with April is like trying to breathe in space.

* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: They all reference a work of fiction in some way or another, of course, with a zombie-themed LamePun.

* ADorkable: Shy, introvert Collin, who has an OCD about people using proper ties and plays an air battery while headbanging when any song he likes is playing.

* ShrinkingViolet: Collin is a male variety.

** Chapter 4 (I, Zombie): IRobot.

* ZombieApocalypse

* {{Kuudere}}: Collin.

** NotSoStoic: Collin has severe social anxiety issues and Duff's... not subtle demeanor doesn't help one bit.

* ThePowerOfFriendship: A central theme. The Zombie Squad grows inevitably closer throughout the series. CrowningMomentOfHeartWarming moments ensue.

** Chapter 5 (Breaking Duff): BreakingDawn.

* GenreSavvy: Lucas was the only one who dismissed the idea of going to a mall, pointing out that most people would have the exact same idea and thus resources must have been taken by then. He was ignored.

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Justin Bieber at the beginning of the outbreak. He is then seen occasionally killing things in the background. At one point, DonaldTrump makes an inexplicable cameo and fights against Justin Bieber. Nobody bats an eye at this, save for Duff, who [[HandWave handwaves]] it.

** Chapter 1 (Sweet Sixteen of the Dead): HighSchoolOfTheDead.

** Chapter 2 (The Walking Idiots): TheWalkingDead.
** Chapter 3 (The Zombie Games): TheHungerGames.

* AntiHero: Duff, a non-lethal example, can be quite selfish and somewhat of a SmugSnake, decided to leave the Squad as soon as she finds a decent place to stay. It's not long before she starts questioning the idea, though.

* BewareTheQuietOnes: Collin.

* BigDamnHeroes: Again, everyone has moments of this. [[spoiler: Butch's DyingMomentOfAwesome.]]

* CrapsackWorld: Played with. The usually cryptic zombie scenario, while mantaining a hint of darkness, is more of a parody and sometimes even PlayedForLaughs.

** April, Lucas are Sanguine.
** Butch, Duff are Choleric.

* GagSeries

* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: Chapters have names such as ''Spoiler Alert! Duff Survived.''

* KillItWithFire: April ''loves'' her flamethrower, loves burning things and hates zombies. What's to fear? Except she can't use said weapon at all.

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Justin Bieber at the beginning of the outbreak. He is then seen occasionally killing things in the background.

* TalkingIsAFreeAction: Averted when April has a moment of enlightment and starts philosophizing while Duff and Lucas yell at her to shut up and help them fight off the zombie horde.
* ThePowerOfFriendship: A central theme. The Zombie Squad grows unevitably closer throughout the series. CrowningMomentOfHeartWarming moments ensue.