History Main / IncongruouslyDressedZombie

While undead in goofy outfits seldom stay on screen for long, they provide a bit of a breather for the audience, while giving the production's costumers and make-up crew a chance to exercise some creativity. Their presence can also remind viewers that zombies, however mindless or indistinguishable in undeath, ''used'' to be unique, living individuals: that they're creatures to be pitied as well as dreaded.

* The first zombie crowd in ''Film/ScoutsGuideToTheZombieApocalypse'' includes a rolle skater.

** At the Battle of Hardhome (Season 5), Karsi fights a wight wearing a Stark helmet before being attack by five wight children. One of them is almost a skeleton.

* The first army of 'wights' in ''Series/GameOfThrones'' includes several bare-chested wildlings, who contrast dramatically with the snowy landscape, and also completely bald ones (we learn later that this is a custom of the Thenn tribe). There are also a few black-clad Nightwatchmen sprinkled among them. In the book, there was also a [[RaisingTheSteaks zombie]] [[BearsAreBadNews bear]], and a zombie bear shows up five seasons later in the series.

** The first zombie in the ''[[Film/DawnOfTheDead2004 2004 remake]]'' is the little neighbor girl in her pink sleeping gown, making Anna's boyfriend get his guard down, and making her come across as a KillerRabbit.
*** Inside the mall, the survivors are attacked by a janitor and a security guard. They are lucky the mall was not open yet. Andre is also startled by a bloody zombie hitting a large window while in his underwear.
*** The second batch of survivors includes an infected, obese, middle-aged woman in her underwear.

*** An humororus fake news broadcast in the DVD shows a group of high school hustlers taunting a zombie that wears nothing but a football helmet, BlackBraAndPanties.

** When the crowd passes through a crowd of zombies (by pretending to be zombies themselves), the zombies include a wheelchair-bound woman and two twins dressed in the same clothes.

** The first zombie in the ''[[Film/DawnOfTheDead2004 Dawn of the Dead remake]]'' is the little neighbor girl in her pink sleeping gown, making Anna's boyfriend get his guard down, and making her come across as a KillerRabbit.

*** When C.J. throws a gas canister on the zombie crowd to use it as a bomb, it is picked up by a large, bald, bare-chested (or naked?) zombie.

** In ''Film/DawnOfTheDead1978'', the Hare Krishna Monk zombie in his bright orange robes.

* ''[[VideoGame/StreetPassMiiPlaza Battleground Z (also known as StreetPass Zombies}]]'' is one of the least serious zombie games in existence and is practically made of this trope. The bosses, for instance, consist of Star Quartersmack, who's dressed in full American football gear; Belinda Munch, an opera singer who fights you in her big pink frilly dress; and Bubba and Cletus, a pair of brothers who run a corn farm and wear overalls and straw hats. The Rare Zombies, who only come out under certain conditions, are dressed even more atypically, with characters like the Movie-Loving Zombie, who always wears a shirt depicting his favorite science fiction movie; the Book-Loving Zombie, who has otherwise ordinary clothes but wears a big pair of NerdGlasses; the Helpful Zombie, who's dressed like a superhero; and the Fashionable Zombie, who, depending on the designated gender, either dresses in a bright striped dress or a sharp tuxedo.

Not necessarily exclusive to zombies: vampires, ghosts, biped werewolves, and other human-derived monsters may also be examples of this trope, provided their outfit is unexpected and/or goofy enough to surprise and amuse the audience. Distinguished from OurZombiesAreDifferent in that the Incongruously Dressed Zombie only ''looks'' unique; functionally, it's usually (though not necessarily) your standard-issue NightOfTheLivingMooks drone.

** Invoked by Murphy's zombie-controlling daughter Lucy, who dresses her undead "playmates" up as a princess, pirate, Raggedy Ann, and knight.

** Invoked by Murphy's zombie-controlling daughter Lucy, who dresses her undead "playmates" up as a princess, pirate, and knight.

* A ''very'' common trope on ''Series/ZNation'', as when zombified clowns and cheese-heads from a Wisconsin town's parade appear in the opening scene of "Zombaby!".