History VideoGame / Zombidle

** Many late-game players consider the Magic Potato Baby to be this. Sure, it gives a whopping 30 orbs to ''every boss'' including those that normally don't drop orbs... but one of its crafting ingredients, the Potato Man, gives a 20% bonus to orbs dropped from all bosses. This might seem small compared to the 30 orb drop, but since bosses begin dropping more orbs later on, it becomes LinearWarriorsQuadraticWizards and the 20% extra orb drop offsets the 30 orb drop gain from the Magic Potato Baby.

** One of the devs is definitely a fan of ''VideoGame/{{Rimworld}}'', since two of the now-expired Spectre Genie Codes were "[=ThinkableAbhorrentBoomalope=]" and "[=ConfusedRichBoomrat=]".

* XenomorphXerox: The first Chest Guardian in Recon Site is "The Xeno", which appears to be a green xenomorph expy... except its face is that of the cute, innocent green aliens found throughout the area.

** The abort button for boss fights used to read "Surrender", now it might read "I'll be back", "Get to the Frigate!" or "Fly, you fools!"

* XenomorphXerox: The first Chest Guardian in Recon Site is "The Xeno", which appears to be a green xenomorph expy... except its face is that of the cute, green aliens found throughout the area.

* XenomorphXerox: The first Chest Guardian in Recon Site is "The Xeno", which appears to be a green xenomorph expy... except its face is that of the cute, mouthless green aliens found throughout the area.

''Zombidle'' is an [[WebGame online]] [[UsefulNotes/AdobeFlash Flash]] IdleGame made by the developers BerzerkStudio.

''Zombidle'' is an [[WebGame online]] [[UsefulNotes/AdobeFlash Flash]] IdleGame made by the developers of BerzerkStudio.

** During the ''VideoGame/BurritoBison'' crossover event, two of the bosses (Brutus and the Gummy Wizard) are repeatable fights. The catch is that each time they're beaten and a time portal is used, they respawn but gain 10 levels too.

* PaperThinDisguise: The Lich's Halloween 2017 disguise is a pair of Creator/GrouchoMarx glasses.

* EvilVersusEvil: The {{Crossover}} event with ''VideoGame/BurritoBison'' has Bob the Necromancer and his minions fight against and destroy the houses of the Gummy Bears, who are ''Burrito Bison's'' antagonists.

->''"Like the song says, [[NiceGuysFinishLast good guys finish last]], and in this case, they also finish homeless and on fire."''

* SquishyWizard: Inverted- while the enemy kingdom's wizard only participates in bossfights as a bystander, they can actually be fought if the kingdom is brought down- and they're ''the most durable'' enemy within the kingdom (with the exception of the {{Bonus Boss}}es), several orders of HP higher than the kings themselves.

* AlcoholicHic: The Big Plague emits one while badly dressed as Santa on the Christmas 2017 loading screen.

* BonusBoss: Several areas have optional bosses that drop sweet loot when defeated. These bosses, however, tend to be very durable, one of them in particular (Mercenary Knight) being ''stronger than the Wizard of the Kingdom it's faced in''!

* HeavySleeper: Bob easily drifts off to sleep after a minute or so if you don't click. He also sleeps through 10 clicks before waking up, this can be increased via the "A Bad Seed" item. Not that this is a bad thing, certain items boost the damage of minions but only when Bob is asleep. He can even cast a rain of meteors without waking up.

* JokeItem: Necroswords are considered these since they boost Bob's laughably weak damage before any multipliers from Golden Shower of Deathness are added. However, they're NotCompletelyUseless -- they can be crafted into the ''far more useful'' Spectral Scimitars, and with the addition of arcane batteries, they can also be used to craft rubbish.

* OneOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: The first five kingdoms (Amero, Malgar, Talar, Western Swamps, Death Vulcano) have a King as the authority. The last two Kingdoms, Recon Site Burbtopia, have a ''[[MiniMecha Kingtoid]]'' and a ''Queen'' instead.

** The abort button for boss fights used to read "Surrender", no it might read "I'll be back", "Get to the Frigate!" or "Fly, you fools!"

* JokeItem: Necroswords are considered these since they boost Bob's laughably weak damage before any multipliers from Golden Shower of Deathness are added. With the addition of arcane batteries, they become NotCompletelyUseless, as they can be used to craft rubbish (so can other items, but they can be used in more useful items).

* JokeItem: Necroswords are considered these since they boost Bob's laughably weak damage before any multipliers from Golden Shower of Deathness are added.

* MetaPowerUp: The "Son of the Lich" skill doesn't directly improve damage, criticals, or Skull gain, but what is ''does'' is to double the effecs of every other skill that is active. Pillage and Plunder gives even more gold, Blackest of Plagues causes you to always CriticalHit, King's Presence triples damage dealt, etc assuming they're active.

** The game is now Cross-platform, and the player is able to sync their saved game between various WebGame websites (such as the Zombidle website, Website/{{Kongregate}}, Armor Games, Notdoppler, Website/{{Newgrounds}}), Mobile Devices ([=iOS=], Android), as well as the UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} app.

* AmbiguousGender: The Red Knight's damage-boosting item is lipstick, but dresses as an office worker for Halloween, and one upgrade refers to it as "him".

* CreepyCrossdresser: During the Halloween event, the Big Plague dressed as an old lady, with the loading screen displaying some [[FanDisservice truly unnecessary]] ShowSomeLeg on its part... and ''every single one'' of Bob's minions retching or looking disgusted (yes, even the helmet-wearing Red Knight).

* DivinelyAppearingDemons: The Succubus' Halloween costume is an angel.

* OurCentaursAreDifferent: The Tomb King's Halloween costume is a centaur.

** Bob's Halloween disguise is [[Series/{{TheJoyOfPainting}} Bob Ross]].