History WebVideo / BiteMe

* ProductPlacement: Mainly for the UsefulNotes/{{Xbox 360}} and for {{Capcom}}'s video games (''VideoGame/DeadRising2'' in the first season, ''Franchise/ResidentEvil: [[VideoGame/ResidentEvilOperationRaccoonCity Operation Raccoon City]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvilRevelations Revelations]]'' in the second). Lauren also uses a Shake Weight as her WeaponOfChoice in season 1.

** This may well have an [[AccidentallyAccurate accidental justification]]. As demonstrated in [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ImwJmnW2lo this video]], most decorative katanas (of the kind you've probably see in the ownership of, say, a twenty-something gamer working a menial job) are remarkably ill-suited for actual combat, being made from low-quality materials that don't hold up at all when put to use. The guys may have figured that a cheap mall katana would've left them even more defenseless than an umbrella. Given that ''Bite Me'' did a crossover with the makers of the above video (see ProductPlacement below), the writers probably knew this.

* ProductPlacement: Mainly for the {{Xbox 360}} and for {{Capcom}}'s video games (''VideoGame/DeadRising2'' in the first season, ''Franchise/ResidentEvil: [[VideoGame/ResidentEvilOperationRaccoonCity Operation Raccoon City]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvilRevelations Revelations]]'' in the second). Lauren also uses a Shake Weight as her WeaponOfChoice in season 1.

* ADegreeInUseless: Greg's marketing degree has gotten him a job with [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AArrow_Advertising AArrow Advertising]]... aka "that spinning sign company."

* FunWithAcronyms: The government's Zombie War Task Force (Z-WTF).

---> Roger: [''puts on General [=McRuby's=] cap'']I'm coming for you, ass-sniffers.

* IKnowMortalKombat: How Jeff, Mike and Greg know how to fight zombies.

** In both seasons, there's Roger, the teenage asshole that Jeff, Mike and Greg have to deal with on Xbox Live. They actually meet him in season 2, where he turns out to be [[spoiler:General [=McRuby=]'s son]], and just as big an asshole in person as he is online. [[spoiler:The ending of season 2 sets him up as the new villain, seeking revenge for Dad's death.]]

* OurZombiesAreDifferent: Both [[Film/NightOfTheLivingDead1968 Romero-style]] [[ZombieGait shamblers]] and ''Film/TwentyEightDaysLater''-style fast zombies are seen, and "jumpers" are referenced in one conversation. Jeff, Greg and Mike also argue as to what qualifies as a zombie or not, and what movies can therefore be properly called "zombie films".

* WeHelpTheHelpless: Jeff, Mike and Greg start doing this in season 2.

* OurZombiesAreDifferent: Both [[Film/NightOfTheLivingDead Romero-style]] [[ZombieGait shamblers]] and ''Film/TwentyEightDaysLater''-style fast zombies are seen, and "jumpers" are referenced in one conversation. Jeff, Greg and Mike also argue as to what qualifies as a zombie or not, and what movies can therefore be properly called "zombie films".

** The main group also runs into one Monte St. Clair, a RogerCorman-esque horror movie producer who [[spoiler:turns out to be responsible for the ZombieApocalypse. In order to give his new zombie movie ''Evilution'' a killer gimmick to draw in crowds, he hired someone to develop TheVirus so that he could put real zombies into the movie.]]

** Machinima.com also did cross-promotion with another zombie-related series, the ''Series/MythBusters''/''DeadliestWarrior''-esque ''Zombie Go Boom''. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIfJYffR5xs&list=PLCAB3E120C348B56F&index=2&feature=plpp_video Two]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XevYW_s9PTA&list=PLCAB3E120C348B56F&index=1&feature=plpp_video episodes]] featured cast members from the show testing out some of the weapons their characters used to see if they would actually work against zombies.

** Mike's torn clothes after fighting the zombified Lisa look almost exactly like [[Film/EvilDead Ash Williams']]. Later on, Greg [[spoiler:chops off his zombie-bitten hand and attaches an axe to the stump]].

* ChekhovsGun: Both [[spoiler:the flare gun and Greg's sign flipping]] in season 1.

* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Mike always wears blue, Jeff wears yellow, and Greg wears red.

* ChekovsGun: Both [[spoiler:the flare gun and Greg's sign flipping]] in season 1.

* FauxActionGirl: Lauren. Despite being by far the most athletic of the group, she does the least actual fighting against zombies. Even in season 2, Shawna gets in a lot more zombie combat.

* FailedASpotCheck: When trying to get the zombie out of their home in the second episode, there's a very prominent katana mounted on the wall behind the. GilliganCut to them rushing out of the bedroom and attacking the zombie armed with an ''umbrella'' instead.

* FailedASpotCheck: When trying to get the zombie out of their home in the second episode, there's a very prominent katana mounted on the wall behind them. Cue GilliganCut of them rushing to attack the zombie armed only with an ''umbrella''.

* ZombieApocalypse: Confined mainly to the LosAngeles area.

* ADegreeInUseless: Greg's marketing degree has gotten him a job spinning signs.

* OurZombiesAreDifferent: Both shamblers and runners are seen, and "jumpers" are referenced in one conversation. Jeff, Greg and Mike also argue as to what qualifies as a zombie or not, and what movies can therefore be properly called "zombie films".

* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: In season 2, the backwards-cap-wearing, Hummer-driving bro Devin is replaced by his nearly identical friend Derrick. Explained in-universe as Devin getting killed in the zombie melee at the end of season 1, and Derrick fleeing with the group from the party he was at (and taking Devin's Hummer and his girlfriend Shawna).

Watch it [[http://www.youtube.com/show/biteme?s=2 here.]]

But one night, the three of them are forced to fight zombies for real after a Craigslist ad for a new roommate brings them [[ZombieInfectee a most unwelcome visitor]]. Together with Lauren and their neighbors Devon and Shawna, they put their knowledge of zombies built up by years of games and movies to the test.

* ShowSomeLeg: Lauren [[spoiler:breaks out of [=McRuby=]'s jail cell]] by tempting his adolescent son Roger with her cleavage.

* ProductPlacement: Mainly for the {{Xbox 360}} and for {{Capcom}}'s video games (''VideoGame/DeadRising2'' in the first season, ''Franchise/ResidentEvil: [[VideoGame/ResidentEvilOperationRaccoonCity]] Operation Raccoon City'' and ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvilRevelations Revelations]]'' in the second). Lauren also uses a Shake Weight as her WeaponOfChoice in season 1.

* ZombieInfectee: Brian (the Craigslist guy) and Lisa. In season 2, [[spoiler:Greg gets infected, but he stops it from spreading by cutting off his bitten hand... and [[ShoutOut replacing it with an axe]].