History Series / ZNation

* KickTheSonOfABitch:
** Helen in "Sisters of Mercy" rescues abused women then punishes the men by either feeding them to her zombie bear or chaining them together and turning one so he'll bite the others.
** Murphy kills a would-be kidnapper by [[spoiler:using his new PeoplePuppets ability to force the guy to commit suicide]]. Though his friends are put off by it, they make no effort to stop him.

* GenreBlind: The community in "Resurrection Z" believed they were "[[TemptingFate zombie proof]]", and as such forced everyone to check their weapons at the gate. They did this while knowing full well that there was a zombie worshiping suicide cult right on their border. No guesses as to AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs how that turned out.]]

* FantasticRacism: Started in Season 5 as some human characters are bigoted against Talkers (sentient zombies that even have free will and retain their full personalities, mannerisms, and intelligence from when they were alive.)

* FantasticRacism: Started in Season 5. This particular trope rarely appears in a zombie story, but some human characters are bigoted against Talkers (sentient zombies that even have free will and retain their full personalities, mannerisms, and intelligence from when they were alive.)

* CasualDangerDialog: In "Welcome to the Fu-Bar", Roberta holds a conversation with a zombified bartender she's pinned to the counter with a knife.

* HalfArcSeason: Most episodes at least help to develop the characters and established back-story, but in terms of the main MythArc of the show in season one the episodes that matter are: Puppies and Kittens, Resurrection Z, Welcome to the Fu-Bar, Zunami, Murphy's Law, and Doctor of the Dead. Furthermore, the MythArc is only the A-plot in the first and last episode, and (arguably) Muphy's Law.

* TheLeader: Garnett started off as the leader, but with his death in "Resurection Z" Warren has taken over the role.

* NominalHero: As of Season 3 it's safe to say that in any story not set AfterTheEnd Murphy would be the villain. Warren manages to be ALighterShadeOfBlack relative to Murphy with her strict WithUsOrAgainstUs policy for his followers.

* NoPeekingRequest: In "Doctor of the dead", when the whole team has to strip naked for the DecontaminationChamber, Roberta warns everyone not to peek, and everyone awkwardly stands naked in a circle facing away from each other (they're only seen from [[ShouldersUpNudity the shoulders up]]).

* SafeZoneHopeSpot: There really is no place that is truly "safe", and eventually the zombies or the [[BewareTheLiving psychos and assholes that still remain]] turn the place into hell. To provide an example, "Resurrection Z" (that's the ''third'' episode of the series) has a fortified camp being destroyed by a zombie-worshipping cult.

** In "Phily Feast", Murphy is licking the last of the cream off the inside of a wrapper from Twinkies. This is a double shout-out:

* TheJuggernaut: Season 4 introduces [[spoiler:Super Z's. Zombie's so unnaturally resilient, they can shirk off losing ''half their heads''.]]

* LegoGenetics: Possibly the zombie plague itself, since its creator Dr. Kurian is shown taking samples from victims of a number of diseases, like blood from Ebola patients, viral weaponry victims, and an apparent VoodooZombie in Haiti.

* BlessedWithSuck: As an inversion to Murphy, we meet the first person given the working Z-Virus cure. It even has the added bonus of giving one zombie-like immunity to anything but headshots. Great, right? 'Wrong''. We meet the man missing the lower half of his body, with the remainder melted to a lab table, with most of his flesh seared off. From what we can tell, he's been that way for ''years''. After pointing to a computer holding the footage of his injection, he begs the protagonists to kill him.

* {{Fanservice}}: While hiding out in an abandoned house in "Home Sweet Zombie", Mack and Addy sneak upstairs to have sex and the viewer is treated to both partially stripping down, including [[Mr.Fanservice a quite prominent shot of a shirtless Mack]].

* Fanservice: While hiding out in an abandoned house in "Home Sweet Zombie", Mack and Addy sneak upstairs to have sex and the viewer is treated to both partially stripping down, including [[Mr.Fanservice a quite prominent shot of a shirtless Mack]].

* GenreBlind: The community in "Resurrection Z" believed they were "[[TemptingFate zombie proof]]", and as such forced everyone to check their weapons at the gate. They did this while knowing full well that there was a zombie worshiping suicide cult right on their border. [[KillEmAll No guesses as to]] [[AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs how that turned out.]]

* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: "White Light". The episode is almost entirely action, with a free-for-all breaking out in multiple locations, between multiple groups.

** The nuclear power plant worker who helps the gang is called [[TheSimpsons Homer]].

* AllJustADream: "Die, Zombie, Die... Again" uses this a grating ''nine times'', with some GroundhogDayLoop thrown in.

A spin-off titled ''Series/BlackSummer'' began streaming on Creator/{{Netflix}} in 2019.