\nZombies are of course most commonly found in horror stories, but occasionally show up in stories of other genres, especially fantasy and science fiction. The cause of zombiedom differs quite a bit from story to story: a corpse can become a zombie through dark magic, disease, or exposure to radiation or cosmic rays. The last explanation (used in Night of the Living Dead) is further proof of the Stan Lee Hypothesis, which states that cosmic rays can be used to explain anything. Regardless of the original source of the zombie outbreak, people who are bitten by zombies almost always turn into zombies themselves.<\/p>\n
The Name Game <\/strong> The Numbers<\/strong> Job:<\/strong> Zombie Tools of the Trade:<\/strong> Zombies are capable of very simple tool use. For example, they can figure out that a rock might help them bash through a window. However, they rarely keep these tools with them once the job or think to use them as weapons. Zombies wear whatever they were wearing when they died.<\/p>\n Where You’ll Find Him:<\/strong> Zombies go wherever there are brains to eat. Most can sense prey even if it isn\u2019t immediately visible, though experts disagree on whether this is due to a heightened sense of smell or hearing or some unique \u201csixth sense.\u201d<\/p>\n Social Circle:<\/strong> Zombies tend to travel in packs, but that has more to do with their common destination (BRAAAINS!) than any sense of group unity. Zombies rarely work together in any meaningful way.<\/p>\n Sample Character Inspirational Material Movies & TV<\/strong> Music<\/strong> Zombies are the reanimated (often decomposing) corpses of deceased humans. Although many zombies retain the ability to speak, they otherwise exhibit few signs of higher intelligence. The zombie\u2019s only motivation in unlife is to satisfy its desire to feed on human flesh (brains in particular), though zombies do exhibit rudimentary self-preservation instincts and can use…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3534,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1998],"tags":[2924,2820,2840,2841,2843,2876,2917,2918,2919,2920,2921,2922,2923,2235,2925,2926,2927,2928,2929,2930,2931,2932,2933,2934,2935,401,188,192,224,225,226,227,228,229,230,231,232,233,119,947,948,949,963,964,965,1015,1144,1299,1389,2232],"class_list":["post-36","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archetype-of-the-week","tag-fido","tag-alice-cooper","tag-max-brooks","tag-world-war-z","tag-cemetery-man","tag-voltaire","tag-zombie-csu","tag-zombie-survival-guide","tag-johnathan-maberry","tag-28-days-later","tag-braindead","tag-dead-alive","tag-diary-of-the-dead","tag-tim-truman","tag-land-of-the-dead","tag-return-of-the-living-dead","tag-shaun-of-the-dead","tag-misfits","tag-michael-jackson","tag-thriller","tag-zombeatles","tag-cranberries","tag-tom-petty","tag-rob-zombie","tag-white-zombie","tag-jonah-hex","tag-evil-dead","tag-zombies","tag-living-dead","tag-walking-dead","tag-corpse","tag-undead","tag-george-romero","tag-zombie-reagan","tag-resident-evil","tag-zombie-strippers","tag-brain-dead","tag-brains","tag-archetypes","tag-robert-kirkman","tag-tony-moore","tag-the-walking-dead","tag-dawn-of-the-dead","tag-night-of-the-living-dead","tag-day-of-the-dead","tag-johnny-cash","tag-stan-lee","tag-death","tag-ghoultown","tag-joe-r-lansdale"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deathcookie.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deathcookie.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deathcookie.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deathcookie.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deathcookie.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/deathcookie.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1201,"href":"https:\/\/deathcookie.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36\/revisions\/1201"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deathcookie.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3534"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deathcookie.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deathcookie.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deathcookie.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nSince zombies do not possess any real intelligence, they don\u2019t use names, though humans sometimes give them nicknames.<\/p>\n
\nBody is the most important Word for a zombie, since the act of eating someone\u2019s brains is a purely physical activity (at least for the zombie). A zombie\u2019s Body Number will depend on his or her physical condition before death and level of decomposition. The typical zombie will have a Brain Number in the 1-5 range to reflect their almost total lack of intelligence. Because of their inability to assess risk, however, zombies have very high Nerve Numbers, usually in the 15-20 range.<\/p>\n
\nGimmick:<\/strong> Hard to Kill
\nWeakness:<\/strong> Insatiable Hunger (Brains)
\nSkills:<\/strong> Gross People Out, Howl, Scary, Sense Food, Shamble
\nFlaws:<\/strong> Afraid of Fire, Badly Decomposed
\nWWPHITM?<\/strong> Nick Alachiotis, Billy Connolly, Eugene Clark, Anna Falchi, Seth Green, Jenna Jameson, Simon Pegg, Linnea Quigley, Ted Raimi, George A. Romero, Tom Savini, Edgar Wright, and a bunch of extras
\nTag Line:<\/strong> \u201cBRAAAAAINS!!!\u201d<\/p>\n
\nZombie Reagan<\/strong>![](\"https:\/\/deathcookie.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/zombie-reagan2.jpg\")
\nBody:<\/strong> 10
\nBrain:<\/strong> 2
\nNerve:<\/strong> 19
\nJob:<\/strong> Zombie (13)
\nGimmick:<\/strong> Hard to Kill (15)
\nWeakness<\/strong>: Insatiable Hunger (BRAAAINS!) (15)
\nSkills:<\/strong> Sense Prey +3; Shamble About +2; Voodoo Economics +1
\nWWPHITM?<\/strong> Himself
\nDumb Fact:<\/strong> Despite popular rumor, was not actually sent from Heaven to destroy the commies.
\nTag Line:<\/strong> \u201cI do not recall. BRAAAINS!\u201d
\nHP:<\/strong> 12
\nYY: <\/strong>4<\/p>\n
\nBooks & Comics<\/strong>
\nJonah Hex: Two-Gun Mojo<\/em>, Joe R. Lansdale & Timothy Truman
\nThe Walking Dead<\/em>, Robert Kirkman, Tony Moore, and others
\nWorld War Z<\/em>, Max Brooks
\nZombie CSU: The Forensics of the Living Dead<\/em>, Jonathan Maberry
\nThe Zombie Survival Guide<\/em>, Max Brooks<\/p>\n
\n28 Days Later
\nBraindead<\/em> (aka Dead Alive<\/em>)
\nCemetery Man
\nDawn of the Dead
\nDay of the Dead
\nDiary of the Dead
\nEvil Dead<\/em> series
\nFido
\nLand of the Dead
\nNight of the Living Dead
\nResident Evil<\/em> series
\nReturn of the Living Dead<\/em> series
\nShaun of the Dead
\nZombie Strippers!<\/em><\/p>\n
\nAlice Cooper
\n\u201cNight of the Living Dead,\u201d Misfits
\n\u201cReturn of the Living Dead,\u201d Ghoultown
\n\u201cThe Man Comes Around,\u201d Johnny Cash
\n\u201cThriller,\u201d Michael Jackson
\nThe Zombeatles
\n\u201cZombie,\u201d The Cranberries
\n\u201cZombie Prostitute,\u201d Voltaire
\n\u201cZombie Ritual,\u201d Death
\n\u201cZombie Zoo,\u201d Tom Petty
\nRob Zombie\/White Zombie<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"