Zombie Physiology

The power to use the abilities of zombies. Variation of Undead Physiology.

Also Called

 * Dead Guy Mimicry/Dead Man Walking/Walking Dead
 * Zed Physiology/Mimicry
 * Zombie Mimicry

Capabilities
User with this ability either is or can transform into a Zombie, an animated corpse brought back to life by variety of means, such as dark magic. The user's body is dead, possibly decomposing and lacking most physical need and weaknesses.

Skin color of zombies can also vary widely, ranging from normal color to greens, blues, grays and even other colors. Their gait can also vary, from limping, sliding their feet on the ground or have the "arms forward" stance.

There are several variations of zombies, mostly defined by how they are created:
 * Type C: Construct. Similar to Frankenstein Monster, this is the zombie you get when attempting to reanimate somebody/bodies from the dead — With Science, For Science! — causing them to Come Back Wrong. If they go berserk (which they probably will— zombies will be zombies), the good news is that they have an almost zero chance of spreading Zombification and creating a Zombie Apocalypse.
 * Type F: Flesh-eating. Your typical B-Movie zombie, it eats the skin, brains, or various other organs from the living, typically turning them into zombies — which makes them a lot like a ghoul. Can also be merged with Type V or P.
 * Type P: Plague-bearing. Created by a virus or occasionally machine or some-such. These are the zombies that are guaranteed to turn others into zombies due to their highly communicable virus or nanobots or whatever. Almost always merged with Type F. Often technically Living Zombies.
 * Type PS: Parasite. A subtype of Type P, these zombies are created specifically via exposure to a form of parasitic life-form, be it the only stage or part of a series of mutations.
 * Type R: Revenant. An older variety, originating in European folklore, less prone to rotting and falling apart, which normally retains intelligence, and memories of its previous life. They are driven by a single burning purpose, most often vengeance or true love, driven by a desire so strong it can overcome even death. While conceptually very old, and the prototype from which many other undead derive, the Revenant has fallen out of favor for more modern breeds of zombie, and for the bloodsucking vampire.
 * Type V: Voodoo. The original zombie. Reanimated by Dark Arts or merely a living person brainwashed via drugs for Mind Control. May either do their creator's bidding or go insane and turn into Type F. This is a common type encountered in video games and RPGs such as Dungeons & Dragons.

Applications

 * Apathy
 * Defunct Physiology

Variations

 * Anatomical Liberation
 * Body Part Substitution
 * Brain Empowerment
 * Consumption Healing
 * Conversion
 * Disease Generation
 * Enhanced Bite
 * Enhanced Senses
 * Enhanced Strength
 * Immortality
 * Killing Instinct
 * Matter Ingestion

Associations

 * Apocalypse Inducement
 * Dark Arts
 * Jiang Shi Physiology
 * Necromancy
 * Necrotic Empowerment
 * Revenant Physiology
 * Undead Physiology
 * Voodoo
 * Zombie Lord Physiology
 * Zombification
 * Zompire Physiology

Trivia

 * The term 'zombie' originates from Haitian folklore. In fact, the first zombies were said to have originated in Haiti as part a Haitian cult due to voodoo magic.

Limitations

 * Most zombies are slow and/or clumsy.
 * Supernatural Hunter can kill the zombies with ease.
 * Destroying the brain/decapitation may kill a zombie permanently.
 * Most zombies are either mindless or very stupid.
 * May hinder user's life with the craving for flesh and all.
 * User's body may continue to decay.
 * Magic and especially Necromancy, Dark Arts and Voodoo can control zombies.
 * Supposedly, if zombies were to consume salt, or look at the sea, they would return to their graves.

Known Users
See Also: Our Zombies Are Different.

Games
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 * Axe Zombies (Blood)
 * Bloated Butchers (Blood)
 * Bi-O (Bust a Groove 2)
 * Zombies (Conker Series)
 * Hsien-Ko (Darkstalkers)
 * Lord Raptor (Darkstalkers)
 * Frank West (Dead Rising); should he fail to get Zombrex
 * Katy Greene (Dead Rising); should she fail to get Zombrex
 * Tyrone King (Dead Rising); should he fail to get Zombrex
 * Zombies (Dead Rising Series)
 * Zombies (The House of the Dead Series)
 * Dark Purveyors (Lolipop Chainsaw)
 * Officer Matthew "Matt" Cordell (Maniac Cop III: Badge of Silence)
 * Fast Zombies (Half-Life 2 Series)
 * Zombies (Minecraft)
 * Infected (Prototype)
 * Zombies (Call of Duty Series)
 * Zombies (Quake Series)
 * Standard Zombies (Half-Life Series)
 * Zombie Gat (Saints Row)
 * Rottytops (Shantae)
 * Ms. Fortune (Skullgirls)
 * Squigly (Skullgirls)
 * Poison Zombies (Half-Life 2 Series)
 * Rotting Robbies (Skylanders)
 * Deke Kay (Tattoo Assassins)
 * Zombie (Valkyrie Crusade)
 * Zombines (Half-Life 2 Series)
 * Wario (Wario Land)
 * Zombie Guards (Wolfenstein 3D)

Literature

 * Reginald "Reg" Shoe (Discworld)
 * Windle Poons (Discworld)
 * Mr. Slant (Discworld)
 * Baron Saturday (Discworld)
 * Zombies (Warm Bodies)}}

Manga/Anime
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 * Them (Highschool of the Dead)
 * Ayumu Aikawa (Kore wa Zombie Desu ka?)
 * Phantom (Marchen Awakens Romance)
 * Guardian ÄRM, V (Fünf) - Dead Dragon (Marchen Awakens Romance)
 * Yuuhi Hajime (Monster Musume)
 * Zombina (Monster Musume)
 * Panty (Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt)
 * Stocking (Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt)
 * Ling Ling Wong (Rosario+Vampire)
 * Rea Sanka (Sankarea)
 * Tao Jun (Shaman King)
 * Sid (Soul Eater)
 * Yoshika Miyako (Touhou Project)

Film/Television

 * Empty Child (Doctor Who)
 * Liv Moore (IZombie)
 * Kuroto Dan/Kamen Rider Genm (Kamen Rider Ex-Aid)
 * Infected (Resident Evil Series)
 * Walkers/Zombies (The Walking Dead Series)
 * Zombies (Wizards of Waverly Place)

Cartoons/Comics

 * Chiro (Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go!); temporarily
 * Solomon Grundy (DC Comics)
 * Marvel Zombies (Marvel Comics)
 * Sawyer (Camp Lakebottom)
 * Mantha (Casper Scare School)
 * Zombies (Catscratch)
 * Senior Citizombie (Codename: Kids Next Door)
 * Zombies (Gravity Falls)
 * Zombies (The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy)
 * Zombies (Hotel Transylvania)
 * Zombies (Mona the Vampire)
 * Zombies (Invader Zim)
 * Ghoulia Yelps (Monster High)
 * Sloman Mortavitch (Monster High)
 * Moanica D'kay (Monster High)
 * Abracadaver (Powerpuff Girls)
 * Zombies (Scooby-Doo! Series)
 * Zombies (Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go!)
 * Space Zombies (The Simpsons)
 * Astro Zombies (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles; 2012 TV series)}}