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{{trope}}
{{quote|Is it weird that a Zombie has haste<ref>This is an
▲{{quote|Is it weird that a Zombie has haste<ref>This is an "evergreen keyword ability" associated with speed.</ref>? Aren’t they supposed to be slow? Some people in house found it weird, but modern pop-culture zombie storytelling has opened the door to non-[[Zombie Gait|plodding zombies]], some of which are terrifyingly quick!|Aaron Forsythe, Director of ''[[Magic: The Gathering|Magic]]'' R&D.}}
A type of zombie<ref>or creature highly analogous to a zombie</ref> [[Exactly What It Says
Such zombies may be able to maintain peak speeds almost indefinitely without tiring, unlike humans.
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[[Deadly Lunge]] is a common middle ground between this and [[Zombie Gait]], in which a zombie becomes fast once its prey is quite close<ref>although [[Deadly Lunge]] isn't a strictly zombie trope</ref>.
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== [[Film]] ==
* Zombies in ''[[Zombieland]]'', which is why staying in shape is more important than other zombie stories.
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* ''[[28 Days Later]]'' and its [[28 Weeks Later|sequel]] contain just zombies, though they're [[Technically Living Zombie| infected with a virus rather than reanimated corpses.]]
* The 2004 remake of ''[[Dawn of the Dead]]'' featured this type of zombies.
* ''[[Return of the Living Dead]]'' was the [[Trope Maker]].
* All the zombies in ''[[Nightmare City]]'', although according to the director, the "zombies" in this case are infected humans, despite otherwise behaving entirely like zombies.
== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
* In ''[[Magic: The Gathering]]'' there are some creatures with the zombie subtype that have at least one ability associated with speed (such as haste). The page quote comes from a card developer/designer bringing up the trope on the card discussion of [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Discussion.aspx?multiverseid=194297 Blackcleave Goblin].
== [[Video Games]] ==
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* The zombies in ''[[Saints Row the Third]]'' can run pretty fast for zombies, but still do so with a very pronounced stagger.
* ''[[Kingdom of Loathing]]'' has a special enemy called the modern <s>zombie</s> zmobie. Far beating the other misspelled zombies in the game, the modern zmobie has initiative 300, which means that it almost assuredly will get to hit the player first.
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