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Four [[Sociopathic Soldier|batshit insane]], [[Crazy Awesome]] grunts take on the undead hordes of the Axis. Or replace the grunts with four historical figures from the 1960s or four horror-genre celebrities, possibly less insane but still pretty [[Crazy Awesome]].

''[[Call of Duty: Black Ops|Call of Duty Black Ops]]'', the successor to ''World at War'', includes Zombie Mode, a direct sequel to Nazi Zombies. The Hardened and Prestige editions of the game come with the four original maps from ''World at War''. The first new map revealed features [[John F. Kennedy]], [[Richard Nixon]], Robert McNamara and Fidel Castro fighting an outbreak in the Pentagon. [[And the Fandom Rejoiced|Cue the rejoicing.]] The subsequent maps continue the tale of the [[WW 2]] zombie fighters, as well as another tale featuring [[Sarah Michelle Gellar]], [[Danny Trejo]], Robert Englund and Michael Rooker fighting another outbreak, this time out in an abandoned Siberian outpost, where they were filming a zombie movie. The final map (until the next Treyarch [[Call of Duty]] game) in the Nazi Zombie saga has been announced in the "Rezurrection" Map Pack, and is called ''Moon''. [[Captain Obvious|It should be no surprise where it takes place]].

 

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** It gets better when you Pack-A-Punch it.

** Nikolai Belinski's only reason why he's fighting zombies? He scared the living shit out of [[Josef Stalin]] and promptly got sent to the front lines. And that was just from ''shaking hands.''

*** Hell, let's just say every playable character.

* [[Badass Bookworm]]: Robert McNamara, who often makes accounting jokes while slaughtering zombies.

** Subverted in "Der Riese", where the starting pistol (the weakest gun in the game) becomes a portable, concealable [[Grenade Launcher]] when upgraded.

{{quote|'''Kennedy:''' ''"As Teddy Roosevelt once said: walk lightly and carry a BFG!"''}}

** Danny Trejo wields machetes in the ''Call of the Dead'' opening cutscene, but not in-game, unfortunately.

* [[Bond One-Liner]]: All the time. Nikolai makes shitty ones all the time, and then gets a bit confused on the aspect of it being after a kill.

{{quote|''"You are dead now! But you were dead before! Ah, fuck you!"''

'''Nikolai''' also seems fairly adept at rhyming: ''"Nikolai cannot die! Hey, that rhymes!"'' }}

* [[Breaking the Fourth Wall]]: In ''Kino der Toten'', one of Dempsey's "Out of Ammo" quotes is:

{{quote|''"Hey, player! Drop the chips and get me some ammo!"''}}

* [[Celebrity Survivor]]/[[Celebrity Star]]: The "Escalation" DLC features four celebrities as zombie-killers -- [[Sarah Michelle Gellar]], [[A Nightmare on Elm Street|Robert Englund]], [[The Walking Dead (TV series)|Michael Rooker]], and [[Danny Trejo]].

** And [[Night of the Living Dead|George Romero]], but he's a boss zombie.

** [[For the Evulz]]: [[Word of God]] confirmed that {{spoiler|Richtofen is Edward from the messages and he ''lacks'' the aforementioned amnesia, and he's the one who infected them.}}

* [[Character Development]]: Later in a match, especially on ''Der Riese'', the characters will insult each other less and yell about trying to help each other more.

** Even ''a friggin' pistol that shoots grenades, an alien [[Ray Gun]], and a bazooka'' are worse than the machine guns and the Wunderwaffe.

** Rebalanced in ''Black Ops'', where the machine guns do less damage, allowing SMGs and assault rifles to compete, even at higher rounds.

* [[Creepy Child]]: Samantha. Good god, '''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNcCedQNaFE&feature=related Samantha].'''

* [[Deadly Doctor]]: Guess.

* [[Deliberately Monochrome]]: ''Ascension'' begins this way. The color only returns when you turn on the power. Lampshaded at the start, right before Gersch requests your assistance.

** Quotes from his appearance in Call of the Dead pretty much prove this, with special mentions to [[Ass Shove|him probing Dempsey's anus with a finger]] and [[Does This Remind You of Anything?|asking if anyone wanted to play a game in the dark]].

* [[Does This Remind You of Anything?]]: Crosses over with [[Double Entendre]], many of the characters are prone to this.

{{quote|'''Nikolai''' "Taste my Russian steel!"}}

{{quote|''(on Moon)'' "Such explosive power in my hands! No dirty thoughts, Dempsey."

''(getting a Shotgun)'' "Hey! Who wants to try out my new boom-dick!?" }}

{{quote|''Dempsey (to Richtofen after getting the last item)'': "Kinda sick of me to ask this but Richtofen, is that a rod in your pocket?" }}

** What he can't drown, he shoots. Like his first wife.

*** She was a bitch.

** And there's no bloody Vodka in these Perk-A-Cola dispensers.

** After ''Call of the Dead'', Nikolai finally gets his vodka and makes references to being able to drink from it.

{{quote|''"Friends, neighbors, ladies, gentlemen, if you're feelin' underpowered, I'll help you make amends.

Just stick your weapon in the slot, and let it change your luck.

With Pack-A-Punch, I have a hunch, all your problems will be gone, but if you end up on the ground, sing a country western song.

Pack-A-Punch (Everybody)! Pack-A-Punch (Yee-haa)! Pack-A-Punch! Pack-A-Punch! Pack-A-Punch (Everybody)! Pack-A-Punch! Pack-A-Punch(YEE-HAA!!!)Pack-A-Punch (WAA-HHAAAW)!"'' }}

** ''Nacht der Untoten'': In the Help room there's a radio that, if knifed or shot at, will play music from the campaign. In the ''Black Ops'' version, destroying all the barrels causes a new song called "Undone" to start playing.

** ''Der Riese'' included audio tapes scattered around the level, which [[Apocalyptic Log|chronicles the origins of the zombies]].

** ''Moon'' probably has the grand daddy of all Easter Eggs. {{spoiler|After following a rather elaborate set of instructions, you set off Richtofen's Grand Scheme (with the help of Dr. Maxis for the second part). '''[[Apocalypse How|YOU BLOW UP THE EARTH!]]''' If you go back to No Man's Land/Area 51 after that, it's essentially a wasteland.}}

*** In short there are three types of Easter Eggs per map: Radios that serve as the backstory for Group 935 and their research along with the above listed music and major Easter Eggs that affect gameplay and the storyline.

** Which turns into [[Canon Discontinuity]] which each new map. Just when you think they're all dead, the teleporter overuse takes them to a new place. Except, maybe, for ''Five''.

*** And then in ''Call Of The Dead'' {{spoiler|the original cast shows up trapped, [[Easter Egg|and you can help free them]].}}

* [[Even Evil Has Standards]]: Applied to Nikolai and Richtofen, in that their respective factions are ''scared shitless'' of them. Especially Nikolai, who scared ''Stalin.''

* [[Evil Laugh]]: Dempsey does this occasionally, but Richtofen indulges in this ''very'' often.

* [[Evil Sounds Deep]]: [[Averted]] with Dr. Richtofen, who has a high-pitched voice in spite of being a [[Those Wacky Nazis|Nazi]] [[Mad Scientist]].

* [[Fire-Forged Friends]]: Well, not friends, but as they are under increasingly serious attack, the characters will act more like a team. (At least they say they will. Whether they do or not is up to the players.)

* [[Forgot to Pay the Bill]]: Nikolai sometimes says this in Kino der Toten.

* [[Gatling Good]]: On the map ''Five'', you can find a power-up which gives you the [[More Dakka|Death Machine, a portable minigun with unlimited ammo, for a limited time.]]

** The Death Machine serves as a power-up for the rest of the ''Black Ops'' maps.

* [[Groin Attack]]: This happens to Nikolai.

{{quote|''"Oh No!It's biting area is closer to my [[Unusual Euphemism|fun fun area]]!"''}}

* [[Guns Akimbo]]: Seen in the first map of black ops. Aside for 2 pistols there are 2 shotguns as well.

{{quote|'''Ritchofen''':''"Double the pleasure,double the pain,double the DAMAGE!""''}}

* [[Incredibly Lame Pun]]: Nikolai is fond of these.

{{quote|'''Nikolai''': ''"And the limbs go flying! How's that for an '''ARM'''-y?! Get it? With the arms?..."'' (no one answers) ''"...fuck you."''}}

** Rictofen also does this... In more funnier,sinister way.

{{quote|'''Rictofen''':''"He can't fight now... He's being... DISARMED! [[Evil Laugh|Ahahahaha!]]"''}}

** And then the Thundergun in ''Kino der Toten'', which is always a one hit kill. And then the Winter's Howl on ''Five'', and ''they'' get subverted eventually, too!

* [[Insane Troll Logic]]: Maxis's plan to save the world from zombies: {{spoiler|blow it up.}}

{{quote|'''Demonic Announcer''': '''''"FETCH ME THEIR SOULS!"'''''

'''Dempsey''': ''"[[Verb This|Fetch my grenade, Devil-voice!]]"'' }}

** Flamethrowers are useful if you have the Double Tap perk, because the increased [[Incredibly Lame Pun|fire]] rate means that the zombies burn up a lot quicker. Pack-A-Punching it adds nitrogen cooling to your flamethrower, making this much more practical.

** After an explosive caused by Nikolai leaves a zombie alive, but legless, he will make a remark on how players do this to be free to run around the map and do whatever:

{{quote|''"Look, I just made a new pet. I'll take it for a walk for about five minutes while the rest of you dick around."''

*** It gets more and more explicit as the DLC maps come in, with the last one hanging these after almost every power-up pickup.

{{quote|'''Dempsey''', after picking up a nuke: ''"Gotta love how that doesn't hurt us. [[Oh Crap|Wait, is my hair falling out?!]]"''}}

{{quote|'''Dempsey''': ''"I'm gonna do a jib on your insides, maggotsack!"''

'''Nikolai''': ''"No, it's my Vodka! MINE! MY OWN!"''

'''Nixon''': ''"Get your hands off me, '''HIPPIE!'''"''

'''Richoften'': '''"I DRINK YOUR PAIN!"''' *slurping sounds* }}

** Don't forget ''Nacht der Untoten'', which means ''Night of the Undead'' in German, and ''Shi no Numa'', which is Japanese for ''Zombie Swamp'' or ''Marsh of Death''... and you fight Japanese Zombies in it. ''Kino der Toten'' in ''Black Ops'' roughly translates to ''Theater of the Dead'', which is appropriate considering it's a [[Shout-Out]] to [[Inglourious Basterds]].

*** ''Ascension'' is a Soviet rocket launch facility, complete with cosmonaut training device and zombie astro-monkeys.

**** ''Call of the Dead'', combining [[Call of Duty]] and [[Night of the Living Dead]] (the latter of which was directed by George Romero).

** The lack of accuracy becomes a problem because headshots in the later rounds is the only way to quickly kill a zombie.

** It's a [[BFG|huge fuckoff rifle]], that has been upgraded. Would you want it penetrating you in either sense?

** He was never a Nazi to begin with, Group 935 decided to assist the Nazi party to further their agenda.

* [[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot|Nazi Zombies]]

** Now all lead by '''ZOMBIE GEORGE ROMERO!'''

*** [[Running Gag|Electrified Invincible Stagelight-Wielding George Romero!]]

** Actually subverted for those who know the maps. When the zombies are only following you, it is ''much easier'' to lure them into traps and things. The highest scores were recorded in single-player Zombies.

* [[Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping]]: Nikolai in Der Reise, albeit for one line:

** With the right application of 115, they can be turned back into regular humans. {{spoiler|This includes George Romero.}}

* [[Pet the Dog]]: [[Those Wacky Nazis|Richtofen]] is noticeably empathetic towards the Hellhounds when they come knocking at the door. [[Fridge Brilliance|Considering Nazi Germany had a surprisingly humane policy on animals...]] That, and the fact {{spoiler|that he helped create the first Hellhound, [[Moral Event Horizon|which he used to kill Maxis and Samantha by locking them into the room it had appeared in]]. At least, that's what everyone, including Rictofen thought. Turns out, they were teleported to the Group 935 base on the ''Moon''.}}

* [[Porky Pig Pronunciation]]

{{quote|'''Dempsey''': ''"Gotta link up this terra... er, tele... bah... machine."''}}

*** And with ''Ascension'' comes the [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|Random Perk Bottle.]] Pretty nifty.

*** And now in ''Call of the Dead'', completing {{spoiler|the trapped characters [[Easter Egg]]}} will reward you with the lightning bolt power-up that grants the player a Wunderwaffe-DG2

*** [[Blessed with Suck|Just don't expect to be able to buy anything until you use all of the ammo up.]]

{{quote|'''Nikolai''': ''"What are you? Fucking '''RASPUTIN?!''' Just die already!"''}}

** Also in that map is an achievement called 'Perks in Spaaaaace', which is unlocked once you've had all 8 perks at some point in the game (not necessarily all at the same time)

** Alternatively, why are you fighting zombies as John F. Kennedy, Richard Nixon, Robert McNamara and Fidel Castro in the Pentagon? I think you know exactly why.

*** Gets better when celebrities are thrown into the mix.

*** And why is Sarah Michelle wearing a sleeveless cut off shirt in the middle of Siberia?

** The weapons themselves. Started from the [[Ray Gun]] and now we got cluster grenades disguised as a Russian nesting toy and a ''miniature black hole generating bomb'' along with elemental based weapons.

{{quote|''Kino der Toten'': '''Nikolai''': ''"What?! That stripper must have stolen my money!"''

''Ascension'': '''Nikolai''': ''"That stripper DID take all my money!...bitch...."''

{{quote|''Aah! It almost [[Groin Attack|made me woman!]]''}}

* [[Semper Fi]]: Tank Dempsey. Oo-fuckin'-rah.

** ''Black Ops''' first Zombie Mode map features John F. Kennedy, Richard Nixon, Robert McNamara and Fidel Castro fighting zombies in the Pentagon during JFK's presidency days/weeks after the Cuban Crisis.

*** ''Ascension'' brings the group from a Nazi theater to a Russian rocket base.

*** And as for ''Call of the Dead'', [http://youtu.be/3_Cx82OFXM0 well]........

**** And now the final Zombies map being produced for ''Black Ops'' (don't worry more is coming with Treyarch's next game, they promised) has Tank, Nikolai, Takeo, and Richtofen fight zombies on a base on the surface of Earth's moon. If that isn't absurdly over the top then I don't know what is. {{spoiler|About as over the top as the Earth blowing up.}}

* [[Shout-Out]]:

** The trailer for ''Der Riese'' says of the Bowie Knife - ''[[Crocodile Dundee|"Now that's a knife!"]]''

** And [[Sarah Michelle Gellar]] is just playing [[Buffy]].

{{quote|''"Let's slay some stiffs."''}}

* [[Slippy-Slidey Ice World]]: ''"I ''really'' didn't dress for the cold."''

* [[Smurfette Principle]]: Lampshaded/invoked in ''Black Ops'' by Dempsey.

{{quote|''"Maann, I wish we could trade Richoften for a hot chick. I'm getting lonely here..."''}}

* [[Sociopathic Soldier]]: All of the speaking soldiers enjoy the slaughter far too much.

* [[Soviet Superscience]]: In the first ''Black Ops'' DLC map, ''Ascension''.

* [[Standard FPS Guns]]: In addition to the standard [[Call of Duty]] weapons, the Wunderwaffe fills the role of the electricity gun.

* [[Third Person Person]]: Nikolai seems fond of this.

{{quote|''"Aah! That was too close to my hammer and sickles."''}}

* [[Unwitting Pawn]]: Dempsey, Nikolai, and Takeo {{spoiler|as of the events during ''Moon''}}.

* [[Verbal Tic]]: Tank Dempsey says ''"Oorah"'' more times than the combined ''"Hooahs"'' of ''[[Modern Warfare]] 2''!

** He also calls ammo ''"gun juice"'', which happens a lot when you run out of ammo or get max ammo, resulting in-

{{quote|'''Dempsey''': '''''"JUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUIIIICCCEE!!!"'''''}}

* [[Vodka Drunkenski]]: Nikolai, obviously. [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]].

{{quote|'''Nikolai''': ''"Nothing is more dangerous than a drunk Russian with an MG!"''}}

* [[Wham! Episode]]: {{spoiler|The [[Easter Egg]] on ''Moon'', Richtofen's Grand Scheme.}}

* [[Xanatos Roulette]]: {{spoiler|Richtofen used the group to help him find Samantha so he could switch bodies with her and gain control of the zombies.}}

** {{spoiler|Dr.Maxis had a counter Xanatos plan. Not only being hinted at still being alive, he had recordings instructing the party how to weaken Rictofen. That was the destruction of the Earth's atmosphere, essentially loosening Rictofen's control over the zombies on Earth}}

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