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[[File:zombies of a different horror 4588.jpg|frame|Take your pick... and then run like hell.]]
{{quote|''"Is there an agreed definition of what is a zombie and how they get that way? Not that I know of. I think zombies are defined by behavior and can be 'explained' by many [[Hand Wave|handy shortcuts]]: [[A Wizard Did It|the supernatural]], [[I Love Nuclear Power|radiation]], [[The Virus|a virus]], [[Aliens Are Bastards|space visitors]], [[Doomsday Device|secret weapons]], [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|a Harvard education]] and so on."''
|'''[[Roger Ebert]]''', ''[[The Crazies]]'' Review}}
{{quote|''"If you're going to get into every Tom, Dick, and [[28 Days Later|rage virus]] reimagining of zombies, we will be here all night. [[Night of the Living Dead|Romero]] zombies are the only zombies; we literally '''cannot''' advance this conversation otherwise!"''
|'''Dan''', ''[[Cracked.com]] After Hours''}}
The word "zombie" originated in the Voudon beliefs of the Caribbean, referring to a body "revived" and enslaved by a sorcerer. (Some of the oldest aspects of zombie appearance are actually symptoms of [[wikipedia:Tetrodotoxin#Poisoning|tetrodotoxin]] poisoning, a neurotoxin used in certain voudon rituals.) In this form, it has been known in America since the late 19th century. However, it wasn't until the 1960s that George Romero's ''[[Night of the Living Dead]]'' attached the word to the living dead who eat the flesh of the living. (Note, however, that the flesh-eaters in that movie are [[Not Using the Z Word|never referred to as "zombies,"]] and Romero himself didn't consider them zombies, preferring "ghouls.")
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* The Nightshift in ''[[Dawn Tsumetai Te]]'', which take over a host's body and slowly eat it from the inside out.
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* The 'Zombie' plague Iruel unleashed on Tokyo-3 qualifies in ''[[Shinji and Warhammer40K
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