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''[[Zombies Ate My Neighbors]]'' is your classic Zombie game created by [[LucasArts]] and published by [[Konami]]. This game is basically a parody of ''Devil World/Dark Adventure'', a previous Konami arcade game, and in turn had a Spiritual Successor in the form of ''Ghoul Patrol'', which was significantly less popular. Also inspired a later game loosely on [[Greek Mythology]] called ''[[Hercs Adventures]]'' as well as the [[Xbox]] 360 game ''[[Monster Madness]]''.
Zeke or Julie (or both in 2 player mode) enter a series of mazes. Each level is a punny-titled maze containing B-movie monsters, wacky weapons and up to ten neighbors to rescue.
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A movie based loosely on the game is currently in production. [http://www.slashfilm.com/horrorcomedy-zombies-ate-neighbors-development-based-90s-video-game/ Seriously.]
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* [[Abnormal Ammo]]: Where else can you kill a giant worm with kitchen plates, or destroy a UFO with soda cans?
* [[Affectionate Parody]]: Of pretty much every classic horror trope.
* [[Ambidextrous Sprite]]: When Zeke is facing left or right, the blue lens of his 3D glasses is always the one closer to the camera.
* [[Ancient Tomb]]: A few levels are massive Egyptian pyramids full of mummies and traps.
* [[Attack of the 50-Foot Whatever]]:
** One of the bosses, Titantic Toddler, is, well, a gigantic baby, who can stomp you flat or shoot milk out of its bottle at you. It becomes a normal (and rescuable) baby upon defeat.
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* [[Attack of the Killer Whatever]]
* [[Black Blood]]: the blood is replaced with purple ooze.
* [[Bonus Level]]: About six of them, accessed by collecting a ? square in a level.
* [[Bubble Gun]]: The Martians wield ray guns that trap the victim in a bubble but don't kill them. The player can collect these guns to do the same thing.
* [[Chainsaw Good]]: Level 4. The chainsaw maniacs/lumberjacks in general.
* [[Clown Car Grave]]: Most enemies spawn infinitely... which also includes zombies, who spawn by clawing out of the ground, and in a few levels, they have spawn points in graveyards, leading to this trope.
* [[Combat Tentacles]]: Level 1-B {{spoiler|and the Credits Level}}.
* [[Continuing Is Painful]]: Passwords don't preserve your weapons or lives.
* [[Cool Shades]]: See [[Rule of Cool]] below.
* [[Creepy Doll]]: The killer doll enemies; some marketing genius had the idea to give them [[Ax Crazy|axes]], too...
* [[Darker and Edgier]]: The sequel took itself
* [[Developer's Room]]: The credits level take place in [[LucasArts]]' office.
* [[Easter Egg]]: See [[Shout-Out]] below.
* [[Every Ten Thousand Points]]: You get a bonus neighbor. If you don't have any dead neighbors, you get a extra life.
* [[Everything's Deader with Zombies]]: As a big B-movie loving video game, the zombies naturally get the title.
* [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin]]: The level "Ants". Guess what the standard enemies there are.
* [[Fake Difficulty]]: On occasion, you will find victims that are '''impossible''' to save, even ''with'' [[Sprint Shoes]].
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* [[Game Breaking Bug]]: It's possible for the cheerleader after the first fight with Doctor Tongue to disappear before you collect her, making the game unwinnable.
* [[Giant Space Flea From Nowhere]]: It's [[All There in the Manual]] that Dr. Tongue is the [[Big Bad]] of the game, but was any player expecting to first fight him in a non-descript attic level?
* [[Guide Dang It]]:
** Although the manual does point this out and many other monster weaknesses, so it's mostly [[Read the Freaking Manual]]. The best weapon in the game, the Flamethrower, is a [[Guide Dang It]] in itself since it's in a very obscure place and can be [[Lost Forever]] if you bypass it.
** Absolutely nothing tells you that the last form of Dr. Tongue is weak against plates; although once you found that out, it starts making more sense why Level 41 had so many plates strewn around the level to begin with.
* [[Hockey Mask and Chainsaw]]: Par for the course, the chainsaw maniacs are a hybrid of Jason from ''[[Friday the 13th]]'' and Leatherface from ''[[The Texas Chainsaw Massacre]].
* [[Infant Immortality]]: [[Averted Trope|Averted]], oddly enough. Not only are babies one of the kinds of Victims, but you also fight a Giant Baby as a boss three times. Defeating the latter merely turns it back to normal, though.
* [[Infinity+1 Sword]]: The Flamethrower. Able to quickly destroy just about any monster. [[Guide Dang It|Good luck finding it in the one level it's located in
* [[In Name Only]]: ''Ghoul Patrol'' was reworked into a sequel for ''Zombies Ate My Neighbors'' to cash in on the game's popularity. It ended up [[Franchise Killer|killing the franchise
** There is also a song called ''Zombies Ate My Neighbors'' on the radio. Sadly, no video game references.
** A metalcore group named themselves after the game as well.
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* [[Lightning Bruiser]]: The giant babies.
* [[Lost Forever]]: The Flamethrower.
* [[Mars Needs Women
* [[Monster Mash]]: A whole gang of movie monsters terrorizing your hapless neighbors, including: vampires, werewolves, killer dolls and of course zombies.
* [[Night of the Living Mooks]]: Armies of zombies compose the weakest enemy hordes in the game.
* [[Nintendo Hard]]: One of the ROM hacks of the game decided you need between 1-3 tourist couples that each turn into a pair of werewolves 15 seconds after the start of the level in most of the levels. Have fun with those speed shoes.
* [[Nonstandard Game Over]]: Don't let all of your neighbors die!
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* [[Sequential Boss]]: The final battle with Dr. Tongue has him first transform into a spider, then a giant head.
* [[Shout-Out]]: Entering BCDF as an opening password sent you straight to the ''[[Day of the Tentacle]]'' bonus level, themed after the video game of the same name.
* [[Sprint Shoes]]: Often crucial for saving neighbors, especially the damned tourists before night falls.
* [[There's No B in Movie]]: Pretty much the premise of the game.
* [[Transformation Sequence]]: Big purple beasts in ''Zombies Ate My Neighbors'', [[The Grim Reaper|Grim Reapers]] in ''Ghoul Patrol''.
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