Zombie

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Name: Zombie

Universe: Multiple

Homeworld: multiple, usually earth

Average height: 5'6", although a Headcrab may add another inch or so

Diet: brains, flesh, or none

sentient: rarely

A Zombie is a re-animated corpse, usually brought back to life by an alien parasite or genetically-engineered disease. "Zombie" (also spelled "Zombi") used to reffer to a corpse posessed by a voodoo snake-demon under a witch-doctor's control and kept in rather good condition; however horror films have changed the meaning to mean any creature that rises from the dead for whatever reason, shambles about, rotting on it's feet, and eats living members of it's species. The Zombie legend seems to have gotten blended with several other undead legends, including Revenants ([Europe], rise from the dead to punish the living), Anthropophagei ([Europe again] travel in hordes, cannibalistic) and Ghouls ([Arabia] Bite turns the victim into another one, also cannibalistic). Usually, the only way to kill them is to destroy the brain, as decapitation often results in a semi-living head.

Notable zombie makers

 * Headcrab
 * Ing
 * Necromorph
 * The Flood
 * Tunguska spore
 * Spy bug
 * Zerg