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The Zombies of Summer


Poll #779142 Undead! Undead!
Open to: All, results viewable to: All

Which of these creatures do you consider undead?

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vampire
111 (94.9%)

werewolf
6 (5.1%)

other were-creature
5 (4.3%)

golem
24 (20.5%)

Frankenstein's monster
65 (55.6%)

other homemade humanoid
33 (28.2%)

lich
71 (60.7%)

tulpa
12 (10.3%)

ghost
54 (46.2%)

zombie
110 (94.0%)

mummy (the sort that get up and stroll about)
103 (88.0%)

ghoul
79 (67.5%)

Keith Richards
53 (45.3%)

other (list in comments)
4 (3.4%)

How do you become undead?

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being killed by an undead
98 (85.2%)

family curse
52 (45.2%)

personal curse
60 (52.2%)

a tasty cocktail of rare plants and fish livers
32 (27.8%)

garlic deficiency
13 (11.3%)

intervention of mad scientist
65 (56.5%)

cryogenics
23 (20.0%)

marrying into an interesting family
25 (21.7%)

dying in a state of sin
20 (17.4%)

overwhelming mission that must be fulfilled before you can rest
68 (59.1%)

having unpleasant things happen to your corpse
79 (68.7%)

some other way I'll explain in the comments
5 (4.3%)

How can you kill the undead?

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stake through the heart
88 (77.9%)

burial at the crossroads
49 (43.4%)

flamethrowers -- burn, zombie, burn!
89 (78.8%)

silver bullet or other specialized weapon (explain in comments)
37 (32.7%)

holy water, crucifixes, and other sacred symbols (usable by anybody)
57 (50.4%)

exorcism by a priest
48 (42.5%)

sprinkle them with salt -- they melt like slugs!
18 (15.9%)

decapitation works for me
81 (71.7%)

chase them to the Arctic Circle and watch them freeze
12 (10.6%)

have a medium bore them to death by poking at their psyches
17 (15.0%)

ask them a question/help them fulfill their mission
52 (46.0%)

remove the curse or other motive force (e.g., a golem's chem)
60 (53.1%)

expose them to sunlight
65 (57.5%)

expose them to Geraldo Rivera
32 (28.3%)

you can't kill them, you can only join them
13 (11.5%)

kill the magician who created them
35 (31.0%)

kill the undead who created them
46 (40.7%)

some other method (explain in comments)
4 (3.5%)

When you have an undead infestation, who you gonna call?

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Van Helsing
51 (45.5%)

Ghost Busters!
47 (42.0%)

Anita Blake
13 (11.6%)

Geraldo Rivera
8 (7.1%)

George Romero
14 (12.5%)

Buffy the Vampire Slayer (et al.)
74 (66.1%)

the Men in Black
24 (21.4%)

your priest
22 (19.6%)

your realtor
25 (22.3%)

Charles Fort
7 (6.2%)

other (explain in comments)
9 (8.0%)


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[info]phinnia
2006-07-27 03:31 am UTC (link)
That is the best poll I've ever taken.
I feel compelled to add Strom Thurmond to the list. And I was never sure about Dick Clark, but I'm more likely to assume he has a picture aging in his basement. He seems too nice to be undead.

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[info]klwalton
2006-07-27 03:37 am UTC (link)
Which of these creatures do you consider undead?

Katherine Harris

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[info]ronebofh
2006-07-27 03:40 am UTC (link)
When you have an undead infestation, who you gonna call?

Bruce Campbell. George Clooney. Stan, Kyle, and Cartman.

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[info]ronebofh
2006-07-27 03:42 am UTC (link)
Also please lj-cut the poll kthx.

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[info]wordweaverlynn
2006-07-27 03:49 am UTC (link)
Fixed.

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[info]amaebi
2006-07-27 03:47 am UTC (link)
I always undo the undead with butterscotch pudding.

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[info]arib
2006-07-27 03:58 am UTC (link)
The piece of parchment that animates a golem is called a "shem" (the Hebrew word for "name"), not "chem" (a mispronunciation of the Hebrew word for "hot").

Otherwise, cool survey.

(Personally, if I were being attacked by the undead, Anita Blake would be the last person I'd call. She'd probably hit on them, nowadays...)

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[info]gramina
2006-07-27 04:21 am UTC (link)
No, no, she still kills the ones who eat people -- however broadly she's defining "people" currently. (Unless that changes in the very-newest one, which I haven't read yet.)

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[info]juliansinger
2006-07-27 04:51 am UTC (link)
No, that doesn't change.

Although there's not much actual killing in it. (Mind you, I kind of skimmed the last 1/3 of the book.)

Anita's still not my choice as Undead Contractor, though. Too many typos.

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[info]ronebofh
2006-07-27 04:21 am UTC (link)
She probably got it from Pratchett's golems; he spells it 'chem'.

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[info]arib
2006-07-27 05:16 am UTC (link)
been a while since I read Feet of Clay... :-)

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[info]ronebofh
2006-07-27 06:41 am UTC (link)
You should read Going Postal, too!

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[info]mactavish
2006-07-27 04:46 pm UTC (link)
Oh yes. :D

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[info]pipu
2006-07-27 04:53 pm UTC (link)
Awesome. My son's Hebrew name is Shem - partly because of the meaning, partly because he's Noah's son and Abraham's ancestor, partly so he can use it when he wants to start his Vaudeville career. But look at that fantastic bonus meaning!!!

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[info]phinnia
2006-07-27 03:58 am UTC (link)
Oooh, what about Ann Coulter? There's obviously /something/ wrong with Ann Coulter.

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[info]mortaine
2006-07-27 03:49 pm UTC (link)
Demonic origins does not equate with undeadness.

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[info]phinnia
2006-07-27 04:03 pm UTC (link)
Oh, so she's just a demon.

Wait, that's not really better, is it?

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[info]juliansinger
2006-07-27 03:59 am UTC (link)
Nifty. I've never heard of a tulpa before.

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[info]buymeaclue
2006-07-27 11:35 am UTC (link)
Me, neither, that I recall. Though looking at Wiki, I've seen that X-Fles episode.

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Don't forget suicide!
[info]dakiwiboid
2006-07-27 04:06 am UTC (link)
In a lot of the Balkan countries and Germany too, I think, suicides rise from their graves and become vamps or weres. In Rumania, the silliest things become vampires--butterflies (OK, not so silly, they are a symbol of the soul in many cultures), chickens, pumpkins and watermelons. Yes, pumpkins and watermelons! The vampire pumpkin or watermelon is known by the way it rolls around on the ground and growls at one. They're probably just infested with maggots, but the Rumanians see vamps everywhere!

As for killers of the undead, I like good solid professional psychic researchers, the modern equivalent of Van Helsing, only more consistent.

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Re: Don't forget suicide!
[info]kr8vkat
2006-07-27 04:41 am UTC (link)
As for killers of the undead, I like good solid professional psychic researchers, the modern equivalent of Van Helsing, only more consistent.

You mean like Dr. Eldritch?

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[info]beckyzoole
2006-07-27 05:09 am UTC (link)
Ooo, a good killer of the undead would be Harry Dresden, Chicago's only professional practicing wizard!

(And I agree with <lj user=phinnia, Ann Coulter is a zombie.)

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[info]arib
2006-07-27 05:18 am UTC (link)
Y'know, that hadn't even occurred to me, but it's brilliant. :-)

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[info]juliansinger
2006-07-27 05:23 am UTC (link)
And I agree with...

Whooooo?!

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[info]beckyzoole
2006-07-27 05:27 am UTC (link)
Weird, LJ cut me off. I agreed with [info]phinnia that Ann Coulter was a zombie. Or maybe just a wraith. There's something about her that's very disconcerting.

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[info]scarybaldguy
2006-07-27 06:03 am UTC (link)
Neither. Dear Annie is a lich.

Now, for ultramegatotalsquick, imagine Ann as Sheela Na Gig.

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[info]ronebofh
2006-07-27 06:40 am UTC (link)
Ha ha, first thing to pop into my head was 'lich', too.

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[info]mortaine
2006-07-27 03:50 pm UTC (link)
I thought she was a banshee. Or demon. Pick one.

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[info]mactavish
2006-07-27 04:47 pm UTC (link)
for ultramegatotalsquick, imagine Ann as Sheela Na Gig

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[info]safiiru
2006-07-27 05:13 am UTC (link)
Which of these creatures do you consider undead?

There are lots of other examples of various obscurity, but since someone already mentioned Strom Thurmond, I'd vote for wights and wraiths. I mean, they're in Tolkien; how much more classic can they get? Yet people always forget about them these days.

How do you become undead?

Sometimes it's just being wounded by the undead that turns you into one. Or perhaps wounded in a way that draws blood.

How can you kill the undead?

Large things that will kill most everything else - explosions, crushing, etc. - will often work on the undead. It certainly can't hurt to try, especially when you have a decent special effects budget.

Also, I believe that salt-vulnerable zombies need to consume the salt, although I could be wrong about that. Either way, serious zombies are another matter entirely - there are books written about fighting them.

When you have an undead infestation, who you gonna call?

If my realtor is not an option, then I'd try one of those crazy survivalists who knows way too much about guns and home-made explosives. Either their skills will finally be put to good use, or the world will be rid of one crazy survivalist; both sound like good options to me.

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[info]scarybaldguy
2006-07-27 06:02 am UTC (link)
How can you kill the undead?

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[info]thenetwork
2006-07-27 07:39 am UTC (link)
Which of these creatures do you consider undead?

The current administration.

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[info]ankaret
2006-07-27 08:17 am UTC (link)
Best poll ever.

I'd probably call the boys from Supernatural, because they're cute.

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[info]supergee
2006-07-27 10:32 am UTC (link)
But what about the Ungrateful Undead?

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[info]buymeaclue
2006-07-27 11:36 am UTC (link)
*\o/*

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[info]buymeaclue
2006-07-27 11:36 am UTC (link)
I'm pretty sure ghosts are just dead-dead.

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[info]stainsteelrat
2006-07-27 01:13 pm UTC (link)
2. I always thought the undead were created by some strange green unexplainable mist.

4. I wouldn't choose any of these, just a neighbour with a chainsaw or similar.

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[info]nicodemusrat
2006-07-27 08:38 pm UTC (link)
Great poll. :)

I'd define undead as something that was alive, died, and then started movin' around again. So I'd include Frankenstein's monster but not ghosts, since a ghost is something other than the original, physical body.

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[info]kgbooklog
2006-07-27 11:37 pm UTC (link)
How to kill:
"Blow the place up. That works real good on vampires. Then douse the ruins in gasoline and blow it up again." (Jim Butcher, Blood Rites)

Who to call:
Harry Dresden
Tom Bombadil
local gun nut

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