In the first book of this hilarious Minecraft adventure series, we get to hear the diary of an actual 12-year-old Minecraft zombie. Take a peek at what is really going on between the hollow eyes and dead expression that we normally see when we face the dreaded zombies of Minecraft.
The series, blending Minecraft characters and features with "the crazy and emotionally angst filled life of today's preteen", focuses on the Slice of Life of then-12-year-old Zombie the zombie, who deals with his conflicts with parents and classmates, pastime of scaring off villagers, adventures in the Minecraft world with his friends: Skelee the skeleton, Slimee the slime, Creepy the Creeper, and Steve the human, and how it feels to be a Minecraft zombie.
See also Diary of an 8-Bit Warrior and Gameknight999, which are also published Minecraft fanfic series (and the former is inspired by Diary of a Wimpy Kid too). Books released so far:
- A Scare of a Dare
- Bullies and Buddies
- When Nature Calls
- Zombie Swap
- School Daze
- Zombie Goes to Camp
- Zombie Family Reunion
- Back to Scare School
- Zombie's Birthday Apocalypse
- One Bad Apple
- Insides Out
- Pixelmon Gone!
- Friday Night Frights
- Cloudy with a Chance of Apocalypse
- Attack of the Gnomes
- Down the Drain
- Zombie's Excellent Adventure
- In Too Deep
The series provides examples of:
- Action Girlfriend: Sally the zombie, Zombie's "ghoulfriend", who was brave enough to face an Iron Golem once.
- Bland-Name Product: In When Nature Calls, there's Creepy World, Zombie Minion Madness Ride, and It's a Small Zombie World.
- Bread, Eggs, Breaded Eggs: From Down the Drain: It's just that, when it's dark I feel like something in the dark is gonna get me. You know...something like... A clown... Or a doll... Or a CLOWN DOLL!
- Camping Episode: Zombie Goes to Camp
- Captain Ersatz: In Down the Drain, there's Marco, Loogi, and Sushi (Yoshi).
- Crossover: Captain Ersatz kind.
- Pixelmon Gone! with Pokémon.
- Down the Drain with Super Mario Bros..
- A Dog Named "Dog": Subverted with Zombie, a zombie. His full name is Zackary Julius Zombie, but he is often referred to by last name.
- Lampshaded in School Daze: Steve: Why did you parents name you Zombie? Why didn't they call you 'Joe' or 'Edgar' or something like that? Zombie: Zombie is not my real name. That's just a nickname people call me. My real name is Zack. Zack Zombie.
- Played straight with "a kid named Zombie Zombie".
- Fictional Counterpart: The Great Zombie Canyon.
- "Freaky Friday" Flip: Zombie Swap has Zombie and Steve swapping bodies and learning how live lives as their opposite species.
- Friendly Zombie: Zombie is rather benevolent and not that different from humans, making good friends with Steve. Though he scares Villagers, he doesn't harm them, though they misunderstand him.
- Great Offscreen War: The most recent Zombie Apocalypse, which was fought by the zombies in the Grand Zombie Canyon. Zombie's ancestor Remus fought in it.
- Jerk Jock: Jeff the zombie, who keeps boasting about his accomplishments and how they are better than Zombie's.
- A Lizard Named "Liz": Zombie's friends include Skelee the skeleton, Slimee the slime, and Creepy the Creeper.
- Nervous Wreck: Creepy, who is easily anxious and tends to shake a lot and hiss a lot, fortunately never to the point of explosion. In Bullies and Buddies, he had to stay home for a day after a traumatic encounter with the villagers.
- Nose Nuggets: From Bullies and Buddies: Well in the middle of Sally talking to me, I think I made her mad. Maybe it was because I started picking my nose cavity while she was talking. Or, maybe it was because I was flinging my boogers in to the air while she talked. Or, maybe it was because I found a really big booger that was connected to a long string of snot. Or, maybe it was because I took that really big booger with snot attached to it, and ate it. But I think the reason she really got mad at me was because I didn't share any with her.
- Only One Name: Steve doesn't know his last name.
- Peek-a-Bogeyman: Zombie's favorite pastime is scaring Villagers, but not harming them.
- Security Blanket: Even though he's a teenager, Zombie still can't sleep without the nightlight, blanky, and his stuffed Minecraft pig Mr. Cuddles.
- Time Travel Episode: Zombie's Excellent Adventure has Zombie and Steve traveling back in time to restore the previous Minecraft update after the recent update Goes Horribly Wrong and corrupts the Overworld.
- Trademark Favorite Food: Zombie likes cake a lot.
- Xenofiction: The books give the viewpoint of a Minecraft zombie behind "the dead expression that we normally see" and if zombies are really different from humans.
- Zombie Apocalypse: Except it's viewed as the Great Offscreen War to zombies.
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