Zombie (type)

Zombie is a new idea (by Mason Green) for a Pokémon type.

What all Zombie-type Pokémon have in common is that their bodies have been completely taken over by a parasite of some kind (usually a fungus, bacterium or virus) and as such the Pokémon has become mindless, with the body merely serving the interests of the parasite.

Zombie-type Pokémon are made, not hatched; all Zombie types evolve from a non-Zombie type, which is unique for a Pokémon type.

Contrary to folklore and legends, in the Pokémon universe, zombies are completely biological (or technological in the case of Poryhedron) and are not the result of necromancy, magic, or mind control. In fact, since zombie Pokémon completely are completely lacking in mind and spirit, they are immune to Psychic-type attacks and resistant to Ghost- and Fairy-types.

On the other hand, Zombie-types are generally weak against physical-type attacks (such as Fighting and Rock), since being infested by parasites has made their bodies more fragile.

The Zombie type can thus be considered the opposite of the Ghost type (one is mind/spirit without matter, the other matter without mind/spirit). In fact, some Ghost types are believed to be ejected spirits of zombified Pokémon.

The archetypal zombie Pokémon is Parasect (which will be reassigned as Bug/Zombie, while its pre-evolution Paras remains Bug/Grass).

Other ideas for new zombie-type Pokémon include but are not limited to:


 * Shambleon: when two Eevee in the party both level up after the same battle, one will evolve into the Zombie-type Shambleon, and the other will become the new Ghost-type, Spectreon.
 * Poryhedron: The fourth (!) member of Porygon's evolutionary line, Poryhedron evolves from Porygon-Z when traded while holding a Life-Hack. The Life-Hack is an item purportedly designed to fix the glitch in Porygon-Z's programming, but instead turns out to be a computer virus that exploits the glitch, completely taking over Porygon-Z and evolving it into the Zombie-type Poryhedron.
 * Rapscallop: Ice/Zombie: Evolves from Cloyster when traded while holding a Nematode. The nematode multiplies inside Cloyster's body, converting it into the zombified Rapscallop, which grows much larger but also becomes genderless (and unable to breed).
 * Kanker: Water/Zombie: Evolves from Kingler when traded while holding a Nematode. The nematode multiples inside Kingler's body, converting it into the zombified Kanker, which grows much larger but also becomes genderless (and unable to breed).
 * Horble: Rock/Zombie: Evolves from Shuckle when given a False Berry. The False Berry appears to be a berry, and the Shuckle stores it within its exoskeleton attempting to turn it into juice. Instead, parasitic worms crawl out and digest the Shuckle instead, with the worms eventually sticking out of the shell to replace Shuckle's head and limbs.