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   Your Friendly Neighborhood Zombie by psuedonymousrex

   Fandom Day of the Dead (1985), Plants vs Zombies

   • General Audiences
   • No Archive Warnings Apply, Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Gen
   • Series in Progress

   23 Sep 2026

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Original Human Character & Foot Soldier Zombie
   • Foot Soldier Zombie & Scientist Zombie
   • Foot Soldier & Scientist Zombie
   • Original Human Character & Foot Soldier
   • Electric Boogaloo/Rustbolt (Plants vs. Zombies)
   • Foot Soldier (Plants vs Zombies)
   • Original Character
   • Original Characters
   • Dr. Zomboss (Plants vs Zombies)
   • Foot Soldier (Garden Warfare)
   • Melissa (Original Character)
   • Engineer (Plants vs Zombies)
   • All-Star Zombie (Plants vs Zombies)
   • Scientist Zombie (Plants vs Zombies)
   • Nightcap (Plants vs Zombies)
   • Dreadwood (Plants vs Zombies)
   • Peashooter (Plants vs Zombies)
   • Even more plants and zombies I don't feel like listing
   • Cleatus (Plants vs Zombies)
   • Tugboat (Plants vs Zombies)
   • Space Cadet (Plants vs Zombies)
   • Electric Slide (Plants vs Zombies)
   • 80s Action Hero (Plants vs Zombies)
   • General Supremo (Plants vs Zombies)
   • Captain Flameface (Plants vs Zombies)
   • Engineer Zombie (Plants vs Zombies)
   • Astronaut (Plants vs Zombies)
   • Tomb Raiser (Plants vs Zombies)
   • So many other background zombies and plants it'll take forever
   • Melissa (Original Human Character)
   • General Camo (Reflourished)
   • Electric Boogaloo (Plants vs Zombies)
   • Rustbolt (Plants vs Zombies)
   • Original Human Character(s)
   • Sunflower (Plants vs Zombies)
   • Kernel Corn (Plants vs Zombies)
   • Fluff
   • Domestic Fluff
   • Comfort
   • TV Time
   • Just some Chill Time
   • Hints at Identity Crisis
   • Melissa is bad at feelings
   • Zachary is learning new things
   • Just Friends Learning to be Friends
   • Cute
   • This fandom needs more love
   • short and sweet
   • Hugging
   • Nothing NSFW Not Even Touching That
   • One-shot
   • Drabble
   • Happy Birthday PvZ!
   • Just a little celebratory short
   • Zomboss is mentioned
   • Friend-Shaped Zombies
   • Some Humor
   • Meta
   • Terrible Grammar Incoming
   • because zombie's aren't good at grammar
   • Zachary's trying his best
   • Non-Canon Events
   • All Day of the Dead characters are slightly renamed
   • What-If
   • This is just a fun little halloween crossover
   • Non-Canon One Shot
   • just a bit of fluff
   • Zachary thinks the silly humans are silly
   • PvZ Zombies are still cannibals
   • Just huggable
   • Melissa just busts down the door with pure rage
   • Canon Rewrite
   • Oh shit the zombie has a gun
   • Action/Adventure
   • Fluff and Humor
   • Based on BFN Story Mode
   • Author attempts comedy again
   • Zombie Apocalypse
   • But funny
   • Zachary is good bean
   • Intelligent Scientist Zombies
   • Oh noes the Dummy Cult
   • Finally a new entry
   • Friendship
   • With even more zombies
   • More Worldbuilding woohoo
   • All PvZ media will show up in some form here (mostly the games)
   • Will add more tags as I go
   • Cleatus is wholesome
   • Top Zombie
   • Oh boy Melissas gonna punch a plant
   • Competent Zombies
   • Canon Divergent
   • (at least in mission progression)
   • plant death
   • Washing Machine Death
   • Emotional Baggage
   • Emotional Hurt/Comfort
   • Developing Friendships
   • Mild Language
   • Short One Shot
   • Mild Hurt/Comfort
   • Worldbuilding
   • Random entry jumpscare ooooo
   • Takes place just after There's a Neighbor on My Lawn and How to Shop for your Neighbor
   • Zachary has baggage oh no
   • No beta we die like the Cheetos branded GW1 variants
   • References to Plants vs Zombies 2
   • Could be read without the other stories but they help with context
   • This does happen before How to Go Camping
   • And for good reason mwa ha ha
   • One Shot
   • Light Angst
   • Drinking & Talking
   • Drinking to Cope
   • Unreliable Narrator
   • Tragic Backstory
   • Competent Zomboss
   • Tugboat being the best boi
   • Implied/Referenced Cannibalism
   • Inspired by the PvZ Comics
   • Zomboss being emotionally constipated
   • Angst and Drama
   • Reverse Zombie Apocalypse
   • Mind Control
   • Mind Control Aftermath & Recovery
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Zachary needs a hug
   • Tomb Raiser being the best boy
   • Speedrunning BFN with my army of zombie OCs mwa ha ha
   • Cleatus is somehow the most normal person here
   • Prepare for a lot of mushroom death
   • Canon-Typical Violence
   • Tags May Change
   • Horror Lite
   • Dubious Science
   • Weird Biology
   • Rewrite
   • Updated First Entry!!
   • Beginning of a Beautiful Friendship
   • melissa is tired
   • Mostly Canon Compliant
   • Well to a certain degree at least
   • Mentions to other entries later on
   • If you know them you know wink wink
   • tags are still hard
   • No beta we die like the first zombie of the wave
   • Humor
   • Bonus content for YFNZ
   • Comedy
   • Technically alternate universe
   • Video Game Mechanics
   • At least partially translated
   • A little bit of shipping is there if you really squint
   • General Camo still has aura
   • headcanons galore
   • Crime Fighting
   • I don't know what tags to use help
   • Reflourished my beloved
   • Goofy - Freeform
   • No beta we die like Zombert
   • Mild Swearing
   • Based on “They Went to Meteor Z!” from Reflourished
   • Updated to match later YFNZ
   • Some Plot
   • Shopping
   • Zach is a a beautifully dumb bean
   • melissa needs a hug
   • Misunderstandings
   • Past Trauma
   • if you know you know
   • Plants don't get people
   • Plants being jerks
   • Platonic Relationships

   Summary

   What happens when a zombie decides to stay in your house? Nothing but pandemonium, it seems.

   Just a little side series of PvZ stuff about a cheery foot soldier who may or may not be gaining independence and the human absolutely done with the cartoon bull who still cares for the dumb dorky corpse man. A mix of PvZ GW 1, GW 2, BFN, and a bunch of other PvZ stuff if I so choose.

   Updates when I get the time for it - but it will continue until it's done!

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   24 Jan 2026