{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}} {{Infobox television | image = | caption = | genre = [[Black comedy]] | creator = [[Eric Kaplan]] | writer = Eric Kaplan | director = Joel Trussell<br />Matt Rodriguez | starring = | voices = [[David Herman]]<br>[[Pamela Segall]]<br>[[John DiMaggio]]<br>[[Billy West]]<br>[[Tress MacNeille]]<br>[[Maurice LaMarche]]<br>[[Greg Eagles]] | composer = Adam Forgione | open_theme = | end_theme = | country = [[United States]] | language = English | num_seasons = 1 | num_episodes = 12 | list_episodes = | producer = Mary Alice Drumm<br />Patricia Parker | executive_producer = Eric Kaplan | location = | camera = | runtime = 3-7 minutes | company = [[icebox.com]]<br/>Smashing Ideas Inc. | network = [[icebox.com]] | first_aired = {{start date|2000|06}} | last_aired = {{end date|2001|01|22}} | related = }}
'''Zombie College''' is a [[Adobe Flash|Flash]] [[animated cartoon]] series created by television writer [[Eric Kaplan]] and directed by John Rice for [[icebox.com]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/05/27/arts/internet-review-where-funny-zombies-like-to-eat-human-brains.html | title=INTERNET REVIEW; Where Funny Zombies Like to Eat Human Brains | work=[[The New York Times]] | date=May 27, 2000 | access-date=June 15, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://mg.co.za/article/2000-06-15-here-come-the-zombies/|title=Here come the Zombies|date=June 15, 2020|website=[[Mail & Guardian]]|author=Staff Reporter|access-date=January 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210108222600/https://mg.co.za/article/2000-06-15-here-come-the-zombies/|archive-date=January 8, 2021|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2000/11/daily-news-icebox-com-and-fox-blow-up-and-redford-and-ifc-goes-north-of-the-border-81262/#!|title=DAILY NEWS: Icebox.com and FOX, Blow Up and Redford; and IFC Goes North of the Border|date=November 29, 2000|website=[[IndieWire]]|last=Hernandez|first=Eugene|access-date=January 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171116040012/https://www.indiewire.com/2000/11/daily-news-icebox-com-and-fox-blow-up-and-redford-and-ifc-goes-north-of-the-border-81262/|archive-date=16 November 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2000/digital/reviews/icebox-2-1200463547/|title=Icebox|date=July 9, 2000|website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|last=Swanson|first=Tim|access-date=January 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210108234012/https://variety.com/2000/digital/reviews/icebox-2-1200463547/|archive-date=January 8, 2021|url-status=live}}</ref> 12 episodes were produced.
Pre-production work was done in Los Angeles at [[Icebox.com]], while the flash animation was handled by Seattle's Smashing Ideas.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.gotfuturama.com/Information/Articles/kaplan.dhtml|title=Can't get enough Futurama: Information: Interview with Eric Kaplan|website=www.gotfuturama.com|access-date=22 July 2012|archive-date=28 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211128120109/http://www.gotfuturama.com/Information/Articles/kaplan.dhtml|url-status=dead}}</ref>
On November 29, 2000, Icebox announced they had reached a deal with [[Fox Broadcasting Network|Fox]] to create a live-action Zombie College pilot written by Kaplan. However, the announcement would prove to be premature as Fox pulled out after learning in the same announcement, Icebox would lay off half of their 100-person staff and that they were being sued by entertainment website WireBreak.com over non-payments toward another series both websites were producing.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.awn.com/news/fox-loses-interest-iceboxs-zombie-college|title= Fox Loses Interest in Icebox's Zombie College|website=www.awn.com}}</ref>
The show, along with other Icebox cartoons was acquired by [[Mondo Mini Shows]] and later be uploaded to Mondo's [[YouTube]] channel.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,276533,00.html|title=Protected Blog › Log in|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|access-date=2 July 2008|archive-date=2 December 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081202132104/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,276533,00.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Plot summary== The series follows Scott Bardo, a college freshman who follows his girlfriend Zelda Cruz to Arkford University, a college where there are many zombie students. She breaks up with him and Scott becomes friends with a Zombie named Zeke. Over the course of the series Scott and Zelda both become Zombies and get back together, only to break up again.
==Characters== '''Scott Bardo''': (voiced by [[David Herman]].) The show's main character who tries to get his girlfriend Zelda to be with him again no matter if he puts his life in danger.
'''Zelda Cruz''': (voiced by [[Pamela Segall]]) Scott's on again off again girlfriend.
'''Zeke Abramowitz''': (voiced by [[John DiMaggio]]) A zombie who becomes Scott's friend after trying to kill him. He doesn't have a body but he manages to walk and do manual activities with the intestines sticking out of his neck.
'''Julius F. Skully''': (voiced by [[Billy West]]): A zombie who does not have flesh on his skull but is able to talk and do everything normally. He is Zeke's and Scott's fraternity friend.
'''Graham''': (voiced by [[Billy West]]): Zelda's new boyfriend after she breaks up with Scott for the second time. As a zombie Zelda tries to eat his brain but he is saved by Scott who takes him to the hospital where his brain is supposedly eaten by the same girl who turned Scott into a zombie in the last episode.
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{IMDb title|14743592}} * [http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,276533,00.html "Drawing Power"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081202132104/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,276533,00.html |date=2 December 2008 }}, Entertainment Weekly, 23 June 2000
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