Zombie Emotions

June 29, 2009 · Filed Under Cartoons, Zombie Chicken

Savage Chickens - Zombie Emotions

More chicken zombies.

Tags: Anger, Ekman, Emotions, Ennui, Happiness, Hunger, Psychology, Sad, Self-Doubt, Surprise, Zombie

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20 Responses to “Zombie Emotions”

Aud on June 29th, 2009 12:46 am

What’s ‘ennui?’
And isn’t this contradictory since zombies don’t have brains to have emotions? Unless that’s the whole point of this one…
Morbo on June 29th, 2009 12:48 am

There were some that felt Dr Ekman wasted the grant money.
jo on June 29th, 2009 1:38 am

ennui is french for boredom ^^
ria on June 29th, 2009 1:45 am

@Aud: ennui - excessive boredom… and yesy that’s the whole point
CMunk on June 29th, 2009 1:57 am

Wikipedia always has the answer:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ennui
CMunk on June 29th, 2009 1:59 am

And by the way I don’t want to run into one of those angry zombies.
Dan on June 29th, 2009 2:10 am

ennui - noun

a feeling of listlessness and dissatisfaction arising from a lack of occupation or excitement.
Jeff on June 29th, 2009 4:38 am

Dr Ekman is a genius, he has discovered that zombies (or life & brain challenged beings as they like to be called) exhibit all 7 emotions at the same time.
Mike T on June 29th, 2009 5:43 am

Ennui is a word meaning general lack of interest or boredom, or depression. It may also refer to oppressive boredom. It refers to a state of being rather than a passing mood as is generally the case with “boredom”. In this case this would be a bored zombie, brains, brains …
Cristina on June 29th, 2009 6:38 am

Hahaha! I know some people who exhibit the same emotions with the same expressions! Love this one!
Justin on June 29th, 2009 6:58 am

Ennui: “A feeling of utter weariness and discontent resulting from satiety or lack of interest; boredom: The endless lecture produced an unbearable ennui.”

Wikipedia also adds that this is more a state of being as opposed to just a passing mood…
nmrboy on June 29th, 2009 8:18 am

take a look at that last chicken’s expression; now that’s ennui. says it all, really. and given their emotional range, it’s surprising we don’t see more zombie chickens in action movies.

n.
Capt. Obvious on June 29th, 2009 8:56 am

That Dr. Ekman, always screwing me out of the cash to study really obvious stuff! He’s a charlatan, I tell you, everyone knows zombies feel only hunger (when looking for brains) and happiness (when feeding on brains).
Oops, just screwed myself out of the money for the counter-study!
teli on June 29th, 2009 11:01 am

the first “o” looks like a heart.. and i think dr. ekman did a great job with all the grant money. who would have guessed except him?
neuro on June 29th, 2009 11:25 am

Wow - Paul Ekman shows up in a Savage Chickens cartoon! I’m impressed with Doug’s breadth of of knowledge. Who next? John Alexander (the military officer who George Clooney’s character is based on in the upcoming film “The Men Who Stare At Goats”)? Peter Carroll (founder of Chaos Magick and renegade physicist and proponent of multi-dimensional time)? Totoro (Japanese icon and “keeper of the forest” in Hayao Miyazaki films)?
Kurt on June 29th, 2009 11:37 am

Awesome.

I <3 zombies.

Hey, have you seen?! There are TWO new zombie movies coming out this year!

http://www.apple.com/trailers/independent/deadsnow/

http://www.apple.com/trailers/sony_pictures/zombieland/
Keith on June 29th, 2009 9:46 pm

It didn’t come out this year, but don’t forget Zombie Strippers!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zombie_Strippers
Corey Abernathy on June 29th, 2009 10:30 pm

I think the true expressions of the zombies are shown by the shape of the scars. every scar looks different. A clue of the inner workings of the zombie minds!
Gaia on June 30th, 2009 6:10 pm

Politicians have these expressions!
Hugs from Brazil
Gala on August 9th, 2009 6:47 am

Tribute to Gary Larson? No?