With Zombies

With Zombies" is the seventeenth cartoon to air on Shut Up! Cartoons. The first episode came out on December 5, 2012 and the last on February 6, 2013. "With Zombies" replaced "Really Freaking Embarrassing."

Description
''See what life is like after the Zombie Apocalypse has finished and the Martin family tries to return to normal. Tune in every Wednesday right here on Shut Up! Cartoons.''

Simon Martin
Simon is the nerdy son in the Martin family. He is the first to notice that the zombies are returning to normal. He has been shown to be bullied very much at school, even when he and Carly are the last living students at the school. Some of the fans have speculated that Simon had been bitten sometime prior to the first episode and has become (or is becoming) a zombie. The speculation began in the episode Our Apocalypse when a fly landed on Simon's head when the zombies are outside and the fact he was wearing make up, claiming it was a pimple. In Back to School, the speculation was proven when Simon went to the bathroom during class, saying that he needed to put his contact lens back on. In the bathroom, it had appeared that Simon had the eyes the zombies have when he put the lens back on. In Simon's Secret, Simon finally admits that he is a zombie, but only to Carly because she burst into the bathroom when he was reapplying the make-up and tells her not to tell anyone, especially Jeff. Simon explained that before the family took shelter, Simon was bitten by a zombie squirrel, but unlike all the other zombies, Simon did not try to kill his family when he became a zombie.

Carly Martin
Carly is the gothic daughter of the Martin family. Carly has been known to be poetic and acts like a typical goth girl. As the last living girl at her school, Carly has suddenly become the most popular girl, much to her disgust when zombie boys flirt with her. She is also the first to find out that Simon is a zombie and promises not to tell, mostly because she does not want to talk to her dad more than she has to.

Jeff Martin
Jeff is Simon and Carly's dad. He is extremely serious about protecting his family from zombies and in the trailer, he still believes that the zombies are dangerous even after they returned to normal. He starts having strange visions of his father talking to him through inanimate objects (such as manholes and pancakes) and encouraging him to not cower in fear. However, after finding out that Simon is a zombie in Never Listen to Dead People, he decides to have a change of heart and shoot the tree that he heard his father from instead of Simon.

Karen Martin
Karen is Simon and Carly's mom. She knows best for her family and often goes on a psychotic rage when it comes to her family's needs and will do anything for her family, such as chasing a school bus on foot so the kids could go to school. Since the apocalypse ended, Karen has been going on with her life, as if there was never any apocalypse at all, despite causing a massive car accident that killed many zombies in The Road Ahead. Karen has been very intolerant of Jeff's recent behavior, but blindly follows him when they set out to search for Simon. In Snowglobe, Karen has known the entire time that Simon is a zombie, claiming that a mother knows these things. Karen says that as long as Simon is not trying to kill the family and he is getting good grades at school, she is completely fine with that.

Reception
While most Wednesday cartoons were met with negative reception (or mixed in the case of Weasel Town), "With Zombies" became the first Wednesday cartoon to be met with positive reception. The series was praised for its plot and vibrant characters. However, some complained that the episodes were too short and ended too soon, especially when it ends right when the story comes to a turning point in some episodes. Some had also cited how similar the Martin family is to American Dad's Smith family.

Openings
After every saying, Ian says, "SHUT UP!", followed by Jeff Martin saying, "Cartoons."


 * 1) Our Apocalypse: "I think I ate a couple of those kids myself."
 * 2) A Horrible Epilogue: "I think you might be racist against zombies."
 * 3) The Road Ahead: "A real man kills everything he sees."
 * 4) Back to School: "Time to clean the toilet. Time to clean the toilet."
 * 5) The Tea Party's Over: "What the hell is a British?"
 * 6) Fiddlesticks: "You're the one living in the past, past liver!"
 * 7) Simon's Secret: "Round fruit. Nature's stressful."
 * 8) A New Breed: "I am soooo bored."
 * 9) Never Listen to Dead People: "Eat lead, you piece of oak."
 * 10) Snowglobe: "Yippe-ki-yay mother front door."