Why is the Zombieman's hair green?

[Noah Eadie]

Did radiation poisoning turn it that color, or was it just a fashion trend on Mars/Hell at the time?

 

If there is no canonical explanation, what is your personal theory?

[Decay]

They are fans of Urban Champion

[HQDefault]

I always assumed that it turns green when they become said zombies. All the other ones you see are bald, so we don't have any evidence to the contrary.

[Yandere_Doomer]

its the 90s, thats probably why.

the zombieman was like "i hope everybody loves my raaaaad hairdo!"

and so thats why the sergeants and chaingunners shaved theirs off, they didnt want to be a part of 90s fashion

[SF.]

The demons brought their reality with them

[Maximum Matt]

Because hipsters must always die first.

[AtticTelephone]

Because the zombieman's favorite color is green.

[TuomasGaming]

The demons dropped poison on his head. Now it's green

[Grazza]

I believe this will provide definitive answers to all and any questions relating to green hair:

 

 

[Cinnamon]

I think the crude answer is that it makes them even easier to differentiate from other demons (especially sergeants). Don't forget, the demons in DOOM are color coded pretty intentionally so that it's easy to get a mental snapshot of what you're up against within less than half a second.

 

The fun answer? Shits and giggles, I presume.

[SilverMiner]

Imho, the hair was made green cuz it makes it easier to distinguish a zombie and a wall behind it that's in most cases not green and adds a cool colour to tan looking bases

[kwc]

  On 12/27/2020 at 10:13 AM, Maximum Matt said:

Because hipsters must always die first.

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I resent that.

 

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[Gez]

'Cuz once you go green, you obey Doctor Breen.

 

Wait, wrong series.

[D4NUK1]

They took a acid bath, and they get a cool green hair.

[smeghammer]

because George:

 

https://wearemitu.com/entertainment/heres-the-legacy-that-latino-horror-director-george-a-romero-leaves-behind/

 

[not sure the b/w film zombies actually had green hair though]

 

 

[⇛Marnetmar⇛]

  On 12/27/2020 at 2:43 PM, SilverMiner said:

Imho, the hair was made green cuz it makes it easier to distinguish a zombie and a wall behind it that's in most cases not green 

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Actual most likely answer

Edited December 27, 2020 by Marn

[Diabolución]

The original post is a red herring to evade the ultimate question: do they have pubic hair of green colour? For better or worse, we will never know the answer, I guess.

[URROVA]

i think because the color of most of zombies is green/gray, so zombie -> green.

[Poncho1]

Why not?

[Kokoro Hane]

This thought never occured to me... but your explanation of the radiation seems to make the most logical sense. That, or they're color coated green for easy.

[SilverMiner]

Ideas for future topics:

"Why shotgunners are bald?"

"Why chaingunners aren't not only bald but also thick"

"Why cacos look like tomatoes?"

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[thelazyqdude]

They went dipping inside of an acid pool and came out as a cool looking zombieman.

[HorrorMovieRei]

They are green with envy because everyone else has more health.

[Loud Silence]

Once they were humans they tried to escape demons' invasion and ran in to damaging floor. Of course they died and fell down to that green slime. Once they woke up, they had new fashion. Other zombies weren't so lucky - green slime burned their hair off completely.

[Yandere_Doomer]

  On 12/27/2020 at 5:46 PM, SilverMiner said:

 

"Why cacos look like tomatoes?"

 

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i always thought they looked like meatballs, thats what i called them before i knew their name, flying meatballs

[⇛Marnetmar⇛]

  On 12/27/2020 at 5:46 PM, SilverMiner said:

Ideas for future topics:

"Why shotgunners are bald?"

"Why chaingunners aren't not only bald but also thick"

"Why cacos look like tomatoes?"

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How *did* the chaingunner get so thick though? 👀

[spineapple tea]

It's 2020 we don't judge.

[Wereknight]

  On 12/27/2020 at 5:46 PM, SilverMiner said:

"Why chaingunners aren't not only bald but also thick"

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At least ONE ass shall be thick. Unfortunately none of these asses are of woman.

  On 12/27/2020 at 5:31 AM, Noah Eadie said:

 

If there is no canonical explanation, what is your personal theory?

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afaik there's no such story behind that. Does it matter tho? You see green, you shoot green. Wait, you're also green, could it be that you are zombieman next door all that time?!

 

  On 12/27/2020 at 8:08 PM, N1ck said:

It's 2020 we don't judge.

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Oh no I do. Always.

Edited December 27, 2020 by Wereknight

[Azuris]

  On 12/27/2020 at 2:37 PM, Cinnamon Killjoy said:

I think the crude answer is that it makes them even easier to differentiate from other demons (especially sergeants). Don't forget, the demons in DOOM are color coded pretty intentionally so that it's easy to get a mental snapshot of what you're up against within less than half a second.

 

The fun answer? Shits and giggles, I presume.

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This would be the Answer.
You can just see them better and seperate them from the others.

[ChopBlock223]

I recall hearing once that the hair turning green was supposed to be some sort of palette conversion error, but the guys decided "Hey, that's kinda cool actually, let's keep it."

No idea if that's true or not, though it would mesh with the very mixed approach to art overall in the game.