Filmmakers have proposed multiple theories about the origins of the zombie apocalypse throughout zombie history. Such theories range from the traditional Vodoun theory (White Zombie) to the cosmic radiation theory (Dawn of the Dead). In this scenario, zombies originate in China and arrive in the United States as Barbie Zombies from the Mattel Xin Yi factory ("Toys of Misery" 2007). Barre Toelken's Twin Laws of Folklore analyzes the dynamic and conservative aspects of Zombie Barbie. Such aspects include the master versus slave relationship, materialistic/consumeristic lifestyles, subjectivity, and the ideal of pleonexia. Films, such as Halperin's White Zombie, have an obvious slave and master: the exotic natives and the bokor, master versus slave respectively applies to this scenario. Consumer materialism places them in the position of the slave, with producers acting as their masters. Mattel produces most of their products in the Xin Yi factory in China ("Toys of Misery" 2007. ). During a shortage of chemicals needed to make Mattel's most popular toy, Barbie, workers replaced one chemical in the recipe with a different one. However, the chemical had unexpected results: a Zombified Barbie. Strangely, the infected Barbies showed no signs of "infection" until they were removed from the packaging. They were the perfect threat. After docking in Tacoma, Washington, a shipyard worker stole one as a gift to his young daughter. When she opened it, however, she transformed into one of the Zombified Barbie dolls. Simply by touching it, the chemical penetrated the worker, transforming him into a flesh-eating zombie. The virus spread quickly, infecting shipyard workers. Those who managed to escape the virus loaded the packaged Barbie dolls into waiting tractor trailers, sending the virus across the country in a