Backup Dancer is a frequent character in the Plants vs. Zombies franchise. At the moment he appeared in five games of the series. Backup Dancers are similar to ordinary Zombies, just dressed more funky. They are very common company of Disco Zombie, being summoned by these dancers as backup. Some even say that Backup Dancers might be based on the backup dancers from Michael Jackson's music video Bad. A fanart game cursor with PVZ Backup Dancer.