History VideoGame / THEWALKINGDEAD

* GroinAttack: [[spoiler:At the end of episode 3 Jane shoots Troy there so he would draw the walkers. He deserves it.]]

* MythologyGag: Promotional art shows Clementine with an axe in a protective stance with AJ reminiscent of artwork for the first game with Lee and Clementine in much the same way.

* UnexpectedGameplayChange: It quickly becomes apparent that the gameplay is vastly different compared to the previous three seasons, and indeed other games in Telltale's repertoire; instead of the fixed camera angles present in other works, an over-the-shoulder camera is used with full freedom to move the camera, not unlike ''VideoGame/TheLastOfUs''.

* UnexpectedGameplayChange: It quickly becomes apparent that the gameplay is vastly different compared to the previous 3 seasons, and indeed other games in Telltale's repertoire; instead of the fixed camera angles present in other works, an over-the-shoulder camera is used with full freedom to move the camera, not unlike ''VideoGame/TheLastOfUs''.

* GrandFinale: As the title says, it's the finale of the Telltale version of The Walking Dead.

* RealityEnsues: AJ has spent his entire life knowing nothing but distrust and hostility towards anyone that isn't Clementine. When he arrives at the school, his first actions involve savagely biting Ruby, delivering a GroinAttack to Marlon and just causing trouble for everyone else around him.

* TimeSkip: Set some years after season 3. Clementine is now round 17 while AJ is at least 6 years old.
* WhatTheHellHero: [[spoiler: When Marlon lets slip that he traded Sophie and Minnie to raiders and told everyone they were dead, Tenn steps forward and gives Marlon one of these.]]
* WouldHurtAChild: [[spoiler: Marlon has no qualms about giving his own people to the raiders for safety, intending to do so with AJ and having already done it with both of Tenn's sisters at least a year ago.]]

** [[spoiler:AJ is seemingly taken away from Clementine ''again'' after the car crash shortly into Season 4 Episode 1, but not to worry, he was just being saved from the car crash by the residents of school, and you reunite with AJ shortly after.]]

** [[spoiler:Regardless of whether you choose Louis or Violet to appeal to during the confrontation with Marlon, your appeal will ''initially'' fail, as Louis chooses to side with his best friend and Violet only met you two days ago. Not to worry, if you ''keep'' appealing to either Louis or Violet, the person in question will eventually be persuades to step in front of Marlon's gun to protect you.]]

The fourth and final season returns the focus once more to Clementine, has reunited with her adopted son AJ. It premiered in 2018.

The fourth and final season returns the focus once more to Clementine, who is searching for her adopted son AJ. It premiered in 2018.

* TimeSkip: Set some years after season 3. Clementine is now a young adult while AJ is at least 6-9 years old.

The fourth and final season returns the focus once more to Clementine, who is searching for her adopted son AJ. It will premiere in 2018.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: The fate of [[spoiler: Alvin Jr.]] is explored in Clementine's flashbacks, but has yet to be fully revealed. [[spoiler: In episode 3, it is shown that the New Frontier took him away from Clementine after stealing or attempting to steal drugs to deal with Alvin Jr. sickness. Clem assumes that AJ dies from his sickness, but David reveals that he survived, and you can learn Alvin Jr.'s location in episode 4 if you agree to kill Dr. Lingard on his request, as he'll tell you that Alvin Jr. is in McCarroll Ranch. If you don't kill him in episode 4, then at the end of episode 5, Dr. Lingard will still tell you the information because by then he'll finally be in a stable state of mind.]]

* TimeSkip: Set some years after season 3. Clementime is now a young adult while AJ is at least 6-9 years old.

** When [[spoiler: Lee gets bitten and chooses to amputate his arm, he still slowly succumbs to his infection anyway, considering that a good amount of time had passed, they/he had traveled to another location a fair distance away, and that he had already passed out, showing that the infection already spread to his brain.]]

** "No Time Left": It's not an achievement, but it's still a pun. [[spoiler: You have little time in Episode 5, the one with said title, because you got bit. Even if you cut your arm off, you still can't survive. It could be because of the blood loss, you getting your arm cut by something that probably isn't all the clean, or the fact that you didn't remove the bitten arm immediately after the bite. The arm that gets bit is your ''left'' hand. It also has your watch.]] Get it? [[PunctuatedForEmphasis No. Time. LEFT!]]

* BlackDudeDiesFirst: Averted, the only black guy in the group is the protagonist. In fact, even if the player gets him killed while playing as him, he's still never the actual first death: the very earliest in the game Lee can die is when he's attacked by a zombie after the police car crashes -- and that's after the walkers kill the officer first, turning him into a zombie. So even if the player gets Lee killed right away, he's the ''second'' to die in the whole game and not the ''first''.

* ''VideoGame/OverkillsTheWalkingDead'': A FirstPersonShooter from ''VideoGame/PAYDAYTheHeist'' and ''VideoGame/PAYDAY2'' developer Overkill Software.

** Perhaps one of the laziest examples in the Season occurs in episode 5. [[spoiler: You and Jane catch a bystander at gunpoint and are given the option of either stealing his medication or letting him leave. If you choose to steal it from him, he will return later with a heavily armed entourage and he will tell them you've robbed him. If you choose to not take the medicine and let him go, he will return with a heavily armed entourage... and tell them you robbed him. Even Clementine's dialogue forces you to go along with this, as there's no option to deny stealing from him.]]

* WellIntentionedExtremist: In the final episode, [[spoiler: Eleanor]] attempts to justify her actions in Episode 4 (most notably, betrayal of Javi and his friends) this way.

* ItsUpToYou: The number of times an 11 year old girl is asked to take point on even extremely dangerous tasks becomes almost comical. Especially {{egregious}} is when all of the adults defer to Clem's expertise in figuring out how to turn off a wind turbine. Though this is usually because the other members of the group are otherwise preoccupied taking care of their family or [[WorfHadTheFlu recent events have made their abilities... questionable.]] There are also other times where Clementine's specially suited to a task (such as being smaller and sneakier) so there are at least [[JustifiedTrope in-story reasons]] for this besides the fact that you're the protagonist.

* DeadHatShot: There's one in "Long Road Ahead" as part of a NonstandardGameOver. If you can't convince Kenny to stop the train then Lee will return alone to the boxcar and see Clementine's hat lying on the floor just before he gets murdered by [[spoiler: Zombie Duck.]]

** If you fire all but one of your bullets during the mansion attack in "No Time Left", you can give the last one to Kenny when he tries to [[spoiler: help Ben after his fall, so he can MercyKill Ben and himself]]. Otherwise, he'll only have the one bullet taken from the gun of the dead couple found just before.

** Presumably what happens to [[spoiler:Ken, when he stays behind to MercyKill Ben]] in "No Time Left". [[spoiler: However, he "got lucky" and escaped unharmed.]]

** And in "No Time Left", [[spoiler: Kenny]]--partly to atone for his treatment of Ben--stays behind in an alleyway to MercyKill [[spoiler: Ben]] with his last bullet [[BolivianArmyEnding in the face of a horde of walkers]].