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* Thomas says he's in prison for tax evasion, but is really a SerialKiller. Shouldn't someone have realized that tax evaders don't go to the same prisons as robbers, drug dealers and murderers?
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** Kirkman specifically decided to never reveal what actually caused the ZombieApocalypse, or how TheVirus worked; it might be a biological weapon, it might be supernatural, it might be some horrific natural disease mutating out of control or even God's Wrath, we'll never know either way. The only thing we DO know is that it wasn't caused by aliens - because Kirkman used that as part of the comics pitch to get it picked up, even though it was never intended to be the actual cause.
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**Apparently, somebody on the writing staff for Dead City had this same idea, since we see that The Croat does just this.
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* So when Eugene first talks to Rick about his plan to start making new bullets, he says he wants to use them on the Saviors as payback for them killing Abraham. But later, when Rick comes to talk to him during the build up to All-out War Eugene says he only ever thought of using the bullets on walkers, not humans?
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*** In the comic this is acknowledged in-universe by the characters, noting that the bites themselves are far more fatal than they would logically be, even after the characters have ready access to antibiotics and medication. This is the catalyst for Negan's plan to [[spoiler: poison the Saviors weapons with Walker spit]]
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* WordOfGod has it that the reason nobody in ''Series/TheWalkingDead'' calls the Walkers 'zombies' is because ''Film/NightOfTheLivingDead1968'' does not exist in that universe. However, nobody in ''Film/NightOfTheLivingDead1968'' ever refers to the dead as zombies, preferring to call them 'ghouls' or 'those things'. In fact, the word 'zombie' isn't used in any of Romero's 'Dead' films until ''Film/LandOfTheDead'', apparently because Romero never made that connection and was never entirely happy with it when he was made aware of it. Which means that the resemblance between Haitian voodoo zombies and Romero's undead cannibals was spotted by somebody in the real world, ''our'' world! Given that, is there any other reason why somebody in ''Series/TheWalkingDead'' universe couldn't come up with that name? Granted, they've probably got bigger things to be concerned about...

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* WordOfGod has it that the reason nobody in ''Series/TheWalkingDead'' ''Series/TheWalkingDead2010'' calls the Walkers 'zombies' is because ''Film/NightOfTheLivingDead1968'' does not exist in that universe. However, nobody in ''Film/NightOfTheLivingDead1968'' ever refers to the dead as zombies, preferring to call them 'ghouls' or 'those things'. In fact, the word 'zombie' isn't used in any of Romero's 'Dead' films until ''Film/LandOfTheDead'', apparently because Romero never made that connection and was never entirely happy with it when he was made aware of it. Which means that the resemblance between Haitian voodoo zombies and Romero's undead cannibals was spotted by somebody in the real world, ''our'' world! Given that, is there any other reason why somebody in ''Series/TheWalkingDead'' ''Series/TheWalkingDead2010'' universe couldn't come up with that name? Granted, they've probably got bigger things to be concerned about...
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For the [[Series/TheWalkingDead TV show]], see '''[[Headscratchers/TheWalkingDeadTVShow here]]'''.

For the [[VideoGame/TheWalkingDead video game]], see '''[[Headscratchers/TheWalkingDeadVideoGame here]]'''.


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For the [[Series/TheWalkingDead [[Series/TheWalkingDead2010 TV show]], see '''[[Headscratchers/TheWalkingDeadTVShow '''[[Headscratchers/TheWalkingDead2010 here]]'''.

For the [[VideoGame/TheWalkingDead [[VideoGame/TheWalkingDeadTelltale video game]], see '''[[Headscratchers/TheWalkingDeadVideoGame '''[[Headscratchers/TheWalkingDeadTelltale here]]'''.

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* Why does Brian claim his name is Phillip at the end of ''The Road to Woodbury?'' He didn't seem to have any reason to change his name, especially since it's next to impossible to do background checks now. And it's not like he was some big name war criminal or bank robber before the world ended? Why not just say his name was Brian and be done with it? It just seemed like something thrown in [[ShockingSwerve for the sake of blindsiding the readers about The Governor's character]].

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* Why does Brian claim his name is Phillip at the end of ''The Road to Woodbury?'' He didn't seem to have any reason to change his name, especially since it's next to impossible to do background checks now. And it's not like he was some big name war criminal or bank robber before the world ended? Why not just say his name was Brian and be done with it? It just seemed like something thrown in [[ShockingSwerve for the sake of blindsiding the readers about The Governor's character]].character.
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** There is at least one group with a very strong reason to track the date: the Catholic Church. Many sacred days, especially Christmas and most especially Easter Sunday, are defined in astronomical terms and must be performed on the correct day to be spiritually valid.
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** I think it was supposed to be left intentionally ambiguous in order to let the readers decide whether or not [[spoiler: they [[MoralEventHorizon crossed the line]] [[InfantImmortality by solving]] [[AvertedTrope the problem.]]]]

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** I think it was supposed to be left intentionally ambiguous in order to let the readers decide whether or not [[spoiler: they [[MoralEventHorizon crossed the line]] [[InfantImmortality [[ImprobableInfantSurvival by solving]] [[AvertedTrope the problem.]]]]

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