History Characters / TheWalkingDead2010MorganJones

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[[Characters/TheWalkingDead2010RicksGroup Rick's Group]] | [[Characters/TheWalkingDead2010GrimesFamily The Grimes Family]] ([[Characters/TheWalkingDead2010RickGrimes Rick Grimes]]) | [[Characters/TheWalkingDead2010Georgia Georgia]] ('''Morgan Jones''', [[Characters/TheWalkingDead2010GabrielStokes Gabriel Stokes]]) | [[Characters/TheWalkingDead2010Atlanta Atlanta]] | [[Characters/TheWalkingDead2010AtlantaSurvivorCamp Atlanta Survivor Camp]] ([[Characters/TheWalkingDead2010DarylDixon Daryl Dixon]], [[Characters/TheWalkingDead2010CarolPeletier Carol Peletier]]) | [[Characters/TheWalkingDead2010GreeneFamilyAndFriends Greene Family & Friends]] ([[Characters/TheWalkingDead2010MaggieGreene Maggie Greene]]) | [[Characters/TheWalkingDead2010PrisonNewcomers Prison Newcomers]] ([[Characters/TheWalkingDead2010MichonneHawthorne Michonne Hawthorne]]) | [[Characters/TheWalkingDead2010Woodbury Woodbury]] ([[Characters/TheWalkingDead2010PhilipBlake The Governor]]) | [[Characters/TheWalkingDead2010TyreesesGroup Tyreese's Group]] | [[Characters/TheWalkingDead2010ChamblerFamily The Chambler Family]] | [[Characters/TheWalkingDead2010AbrahamsGroup Abraham's Group]] | [[Characters/TheWalkingDead2010Terminus Terminus]] | [[Characters/TheWalkingDead2010TheCoalitionAndOtherAllies The Coalition & Other Allies]] ([[Characters/TheWalkingDead2010AlexandriaSafeZone Alexandria Safe-Zone]], [[Characters/TheWalkingDead2010TheHilltopColony The Hilltop Colony]], [[Characters/TheWalkingDead2010TheKingdom The Kingdom]], [[Characters/TheWalkingDead2010Oceanside Oceanside]]) | [[Characters/TheWalkingDead2010TheSaviors The Saviors]] ([[Characters/TheWalkingDead2010NeganSmith Negan Smith]], [[Characters/TheWalkingDead2010SaviorOutposts Savior Outposts]], [[Characters/TheWalkingDead2010FormerSaviors Former Saviors]]) | [[Characters/TheWalkingDead2010MagnasGroup Magna's Group]] | [[Characters/TheWalkingDead2010TheWhisperers The Whisperers]] ([[Characters/TheWalkingDead2010Dee Alpha]]) | [[Characters/TheWalkingDead2010TheCommonwealth The Commonwealth]] | [[Characters/TheWalkingDead2010TheReapers The Reapers]] | [[Characters/TheWalkingDead2010OtherAntagonists Other Antagonists]] | [[Characters/TheWalkingDead2010OtherSurvivors Other Survivors]]]]]]-]

!!As Morgan Jones has moved to the cast of ''Series/FearTheWalkingDead'', the aforementioned spoiler embargo applies to the first six seasons of ''Fear'' as well.

** In TWD Season 6, Owen the Alpha Wolf becomes his. In Seasons 7 and 8, Jared the Savior takes this trope.

* BreakoutCharacter: One of the most popular characters despite the scarcity of his appearances. His appearances in TheStinger's of Season 5 helped to greatly hype up his return to the main ensemble, and for Season 6, he's front and center in many of the promotions. Morgan is later the first character chosen to cross over to ''Series/FearTheWalkingDead'' in a major role before becoming the lead character.

** In Season 7, his [[spoiler:assassination attempt of Strand nearly works until Strand notices the blue dye from the poison still lingering on his thumb.]] With the Stalker attack, Morgan was evidently too distracted to simply wash his hands or at least wipe off his thumb. It not only compounds his failure to [[spoiler:kill Strand]], but it also results in the loss of what was a potential mending of fences between the two men, as well as Grace and Mo being forced to stay at the Tower.
* {{Foil}}: Just like Shane became a sort of EvilCounterpart to Rick, Morgan becomes an extreme, darker reflection of what Rick could've become in TWD Season 3, and Rick himself realizes this. Rick's attempts to bring Morgan back with him to the prison sound like Rick attempting to give advice to himself to prevent himself from going further into SanitySlippage. By the end of Season 5, while Rick has gone DarkerAndEdgier, Morgan has become more of a GoodCounterpart similar to the Rick of Seasons 1, 2, and early Season 4.

* HeterosexualLifePartners: He becomes best friends with John and is devastated when he perishes. Their friendship was so strong that he can only refer to John's father as "Mr. Dorie" with the utmost respect, [[spoiler:and is similarly devastated when Sr. dies.]]

* NeverGotToSayGoodbye: Due to leaving the show for ''Fear'', several of his friends have died since he left Alexandria; most prominently, Rick is believed to have perished following a horde invasion in "What Comes After", and Henry was one of the many victims of the pike massacre incurred by Alpha in Season 9.

* PromotionToOpeningTitles: Added to the TitleSequence of TWD Season 6. He is the first character to be removed from the credits without being killed off, since he leaves the show at the end of Season 8 for ''Fear''.

* PutOnABus: At the end of the pilot episode. He also leaves the cast of the main series after Season 8, which is shown in the first episode of Season 4 of ''Series/FearTheWalkingDead'', traveling from Virginia to Texas.

** And finally seems to put it to rest for good in Season 6 of ''Fear''. When Sherry's group inform him that they are going to kill Virginia, Morgan is onboard, but wants to wait until the moment is right instead of going in guns-blazing. Later, he outright tries to [[spoiler:assassinate Strand in Season 7.]]

* WalkingTheEarth: He burns down King County and wanders around the woods as a madman before encountering Eastman, who helps him regain his sanity. After his mentor's death, Morgan heads towards Terminus. When he discovers Rick's warning, he follows the Hunters' trail markers to their base at the school, then to Gabriel's church, where he finds Abraham's map. After that, he heads through Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Virginia before encountering Daryl and Aaron.
* WeUsedToBeFriends: He and Victor fall out after the latter tries to have him killed so he can claim all the glory for stopping Teddy just to prove himself to Alicia, only for this to buy Teddy enough time to launch his nukes. Victor [[NeverMyFault blames everything on Morgan and his ways]] while Morgan is understandably still sore at Victor for trying to kill him and just making things worse. They end up on opposite sides of an attempted war as the season progresses, and even attempt to kill one another again: Morgan via [[spoiler:poisoning]] and Strand by having Morgan nearly fed to a walker.

!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/LennieJames
!!!'''Voiced By:''' Alejandro "Peyo" García (Spanish dub), Creator/TsuguoMogami (Japanese dub), Engelbert von Nordhausen (German dub), Thierry Desroses (French dub), Paolo Marchese (Italian dub), Lukáš Hlavica (Czech dub), Zsolt Anger [Seasons 1, 3, 5], Ákos Kőszegi [Seasons 6-8, ''Fear''] (Hungarian dub)

** Despite reconciling with Rick, he refuses to join him at the prison (partially because he realizes Rick is preparing for his war with The Governor), but accepts a map to the prison until he can "get clear". He eventually leaves and encounters Eastman before heading in the direction of Terminus. After finding Rick's map, he travels the over 650 miles between Terminus and Washington, D.C., all on his own.

* AscendedExtra: Prior to Season 6 of ''The Walking Dead'', Lennie James' busy schedule prevented him from having a larger role, which is why he did not appear in Seasons 2 and 4. The producers nevertheless resolved to have him in as much as possible, so Morgan had two uncredited cameos in TheStinger's of "No Sanctuary" and "Coda", and a full appearance in "Conquer". After being an infrequently recurring character for the first five seasons, he joins the main cast in Season 6, PromotionToOpeningTitles and all. This is also is in play when one considers his comic counterpart, who quickly faded into the background upon his rejoining the group, whereas this Morgan is a major character. He eventually crosses over to become one of the main cast of ''Fear the Walking Dead'', giving him even more original storylines since ''Fear'' is not directly based on the comics as the flagship series is.

* BothSidesHaveAPoint: In his conflict with Carol he points out that killing is not always the solution, while she points out that sometimes you have to kill to protect those you care about.

* CrazyPrepared: By "Clear", his new base has been laced with booby traps for walkers and even outlined with escape routes using drawn arrows on the ground for every possible scenario. Also his firearms and ammunition stock...

* DeathSeeker: Shows signs of this after the loss of his wife, which might likely have prompted [[IdiotBall his actions]] at the end of "Days Gone Bye". He later begs Rick to shoot him because [[ICannotSelfTerminate he couldn't bring himself to commit suicide]]. His search for Rick and much more zen mentality as of "No Sanctuary" show that he's overcome his depression.
* DecompositeCharacter: His comic death of being bitten by a walker and having his arm amputated by Michonne, causing him to bleed out, goes to Tyreese in the show.

** Duane being killed by his undead wife, who he was previously unable to bring himself to kill. After Eastman's teachings, he's recovered and become much more emotionally stable. Its later implied that his sanity is tied to his newfound pacifism and adherence to aikido, so he's not fully recovered yet. Crosses this again after his protege Benjamin gets killed by Jared, prompting Morgan to abandon his pacifist ways and decide from then on that every Savior must (and will) die.

* DoesNotLikeGuns: He is hesitant about guns since learning Akido (besides using them on walkers, anyway) and his new philosophy on not killing, right down to refusing to take one when the Wolves attack. Rick has to practically make him take one when he goes to look for Carol on his own and even though he starts carrying from that point on he is still hesitant to use a firearm after having to shoot and kill a Savior to save Carol. He starts using guns again after abandoning his no killing philosophy while fighting against the Saviors, though his weapon is still a spear.

** In Season 4, when Martha asks for painkillers he earlier offered her - and after he's just learned the group has been poisoned - Morgan hastily tries to give it to her, only for her to grab him to force him into a car wreck.
** In Season 5, even after being told of might of Virginia's forces approaching, he refuses to simply flee Humbug Gulch, determined to prove he can make it work as a safe-zone despite countless reasons as to why he shouldn't bother. This results in buying Virginia the time she needs to catch up to the group and capture them.

* HeWhoFightsMonsters: In "Clear", he talks about this trope, in particular how he's become as uncaring as the walkers. He outgrows it by the time he and Rick reunite, but returns to it after Benjamin is murdered by Jared.

* IDidWhatIHadToDo: Basically Morgan's response to killing several of Virginia's Pioneers. He gave them the choice to switch sides, but they swore loyalty to Virginia, and he was forced to put them down to avoid yet another obstacle to his mission.

* MyWayOrTheHighway: Frequently. He refuses to break his ThouShaltNotKill mindset in TWD Season 6. This goes as far as to refuse to kill the psychotic Wolves and locking their leader, Owen, in a room in Alexandria. When Carol finds out she tries to kill Owen and in his refusal to allow her to do this out of his belief that he can be redeemed, Morgan fights her and in their brief scuffle ends up knocking her unconscious. In Season 7, he's forced to do some major introspection once he fails to uphold Eastman's absolutist teachings. In Season 6 of ''Fear'', he outright admits he's had this mindset and seeks to make up for it.

* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: Morgan's primary arc from Seasons 4-5 of ''Fear'' have him debate the merits of helping people and staying loyal to them after everything he's lost, and ultimately deciding that it's worth trying to do good and help people. For becoming a crusading helper around Texas, he is ultimately punished severely by Virginia who tears his group apart as she pleases (including being petty enough to separate the newly-wed June and John) and then shoots him out of nothing but pure spite. It rattles Morgan to the core who realizes his pacifistic ways simply won't cut it anymore.

* PapaWolf: Once he becomes Mo's adoptive father he displays a certain crazed look longtime fans of the franchise will [[{{Pun}} clearly]] recognize when she's in danger.

* RecklessPacifist: Unfortunately, his pacifist ideology comes into conflict with Rick's group due to the fact that killing has grown into the much preferred norm of the zombie world. In fact, his choice to show mercy to [[AlwaysChaoticEvil the Wolves]] caused them to nearly murder his friends Rick and Denise.

** After Duane is killed by his zombie wife and he has to put them both down. He writes fanatically on walls including basic reminders, creates death traps for and robs any travelers, and has become obsessed with clearing the town of walkers in a penance for Duane. Thanks to Eastman's counseling, by Season 5, he's much more sane.

* ItsAllMyFault: Blames himself for the death of Duane.

* NotWorthKilling: He allows Teddy to leave after launching the nukes, convinced he’s probably going to die anyway.

!!!'''Voiced By:''' Alejandro "Peyo" García (Spanish dub), Tsuguo Mogami (Japanese dub), Engelbert von Nordhausen (German dub), Thierry Desroses (French dub), Paolo Marchese (Italian dub), Lukáš Hlavica (Czech dub), Zsolt Anger [Seasons 1, 3, 5], Ákos Kőszegi [Seasons 6-8, ''Fear''] (Hungarian dub)

** And finally seems to put it to rest for good in Season 6 of ''Fear''. When Sherry's group inform him that they are going to kill Virginia, Morgan is onboard, but wants to wait until the moment is right instead of going in guns-blazing.

!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Series/{{The Walking Dead|2010}}'' (Seasons 1, 3, 5-8) | ''Series/FearTheWalkingDead'' (Seasons 4-present)

!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Series/TheWalkingDead'' (Seasons 1, 3, 5-8) | ''Series/FearTheWalkingDead'' (Seasons 4-present)

* DoesNotLikeGuns: He is hesitant about guns since learning Akido (besides using them on walkers, anyway) and his new philosophy on not killing, right down to refusing to take one when the Wolves attack. Rick has to practically make him take one when he goes to look for Carol on his own and even though he starts carrying from that point on he is still hesitant to use a firearm after having to shoot and kill a Savior to save Carol. He starts using guns again after abandoning his no killing philosophy while fighting against the Saviors, though his WeaponOfChoice is still a spear.

* WeaponOfChoice:
** His staff, which becomes a spear once he decides to put to rest his pacifist ideals.
** He ends up fusing the spear with the blade of the axe he takes from a bounty hunter named Emile in ''Fear''.

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