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* BoomHeadshot

* UndeadChild: At least two parents, The governor and [[spoiler: Morgan]], keep their children around after they turn. One of the more potent sources of HighOctaneNightmareFuel/TearJerker in the series.

*** No way. By far the most egregious example is [[spoiler:Patricia deciding to help Thomas escape]]. Most. Inexplicable. Decision. Ever.

** Well, they are zombies. This troper always assumes that the decomposition makes their noggins a wee bit softer.

* VisualEffectsOfAwesome: [[YourMileageMayVary Subjective]], of course, but this troper thought the folks who worked on AMC's ''Walking Dead'' Motion Comic did a kick-ass job of animating the comic's panels.
** And that's not even getting into the show itself. When you've got KNB handling your gore effects, you know you're up for something special.

Currently, a [[LiveActionAdaptation live action]] television series based on the comic is in production, and scheduled to debut in October on the AMC Network.

* [[WhamEpisode Wham Episode:]] Issue 48. Just...Issue 48.

* ZombieGait - Well, should be obvious.

* FakeAmerican: Andrew Lincoln, an English actor, plays southern Rick in the TV show.
* VisualEffectsOfAwesome: [[YourMileageMayVary Subjective]], of course, but this troper thought the folks who worked on AMC's Walking Dead Motion Comic did a kick-ass job of animating the comic's panels.

Currently, a television series based on the comic is in production, and scheduled to debut in October on the AMC Network.

''The Walking Dead'' is ZombieApocalypse ComicBook, written by Robert Kirkman with art by Charlie Adlard, featuring an [[{{Ensembles}} ensemble cast]] ([[AnyoneCanDie which is constantly in flux]])of survivors [[AfterTheEnd struggling to survive]] over the long-term duration of the zombie uprising. The de facto main character is Rick Grimes, a [[FairCop police officer]] who was shot in the line of duty and when he wakes up from his ConvenientComa, all hell has broken loose. Rick goes in search of his family and safety, both of which end up being more tenuous than not.

A ZombieApocalypse ComicBook featuring an [[{{Ensembles}} ensemble cast]] ([[AnyoneCanDie which is constantly in flux]])of survivors [[AfterTheEnd struggling to survive]] over the long-term duration of the zombie uprising. The de facto main character is Rick Grimes, a [[FairCop police officer]] who was shot in the line of duty and when he wakes up from his ConvenientComa, all hell has broken loose. Rick goes in search of his family and safety, both of which end up being more tenuous than not.

* ActionGirl: [[DeconstructedTrope Deconstructed]] in the case of Michonne. The ZombieApocalypse has honed her into a stone-cold badass, but at the cost of most of her sanity and compassion. [[spoiler: Instead of straight-up killing the Governer, she tortures him and leaves him alive, allowing him to mount an attack on the prison and kill the vast majority of the folks there.]] NiceJobBreakingItHero.

* CompleteMonster: Thomas. And the Governer (in fact, the Governer's pretty much the closest to a [[ShadesOfConflict morally black]] character encountered so far).

** The inevitable ZombieApocalypse "humans are the real threat" has been used a couple of times; the Governer does far more damage to the cast than the zombies have, Thomas [[spoiler: decapitates two children,]] and then there's [[RapeAsDrama Abraham's backstory.]]

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The first bunch of issues are, for the most part, decidedly non-indicative of the overall feel of the series. Aside from the ArtEvolution, as noted above, the overall tone is more [[SlidingScaleOfIdealismVsCynicism optimistic]], and the action more fast-paced, than later volumes. Though the early optimiism may be intentional; case in point Kirkman's other series {{Invincible}}.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The first bunch of issues are, for the most part, decidedly non-indicative of the overall feel of the serie. Aside from the ArtEvolution, as noted above, the overall tone is more [[SlidingScaleOfIdealismVsCynicism optimistic]], and the action more fast-paced, than later volumes. Though the early optimiism may be intentional; case in point Kirkman's other series {{Invincible}}.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The first bunch of issues are, for the most part, decidedly non-indicative of the overall feel of the serie. Aside from the ArtEvolution, as noted above, the overall tone is more [[SlidingScaleOfIdealismVsCynicism optimistic]], and the action more fast-paced, than later volumes.

A ZombieApocalypse ComicBook featuring an [[{{Ensembles}} ensemble cast]] of survivors [[AfterTheEnd struggling to survive]] over the long-term duration of the zombie uprising. The de facto main character is Rick Grimes, a [[FairCop police officer]] who was shot in the line of duty and when he wakes up from his ConvenientComa, all hell has broken loose. Rick goes in search of his family and safety, both of which end up being more tenuous than not.

* FridgeLogic: In the first book, one scene shows that the zombies somehow stopped an ''army tank.'' Granted, the tank itself is intact albiet abandoned, but how on earth did the zombies get to the guys inside?

* CompleteMonster: The Governor. Thomas.

* ItGotWorse: Always does.

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* CelebritySurvivor: Subverted by Tyreese --he used to be a pro football player, but he was washed up by the time of the ZombieApocalypse.

*KillEmAll: By the time the eighth arc was over, a large chunk of the cast had been killed off. Of the original group, the only ones left are [[spoiler: Rick, Carl, Glenn, and Andrea.]]

[[caption-width-right:350:They are the least of your problems]]