History YMMV / TheWalkingDead

* AdaptationDecay: Arguably Shane. He lied to Lori about Rick being dead, presumably to be able to have a relationship with her. Beating a man senseless in order to vent his frustration that Lori wants him to stay away from her and her son, and not wanting to continue the affair now Rick's back and is usurping his role as the camp leader. Considering to shoot Rick with a shotgun to get rid of him. Dale's face said it all, "dude... what the hell?"
** Shane didn't lie according to the flashback at the beginning of episode 6.

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

* DesignatedHero: Literally. The moment Rick meets up with the group, he for no apparent reason is proclaimed their leader.

* {{In Name Only}}: The TV show has taken some considerable breaks from the comic. Sure, they say it's to avoid {{Foregone Conclusion}}, and that is reasonable. Still, it's distancing itself from the comic enough that I think it qualifies.
* LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt: You didn't really think that they were going to kill off [[spoiler:Dale and Andrea]] so early, did you?

* UnfortunateImplications: It takes the only other white man around to take down the racist while he's beating on a black guy and the other minority characters all cower or go down with one punch. On the other hand, Rick ''is'' an experienced policeman, who has probably subdued people before, and Merle's delirious comments in the next episode imply that he was once in the military, meaning that the other guys had good reason to be afraid of him. And initially, Rick gets his ass kicked too; it's only when Merle's back is turned that he is able to hit him with the rifle.
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* [=~Hey, It's That Guy!~=]: How in the world did [[{{Teachers}} Simon Casey]], [[PrisonBreak Sara Tancredi]], [[{{Jericho}} Robert Hawkins]], [[TheMist Amanda Dunfey]] and [[HenryPortraitOfASerialKiller Henry Lee Lucas]] all get together to fight zombies?
** [[TheBoondockSaints Murphy MacManus!]]
** Maybe they should have offered Merle a [[{{Mallrats}} chocolate covered pretzel]] ...

* {{Expy}}: Glenn, a spunky young Asian guy who often wears baseball caps, greatly resembles [[IndianaJones Short Round]].

** Maybe they should have offered Merle a [[Mallrats chocolate covered pretzel]] ...

** Maybe they should have offered Merle a [[Mallrats chocolate covered pretzel]]...

** Also, I realize every person may matter, but why not shoot Merle? He attracted more zombies, threatened other people with a gun, and probably would have raped the women (judging by later comments). I was honestly hoping Rick would shoot Merle while he threatened the whole group.

{{In Name Only}}: The TV show has taken some considerable breaks from the comic. Sure, they say it's to avoid {{Foregone Conclusion}}, and that is reasonable. Still, it's distancing itself from the comic enough that I think it qualifies.

* CharacterDerailment: Arguably Shane. He lied to Lori about Rick being dead, presumably to be able to have a relationship with her. Beating a man senseless in order to vent his frustration that Lori wants him to stay away from her and her son, and not wanting to continue the affair now Rick's back and is usurping his role as the camp leader. Considering to shoot Rick with a shotgun to get rid of him. Dale's face said it all, "dude... what the hell?"

* CharacterDerailment: Arguably Shane.
** Can you elaborate on that?
** He lied to Lori about Rick being dead, presumably to be able to have a relationship with her.
** Beating a man senseless in order to vent his frustration that Lori wants him to stay away from her and her son, and not wanting to continue the affair now Rick's back and is usurping his role as the camp leader.
** Considering to shoot Rick with a shotgun to get rid of him. Dale's face said it all, "dude... what the hell?"

** Rick is about to hack up a dead zombie with an axe, but first takes the time to pull out its wallet and find out who it used to be. Anybody who knows anything about zombie survival knows that [[NotAZombie humanizing a zombie]] is the second last thing you want to do, right above covering your fortress in neon signs and search lights.

* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments: Carl explaining to Rick that he still loves his dad, even after everything they've been to and all the terrible things they've both been forced to do.
* SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome: It's hard not to feel a sense of "hell yeah!" when the [[ImAHumanitarian cannibal gang]] finally gets their comeuppance. [[MoodWhiplash What comes immediately after]]... eh, [[HeWhoFightsMonsters not so much]].

* TearJerker: So. Damn. Many.

* SugarWiki/FunnyMoments:
** Rick, having just crawled into a tank to escape from a zombie horde, sits next to a deceased soldier to catch his breath. The soldier suddenly reanimates and turns to eat Rick, before Rick quickly blows the solder's brains out, [[SteelEarDrums forgetting he is in]] [[AvertedTrope a metal enclosed space]].
** Another one happens in the second episode, when Rick and Glenn are [[PretendWereDead pretending to be zombies]] to reach a parking lot.
--> '''Glenn''': (When rain suddenly comes in and the zombies start to get wary) Do they smell us?!
--> '''Rick''': No they don't! (passes by a zombie who eyes him suspiciously) Well, maybe...
* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments:
** Rick reuniting with his family.
** The Mexican Gangsters turning a retirement home into a fortress to pretect their grandparents.

* TearJerker: Morgan trying to shoot his zombified wife.

* UnfortunateImplications: The only person able to stand up to the white supremacist after he bests some minority characters is another white man.

* UnfortunateImplications: It takes the only other white man around to take down the racist while he's beating on a black guy and the other minority characters all cower or go down with one punch. On the other hand, Rick ''is'' an experienced policeman, who has probably subdued people before, and Merle's delirious comments in the next episode imply that he was once in the military, meaning that the other guys had good reason to be afraid of him. And initially, Rick gets his ass kicked too; it's only when Merle's back is turned that he is able to hit him with the rifle.
** The fact that Rick ''is'' white is presumably why Merle chose to keep pounding on the black guy, rather than stop to make sure Rick was down for the count. In which case, it's Merle's own bigotry that's directly to blame for what happens next, making this [[spoiler:DeathByRacism]] rather than UnfortunateImplications.