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| NOTE: This page is only about the version of Rick Grimes from the graphic novel series. His TV counterpart was voted Inconsistently Admirable. |
| “ | This world has scarred us, mentally and physically. We carry those scars with us--each and every day. They serve as a reminder of what we've lived through--what others have done to us to survive... sacrifices made... all to get us here. To this point. To have so many of us here. To be safe. To be so close to the way things were before. I used to think we had to put our humanity on hold... embrace a savageness in order to survive... because our world, the one we knew, was never coming back. I was wrong. We are on the road back, I can see our future ahead of us, and it is bright. We no longer live surrounded by the dead. We're not among them--not living on borrowed time... We do not live minute to minute, in minutes stolen from us by the dead. We can be happy... we can be content... we can have peace. We can live again. WE ARE NOT THE WALKING DEAD! | „ |
| ~ Rick's last motivational speech to the people of the Commonwealth. |
Rick Grimes is the main protagonist of The Walking Dead graphic novel series. He is a former sheriff's deputy who awakens from a coma to find the world overrun by walkers. Rick initially sets out to find his wife, Lori, and son, Carl, and eventually becomes the leader of a group of survivors.
Throughout the series, Rick undergoes significant character development as he grapples with the challenges of leading the group, making difficult decisions to ensure their survival, and struggling with his own moral compass in a world where traditional rules and ethics have been upended. He is portrayed as a resourceful, determined, and sometimes morally conflicted character who evolves from a law enforcement officer into a hardened survivor and leader.
In the official motion comic, he was voiced by Phil LaMarr.
His Good Ranking[]
What Makes Him Close to Being Pure Good?[]
- After awaking from his coma, he traveled from Kentucky all the way to Atlanta, Georgia to find his family. And when his former best friend Shane snapped and tried to kill him, Rick attempted to talk him out of it.
- After the death of Allen's wife, he consoled him and reminded him he still had something left to live for in raising his kids.
- He led the group to the prison and helped clear out walkers, providing a safe haven for the group.
- He rescued several of his group members from the Governor.
- He defended the prison from a large hoard of walkers and kept it from being overrun.
- He amputated Dale's leg after he was bitten to save his life.
- After the Governor took control of the prison, Rick risked his life during an assault to take it back.
- When the attempt to reclaim the prison failed, resulting in it being overrun, Rick led his group through the wilderness to locate a new home.
- He tracked down and killed The Hunters, a group of cannibals preying on vulnerable survivors.
- With his help, the group eventually stumbled upon the Alexandria Safe-Zone, which became their new home for the foreseeable future.
- Rick proved the group's trustworthiness and successfully integrated them into Alexandra's community.
- He led a defense against the walkers invading Alexandria.
- He ventured outside the safety of Alexandria's walls, hoping to establish contact with other communities and build a new society.
- After a run-in with The Saviors and their leader Negan, resulting in Glenn's death, Rick formulated a plan of attack and successfully defeated them, freeing Hilltop, Alexandria, and other local communities from their tyrannical control. He even spares Negan despite his heinous actions.
- Rick united the communities against the Whisperers and successfully killed their leader Alpha by instilling his trust in Negan and allowing him the opportunity to redeem himself.
- Upon learning about the Commonwealth's corruption, Rick and his group worked to expose their leaders, in hopes of convincing their people to rise against the oppression.
- After successfully overthrowing the Commonwealth's leaders and being the catalyst for change within their community, Rick gives an inspirational speech about rebuilding society and learning to live again.
- Even after his tragic murder by Sebastian Milton, Rick became a martyr whose legacy would lead society to rebuilding itself in his image after a few decades, with his son Carl becoming his successor, thriving in the new world.
- While he can ruthless, violent, and lethal at times (having killed dozens of people), the vast majority of his kills were in self-defense or to save others, and he ultimately sheds most of his wrathfulness by the end of the series.
What Prevents Him From Being Pure Good?[]
- He's made multiple morally-grey decisions and acted a lot more anti-heroic in earlier volumes. He killed Dexter in cold blood to prevent him from overtaking the prison, was planning on robbing and destroying the Hilltop colony if he deemed them to be "bad people", and threatened to usurp Alexandria's leadership, not to mention the many indirect causalities as a result of war with the Saviors and Whisperers. However, these are all minor preventions as Rick subverted all of his negative traits by the end of the series and clearly made up for his mistakes.
Trivia[]
- Compared to his TV counterpart (who’s considered Inconsistently Admirable) Comic Rick is a lot more noble and heroic due to subverting the preventions that ultimately keep TV Rick from qualifying.
- Although, he would have also qualified for IA too had he not been reformed by the series’ finale.
- Ironically, this means that he and his son Carl Grimes' TV and comic counterparts are opposite of each other: While TV Carl is Near Pure Good and Comic Carl is Inconsistently Admirable, TV Rick is Inconsistently Admirable and Comic Rick is Near Pure Good.
External Links[]
- Rick Grimes on the Heroes Wiki
- Rick Grimes on the Walking Dead Wiki
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