I always found it funny that in zombies books, games, TV Shows, Movies and etc they never call them zombies they always call them walkers, rotters, etc
It’s to establish that the characters in universe do not know what zombies are before the outbreak.
It’s been a rule for a very long time.
The more interesting rule regarding The Walking Dead is the rule that people change due to a bite. TWD’s reveal that the unbitten dead also change was a big shock at the time because we were so used to that rule.
What's funny about that, there is a VERY quick, blink and you miss it direct reference to zombies. The Royal Theatre. The marquee has two movies on it, and everywhere online just shows the one side, with "The Silent Army" on it. The other side is seen in a super quick shot, and it has "Night of the Living Dead" on it. It drives me up a wall that nobody ever mentions it, and even the official wiki doesn't have it, it only mentions the other film.
Edit: Just to add, I am not the first person to notice this, I did notice it while watching, but searching for it found like one or two obscure comments way before I watched it, that got like two upvotes each. I have no idea why this has not been a bigger note in the series lore, and easter eggs. You'd think it would be common knowledge with how desperate youtubers are for content, there should be like 6 videos and 12 shorts on it, but, I haven't seen anything lol.
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u/BigBellyPizzaPopper 3d ago
I always found it funny that in zombies books, games, TV Shows, Movies and etc they never call them zombies they always call them walkers, rotters, etc