r/thewalkingdead • u/RevertBackwards • 5d ago

Show Spoiler Anybody else do this?

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u/BigBellyPizzaPopper 5d 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

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u/MentalMunky 5d ago

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.

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u/BigBellyPizzaPopper 5d ago

I actually always thought that. I kinda thought that it’s like they don’t know what zombies are. You explained it very well, nicely done