The Walking Dead
Summary
AsThe Walking Deaduniverse go along to grow and develop , zombie variants prove to be an exciting new addition but also came with many problems . The concept of zombi variants revolved around the idea of creating novel versions of the usual walkers found throughout the franchise . Rather than having typical slow - actuate zombie , the serial innovate smarter , quicker , and stronger walkers . The Walking Dead : Daryl Dixoneven bestow battery-acid zombies , showing just how singular and versatile the undead had become . While these gain created some bigger bet and novel problem , they also created inconsistency and plot jam throughout the franchise which have n’t been in full addressed .
By insert variants , The walk Deadessentially rewrite its own rules . The zombie apocalypse localise makes it hard to create concrete way in which the world works , but the show did a good job of doing this early on . Establishing that everyone was infected and that a sharpness was n’t necessarily fateful if the tree branch was cut off , created a clear way in which zombies and the threat they posed worked . Destroying the mentality being the only path to kill them also became wanton to understand . Now though , variants whole interchange what zombies are up to ofand undo the groundwork the series had done previously , producing many inconsistency within the franchise .
6The Walking Dead Had Variants In Season 1
Variants Have Unintentionally Been Around Since The First Season
While it might not have been the show ’s specify plan , variant walkers have been around inThe Walking Deadsince the first season . Their cellular inclusion certainly find like a Modern accession to the series , but these version first appeared in season 1 . In the very first episode , Morgan ’s wife had turned into a Alice Malsenior Walker and wangle to remember where her household was , looking through the front door . This would indicate she could be a smart zombie , managing to have some chassis of memory that is n’t present in other zombies . Some walkers also bleed in season 1 and rise fences proving variant have been around since the start .
Variant zombies inThe Walking Deadseason 1 make plot holesthough , as their other inclusion in America does n’t make sense debate their supposed lineage and their absence later . The big reason they may have appeared in the opening season is because of the change in showrunners . Frank Darabont oversaw the first time of year and likely had unlike ideas as to how the zombies would work compared to those who took over . When Darabont was put back , the zombi ' deportment changed , making the early - time of year walkers become variant . These zombies were probably never speculate to be variants , but since the show turn back to decelerate walkers for the next decennary , their inclusion makes even less signified .
5Variants Disappeared Until The Walking Dead Season 11
The Walking Dead Didn’t Feature Variant Zombies For Over A Decade
What throw variant Alice Walker ' season 1 appearance unsound is thatThe Walking Deaddidn’t sport them again until season 11 . In the main serial publication , they only appeared in the first and last season , making the gap in between questionable . This prison term gap is arguably the biggest incompatibility with these alone zombies . It could be forgiven if the show ’s timeline was much light than the show ’s production length . However , the time jump mean that despite appearing ahead of time in the Revelation , edition did just disappear for around a decade , provingThe Walking Deadzombie variant make no sentience .
There has been no valid account open as to why this is the case . Perhaps it could be put down to John Walker slowly adapting and evolve , but this would n’t excuse why they appear so too soon in the serial and negate their loosely explained rootage . Walker also run to decompose overtime since they still trust on eating physique to properly function , indicating the theme of zombi getting potent over prison term is scattered . It is unlikelyThe Walking Deadwill ever address why variants subsist in season 1 before evaporate for nearly 10 season , highlighting just how inconsistent their presence in the show is .
The Walking Dead : Daryl Dixon has turn over further than ever into the concept of zombie variants , and now , the spinoff has hinted at how they are made .
4Most Characters Have Never Seen A Variant (Including Negan)
Only A Select Few Of The Show’s Main Characters Have Ever Seen A Variant
give variants have n’t been very striking throughout most of the series , it is no surprise thatfew character have actually take in variant zombies . Season 11 did allow a few groups of characters to oppose to them , but this was still limited . Rick and Glenn scarper walkers that ply and jumped a fence in season 1 . There was also a gang who witnessed a zombi spirit apply a rock candy to smash glass in the porta time of year . Outside these incident , no reference besides the season 11 survivors truly witnessed the edition in action . Season 11 did examine to have more frequent encounters though , making the variants ' involution more common .
Negan and some of the other main survivors find a zombie climbing , contribute to one ofThe Walking Dead ’s rare F - bombs . There was also a glass - dash scene in the season 11 coda , where Daryl , Carol , and a few others see the variants ' intelligence agency andDaryl would go on to see more variants in his spinoff . Aaron , Jerry , and Lydia also saw one ofThe Walking Dead ’s bright zombiesin legal action , which Aaron was able-bodied to kill despite the mathematical group ’s cushion . By the meter season 11 rolled around , a lot more survivors had become aware of them , but in the grand scheme of matter , most of the franchise ’s character never truly run across them .
3Variants Were Supposedly Created In France
Variants Being Created In France Make Their Appearance In America More Confusing
The Walking Deadhas hint at strain being create in France , making their presence in America get . The Walking Dead : World Beyondproposed the idea that the variants were a result of human experiments in France , with an unnamed character charge a scientist of potentially starting the outbreak and making it worse . While this was never confirmed , The walk Deadrevealed the strong zombies ' originsinDaryl Dixon . The spinoff shows the main villain , Genet , take in her scientists experiment on zombies , eventually creating a flit that makes normal zombi much strong and more violent .
This does seem to explain one type of variant ’s creation but still leaves the rest period a secret . Genet ’s experimentation still seem fairly raw , raising more question as to how the smart zombies and burners were created . While this could all be put down to Gallic experiments , it remains unclear . Even if France was where they were created , it would n’t make sense to have them suddenly appear in America . Very few people could have made the trip-up from France to America during the Revelation of Saint John the Divine , and the fact that variance look so betimes in the show go on to leave plot of ground holes regarding their existence .
2The Walking Dead Has Never Revealed The True Origin Of The Variants
There Is Still A Mystery About Variants' Existence
The zombi variants ' Gallic connexion does give a brief account about some of their extraction , but it does n’t fully research everything . If every random variable was a consequence of France ’s experimentation , then it still does n’t explain how they grapple to make it overseas . Moreover , how they were created is still unrevealed . Genet ’s dart explains why some zombies got stronger , a classic Sci - fi reasoning of an injection making something Samuel Wilder and out of control . Smart zombies do n’t seem to follow the same system of logic though , as there was no suggestion Morgan ’s wife was in France , yet she seemed to become a smart variant .
Acid zombie also do n’t seem feasible through a wide-eyed injection . Their creation must be more complex , something the serial still has n’t revealed . ConsideringThe Walking Deadis only beginning to fully explore version , it is graspable why they may still be a mystery . Perhaps in the upcoming spinoffs , more will be explained , especially as the CRM could have some sort of link to it all . For now , though , the origins of these special zombies are still unreadable , and it ’s possible they are never fully explained , leading to further inconsistencies surrounding them .
1Daryl Dixon’s Burners Make Zombie Tricks Impossible
Many Of The Walking Dead’s Survival Tricks Can’t Be Done With Burners
The Walking Dead ’s burners make the guts trick impossible . The iconic guts trick that admit subsister to fuse in with zombie swarm ca n’t be done with acid variants . seek to walk in among a chemical group of burners would ensue in the survivors give birth their pelt combust sinceDaryl Dixonhighlighted a simple-minded tinge can forget a awful wound . window pane snake god also makeThe walk Dead ’s Whisperers tactic impossibleas they ca n’t wear burners ' skin without doing grievous damage to themselves . Although these variants have n’t appear in the main series , they do nullify some of the show ’s most iconic moments , further proving the variant zombie trouble .
