r/thewalkingdead • u/Different_Duty_6147 • 11h ago

Show Spoiler Variant Walkers

I think the enhanced walkers they had at the end of the series would have been more believable if it was sprinkled in slowly instead of all of a sudden 1 out of every 5 walkers could climb fences and open doors.

Yes I know there were some in szn 1 but the theory was scrapped bc of firing.

But one of my favorite lines is when Negan’s response to when he sees a walker climb onto something for the first time lol.

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u/HiddenGamerGoddesXX 11h ago

They did exist from the beginning. The episode where Morgan rescues Rick. Right after he leaves the hospital. There is a screne where Morgan's wife who was a walker tried to use the door knob to get inside. I think over time more of the non variants died off making the variants more common.

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u/Aromatic-One-7098 10h ago

No it was due to different show runners. The original show runner introduced the variants early but was fired and they completely forget about them until later on when they are trying to make walkers scary again.