Though some might consider a six-shot wheel gun a sub-optimal choice for the apocalypse, former deputy Rick carries a six-inch barreled Colt Python .357 Magnum revolver as his duty sidearm in the series.

After the outbreak, Michonne used her boyfriend Mike and his best friend Terry as protection against other walkers. She amputated their arms and lower jaws to keep them from killing anyone.

Although the broadcast sent out from Terminus states "Sanctuary for all. Community for all. Those who arrive survive", Rick and the survivors find that the inabitants of Terminus are actually cannibals that eat new arrivals who refuse to join them or prove to be a threat.

Initially, Hershel believes that the walkers are sick and not undead. He keeps those he comes across, including his wife and son, in his barn hoping one day there will be a cure for their illness.

When Shane releases the walkers in the Greene's barn in order to kill them, Carol's daughter Sophia emerges and is shot by Rick.

After Lizzie kills her sister Mika, knowing that she would "come back", she reveals that she was about to do the same to Judith. Carol asks Lizzie to go outside with her to gather flowers for Mika and tells Lizzie to "look at the flowers" as she shoots her in the back of the head.

After Lydia rejects Alpha's invitation to rejoin the Whisperers, Alpha kills and decapitates 10 of the fairgoers including Enid, Tara and Henry and mounts their heads on spikes to signify Alpha's territory boundary.

Ezekiel has a loyal pet tiger, Shiva, that he saved from the zoo in the early days of the apocalypse when he was a zookeeper. Although Shiva can be deadly to Ezekiel's enemies, she is not a threat to The Kingdom's peaceful residents and guests.

After leaving Morgan, Rick heads to Atlanta where a refugee camp is rumored to exist. He runs out of gas and is forced to abandon his car, continuing the rest of the way on horseback.

After Rick chained Merle to a pipe on the rooftop, Merle escaped by sawing off his right hand. He later replaced it with a blade that he used as a weapon.