The Walking Dead (video game)/Characters

Protagonists

Clementine

Voiced by: Melissa Hutchison

The protagonist of the entire series, and the player-controlled character of the second and fourth seasons. An eight-year-old girl in the first season, and the first survivor that Lee comes upon. The two of them tag along throughout the game until Lee succumbs to a walker bite. In the following years, she looks out mainly for herself, as well as meeting many different people along the way.

The Ace: The zombie apocalypse and its hardships have turned Clem into an extremely proficient survivor. She has added many skills to her repertoire, including marksmanship, hunting and the ability to read people well.
Action Girl: Necessitated by the apocalypse and with the help of adults such as Lee and Jane, she has become a proficient fighter and (when necessary) killer.
Action Girlfriend: For Louis or Violet, if she chooses to enter into a relationship with one of them.
Action Survivor: Manages to escape her infected babysitter and survive for at least a couple days by herself, and she is only eight-years-old.
Affectionate Nickname: 'Clem' by everyone, 'sweet pea' by Lee and 'darlin' by Kenny.
The Aloner: Between seasons 2 and 3, after she is separated from Kenny/Jane/Edith and is left with AJ. When AJ is taken by the New Frontier, she is truly alone, and ends up preferring it, having lost trust in groups.
Ambiguously Brown
An Arm and a Leg: In season 4episode 4, Clem is bitten on the lower left leg. Later, in the barn, she tells AJ to either kill her or leave her to turn. Instead, AJ chops off her lower leg with an axe, which ultimately proves to save her life, though she has to use crutches from then on.
Anguished Declaration of Love: If Clem goes with Jane at the end of Season 2 and Gabe dies at the end of season 3, Clem admit her feelings for him by kissing him on the lips.
Badass Adorable: From late in Season 1 onwards, when she starts helping in combat. The adorable may subside, but it persists to some extent.
Badass and Child Duo: With Lee.
Badass Boast: Tends to give these when someone threatens her, such as her 'still not bitten' line while in the shed in Season 2 episode 1, or optionally telling Mitch to 'back the fuck off' after he threatened her and AJ for Marlon's death.
Bad Liar: Responds with a nervous 'I don't know' when asked by Lee (in season 1) and AJ (in season 4) if she licked a salt lick in the St. John barn.
Battle Couple: If she enters into a relationship with Louis or Violet near the end of Season 4, episode 2.
Berserk Button: Making fun of her cap.
Beware the Nice Ones: If attacked (e.g., by Winston in Season 2 episode 1), threatened (e.g. by the Delta) or not treated with any respect (e.g. Carver). She can definitely hurt those that cross her.
Big Brother Instinct: Played straight with AJ, inverted with Sarah (she is about 5 years older than Clem in Season 2).
Big Brother Worship: She isn't related by blood to Luke, but their relationship can be interpreted as this.
Big Damn Heroes: If her friends are endangered, she will not hesitate to help out in a big way, such as shooting the Stranger, stopping Carver or helping Javi and his group when surrounded by walkers.
Blackmail: Optionally done to Sarah and/or Alvin so that she can sneak around the cabin to get supplies for her dog bite, and possibly to Rebecca when she is being mean to Clem, so that Clem doesn't reveal Rebecca's baby may not be Alvin's.
Blood Knight: Can show shades of this in Season 2 depending on player choices, and becomes one outright the following season, frequently preferring violence as a solution to situations. She can still be one in The Final Season, but is never stated in the entire series to enjoy killing.
Boyish Short Hair: She gets it cut by Lee in episode 3 to prevent it from being grabbed by anyone, alive or undead. It gets cut again by Javi at the end of season 3 so she can have it short again.
Break the Cutie: Frequently, particularly when someone in her group dies, such as Larry, Lee and Omid. Also when she sees her undead parents.
Broken Pedestal: If Lee does things Clem doesn't agree with, she will view him more negatively. Regardless, she becomes disillusioned with Lee in episode 4 and decides to run off with the Stranger. This indirectly causes Lee's death, something Clem greatly regrets in future seasons. The pedestal gets put back together when Lee rescues her.
Burn, Baby, Burn: In season 2 episode 1, she can choose to have a picture of Lee or of Kenny's family burned to keep the campfire lit, as opposed to a log.
Morality Pet: Seems to be this for Lee.
Nice Hat: Her baseball cap, a gift from her dad.

Lee Everett

Voiced by: Dave Fennoy

A history professor, and the player-controlled character of the first season. Lee is a prisoner in transport, having been convicted for the murder of a state senator who was sleeping with his wife, when the the outbreak starts and makes his escape. He takes care of Clementine in the first season, until he succumbs to a walker bite, but not before giving Clem the necessary skills and knowledge to survive.

Action Survivor
An Axe to Grind: After he gets the fire axe from the motel, he proves to be quite good with it.
Badass
- Badass and Child Duo: With Clementine.
- Badass Baritone
- Genius Bruiser: He is a former college professor of history.
- Handicapped Badass: His right knee gets injured in the car crash, giving him a noticable limp in the first episode that causes him trouble by stumbling. A lot.
Beware the Nice Ones
Blood Is the New Black: From either accidentally slipping on a pool of blood or after brutally bludgeoning Clementine's undead babysitter.
Dark and Troubled Past: He killed a state senator after catching him sleeping with his wife.
Deadpan Snarker
The Lancer: Despite being the Player Character, Lee seems to serve this role to Kenny, who comes up with the plans and the orders, which Lee then carries out.
Mercy Kill: To his zombified brother, and possibly to Irene as well.
Promotion to Parent: For Clementine.

Michonne

The playable protagonist of the Michonne mini-series and a major character in the comic series.

Weapon of Choice: Her machete, since her katana was left with Ezekiel at the Kingdom.

Javier García

A former professional baseball player that was thrown out of the league for betting on his own games. He relies on his own skills and those around him to survive both the walkers and the New Frontier.

Alvin Junior

AJ was born late in the second season, with Rebecca as his mother, and his paternity being disputed between Alvin and Carver. He is separated from Clem the following season, but reunites with her between the third and fourth seasons, with Clem taking on a motherly role.

Hershel's Farm

Hershel Greene

Voiced by: Chuck Kourouklis

The traditional farmer from the main series, met on his farm. See the main series characters page for more info.

Shawn Greene

Voiced by: Peter Mussad

Hershel's first son.

Doomed by Canon: In the comics, he's already dead by the time Rick shows up at the farm. Here, you get to see why.
Too Dumb to Live: Having grown up on a farm, Shawn should really know better than to stand in front of a tractor while someone's sitting in it... especially if it's a hyperactive child is playing with the gearshift.

Motel Survivors

Kenny

Voiced by: Gavin Hammon

A fisherman who is met on Hershel's farm with his family when Lee arrives.

Action Survivor
An Axe to Grind: He borrows Lee's axe near the end of episode one when he heads to get the pickup truck prepared. He saves Lee with it at the end of the episode.
Badass Mustache
The Leader: While Lilly ostensibly is this, Kenny immediately takes charge when the walkers get into the drug store.
Nice Guy
Nice Hat
Papa Wolf

Katjaa

Voiced by: Cissy Jones

Katjaa is the wife of Kenny and mother of Duck. She meets Lee and Clementine on Hershel's farm, and looks after Clementine when Lee is not around.

Kenny Jr. aka "Duck"

Voiced by: Max Kaufman

Duck is the hyperactive son of Kenny and Katjaa.

Lilly

Voiced by: Nikki Rapp

Lilly is a member of the Air Force who was stationed at Robins Air Force Base near Macon, Georgia. She took charge of the survivors in the drug store until Kenny arrived.

Ascended Extra: Word of God, and the offical Walking Dead game website, states this is the same Lilly from the comics.
Desk Jockey: In the Air Force, but she didn't enjoy it.
Jerkass: Not as much as her father, but still pretty bad.
The Leader: Type III, and not a very good one. When Kenny showed up, he took over the group almost immediately, with no one but Lilly and her father protesting.
Sugar and Ice Personality

Larry

Voiced by: Terry McGovern

Larry is a former army commander and the father of Lilly. He has a history of heart problems, but has a bad temper as well. He knows about Lee's past, and threatens to reveal it if he thinks he is dangerous.

Dad the Veteran
Jerkass: Even to his daughter, telling her to shut up several times when she tries to get him to calm down. And then he tries to kill Lee at the end of the first episode.
Non-Standard Character Design: Has a rather cartoony design compared to everyone else.
Retired Badass
Sir Swearsalot
Ungrateful Bastard: Lee finds him medicine for his heart at great risk to himself. He then proceeds to punch Lee in the face and try to leave him for dead in the drug store as walkers enter it.
Would Hurt a Child: He wants to throw Duck to the walkers on the merest suspicion he has been bitten, without even doing a search for the bite.
Unfortunate Implications: If you follow the right sequence in fighting him on throwing Duck out of the drug store because he looks like he might have been bitten, Lee eventually tells him to stop trying, or else. Then we're treated to this little gem from Larry:

Larry: You gonna whoop me? You and what homo parade?

Carley

Voiced by: Nicole Vigil

A reporter from Atlanta who was in Macon to cover the local Cherry Blossom Festival. She is one of the few survivors who knows about Lee's past.

Action Girl
Eaten Alive: If Doug is chosen to be saved.
Hot Scoop
Improbable Aiming Skills: She has pretty good aim for a reporter. Possibly justified since she has served as a war correspondent.

Doug

Voiced by: Sam Joan

An IT guy who is first met in the drug store.

Deadpan Snarker
Eaten Alive: If Carley is chosen to be saved.
Heroic Bystander: He saved Carley when he saw she was about to get attacked and helped her escape.
Nerd
Nice Guy
The Smart Guy: Worked as an IT technician before the outbreak, and knows his way around technology.
Survivors Guilt: If he is saved instead of Carley.

Glenn

Voiced by: Nick Herman

Everyone's favorite pizza boy turned expert scavenger from the main series, first met in the drug store. See the main series characters page for more info on him.

The Cameo: Appears only in the first episode before leaving for Atlanta.

Other Season 1 characters

Irene

Voiced by: Brett Pels

Irene is a survivor trapped in a motel room that Glenn finds. Commits suicide after getting bitten.

Damsel in Distress
Driven to Suicide: She asks for Carley's gun to kill herself before she dies and comes back. If Lee doesn't let her have it, she will take it by force and kill herself anyway.
Zombie Infectee