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| “ | We all deserve better than this. You built this place to be like the old world. That was the f*ckin' problem... You've got one enemy; We ain't the Walking Dead. | „ |
| ~ Daryl inspiring the people of the Commonwealth |
| “ | My name's Daryl Dixon. I come from a place called the Commonwealth. It's in America. I went out looking for something, and all I found was trouble. If I don't make it back, I want them to know I tried. | „ |
| ~ Daryl introducing himself overseas. |
Daryl Dixon is the deuteragonist from AMC's The Walking Dead. Introduced as a hot-headed redneck and drug dealer simply trying to make his way in a world ruled by the dead, over the course of the series, he grows into an loyal member of Rick Grimes' group, becoming Rick's right-hand man and brother-in-arms.
He serves as a deuteragonist for Seasons 1 through 8, and becomes a main protagonist for Seasons 9 through 11. He is also the titular main protagonist of The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon, a spin-off set after the main series' finale, following Daryl's journey to reunite with Rick.
He is portrayed by Norman Reedus.
His Good Ranking[]
What Makes Him Admirable?[]
In General[]
- Although he was originally very racist, particularly towards Glenn and Morales' family, with time, he outgrew his bigotry and showed remorse for his past behavior.
Main Series[]
Season 1[]
- After Rick revealed where Merle was, he decided he was going to go rescue him.
- He helped fight the Walkers in the camp attack.
- He tried to get the doors open when Edwin Jenner locked them in the CDC.
Season 2[]
- He saved T-Dog even after he was responsible for his brother's disappearance.
- He helped Rick look for Sophia in the stream.
- Unlike Shane and most of the group, Daryl was one of the few optimistic about finding Sophia.
- He went out at night to find Sophia with Andrea.
- When T-Dog got infected by a cut, Daryl gave him his brother's meds.
- He searched for Sophia at the creek and found a lead on her, even taking an arrow in the process.
- He apologized to Carol for his outburst about Sophia.
- He gave Carol a flower and tried to boost her spirits.
- When Dale was disemboweled and Rick couldn't put him down, Daryl decided to do it and shared his sorrow with Dale.
- He and Glenn went and searched for Randall after he disappeared.
Season 3[]
- He saved Carol from getting eaten by Walkers.
- He helped clear a house for food.
- He helped clear the prison and took first watch at night.
- He kept the prisoners from going into the cell blocks.
- After Rick killed Tomas and Andrew, Daryl told Axel he was sorry about their deaths.
- After Lori died and Rick lost it for a while, he stepped into leadership and went on a run for baby Judith.
- He told Carl about his own mother's death after Lori died to try to comfort him.
- He assisted Rick in getting Glenn and Maggie back.
- He covered the group when they were escaping from Woodbury.
- He helped a Mexican family from a walker attack and stopped Merle when he tried to rob them.
- He went back to the prison and helped against the Governor's attack.
- When Rick considered giving Michonne to the Governor, Daryl and Hershel talked him out of it.
- He went after Merle and Michonne and put down a zombified Merle as well crying over the death of his brother.
Season 4[]
- He and Glenn took in Bob while on the road.
- He saved a kid from a Walker and put down the zombified people during the prison flu.
- He, Michonne, Tyrese, and Bob went on a run for medicine to help their people.
- He scolded Bob for getting alcohol instead of medicine and told him not to take a sip before his people got the meds.
- He helped rebuild the gates back up.
- He armed the survivors with guns in preparation for the gunfight.
- He took down the tank and saved Beth.
- He apologized to Beth for his outburst and helped her burn down the house.
- He tried to save Beth when she got kidnapped.
- He tried to convince Joe not to kill Rick and that he was a good person.
Season 5[]
- He immediately took action when Rick attacked Alex.
- He helped the rest of the group get out of Terminus.
- He helped Noah after he robbed them.
- He and Rick hatched a plan to get Beth back.
- He shot Dawn after she shot Beth.
- He kept the Barn closed when walkers attacked and stayed up overnight to watch.
- He laid out Nicholas when he went to attack Glenn.
- Unlike Carol and Rick who wanted to be aggressive with the Alexandrians, Daryl actually vouched to stay passive and optimistic with their position.
- He brought Morgan to Alexandria and reunited with Rick.
Season 6[]
- He, Sasha, and Abraham went to lead the Walkers away from the quarry.
- He saved Sasha and Abe and blew up the Saviors that attacked them.
- He helped Dwight and Sherry and tried to get them to come with him when they took him hostage.
- He saved Maggie when she was trapped.
- When walkers overrun Alexandria and the survivors were fighting them, Daryl set a river on fire and led them there.
- He and Rick went on a run for supplies.
- He helped Abe when he was getting strangled to death.
- He went after Dwight when he killed Denise.
Season 7[]
- He apologized to Maggie for causing Glenn's death.
Season 8[]
- He saved Rick from Morales.
- He participated in the war in Alexandria.
- He took out some Saviors in outposts.
- He spared Dwight's life and urged him to find Sherry.
Season 9[]
- He saved Aaron when his arm got stuck and helped amputate his arm.
- He protected Henry from Justin.
- He scolded Justin for almost getting Aaron killed and fought him.
- He cooked food for Carol and Henry when they visited him.
- He, Aaron, and Jesus went and looked for Eugene.
- He and Michonne ambushed some Whisperers.
- He helped Connie rescue a baby the Whisperers abandoned.
- While he was initially very cold toward Lydia because she was a member of the Whisperers and refused to cooperate, once she proved her trustworthiness, he dropped all hostility toward her and showed empathy towards the girl's abuse after discovering it.
- As noted by Henry, while Daryl outwardly seems like the type of person who would be abusive, he isn't and is instead protective of abuse victims. Henry attributes Carol's friendship with Daryl to her overcoming her lingering traumas and fears from Carol's abusive first husband and suspects that Daryl himself is a victim of abuse.
- He went after Henry and Lydia after they left.
- He decided to let Lydia come to Alexandria with them.
- He comforted Michonne when Judith was missing and assured her that the situation wasn't her fault.
- He shielded Carol from looking at a dead Henry.
Season 10[]
- Despite having many reasons to dislike Negan, Daryl voted against executing him for killing Margo, considering his actions justified as they were to protect Lydia. Daryl proved to be the deciding vote on the matter as Negan would've been executed had Daryl voted against him.
- He became the guardian of Lydia after her mother disowned her.
- He helped put out a forest fire.
- He helped the survivors get through the cave and tried to save Connie after it crumbled.
- He scolded Magna for stealing the group's supplies.
- He adopted RJ and Judith after Michonne left.
- He killed Beta when he attacked Negan.
- He helped Maggie clear out a construction site.
- He guarded the girls as they went into the military base for food.
- He volunteered to go on a food run.
- He helped Roy after he was severely injured and gave him an eyepatch.
Season 11[]
- He saved the survivors from the walkers and got them out of the subway.
- He refused to say anything while getting interrogated.
- He saved Leah when Pope set the barn on fire.
- He warned Maggie when the Reapers came to her house.
- He got ready to kill Pope when he prepared to go to war.
- He let Leah go when Maggie started killing the Reapers, only later killing Leah in order to save Maggie's life when Leah came back for revenge.
- He immediately went against Lance when he threatened Maggie's son Hershel.
- He saved Aaron when he was shot.
- He gave Judith some of his blood to save her without hesitation.
- He convinced the Commonwealth Army to stand down peacefully and help to rescue the people trapped outside with thousands of walkers coming.
- He joined the fight to save the Commonwealth from the horde rather than taking a chance to escape and leave the community to its fate.
The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon[]
Season 1[]
- He journeyed halfway across the world to Europe during his search for Rick.
- He defended Maribelle and her grandfather from Michel Codron and Henri after they got violent with the girl, although Daryl couldn't understand what they were saying exactly as he doesn't speak French.
- He came back to defend the Abbey from Stephane Codron and his men after realizing that the nuns were in trouble.
- He risked everything to deliver Laurent to the Nest, even taking the boy by himself when there was no one else to take him.
- While Daryl initially only went to a castle occupied by a man who was terrorizing children for the horse that the man had, he also got medicine for the children's teacher despite knowing that it wouldn't do her any good. He also rescued a teenager that the man had imprisoned in the castle who had been believed to be dead by his friends.
- After discovering the brother of one of the children in a walker moat, he shot the brother with his crossbow, saving the boy's friend from the anguish of having to put him down.
- He was kind to T.J. in Maine, befriending the boy and offering him advice and help rather than the ridicule that T.J. faced from the other men.
Season 2[]
- He chose to give up his chance to go home to save Laurent from a walker horde and returned him to the Nest.
- He trained Laurent to survive, but also treated him like a normal kid, which the people at the Nest refused to do and which Laurent greatly appreciates.
What Makes Him Inconsistent?[]
- He can be very violent and impulsive.
- He tried to kill Jim when he was bitten without any approval on the decision.
- He tried to kill Edwin when they were trapped despite there being no way for them to escape if he did.
- His angry outburst towards Negan led directly to Glenn's death.
- He gunned down an innocent worker who wasn't even involved in the Saviors' conflict.
- He immediately killed Morales when they reunited, albeit while Morales was holding Rick at gunpoint and planning to kill him.
- He released a horde of walkers on the Sanctuary, leading to the Saviors escaping as well as several deaths.
- He loudly berated Isabelle for her lies and secrets, inadvertently revealing many of them to Laurent who subsequently ran away as a result.
- He brutally tortured Armand for information on where Laurent was taken and then abandoned him to die after the man told Daryl how to sneak in, albeit after Armand had badly broken his foot trying to escape and thus could not run from the approaching walkers.
- He nearly beat Quinn to death while rescuing Laurent, but ultimately relented and just knocked him out after noticing that the boy was watching him.
- After realizing that Juno had remorselessly murdered his new friend T.J. simply to get a quart of ethanol, Daryl violently assaulted him, getting them both into trouble.
- He sometimes lacks empathy towards others and can be very cold and ruthless.
- After discovering that Sophia had been dead for weeks, he distanced himself from the group, ridiculed the meaningless search, and insulted Rick for not realizing earlier that Shane had killed Otis, pointing out how obvious it was. However, a lot of this behavior appeared to be Daryl lashing out due to his own hurt at not being able to save the little girl after trying so hard to find her rather than any real cruelty.
- He showed a complete lack of care for Randall's fate when they were deciding and even brutally tortured him when he was held hostage in the barn.
- He went on a drunken tangent towards Beth and mocked her for her suicide attempt.
- He made some morally-dubious decisions.
- He was completely willing to leave Noah to die, though Noah did rob them and try to leave them for dead. However, it's worth noting he only did so because he thought he was being followed by Daryl and Carol. Despite having a good reason, Daryl was completely fine with letting him get devoured by walkers.
- He led Rick away from the communities so Maggie could kill Negan. This led him to his supposed death as he got impaled on rebar and sacrificed himself, blowing up the bridge to prevent walkers from overrunning the communities.
- He lied to the children in France about getting medicine from a nearby castle because he needed their help to get a horse. However, Daryl did so knowing that the medicine wouldn't help their dying teacher anyways. He ultimately did get the medicine anyways, but the group returned too late for it to be of any use. Daryl apologized for this deception even though he didn't have to.
External Links[]
- Daryl Dixon on the Wikipedia
- Daryl Dixon on the Heroes Wiki
- Daryl Dixon on the Walking Dead Wiki
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