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| “ | Pissing our pants yet? Boy, do I have a feeling we're getting close. Yep. It's gonna be pee-pee pants city here real soon. Now, Which one of you pricks is the leader? ... Hi. You're Rick, right? I'm Negan. And I do not appreciate you killing my men. Also, when I sent my people to kill your people for killing my people, you killed more of my people. Not cool. You have no idea how not cool that shit is. But I think you're gonna be up to speed shortly. Yeah. You are so gonna regret crossing me in a few minutes. Yes, you are. You see, Rick, whatever you do, no matter what, you don't mess with the new world order. And the new world order is this, and it's really very simple. So, even if you're stupid, which, you very may well be, you can understand it. You ready? Here goes. Pay attention. Give me your shit... Or I will kill you. | „ |
| ~ Part of Negan's introduction speech to Rick and his group. |
| “ | What I don't get is after all these years you STILL think I'm the bad guy. I'm not! No one is! You know what, Maggie? Maybe everyone is. Ask yourself one question: How many husbands and fathers have YOU killed? | „ |
| ~ Negan defending his past self from Maggie. |
Negan Smith is a major character in The Walking Dead franchise.
He was introduced in Seasons 6 & 7 of the main series as a charismatic tyrant and leader of the Saviors, who committed numerous atrocities in the name of protecting his people and establishing "law and order". However, after being defeated by Rick and imprisoned for 6 years, he turned a new leaf and sought redemption, becoming an anti-hero from Season 9 forward.
He is also one of two protagonists in the spin-off series The Walking Dead: Dead City.
He is portrayed by Jeffrey Dean Morgan.
His Good Ranking[]
Debated Validations[]
- In Season 10, when Brandon tells Negan he heard a rumor about him shooting Carl, Negan gets defensive and says he'd never hurt a kid. However, in Season 7, he bombed Alexandria (which had kids in it) and was moments away from killing Carl with Lucille before Shiva intervened and saved him. While it was clear he was hesitant to do both and felt he had no other choice, he still went through with the former and would gone though with the latter, making him a hypocrite.
- There is heavy debate on whether or not Negan is a rapist. While he never sexually assaulted anyone, and states multiple times that he's for consent and would never force anyone to do something they didn't want to, he also had multiple wives, all of whom were only married to him out of obligation, or to escape the horrible conditions of working beneath him.
What Makes Him Admirable?[]
Past[]
- He takes care of Lucille for 8 months straight after she gets cancer and even after the apocalypse started.
- He expresses remorse and apologizes to Lucille for cheating on her and promises her he will make it up to her.
- He tried to rob a medical van to get supplies for Lucille, even then his gun wasn't loaded and he clearly didn't want to even rob them.
- He saves Franklin and his daughter when Craven kidnaps them.
Season 7[]
- He is delighted to see baby Judith and is nice to her and Carl.
- He kills Spencer when he tries to betray Rick.
- He is nice to Eugene when he captures him and offers a job and protection to him if he cooperates.
- Kills David for trying to rape Sasha.
Season 8[]
- He confesses his sins to father Gabriel and says he wishes he treated Lucille better then he did.
- He gets a doctor for Gabriel when he gets ill.
- He shows disgust in Simon for wiping out the trash people and Oceanside after explicitly telling him not to do that.
- He helps Judith with her math homework from his cell and doesn't even get mad when she makes fun of him.
Season 9[]
- After escaping from his cell and seeing the emptiness and how far he has fallen, he goes back to his cell.
- When winter comes and everyone is getting transported to a better cabin, Negan saves Judith and Dog when they wander off into the storm.
Season 10[]
- He gets promoted as the janitor for the community after saving Judith, a role that he doesn't mind that much and is okay with.
- He saves Aaron from Walkers and keeps watch for him as he heals.
- He gives Lydia advice when she starts getting bullied and promptly helps protect her.
- He saves Lydia when Gage and his friends attack her and felt remorse for accidentally killing Margo.
- He scolds Brandon for disrespecting Carl and says he would never hurt a child.
- He saves a mother and child when they get attacked by walkers and kills Brandon when he kills them.
- He infiltrates the Whisperers camp when Carol makes a deal with him and sets him free.
- He is clearly uncomfortable with having to burn Hilltop down with the Whisperers and even mercy kills a burning mutilated survivor.
- He takes Lydia to a safe cabin to lure Alpha into a fake one.
- He tries to convince Alpha not to kill Lydia, a last attempt in not having to kill her.
- He kills Alpha finally, temporally ending the war.
- He saves Daryl and kills some whisperers when they take Daryl hostage.
- He distracts Beta long enough for Daryl to sneak up and stab him.
- He apologizes to Lydia for killing her mother and allows her to cry in his arms.
- When he starts to hallucinate his former villain self, he calls him a clown and cult with no personality.
- He helps the survivors find the food when they go out to look for it.
Season 11[]
- He saves Gage when he gets attacked by a walker, even after their brief hatred for each other.
- He tries to save Gage when he gets locked behind a subway door.
- He saves Maggie when she gets attacked by a Reaper.
- He teaches Maggie how to use the whisperer mask and gives her advice on how to deal with the Reapers.
- He knocks out Carver after he beats up Maggie and Elijah.
- He gives Jesses a map to Hilltop when he hears they are in trouble.
- He saves Gabriel when he is getting help hostage by Toby.
- He saves Hershel when he is held at gunpoint.
- He promises Maggie he won't let anything happen to Hershel without it happening to him first.
- He tells Hershel the truth about killing his father and promises him they can settle their differences when he gets older.
- He saves the people of Riverbend and lead them into a bunker for them to hide before the war.
- He sneaks into Commonwealth and warns the group about Lance
- He helps Carol take Sebastian back to Pamela and stops a crowd from attacking him
- When The Warden captures him and tries to get him to rat on the group, he instead selflessly keeps quiet and decides to martyr himself for the people.
- He pleads to The Warden to spare Annie when he tries to execute her as well.
- He helps the Coalition try to take down Pamela and save Judith.
- He finally apologizes to Maggie for killing Glenn and tries to make it up to her by killing Pamela himself.
- He helps take down the walker herd invading the Commonwealth.
The Walking Dead: Dead City[]
- He temporarily adopts Ginny to provide her with a refuge with Maggie.
- He helped Maggie rescue her son Hershel when he was kidnapped and held for ransom.
What Makes Him Inconsistent?[]
- He's very lethal and sadistic, as he has no problem killing people that he believes deserve it, and he enjoys doing so.
- He has committed crimes far too heinous, like sadistically bashing open Glenn and Abraham's heads, extorting the communities, and taking advantage of vulnerable women to be his wives.
- Even after his redemption he still acts like a jerk to people, like making fun of Father Gabriel for his partial blindness and calling Glenn a dog in front of Maggie.
Trivia[]
- He is currently the only character from The Walking Dead to be both Inconsistently Admirable and Inconsistently Heinous.
External Links[]
- Negan Smith (TV Series) on the Villains Wiki
- Negan Smith (TV Series) on the Heroes Wiki
- Negan Smith (TV Series) on the Walking Dead Wiki
- Negan Smith (TV Series) on the Inconsistently Heinous Wiki
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