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  • Nothing is off limits, in the show that re-imagined the zombie drama genre.

  • Welcome to WatchMojo.com

  • And today, we'll be counting down our picks

  • for the top 10 zombie kills from "The Walking Dead".

  • For this list, we're looking at AMC's hit show "The Walking Dead"

  • and are choosing what we think are the most impactful, memorable or just plain

  • badass zombie kills of them all.

  • Up to the season 5 midway point, that is.

  • We fully expect even more gratifyingly gruesome kills in the future

  • and, as always, if you aren't up to date on the show, a spoiler alert is most definately

  • in order.

  • (Shane) Problem, Dale?

  • (Dale) Well, there's the small matter of being stuck in the middle of nowhere

  • with no hope of...

  • The group's on the move, but a busted RV and a highway pile-up

  • stops them in their tracks.

  • Que the zombie horde.

  • While almost everyone else hides beneath abandoned cars,

  • Andrea and her dismantled gun are trapped in the camper's bathroom

  • by one, hungry walker.

  • (Andrea) *Screams*

  • As she desperately struggles to keep him out,

  • Dale manages to drop her a screwdriver.

  • Remember, this was the premiere episode of season 2,

  • long before everyone was a custom to getting up close and personal with the walkers.

  • (Shane) That sounds about right.

  • But, Andrea makes sure that there's no return for this undead attacker

  • with several frantically aimed blows to the eye.

  • (Merle) Hey, little brother

  • The Dixon brothers had a notoriously complex and violent

  • relationship, even before the outbreak

  • And this confrontation brings satisfying closure to

  • their story line.

  • (Merle) Yeah, I know. I...

  • Shit messed my... my life up when everything's going

  • so sweet, right?

  • Merle finally finds the good within himself, and attacks

  • the Governor and his troops, alone.

  • Unfortunately, it's a suicide mission

  • (Merle) I ain't gonna beg.

  • I ain't begging you!

  • (Governor) No.

  • (Gunshot)

  • After Merle's death, he subsequently turns

  • and as Daryl arrives on the scene, he find his brother

  • grazing over the remains of troops he'd previously killed.

  • Barely able to look at his undead brother before anger take over,

  • Daryl reduces Merle's head to a pulp.

  • It's safe to say, expect more Daryl coming up.

  • (Governor) Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey.

  • After vowing revenge on the Governor for holding her captive,

  • Michonne sneaks into his quaters, where she encounters a

  • maccobb scene.

  • With zombie heads floating in tanks and the Governor's

  • daughter, chained up and masked.

  • But, Surprise! Penny's a walker too.

  • And when the Governor finds the katana-wielding survivor

  • about to put down his little girl,

  • he expresses uncharacteristic vulnerability,

  • begging for mercy.

  • (Governor) There's no need for her to suffer...

  • (Michonne) She doesn't have needs.

  • (Governor) Don't hurt my little girl...

  • For a brief moment, we think Michonne will spare her...

  • (Governor) NOOOO!

  • But, one katana thrust later, Penny's dead and Michonne and the Governor

  • are locked in a battle, that ends in him losing an eye.

  • (Governor) *Screams in pain*

  • (Daryl) You hear that?

  • (Merle) Yeah. Wild animals, getting wild.

  • (Daryl) No, it's a baby.

  • As brothers, Daryl and Merle, hear screams and shots,

  • the elder sibling refuses to help, while the younger rushes

  • to the aid of a family.

  • (Merle) Hey, man. I ain't wasting my bullets on a couple of strangers

  • that ain't ever cooked me a meal of facilitated my piece.

  • After taking down some walkers, Daryl sees one making it's way

  • through the back of a vehicle, where a woman and her baby are

  • trapped.

  • He wastes no time, dragging the zombie out by it's ankles,

  • then using the trunk door to eviscerate it's skull, in a veritable gyser

  • of blood.

  • This scene aptly demonstates the differences between the two brothers

  • while also satisfying our need for gore and fake blood.

  • (Man) No!

  • (Daryl) Sophia!

  • While desperately trying to find Carol's lost daughter, Sophia,

  • Daryl endures serious pain after falling down a ridge,

  • taking one of his own arrows to the side.

  • (Daryl) Son of a bitch!

  • One attempt to climb to the top, results in another fall and

  • disturbing visions of his brother taunting him.

  • (Merle) Why don't you pull that arrow out, dummy?

  • Fortuately, Merle's less-than-kind words are exactly the

  • motivation Daryl needs to fight the walker nipping at his boots.

  • (Merle) You his bitch now?

  • (Daryl) I ain't nobody's bitch.

  • In his delirious stupor, he finds the clarity to pull the bolt from his side,

  • and relocate it to another walker's skull.

  • Showing how badass Daryl is, even in the direst of situations,

  • this kill gives us insight in the mind of a deeply troubled man.

  • (Beth) I'm not staying in this suck-ass camp!

  • By this point in season 4, Daryl and Beth are partnered together

  • for survival.

  • Beth chooses this time to rebel and wants to get drunk.

  • (Beth) I can take care of myself, and I'm gonna get a damn drink.

  • She storms off and comes across a golf clubhouse she's sure

  • will have booze.

  • And, let's be honest, the potential for a golf-themed kill was high.

  • (Beth) Golfers like to booze it up, right?

  • Daryl doesn't disappoint,as the pair is chased deep into the clubhouse by hungry walkers.

  • With few weapons in sight, he grabs a club and downs one walker,

  • before launching into a swing, spraying zombie brains straight down the fairway

  • and all over a bewildered Beth.

  • After the apocalypse, maybe Daryl can join the PGA tour.

  • (Beth) Beat up on walkers if that makes you feel better.

  • (Beth) I need to do this.

  • As is to be expected, many developments occur in the first episode of this series,

  • setting us up for the roller coaster to come.

  • But, it's this execution that firmly establishes the horror and desolation

  • that the zombie apocalypse has wrought.

  • (Rick) Little girl?

  • (Rick) I'm a policeman.

  • For protagonist, Rick Grimes, it must have particular resonance, as his son Carl

  • would have been much the same age.

  • Still holding her teddy bear, the little girl zombie charges at Rick

  • forcing him to put a bullet in her head.

  • (Gunshot)

  • (Thud)

  • An ambitious move for a pilot episode, this kill throws us headfirst into the world of

  • "The Walking Dead"

  • (Gunshot)

  • (Bob) It says "Sanctuary". That's just another reason to try.

  • The group is devastated at losing their relatively comfortable home at the prison,

  • and are trying to make their way towards Terminus.

  • (Bob) "Terminus"

  • (Bob) When we were out on the run to the vetinary college we heard a message

  • about this on the radio.

  • And at this point, everyone's got problems.

  • But perhaps, no-one more so than Maggie.

  • Distraught at the idea that she may never see Glenn again,

  • she takes out her frustrations on an ambushing pack of walkers.

  • On this occasion, a street sign is a more than suitable weapon,

  • making quick work of several walkers heads.

  • We love Maggie's evolution into a kick-ass female, and this frantic kill sums that growth up perfectly.

  • (Merle) I've been straight with you.

  • (Michonne) You were straight when you led me into the tombs.

  • (Merle) Hm, okay. Maybe I wasn't straight.

  • (Michonne) You put a bag over my head!

  • In this world, you work with what you got.

  • Rick has quietly decided to turn Michonne over to the Governor

  • to ensure the safety of his group.

  • And Merle, naturally, jumps at the chance to help, by binding her wrists

  • to prevent her escape.

  • You'd think that would leave her exposed, but this is Michonne we're talking about.

  • When walkers attack, she uses what's available, namely herself, her binds and a post

  • to stomp one zombie and pin another to slowly but surely remove it's head.

  • It's brutal, resourceful, gory.

  • Everything we love about "The Walking Dead"

  • (Merle) You gotta play the hand you dealt.

  • I only got one.

  • Before we take aim at out top pick, here are some honorable mentions...

  • (Rick) So this is where you plan to do it...

  • (Shane) It's as good a place as any.

  • Rick and Shane's progressively volatile relationship finally culminated

  • with this scene.

  • (Rick) You really believe they're gonna buy whatever bullshit story

  • you cook up?

  • With Shane growing increasingly unhinged,

  • he moves to kill Rick and take back control of the group.

  • (Rick) Why?!

  • (Rick) Why now?

  • But our protagonist foil's his former best bud's power grab,

  • stabbing Shane straight through the heart.

  • (Gunshot)

  • Carl arrives to see his father kill his surrogate dad

  • and points his gun in Rick's direction.

  • (Gun clicks)

  • Unbeknownst to Rick, Shane has reanimated behind him

  • revealing a vital piece of plot information.

  • But before zombie Shane can attack either of the Grimes boys,

  • Carl fires.

  • Taking down a key character and losing his innocence in the process.

  • (Gunshot)

  • Do you agree with our list?

  • (Rick) I wish I had something better to say. Something.. Something more profound.

  • Which "Walking Dead" zombie kill did you think was the most badass?

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  • (Gunshot)

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