The Complete Walking Dead Timeline Explained

Fear the tales of the walking dead of the world beyond! Welcome to WatchMojo and today we’re diving into the totally not complicated timeline of “The Walking Dead Universe”. Beware of massive spoilers shambling your way. We'll have a look at the the rise and fall of certain characters, times of war and peace, starting over and more! What part of the Walking Dead timeline surprised you the most? Let us know in the comments below!
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[@WatchMojo]

What part of the Walking Dead timeline surprised you the most? Let us know in the comments below! For more content like this, click here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/manMknalZc2kicU Don't forget to play our Live Trivia (www.watchmojo.com/play) games at 3pm EST for a chance to win cash! The faster you answer, the more points you get!

[@TimLoyalToWifeHaterFreeZoneA]

Love It WatchMojo.

[@TheCommenterDragon]

Well this is unexpected, I never thought I'd see the day that a channel like WatchMojo would ever do a timeline of the TWD universe.

[@New2RetroReviews]

A lot of other channels are doing stuff like this so watchmojo has to stay relevant and do what brings in the views on KZbin

[@SunflowerMonroe7612]

They've done several other TWD videos already. This is just the first one about the full timeline.

[@WatchMojo]

Why not!?

[@Father_Daniel]

I love it! Just in time for the ones who live

[@Unknownerguy]

Why not lol

[@WithFearGaming]

I never thought about it, but Morgan left Alexandria just as Rick embraced Morgan's way

[@DanFarrell98]

Morgan lost it, Rick found it

[@pyxlified]

@@DanFarrell98theyre in the woooooodz

[@Samael_TheFallen]

Fear the walking Dead seasons 1-3 were so underrated.

[@Father_Daniel]

Absolutely! The first three seasons were great

[@kristiananarchy3174]

Oh yeah! The first 3 was really good!

[@mr.decencykeepinitreal6348]

As longtime TWD fans, we appreciate you telling us about what really happened in the live action franchise.

[@ngin98]

its such a shame andrew left the show & they killed off carl, those final few seasons would’ve hit so much better if they were still around. Imagine rick & carl in the whisperer war 😭

[@spicywaterentertainment9645]

I think I'm fine with Rick leaving seeing as the ones who live just dropped the biggest banner of an episode of the entire saga

[@filippavlakovic4478]

What surprised me the most is...17 or so years into the apocalypse and all the characters have pearl white teeth 😅

[@trueroyston7791]

The honest answer is that they don’t have as much sugars and additives to their food, I know it’s a show and all but surviving and growing and hunting for their own food eliminates the need for additives or anything else like we have in our foods today

[@Animaxgaming2290]

Terminus ark was just fire 🔥 no ark can replace it

[@Father_Daniel]

Awesome they did a TWD timeline just in time for T.O.W.L. ! The timeline is very messy especially with the huge time jump after Rick left just so they could age up Judith. Great video!

[@marcborkowski6474]

Honestly the last three seasons were a huge improvement over 7-8. The last two spin offs were pretty good. Way too overhated.

[@joeyfitzgerald2950]

The Ones Who Live sure has alot of expectations to live up to, in just a weeks time we will finally see if the wait has paid off.

[@MeetMrMayhem88]

So far, so good! 4 episodes in, and the series has been amazing so far! 💯

[@l.c.7955]

It paid off!! Just saw the ending 🎉

[@anti5356]

This is the most informative TWD video I’ve seen in a while. I’ve been a long time fan of the show but couldn’t finish World Beyond or Fear TWD I depend on summaries like this because my attention span sucks and I don’t have the time to commit to 5 different spinoffs, so thanks WatchMojo

[@t206umm7]

Can you guys please do a top 20 TWD characters ranking?

[@natecavazos3886]

I know they only did it a few times across all TWD series but i always love when they pick a great NIN song for a tense scene

[@TheModernPioneer]

A quick contention of this timeline: -All-Out War has to take place in spring or summer 2013, not 2012. We see the clear passage of winter in seasons 4B, 5, and 6. Claimer Joe even states that it’s roughly New Year’s Eve in the end of Season 4. His date may not be exact, but it still gives us another confirmation of the general time of year.

[@kiashaw]

Now i didnot know 3 seasons of fear happened then rick woke up. I thought it was happening at the same time.

[@AkumaUzamaki]

As someone who didn’t finish TWD I only remember the jail and I think that town part, I had no idea they even had shows after the original wow

[@MrGrantGregory]

More of these please

[@abramsullivan7764]

Can't wait for next Sunday for The Walking Dead: The One Who Lives.

[@101shadeira]

I gotta catch up

[@nathangregory_]

All I want to know is how everyone on the planet became infected.

[@mammothplains91]

Play Plague Inc and maybe you'll get an idea

[@SunflowerMonroe7612]

The comic creator said once that it was essentially caused by an extra terrestrial germ that came to earth from a meteor. But then there was outcry from the fandom because people didn't like that, and he backpedaled, saying it was just one of many possible theories.

[@AdiCruise207]

I guess the same way people were infected by Corona virus

[@nathangregory_]

@@mammothplains91 Plague Inc.? I don't think you're following my question. The question is not what is the plague but where did the "Plague" as you state come from. It's never explained but just stated as "We all have it."

[@nathangregory_]

@@SunflowerMonroe7612 But don't you find that to be odd? The "Walking Dead" main series ran for eleven years, and now we have off-shoots that have gone on for years after that, AND they are about to re-launch the main series once again, and the showrunners can't answer a simple question which is the basis for the entire Walking Dead universe? I find that to be very lazy, or they don't give a damn.

[@absolutnadia]

All that “I’m gonna kill you! Not today, not tomorrow” line over and over just to let him survive!!! I got so pissed for Maggie

[@CircleA369]

I will only post this once. I love the walking dead from the Comics to the all of the T.V show. Chefs Kiss!

[@youngkid518]

We have come so far. Can't wait for Rick's Return.

[@jojomations2596]

I only went off of the telltale game timeline. thanks for doing a compressed version of the tv show walking dead timeline

[@Pakotugudugudugudugudugudugu]

The games arent cannon to tv

[@BatmanBurritos93]

Daryl left in 2022, months before Rick returned

[@David-xc4we]

More like days or weeks before

[@AdamG1983]

The biggest crime is that the finale is basically a commercial for the spin-offs

[@crimson5154]

Others to note to my knowledge: 2015: FTWD S7 2019: Rick cuts off his Arm and joins the CRM 2022: Rick and Michonne reunite 2023: Rick and Michonne return

[@chrisbangsxxx]

I haven't kept up w walking dead since og show ended and even there im not sure what happened last couple seasons, im only really invested in rick so when his show started ofc im watching but looks like i missed few imp plots inbetween so hope this video fills the blanks cuz i forced myself to watch og after rick left so I cant do that to myself for other spin offs

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

Thanks For this

[@StanHalen1936]

Love your content guys 😊😊😊😊😊

[@Shad0wPh0enixXx]

Negan instead of Neg-an?

[@AndresMichaels]

The timeline moved a lot slower than the show and I think the producers counted on the viewers not noticing. It was less than a week from the time the prison fell until they were reunited at Terminus but Daryl told Rick he was with Beth for "awhile." Maggie told Glenn she wasn't pregnant in the prison and the only time they were semi-alone for her to get to a point of pregnancy that she was at when she announced it was when the group was together in the library after Eugene lied. Only 4 months passed from the prison falling to Negan but it seemed way longer. Carl died at 14 but looked much older. At one point they kept the Judith twins who were way too old before the time 2 year time skip after Negan but the right age after. The one that always made me laugh was Glenn saying the Alexandrian pantry was well stocked but then they were starving a couple days later. Also the days got wonky. Negan drove all the way to Alexandria, Carl hid in the truck, spent the next day with Negan and the same day Negan drove him back home and cooked spaghetti and played pool with Spencer before it was dark. I always thought Alexandria was 2 hours away from the Sanctuary. Most viewers saw the show in the amount of time that passed between episodes, but it always made me crazy!

[@arielsanson929]

Stopped watching TWD after the 9th season and the day i wanna get back into it, i gotta watch like 3 other different shows? Man wth 😭😭

[@jdent4544]

Even if the Main show is over, their names and legacy will live through its fanbase, the comic series, and multiple spinoffs, this proves that we almost always don't need to follow just rick grimes story, as there are others ready to be explored into.

[@tomm8725]

I’m very confused. In the recent the ones who live episode michonne says that RJ is 8 which would mean they’re currently in 2021. But she left to find Rick in 2021 and got stuck in a mall for a whole year?? From the hints dropped in the ones who live it could be anywhere between 2021-2024

[@ACMZ08]

Suddenly a new spin off comes out and it takes place 50 years later and the city is even more decayed and the walkers even more decayed and the characters even more decayed

[@malcolmjelani3588]

What surprised me the most is that they never found rick.

[@mammothplains91]

Yet

[@akhyarrayhka4048]

prelude to covi

[@kostasfilips3029]

forgot about the flight the mini series and about the submarine mini series

[@younghamza13]

But the question is, what cause the virus that people turned to zombies?

[@alospraylo]

The creator of the comic said it was an Alien space pore but hell never directly say it. He told the company that published the comic that aliens where behind it so he could get their approval them thinking he would eventually explain it in the comic but once it came out and was successful he no longer had to say it. But originally it was just his way of getting the comic publisher to support it.

[@alospraylo]

@TheGovernor2003 come to think of if you are right. Before that credit end scene it was an alleged alien spore but you are right!

[@ualwayswin74]

I didn't know Ashley Barnett was in fear the walking dead

[@OfficerShaneWalsh]

They're in the woooods

[@austinraisch6456]

Watch mojo joined the walking dead gang 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@nicogonzalez7860]

Rick really lost the prison and beat Negan in the same year???

[@vincentandujar4216]

it doesn’t make sense. beating negan and losing the prison in one year is too much, especially if you look at carl’s aging…

[@deancrawley2406]

In the comics it wasn't there going off the comic book universe Carl didn't age 8 years in 2 years 😂

[@roywilliams660]

Well I never watched this Walking Dead Series before.

[@deancrawley2406]

There crazily off with the years😂 there going off the comic book universe where the prison and defeating negan all happened in the same year its completely different the show because carl went from like 11 years old to 18 by time they met negan so by the logic it must of been at least 6 years prior and then judith growing up shes like 10 by time alpha and whisperers are introduced so it had to be around 8 years considering judith was about 3 when rick blew up the bridge

[@ThereAreNoRulesWereLostMan]

I thought every season was at least a year time jump and then 6-7 was the only one not

[@user-ih1bm9me5u]

This Memory The Waiking Dead!😊❤

[@dominicwilliams214]

Why is this timeline only 14 minutes

[@David-xc4we]

Coincidence, since the walking dead universe began 14 years ago!

[@brianachim2670]

@@David-xc4weFor us yes, for them no

[@BatmanBurritos93]

You can’t just skip Nick’s death like that

[@Mouthydude85]

Who is here after watching Rick and michonne absolutely destroy the CRM and reunite with Judith and RJ.

[@tylerjacobs7562]

Rick did not go off in the helicopter in 2014. There was a 2 year time jump.

[@user-uc9ne8ow2u]

I watched this to be less confused but bow im more confused 🥴

[@masonmayer3564]

So Carl went from like 10 years old to 17 years old, in 2 or 3 years

[@TTFHD]

confused still

[@ARod3]

Rick is alive!?

[@MoleRat94]

Do these shows still make money? Like how? Unfortunately TWD turned into MCU and Lost 😢

[@xeeto3742]

Good to see TWD in mainstream media again

[@manofmercy1500]

Honestly would prefer that the title clarified that this is the TV Universe in particular and not the Comic Universe, which while it covers a smaller time period, ALOT was going on during the first 8 years of the outbreak there. Such as the events of the main comic series (all 193 issues), the "Rise of the Governor" novel series, one-offs like Typhoon, "The Alien" & "Negan Lives", the Telltale Games series, amongst other pieces of material.

[@z.slayer4]

7:55

[@not_your_average_yle3046]

So your voices are AI now? You just pronounced Negan like Megan

[@Jeremiah_Rivers76]

Trust me, I’m going out on MY terms if the zombie apocalypse happens. I’m not brave enough to face the undead.

[@nathantorkos2031]

So carl is like 10 when he dies???

[@shaquille7414]

So the series ended at around 13.5 years so we should assume that the ones who live is around that so somewhere in between 13.5-14 years into the apocalypse

[@5UBJ3CT3GG]

2 minutes ago is crazy

[@jimbo9208]

no one cares how quickly you got here it not a race

[@Reaperguy67]

Like anyone else asked about how early you are.

[@StanHalen1936]

Virgin

[@batzgameguru]

Ive never heard of these other walking dead spin offs

[@mammothplains91]

Tales of the walking dead isn't really worth watching, same with The walking dead: World Beyond, Fear the walking dead is pretty decent until the halfway mark where it just falls off completely, not enjoyable at all, The walking dead: Daryl Dixon i have yet to watch but is apparently really good, same with The walking dead: Dead City

[@NaterTV]

Is it just me or am I having a hard time believing that seasons 1-8 of the walking dead all happen in like 4 years

[@EthanHebert-]

For me It’s because of how fast Chandler ages. Because it’s been 8+ years filming time.

[@NaterTV]

@@EthanHebert- yeah it inherently makes it harder to believe it’s 4 years

[@Father_Daniel]

I agree I never liked the idea that they met Negan around 2 years into the Apocalypse

[@EthanHebert-]

@@Father_Daniel they didn’t it’s like 4 years in.

[@NaterTV]

@@Father_Daniel yeah to me my head canon is it’s more 5-6 years in I think

[@blizard9701]

A shame you didn't explain the "complete" walking dead timeline. This looks more like a 20% of the timeline explained.

[@Bigdickreid]

This is completely wrong with the years 😂😂😂 Carl went from 8 to 16 in 2 years and his wife died and he remarried had another child and Judith aged al that much in couple of months 😂😂

[@Voun_]

Ah yes, the actor isn't allowed to age because of his role

[@Rommie26]

Sooooo did they find Rick yet?

[@cole2k23]

It’s never been stated that they have yet. But the new series “ The ones who live” comes out this Sunday and will show the story of what’s happened to Rick and if they find him.

[@lavarball2680]

Yup

[@actiblizzard]

what an incredible fall from grace

[@Psychs_IVXX]

naygen lmao

[@DemonKingNemo]

Ah yes, the feaeless Megan Smith

[@mungojerry]

Thanks, I don’t have to see the other series. For me TWD is done

[@user-em6ie2be7x]

The Quality of this show went down after Andrew Lincoln left the show.

[@shaquille7414]

I’m here early

[@majormayhem96]

Dude what is with these narrators mispronouncing names all the time, NAYgan Smith? lmao

[@corbinowens2437]

Did you just pronounce Negan like Megan? 😂 I’m sorry but that’s like pronouncing Aang like Ung

[@thelittlevipers3657]

this is not the best take on how to explaine the timeline at all :(

[@charleydaubzz1390]

This timeline is very inaccurate

[@jorgeadairramos7469]

Hello good afternoon

[@jacksonpelish877]

Be more vague😂

[@zaceldershaw4931]

You actually believe the first 9 seasons are the course of 4 years 😂😂😂😂 hell no

[@timhart910]

Those who live prove the negan and Maggie story isn't 2027 or 2029

[@crowsdontcry8258]

It actually does not lol!

[@bowieupland6112]

This show is hilarious, showing all these strong and independent female leaders. According to the United Nations, in times of trouble and civil unrest, most women turn to xes work to survive.

[@Alexis29_]

Do you hate women?'Cause like it's the apocalypse

[@ElVago64]

The complete whole boring timeline. It started good then meh. Fighting between humans.

[@justinpatton6996]

The Walking Dead Should’ve ended after Season 8 or after Season 5 to me

[@Bayard1503]

@@justinpatton6996 The whisperer arc is very good.

[@babie6097]

ye it's fantastic@@Bayard1503

[@ElVago64]

@@justinpatton6996 i stopped at season 3 bc i wanted to the story builds up. Then i noticed and i gave up on the show.

[@ElVago64]

@@Bayard1503 i don't remember that arc, i stopped at S3.

[@trasegorsuch5140]

F*ck this show! They killed off Carl!

[@idolsrule4678]

AMC screwed up big-time letting go of that lad. Should’ve raised his pay and continue his character.

[@jackdanulsprime2077]

It’s too bad that the show writers took so many liberties and changed the story so much. The original comics will always be better.

[@jsho31]

Had to stop watching when he said Negan Smith. Can't even say the name right?

[@imaxyxia]

I lost all interest in this series, few episodes into series seven... Just repeating the same stuff every series!!