50 Facts About Carl Grimes

Carl Grimes is a fictional character and is one of the main protagonists in the comic book series The Walking Dead and was portrayed by Chandler Riggs in the American television series of the same name.

In both forms of media, Carl is the son of Rick and Lori Grimes.

Riggs' portrayal of Carl Grimes was well received among fans and critics alike.

Carl Grimes's death caused severe backlash from the audience and critics, deeming it as the worst decision the show made due to Carl Grimes's importance in the comics.

Lori and Carl Grimes join a group of survivors on the outskirts of Atlanta, formed and led by Shane.

Carl Grimes is confronted with disturbing experiences, such as witnessing numerous violent deaths.

Carl Grimes feels deep grief, but does not regret his actions.

Carl Grimes accompanies Rick to "The Kingdom", a neighboring settlement led by Ezekiel.

Carl Grimes stays back in the Safe Zone while Rick ventures out to Negan's stronghold for war.

Carl Grimes is last seen telling his daughter the story of his father, Rick.

Carl Grimes loved both his parents, even though they began to have marital issues.

When Rick is found and brought back to the camp, Carl Grimes is overjoyed to see his father alive, and Lori instructs him to distance himself from Shane.

The group splits up to search for her, and Carl Grimes joins Rick and Shane.

The operation is successful, but Carl Grimes is bed-ridden for several days, leading Hershel to allow Rick's group to stay on the farm while he heals.

Shane starts to go crazy and opens a locked barn, while Carl Grimes becomes more distant once the group finds that Sophia had become a walker and was herded among other walkers of Hershel's family and friends into his barn, believing they can be cured.

Carl Grimes aims a gun to dispatch it, but instead tried to taunt it, and the walker lurches forward, freeing itself.

Later that day, Dale is attacked by the same walker, and the group is forced to euthanize him, and Carl Grimes feels regret for not having killed the walker when he had the chance.

Carl Grimes learns that Lori is pregnant, but she is unsure if it is Shane's or Rick's child; among these matters, Rick and Shane have a falling out, and Rick stabbed Shane to death as Carl Grimes watches.

The group is forced to split up, and Carl Grimes helps to cover Lori and Maggie.

Carl Grimes's daughter is born safely, but she dies, and a traumatized Carl is forced to euthanize his mother to prevent her reanimation.

Carl Grimes helps to see to his sister, whom he named Judith, while Daryl, Hershell, and Glenn take up leadership roles.

Carl Grimes leads them out and apologizes for Rick's lack of understanding.

Carl Grimes remains concerned about Michonne, but Rick seems to trust her.

Rick is surprised to find Morgan Jones, the man he first met after waking from his coma, still in his town, and while Rick sees to Morgan, Carl Grimes goes to obtain supplies for Judith with Michonne's help.

Carl Grimes later tells Rick he didn't want what happened to Dale, caused by his inaction, to happen to anyone else.

Carl Grimes finds a heavily injured Rick in the chaos and helps him to walk away, but then they see the empty baby carrier where Judith had been, and fear she died.

Rick is still injured and past the point of exhaustion, so Carl Grimes lets him rest while scavenging for supplies in the nearby homes.

Carol and Tyreese help to rescue Rick's group from Terminus, and when they regroup Rick and Carl Grimes are elated to find they have watched and cared for Judith since the Governor's attack on the prison.

Carl Grimes is put in charge of defending the survivors when Rick and the others leave to finish off the remains of the Terminus population that are seeking revenge from the group.

Carl Grimes helps to take care of Judith as Rick and the others improve Alexandria's security.

Carl Grimes meets some of the teenagers in the community, including Enid, a girl who had been wandering on her own after seeing her parents killed by walkers.

Carl Grimes finds something of interest in Enid, and discreetly watches her, and when she climbs over the fence of Alexandria, he follows her.

Carl Grimes remains emotionally distant, but accepts Carl's friendship and returns to the community.

Carl Grimes remains in Alexandria to watch over Judith and the other Alexandria residents.

Carl Grimes is rushed to safety, and eventually Rick and his allies clear out the walkers.

Carl Grimes loses his eye, but is otherwise unharmed, and continues to develop a friendship with Enid.

Carl Grimes joins Rick, Maggie, Glenn and others as they set off for the nearby Hilltop community, with whom they have made friendly ties.

Later, Carl Grimes again sees Enid leaving Alexandria, and when he catches up to her, finds she wants to go to Hilltop.

Carl Grimes accompanies her there, explaining his desire to kill Negan.

Carl Grimes decides to stowaway aboard one of the trucks when they drive away, discovering that Jesus, one of the Hilltop survivors, is there, seeking the location of Sanctuary, the Savior's base.

Rick is prepared to shoot him, but Carl Grimes stops him and berates Rick for not showing compassion.

Thanks to Carl Grimes's planning and distractions, most of the Alexandrians are able to make it to the shelter of sewers as the community is firebombed by the Saviors.

Daryl prepares to lead the other Alexandrians to the Hilltop, but tells Carl Grimes he helped to make this all possible.

Rick and Michonne go outside to deal with their grief as Carl Grimes shoots himself in the head with the same gun he has had since he was a child.

Later, Rick mentions that Negan will not be killed or harmed as Carl Grimes found him to be redeemable.

When Maggie is going to Alexandria to kill him, Rick and Daryl argue about her plan and Rick is brought to tears in saying that by killing Negan, Carl Grimes died for nothing.

Daryl tells Rick that he'd die for him and that he would have died for Carl Grimes, but urges him to let his son's dream for the future go.

When Rick is gravely injured by being impaled on a piece of rebar, Carl Grimes appears in Rick's hallucination as one of the many corpses piled together that he stands upon.

Six years after Rick's apparent death, Carl Grimes is mentioned by Judith when she admits to Michonne that she is starting to forget both Carl Grimes and Rick's voices.

When it was discovered that Carl Grimes was going to be killed off after the season 8 midseason finale, fans were upset by the loss of the character, which is a significant departure from the comics, where Carl Grimes is still alive and takes on more of a leadership role as Rick ages, even outliving his father by the end of the comics.