Rick Grimes

Richard D. Grimes, better known as Rick, is the protagonist and a survivor of the Wildfire Outbreak in The Walking Dead: Something To Fear. He is a former sheriff's deputy who was shot in a line of duty and woke up two months into the apocalypse. He currently serves as the co-leader of the Atlanta Survivor's Camp alongside his childhood best friend Shane Walsh.
He met the camp he now co-leads because a man named Morgan Jones and his son, Duane, saved him back in King County. Morgan then told him about everything that happened while he was in a coma. Rick went to Atlanta, Georgia in search of his wife, son and best friend. He would then meet a couple of people who saved him from the Atlanta Herd. After Rick did them a solid, he would save them from the herd and get them back to camp, Rick was accepted into the group.
Because of these people, he finally found his wife, son and best friend. Because of his strength as a leader and reasonableness he is considered the groups de-facto leader instead of Shane Walsh. After a herd overran the group, the group, operating under Rick's plan to seek for a cure, would go to the CDC and find it to be a dead end. The group now persue Fort Benning.
== Overview ==
Rick Grimes is a man who is smart and calm, being a great leader, good friend and an amazing father. But his moral code is questionable, as he flip-flops between not killing the living and killing them. But he is known for making good decisions for the group, like cuffing Merle Dixon to the Bradbury's rooftop. He usually relies on his police skills and survival tactics to get through. He wants to make a better world for his family, trying to replicate the former world.
== Pre-Apocalypse ==
=== King County, Georgia ===
Richard D. Grimes was born in 1973. He grew up in King County, Georgia. He was intrigued by the stories his grandfather would tell him about World War Two. He also shared a close relationship with his father who's wisdom rubbed off on Rick in a good way. 
He grew up alongside another boy from King County, Georgia, named Shane Walsh. The two were inseperable and were regarded as 'brothers'. Rick, due to his father's wisdom was very disciplined, which is one of the reasons his later wife, Lori Grimes, chose him over Shane. Rick graduated with a Bachelor's Degree in Criminal Justice at Georgia Central University. He and Shane would later become deputies in the King County Sheriff's Department, they were assigned as partners.
In the eleventh grade, Rick would meet a girl named Lori, who would eventually fall in love with him. The two later had a son named Carl. They lived as a normal family in King County. Shane would become a close friend of the family. Rick and Shane would take Carl hunting and become detrimental parts in his early stages of development. 
== Post-Apocalypse ==
=== Season 1 ===
==== Days Gone Bye ====
Rick would wake up in King County Hospital, two months after the Wildfire Outbreak. He would notice a pad-locked door with a message that said "DON'T OPEN, DEAD INSIDE". Gray fingers would slip out of the cracks of the pad-locked door. Rick was creeped out and confused. His first mission was to get to Lori and Carl. He would go to the house, where he would find all the photo albums gone and no other trace of them.
Rick would meet a man named Morgan Jones and his son, Duane Jones, outside of his house. They rescued him after he waved at a walker, thinking it was another survivor. Rick would confirm to them that he had been shot and not bit. When going down to have dinner with the two, they would explain the outbreak to Rick and how people turn. Rick understood and now had a good understanding of the world and walkers.
After the night, Rick and the Jones' would go back to the Grimes residence to pick up keys to the King County police station and the keys to the gun chamber. While picking up the keys, there would be talk of a refugee centre in Atlanta, Georgia. Rick set his sights on going to the refugee centre in Atlanta, as it was the safest option. When getting to the police station, they would find it left barely touched. The three showered with warm water and then split the guns, splitting. Before splitting Rick would give Morgan a walkie-talkie. They agreed that they'd be in contact every day at dawn.
Rick went to Atlanta on Interstate 85, sending messages on the cruiser radio. His car would unfortunately break down and Rick would have to settle for the Siggard's horse. The horse was a good steed and helped him get to Atlanta. While in Atlanta a helicopter would catch his eyes. He figured this was the military recruiting for people for the refugee centre. When calling out for the helicopter he would accidentally alert a herd of walkers. Which closed in on him and ate his steed. He would be holed up in a tank, losing hope. That was until he heard the voice of Glenn Rhee on the tank radio.
==== Guts ====
Rick escapes the tank following Glenn's instructions. The two meet up in an alleyway and Glenn takes him to his group, which was holed up in Bradbury's and pissed at Rick for bringing the herd towards them. Upon entering, Andrea Harrison pulls a gun to Rick's face. Rick thinks she's pulling some practical joke because the safety was on. Morales would explain why the group was upset at Rick. Rick understood that he brought multiple walkers to them when he was calling the helicopter. The group laugh at him for thinking that there was a helicopter. Gunshots come from the rooftop, the group believe that a group member that Rick hadn't met yet was doing it. This group member is Merle Dixon. Upon meeting Merle, he is unreasonable and stupid. When being spoken to by T-Dog, he shouts a racial slur at him and attacks him. Merle would assume leadership of the group after this.
Rick would step in and attack Merle, cuffing him to the roof, giving him a pep talk and throwing away his cocaine. The group had to get out of the city and back to their camp. Rick wanted to help to make everything good between them given he lead a herd towards them. They tried to get out through the sewers but that was a failure. Rick proposed that he and Glenn could blend into the herd by rubbing walker guts on their clothes. The plan was met with protest first but everyone went through.
The plan worked and Rick and Glenn were able to get everyone in the back of the truck, all except Merle. This came as a shock to Rick as he had given T-Dog the keys to the cuffs. T-Dog would admit that he dropped the keys. This didn't matter much to Rick as Merle wasn't contributing anything to the group.
==== Tell It to the Frogs ====
After Glenn's arrival, the truck with the other members of the group would arrive at the Atlanta Camp. Rick didn't expect much return from arriving at the camp, until he got out and saw Carl, Lori and Shane. All three embraced in the fact that Rick had returned, while Rick was embracing that he had found the most important people in his life. But Rick brought bad news with him, as he had to tell the group he left Merle Dixon on a rooftop in Atlanta. In the night, the group would agree that Rick would be the one to tell Merle's brother Daryl what had happened because he was the most responsible for what had happened, this was much to T-Dog's protests.
In the day, Rick would greet all members of the camp, including Carol Peletier, who was washing his clothes. Screams came from the forests, screams from the children of the camp. Rick rushed to the forest fast with a weapon that Shane had passed him. A walker would be gnawing on a deer that Daryl was hunting. The men that had gone to take the walker down took turns beating it until Dale cut its head off. Daryl would arrive and curse at the deer. Rick told him the bad news and a small fight awoke. Rick would go on a rescue mission to Atlanta cause Merle's death isn't any way anything, let alone a human should go through. 
A group of Rick, Daryl, T-Dog, Glenn and Allen went to Atlanta to save Merle and get a bag of guns Rick had dropped. This was so Rick could provide the camp guns and keep in touch with Morgan. On arrival to the Bradbury's rooftop, the group would be in shock, as Merle had cut his hand off to escape. He had slipped through their fingers and was now possibly bleeding out and making himself an easy target for the walkers.
==== Vatos ====
Rick would stop Daryl from skewering T-Dog with his crossbow, telling him to calm down. The group would go down Bradbury's, following Merle's trail of blood. They would find out that Merle cauterized his stump and had left the building. Rick would convince Daryl that following Merle through the city without the bag of guns would be like a suicide mission. The group now set out to get the bag of guns with help of a plan that Glenn orchestrated with office supplies.
The plan would go well until a gang would kidnap Glenn after Daryl showed hostility to a young member of the gang. The group would take the boy up to the office, bag of guns now in their possession, asking him if he knew where they took Glenn. The boy split after Daryl threatened to cut off his teeth, showing off Merle's hand and saying it was the hand of the "last guy that pissed him off." 
The Survivors trekked to the headquarters of the Vatos Gang, Allen and T-Dog set up as snipers just in case anything bad happened. The leader of the gang, Guillermo, would come out and talk shortly with Rick, stating that he wasn't gonna let Glenn free without his bag of guns. Guillermo gave Rick an option between spilling blood or handing over the bag. After short consideration, Rick would pack the bag and consider the option of spilling blood. Rick wasn't scared to shoot them all, he had to do Glenn a solid for saving him. 
They would go back to the Vatos headquarters, Miguel tied up with a gag over his mouth. They would enter the headquarters, faced with Guillermo and his right hand men. But as the fight climaxed, an old lady came in, saying someone named Mr. Gilbert was having trouble breathing. The Vatos revealed themselves to be people taking care of an old folk's home. The old lady was convinced Rick was there to arrest her grandson, Felipe, but Rick would tell her that they were looking for a fella named Glenn. The old lady would guide him into the nursing home and show him Glenn in the auditorium, watching Mr. Gilbert have an asthma attack.
They would make a deal with The Vatos and go back to their truck, which had been stolen by Merle. The group now rushed to the Atlanta Camp. Upon arrival, they would find it had sprung into anarchy as walkers were everywhere. The groups would reunite, Merle having not been found, and eventually kill all walkers that were terrorizing the camp. Rick would comfort Allen when he had found out his wife, Donna, had died in the attack.
==== Wildfire ====
Rick reaches out to Morgan at dawn, talking about what had happened and what's going on. Rick helped burned the walkers that had invaded the camp last night. Per Glenn's request, the group would bury the people that were killed in the attack. While the walkers were being burned, Jacqui would reveal to the group that Jim had been bit last night. Rick tells the group that they could go to the CDC to try and cure Jim. Daryl disagrees and tries to kill Jim, Rick would stop him and tell him "We don't kill the living!" 
Rick and Shane come to several disagreements about where they should move from now. Shane thinks that the army base Fort Benning is the safest bet, but Rick had an issue with that plan. Fort Benning was 125 miles in the other direction, and the military had been overrun so there's not a big chance that Benning is the safest option. 
Rick and Shane would go off to bury the bodies. While burying, they would argue about Rick going to Atlanta and being the "reason that these people died." Rick would tell Shane that because of the guns that Rick brought in, less people were to die. But Shane wasn't going to have it and kept the arguments coming. Rick would then tell him that he knew about the affair. At the end of the argument, Rick would tell Shane that if he ever tried to come onto Lori again, he would kill him.
The group, with Jim in the RV would leave the camp and go to the CDC. In the middle of the trek, Jim would give up and say he wanted to be left on the side of the road, awaiting death. Rick granted Jim this wish and did as Jim pleased. The group would now go to the CDC without Jim. Upon arrival, the group had to be quiet because a ton of sleeping walkers were lying on the ground. Rick would yell at a camera, telling whoever was in the CDC to open the doors. The doors eventually did open.
==== TS-19 ====
The group, having been allowed into the CDC by Edwin Jenner, were forced to do blood tests just so Jenner was sure they weren't bit, chewed or scratched. After the tests, the group were invited to feast with the scientist. The group had a lively time at the dinner table. After showering and leaving Lori to go to the rec room and watch over Carl and Ben, Rick would have a dark conversation with Edwin Jenner, Rick stating that he knew everyone that he knew was going to die soon.
While returning to his room, Rick would hear Lori altercating with Shane, Shane having tried to rape her. Rick, angry and drunk, would charge Shane and threaten to kill him, pointing a gun at his head and all. But Rick would stop and say that he would deal with Shane later as he didn't want to cause a massive scene and divide the group.
The next morning after dinner, Jenner would show the group how the infection works through a playback of a "vigil" named Test Subject-19. After the lesson, Dale would ask Jenner what the clock on the wall was and why it was counting down. Jenner would explain, vaguely, that it was counting down until facility-wide decontamination. Rick and a group of men, excluding Shane, would go down to the CDC cellar to try to stop the clock.
At the 30 minute mark Jenner would stall the group and wait for it all to count down. Rick would take advantage of Vi, the CDC's artificial intelligence, and ask her what facility-wide decontamination was. Vi would, in detail, explain that during the decontamination process, the air within the facility would be set on fire and kill everyone instantly. The group would try and try to get Jenner to open the shut doors, but Jenner declined, not until Rick brought up Jenner's wife and told him that the group needed a chance, like Jenner's wife. Jenner would open the door and tell Rick to take his chance, Rick would state he's grateful and Jenner would respond with The day will come when you won't be. The group escaped the CDC using the grenade Rick had collected back in the tank in Atlanta.
=== Season 2 ===
==== Miles Behind Us ====
Rick and the group arrive at the headquarters for the Vatos who the group had made allies with not too long ago. Upon arrival at the nursery home, the group find out that the Vatos were executed, including the old people. Rick then chooses a raided pantry in the auditorium as the safest spot for everyone to stay until the morning. In the night and during dinner, Rick and the group would discuss going to Fort Benning, Allen wasn't fond of the plan saying that Fort Benning was too far away and that the group didn't have enough fuel for that trip.
Rick stands atop a roof in Atlanta, addressing Morgan through his radio, though Morgan appears not to be present. Nevertheless, Rick says that Atlanta isn't safe anymore, and that the CDC was a dead end, as if Morgan is really there. He is about to mention what Jenner told him just as they were leaving the CDC, but decides against it, instead saying that the group is heading toward Fort Benning. The group finally leaves Atlanta, commencing on a new journey. As they continue south of Atlanta, they come across a large sum of parked and crashed cars, which ultimately blocks their path. They attempt to navigate through the maze of vehicles, but soon the radiator in the RV blows out. The group decides to search the nearby cars for another radiator they could use, as well as any other useful supplies.
Rick and Dale keep watch. Dale notices a walker hobbling about, and Rick recognizes it as well. He's about to shoot it before realizing that the walker is in fact part of a much larger herd heading their way. Rick silently orders the group to hide under the cars. After the herd passes, Ben, thinking it's safe, comes out from under the car, but fails to notice two walkers nearby. Rick watches helplessly as the walkers see him and chase him into the nearby forest and Rick would chase after Ben and the walkers. Once he reaches him, he guides him to a tree hanging low over the riverbank and tells her to hide under it, "If I don't come back, head back to the highway the same way we came. Keep the sun on your left shoulder." Rick guides the walkers a safe distance away before taking care of them with a boulder. Afterward, Rick returns to the highway, expecting to find Ben, but he instead discovers that he still hadn't returned, and is forced to confront a distraught Allen.
Rick, Shane, Daryl and Glenn return to the riverbank to investigate. After finding nothing, the group go back to the highway to create a bigger search party. Later on the group as a whole go tracking Ben once more. They find a tent in the middle of the forest, but no signs of Ben anywhere near it. It's then that they hear a bell toll nearby, and upon following the sound, they find themselves at a church. Ben appears not to be there either, as the bell is in fact an audio loop on a timer.
The group waits at the church but as it starts to get late, they are forced to head back to the highway. Rick, however, isn't ready to give up, so he and Shane stay behind as the rest go on ahead. Before leaving, Carl asks to stay with Rick, and Lori and Rick agree to let him. Before the trio sets out, Rick approaches the crucified figure of Jesus and admits that, although he isn't a believer, he could use any help possible in finding Ben. After leaving, the group comes across a lone buck. Shane is about to shoot it, but stops as Rick points out Carl curiously approaching it. Suddenly, a gunshot fills the air as a bullet travels straight through the deer, finding it's way into Carl's abdomen. Rick and Shane run to him as he falls to the ground.
==== Bloodletting ====
After discovering who shot Carl, a man named Otis, the three take Carl to a nearby farm in which Otis says a man named Hershel Greene can help. Rick pitifully carries an unconscious Carl as he runs, and once at the farm, Hershel and his daughters help get Carl onto a bed so they can start to treat him. As they do so, Shane assures Rick that it isn't his fault, and that Carl will be fine, just like he was when he was shot. Maggie, Hershel's eldest daughter, informs Rick that he will need to donate blood to Carl, for they are both the same blood type. As his blood is drawn, Hershel begins surgery on Carl, and the painful screams of his child upsets Rick. Afterward, Hershel announced that he isn't finished, and to do so without inflicting harm, he needs specific medical supplies that they don't have. They conclude that the best place to find such supplies is a nearby high school-turned-FEMA camp. Otis volunteers to go, feeling guilty for shooting Rick's child, and Shane decides to go with. Maggie volunteers to get Lori, as she has a right to know what happened to her son.
Later on, Rick admires Hershel's farm and talks with Hershel about a potential cure for the outbreak when Maggie returns to the farm with Lori. Once she sees her bedridden son, Lori breaks into tears. Rick does another transfusion and after assuring the couple that Carl will be fine after Shane and Otis get back, Hershel admits to Rick and Lori that he is a veterinarian. Lori doesn't seem pleased with this, but Rick reminds her that he's the only option they have. It's soon that they start worry that Shane and Otis haven't returned, and Hershel reveals that if they don't arrive soon, he will have to resume surgery without anesthetic and the necessary equipment.
==== Save the Last One ====
By the evening, Rick and Lori meet with Glenn and Allen as they arrive at the farm, they give their regards to Carl. Having a discussion with Lori about their situation, Lori wonders whether Carl should even live, saying that it's better for him to leave this world instead of watching more people die, while Rick becomes deeply upset and wants a future for his son. They are happy when Carl finally awakens but soon goes into a seizure and their fear returns. Hershel gives them an ultimatum, Carl doesn't have more time left and they need to perform the surgery urgently. Shane miraculously returns with the supplies needed in time, but Otis didn't make it back. Rick is very grateful, unaware of Shane's lies about what truly happened to Otis. Hershel is able to perform the surgery and Carl is finally safe. After the moment of relief, Rick and Hershel comfort Patricia, Otis' wife, as Shane watches them from the hallway.
==== The Heart's Desire ====
Maggie shows Rick and Shane a map of the area, and Rick is happy that they finally can organize the search for Ben. Hershel tells Rick that he donated too much blood for Carl and needs to rest, Shane also can't go around for too long since he is injured from his trip for the medical supplies. They decide to wait a day before going back to the search. Hershel and Rick are talking later on, and Hershel says he expects the Atlanta Survivors will leave once Carl is in fit condition and they find Ben. Later on, Rick and Hershel are seen once again, having a discussion as to whether Hershel will reconsider. Hershel also reassures Rick that he is a commendable father. Rick is brought to the back of the RV by Andrea and Daryl, who tell him a camp was raided by the same people who killed The Vatos back in Atlanta. Rick tells them it's nothing they should worry about. Rick is at Carl's side at the end of the day again as he awakens, and they share some conversation. Rick gives him his sheriff hat because he was shot like Rick was and is now "part of the club" and tells him to rest some more as Lori walks in after having been in the yard. Rick puts away his police uniform and badges then takes off his clothes before laying down with Lori.
==== Chupacabra ====
Rick is seen continuing the search for Ben, laying out a map of the terrain and setting the group up in parties to go and continue looking for him. Jimmy approaches Rick and tells him that he wants to help and claimed that Hershel said it was okay for him to do so. He also allows Daryl to borrow one of Hershel's horses to help cover more ground to look for Ben. Later, he and Shane are seen continuing searching the woods for him while discussing their old high school days and girls they liked. Shane then changes the subject and says that they are wasting time trying to look for Ben since it's been several days since he was first originally lost and as a police officer, after 72 hours, the case gets colder (less likely to find the missing person). Rick and Shane head back to the farm where Rick asks Lori if Shane is correct in stopping the search. Lori convinces Rick otherwise comparing Ben to if it were Carl that was missing and Rick decides to keep on searching, however, he is approached by Beth Greene, she says that Hershel wants to talk to him.
Rick talks to Hershel, who complains about Rick taking the young Jimmy out in the woods and also taking one of his horses without his permission, they agreed that Rick needs to control his people while Hershel controls his since Rick and his group won't be staying at the farm for very long anymore. Later, Dale spots a walker approaching the farm and everyone is alerted and prepared to go kill it, when in fact they discover it was Daryl, covered in mud and blood after an accident with Hershel's horse; Carl didn't notice it was him though, and shoots him anyway, grazing Daryl with a bullet. Rick and Shane helps Daryl back to the house and gets him medical attention from Hershel. Daryl reveals that he found Ben's shoe by the river, giving Rick even more hope of finding Ben. After he joins everyone for a well prepared meal and has a quiet and awkward dinner with both his group and Hershel's group of people.
==== Secrets ====
Rick and Shane both continue to plan for the search for Ben as he allows the training of the Atlanta survivors and Hershel's people with the usage of guns and weapons. He and Lori decide that Carl should begin to learn how to shoot now and joins everyone with practice. Lori later confronts Rick about how Hershel still wants everyone to leave the farm soon and begs him to get Hershel to change his mind. Later, Rick finds abortion pills in his tent, fearing for the worst, he goes in search of Lori and finds her by the dirt road. The two have another argument after Rick finds out that Lori is pregnant and how she tried to get it aborted. They argue and Rick tries to convince her that the baby is worth keeping and knows about her relationship with Shane, but he forgives her since at the time she thought he was dead.
== Killed Victims ==
* Leon Basset (Zombified)
* Hannah (Zombified, Mercy Kill)
* Summer (Zombified)
* Felipe (Zombified)
* Ben (Zombified)
* Dave
* Tony
== Relationships ==
==Appearances==
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