Shaun Riley

"*Take car, go to mum's, kill Phil, grab Liz, go to the **Winchester**, have a nice cold pint and wait for all of this to blow over. How's that for a slice of fried gold?*"

―Shaun's plan for surviving Z-Day

## Background Information

### Fanfics

The Medical Emergency (2020-present)
Trapped & Disappearances (2021-present)
The Little Cornetto's Adventures (upcoming)
The Unforgettable Lifetime (upcoming)
From the Saviour with Memories (upcoming)
Dear, United Kingdom (upcoming)

## Character Information

### Occupation

Salesman
**Dear, United Kingdom:** Manager of Foree Electric

### Family

Barbara (mother), Phillip (stepfather), unnamed father (deceased)

### Friends

Ed (best friend), Liz (girlfriend), Dianne, Pete, David, Yvonne, Declan, Tom, Noel, Mark, Maggie
**Fanfics:** Benji Dunn, Bruce Garrett, Sam Garrett, Gary King, Andy Knightley, Steven Prince, Oliver Chamberlain, Peter Paige, Sam Chamberlain, Sherlock Holmes, John Watson, Mary Watson, Alec Hardy, Ellie Miller, Nicholas Angel, Danny Butterman, Andy Wainwright, Andy Cartwright, Doris Thatcher, Bob Walker, Tony Fisher, Vasily Petrovich Goloborodko, Ignacy Konieczny, Alicja Konieczna, Yuri Ivanovich Chuyko, Cezary Kujawa, Sergey Viktorovich Mukhin, Michał Zieliński, Mikhail Ashotovich Tasunyan, Kadik Zawada, Ivan Andreyevich Skorik, Grzegorz Jarosz, Mikhail Ivanovich Sanin, Antonin Kowalik, Oksana Skovoroda, Olga Sienkiewicz, Anatoli Stepanovich, Kuba, Bella Rudolfivna, Maria Nowacka, Dima Vasilyevich Goloborodko, Staś Konieczny, Petro Vasilyevich Goloborodko, Lucjan Konieczny, Maria Goloborodko, Ewa Konieczna, Svetlana Petrovna Goloborodko, Basia Konieczna, Natasha Goloborodko, Oliwia Konieczna, Benji Dunn, Bruce Garrett, Sherlock Holmes, John Watson, Anna Mikhailovna, and others

### Likes

His mother, his girlfriend, his job, drinking beer at Winchester, his friends

### Dislikes

Liz dumps him, zombies, losing his mum and stepdad to zombies

## Character's Bio

### Birthdate

22nd October 1975 (2004 film)
1970-1973 (fanfics)

### Age

29 (2004 film)
45 (2018)
47-50 (2020)
6 (The Little Cornettos' Adventures)

## Physical Apearance

### Status

Alive

**Shaun James Riley** is the main protagonist of Shaun of the Dead. He is the partner of Liz and became an unlikely hero during the events of Z-Day.

## Background

Shaun is an average 29-year-old male living in Crouch End, London. When he was young, Shaun's father died, and his mother, Barbara, later married Phillip when Shaun was 12 years old. Phillip was hard on Shaun, and this created a rift between the two. Shaun no doubt believed that Phillip's strict behaviour was born out of a dislike for the boy, but years later (moments before his step-father's death from a zombie bite) he would learn that Phillip did it out of love.

Shaun met his best friend, Ed in primary school, and the two remained constant companions since then. They were frequent customers of the Winchester Tavern, and Ed would often cheer him up by doing an impersonation of Clyde, the orangutan from "Every Which Way But Loose". The duo also participated in a quiz competition held at the Winchester. Ed crashed at Shaun's one night and never left. Five years later, he was still sleeping on the sofa.

Shaun maintained a cordial relationship with Pete, his flatmate whom he met in college. Pete worked as an executive and was always berating Shaun about not doing more with his life. Shaun often found himself acting as a buffer between Ed and Pete, who couldn't stand each other.

Shaun aspired to become a DJ, though this ambition was shelved along with his record collection. However, Shaun became involved in a serious relationship with Liz, though Shaun remained unmotivated while Liz aspired to achieve more with her life than simply "drinking herself to death" in the Winchester.

Shaun himself later attempted to turn his life around, though his epiphany, unfortunately, coincided with the rise of the living dead.

## Relationships

Shaun loves his mother very much, despite the fact that she was married to Phillip for 17 years. She lovingly referred to Shaun as "pickle." He would visit her twice a month but was prone to forget the little things (like flowers for Mother's Day). When she was bitten by a zombie and turned into one herself, a grief-stricken Shaun was forced to shoot her.

Liz is the love of Shaun's life. Even after she broke up with him (for neglecting her needs and being unwilling to change), Shaun braved great danger to rescue her from hordes of zombies. When they were trapped in the cellar of the Winchester and facing certain death, the couple reconciled. These days, the happy couple live together in the house that Shaun used to share with Ed and Pete.

During the zombie crisis, Shaun found qualities inside himself which he didn't know existed. While he often failed and sometimes looked foolish, he was willing to risk his life to save his family and friends. Despite having to shoot his mother and leave his best friend for dead, Shaun seems to have endured the events of "Z-Day" fairly well.

## Physical Appearance

Shaun has pale skin, messy but clean and neat spiky strawberry blond hair, stubble, and light blue eyes. He wears a white shirt with a red Foree Electric name tag with "Shaun" on it, on the left of his shirt, red necktie, black trousers, and dark brown shoes.

## Fanfics

### The Little Cornettos' Adventures

All of the Cornetto Trilogy characters were turned children and became the primary school children. Their teacher, Miss Applegate teaching them about everything in the class.

### The Medical Emergency

Shaun and his friends and family were residing in Sapphire Bay.

### Dear, United Kingdom

Shaun is now the manager of Foree Electric and four of his employees are Will McKenzie, Simon Cooper, Neil Sutherland and Jay Cartwright who were working for him.