Clementine (Earth-21333)

## History

For a little girl, Clementine of Earth-21333 displays remarkable intelligence and maturity, presumably due to the seriousness of the environment. When she last attended school, Clementine was in the first grade, which she described as "easy". She can be practical and improvise in situations such as helping Lee brace the door with his father's cane when the walkers close in on the drug store.

She is highly perceptive, noticing most children her age would not be bothered by. When Ben was interrogated by Lilly after Lee brought him and his teacher/friend to the motor inn, she quickly drags him away from the argument before he could get pulled in with the excuse of wanting to show him her drawings, saving the boy any trouble.

Because of her intelligence, Clementine is a fast learner, quickly adapting to the zombie-infested world. On the train ride to Savannah, Clementine practices marksmanship with help from Lee. Later, in Season Two, Jane taught her how to quickly (and quietly) kill walkers, then loot the bodies for supplies.

Compared to Duck's more oblivious attitude, Clementine is much more aware of the current events going on in the group, such as the power struggle between Lilly and Kenny. As of "Starved For Help", Clementine reveals to Lee that she is aware that her parents are "gone," stating that she'd rather have him lie to her because it is more comforting to hear. *(Determinant)*

Clementine is not a conformist and is not afraid to speak her mind, believing that everyone should do their best to be a good samaritan unless threatened otherwise. She disagrees with the group's choice of looting a station wagon full of rations left behind by survivors, claiming that the owners may return for their supplies.

However, despite her maturity, Clementine is still relatively innocent in the way children are. For example in "Long Road Ahead", Clementine admits to putting a bug on Duck's pillow, and in "Starved For Help" while Katjaa is taking care of Maybelle, she tells Lee not to lick the salt lick and that it's "gross". Lee will ask Clementine, "Did you lick it?" who will reply with, "I don't know."

Her view towards how society should react in a zombie apocalypse is often more idealistic than realistic, which can affect her understanding of a particular event. Another demonstration of her innocence is her lack of understanding about sex; when Bonnie, Mike, and Luke are discussing Luke having sex with Jane, Clementine is given the option to mention she believes she's aware of the topic and assumes they only kissed, and she finds the concept disgusting.

A third example is her lack of understanding of what a period is, though this could also be due to her being very young when her parents died and the apocalypse started, and thus not having a consistent person in her life to inform her of what a period is. Javier can try to (rather awkwardly) explain this to her or tell her to ask Kate, but she is still confused about it.

Even if not agreeing on Lee's choices, or on the way he responds to her, Clementine still sees him as a father figure, trusting him to protect her no matter what happens. It is even possible to see traits on her that resemble what Lee has taught her, not only about survival but also the way to act towards people. Both having and losing Lee was an essential part of Clementine's maturity.

After seeing her undead parents, being forced to either shoot Lee or leave him to turn, and after Omid is shot and killed, Clementine loses most remnants of her childlike innocence. Over a year later, these events have changed her. She no longer holds an idealistic or hopeful view of the world and instead strives only to stay alive. She's much more ready, willing, and able to defend herself from any attackers and to kill if necessary, though her young age means she has to heavily rely on resourcefulness rather than strength.

If the player so chooses, she can also be cold and aggressive to people who do her wrong, even going so far as to resort to blackmail or to agree on killing someone who has deserved it in her eyes. On the other hand, she can also attempt to appeal to the better nature of people, showing that she still has at least some of her previous faith in humanity intact. Clementine's maturity is something that can be perceived from her by other characters, as it's possible to see when Rebecca and Sarita ask her for advice and even the way Walter talks to her, considering her mature enough, for a child, to understand the way life in the apocalypse is.

During Season Two, Clementine seems to be more like Lee on occasion, as she is far more blunt and makes humorous remarks at the expense of others (as well as talks to herself). An example of this is when Luke tells her that when he was a kid he and his friends used to jump across rooftops to which Clementine replies *"That sounds stupid."* Another is how she reminds Luke of how she took out a walker herself after he and his group locked her in their shed. Season Two shows that Clementine has found an ability to effectively dodge walkers even at a moment's notice.

Between her time with the Cabin Group and meeting Javier Garcia, Clementine has become an accomplished survivor who has adapted well to the world around her. She has adapted the survival and fighting strategies that her friends have taught her such keeping her hair short, using walker guts to move amongst herds when need be and Jane's technique of kicking walkers in the knee to stun them before putting them down, although Clementine eventually changes it from stabbing the walkers in the back of the head once they're completely down to simply stabbing them in the head once they're on their knees. Clementine goes on to teach these techniques to AJ and, to a degree, Gabriel Garcia in the short time that she knows him.

By the time Clementine had left the New Frontier, she had become much colder and aloof towards others. She no longer travels in groups as she believes that it is inevitable that members will eventually die and the bonds that you make with them will only hurt you further, mirroring Jane's perspective on the subject regardless of player's choices in season 2. Clementine has become much more hardened as a survivor, showing little compunction in harming or dealing with people mercilessly. Despite her cold exterior, she is still capable of showing her prior self to people she has warmed up to, such as Javier and helps him to save Richmond if he has earned her trust and loyalty.

After rescuing A.J. and returning to her life on the road, Clementine became more cheerful, mostly not to influence A.J. with her bad attitude, and began to teach him everything about survival and moral lessons. Tired of always moving, Clementine began wishing to find a place to set down, and upon reaching the Ericson's Boarding School, she finally decided to set down at the location, proclaiming that unlike her other communities, she finally felt at ease, safe, and home.

Clementine also seems indifferent towards her former friend Lilly after the two met each other for the first time in years, as Lilly was currently her enemy and had implicitly sanctioned AJ's shooting and abuse at the hands of Abel.

## Other Variants

Clementine (Telltale)

Clementine (Clementine\_Series)

Clementine (Road\_to\_Survival)