T-Dog

**T-Dog** is a main character, as well as a survivor of the outbreak in The Walking Dead.

## Pre-Apocalypse

### Atlanta, Georgia

Not much is known about T-Dog's life prior to or as the outbreak began, except that he worked at a church before the outbreak driving a church van.

## Post-Apocalypse

### Season 1

#### City of the Damned

T-Dog is seen stepping out of the building the survivors are hiding in, yelling inside that Glenn has returned. He helps them inside, locking and securing the door as Roamers near them. He stands around as Jacqui shoves a gun in Rick's face, and is seen trying to calm her down. He is alerted along with the rest of the survivors of the gunshots above, and goes to the roof. He and Morales begin to criticize Merle, who seems to focus in on T-Dog, and calls T-Dog "n\*gger," triggering a fight. Merle easily subdues T-Dog and presses a handgun to his forehead, before spitting on his chest and proposing a change in leadership. Merle is hit in the head by Rick with the rifle, as the others drag T-Dog away from the scene.

T-Dog sits out the escape attempts in the sewer, and is tasked with watching over Merle. He continues to try and radio the group, but is unable to do so. Merle tries to convince him to get the hacksaw in the bag of tools to set him free. He scoffs at Merle's offer. "I guess you want me to get that rifle over there, too, so you can shoot that cop when he comes back up." As the survivors figure out their next plan, Merle says we can use live bait, motioning towards T-Dog, who tells him to go fuck himself. Rick hands T-Dog the keys to Merle's handcuffs as Rick leaves the roof.

T-Dog tries again to radio the others. Merle gets let in on the plan for the first time, and he scoffs, "That asshole's out on the street with the handcuff keys?" T-Dog holds up the key and dangles it tauntingly. Merle's face drops. His transmission unknowingly goes through, though garbled, and Allen tries to respond with no luck. As the group begins to grab their bags and leave the roof, T-Dog reluctantly turns back as Merle begs and runs with the key in hand to set him free. In the midst of all this, he accidentally slips on the roof and drops the handcuff key down a drain while also dropping the tool bag, making the hacksaw and other tools spill out. "I'm sorry," T-Dog gasps, while Merle accuses him of dropping the key on purpose. He runs back to the stairwell and starts going down again while hearing Merle screaming in rage. He goes back up and chains the door shut so that the roamers can't get to him. He later informs a silent group of what happened inside the cube van.

#### Our Horrific Adventures

T-Dog is seen entering the camp with Jacqui, silent and still feeling guilt over the situation with Merle. He is present for the reunion of the Grimes family. Later that night, he volunteers to tell Daryl, before informing the group he chained the door shut in effort to save him.

As Daryl begins to fight with Rick and Shane, T-Dog notices him pull out a knife, and warns the two best friends. After the tension dies down, he decides to tag along with Rick, Glenn, and Daryl back to Atlanta in an effort to rescue Merle. He and Rick cut a deal with Dale for a set of bolt cutters in exchange for guns.

T-Dog is threatened by Daryl as the group arrives in the city if Merle isn't okay. T-Dog replies, insisting that the undead can't get through the chains on the door. T-Dog uses the bolt cutters to cut the chain, and enters onto the roof of the building, only to find Merle's severed hand, and a bloody hacksaw, causing Daryl to scream as the others look on.

#### Inner City Blues

On the roof, an angered Daryl points his crossbow at T-Dog, who shows zero fear and refuses to back down. Daryl eventually relents after Rick aims his revolver at him, and everyone calms down. Daryl asks T-Dog for a do-rag to place his brother's amputated hand in, which he places in Glenn's backpack. T-Dog begins to collect the contents from Dale's toolbox while Daryl begins to track his brother's blood trail. The four eventually come across a lit stove, where they speculate Merle cauterized his wound.

T-Dog is later paired with Rick to be on watch while Glenn retrieves the bag of guns from the street. The two rush back inside as the dead began to pile up near them. Inside the department store, the four find the van missing, and T-Dog is the first to bring up the alternate plan to visit the gun store. As they wonder how they'll reach it safely, T-Dog asks if they can use sound again, but Rick shuts this down. After Rick begins to hack away at a Roamer to cover him and Glenn in guts, T-Dog gets sick, throwing up. He recovers, and tells them to meet at a point on the map, before leaving with Daryl.

#### A Matter of Time

During the shooting practice, T-Dog is seen assisting Jacqui in her aim, while also flirting with her at the same time. He is seen walking back with her as they leave the area, and back into camp as well. Later that day, he begins to flirt further with her, which Jacqui playfully plays into. He is the first to notice Jim digging the holes, and is one of the men to initially go to confront him. As they discuss what to do with him after subduing him, he wonders if Jim is planning to kill them.

T-Dog heads back to Jacqui, and asks her about sitting together at the fire tonight. Jacqui laughs at his ability to go right back to this, and tells him maybe with a smirk. T-Dog smiles back, as Morales calls him over. The two discuss the campfire modifications. He sits next to Jacqui at the campfire, and the two are seen joking and laughing together. T-Dog goes over his backstory while sitting there, telling them he worked at a church, and delivered several older people to a safe haven before finding Glenn on the road broken down. As the group is swarmed by the roamers, he helps Jacqui to safety, nearly being bit, but is saved by Daryl at the last moment.

## Relationships

### Morales

T-Dog and Morales had a good friendship, once Merle and T-Dog got into a fight Morales tried to intervene but got elbowed in the stomach. Theodore was then knocked to the ground and helped by Jacqui, Andrea and Morales.

### Merle Dixon

T-Dog and Merle didn't get along well during their time in Atlanta and the campsite. T-Dog and the Atlanta group didn't agree with Merle due to the fact that he was wasting bullets and attracting more walkers while shooting at them. Merle, being racist, called T-Dog a "n\*gger" and beat him up. Their relationship worsened when T-Dog refused to release him and accidentally dropped the keys to Merle's cuffs down a drain.

## Appearances

### The Walking Dead

#### Season 1

* City of the Damned
* Our Horrific Adventures
* Inner City Blues
* A Matter of Time