Themes: Distrust




 * For other Themes, see Themes.

Distrust is a common theme in Walking Dead universe. It occurs when people don't trust another person or group.

Discrimination is when characters treat each other unjustly due to differences between them. Some common differences are race, age, and gender.

The Comic

 * The group doesn't trust any of the prisoners after discovering? The Prison. (Comic Series)
 * Lori Grimes still doesn't trust Axel after the deaths of his fellow inmates. (Comic Series)
 * The group slightly distrusts? Patricia, due to her assistance in allowing the convicts to escape and retrieve weapons. (Comic Series)
 * After meeting Aaron and Eric, Rick distrusts them and swears he'll kill them if they hold bad intentions. (Comic Series)
 * Jesus is stunned and captured because Rick is positive that he's untrustworthy. (Comic Series)
 * Donna initially discriminated against the relationship between an elderly Dale and a much younger Andrea. (Comic Series)
 * Otis becomes angry with Patricia due to her siding with Dexter and Andrew, both of whom are black. (Issue 20)
 * Negan admits he doesn't like being branded a racist, while choosing who to kill. (Referring to Glenn, Heath, and Michonne.) (Issue 100)

TV-Series

 * The Atlanta camp survivors distrust both Merle Dixon and Ed Peletier. (TV Series)
 * Both Rick's group and the Atlanta nursing home group distrust each other, until they eventually come to a compromise. (Vatos)
 * Dale starts to distrust Shane when he notices him aiming at Rick, while the two are hunting in the woods. This distrust grows stronger as Dale begins to believe that Shane had murdered Otis. (Wildfire)
 * Rick, Glenn, and Hershel distrust Dave and Tony after realizing what their true motivations were. (To take the Greene family farm.) (Nebraska)
 * Randall is captured by Rick's group, and not trusted afterwards. (Season 2)
 * Michonne does not trust The Governor. (Season 3)
 * Rick distrusts all of the prisoners discovered in the prison. (Season 3)
 * Ed Peletier abused his wife, Carol, and daughter, Sophia, physically, emotionally, and possibly sexually. (TV Series)
 * Merle Dixon calls Glenn, Morales, and T-Dog multiple racist slurs, and he insults Andrea's sexuality when she says she would never sleep with him. (Guts)
 * Daryl Dixon gives Glenn a hard time about his ethnicity while looking for the bag of guns. (Vatos)
 * T-Dog admits to Dale (in a vague state of mind) that he fears that Rick, Shane and Daryl might prosecute him and Dale because of T-Dog's race and Dale's age. (Bloodletting)
 * In a later episode, Daryl tells Glenn he knew that he was driving Shane's Hyundai because, "He had to be Asian drivin' like that".(Beside the Dying Fire)
 * Rick, Daryl, Maggie, Carol and Glenn refuse to let Oscar and Axel stay in their cellblock cause of their previous incarceration. (Killer Within)

Webisodes

 * Chase stops trusting B.J. after his attempt to murder him. (The Chosen Ones)

The Video Game

 * Lee Everett and Mark distrust Larry. (Starved For Help)
 * Larry distrusts Lee because of his criminal history.
 * The group, specifically Kenny, distrust the St. John family. (Starved For Help)
 * Lee and Danny distrust Jolene. (Starved For Help)
 * The group distrusts and abandons Lilly (Determinant) after she kills Carley/Doug. (Long Road Ahead)
 * Lee loses his trust in Ben after finding out that he made a deal with the bandits and caused the deaths of Duck and Katjaa. (Long Road Ahead)
 * After meeting Christa and Omid, the group are slightly suspicious of them. (Long Road Ahead)
 * Christa and Omid lose a little trust in Lee after he pushes Omid of the bridge. (Determinant) (Long Road Ahead)
 * After Campman hears about Lee from Clementine, he believes that Lee cannot be trusted with Clementine's safety. (No Time Left)
 * Kenny asks Lee if he can pick a lock due to the fact that he is, "urban". (Starved for Help)
 * Lee can accuse Larry of racism when Mark asks why Larry dislikes Lee, though it is actually because of his recent incarceration for murder.

Dead Reckoning

 * Gary Taylor distrusts Shane. (Dead Reckoning)
 * Leon and Shane distrust Robb Spanner. (Dead Reckoning)

Social Game

 * Greg and Joe distrust Shane. (Social Game)
 * Marla distrusts Felipe. (Social Game)
 * Marla might be racist, judging by her behavior towards Felipe, assuming he is a thug, and talking about "his kind". (Social Game)

The Novel Series
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