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| “ | You're the greatest detective and I can be Dick Grayson! Your ward! ...That's Robin.
―Duck to Lee Everett.[src]
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Kenny Jr., more commonly known as "Duck", is a main character and a survivor of the outbreak in The Walking Dead: The Telltale Series. He is the son of Katjaa and Kenny who lived in Fort Lauderdale when the apocalypse started. Loud and boisterous, what he lacks in smarts, he makes up for with enthusiasm.
Overview[]
Duck is deemed to be "dumber than a bag of hammers" and undisciplined, and he frequently displays symptoms of ADHD. He was nicknamed Duck in part because difficult things he went through (such as the apocalypse) went over "like water off a duck's back." On the surface, Duck can appear unintelligent, but he is smarter than others give him credit for. Such moments of intelligence occur when he helps Lee solve the mystery of the missing supplies. He has a wide knowledge of action comic books and usually obeys when others tell him to avoid trouble (aside from helping Lee's investigation whether Lee wants him to or not because he believed Lee was secretly asking him for help). Duck's lack of knowledge of the apocalypse is not stupidity as much as his parents protecting his young psyche. His accidental driving of a tractor onto Shawn Greene's leg and continuing to eat Mark's legs after the disgusting truth was discovered was simply due to childlike naivety (the latter more due to him not listening). Kenny later mentions that Duck keeps asking about Shawn, showing that Duck has remorse for his accidental role in Shawn's death.
Pre-Apocalypse[]
Fort Lauderdale, Florida[]
Little is known about Duck's life prior to or as the outbreak began. He was born in 1993 to Kenny and Katjaa, and he was given his father's name. Due to his frequent exclamations and shouts, his parents nicknamed him "Duck" because they resembled a duck's quacking. He lived with his parents in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. He was allergic to bees, was never fussy about what he'd eat, and did not enjoy using forks.
Post-Apocalypse[]
Season One[]
Duck was traveling with his parents from Memphis, Tennessee after visiting his aunt when the outbreak started. While parked at a gas station, Duck was grabbed by an unknown man. Kenny immediately jumped on the man to prevent him from kidnapping Duck, though this turned out to be their family's first encounter with a walker. Kenny, Katjaa and Duck returned to their vehicle and drove away, passing by several other people being attacked by walkers without helping them. Their truck sustained some minor damage during their escape, but they were taken in by Hershel and allowed to spend the night on his farm.
"A New Day"[]
Duck is first seen sleeping in the barn with his parents after Lee Everett and Clementine arrived. Duck, seemingly unaffected by the horrors that he and his family had seen the previous day, excitedly goes about the farm with Hershel's son Shawn. While Shawn and Lee work on fortifying the fence around the house, Duck obliviously enjoys playing with the tractor. At some point after Lee departs, Duck accidentally drives the tractor onto Shawn's leg, trapping him right as a small group of walkers arrive outside the fence and try to get in. One walker then grabs Duck from the other side of the fence and tries to bite him. Lee is the first on the scene and has the option to try to save Shawn or Duck.
In-Game Decision[]
Save Duck (Alive): If Lee chooses to save Duck, he can try to pull Duck back or try to strike the walker. If he tries to pull on Duck or punches the walker, his first attempt does not work. If he strikes the walker with a wooden board, the walker falls down, freeing Duck. Kenny arrives to save his son, trying to pull his son free if he the walker has not been knocked down. After Lee either makes a second effort or has already knocked down the walker, Kenny picks up his son and carries him away.
Save Shawn (Alive): If Lee chooses to save Shawn, his first attempt to either disable the walkers or remove Shawn from under the tractor proves unsuccessful. Kenny arrives to save his son, but Lee tries a second time to save Shawn rather than help him. Kenny manages to pull Duck away on his own, then carries him away.
No Choice (Alive): Lee either fails to decide which one to help or fails to make an attempt at first. Kenny arrives to save his son, trying to pull his son free. Lee either remains indecisive or again fails to make an attempt, but Kenny manages to pull Duck away on his own, then carries him away.
This next part is non-determinant and happens regardless of the player's choices.
Shawn calls for Kenny's help, but Kenny abandons him to take his son to safety. It is unclear if Duck witnesses the walkers as finally break through the fence and bite into Shawn. After Hershel shoots the walkers dead, Duck returns to see Hershel mourning over his son, though Katjaa makes and effort to keep him and Clementine from seeing the dead bodies. Enraged by his son's death and Duck's role in it, Hershel orders all five of his guests to leave his farm immediately. Haunted, Duck and his parents walk over to their truck, waiting on Lee and Clementine to join them.
Kenny drives his family and Lee and Clementine to Macon, where his truck runs out of gas in a wrecked downtown area just outside of the Everett Pharmacy Drugstore. Kenny calls for help from someone a short distance away, but it turns out to be a walker, and his call attracts it and several other walkers to surround them. Katjaa realizes that they are trapped, and Duck is attacked by a walker near the entrance of the drugstore. Before anyone can react, the walker is suddenly killed by a gunshot, allowing Duck to run back to his parents and hug them. A woman with a gun and a young man with her direct the group to get inside the drugstore. The woman picks off a few other walkers while Katjaa and the others scramble inside before the young man padlocks the gate.
Katjaa and Kenny take their son to a corner of the drugstore as several other survivors inside berate the pair for putting them at risk. Duck is in a catatonic state after being covered in a walker's blood, holding still as Katjaa tries to clean him up. When an older man in the drugstore notices Duck sitting in the corner, he immediately assumes that Duck had been bitten and announces that they have to kill him or throw him out of the drugstore. Kenny and the man trade threats as Katjaa continues to clean her son, asking Lee to put a stop to the argument before it upset Duck even further. He taunts Kenny and Duck with the claim that he would turn, leading Kenny to tell Katjaa that he was going to kill the older man and asking her to just worry about Duck. Lee can side with or against Kenny, the latter of which resulting in Katjaa hurriedly cleaning the last of the blood off Duck and crying out that he was not bitten.
Regardless of who Lee sides with, the argument is interrupted when Clementine opens the restroom door and is attacked by a walker on the other side. After the woman with the gun shoots it dead, Katjaa and the others all watch the front doors as the walkers outside bang on the gate. Fortunately for the group, at least one helicopter flies over Macon at that moment, firing bullets at the walkers below and drawing them away. Duck remains silent when the man suffers a heart episode in front of his daughter Lilly, not taking any part in the discussion as Kenny assumes control of the situation, sending the young man Glenn out to retrieve gasoline for his truck. He spends the next several hours sitting quietly in the corner with his parents, not reacting to Lee's efforts to check on him or feed him. (Determinant)
After Lee accidentally triggers the drugstore's alarm system upon entering the pharmacy, the survivors in the drugstore frantically make plans to escape. Katjaa secures Duck in the office as Kenny goes to retrieve and gas up his truck. Duck remains with Katjaa and Glenn until his father returns with the truck, whereupon Glenn escorts the two of them safely to the vehicle. He escapes with the other survivors back to the place where Glenn had found the gasoline.
At the Travelier Motel, Duck unwinds and seems to shake off his gloom. Lee finds him gushing to Clementine over his favorite comic books for a lengthy time despite her not paying much attention. Lee comes over to speak to Clementine, urging Duck to give her some space. Duck goes over to his parents for a moment, but he returns to speak to Clementine after Lee leaves. After Lee, Kenny and Lilly mutually agree to remain at the motel until the outbreak was resolved, the lights in the area all go out, leading to rush over to Katjaa.
"Starved For Help"[]
Duck continues to appear in this episode. He remains oblivious to what is going on in the world. In the beginning of the episode he is drawing with Clementine and Lee has an option to feed him. If fed, Lee can now feed his father, Kenny. At the dairy farm, Duck seems impatient for food and pays no attention to the matter at hand. He can be seen on the swing while his father pushes him. Right before dinner time he is seen with his mother and Clementine petting and suturing the cow. He shows Lee the salt licks, and Clementine warns them not to actually lick them.
Once dinner is announced he begs his father to hurry up and hurries him to the dinner table. Once Lee confronts the family for cannibalism Duck ignores the discussion and continues eating Mark's legs until his mother takes it away saying "Mom! I was eating that!", in an annoyed tone. After Brenda confesses that her and her sons are cannibals, Duck says, "I don't wanna die. Mom, what did I eat?". Once Lee is knocked out and ends up in the meat locker, Kenny tells him that he believes they are using Duck as a bargaining chip so Katjaa can fix the cow and help with its delivery.
Duck is later found being held hostage by Andrew St. John, with a rifle to his head. His father makes a move and Duck witnesses him being shot. Duck runs away when Andy loses his grip. When walking back to the motor inn, he hears something that his father said is a car. The group finds the car and Lee decides whether or not to loot it. Whatever the decision, Duck seems to be in agreement with his dad about looting the car.
"Long Road Ahead"[]
Duck enthusiastically offers to help Lee as his side kick Robin (Dick Grayson) investigate the disappearance of Lilly's medical supplies, even if Lee refuses his offer.
When bandits raid the Motor Inn after Lee takes back the stolen medication from a grate outside the camp, walkers are attracted by the gunfire. Duck and Katjaa are tackled to the ground by one. Duck is subtly bit in his side. Katjaa tends to him for a while over a medical perspective, believing he might possibly be cured, and asks Lee to look for water to give him. On the train, Duck starts to cough up blood and Katjaa asks Lee to wipe his face off with a napkin. Eventually, she realizes that his death is inevitable and asks Lee to tell Kenny. Kenny, on the other hand, angrily denies that Duck is in danger until the very last moment, when he finally accepts Duck's fate.
Kenny and Katjaa agree that they don't want Duck to come back as a walker, so they take him into the woods to say their goodbyes and so that Clementine does not have to watch, but Katjaa can't handle the grief and commits suicide by shooting herself in the head, leaving a devastated Kenny to deal with Duck.
In-Game Decision[]
Have Lee Shoot Him (Dead): Lee will take the gun, believing that Kenny shouldn't have to put his own son down. He remorsefully shoots Duck in the head, and the duo leave the two corpses as they were in the forest.
Have Kenny Shoot Him (Dead): Lee believes that Kenny should be the one to do it, being Duck's father. Kenny will shakily aim at his son, and Lee can either choose to comfort him or hastily push him to shoot. Alternatively, if Lee simply remains silent when asked what to do, Kenny will simply raise Katjaa's gun at Duck.
Leave Him to Reanimate (Undead): Neither Lee nor Kenny can bring themselves to shoot the child, and they regretfully leave him to reanimate in the woods.
Lee later asks Clementine if she understood what happened to Katjaa and Duck. Clementine confesses that she was told that she would die like her friend. Duck is later mentioned by Lee when discussing his fate with Chuck. (Determinant) He can also be referenced to Christa and Omid if Lee chooses to tell them that his group is experiencing a bad day, and again if he tells them about Kenny and how he'd lost his entire family two hours before meeting the two newcomers.
"400 Days"[]
Duck, Kenny, and Katjaa all make a cameo appearance at Gil's Pitstop in the intro sequence. Duck appears running towards his father at the truck.
Season Two[]
"All That Remains"[]
Clementine was looking at a drawing of Duck along with his parents, Kenny and Katjaa, that she made near the end of "Long Road Ahead", when she was looking for a lighter in her pack. Later, when sneaking through the cabin, looking for medical supplies, she will also solemnly mention him with a sad tone in her voice if she looks at the portrait of a duck in the cabin, evidently displaying that the death of her friend still upsets her greatly.
"No Going Back"[]
Duck briefly appears during the dream sequence after Clementine has been shot by Arvo. He is seen in his ill state being held by Katjaa. He is the subject of her conversation with Lee in the dream, where they discuss what would happen to him. Prior to this, Kenny will mention how he wishes he could see Duck again, even if only for a short while. Jane will use Duck along with Katjaa and Sarita against Kenny in the car drive. Later, if Kenny is shot by Clementine before killing Jane, she can tell him that he will see Katjaa and Duck again.
Death[]
- Killed By
- Ben Paul (Indirectly Caused, Alive)
- Save-Lots Bandits (Indirectly Caused, Alive)
- Zombie (Caused or Direct, Alive)
During the bandits' raid on the motor inn after not receiving the supplies Ben promised them, Duck is knocked down and bitten on his side by a walker. Over the course of the next day, Duck's condition worsens until he coughs up blood, making Katjaa realize what has to be done. Katjaa takes him into a secluded area in the woods, but she kills herself instead, unable to cope with her son's impending death.
- Lee Everett (Caused or Direct, Out of Mercy or Before Reanimation, Determinant)
- Kenny (Before Reanimation, Determinant)
Lee can offer to take the burden of shooting Duck for himself or not. If he does, Lee shoots Duck in the head, either to end his suffering or to prevent him from reanimating after he dies. If Lee does not offer to do it himself, he stands beside Kenny as he aims at Duck with Katjaa's gun, watching as he dies before Kenny can pull the trigger. If Lee tries to comfort Kenny or calls for him to shoot, Kenny fires, destroying his son's brain. If Lee remains silent, Kenny fails to pull the trigger, shamefully leaving Duck to reanimate.
Killed Victims[]
This list shows the victims Kenny Jr. has killed:
- Shawn Greene (Caused, Accidental, Alive)
Non-Canon Deaths[]
If Lee fails to perform certain tasks, then it is possible for Duck to be killed. These deaths are considered non-canon, as they result in a game over. The player will restart to try again. Below is a pictorial list on how Duck can be killed:
"Long Road Ahead"
Relationships[]
For a more in-depth look at Duck's relationships, read here; Kenny Jr. (Telltale)/Relationships
Allies[]
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Enemies[]
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Quotes[]
The following is a list of some of Duck's most memorable quotes.
Season One"Dad! We're gonna build a fence! There's a tractor and everything!" "Good! I'm gonna drive the tractor! I'm the foreman! Lift with your back, Shawn!" "Oh, man, Clementine! It was so awesome... And then this one time, Derek and Super Dinosaur got ambushed by Squidious, but Derek had an underwater mega-laser, it was so awesome! Oh, and then, check this out, Doometrodon had this mini-gun on his shoulder, it's all, like, pow, pow, pow! I thought Super Dinosaur was toast! But you know what? He wasn't. Oh, and then... (…) Oh, man, Clementine! Another thing!" "Yeah, when are we gonna get some food?" "Oh, I know! It's a goat, right?" "That's 'cause I know Mom can fix him." "Oh, heck yes! Is there peanut butter? ("What do you think Duck?") No... Probably not..." "Whaaat? But my stomach's all grumpy..." "They said it's called a salt lick." "Hm. It smells funny in here." "I wanna play on the hay!" "Mom, Dad, dinner time! It's dinner time! Dad! Dad, c'mon! Let's eat!" "Barbecue! Wow..." "Mom, I was eating that!" "I don't wanna die! Mommy, what did I eat?" "A mystery! (…) I'm sorry, I heard you guys talking. (…) Can I help? (…) You're the greatest detective and I can be Dick Grayson! Your ward! ...That's Robin." "Secrecy! (…) I won't tell a soul. (…) I will live in the shadows!" "Yes! What do I do? (…) I'm on the case!" "Pink. Hmm. (…) A clue! (…) What do you think it is? (…) Maybe it's a sign! (…) Okay, back to investigating!" "Psst, Lee. I found something. I found this piece of pink chalk and a scuff of it over by the gate! Totally! I was combing the scene for clues and--" "Just the chalk. I also found some bugs underneath the stairs. Don't tell Clementine." "No. Mom and Dad won't let me touch any of their stuff. Lilly neither." "No! I'm a good guy." "See, I did good, huh?" "Mommy! (…) Stop them!" |
Appearances[]
The Telltale Series[]
Season One[]
- "A New Day"
- "Starved For Help"
- "Long Road Ahead"
- "400 Days" (Flashback, No Lines)
Season Two[]
- "No Going Back" (Dream, No Lines)
| Episodes | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season One | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| Season Two | ✔ | |||||
| Michonne | ||||||
| A New Frontier | ||||||
| The Final Season |
| ✔ | Appears | ✔ | Voice is heard |
| 👁 | Appears with no lines | ✔ | Appears in a flashback |
| ✔ | Appears as a walker | 🖼 | Appears in a photograph/video |
| ✔ | Appears as a corpse | ✔ | Appears in a hallucination/dream |
Trivia[]
- Duck is allergic to bees.
- In a conversation with Clementine in "A New Day", Duck mentions Super Dinosaur, a comic series written by Robert Kirkman.
- Duck mentions superheroes Batman and Robin in "Long Road Ahead". If Lee allows Duck to help him in his search for the cause of missing supplies, Duck will excitedly claim that Lee can be Batman and he will be Dick Grayson, the first Robin and Bruce Wayne's ward.
- Duck is one of the two characters in the Motor Inn group that changes clothes frequently in each episode (in "Starved For Help" because of the Autumn weather and "Long Road Ahead" because of the group taking the Stranger's supplies from his family's station wagon. It is presumed that Duck's outfit is Adam's clothes.
- In "Starved For Help", Lee has to decide who to give food to. 95% of players chose to feed Duck, the second most out of any character, only behind Clementine.[2][3]
- At the Travelier Motel, when Lee has the option of telling the group about his past, Duck is the only one who doesn't already know not given the option.
- If Lee doesn't successfully convince Kenny to stop the train, Kenny will force Lee out of compartment and the train will continue. Lee returns to the car where he left the rest of the group and sees a blood stain and a smear of blood. He reluctantly continues until finding Clementine's abandoned hat. The next shot is framed by Ben's corpse, as a reanimated Duck enters from the left and attacks Lee. Lee is too horrified to fight back, and the two fall out of the open train door. This scene is considered an Easter Egg by the programmers, dubbed, "Duck-pocalypse". The game will reload to the last checkpoint, as it is not canon to the actual story.
- In this sequence, the noise Duck makes as a walker is the same as his dying breaths.
- If Lee chooses to shoot Duck but waits long enough to do so, Duck will stop breathing, indicating that he has died.
- Duck is the first named character confirmed to be directly killed by the infection. (Determinant)
- Duck and Lee are also the only characters in Season 1 to be directly killed by the infection. (Determinant)
- Duck's family had a pet Labrador retriever named Franklin. This can be found out by standing near Katjaa and Clementine when they are conversating on "A New Day".
- Franklin was likely the "family dog" Kenny mentions to Lee in the meat locker in "Starved for Help".
- Duck shares the same character model as Gill.
- Duck has blue eyes in The Walking Dead Collection remaster, whereas he has brown eyes in the original game.
- Duck is one of twelve determinant characters with a dead or undead status, the others being Lee Everett, the Stranger, Danny, Clyde, Walt, Sarita, Abel, Michael, Armando, Rodney, and Lloyd.
References[]
- ↑ Duck on IGN
- ↑ Playing Dead: Episode 5 IGN (August 23, 2012)
- ↑ Playing Dead Episode 5