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R.J. Gaines, also known as La Tarasque, is an antagonist and a survivor of the outbreak in AMC's The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon. He served as the primary antagonist of the episode "Alouette".
Overview[]
R.J. is decribed as a rather monstrous individual by the children who reside at École Maternelle Simone Veil because he had stolen nearly all the supplies from the nearby town. When R.J. meets Daryl, and realizes that he too is an American, he tries to bond with Daryl over that. Furthermore, he tries to justify his actions by saying that they're done in service to get back to his family who are in Texas. After Daryl tells him the truth about the apocalypse, he gets angry and accusing Daryl of not knowing what he's talking about. He is also shown to be a coward and hypocrite as he begs not to be sent to the school as the kids will surely kill him, despite him having killed at least one of the students himself. Despite being tied up, he still has enough in him to taunt Hérisson and make a move on Daryl to set himself free. In his final moments, he begs the dead not to eat him just because he's an American.
Pre-Apocalypse[]
Giddings, Texas[]
Before the outbreak, R.J. lived in Giddings, Texas and had a wife and four kids.
Post-Apocalypse[]
France[]
At some point before or after the outbreak, R.J. ended up in France.
Season 1[]
"Alouette"[]
R.J. opens fire on Daryl and Hérisson from a window. Daryl shows Hérisson how to use his rifle and orders the boy to keep La Tarasque busy while Daryl rushes inside to confront the man. In the toolshed, Lou is found and released by a hooded figure. As La Tarasque exchanges shots and insults with Hérisson, Daryl sneaks up on the man and forces him to disarm himself at knifepoint. The surprised man reveals himself to be an American from Giddings, Texas named R.J. Gaines. Although R.J. offers Daryl some of the amenities that he has, Daryl furiously confronts R.J. about stealing it from people who need it. R.J. defends himself as just doing whatever it takes to stick it out long enough until he can get back home to the ones that he loves, just like everyone else which is all that matters. Daryl drags R.J. outside where he claims to have never laid a hand on a furious Hérisson, but the boy points out that R.J. had threatened to shoot him if he tried to leave. While Hérisson wants to push R.J. into the moat, Daryl decides to take him back to Lou and let her decide what to do with R.J.. R.J. begs him not to as the kids will kill him and he's got a wife and four kids of his own waiting for him back home, but Daryl tells him that "there ain't no home, asshole" as he's been there and that "East Coast, Midwest, even Texas. Everybody you know back home is gone. They've been gone a long time."
Daryl and Hérisson lead a horse-drawn cart full of supplies over the lowered drawbridge, dragging R.J., tied by a long rope to the back of the cart, behind them. R.J. desperately continues trying to bribe an uninterested Daryl before the side of the cart falls open and several large fuel tanks roll out and into the moat. As R.J. taunts them, Daryl goes to secure the remaining supplies and try to fix the damaged wheel and he orders Hérisson to shoot R.J. if he tries anything. R.J. continues taunting the two, offering to help them if they let him go. R.J. makes a run for Daryl's gun and the two men struggle over it, eventually falling off the edge of the drawbridge and into the moat.
Daryl immediately draws his knife and morning star to fight the walkers, but R.J. is left dangling helpless within the herd's reach from the rope that he's still attached to. The walkers devour R.J. while Daryl retrieves his rifle and shoots the fuel canisters, causing a large explosion that blows up a large number of the walkers, including the walkers gathering behind Daryl while Daryl is protected by crouching behind the corner of the wall.
Death[]
- Killed By
- Daryl Dixon (Caused)
- Himself (Caused)
- Julien (Infected)
- Zombies
After being captured by Daryl and Hérisson, R.J. fights with Daryl for his gun, causing the two to fall into his moat full of walkers. RJ is left dangling from the rope that he was tied and is devoured. Eventually his body was cut down from the rope as Daryl and the other survivors left with the wagon of supplies, leaving R.J.'s body to be devoured by the walkers in the moat if it wasn't already destroyed by the explosion caused by Daryl.
Killed Victims[]
This list shows the victims R.J. Gaines has killed:
- Julien (Caused or Direct, Alive)
- Himself (Caused)
- Numerous counts of zombies and possibly unnamed people
Relationships[]
Enemies[]
- École Maternelle Simone Veil
- Daryl Dixon - Attempted Victim and Caused Killer
Quotes[]
The following is a list of some of R.J.'s most memorable quotes.
Season 1"You're American! Me too! Goddamn, a fellow American! Name's R.J., R.J. Gaines. Outta Giddings. Texas, the lonestar state, you heard of that one, right?" "Hey, you want some tooth-- (…) Toothpaste, man. I got 40 boxes of the stuff. Real tasty on those little Breton biscottis. Ooh la la." "Hey, look, we're all of us just sticking it out long enough till we can get back home to the ones we love. That's all that matters brother." "Never laid a hand on that kid. (…) Hey, you wouldn't do that to a fellow patriot now, would you? (…) Hey, hey, hey, what? No. You don't understand, tho- those little psychos, they-- they would kill me. Hey, I'm begging you, I've got my wife and four kids waiting for me back home. ("There ain't no home, asshole") What are you talking about? You don't know your ass from your elbow. That's a sack of shit! A goddamn lie!" "Hey, hey. I got 14 cans of sardines stashed away. Never told you about that. Tasty, tasty, ooh la la! Please, I'm begging you. Please, show some mercy!" "Now look what you done! Ha! Ha! Ha! See, you don't know your ass from your elbow! (…) Yeah, try and shoot me. Don't really know what you're doing, do ya? Huh? You let me go, maybe I can help you. I say you ain't going nowhere, boy. Man, that ain't going to budge. You need some help there boy? That ain't going nowhere." "Get back! Get off me! Get back! Goddamnit, I'm an American! Get off me! Help! Get back!" |
Appearances[]
Daryl Dixon[]
Season 1[]
- "Alouette"
Trivia[]
- He is the second American survivor to appear in France, the first being Daryl Dixon.
- His nickname, "La Tarasque", is based on the Tarasque, a creature from French mythology.