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Revenge is a recurring theme in The Walking Dead. It occurs when a character or group of characters retaliates in response to the actions of another character or group of characters, often motivated by anger or rage.

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  • Nate, Randall, and Sean attack Glenn, Rick and Hershel in retaliation for the deaths of Dave and Tony. (Triggerfinger)
  • Daryl Dixon, T-Dog, Andrea Harrison, and Shane Walsh kill a group of walkers to avenge Dale Horvath's death. (Better Angels)
  • Shane attempts to murder Rick for stealing Lori, Carl and the group's favor away from him. (Better Angels)
  • Rick plants his machete into the head of Tomas after he attempts to kill him twice in a row. (Sick)
  • Andrew allows walkers into the prison, and sets off the alarm in order to lure Rick to the control room to get his revenge. His attack results in the death of T-Dog before Oscar kills Andrew and ends his rampage. (Killer Within)
  • Rick stabs the walker that ate Lori's remains multiple times in the stomach. (Say the Word)
  • Michonne waits in the Governor's room for him, so that she can kill him for having his men sent to kill her. (Made to Suffer)
  • Glenn wants revenge on the Governor and Merle for what they did to him and Maggie. (The Suicide King)
  • The Governor attacks the prison in revenge for Rick's group attacking Woodbury and Michonne killing Penny. (Home)
  • Tyreese and Daryl both want revenge on the person responsible for killing Karen and David. (Isolation)
  • The prison survivors shoot at The Governor's Army for killing Hershel. (Too Far Gone)
  • Michonne finally gets her revenge on The Governor for all the hardships he has put her and the Prison group through, by skewering him through the chest with her katana. She chooses to leave him to suffer rather than finishing the Governor off. (Too Far Gone)
  • Lilly Chambler executes the mortally wounded Governor with his own gun for his actions. (Too Far Gone)
  • Carl repeatedly shoots the walker that he believed devoured his sister Judith. (Too Far Gone)
  • Tyreese restrains himself from harming Carol when she reveals she killed Karen and David. (The Grove)
  • The Claimers threaten to kill Rick and Daryl and to rape Michonne and Carl in retaliation to Rick killing Lou. (A)
  • Rick stabs Dan repeatedly for attempting to rape Carl. (A)
  • Tyreese repeatedly bashes Martin, in revenge for threatening to kill Judith and forcing him to walk outside into a group of walkers. (No Sanctuary)
  • Carol destroys Terminus and kills many Termites, in retaliation of the group being taken hostage and nearly killed and eaten. (No Sanctuary)
  • Gareth kidnaps Bob Stookey in revenge for their home, Terminus, being destroyed. (Strangers)
  • Sasha gets revenge on one of the Termites, Martin, by stabbing him multiple times in the neck with a knife for kidnapping Bob, eating one of his legs, threatening to kill Judith, and trying to have Tyreese killed. (Four Walls and a Roof)
  • Rick gets revenge on Gareth for holding them captive in Terminus, trying to kill and eat them, kidnapping Bob and eating one of his legs, later repeatedly slashing him multiple times with a machete. (Four Walls and a Roof)
  • Michonne and Abraham get revenge on one of the Termites, taking their anger out on them after they held them captive in Terminus, tried to kill and eat them, kidnapping Bob, and eating one of his legs. (Four Walls and a Roof)
  • Before committing suicide, Joan carves "FUCK YOU" into the floor of Dawn Lerner's office as a way of getting revenge against Gorman for raping her. Joan also gets some posthumous revenge when Beth knocks Gorman to the ground, giving the reanimated Joan the chance to devour her rapist. (Slabtown)
  • Beth gets revenge on Gorman for attempting to rape her, causing his death as he tries to have his way with her. (Slabtown)
  • Daryl kills Dawn in revenge for killing Beth. (Coda)
  • Glenn contemplates killing Nicholas for causing the death of Noah and for attempting to kill Glenn himself. (Conquer)
  • Deanna Monroe gets revenge on Pete for accidentally slashing her husband Reg's throat with a katana by giving Rick the go ahead to execute Pete. (Conquer)
  • Eastman reveals to Morgan Jones that Crighton Dallas Wilton got revenge upon him for Eastman getting his parole denied by breaking out of prison and murdering Eastman's entire family. Morgan later learns that Eastman got his own revenge by capturing Wilton and starving him to death following the outbreak. (Here's Not Here)
  • Ron attempts to kill Rick for killing his father and for causing the deaths of his mother and brother. (No Way Out)
  • Maggie and Carol kill many Saviors in revenge for kidnapping them. (The Same Boat)
  • Daryl and Rosita attempt to track down and assassinate Dwight for killing Denise Cloyd. (East)
  • A mortally wounded Roman chases Carol Peletier for revenge after she kills his group of Saviors. Before he can succeed however, he is shot dead by Morgan Jones. (East, Last Day on Earth)
  • Negan selects and executes Abraham Ford at random in revenge for the murders of many of his Saviors. (Last Day on Earth)
  • Negan executes Glenn Rhee in revenge for Daryl's transgression against him. (The Day Will Come When You Won't Be).
  • Rosita attempts to shoot Negan for killing Spencer. (Hearts Still Beating)
  • Rosita and Sasha go on a suicide mission to assassinate Negan in revenge of his atrocities. (The Other Side)
  • Dwight betrays Negan and the Saviors by siding with Alexandria for Negan to die. (Something They Need)
  • Negan and the Saviors burn Alexandria in revenge for the Militia surrounding the Sanctuary in walkers and attacking their outposts. However, they lack the ammunition needed to completely destroy it, leaving Alexandria badly damaged but later repairable. (How It's Gotta Be, Honor, Wrath)
  • Henry kills Gavin in revenge for Benjamin's death, thinking that he killed his brother. (Honor)
  • Negan sends Simon to punish the Scavengers for switching sides by killing one of them and confiscating their weapons. Simon, instead, kills all of the Scavengers except for Anne, partially as revenge for Anne defying him and punching him. (The Lost and the Plunderers)
  • Both Daryl and Tara continue to desire revenge even when Dwight joins their side, but Tara gives up on vengeance after Dwight twice saves her life. (Dead or Alive Or, Do Not Send Us Astray) Though Daryl has the chance to kill Dwight after the war, he chooses to exile him instead so that Dwight can seek his wife and a new path. (Wrath)
  • Anne kidnaps Negan and plans to trade him to the Civic Republic Military, as revenge for Simon killing her people and to obtain passage away. (The Key, Warning Signs)
  • Morgan locks a gate behind Jared, trapping him in a room full of walkers. He then watches Jared get devoured in revenge for Benjamin's death. (Still Gotta Mean Something)
  • The survivors from Oceanside execute Justin, Arat, and 6 other Saviors as revenge for massacring all the male residents of their community above the age of 10 under Simon's command. (The Bridge, Warning Signs)
  • Jed and many other Saviors wish to enact revenge against Oceanside for killing 8 of their members. (The Obliged)
  • Maggie wants to kill Negan but decides to let him live when she realizes he wants to die, as revenge for killing Glenn, feeling that Negan is effectively dead already. (What Comes After)
  • Carol burns Jed, Regina, and several other Savior Marauders alive as revenge for hurting Henry and presumably killing people for their supplies. (Who Are You Now?)
  • As revenge for infringing upon the Whisperers' territory and killing several of her group, Alpha beheads Ozzy, Alek, D.J., Frankie, Adeline, Rodney, Tammy Rose Sutton, Enid, Tara Chambler, and Henry and places their heads upon pikes. (The Calm Before)
  • Following the murder of the people at the fair, her adopted son Henry in particular, Carol becomes dangerously obsessed with getting revenge upon Alpha, often acting recklessly and putting people's lives into danger because of her actions. Carol's revenge is ultimately achieved when Alpha is killed by Negan who was working with her. Negan then delivers Alpha's severed zombified head to a satisfied Carol. Carol puts Alpha's head onto a pike as Alpha did with Henry and the other victims and though Carol doesn't respond when Negan asks if she's satisfied with her revenge, the answer appears to be yes. However, a hallucination of Alpha that haunts Carol suggests that Carol regrets her actions due to the people who got hurt during Carol's revenge quest. (Lines We Cross-Look at the Flowers)
  • After Brandon murders Milo, a young boy Negan has become attached to, Negan beats Brandon to death in revenge. (What It Always Is)
  • Magna reveals to Yumiko Okumura that she really did commit the murder she was sent to prison for. The man who raped her little cousin and got away with it, so Magna took revenge. (What It Always Is)
  • Gabriel Stokes stabs Dante to death as revenge for the latter murdering Siddiq. (The World Before)
  • Negan notes that all of the Whisperers, particularly Beta, will want revenge upon him for killing Alpha. Later, after encountering Negan, Beta viciously attacks him and tries to kill Negan in revenge, going so far as to abandon his pursuit of Lydia to go after Negan. However, Daryl intervenes and saves Negan from Beta who is subsequently killed by his own horde. (A Certain Doom)
  • After returning from years away and discovering that Negan is free again, Maggie is visibly furious, especially after learning that Negan had a hand in the Hilltop's destruction. (Home Sweet Home) Carol later warns Negan that if he stays in Alexandria, Maggie will kill him, but Negan chooses to stay anyways. (Here's Negan)
  • Lydia suggests that Aaron's torture of Keith is an act of revenge against the Whisperers. (Out of the Ashes)
  • After burying Teresa, Elijah tells Maggie that he wants to kill the Reaper that had murdered his sister personally which Maggie agrees to. (Promises Broken) This Reaper proves to be Brandon Carver who shows no remorse and taunts Elijah who ultimately proves to be too injured to kill Carver himself. After being reminded of her promise, Maggie gets Elijah's revenge for him by killing Carver with one of Elijah's kamas. (No Other Way)
  • Maggie kills Boone and Washington in cold blood in revenge for the massacre of her people. (No Other Way)
  • After realizing that Negan had killed his father, Hershel Rhee pulls a gun on him and tries to kill Negan. However, Negan talks Hershel down as the gunshot would draw the Commonwealth soldiers to their position, dooming all of the innocent people in the room. Negan later suggests that if Hershel still wants revenge in a few years, he can find him then. (The Rotten Core)
  • Aaron seeks revenge on Toby Carlson for attempting to shoot him. He lures Carlson up to the roof of the building to trick him, which gets Carlson's soldiers killed. Aaron ignores Carlson's pleas and shoots him off the roof, paralyzing him, and watches as Carlson's victims reanimate and eat him alive. (The Rotten Core)
  • Leah Shaw seeks revenge upon Maggie for Maggie killing the Reapers in her own act of revenge against them. Leah kills Marco and captures Maggie, taking her to her old cabin and threatening to kill everyone that Maggie loves before finally killing her. The two women engage in a brutal fight that ends with Daryl killing Leah to save Maggie. (Acts of God)
  • After being prevented by Pamela Milton and Mercer from killing Lance for his crimes, Daryl stabs him through the hand as a form of revenge, telling Pamela that Lance will live as she wants. (A New Deal)
  • After Max and Eugene expose his true view on the people of the Commonwealth, Sebastian attempts to get revenge on Max by feeding her to a zombie. However, Eugene throws the zombie off of his girlfriend and it kills Sebastian instead. (A New Deal)
  • After the Warden won't tell her how to find Coco and taunts her instead, Rostia feeds him to a zombified Sanborn in revenge. (Faith)

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  • Andrew Adams attempts to kill Daniel Salazar in revenge for torturing him but is stopped by Travis Manawa. (The Good Man)
  • Travis kills Brandon and Derek in a blind rage for murdering his son, Chris. (Wrath)
  • Andrés attempts to kill Travis for accidentally killing his brother, resulting in his own death. (North)
  • Qaletaqa Walker and the Black Hat natives seek revenge against the Broke Jaw Ranch for past sins, particularly the murders of Walker's father and uncle. Following the suicide of Russell Brown and the natives exacting revenge upon Phil McCarthy, the feud comes to the attention of Madison Clark who is unaware she is on the wrong side of it. Mike Trimbol is subsequently killed by Troy Otto along with his family, leaving Jeremiah Otto out of the four men Walker wants revenge upon. After Nick Clark uncovers the bodies of the four men and learns the truth, he kills Jeremiah and Madison stages it to look like a suicide before bringing Jeremiah's head to Walker. After getting Jeremiah's head, Walker becomes satisfied with his revenge and ceases hostilities with the ranch. (Burning in Water, Drowning in Flame-Children of Wrath)
  • Daniel Salazar attempts to force Nick Clark to tell him who was responsible for his daughter's death so that he can get revenge. Nick lies that it was Jake Otto, but Daniel appears not to believe him. (Things Bad Begun)
  • Madison apparently kills Troy Otto for leading a herd to the Broke Jaw Ranch resulting in its destruction and the deaths of many people including Jake Otto and Ofelia Salazar. (Things Bad Begun)
  • Nick brutally kills Ennis in retaliation for having attacked the Dell Diamond Baseball Stadium with a horde of walkers and for having a part of his mother's death. (Good Out Here)
  • Charlie kills Nick in revenge for what he did to Ennis even if she seemed shocked. (Good Out Here)
  • Alicia Clark, Luciana Galvez and Victor Strand wipe out The Vultures in revenge for them destroying the Dell Diamond Baseball Stadium community. Alicia personally executes a severely wounded Mel in retaliation for his actions. (Buried-The Wrong Side of Where You Are Now)
  • Alicia shoots at June for her perceived betrayal, seriously wounding John Dorie when he attempts to intervene. Alicia, Luciana and Victor chase June for revenge, but Alicia is talked down by Morgan Jones. June is later forgiven when she explains what actually happened instead of what they had perceived happened to her. (Just in Case-No One's Gone)
  • June kills Virginia in revenge for the death of her husband, blaming Virginia for his murder. (Things Left to Do)
  • When June and John Dorie Sr. confront them near his secret bunker, Teddy believes that they are there to seek revenge upon him and Dakota for their actions. However, they ignore Teddy and instead offer Dakota their forgiveness. (The Beginning)
  • After learning that Teddy has only been using her, Dakota kills him in retaliation. (The Beginning)
  • Josiah LaRoux seeks revenge upon Morgan Jones for the death of his identical twin brother Emile. After a brief skirmish in which Rufus is bitten and Emile's zombified head is finally put down, Morgan and Josiah make amends with each other instead of Josiah continuing to seek revenge upon Morgan. (Six Hours-Breathe With Me)
  • After discovering that Eli murdered the Larson family, Dwight allows a herd to devour him in revenge. (Till Death)
  • Arno wishes to exact revenge on Alicia for causing the deaths of many of the Doomsday Cult with her leadership. To that end, he attempts to feed her to several reanimated cultists, but he is foiled by Paul. (Follow Me)
  • After Arno and Sage manipulate him into thinking that Ofelia is on board one of the boats at the Boat Yard, Daniel slits Sage's throat and lowers Arno into a pit full of walkers in revenge, killing them both. (Ofelia)
  • Wilt's Posse seeks revenge upon PADRE and their Collectors for the kidnapping of their children. The posse drowns at least 8 people that they suspect might be involved and hunt down and capture Madison Clark, leaving her to the same fate before they go after PADRE. As Morgan rescues Madison, they discover that the posse's revenge mission was a failure, resulting in all of their deaths. Morgan and Madison are forced to put down Wilt, Ava Sanderson and six other posse members after they are left as zombies that attack the two. (Gone)

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  • After learning that Arnaud is the true killer, the vengeful parents of his victims beat him up and toss him into a pit to be devoured by Greer and David, his last two undead victims. (Davon)

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  • Maribelle kills Michel once he's been subdued in revenge for his treatment of her. (L'âme Perdue)
  • After Maribelle claims that Daryl Dixon was the one to kill Michel, Stéphane seeks revenge upon Daryl for his brother's death. (L'âme Perdue) However, Stéphane later decides to spare Daryl for the time being so that he can protect Laurent, promising to get his revenge the next time that they meet. (Coming Home) However, when they do meet again, Stéphane has had a change of heart and is focused on protecting Laurent, resulting in a somewhat uneasy peace between the two men. Daryl and Stéphane later fight together to kill Losang and his forces and before they part ways, shake hands, finally making peace with each other. (Vouloir, C'est Pouvoir) Daryl later reveals the truth about Michel's death to Stéphane, leaving Stéphane horrified by what he did in the name of revenge against the wrong person. Due to hallucinating Daryl putting down a walker that Stéphane sees as his brother, Stéphane briefly attacks him again before running off after a hallucination of Michel. (Au Revoir Les Enfants)
  • In Inuit mythology, Tupilag is a flesh-eating beast conjured up to take revenge on its enemy and if it can't find them, it returns home to kill its maker. Hanna and Eun name the undead Tupilag as Hanna believes them to be Mother Nature's revenge against humankind for the damage that has been done to the planet. (Moulin Rouge)

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  • The player can avenge Jesse, by killing the zombies that had devoured him.
  • Max vows revenge on Harlan after the killing of Nathan.
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