Vernon Trimbol (Fear)

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Vernon Trimbol
Actor	Hugo Armstrong
Gender	Male
Hair Color	Brown Whitish/Gray (Beard)
Age	Late 40s to Early 50s
Occupation	Pre-Apocalypse Co-Founder and Former Lieutenant of the Otto Family Survivalist Organization Post-Apocalypse Co-Founder of the Broke Jaw Ranch community
Family	Kathy Trimbol - Wife † Mike Trimbol - Son † Gretchen Trimbol - Daughter †
Ethnicity	Caucasian-American
Status	Dead
Episode Count	2
First Appearance	"TEOTWAWKI"
Last Appearance	"Red Dirt"
Fate
Death Episode	"Red Dirt" (Alive and Zombified)

“

Jeremiah, can I get a word? (...) Uh, in private. (...) Look, we're friends going on 30 years. You know I love this place. I love what we started. But a man's family comes first. Just gotta protect them best he knows how, and the best I know how is to leave. Now. (...) Sign of trouble? They killed eight of ours. They sawed Phil's... Hell, Otto, that could've been-- (...) All right? (...) My mind's made up. I'm sorry, Jeremiah. ―Vernon to Jeremiah and Madison.

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Vernon Trimbol is a survivor of the outbreak in AMC's Fear the Walking Dead. He is a resident of the Broke Jaw Ranch community, alongside his wife Kathy Trimbol and their children Mike Trimbol and Gretchen Trimbol. Vernon is also one of the four founding fathers of the community.

Overview

Vernon is a reasonable, stern, and caring man. He greatly cares for the community as he is one of the four founding fathers of the Ranch. However, after the deaths of many residents, including the brutal demise of Phil McCarthy, Vernon decides to leave with his family for their safety. However Troy, unhappy with them leaving, murders Vernon and his family.

However, Vernon also can be very brutal, even before the outbreak. It's revealed he and the other founding fathers had lynched three Native American juvenile delinquents and covered up the crime.

Pre-Apocalypse

Southern California

Vernon married Kathy and they had two children, Mike and Gretchen. He also became friends with fellow ranchers Jeremiah Otto, Phil McCarthy, and Russell Brown. At some point, the men came into conflict with residents of the Black Hat Reservation. Under Otto's direction, Vernon and the other men camped out one night and lynched three Native American juvenile delinquents. They hid the bodies to cover up their crime and were never investigated or prosecuted.

Post-Apocalypse

Season 3

Early on in the outbreak, Vernon moved his family to Otto's homestead, Broke Jaw Ranch. He Otto, McCarthy, and Brown became known as the "Founding Fathers".

"TEOTWAWKI"

Vernon is at Charlene's memorial service with his family listening to Pat talk about her daughter. After Jake delivers some remarks, Vernon is frustrated and interrupts Jake asking him what the plan is in regards to the unknown party that attacked the helicopter. When Troy interprets his father's words as payback, Vernon nods in agreement and is satisfied with the direction the Ottos are going into. The next morning, he is having breakfast with Pat as Jeremiah informs the crowd about the missing search party.

"Red Dirt"

When Madison and Troy’s team arrive, who all have bloody feet from walking without shoes. Jeremiah requests a private debrief, but Vernon insists Troy's team share their findings with everyone. Mike announces that a group of Native Americans slaughtered Phil McCarthy and the others from the outpost. Troy tries to keep everyone calm saying they can handle the situation but Mike cracks and blurts out that they're all going to die if they don't leave.

The next day, The Trimbol family load supplies onto the back of a truck. Troy guards the pantry and forbids residents from leaving the ranch with supplies. Vernon tells him that they already spoke with Jeremiah.

Vernon approaches and wants to have a word. He starts by recalling the long-lasting friendship and says his priority is his family and to protect them he will leave. Jeremiah encourages him to leave if that's what he wants. Troy asks if Mike is going, too, and Vernon says, "My family's leaving Troy!" Jeremiah says men have kids and it turns them into women.

Troy runs after the Trimbol family's RV and yells at Mike for leaving. Jake stops Troy and they fight. Jeremiah rushes in and punches Troy as a result and Madison breaks it up. The gate is opened and Vernon leaves with his family.

Jeremiah and Nick later spot one of Vernon's horses in the pasture. Madison, Nick and Jeremiah find the Trimbols' RV in the road, riddled with bullets. They find the Trimbols infected or dead, put down the infected, euthanize the part eaten horse and pile the bodies into their truck. Jeremiah tells Madison that he suspects Troy killed the Trimbols.

Death

Killed By

• Troy Otto (Alive)

Troy catches up with the Trimbol's RV and attempts to talk to Mike. The situation escalates and Troy ends up killing the entire family, including Vernon.

• Jeremiah Otto (Zombified)

After finding them, a zombified Vernon is shot in the head by Jeremiah.

Killed Victims

This list shows the victims Vernon has killed:

• Qaletaqa Walker's Uncle (Alongside Jeremiah, Phil, and Russell, Pre-Apocalypse)
• 2 unnamed Black Hat Reservation residents (Alongside Jeremiah, Phil, and Russell, Pre-Apocalypse)
• Possibly numerous counts of zombies and unnamed people

Relationships

Allies Broke Jaw Ranch Kathy Trimbol † - Wife Mike Trimbol † - Son Gretchen Trimbol † - Daughter Jeremiah Otto † - Leader, Friend, and Co-Founder Phil McCarthy † - Friend and Co-Founder Russell Brown † - Friend and Co-Founder Jake Otto † Madison Clark

Enemies Broke Jaw Ranch Troy Otto † - Former Ally and Killer Hopi Tribe Qaletaqa Walker Mr. Walker † Qaletaqa's Uncle - Possible Victim

Appearances

Fear the Walking Dead

Season 3

• "TEOTWAWKI"
• "Red Dirt"

Trivia

International Dubbers

Language	Dubber	Other Characters Voiced
Czech	N/A	N/A
French	Jean-Luc Atlan	N/A
German	Henning Bormann	N/A
Hungarian	N/A	N/A
Italian	N/A	N/A
Japanese	N/A	N/A
Portuguese	N/A	N/A
Spanish (Latin America)	N/A	N/A
Spanish (Spain)	N/A	N/A