Top 10 Things in Walking Dead That Don't Make Sense

The characters on “Walking Dead” have many names for their zombies. Roamers, biters, and walkers are just a few of their names for the undead. But why do characters avoid the word “zombies” like the plague? According to series creator Robert Kirkman, zombies weren’t a major part of pop culture in “The Walking Dead” universe. This is supposedly why people never say the z word and had no clue how to fight walkers at first. But even if Rick Grimes never saw “Night of The Living Dead,” the concept of zombies would still exist in several cultures and religions. The odds that not a single history professor or religious practitioner connected walkers to zombies is a bit of a stretch.

Shortly after losing an eye, a person’s ability to accurately gauge distance can be diminished. But it doesn’t seem to bother anyone on “The Walking Dead.” Characters like Carl and the Governor lose half of their sight while keeping all of their accuracy. The Governor is so unaffected that he makes accurate headshots within hours of losing his eye. While Carl has a few months to adjust, he was spotted using his “missing” eye to aim his gun in several episodes. By the time Gabriel becomes partially blind, losing half your sight looks more like a minor inconvenience than a potentially life-altering injury.

If a deceased body isn’t properly preserved, it’ll be ravaged by bugs and the elements. While we’ve seen walkers decay over the course of multiple seasons, the decomposition process should’ve gone a lot faster. Outside factors like water and humidity can cause bodies to decay quickly. This would leave most of the wandering zombies without skin. At the very least, their eyes should’ve been devoured by hungry scavenger bugs. Although the length of the decomposition process can vary, most walkers should be blind, eyeless skeletons crawling with... you know what? Maybe it's for the best that they don’t portray decomposition accurately.

In Season 2, the most crucial character to join the cast was a 2011 mint green Hyundai Tucson. Despite the vehicle showing up in nearly every episode until mid-Season 4, it always stuck out like a sore thumb. Since the show’s apocalypse begins roughly around 2010, Rick’s gang miraculously managed to stumble upon a new 2011 car instead of something more common. The Tucson also looked way too good. While it occasionally got blood and mud on its exterior, it was always noticeably cleaner than other vehicles. Admittedly, it’s hilarious to imagine the survivors taking a break from fighting walkers to wash the show's big product placement. The end of the world as we know it, brought to you by Hyundai.

When Hershel needs to take on a horde of walkers on his farm, he arms himself with a shotgun. His weapon blows a hole through countless walkers... and our suspension of disbelief. Hershel’s shotgun appears to be a Remington 870 field gun. This particular model is designed to hold around seven or eight rounds at a time. However, the scene’s audio and visuals suggest that Herschel is firing more ammo then his shotgun can physically hold. Although he’s seen reloading the gun, he’s still a couple reloads short of making the scene realistic. While Hershel’s shotgun spree wasn’t physically possible, it was still undeniably badass.

When the series began, it was hard to believe the survivors couldn’t find more working vehicles and gas among the tons of abandoned cars. But as the show went on, it was hard to believe they were driving at all. Most experts agree that gas will keep between 6 months to a year... if it’s properly stored. This means survivors would’ve found the fuel they siphoned from random cars unreliable. Even if the cars miraculously kept gas in working condition for a full year, it wouldn’t have been long enough. Season 4 takes place around 500 days into the Apocalypse. So, the vehicles that appeared that season, especially the Governor’s tank, should’ve been useless without a new supply of gas.

Have you ever noticed how good the zombie Apocalypse looks? There are dozens of perfect lawns... even though no one’s around to mow them. Most survivors manage to keep their teeth, hair, and beards in excellent condition without dentists or hairdressers. And although food is scarce at multiple points in the series, characters don’t lose significant amounts of muscle or weight from food deprivation. The only thing that looks better than their lawns, makeup, and fitness routines is their clothes. While characters occasionally have access to laundry, their clothes should be a lot more damaged by blood, walker guts, and weather. In reality, most survivors should look more like Daryl. And let’s face it, even he looks pretty good.

At the beginning of the series, Rick Grimes gets shot and falls into a coma. By the time he wakes up, the world has been overrun by zombies. But how did he survive to see the world covered in walkers? The show’s timeline and official sources suggest that Rick was in a coma for at least 4 weeks. This means Rick would have had to survive for about a month on one bag of fluids and no medical attention. The ridiculous length of his survival has led some fans to believe the entire series is a dream conjured up in his comatose brain. But since that theory has been officially debunked, we’re forced to accept Rick’s survival as a medical miracle.

Now, we're not saying that Rick is a bad person. He's an awesome zombie killer who can survive anything from a coma to an explosion. However, he's not the most consistent leader. In Season 2, he told his group that he’d be calling all the shots. But after Rick started hallucinating, he handed his power to a council of his peers. Two seasons later, he revived his Ricktatorship and took charge again. In addition to being indecisive, Rick also has violent tendencies and serious trust issues. While the group definitely needed him for major battles, they should’ve left the decision-making to someone who was more level-headed and consistent.

When Rick and his allies had to sneak past a city of walkers, they covered themselves in zombie guts and stayed quiet. The walkers somehow knew they smelled different and left the silent survivors alone. Although this method was mostly successful, the survivors only used this technique a handful of times. While covering yourself in zombie guts is probably gross, it still provides a massive advantage over the undead. Although the process possibly got Gabriel sick once, he's literally the only person who’s suffered negative consequences. Even the insane Whisperer group has the common sense to use this camouflage technique. While constantly using guts might reduce the tension of the series, it could save countless lives.