The Most Annoying Children in ‘The Walking Dead’ Universe: A Taxonomy

In the world of The Walking Dead, they’re simply everywhere. They reek, they’re always moaning and groaning, and more often than not, they’re deadly. I’m not talking about the zombies. I’m talking about this franchise’s endlessly awful kids.

The legends of Walking Dead’s obnoxious, sometimes truly messed up children precede them—mostly through ranked lists like “Every Major Kid On The Walking Dead Ranked From Terrible To The Worst.” From the very beginning, we had Carl Grimes—who wanted nothing more than to be like his father and spent his first several seasons messing everything up instead. But as the series trudged on, the kids got more and more despicable; at this point, we’ve seen cowardly shriekers, sullen teens, and undead brats galore—enough to fill, say, a barn.

Now, the new spin-off The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon has given us a new desperately annoying child “protagonist” named Laurent. Much like HBO’s zombified hit The Last of Us, Daryl Dixon follows its scruffy hero as he escorts a “Chosen” child to safety. Unfortunately for all of us, the Rubik’s cube-toting prodigy Laurent is just as insufferable as the rest of this universe’s young progeny. But where, exactly, does he fit in? Let’s break these cantankerous kids into categories and find out.

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