The Walking Dead is a multimedia horror/drama franchise created by Robert Kirkman. It tells the stories of groups of survivors in the aftermath of a zombie apocalypse.
The Walking Dead franchise began with the black-and-white comic book series, which ran from 2003 to 2019 for a total of 193 issues. The comic book series built a substantial fanbase and won several awards, and in 2010 AMC began airing a television series based on the comic book. The franchise has since spawned diverse other media, including:
- Spin-off television series:
- Several web series that expand on the stories of characters and situations seen in passing on the TV shows.
- An aftershow, Talking Dead, which began in 2011 and airs in conjunction with new episodes of the TV shows.
- Numerous books, both original novels and compilations of the comic book.
- Video games, board games, and tabletop (miniatures-based) games.
The Walking Dead distinguishes itself from other entries in the zombie genre in that it can be considered character-based drama as well as horror. Robert Kirkman has said on several occasions that in the Walking Dead universe, fellow human survivors should be considered just as great a threat as the undead.
The Walking Dead has been referred to several times in various Simpsons media.
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Episode name
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Reference
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512
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"Gone Abie Gone"
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When Grampa went missing, Homer read the book The Wander Years: A Guide to Finding the Walking Dad for ideas on how to find him. The book's title is a pun on both The Wonder Years and The Walking Dead.
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30
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"Krusty the Clown"
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The Walking Dead and Fear the Walking Dead are two of the shows shown on the TV screens. Also, one of Homer's TV show "recap" reviews is "Too much walking, not enough dead. C-plus.", which, at the time the episode aired, could have referred to either The Walking Dead or Fear the Walking Dead.
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33
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709
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"Treehouse of Horror XXXII"
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Chris Edgerly's "scary name" screen credit, "Chris the Walking Deadgerly", is a reference to The Walking Dead.
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30
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647
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"Krusty the Clown"
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Among the TV shows mentioned on the scrolling list is The Walking Dead (not visible in the accompanying image, here).
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793
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"Treehouse of Horror XXXVI"
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The Onion's political cartoonist, Stan Kelly, has a cartoon bubble saying "The Watching Dead".
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795
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"Bad Boys... for Life?"
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Rehashing of the Talking of the Walking Dead is a parody of The Walking Dead aftershow Talking Dead.
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Date
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Tweet
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| ComicBookGuy
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July 23, 2011
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Frank Darabont completely ignored the brilliant "Walking Dead" question I shouted to him at the hotel swimming pool. Diva.
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| HomerJSimpson
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November 8, 2011
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That show "The Walking Dead" is so dumb. NOT having to walk is the main reason I look forward to death!
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| HomerJSimpson
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May 15, 2016
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Supernatural, because The Walking Dead reminds me too much of Grampa.
(In reply to "Supernatural or The Walking Dead?")
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