We're taking on the leader of the Walking Dead saviors, the foul-mouthed NEGAN! Anthony & Doc unravel his unique honor system, particular misogyny, and his... interesting relationship with his bat. Plus Anthony compares him to old ECW wrestlers. Listen now! SHOW NOTES: Intro Shoutout to Christian & Damon's Amazing Nerd podcast (NSFW language) – (3:20) Background (4:15) Negan created by Robert Kirkman & Charlie Adlard in The Walking Dead #100 (July 2012) Introduced as leader of Saviors, a group of survivors living near Alexandria in a compound called the Sanctuary, who rules over the group with an iron fist, and a barbed-wire-wrapped baseball bat named Lucille Lucille was the name of his wife, who he had to abandon when the zombie apocalypse started – she was in a hospital, died, and reanimated – he also had a mistress on the side He and his men capture Rick, Carl, Glenn, Maggie, Sophia, Michonne, and Heath, and brutally murders Glenn after selecting him with eeny-meeny-miney-mo Takes a liking to Carl after he sneaks into the camp and murders several of Negan's men Discovered that Negan rules a harem of sorts with the Saviors' wives, who must be loyal to him under punishment of branding the husband Goads Rick into a standoff, which results in several Saviors dying and Lucille getting damaged – Negan escapes, but tells his people that they will go to war with Rick's group Negan captured Gregory and gained the loyalty of the Hilltop Colony after the standoff and used this as leverage against Rick and his group, but Holly drives a car through the fence of the Sanctuary and this brings hundreds of walkers into the compound Dispatches all the walkers, and then arrives at Alexandria, where he uses grenades to begin destroying houses before retreating He then launches an assault on the Hilltop, where he wants a showdown with Rick – during the fight, Rick is hit with an arrow Negan thinks is covered in zombie guts Later has an epiphany during a discussion with Rick, and realizes that Rick has been right and his methods have not helped survivors – Rick slits his throat, but doesn't kill him – captures him and leaves him in a jail cell During his sentence, he befriends Carl, who visits him regularly, although Carl still wants to kill him He is released by Brandon, a member of the community who doesn't trust Rick, and they infiltrate the Whisperers, a rival community – gets the leader, Alpha, to trust him, before he kills her and decapitates her Brings Alpha's head to Rick as a gesture of goodwill, saying his time alone rehabilitated him – Rick doesn't fully trust him, but uses him as a soldier against the Whisperers Left alone in an outpost to survive by himself Issues (18:39) Misogyny, but not in a violent manner Ironically, otherwise a very violent man (26:00) Has unique honor system – scarcity mindset (32:05) Treatment (41:07) In-universe Out of universe (45:22) Skit (57:52) WARNING: The skit is bleeped, but there is considerable profanity. Listener discretion advised Ending (64:30) References: The Governor episode - Anthony - 0:41 Monty Python's Flying Circus - "Nudge Nudge" - Anthony - 3:10 Arrested Development - Lucille/Lucille II - Anthony - 5:42 Not Using the Z Word - TV Tropes - Anthony - 9:10 Heel-Face Turn - TV Tropes - Anthony - 13:39 Cain exiled east of Eden - Doc - 18:17 Cuckold - Anthony - 24:26 Sabu, ECW, Tommy Dreamer, Sandman, Terry Funk - Anthony - 29:15 iTunes: here Google Play: here Stitcher: here TuneIn: here iHeartRadio: here Spotify: here Twitter FacebookE-mailPatreon