the walking dead "Carl Grimes"

Carl Grimes
Actor	Chandler Riggs
Gender	Male
Hair	Brown
Age	13
Occupation	School Student
Relations	Rick Grimes (Father) Lori Grimes (Mother) Judith Grimes (Sister/Half-Sister) Beth Greene (Crush)
First Appearance	"Days Gone Bye"
Status	Alive
Series lifespan	"Days Gone Bye" to Present
Ethnicity	Caucasian-American
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"I shot my Mom. She was out; hadn't turned yet. I ended it. It was real."

—Carl to Daryl regarding his mother's death.

Carl Grimes is a main protagonist in The Walking Dead. He is the son of Rick Grimes and Lori Grimes. During the initial outbreak, Carl believed his father to be dead, so he and his mother followedShane Walsh to Atlanta to stay safe.

AppearanceOverview

Carl is an adolescent Caucasian male with dark brown hair and a slightly freckled face. He shares the same eye color as his father, blue. As the show progresses, he matures physically.

Personality

Carl is shy and reserved, commonly only striking conversation with his parents and members of the group he feels comfortable with. Like many kids his age, he is sometimes disobedient, but he does show shame and guilt when his actions negatively impact the group. After getting shot, Carl becomes stricken with negative thoughts, largely wanting to fend for himself and to prove his independence and maturity. He also takes to becoming rather pessimistic and rude, such as when he insults Carol. He is naturally curious, a trait that gets him into frequent trouble. However, by the third season, Carl has become battle hardened from months on the road. His firearm skills and tactician abilities have greatly increased, and he has seemingly become numb to much of the emotions he feels, a result no doubt of becoming accustom to loss, even when he is forced to shoot his own dying mother. Despite his new found maturity, he retains some childlike qualities, such as still being shy around members of the group he is not comfortable with, and not speaking regularly in front of the group, and a childlike crush on Beth Greene, Hershel's daughter.