What If Rick Grimes DIDN'T LEAVE! If Rick Stayed in The Walking Dead Season 11! Rick Grimes Returns
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If there was one thing I could change about The Walking Dead, it would be Rick Grimes leaving. When Rick Grimes left it set so many things out of sync and by the end of the show we had these big spaces where Rick never got to meet the Whisperers or even take on his massive Commonwealth storyline from the comics.
In this video I ask the question of what if Rick Grimes stayed? What if Rick Grimes didn't leave? How would Rick have dealt with the Whisperers? I breakdown the entire story of The Walking Dead from the moment Rick would have left up until the ending where Rick Grimes returns and teases the new Walking Dead spin off shows such as the Rick and Michonne show, The Ones Who Live. This is what I think would happen if Rick Grimes stayed in the main show.
What do YOU think would happen if Rick Grimes stayed in the show? Do you agree with the timeline I created or prefer the one that actually happened? What other characters should I make a 'What If' on? Let me know what you think down below. Thanks for watching. I'll see you soon.
I may have a video breaking down the new The Walking Dead The Ones Who Live trailer soon.
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I want to know what you would think would happen if, either” - Rick wasn’t shot and put into a coma before the outbreak or - Both Rick and Shane lived at the end of Season 2
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I love rick just being inserted into the scenes without saying anything. Even that would have made the show 100x better
I'll forever be upset we didn't get Rick vs the Whisperers and Alpha. Daryl/Norman did a decent job but he's no Rick/Andy
I feel like daryl was perfect for the whisperer arc. I dont know how to explain it but he had that grittiness and skills to understand how the whisperers move
@@z.incognito6259we know Daryl has the survival skills and could’ve become a whisperer. Maybe that’s why
You echo my sentiments, there’s just something about Daryl filling in that “Rick leadership” role that doesn’t sit right with me, it only fits better that Rick should’ve been apart of the S10 Whisperer arc, the reason why all the communities were not united is because Rick’s leadership was greatly needed, a shame that we couldn’t have him in there. Daryl did great but like you said, he is no Rick.
@@nurbmanjones1709it always felt weird to me bc daryl's character isn't built to be the main leader, he's way better as a right hand man. every event after rick's departure felt kinda forced imo
I don't think whisperers would have stood a chance against Rick
35:20 The Daryl impression here is the best thing I’ve ever heard 💀
It truly is
FINISHED 😂
Bro wthh
Accurate 💀
I’d have loved to seen Rick’s Reaction to the pike scene. It would have been similar to Daryl, but I can picture the horror and disgust on his face. That’s what Andrew Lincoln had, that emotional range as a character.
The worst thing from this is that Daryl doesn't meet the best character in The Walking Dead, Dog.....
If Rick was present during the whisperer arc, the communities would’ve been united and much stronger to battle the whisperers, his leadership was greatly missed in his departure. Daryl did great, but he is no Rick.
Daryl snaps back “rrrrhhh”
If rick didn't leave, without the time skip I think that they should still have lots of guns from all out war and they should have used them against the whisperers
Also Lidia and Henry wouldn't be teenagers in this timeline. They would be 9 or 10 at best.
Also, no one would trust negan yet because it had only been a year and he still wanted to kill everyone
How did Alpha get into Alexandria if the events of 9x5 didn't cause the communities to drift apart? The whole reason Alpha could get in and kidnap people was because nobody realized she was a stranger
Holy Sh** your Daryl voice caught me so off guard. I was crying laughing 😂😂
You’re forgetting Lydia would be much younger, little Henry’s age. Also Michonne would be pregnant
I think rick definitely would've killed dante. Dante took a life carl sacrificed himself for and the writers most likely wouldve added that in because they know the audience wouldve wanted to see that side of rick again. Especially on a guy like dante
Nothing...nothing can beat that Rick Grimes stare! I just can’t wait to see it again 😊
I wish we would have gotten another throat biting scene from Rick I wish we could have scene Alpha and Beta's reaction to seeing Rick rip a Whisperers's throat out or see him pull a Gareth on them
This was the show we deserved. Well done!
It will forever hurt me that Rick never met alpha,beta and the whisperers
At least we have the comics
35:24 the noise you made for Daryl got me howling 😂😂
I was most looking forward Rick and Negans next stage of their rivalry relationship, their chemestry together was so intense and captivating! It sucks so much we never got it. Most of that storyline went to Daryl and Negan during the Whisperer arc. Edit: Negan becoming the new Alpha scene. Darryl on his knees and Negan with a double barrel shotgun with the two whisperers. I could see Rick in Daryls position. "You should probably shoot me." Negan teasing him once again while on his knees, then they work together to takeem out.
Daryl wasn’t inspired or molded by Dwight, it was the opposite. They teased Daryl was coming to the comics by creating Dwight and “teasing” him with a crossbow and his biker vest on the cover of something to fear arc.
Your channel needs so many more subs! Loved the video and I love that you entered a genuinely helpful partnership which could actually help people. Thank you for your work and keep it up man
all in all no hate on the show. It's a very good show ignore all the social media bullshit saying it's bad. I'm glad they chose to make more series if I want to watch them I can if not I don't have to and the budget is there.
Facts
Your editing is absolutely on point! Great job my man
This was awesome ! Loved the bits where you edited Rick in, very well done!
Rick + Carl should of been through til the last ever episode (s11)
This editing is unreal, nice video !!
Awesome video bro. I appreciate that editing.
i bet this took you so long bro keep up the good work ive been a subcriber for a while now ;]
Wow this video was so well produced that i didn't realise how long it really was 🔥🔥
Your video and audio editing is top notch chefs kiss!
No cap if Carl never died they coulda just got another actor if the actor was done with the show they could’ve done what they did with Rick and Maggie have the main actor leave after ep 5 and then have an older actor play Carl after the time jump I know it would be ashame chandlers would leave but it would make the show interesting with Carl still there
He didn't want to leave. He was fired.
They should've done a recast after season 4. Chandler sucked
@@Rknowles813 I mean sure his performance wasn't always super great but I think it more comes down to how badly Carl was handled as a character.
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The edit was just amazing, so was the story of this scenario
Wish you mention alittle more what happens to Lydia (Because I feel like Rick would probably form a bond with her similar to Carol in the main show), but outside of that, this was amazing. I wish this is what we got in the main show.
Masterful editing and story telling
This is so well edited
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Good job on this edited storyline.
Love your video and keep up the great work you are awesome
Not bad my friend. I know this must have taken a long time to make. I enjoyed it and agree with most. Wish Rick just never left.
thx you man for this
it’s so impressive how he clips all the scenes together
Better than what we got in seasons 9-11 HONESTLY! Comic love is also much appreciated
Im sorry but that was the funniest shit hearing the fucking metal pipe falling sound effect at 26:06 that was hilarious
I feel like if Rick never left the show, they would've kept Morgan around longer, and had him be taken by Jadis to the CRM instead.
I love how you just had to add the water tower death
These are excellent!
Maybe hearing the whispers would make Rick think his possible schizophrenia.
26:08 bruh you ain’t slick with the metal pipe meme sound 😭💀
Beautiful use of Scott, spot on. 💐
If there’s one thing I would change about The Walking Dead it would be: Almost everything post season 7
Waht if theres no time skip that means Henry would have been 10 or something and Lydia was young too..
Excellent story, thank you sir
Im convinced this is how the show series went down. No one can tell me otherwise
WTH Man... you really had to do Daryll impressions like an angry cat LMAO
1 thing lydia and henry would still be really young without the timeskip
Negan resolved whole Whisperer issue, there was no need for Rick
What if Ed survived and Sophia’s death would effect ed so he would try to become a better husband towards carol and they would have a Negan and Maggie dynamic
Rick would've had his murder jacket to
Wait where did ricks horse come from? The white one after him and Daryl fought?
This is absolute perfection.
Honestly since the ones who lived came out, I’m glad the show played out the way it did. I’m saying that, I think you’re pretty close to what could have been
Dude, what an awesome idea! What if like... there was a different version of The Walking Dead like... a comic book or something! A story where Rick Grimes was the main character the whole way through! That would be CRAZY!!!
My favorite TWD content creator to nerd out to
A new banger? Let’s fucking go!!
I think Rick would have focused more on find a way to take out alpha's horde instead of alpha. I would have liked to think that he knew that killing alpha wouldn't have achieved much in the grand scheme of things
tbh i doubt Daryl would suggest sending negan off but i believe Rick in his talks with Negan, Negan would mention it and eventually Rick decides himself to send him as a last resort
Love the vid, the only problem I have is the Daryl ark, I think if you rewrote the story from season 2 it works however I feel as if though you undone a lot of Daryl’s character development to line his story with Dwight’s. Daryl became very reserved and in control of his emotions and I do not believe he would have a burst of rage like Dwight did And often he sided with Rick even if he did not like his choices.
I honestly think if Scott gimple wasn’t fired, Daryl would’ve died like that. He was clearly slowly going against Rick in season 8. It’s was being set up for him to get Dwight’s comic death. But then Andrew left the show and Scott was fired so that plot line was just abandoned.
Honestly, after Carl's death. Seeing Rick is just painful. He's not Rick anymore.. He has no reason for still being Rick Grimes.
Keep up the good work another idea for a what if Maggie never left after season 9 episode 5
And what if Morgan never left In season 8
Actually, love, falling asleep to this guys videos
I think Negan made the show watchable to be honest after Rick, he was one of the only saving graces.
I wish walking dead took a break after Rick left and brought it back a few years later when Andrew came back
This is what I still wish wouldve happened today but were going to see rick grimes in a military soldier outfit if that makes up for it
I think Rick would have really been challenged as leader by a larger group as his struggling to make every group work and find peace would have been quickly manipulated and exposed by Alpha in the beginning. It could have caused someone in Rick’s lingering group of close friends to lose their life and maybe could have led to Rick allowing Negan to “rebuild” his leadership and murder jacket side to take the fight back and win it. So a better blending with the comic story in a sense.
he wouldve smoked the whisperers right off the bat, he wouldnt even try and underestimate since hes learned his lesson from the saviors
The whisperer ark would have definitely been better with Rick maybe he can have his own whisperer ark on his new show lol 🤞🏻
like first 20 seconds of new plot and i already liked it more. haha
Can you do what if Troy survived FTWD season 8 or what if Troy didn't "die" in season 3 and stayed with Madison's group all the way to season 8 🙏
I am sad that we didn't have rick on the last seasons but I understand why Andrew left
Oh my this was fan f n tactic can you do more like this holy chit if I can can give u more thumbs 👍 up ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤😂😂😂😂😂
Turning off my brain, this “what if” scenario you weaved with Rick is actually pretty good. There's just two minor gripes I have with this, though, toward the end, and it is because you chose to play it safe instead of amping up the stakes and taking risks with the story. 36:13 In that moment where Daryl and Rick finally point guns at each other, Rick should shoot Daryl in this scene, brutally showing him being killed and a callback to season 1 when they first met up in arms. This adds more weight than Dwight's comic death, and sets up the fact that Rick will put even his friends beneath what he tries to do what Carl envisioned. Just have Michonne take over Daryl's actions from here so she isn't sidelined. 40:06 I really like this assassination plot point with Sebastian Milton, it feels like a much better way to setup Rick's death on the main show proper. Have him shoot him right away and Rick bleeds out like in his final episode 9x05 on the main show in mirroring this scene. Here, what would add weight to the stakes here of Rick's actions is to have Sebastian bring up to Rick the fact that he brought this on himself, to protect what he has going, and that challenging ideal led to him killing his best friend, and now that Rick comes face-to-face with this realization, is broken down in spirit or refuses to defy what he's done for the cost to pursue keeping everyone together. And it's here Michonne comes in and kills Sebastian(or knocks him out) and he dies bleeding in her arms. This TV show timeline then ends on a tragedy like the comics, but with all Grimes dead, bar Judith, future storylines and spinoffs with the CRM follow ideas that were conceived for S9 onward on what we now know in spinoffs. Rick's statue is left as a monument in an epilogue, Michonne or Judith reminisces in the epilogue of this ending, and The Brave Man dies an honorable death for truly holding those ideals together of bringing Carl's vision to life no matter the odds. This is how the show could've ended in this timeline(on a much more tragic note).
Hey George i loved this what if, can you do one where Abraham survives till the end and maybe in his place Sasha gets killed don't do Daryl please and thank you.
I agree with this
35:27 why does that sound like something Daryl would say 😂
:25*
35:55 😂😂
I would totally buy the Blu-ray eddition of all seasons if it was written this way.
I think they went too far with Maggie’s hatred towards neegan.. like it consumed her every story line.. it was rather old fast.. which is why I think lil hershel has such a problem with his mom n the Maggie neegan series, it’s time to put it to rest.. I think their series would’ve been better had she still not been so grudgful.. they parted on more peaceful terms on the walking dead to her hating him again and doing what she did.. just annoying, cringy.. anyways I hope they put it to rest finally when they return or I don’t think she’ll be liked much longer
Bro she only went back to Negan cause her kid was kidnapped, and the people who kidnapped Hershel wanted negan remember? That’s the only reason she had to go back to him and the conflict of her hating him or getting over it comes back out but now she’s starting to realize that she has to make a choice about it and focus on her son. Did you not watch the show? 😂
Waiting for a new rick grimes trailer commentary
What if concept: What if Shane went with Daryl or Glenn to find Randall?
you will see all the things in „The ones who live“ beside a lot of new stuff.. a bigger world… a bigger story!
Before the wispers storline was rick in framer rick mode How was in the beginning of season 3? Was he the same as that version of rick grimes And would it lead to him coming back to murder beard, Rick in the walking dead the ones who live. Would it be that whenever he feels safe? He turns inthe farmer Rick who was trying trying to feed the camp with pigs.
Seems like you’re onto something, but you neglect that Henry isn’t grown, he would still be a young kid because there is no time skip, and without the time skip, and Rick being around, the communities wouldn’t have drifted in 9-6
The thing i wonder is would the saviors fall if rick stayed around?
I like this, would have made the show really interesting and different
I can just hear beta “left side, STRONG SIDE!”
i love what he did there still kept some things but got rid of alot of useless plotlines to the story
We need what if Oscar and Axel survived
Just like Nick leaving marked the end of good Fear, Rick leaving pretty much killed TWD. Hope it was worth it.
Do a what if abraham survived
Do what if the governor listened to rick