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Rick Grimes (Andrew Lincoln) in 'The Walking Dead' and Joel Miller (Pedro Pascal) in 'The Last of Us'
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All out war unfolds as ‘The Last of Us’ and ‘Walking Dead’ fans duke it out

Who would win in a fight - Rick or Joel?

The last six months in television have been quite zombie-heavy, what with the release of the final season of The Walking Dead, as well as the debut of HBO’s adaptation of Naughty Dog’s video game The Last of Us. Comparisons were always going to be made between the pair, but as “Rick Grimes” trended on Twitter, matters got a little ugly between the two camps. 

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Specifically, comparisons are being drawn between the leading men of the two shows – Andrew Lincoln as Rick Grimes, and Pedro Pascal as Joel Miller. Given the the former is the name that is currently trending, opinion is tending to skew in favor of the revolver-equipped Sheriff-turned-survivor over the closed-off and bereaved father:

While Lincoln’s Rick appears to be the G.O.A.T apocalypse survivor in the eyes of many, Pascal’s Joel wasn’t without his own staunch supporters, arguing that The Last of Us star managed to pull of just as much character development in the span of nine episodes as Lincoln did in nine seasons: 

Others, meanwhile, were just straight-up exasperated by the debate, and are of the mind that comparing the pair is like comparing apples to oranges. After all, we follow Rick’s journey from being dazed and confused at the beginning of the apocalypse to the leader he turns into. Meanwhile, we witness Joel’s tragic start to the apocalypse, but we miss out on twenty years worth of “growth” in between his meeting with Ellie.

Whether you love one, hate the other, or are into both franchises – everyone who cares about the debate will eventually get to have their cake and eat it too. Rick Grimes will be making a return in an as-yet untitled Rick & Michonne spinoff, whereas Joel will be back in The Last of Us season two

However, the closest thing on the horizon right now is The Walking Dead: Dead City, in which we will see Maggie and Negan travel to a derelict New York City. That particular spinoff arrives in June 2023. 


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Peter is an Associate Editor at We Got This Covered, based in Australia. He loves sinking his time into grindy MMO's like Destiny 2, Final Fantasy XIV, and Old School RuneScape. Peter holds a Masters Degree in Media from Macquarie University in Sydney, AU, and dabbled with televised business/finance journalism in a past life.