Main Character Deaths
Both The Walking Dead and Game of Thrones are full of death scenes, both in terms of lead characters, side characters, and more (see final page for totals).
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Side Character Deaths
In addition to not being afraid to kill off a lead character, Game of Thrones and The Walking Dead kill off side characters just as frequently.
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Game of Thrones Leads in Background Character Deaths
In addition to lead and side characters, both shows regularly kill off background characters. Surprisingly, this doesn’t include zombies…
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Non-Human Character Deaths
For The Walking Dead, this is where the deaths take the cake. Over 1,000 walkers have been killed on The Walking Dead.
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Total Character Deaths
Thanks to all of the zombie deaths on the show, The Walking Dead has 1,216 deaths versus 704 deaths on Game of Thrones.
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