Carol Peletier

About

Carol Peletier is a fictional character from the American television series The Walking Dead, and is portrayed by actress Melissa McBride, she's based on the comic book character of the same name, who was first introduced by writer Robert Kirkman in his comic book series. Carol has become a fan favorite in the series, with numerous memes and catchphrases being created online to highlight her often badass and cold character.

History

The earliest appearance of Carol was in issue #3 of The Walking Dead comic book series, unlike the her television counterpart, Carol was overwhelmed by the apocalypse and eventually committed suicide.

The television version of Carol debuted in the third episode of The Walking Dead's first season (airing November 14, 2010), a housewife who was abused by her husband, Carol was weak and helpless throughout the first two seasons. It wasn't until season four that the actress was promoted to a main character, this was when Carol increased in popularity. Carol became cold, killing people if it was needed to be done, she has continued to kill since season 4, most notably when she broke her fellow comrades out of a false sanctuary called 'Terminus'.

Reception

Melissa McBride's portrayal of Carol has received high acclaim among both fans and critics, many of which have gone on to call her the series "best character"^[1][2]. McBride has won numerous awards for her portrayal, including two Saturn Awards for 'Best Supporting Actress in a Television series' (the only actress to have won in this category twice). Despite heavy fan campaigns, McBride has never been nominated for an Emmy.

Related Memes

"Look at the Flowers"

This Section Contains Spoilers

"Look at the Flowers", also known as "Look at the Flowers, Lizzie" or "Just look at the Flowers" is a memorable quote uttered by Carol in episode fourteen of the fourth season. The infamous scene involved Carol leading out a mentally unstable Lizzie, only to shoot her in the back of the head because she couldn't be around other people.

"Lok at the Flowers" has become very popular among fans of the series, the most frequent usage being to express their subtle disdain at an opposing opinion, other uses include numerous images of people fearing to "look at the flowers", an image of Carol telling Justin Bieber to "look at the flowers" gained over 1,300 upvotes on Reddit ^[4]. The quote has remained a popular inside joke among fans, though it has been known to branch out to other popular franchises (The Witcher for example^[5]).

Notable Examples

Carol's Cookies

Carol's Cookies refers to a scene in the thirteenth episode of season 5, where Carol unsuccessfully attempts to bribe Sam with cookies, only to threaten his life by tying him to a tree and allowing walkers to eat him, if he was to tell anyone that he caught her taking stored guns.
After the airing of the episode, Carol's cookies became another popular example to illustrate the now cold personality of Carol, numerous photoshopped images emerged of Carol related cookie mix, along with derivatives similar to "Look at the Flowers", such as "Look at the cookies".

Various Examples

Search History

External References

^[1] Metro – How Carol has become the shows best character

^[2] Vox – Carol is now The Walking Dead’s best character

^[3] tumblr – Carol Peletier tumblr

^[4] Reddit – Carol Justin Bieber

^[5] The Witcher Reddit – 'Just look at the flowers' by Jakub Rozalski