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What year is the Walking Dead on?

ps3gamer095ps3gamer095
edited May 2014 in The Walking Dead
So i havent read the comics so if the answers is there please tell me but since the comics were released in 2003 im gonna assume that is the year in the comics too. But my question is what year is on The Game and the T.V show cause if it is the same than the comics Clementine must be 19 by now if she is stil, alive .They grow so fast :(
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  • Its_That_GuyIts_That_Guy
    Yes the game follows the comic book so when Lee met Clementine it was 2003 but 2 years has passed so its 2005 but if u do the math 2005-11= 1994 so clem by 2014 would be 20.
  • OmidOmid
    The comics started in 2003 so that's when the apocolypse started in the story. I believe it is now 3 years into it in the comics, making it 2006. The game follows the comic continuity and it is about 2 and 1/2 years in, making it 2005. The show is didferent. Since the show started in 2010, the apocolypse started in 2010 and I think it's two years in now, making it 2012. This is because Glenn mentions the video game portal, which came out in 2009.
  • Its_That_GuyIts_That_Guy
    The comic book just did a 2 year leap so its 2007-2008 now.
    Omid posted: »

    The comics started in 2003 so that's when the apocolypse started in the story. I believe it is now 3 years into it in the comics, making it

  • ps3gamer095ps3gamer095
    Its strange to know that Clementine is actually older than me
    Its_That_Guy posted: »

    Yes the game follows the comic book so when Lee met Clementine it was 2003 but 2 years has passed so its 2005 but if u do the math 2005-11= 1994 so clem by 2014 would be 20.

  • OmidOmid
    Oh wow, didn't know that. That's cool!
    Its_That_Guy posted: »

    The comic book just did a 2 year leap so its 2007-2008 now.

  • Dont_Look_BackDont_Look_Back
    actually i think its been 3 years. clem was 8 when it started and she is 11 now.
    Its_That_Guy posted: »

    Yes the game follows the comic book so when Lee met Clementine it was 2003 but 2 years has passed so its 2005 but if u do the math 2005-11= 1994 so clem by 2014 would be 20.

  • Its_That_GuyIts_That_Guy
    She turned 9 in 2003 i think.
    Dont_Look_Back posted: »

    actually i think its been 3 years. clem was 8 when it started and she is 11 now.

  • Conduit42Conduit42
    That's just weird...
    Its_That_Guy posted: »

    Yes the game follows the comic book so when Lee met Clementine it was 2003 but 2 years has passed so its 2005 but if u do the math 2005-11= 1994 so clem by 2014 would be 20.

  • ClemForPresidentClemForPresident
    edited May 2014
    Me and Clem are the same age, I feel honored :)


    edit: Wow the same sentence I reveal my age in I also write "me and Clem" instead of "Clem and I". I always knew I was an idiot but that was the fucking dumbest.
  • Wanderer7897Wanderer7897
    edited May 2014
    I like to think of The Walking Dead being a timeless story, like it happens when it happens, at any time in the future. (I know it's a fictional story obviously, but I think the writers may have intended for it to be for any time period.)

    EDIT: I mean this in a respectful way, but can the person who thumbed me down prove me wrong?
  • _Juice_Box__Juice_Box_
    That would explain some of the clothing (no offense to the characters) and the fact that some of the technology is quite old.
    Its_That_Guy posted: »

    Yes the game follows the comic book so when Lee met Clementine it was 2003 but 2 years has passed so its 2005 but if u do the math 2005-11= 1994 so clem by 2014 would be 20.

  • Its_That_GuyIts_That_Guy
    Yea that's another thing when Lee goes into Clem's house they still have that Old fat TV.
    _Juice_Box_ posted: »

    That would explain some of the clothing (no offense to the characters) and the fact that some of the technology is quite old.

  • _Juice_Box__Juice_Box_
    You mean theoretically if Clem were to be alive and real, born in 1994?
    ClemForPresident posted: »

    Me and Clem are the same age, I feel honored :) edit: Wow the same sentence I reveal my age in I also write "me and Clem" instead of "Clem and I". I always knew I was an idiot but that was the fucking dumbest.

  • kenlilleementinebenykenlilleementinebeny
    Yep,only the show has a car made in 2011 and the apocalypse started in 2010
    Omid posted: »

    The comics started in 2003 so that's when the apocolypse started in the story. I believe it is now 3 years into it in the comics, making it

  • USMC1786USMC1786
    edited May 2014
    Robert Kirkman has been very ambiguous about when The Walking Dead takes place so there is no way of knowing what year TWD takes place in
  • WhatTheDuckWhatTheDuck
    edited May 2014
    Wow I never knew it was set in 2003.My mind is officially blown.
  • jmababajmababa
    Old fat TV's where still in use until 2004 in some countries even in some areas of US
    Its_That_Guy posted: »

    Yea that's another thing when Lee goes into Clem's house they still have that Old fat TV.

  • jmababajmababa
    edited May 2014
    It's different in the comics by the way I won't give away what Clem did there and age in the comics read it you can get it for android tablet anyway or go to bookstore and buy it. Just read it
  • ClemForPresidentClemForPresident
    Yep!
    _Juice_Box_ posted: »

    You mean theoretically if Clem were to be alive and real, born in 1994?

  • Cluke_is_DumbCluke_is_Dumb
    I just look at it like present day 2014 (As I have stated in other threads)
  • GorthaurGorthaur
    edited May 2014
    Kirkman has said the year the events of the canon began is unclear ("Could be 2003, could be 2009, who knows?"), but as of Issue 127, it's roughly 3 and a half years in to the apocalypse. In the game, it's roughly 870 days in. In the TV show, it's not clear, since it follows a different timeline.

    Your safest guess is the game and comics are set in the early 2000s, possibly even late 90s. The show is far more modern.
  • CoolStoryBroCoolStoryBro
    edited May 2014
    I'll upvote you to even it out.

    Bloody Marys gotta' stick together. ;)
    Wanderer7897 posted: »

    I like to think of The Walking Dead being a timeless story, like it happens when it happens, at any time in the future. (I know it's a ficti

  • TewudinTewudin
    edited May 2014
    On The Walking Dead Wiki it's said that episode 3 ends up during day 854 since the outbreak started so...2 years and (probably) 4 months passed since the beginning of outbreak. I mean, at least in the game. :) In the comics timeline is longer. For what I know 4-6 years has passed in the comics but I'm not exactly sure because I just read Volume 16.
  • Its_That_GuyIts_That_Guy
    Thats Cool.
    Tewudin posted: »

    On The Walking Dead Wiki it's said that episode 3 ends up during day 854 since the outbreak started so...2 years and (probably) 4 months pas

  • TewudinTewudin
    Like you said earlier we've probably 2005 in the game. :) In the comics it could be even year 2009-2010.
    Its_That_Guy posted: »

    Thats Cool.

  • Wanderer7897Wanderer7897
    edited May 2014
    Haha thanks. I don't mind being thumbed down, I just wish if people are going to thumb down something that makes since, they explain why. Like for instance, if I put "Insert character name suxz!11!" I will expect to be thumbed down without a response, but I just don't see how someone could prove me right or wrong on this, but if someone could, I would be happy to respond to them. But oh well, I don't care if they do now ha.

    P.S. Nice drawing BTW
    CoolStoryBro posted: »

    I'll upvote you to even it out. Bloody Marys gotta' stick together. ;)

  • aerial-balletaerial-ballet
    I still have a TV like that!
    Its_That_Guy posted: »

    Yea that's another thing when Lee goes into Clem's house they still have that Old fat TV.

  • JewfreeusJewfreeus
    well since the game follows the comics this is how it goes

    the outbreak started in 2003

    so season 1 takes place in 2003

    season 2 takes place 2 years after season 1 so it is currently 2005
  • Its_That_GuyIts_That_Guy
    Word me too lol
    aerial-ballet posted: »

    I still have a TV like that!

  • OzzyUKOzzyUK Moderator
    The licence plate in All That Remains has a 2005 sticker on it i.imgur.com/p0hXSHf.jpg and it looks like it's been there a while, it's unclear what the exact year is but it looks like it could be from the year 2005 onwards.
    Tewudin posted: »

    Like you said earlier we've probably 2005 in the game. :) In the comics it could be even year 2009-2010.

  • HealozHealoz
    I have a second hand TV, which is super fat. :3
    jmababa posted: »

    Old fat TV's where still in use until 2004 in some countries even in some areas of US

  • HealozHealoz
    Yeah that's an awesome picture.
    Wanderer7897 posted: »

    Haha thanks. I don't mind being thumbed down, I just wish if people are going to thumb down something that makes since, they explain why. Li

  • TewudinTewudin
    edited May 2014
    Anyway comics are canon for Telltale Games so the outbreak started in the same time both in comics and in the game. They can't argue with that, no one can. Except of Kirkman but he didn't said anything about that. ;)
    OzzyUK posted: »

    The licence plate in All That Remains has a 2005 sticker on it i.imgur.com/p0hXSHf.jpg and it looks like it's been there a while, it's unclear what the exact year is but it looks like it could be from the year 2005 onwards.

  • HealozHealoz
    Maths in TWD?!?! Ahhh *explodes*.
  • Its_That_GuyIts_That_Guy
    Or it could be an easter egg just to tell us what year it currently is but the world may never know :D
    OzzyUK posted: »

    The licence plate in All That Remains has a 2005 sticker on it i.imgur.com/p0hXSHf.jpg and it looks like it's been there a while, it's unclear what the exact year is but it looks like it could be from the year 2005 onwards.

  • TewudinTewudin
    edited May 2014
    This means that Clementine and I are also the same age if she was born in 1994 :) Wow... she has birthday in autumn and I have birthday in autumn. I'm scared now because I always wear a hat when I'm outside like Clementine. O_O *hiding in the corner* Did someone watching me right now?!
    ClemForPresident posted: »

    Me and Clem are the same age, I feel honored :) edit: Wow the same sentence I reveal my age in I also write "me and Clem" instead of "Clem and I". I always knew I was an idiot but that was the fucking dumbest.

  • OzzyUKOzzyUK Moderator
    It could be some sort of easter egg or just a random year that the graphic designer decided to put on it.

    The year that TWD game and comic takes place in is ambiguous, looking at things like the large TV in Clementine's house and the store in Macon and also things like mobile phones are never talked about it looks like it could take place from the early to mid 00's.
    Its_That_Guy posted: »

    Or it could be an easter egg just to tell us what year it currently is but the world may never know :D

  • Wanderer7897Wanderer7897
    edited May 2014
    "The Walking Dead takes place in our world, as if this stuff had started happening in October 2003 and continued from there. Now, (Issue 38) in the book it's still only like... June 2004 at this point (If you're keeping track)." "[The Walking Dead] is set in modern times ... but the book started in 2003 and only a year has passed in the book. But that doesn't mean it's 2004 in the book ... maybe it 's 2009 ... who knows ... who really cares. I don't want to be specific."https://(answers)(.)yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20130222114018AALM2BP remove the parentheses (I know this is Yahoo answers, but they use Kirkman himself as a source).
  • ChocolatesChocolates
    Out of interest, TWDG wiki page mentions that the outbreak started on a July 20th (according to one of the video tapes we see in S1E4)
  • TewudinTewudin
    Well... maybe, maybe not. It's just predictions because neither Kirkman nor Telltale never said anything about when the outbreak has started.
    Chocolates posted: »

    Out of interest, TWDG wiki page mentions that the outbreak started on a July 20th (according to one of the video tapes we see in S1E4)

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