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Merle Dixon was a main character from AMC's The Walking Dead. He served as a minor antagonist in , later the secondary antagonist of the first half of , and later an anti-hero protagonist of the second half of Season 3. He also made a in , as a hallucination to his younger brother, . He was portrayed by .

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  • Merle Dixon was a main character from AMC's The Walking Dead. He served as a minor antagonist in , later the secondary antagonist of the first half of , and later an anti-hero protagonist of the second half of Season 3. He also made a in , as a hallucination to his younger brother, . He was portrayed by .
  • Merle is a tall, Caucasian male with a rugged build. He has short grey hair and commonly is seen with light facial stubble. His amputated hand is later replaced by a metal sleeve with an attachment for a bayonet. After the prison group comes to the rescue of Glenn and Maggie, Merle was then branded as a traitor and a terrorist by The Governor, and became an enemy of Woodbury. While in a heated argument with his younger brother, Daryl, he knocks him down and, in the process, rips his shirt, revealing Daryl's scars, revealing that their father beat and abused them both to a somewhat high degree.
  • The character's introduction garnered negative reviews from professional critics, but fan response was positive. When the character reappears in the third season, reviewers began to have more favorable views towards him. Merle is an original character in the television series and shares no counterpart in the comic books. He is also a main character in the 2013 video game The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct, which focuses on him and Daryl during the early days of the zombie apocalypse. Rooker made guest appearances as Merle in the series' first and second seasons, before he was upgraded to a series regular for the third season, where he lost a significant amount of weight in preparation for the role. Rooker was among the cast members who were awarded the Satellite Award for Best Cast – Tele
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  • Redeemed Villain, Magnificent Bastard
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