Negan's Best Quotes in The Walking Dead

The Walking Dead was more than just a show, becoming a cultural phenomenon, even beyond fans of horror and gore. Its excellent writing remained strongly consistent throughout most seasons, and introduced the audience to truly memorable characters, among the protagonists and antagonists. New villains were constantly introduced, with one of the most iconic being that of Negan.

The leader of a survival group known as the Saviors, Negan made life for everyone who was not part of his posse miserable, including Rick and his people. But his character was still loved, as the audience couldn't help but like him with the witty and extremely quotable lines of his character.

9 "You Got No Guts."

Negan Kills Another Core Member with Dramatic Flair

• Featured in: Season 7, Episode 8: Hearts Still Beating

Negan, unsurprisingly, doesn't take kindly to being manipulated, and decides he deserves death, but not by Lucille. Plunging a knife into Spencer's abdomen, he claims he has no guts until they slither out of the wound, proclaiming in mock surprise he does in fact have them. The line of hilarity in this moment of brutal death is very Negan-esque, and the reason many fans could not get

enough of him.

8 "And I Fed Him Spaghetti."

Negan Had Every Reason to Kill Carl, But Instead Spared Him

• Featured in: Season 7, Episode 8: Hearts Still Beating

Season 7 saw Negan making himself very comfortable in Alexandria, and gave fans some of his best lines of all time, such as in the episode Hearts Still Beating. Not everyone is pleased by his occupation and reign, particularly Carl, who decides to take matters into his own hands by hiding in the back of one of his trucks and gunning down some of his men with a machine gun. This is definitely a risky move against Negan, who has introduced people to the business end of Lucille for less.

7 "I Hope You Got Your Sh****ing Pants On."

Negan Reveals His Presence to Gabriel in a Hilarious Manner

• Featured in: Season 8, Episode 1: Mercy

Almost every time Negan opens his mouth, he delivers an absolute zinger that fans will remember and quote even years down the line. Even doing simple things like greeting another person, he has to do it in Negan style, just like in the season 8 premiere, wherein he and Gabriel find themselves in the exact same shelter, surrounded by walkers.

6 "I Just Slipped My Di** Down Your Throat, and You Thanked Me For It."

Negan Never Wastes an Opportunity to Neg Rick

• Featured in: Season 7, Episode 4: Service

Poor Rick. Though he survived the encounter with the Saviors, unlike certain other members of the group, Negan delighted in tormenting him from the first moment they met. He clearly wanted to keep Rick alive so he could continue toying with him, humiliating him in front of the group who placed their trust in Rick to guide them to safety, and to life outside of survival. But then enter Negan, turning all of their worlds upside down.

Negan and the Saviors have grown all too comfortable in Alexandria, even having Rick hold Lucille for him, the beloved bat he barely ever parts with. He refuses to leave the compound until Rick thanks him, which he does so reluctantly. In return for his cooperation, Negan, of course, takes this chance to gloat, ridiculing him for his subservience before he leaves. It is a shocking and humorous line, and one still quoted by fans even though the audience can't help but feel a little sorry for Rick, and worried about the fate of the survivors under this harsh new regime.

5 "Starving? You?"

Negan Straddles the Line Between Megalomaniac and High School Bully with His Mean Teasing

• Featured in: Season 7, Episode 7: Sing Me a Song

Though Negan is mostly quite a fearsome presence on-screen, his short interaction with Olivia in season 7 episode 7 reduces Negan's presence to the levels of a high school bully, as he knows he doesn't really have any reason to threaten Olivia. He can't help but resist digging into her with some words that, while funny in context and coming from Negan, are quite mean-spirited.

Olivia claims Rick has gone out scavenging for more supplies as they are struggling at Alexandria, and everyone is having to tighten their belts due to a shortage of food. Negan looks at her in mocking disbelief when she says those words, very obviously glancing at her figure as he delivers this insult. The audience can't help but feel a little bad for Olivia, but it is also hard not to laugh, especially at how Negan attempts to comfort her, and the well-deserved slap she gives him in response.

4 "Well, Pardon Me, Young Man....Did You Just Threaten Me?"

The Beginning of Negan's Odd Respect for Carl

• Featured in: Season 7, Episode 4: Service

Season 7 was full of zingers from Negan, as this was one he had his boot firmly planted on the necks of the survivors, forcing them to gather supplies for him and the Saviors, even if it meant they had to go without enough food for the entire compound. Though the group didn't like this one bit, they mostly cooperated so they could survive to work out a plan, but Carl wasn't going to take this lying down.

During the collection in Service, he pulls out a gun and threatens to shoot Negan if he doesn't return some of the supplies, prompting this line from Negan. He couldn't quite believe the courage of Carl, who was just a kid, yet knowing Negan, he couldn't help but to respect this display of bravery. In the end, Negan does come to admire Carl, and this might have been the first step towards that path.

3 “You’re Not Saving the World, Rick. You're Just Getting it Ready for Me."

A Chilling Line Alluding to a Bleak Future for Rick and the Survivors

• Featured in: Season 9, Episode 2: The Bridge

But even locked in a cell, Negan can't seem to admit defeat. Instead, he claims Rick is just preparing the world for him, confident he will be freed and once more be king of the hill. It was a surprise enough to see Negan had survived, but this line certainly hints Negan won't be locked away for long, and he will return to claim what he thinks is his.

2 "Eeny, Meeny, Miny, Moe..."

Negan Makes a Game Out of Choosing His Victims

• Featured in: Season 6, Episode 16: Last Day on Earth

And here it was, the long-awaited proper introduction of the Saviors' leader, Negan. After stopping the RV from escorting the ailing and pregnant Maggie to safety, they are finally herded into a clearing and forced to their knees to meet the Saviors leader, who immediately made it known he was about to make the lives of those that survived merry hell, as for some of them, it would be their last day on earth.

Negan seemingly couldn't decide who he wanted to make the acquaintance of Lucille, and decided to make a game out of it. Using the children's rhyme eeny, meeny, miny, moe, he walked in front of the group while chanting, until reaching the one who was it. Bashing someone's skull in is bad enough, but to treat the choosing of his victim like it's just a game kids play at recess makes it all the worse. Fans also wouldn't know who was chosen until season 7 premiered, resulting in one of the most jaw-dropping cliffhangers of all time.

1 "I Was a Coward. I Couldn’t Face the Pain of Losing You, So I Ran Away."

This Episode Revealed Hidden Depths to Negan's Character

• Featured in: Season 10, Episode 22: Here's Negan

Here's Negan might just be one of the best episodes in The Walking Dead, as it gave some much-needed background and context to Negan, who is arguably the best villain in the whole show. His life before the apocalypse is revealed, where he was a not-so-great husband to Lucille, playing on the Xbox all day after losing his job, spending his money on unnecessary things like expensive leather jackets, and even being unfaithful.