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* [[Classic Movie, Commercial Sequel]]: In 2023 Bryan Cranston and other members of the cast [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMlemd6U24Y recreated the show] in a Super Bowl commercial for Popcorners snack chips.
* [[Dyeing for Your Art]]: Bryan Cranston lost weight and shaved his head to play Walter.
* [[Life Imitates Art]]: Meth being smuggled by way of hiding it in food shipments. It's not exactly fry batter, but [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/12/drugs-hidden-in-nacho-cheese_n_1143879.html?ncid=txtlnkushuff00000001 nacho cheese] is close.
** There's a picture going around the internet of a pair of real-life meth cooks who were arrested... an older guy with a shaved head and goatee, and a younger, skinny, scruffy guy. Of course, the cooks probably chose their looks on purpose because they liked the show.
* [[Role Association]]:
** Walt starts off as [[Malcolm in
** Jane's dad is [[Star Trek:
** Skyler is [[Deadwood|Mrs Bullock]].
** The leader in Jesse's addition recovery group is an Expy of [[Oz|Tobias Beecher]]. They both suffered from debilitating addictions that ended with an innocent girl run over by a car.
*** Also, he's ''[[Justified (TV series)|Justified]]'''s resident nutjob, Mr. Wynn Duffy!
*** Another ''Justified'' regular is Tucker's friend - who is also resident idiot Dewey Cox on that show.
** Tortuga is [[Danny Trejo]].
** Hector Salamanca and Don Eladio are played by [[Scarface|Alberto and Manny]], respectively.
* [[Tom Hanks Syndrome]]:
** While Bryan Cranston was not an exclusively comedic actor before the series, by far his most famous role was as the [[Bumbling Dad]] on ''[[Malcolm in
** Given that Hal was a similarly put-upon mid-life-crisis type character, see it as [[Hey, It's That Guy!|Hey, That Guy]] [[Took a Level
** Apparently Cranston had specifically taken the role [[Playing Against Type|because it was so different]] from both [[Malcolm in
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[[Category:Breaking Bad]]▼
[[Category:Trivia]]
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