Breaking Bad: Difference between revisions

 

It also proved awesome enough to secure a spinoff series ''and'' a movie. ''[[Better Call Saul]]'' is a prequel starring hotshot lawyer and bonafide [[Ensemble Darkhorse]] Saul Goodman, detailing both his own hero-to-villain transformation and the state of Albuquerque's pre-Heisenberg criminal underworld as a whole. Meanwhile, ''[[El Camino]]'' is a movie that ties up loose ends from ''Breaking Bad's'' finale while serving as its [[Grand Finale]].

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* [[Absurdly Sharp Blade]]: The Cousins' axe falls out of its weilder's hands and cuts into the asphalt far enough to stay upright. Keep in mind that it wasn't even swung downwards -- it just fell about seven feet and landed on the blade.

* [[Anti-Hero]]: Or is it [[Anti-Villain]]? Where Walt falls is unclear, and he keeps seeming to slip further down the [[Sliding Scale of Anti-Heroes]]. Jesse envisions himself as a kind of [[Anti-Villain]], but it's probably a pose.

** Hank may fit the "bully with a badge" stereotype that bad cops fall under, but he's genuinely committed to doing the right thing and protecting the innocent.

* [[Ax Crazy]]:

** Tuco takes this trope [[Up to Eleven]]. He will take any and every excuse he can get to beat someone up, especially when he's high on meth. Walt tells him, "We tried to poison you because you are an insane, degenerate piece of filth and you deserve to die."

** In-universe, Hank described Gale as if "''[[Scarface]]'' had sex with [[Mister Rogers' Neighborhood|Mister Rogers]]."

* [[Xanatos Speed Chess]]: The Season 3 finale "Full Measure" is basically a protracted game played between Walt and Gus.

* [[Your Head Asplode]]:

** When it's shot with {{spoiler|a hollow point bullet}}, it does.

 

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