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* RevengeBeforeReason: Although Chuck is a clever man regarding the law, Jimmy, accurately, argues that [[BullyingADragon Chuck's vendetta against him]] will ultimately be self-destructive as he will deprive himself of a career and eventually die of electromagnetic seizures, alone. Jimmy would have probably gotten himself disbarred without help because of his ethics, yet Chuck's insistence on testifying against and harping on him not only let Jimmy stay a lawyer but also decayed a lot of Jimmy's morals and destroyed their relationship for good, turning him from selfish but well-meaning Jimmy McGill to the utterly amoral Saul Goodman.

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* RevengeBeforeReason: Although Chuck is a clever man regarding the law, Jimmy, accurately, argues that [[BullyingADragon Chuck's vendetta against him]] will ultimately be self-destructive as he will deprive himself of a career and eventually die of electromagnetic seizures, alone. Jimmy would have probably gotten himself disbarred without help because of his ethics, yet Chuck's insistence on testifying against and harping on him not only let Jimmy stay a lawyer but also decayed a lot of Jimmy's morals and destroyed their relationship for good, turning him from selfish but well-meaning Jimmy McGill [=McGill=] to the utterly amoral Saul Goodman.
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* AlasPoorVillain: He's still an AssholeVictim and brought most of his fate upon himself, but it's still sad to see him gradually lose his mind as he mindlessly rids his house of anything electrical, culminating in [[spoiler:his [[DrivenToSuicide self-inflicted]] CruelAndUnusualDeath by fire]].

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* AlasPoorVillain: He's still an AssholeVictim and brought most of his fate upon himself, but it's still sad to see him gradually lose his mind as he mindlessly obsessively rids his house of anything electrical, culminating in [[spoiler:his [[DrivenToSuicide self-inflicted]] CruelAndUnusualDeath by fire]].



** It's Inverted during [[spoiler:Chuck's freakout on the stand]], where his rant, [[VillainHasAPoint although arguably justified]], is oozing with nothing less than pure, unadulterated malice. After constantly making it a point to express how much he cares about Jimmy's well-being.

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** It's Inverted during [[spoiler:Chuck's freakout on the stand]], where his rant, [[VillainHasAPoint although arguably justified]], is oozing with nothing less than pure, unadulterated malice. After malice despite constantly making it a point to express how much he cares about Jimmy's well-being.



* CrocodileTears: While it's certain either way that Chuck was [[WoundedGazelleWarcry using it]] for the "get Jimmy's law license" plan, not even the writers in the insider podcast know whether the waver or not when he's talking about Jimmy's temper was real or bullshitting.
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler:Takes his own life by burning his home down, giving himself an excruciatingly painful death. That is if the lack of oxygen caused by the fire didn't get to him first.]]

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* CrocodileTears: While it's certain either way that Chuck was [[WoundedGazelleWarcry [[WoundedGazelleGambit using it]] for the "get Jimmy's law license" plan, not even the writers in the insider podcast know whether the waver or not when he's talking about Jimmy's temper was real or bullshitting.
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler:Takes his own life by burning his home down, giving himself an excruciatingly painful death. That is if the lack of oxygen caused It might be downplayed by the fire didn't get to possibility that breathing in the smoke may have killed him first.before the flames did.]]

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