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* AsianSpeekeeEngrish: Yowza, she is a ''number'' of racial stereotypes. Her English isn't very fluent and she skimps on prepositions. "You work for people who have sex with chopped-off head? Why you work for these people? Cucumber water for customer only!"
** The last line achieved popularity with viewers and became an Internet meme.

** Jimmy was charming, clever and funny, [[LoveableRogue if also dangerous to know]]. Glenn is honest, dependable and a safe pair of hands, if lacking in that [[AllGirlsWantBadBoys bad boy charm]] Kim used to go for. To Kim, Jimmy was a case of EvilFeelsGood and EvilIsSexy, while Glenn is an example of GoodIsBoring.

* GoodCannotComprehendEvil: Of the *Refuses* variant. Chuck describes him as "the personification of good" and notes that he could not see sin in any form. However, this made him very easy to get scammed multiple times without ever realizing it. He also refused to believe that his younger son Jimmy could steal from him throughout the years or that any customer could make up a sob story about needing help just to swindle some extra cash.

* GoodCannotComprehendEvil: Chuck describes him as "the personification of good" and notes that he could not see sin in any form. However, this made him very easy to get scammed multiple times without ever realizing it. He also refused to believe that his younger son Jimmy could steal from him throughout the years or that any customer could make up a sob story about needing help just to swindle some extra cash.

** Despite being a bad person, Jimmy was a good boy in his and Kim’s PowerDynamicsKink, getting turned on by her bossing him around and being shoved against a wall. Kim will let Glen make all the choices, and they have boring missionary sex.

* KickTheSonOfABitch: [[spoiler:Calls out Kim for hiding the true circumstances of Howard's death and mocks her attempt to give her solace by confessing it. She then considers starting a civil suit to take whatever Kim has left. Despite all this, Kim herself feels that she deserves this as a form of retribution.]]

* NiceToTheWaiter: He screams at and almost assaults a cashier in a Los Pollos Hermanos training video, which [[KickTheSonOfABitch earns him some very serious threats from Gus]].

* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Charles is infamous for this amongst grifters (and locals), unfortunately. A semi-thought-out sob story would get them either a major discount, a freebie... or outright cash.

* ParentsAsPeople: Charles was undeniably a good man who loved his sons and tried to instill good morals in them but his flaws and actions unintentionally left both with seriously warped views of the world and themselves. Jimmy ended up believing that hard work and honesty would never help him get ahead and in a world of scammers and con artists, the only way to survive is to be better at it; meanwhile, Chuck did believe in the value of hard work and integrity but felt emotionally deprived and with a serious case of envy at how his parents [[ParentalFavoritism seemed to prefer Jimmy]] and his belief in his own moral superiority left him a raging narcissist who couldn't fathom being in the wrong about anything and made him blind to his own worst impulses. He also trusted Chuck to act as something akin to an additional parent to Jimmy and always help him out, which in turn contributed to Chuck's view that Jimmy would never change and thus had a right to determine whether Jimmy worked as a lawyer or not. And while Chuck speaks fondly of his work ethic, it's heavily implied that he, like Jimmy, was well aware that their dad was too trusting for his own good and went far in the opposite direction in believing the worst about others, especially of his little brother.

* TragicDream: All he ever really wanted was to run his own little store but his trusting nature and, to a lesser extent, Jimmy's thefts from the till as a result of witnessing said scammers put him out of business.

* WideEyedIdealist: To an extreme degree. Charles is notorious for trusting everyone who comes to him for help and doing whatever he can for them, to the point that he's developed a reputation as an easy mark, and refuses to even consider that someone could be lying to him or manipulating him. This played a major role in causing his store to go under.

* IHaveNoSon: He is not impressed at finding out Nacho is in league with the Salamancas, telling him to get out of the house.

* {{Cameo}}: The same realtor as the one who catches Marie stealing from an open house in Season 4 of ''Series/BreakingBad''.

* {{Cameo}}: Jodi, the realtor who in ''Series/BetterCallSaul'' is seen running an open house that Jimmy and Kim check out, is also the realtor who tries to run an open house in Jesse's home (only for Jesse to climb up from the meth lab in his basement and throw everyone out) in ''Series/BreakingBad''.

* HeroAntagonist: For the most part, he's a honest and decent person who plays by the rules and treats his legal counsels with respect. Still, his ruthless pursuit of business ends up jeopardizing Everett Acker, which puts him on Saul's radar as an ArcVillain and gets humiliated as a result.

* ButtMonkey: Mr. Neff is just a nice business owner, but in his short screen time he's subjected to a devastating vocal unleashing by Jimmy who then conspires to steal from him. To make matters worse, he's having martial troubles.

* DeadpanSnarker: When Chuck is being stubborn he has this little gem, "I know where my own damn bank is".
* {{Determinator}}: When Kim escalates the legal dispute between Mesa Verde and Everett Acker, Kevin makes it pretty clear he's going to fight Acker all the way rather than cave and build the call center on the alternate lot.

* {{Foil}}: To Mike. Both are loving and beloved fathers of young men whose relationships with them become strained due to revelations about criminal activity, and [[spoiler:both of their sons end up dying after a series of cloak-and-dagger circumstances involving their colleagues.]] Whereas Mike [[BrokenPedestal shattered Matty's view of him]] after demonstrating he was a criminal, Manuel disowns Nacho after finding out he was still working with the Cartel. [[spoiler:Whereas Matty was murdered by his fellow corrupt officers for hesitating on a bribe, Nacho kills himself to protect his Manuel from the criminal underworld.]]

!!Fran
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!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Debrianna Mansini

A waitress at Loyola's Diner, where Mike is a regular customer.
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* {{Cameo}}: The same waitress as the one who serves Mike in Season 5 of ''Series/BreakingBad''.
* ShipTease: With Mike, whom she adorably flirts with.

[[Characters/BetterCallSaulLawyers Lawyers]] ([[Characters/BreakingBadSaulGoodman Jimmy [=McGill=]/Saul Goodman]], [[Characters/BetterCallSaulKimWexler Kim Wexler]], [[Characters/BetterCallSaulChuckMcGill Chuck McGill]], [[Characters/BetterCallSaulHowardHamlin Howard Hamlin]]), [[Characters/BetterCallSaulLawEnforcement Law Enforcement]], [[Characters/BetterCallSaulCartel Juarez Cartel]] ([[Characters/BetterCallSaulNachoVarga Nacho Varga]], [[Characters/BetterCallSaulLaloSalamanca Lalo Salamanca]]), [[Characters/BetterCallSaulLosPollosHermanos Los Pollos Hermanos]] ([[Characters/BreakingBadMikeEhrmantraut Mike Ehrmantraut]], [[Characters/BreakingBadGustavoFring Gustavo Fring]]), [[Characters/BetterCallSaulOmaha Omaha]], [[Characters/BetterCallSaulPettyCriminals Petty Criminals]], '''Other Characters'''-]]]]]

->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/RaphaelSbarge

->'''Portrayed by:''' Patty Figel

->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/AnnCusack

->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/KerryCondon

->'''Portrayed by:''' Faith Healey (season 1), Abigail Zoe Lewis (season 2)

->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/SandrineHolt

->'''Portrayed By:''' Juan Carlos Cantu

->'''Portrayed by:''' Andrea Sooch

->'''Portrayed by:''' Beth Hoyt

[[folder:Glenn (SPOILERS)]]

->'''Portrayed by:''' Alvin Cowan

->'''Portrayed by:''' Joe Barryman

->'''Portrayed by:''' Tim Baltz

->'''Portrayed by:''' Carol Herman

->'''Portrayed by:''' Jean Effron

->'''Portrayed by:''' Bonnie Bartlett (Helen), Carol Mansell (Rose) & Phyllis Applegate (Myrtle)

->'''Portrayed by:''' Raymond [=McAnally=]

->'''Portrayed by:''' Randy & Jason Sklar

->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/BarryCorbin

->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/RexLinn

->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/ChrisMulkey

People scammed by Jimmy and some friends in their thrill-seeking antics

->'''Portrayed by:''' Kyle Bornheimer

->'''Portrayed by:''' Steven Flynn

->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/MarcelineHugot

->'''Portrayed by:''' Keith Kupferer

->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/KevinWeisman

->'''Portrayed by:''' Joseph Cranford

->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/AmyDavidson (Sabrina) & Jessica Osbourne (Lucianne)

->'''Portrayed by:''' Andrew Friedman

->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/BrendanFehr

->'''Portrayed by:''' Frank Deal

->'''Portrayed by:''' Devin Ratray

* {{Foil}}: To Marco Pasternak. Both characters are overweight and skilled at bar tricks but while Marco was Jimmy's FatBestFriend and BigFun, Alfred is more of an unsympathetic FatBastard type. Marco was a GentleGiant while Alfred is a BoisterousBruiser. Marco was also genuinely skilled as a confidence trickster while Alfred is merely convinced he is and doesn't realise that he is the mark, being lulled into a false sense of security by Viktor [[ObfuscatingStupidity letting him win bets]] and [[PlayingDrunk pretending to be more drunk than he really is]].

->'''Portrayed by:''' Kevin Sussman

->'''Portrayed by:''' Josh Fadem

->'''Portrayed by:''' Julian Bonfiglio

->'''Portrayed by:''' Hayley Holmes

->'''Portrayed by:''' John Ennis

->'''Portrayed by:''' Jordyn Aurora Aquino

->'''Portrayed by:''' Nadine Marissa

->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/TamaraTunie

->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/MarcEvanJackson

->'''Portrayed by:''' Jennifer Hasty

->'''Portrayed by:''' Beth Bailey (in ''Series/BreakingBad'') and Audrey Walters (in ''Series/BetterCallSaul'')

->'''Portrayed by:''' Eileen Fogarty

->'''Portrayed by:''' Debrianna Mansini

->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/CleaDuVall

->'''Portrayed by:''' James Austin Johnson

->'''Portrayed by:''' Jean Villepique

->'''Portrayed by:''' Michael Chieffo

->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/ReedDiamond

* FamilyThemeNaming: Assuming he is actually named Charles, he is likely named for King Charles I, while his sons are named for his two successors.
** Charles I, though considered intelligent, horribly mismanaged his country to the point of causing a civil war. He was eventually defeated, arrested and executed by his own parliament, similar to how Chuck Sr.'s mismanagement of his business led to its closure and his early death.
* FatalFlaw: His trusting, idealistic nature. Charles is a good man but his tendency to trust everyone who comes to him for help, for fear of turning down someone who does need it, make him an easy mark for grifters and end up playing a major role in putting him out of business.
* GoodCannotComprehendEvil: Chuck describes him as "the personification of good" and noting that he could not see sin in any form. However, this made him very easy to get scammed multiple times without ever realizing it. He also refused to believe that his younger son Jimmy could steal from him throughout the years or that any customer could make up a sob story about needing help just to swindle some extra cash.
* HardWorkHardlyWorks: Jimmy tells Marco that no matter how hard he worked and how many regular clients liked him, he was simply too much of a pushover and every deadbeat in the neighborhood owned him money. He also never could compromise his morals to keep his business afloat, like selling alcohol and cigarettes to delinquents.

* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: His kindness and willingness to help out anyone who said they needed it, no questions asked, left him an easy mark for grifters and played a major role in putting him out of business.
* ParentsAsPeople: Charles was undeniably a good man who loved his sons and tried to instill good morals in them but his actions unintentionally left both with seriously warped views of the world and themselves. Jimmy ended up believing that hard work and honesty would never help him get ahead and in a world of scammers and con artists, the only way to survive is to be better at it; meanwhile, Chuck did believe in the value of hard work and integrity but felt emotionally deprived and with a serious case of envy at how his parents [[ParentalFavoritism seemed to prefer Jimmy]] and his belief in his own integrity left him a raging narcissist who couldn't fathom being in the wrong about anything and made him blind to his own worst impulses. He also trusted Chuck to act as something akin to an additional parent to Jimmy and always help him out, which contributed to Chuck's view that Jimmy would never change and that Chuck had a right to determine whether or not Jimmy worked as a lawyer or not. And while Chuck speaks fondly of his work ethic, it's heavily implied that he, like Jimmy, was well aware that their dad was too trusting for his own good and went far in the opposite direction in believing the worst about others, especially of his little brother.

* SmallRoleBigImpact: His consistent gullibility has a big impact on Jimmy's warped sense of ethics and morals, causing him to be influenced more by the grifters than his own father who, while he loves him, Jimmy sees as an easy mark who lets others manipulate him.

* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: His kindness and willingness to help out anyone who said they needed it, no questions asked, left him a easy mark for grifters and played a major role in putting him out of business.
* ParentsAsPeople: Charles was undeniably a good man who loved his sons and tried to instill good morals in them but his actions unintentionally left both with seriously warped views of the world and themselves. Jimmy ended up believing that hard work and honesty would never help him get ahead and in a world of scammers and con artists, the only way to survive is to be better at it and Chuck did believe in the value of hard work and integrity but felt emotionally deprived and with a serious case of jealousy at how his parents seemed to prefer Jimmy and his belief in his own integrity left him a raging narcissist who couldn't fathom being in the wrong about anything and made him blind to his own worst impulses. He also trusted Chuck to act as something akin to an additional parent to Jimmy and always help him out which contributed to Chuck's view that Jimmy would never change and that Chuck had a right to determine wheter or not Jimmy worked as a lawyer or not. And while Chuck speaks fondly of his work ethic, it's heavily implied that he got a similar lesson to Jimmy, that their dad was too trusting for his own good and went far in the opposite direction and believing the worst about others, especially Jimmy.

* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Part of the irony with Rebecca is that nobody truly tells her what's going on. She has to learn about her ex husband's mental illness from a court rant, Howard lets her believe Chuck's death was an accident, and she has no idea the complicated and obsessive dynamic that Chuck and Jimmy have. In "Breathe", Kim both looks and acts like she wants to tell her some shit, but decides not to.

Mike's daughter-in-law and mother of his beloved granddaughter Kaylee, she's a health care worker who moved to New Mexico from Philadelphia in the wake of her husband's death.

* ObnoxiousInLaws: Averted, she really likes Mike (who she affectionately refers to as "Pop") and he looks after her like she was his own child.
* ProperlyParanoid: Is convinced that someone is out to get her and her daughter. Considering what happened to her husband, it's understandable. Becomes true later as the Salamancas threaten her and her daughter to scare Mike.

* ContraltoOfDanger: Kim clearly inherited her deep voice from her mother. Mrs. Wexler certainly seems to like taking risks- she gets a thrill out of shoplifting and sees no problem with drunk driving even with her child in the car.

See the Marie Schrader folder [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Characters/BreakingBadWaltsFamily here]].

[[folder:"Abuelita" Salamanca]]
!!"Abuelita" Salamanca
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->'''Portrayed by:''' Miriam Colón
->''"Oh, my god! But they're so angry!"''
Tuco, Lalo, and the twins' paternal grandmother and Hector's mother.

* AbsurdlyYouthfulMother: Miriam Colón is only three years older then Mark Margolis. Ir's possible [[TeenPregnancy she had Hector very young]] or she could simply be [[DawsonCasting meant to be much older then her actress.]]
* AmbiguouslyEvil: She brazenly commits a hit-and-run, though it could be that she suspected that it was a scam, was afraid that the victims would hurt her, or forgot about it. She also accepts Tuco's suspicious "salsa" spill excuse a bit too readily.
* AmbiguousSituation: It's unclear if she knows anything about her family's extensive involvement in the cartel. Tuco's behaviour suggests that the others keep her in the dark, but there are a few hints she knows more than she lets on. [[note]]When she sees Tuco cleaning "salsa" off the carpet, she tells him to use club soda to deal with it. Club soda wouldn't do much to a salsa stain, but is commonly used to remove dried in blood, implying that she knows enough to put together what's really going on.[[/note]]
* DontTellMama: Implied, as Tuco tries to hide his criminal activities from her.
* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: Tuco is very kind to her, despite being a psychotically violent man.
* MoralityPet: To Tuco, him being an AxCrazy gangster who treats her with nothing but kindness... while also planning to [[DisproportionateRetribution torture and kill]] two scammers for calling her an "old biznatch".
* NoNameGiven: She's only ever known as Abuelita or Abuela (Spanish for "grandma").
* SmallRoleBigImpact: Only appears in two episodes, but the skater twins mistaking her Ford Taurus for Betsy Kettleman's car sets off the plot of the series and introduces Jimmy to the cartel for the first time.
* UncertainDoom: When Jimmy asks Lalo how his Abuelita is doing, Lalo doesn't answer and changes the subject with a dour expression, implying that she passed since the last time she appeared onscreen. [[note]]Her actress died in 2017, a few years before the episode where Jimmy asks Lalo about his Abuelita was filmed.[[/note]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Cheryl Hamlin]]
!!Cheryl Hamlin
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->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/SandrineHolt
Howard's wife, [[AwfulWeddedLife with whom he has a strained relationship]].
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** Jimmy was charming, clever and funny, if also [[LoveableRogue if also dangerous to know]]. Glenn is honest, dependable and a safe pair of hands, if lacking in that [[AllGirlsWantBadBoys bad boy charm]] Kim used to go for. To Kim, Jimmy was a case of EvilFeelsGood and EvilIsSexy, while Glenn is an example of GoodIsBoring.

Nacho's principled father. He runs a car reupholstery and detailing shop, where Nacho works at the store in his spare time.

* UnacceptableTargets: InUniverse. Bauer attempts to use his status as a serviceman to try and intimidate Jimmy into showing some respect and taking his order to pull the commercial. It doesn't work on Jimmy, who is utterly unfazed by his empty threats and then dismisses him from the office with a patently insincere [[SarcasmMode "Thank you for your service!"]]

* UnacceptableTargets: InUniverse. Viktor is not put off the scam when he learns that his mark is a cancer patient, but Buddy is and drops out. Jeff remains on board but only very reluctantly, and he leaves the dirty work of breaking into the man's house to Viktor.

* BadassBaritone: Kevin has a confidently authoritative voice that suits his position as boss of Mesa Verde.

* ParentsAsPeople: Charles was undeniably a good man who loved his sons and tried to instill good morals in them but his actions unintentionally left both with seriously warped views of the world and themselves. Jimmy ended up believing that hard work and honesty would never help him get ahead and in a world of scammers and con artists, the only way to survive is to be better at it and Chuck did believe in the value of hard work and integrity but felt emotionally deprived and with a serious case of jealousy at how his parents seemed to prefer Jimmy and his belief in his own integrity left him a raging narcissist who couldn't fathom being in the wrong about anything and made him blind to his own worst impulses. He also trusted Chuck to act as something akin to an additional parent to Jimmy and always help him out which contributed to Chuck's view that Jimmy would never change and that Chuck had a right to determine wheter or not Jimmy worked as a lawyer or not. And while Chuck speaks fondly of his work ethic, it's heavily implied that he got a similar lesson to Jimmy, that their dad was too trusting for his own good and that formed his own insistence on never believing Jimmy could change.