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* AffablyEvilAffablyEvil: Once you know that he's more than he looks like, he'll still play nice if you play nice. And, he's a pretty solid guy to work for, as well: as long as you make sense and don't screw up. But... see FauxAffablyEvil
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* FauxAffablyEvilFauxAffablyEvil: From time to time, this flashes a fin. [[spoiler: But, the clincher is when he can't help but see to his revenge personally and even indulges in EvilGloating.]] When he doesn't feel the need to keep himself restrained any longer...
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* AWolfInSheepsClothingAWolfInSheepsClothing: Oh, boy: is he ever. Under that concerned, upright citizen's face hides a world of hurt for people who cross him.
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* BaittheDog: He first appears in "Mandala" to be a pleasant, mild-mannered proprietor of a fried chicken franchise only
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* BaittheDog: He first appears in "Mandala" to be a no more than the pleasant, mild-mannered proprietor of a fried chicken franchise only franchise.
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** DragonTheirFeet: He was still absently recovering from his wounds when Gus was killed and was thus in no position to have helped him.
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** DragonTheirFeet: He was still absently in Mexico recovering from his wounds when Gus was killed and was thus in no position to have helped him.
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* NotSoDifferent: Him and Walt. As Walt goes further off the deep end, he becomes more and more like Fring; deceptive, manipulative, and leading a double life. This trope was invoked by Saul when Gus is first mentioned:
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-->'''Saul:''' No idea... he's very low profile, he's careful like that... ya know, from what I DO hear about him, he sounds a little like you."
-->'''Walt:''' Well, what's his name? (Referring to Fring).
-->'''Saul:''' No idea... he's very low profile, he's careful like that... ya know, from what I DO hear about him, he sounds a little like you."
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* AffablyEvil: He is fully aware of what he does, but thinks that, since his product is much purer than anyone else's, it can be considered as NecessaryEvil - addicts will find their dealers anyway. At least, with his meth, they will actually have what they buy. He is also one of the nicest guy in the show.
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* AffablyEvil: He is fully aware of what he does, but thinks that, since his product is much purer than anyone else's, it can be considered as NecessaryEvil - addicts will find their dealers anyway. At least, with his meth, they will actually have what they buy. He is also one of the nicest guy guys in the show.
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@Wulf: The whole purpose of the trope is to outline used weapons that aren\'t conventional or common.
* [[OnceKilledAManWithANoodleImplement Once Killed a Man with a Box Cutter]]
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* SilkHidingSteelSilkHidingSteel: Male example. He cooks meals for guests he invites for dinner in his home and performs chores like throwing out the garbage at his fast food restaurants, then as a drug kingpin he is brutally killing his own employees for their failures.
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** Later on after Walt nearly takes Hank to the location of his manufacturing business for investigation, despite Walter managing to avoid confrontation by staging an accident, Gus loses it and has Tyrus abduct Walter outside of Jesse's house, has him taken out to the desert, and fires him, warning him about approaching Jesse or his labs again while telling him that Hank was going to die for his meddling as well as threatening the lives of Walt's family if he tried anything to prevent the assassination. One of few moments he has ever raised his voice beyond his usual cool and collective tone.
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** Later on after When Walt nearly takes Hank to the location of his manufacturing business for investigation, despite Walter managing to avoid confrontation by staging an accident, Gus loses it and it. He has Tyrus abduct Walter outside of Jesse's house, has him taken out to the desert, and fires him, warning him about approaching Jesse or his labs again while again, and telling him that not only will Hank was going to die for his meddling as well as threatening the lives of Walt's family meddling, but if he tried Walt tries anything to prevent Hank's assassination, his entire family will pay with their lives. One of the assassination. One of few moments times he has ever raised his voice beyond his usual cool and collective tone.even tone - which makes what he says even scarier.
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* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Gus, well respected owner of the Los Pollos Hermanos chain of chicken restaurants who publicly supports the DEA at fundraisers.
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* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Gus, well respected He's the well-respected owner of the successful Los Pollos Hermanos chain of chicken restaurants restaurants, who publicly supports the DEA at fundraisers.fundraisers and sends in free chicken to all the cops waiting by Hank's hospital bedside. He even contributed to Walt's cancer treatment fund.
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* MasterActor: His ability to remain in character as a polite, honest and mild restaurant owner. Best demonstrated when he successfully convinces Merkert, Gomez, and Roberts that he's innocent in Hank's investigation.
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* MasterActor: His ability to remain in character as a polite, honest and mild low-key restaurant owner. Best demonstrated when he successfully convinces Merkert, Gomez, and Roberts that he's innocent in Hank's investigation.
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* PlayingBothSides: Plays the US and Mexican governments against the Mexican cartel to seize control of the West Coast meth trade. Also pulls this by telling the Cousins that they can kill Hank in place of Walter since he actually shot Tuco, but then proceeds to anonymously tip Hank so that he can get the jump on them and take them out of the equation.
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* PlayingBothSides: Plays the US and Mexican governments against the Mexican cartel to seize control of the West Coast meth trade. Also pulls this by telling the Cousins that they can kill Hank in place of Walter - since he Hank is the one who actually shot Tuco, Tuco - but then proceeds to anonymously tip Hank so that he can get the jump on them and take them out of the equation.
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** {{Asexuality}}: Another possible explanation.
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** DragonTheirFeet: He was still absently recovering from his wounds when Gus was killed and was thus in no position to have helped him.
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** DragonTheirFeet: He was still recovering from his wounds Gus was killed and was thus in no position to have helped him.
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Not especially difficult to see someone using a box cutter as a weapon, therefore Gus doesn\'t count as an example.
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* ConsummateLiar: On par with, if not surpassing, Walt himself. Gus is incredibly meticulous in protecting his double life and effortlessly spins lie upon lie to the DEA, most of whom believe every word coming out of this [[SarcasmMode mild-mannered good Samaritan's]] mouth.
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* TheCorrupter: He took both Gale and Jesse under his wing in order to turn them into his ideal subordinates: loyal, grateful, and beholden to no one but him.
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* StartOfDarkness: The death of his "brother," Max.
* StartOfDarkness: The death of his "brother," Max.
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* {{Badass}}
** It takes balls to poison himself along with Juárez cartel high command.
** A few episodes before that, he walks into sniper fire and dares the cartel assassin to shoot him.
* BadassBoast: "Don Eladio is dead. His capos are dead. You have no one left to fight for. Fill your pockets and leave in peace, '''or fight me and die!'''"
** It takes balls to poison himself along with Juárez cartel high command.
** A few episodes before that, he walks into sniper fire and dares the cartel assassin to shoot him.
* BadassBoast: "Don Eladio is dead. His capos are dead. You have no one left to fight for. Fill your pockets and leave in peace, '''or fight me and die!'''"
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* {{Badass}}
**{{Badass}}: It takes balls to poison himself along with Juárez cartel high command.
** Acommand; and a few episodes before that, ''that'', he walks into sniper fire and dares the cartel assassin to shoot him.
* ** BadassBoast: "Don Eladio is dead. His capos are dead. You have no one left to fight for. Fill your pockets and leave in peace, '''or fight me and die!'''"die!'''"
** BadassInANiceSuit: He's always sharply dressed and takes care to make himself presentable.
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** BadassInANiceSuit: He's always sharply dressed and takes care to make himself presentable.
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* BaittheDog: He first appears in "Mandala" to be a pleasant, mild-mannered proprietor of a fried chicken franchise only
* BitchInSheepsClothing: To the public, he appears to be a very respectable and compassionate entrepreneur who does much to give back to the community. In reality, he is a ruthless drug lord who has no qualms with ordering murders and [[ManipulativeBastard callously manipulating those around him]] to satisfy his lust for power.
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* DiscOneFinalBoss: Of the whole series. His death happens at the climax of the SeriesFauxnale of season 4. Everything after that is Walt taking over Gus' role as the largest meth distributor in Albuquerque.
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Victor was actually doing okay. He almost left out one step, but remembers in time, you can see Walt getting more and more depressed as he realizes Victor probably COULD replace him as cook.
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* KnowNothingKnowItAll: When he tries to cook a batch after Gale's death to prove to Gus he can be the cook. He arrogantly claims that he's perfectly capable of following the formula.
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* KnowNothingKnowItAll: When he tries to cook a batch after Gale's death to prove to Gus he can be the cook. He arrogantly claims that he's perfectly capable of following the formula. To give him his due, while he probably doesn't understand ''why'' he's doing what he's doing, not even Walt can spot anything he actually does ''wrong'' (at one point he nearly skips a step, and Walt gets visibly hopeful that he'll screw it up, but then he remembers and Walt deflates).
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* SmallNameBigEgo: He thought he could cook Walter's meth by simply having observed his steps to the cook. Walter mocked him and Gus thought even less of the idea...
* SmugSnake: Particularly when he's trying to impress Gus with his cooking despite clearly not being up to the job.
* SmugSnake: Particularly when he's trying to impress Gus with his cooking despite clearly not being up to the job.
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* SmallNameBigEgo: He thought he could cook Walter's meth by simply having observed his steps to the cook.cook (as it turns out apparently he was ''right'' about that, at least as far as he got). Walter mocked him and Gus thought even less of the idea...
* SmugSnake: Particularly when he's trying to impress Gus with hiscooking despite clearly not being up to the job.cooking.
* SmugSnake: Particularly when he's trying to impress Gus with his
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->'''Played By''': David Costibale
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* CampStraightCampStraight. Maybe. Definitely Camp; we don't have any clear evidence one way or the other on the Straight part.
* CelebrityParadox: When Jesse is talking to the detectives about ricin, he mentions that he might have heard about it on ''{{Series/House}}''. David Costabile played the scheming cousin of a Patient of the Week on that show.
* CelebrityParadox: When Jesse is talking to the detectives about ricin, he mentions that he might have heard about it on ''{{Series/House}}''. David Costabile played the scheming cousin of a Patient of the Week on that show.
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* [[spoiler: ShootTheShaggyDog: Quite literally. All the money Mike was saving up for his granddaughter? All taken by Uncle Sam the moment he gets implicated? His decision not to give the names of his locked up men to Walt? Walt makes it known after shooting him, he plans to get the names from Lydia anyway.]]
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* FridgeBrilliance: You may look at the superlab and ask yourself: Why are there "Eye Protection Required" (and other similar) signs in an ''illegal meth lab''? Then you remember: ''Gale'' set up the lab, so obviously he placed the signs. Walt wouldn't have done that ... he'd have known what safety gear ''he'' needed and when, and if someone else was too "stupid" to take the "obvious" precautions, then hey, the word for that is "evolution".
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* FridgeBrilliance: You may look at the superlab and ask yourself: Why are there "Eye Protection Required" (and other similar) signs in an ''illegal meth lab''? Then you remember: ''Gale'' set up the lab, so obviously he placed the signs. Walt wouldn't have done that ... he'd have known what safety gear ''he'' needed and when, and if someone else was too "stupid" to take the "obvious" precautions, then hey, the word for that is "evolution".
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Gus didn\'t convince the cartel to send the Salamancas after Hank; he just gave them his permission. The Cartel definitely SUSPECTS Gus told them they could kill Hank, but it\'s clear that they don\'t KNOW he did (at first).
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** Before that, convincing the cartel to order granting the Twins onto permission to go after Hank first instead of Walt. By listening, the Cartel This played into Gus' plans perfectly: if Hank dies, the heat on the cartel's operation increases, allowing Gus to corner the market; if the attack fails, Walt is safe, two of the cartel's biggest hitters are down, and Gus can force a sitdown.
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* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Even prior to his death, as described in the example above, Gale unknowingly causes the friction between Walt and Gus. Gale's insistence on learning Walt's recipe ends up cluing Walt in on the fact that Gus is trying to find a replacement so that he can have him killed. This motivates Walt to [[TheDogBitesBack completely rebel against Gus]] and plot ''his'' death.
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-->''"In the little village where I was born, life moved at a slower pace, yet felt all the richer for it. There my two uncles were known far and wide for their delicious cooking. They seasoned their zesty chicken using only the freshest herbs and spices. People called them "los pollos hermanos" ("the chicken brothers"). Today, we carry on their tradition in a way that would make my uncles proud. The finest ingredients are brought together with love and care, then slow-cooked to perfection. Yes, the old ways are still best at Los Pollos Hermanos. But don't [[TakeOurWordForIt take my word for it]]. One taste, and you'll know...."
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-->''"In the little village where I was born, life moved at a slower pace, yet felt all the richer for it. There my two uncles were known far and wide for their delicious cooking. They seasoned their zesty chicken using only the freshest herbs and spices. People called them "los pollos hermanos" ("the chicken brothers"). Today, we carry on their tradition in a way that would make my uncles proud. The finest ingredients are brought together with love and care, then slow-cooked to perfection. Yes, the old ways are still best at Los Pollos Hermanos. But don't [[TakeOurWordForIt take my word for it]]. One taste, and you'll know...."
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These are characters in ''Series/BreakingBad'' related to the front organization known as Los Pollos Hermanos. For the main page, see [[Characters/BreakingBad here]].
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* BlofeldPloy: Pulls this in the season 4 premiere by slitting Victor's throat in front of Walt and Jesse. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] in that Walt has him at a standstill so that Gus can no longer kill him and Victor had been seen at the site of Gale's murder, which could potentially lead the investigation back to Gus.
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* BlofeldPloy: Pulls this in the season 4 premiere by slitting Victor's throat in front of Walt and Jesse.Jesse with a boxcutter. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] in that Walt has him at a standstill so that Gus can no longer kill him and Victor had been seen at the site of Gale's murder, which could potentially lead the investigation back to Gus.
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* FakeNationality: The character at least claims to be from Chile; Giancarlo Esposito is half African-American, half Italian, and though his Spanish is very good, he doesn't sound like a native speaker.
* FatalFlaw: His [[RevengeBeforeReason obsession with personal revenge]] against Tio Hector proves to be his downfall.
* FatalFlaw: His [[RevengeBeforeReason obsession with personal revenge]] against Tio Hector proves to be his downfall.
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* FakeNationality: The character at least claims Gus is supposed to be have come from Chile; Chile, though his past beforehand is not really well known; Giancarlo Esposito is half African-American, half Italian, and though his Spanish is very good, he doesn't sound like a native speaker.
* FatalFlaw: His [[RevengeBeforeReason obsession with personal revenge]] againstTio Hector proves to be his downfall.
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Victor was a prominent enforcer of Gustavo Fring alongside Mike Ehrmantraut. Little was revealed about him.
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The security team consisted of Jack [=McGann=], Andrew Holt, Anthony Perez, Isaac Conley, William Moniz, Raymond Martinez, and Harris Boivin. [[spoiler:All seven of them were killed shanked in jail by the Aryan Brotherhood along with their lawyer Dan Wachsberger, laundry manager Dennis Markowski, and Madrigal foreman Ron Forenall.]]
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!!Gustavo ‘Gus’ Fring
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"I [[HiddenInPlainSight hide in plain sight]], same as you."'']]
->'''Played By''': Creator/GiancarloEsposito
->''"What does a man do, Walter? A man provides. And he does it even when he’s not appreciated, or respected, or even loved. He simply bears up and he does it. Because he’s a man."''
Gus is the largest distributer of crystal meth in the American Southwest. His front is a chain of fast food chicken restaurants, Los Pollos Hermanos, which he uses to give money to law enforcement and otherwise come off as an important member of the community. He employs Walt and Jesse in season two, but almost immediately looks for a way to get his hands on Walter's recipe and replace the two.
* AWolfInSheepsClothing
* AmbiguouslyEvil: Prior to the shit hitting the fan and him becoming a full-blown villain, it's made clear that he's much more dangerous than his pleasant demeanor lets on, but exactly how much Walt should be worried for himself is pretty unclear; his [[TheStoic unrelenting poker-face]] doesn't help.
* AmbiguouslyGay: There seemed to be vibes between him and his late ex-partner Maximino. Openly [[WordOfGay discussed by the creators]] in the Insider Podcast as a valid interpretation of their relationship.
* AffablyEvil
* ArchEnemy: Walt viewed him as one.
* BadBoss: As Victor finds out.
* {{Badass}}
** It takes balls to poison himself along with Juárez cartel high command.
** A few episodes before that, he walks into sniper fire and dares the cartel assassin to shoot him.
* BadassBoast: "Don Eladio is dead. His capos are dead. You have no one left to fight for. Fill your pockets and leave in peace, '''or fight me and die!'''"
* BatmanGambit: His ploy to have two attackers come after Jesse and Mike to cause Jesse to spring into action and then start questioning his loyalty to Walt. It extends even further because he allows Walt to do much of the damage to their relationship himself, which he proceeds to do so through his {{Jerkass}} behavior driven by his massive ego.
** Before that, convincing the cartel to order the Twins onto Hank first instead of Walt. By listening, the Cartel played into Gus' plans perfectly: if Hank dies, the heat on the cartel's operation increases, allowing Gus to corner the market; if the attack fails, Walt is safe, two of the cartel's biggest hitters are down, and Gus can force a sitdown.
* BenevolentBoss: From Walt's point of view at first.
** Interesting enough, he is this to his employees who follow his orders and [[YouHaveFailedMe don't compromise themselves.]] He soured on Walt and Walt started to become a liability.
* BeneathTheMask: An ExaggeratedTrope. A mild restaurant owner that hidden from society is a ruthless drug kingpin.
* BestServedCold: Drags out his revenge against Hector Salamanca across 20 years, slowly picking off all of his relatives as he wastes away in a retirement home. This ultimately leads to his undoing, though.
** Whatever Gus was before planting his feet in New Mexico, it was scary enough that Don Eladio spared his life at the cartel manor. The Don instead killed his partner, then reminded Gus to restrict his business to chicken. Gus would pitch the same deal decades later, whereupon Eladio fell dead at the exact same spot where Max was shot.
* BigBad: The biggest one of the series. He's introduced late in season 2 and holds the position until his death at the end of season 4.
* BigBadEnsemble: With the Cartel and the Salamanca family.
* BlofeldPloy: Pulls this in the season 4 premiere by slitting Victor's throat in front of Walt and Jesse. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] in that Walt has him at a standstill so that Gus can no longer kill him and Victor had been seen at the site of Gale's murder, which could potentially lead the investigation back to Gus.
* CantGetAwayWithNuthin: Gus makes it a rule to always be calm, composed, and think about what to say and do ahead of time. He breaks this rule in his interactions with Hector, a mistake which directly leads to his demise.
* ChekhovsGunman
* TheChessmaster: If he does anything, there are probably far more layers to his decision than you would originally think.
* ConsummateProfessional: Subverted at the very end.
* CrazyPrepared:
** He had a secret hospital set up with medical staff on his payroll to revive him when he self-poisoned. Not only that, the hospital is supplied with matching blood types for himself, Jesse, and Mike (and they even know Jesse's entire medical history).
** He arranged in the event of his death for his meth operation employees to be paid for their services with hazard pay should they be sent to prison.
* CutLexLuthorACheck: He makes tons of legitimate money through his Los Pollos Hermanos chain, and if his setup is at all like Walt's or Saul's, the overhead on laundering his meth profits is huge.
** FridgeBrilliance: He stays in meth business to keep his connections with the cartel and the Salamancas, the people he wants to kill.
* DangerouslyGenreSavvy: All the time, but the ultimate display is his realizing that his car is rigged with a bomb because of how frightened Jesse was behaving and the unnatural occurrence of a child being poisoned. He correctly deduces that Walter was involved.
* DevilInPlainSight: See VillainWithGoodPublicity
* DiscOneFinalBoss: Of the whole series. His death happens at the climax of the SeriesFauxnale of season 4. Everything after that is Walt taking over Gus' role as the largest meth distributor in Albuquerque.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Invoked in "Full Measures" when he insists he would never order the death of a child. Subverted when he threatens to kill Walt's entire family, including his son and his infant daughter.
* EvilGloating: He's generally too [[DangerouslyGenreSavvy smart and cautious]] to indulge in it, which makes it telling when he starts to indulge in it late in season 4.
* FaceDeathWithDignity: After a bomb literally blows half his face off and leaves him looking like [[Film/TheDarkKnight Harvey Dent]], Gus walks calmly out the door, straightens his tie, then falls over dead.
* FacialHorror: Walks away after an explosion and straightens his tie with ''half his face blown off'' right before he dies.
* FakeNationality: The character at least claims to be from Chile; Giancarlo Esposito is half African-American, half Italian, and though his Spanish is very good, he doesn't sound like a native speaker.
* FatalFlaw: His [[RevengeBeforeReason obsession with personal revenge]] against Tio Hector proves to be his downfall.
* FauxAffablyEvil
* FromNobodyToNightmare: He went from a fast food cook to a drug lord who murdered a '''lot''' of people.
* GutFeeling: Has a very good sense for when he's in danger, occasionally bordering on SpiderSense territory. Unfortunately for him, it fails him at the worst possible time, resulting in his death.
* KarmicDeath: Gus' death is a reference to how a chicken will continue to walk around even after it's beheaded. A fitting end.
* KickTheDog: Possibly his ordering the death of Tomás, though it's never explicitly said that he did. Definitely his threat to Walt that he would murder his entire family, including his infant daughter, should Walt interfere with Hank's murder.
* KickTheSonOfABitch:
** Tormenting Hector.
** Mass-poisoning the cartel.
** Ordering Walt's death.
* KnightOfCerebus: Granted, earlier villains such as Krazy-8 or Tuco were quite dangerous, but the show still retained a prominent comedic element. However, after Gus is introduced, the show starts to gradually take a much darker turn.
* MachiavelliWasWrong: Gus refuses to use the threat of the Cousins coming after Walt in order to scare him into working for him, stating that "I don't believe fear to be an effective motivator." Subverted in season 4, where he's not above doing things like brutally murdering his own henchman or threatening to kill Walt's family in order to keep Walt in line. DoubleSubverted when his very ruthlessness proves to be his undoing. If Gus hadn't outright threatened Walt's family, Walt wouldn't have been desperate enough that he was willing to poison an innocent kid--a new MoralEventHorizon for Walt--to win Jesse back.
* MasterActor: His ability to remain in character as a polite, honest and mild restaurant owner. Best demonstrated when he successfully convinces Merkert, Gomez, and Roberts that he's innocent in Hank's investigation.
* ManipulativeBastard: He convinces the cousins to go after Hank instead of Walt, and tips Hank off about a minute before they come to kill him. This starts his scheme to take over meth production and distribution in the region. He also nearly succeeds at turning Jesse against Walt.
* MysteriousPast: Starting to be revealed as of "Hermanos". All we know for certain is that he is Chilean, and did something down there to make Don Eladio spare his life. The Chilean government has no record of his being born or living in that country, and Mike's investigations have turned up nothing.
* OhCrap: Right before he dies.
* [[OnceKilledAManWithANoodleImplement Once Killed a Man with a Box Cutter]]
* OnlyBadGuysCallTheirLawyers: Plays this straight when he's asked questions for a police investigation by the DEA.
* OutGambitted: By Walt in season 4's finale.
* PlayingBothSides: Plays the US and Mexican governments against the Mexican cartel to seize control of the West Coast meth trade. Also pulls this by telling the Cousins that they can kill Hank in place of Walter since he actually shot Tuco, but then proceeds to anonymously tip Hank so that he can get the jump on them and take them out of the equation.
* PerfectPoison: Uses the same bottle of tequila to dispatch Don Eladio and all his captains at once.
* TheQuietOne: Is very soft spoken, calm, and collected even in the most stressful situations.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Can be, at first. Prefers to motivate his employees and only uses fear as a last resort.
* RevengeBeforeReason: One of the main reasons for his war against the Mexican cartel is his desire for revenge. This turns out to be his FatalFlaw in the season 4 finale when he chooses to kill Hector himself, ignoring his DangerouslyGenreSavvy side.
* TheStoic: Not even the terror-inducing Salamanca Cousins scare him at all.
** NotSoStoic: Seconds before his death, his calm exterior finally crumbles into confusion and panic.
* SignatureMove: Straightening his tie / changing his clothes in a dramatic fashion in general.
* StepfordSmiler
* TranquilFury: Especially in "Box Cutter".
* TwoFaced: By Hector's bomb in "Face Off". The camera focuses on his uninjured side -- the 'legitimate' fast food mogul which everyone sees -- and slowly pans around to his disfigured side (representing the blood-soaked meth dealer).
* TheUnfettered: Obsessed with avenging Max's death, and not above harming innocents along the way,
* UnflinchingWalk: Into a hail of sniper bullets. And again in his death scene.
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Gus, well respected owner of the Los Pollos Hermanos chain of chicken restaurants who publicly supports the DEA at fundraisers.
* WhosLaughingNow: The Mexican cartel killed Gus' partner and mocks him about it. He ends up killing all of them.
* YouHaveFailedMe: Initially, he appears to be a nicer, stabler person than other druglords Walt and Jesse have encountered, but when Victor screws up and is seen leaving Gale's apartment after possibly leaving evidence there, he shows himself to be just as willing as Tuco to violently dispose of an employee who has become a liability.
** Later on after Walt nearly takes Hank to the location of his manufacturing business for investigation, despite Walter managing to avoid confrontation by staging an accident, Gus loses it and has Tyrus abduct Walter outside of Jesse's house, has him taken out to the desert, and fires him, warning him about approaching Jesse or his labs again while telling him that Hank was going to die for his meddling as well as threatening the lives of Walt's family if he tried anything to prevent the assassination. One of few moments he has ever raised his voice beyond his usual cool and collective tone.
!!Mike Ehrmantraut
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"No more half measures, Walter."'']]
->'''Played By''': Jonathan Banks
->''"I promise you this: Either we're all going home or none of us are. Now settle down."''
Gus' number one hitman, investigator, and all around problem fixer. Extremely loyal to Gus. Gets along with Walt at first, but stops liking Walt as Walt does more stuff that threatens to ruin their operation. Then he starts to develop a mild respect (or even affection) for Jesse. Despite his horrific profession, Mike at least acts like a decent person and loves his granddaughter.
* TheAce: Pulls off all assignments given to him by Gus flawlessly.
* AFatherToHisMen: His partnership with Jesse is an example. He threatens Walt for calling the police on Tyrus on a stakeout and he gets very serious with Lydia for suggesting they murder the employees of Gus' operation to prevent them from talking. [[spoiler: Mike even goes as far as to compensate their hazard pay himself, by restarting a meth operation with Walt, to honour a deal and keep them from talking.]]
* AffablyEvil: A nice guy and a loving grandfather, but he'll kill you without hesitation if it's his job.
* [[spoiler:AlasPoorVillain]]: At the end of "Say My Name".
* AntiVillain: Type I. He's an incredibly efficient assassin who stops at nothing to carry out his job, but he [[NothingPersonal hardly ever holds any ill will towards his targets]], and is a pretty decent guy when he's not on the job.
* [[spoiler:AnyoneCanDie: A direct victim of Walt's "empire building"]]
* AscendedExtra: Seen once in the season 2 finale, seemingly as a simple PI for Saul, but his role grows in importance as it's revealed that he's actually Gus's primary enforcer.
* AvengingTheVillain: He initially returns in the 5th season to shoot Walter when he gets the news that Gus Fring is dead. Jesse talks him out of it.
* {{Badass}}
** BadassGrandpa: Is a grandfather.
* BaldOfAwesome
* BaldOfEvil
* BeingPersonalIsntProfessional: Mike handles this trope perfectly. It's only Walter that causes him to subvert it when he gets on Mike's temper.
* BerserkButton: Domestic abusers were his when he was a cop.
* ChekhovsGunman
* CleanUpCrew: For both Saul and Gus.
* ConsummateProfessional
* CoolOldGuy
* DeadPartner: "You are not the guy. You're not capable of being the guy. I had a guy but now I don't. You are not the guy." He's possibly referring to Victor.
* DeadpanSnarker
* TheDragon: Seemingly, to Gus.
** [[spoiler:DragonAscendant: He reluctantly becomes Walt's partner after Gus' death.]]
* EmptyShell: Jonathon Banks describes Mike as having lost his soul but at the same time being fearless and goal driven.
* EnigmaticMinion: To a point. Despite his dedication to Gus, he is still a man that is hard to predict.
* [[EvenEvilHasStandards Even Anti-Villainy Has Standards]]: Draws the line at killing innocent civilians.
* [[spoiler:FaceDeathWithDignity: After he gets fatally shot by Walt, he gets out of his car, crawls away, and sits down to watch the sunset over a river. When Walt catches up with him, and tries to apologize, Mike tells him to shut up and let him die in peace.]]
* FaceHeelTurn: Had one years before the start of the series. See StartOfDarkness below.
* [[spoiler:FamousLastWords[=/=]PrecisionFStrike: "Shut the fuck up, and let me die in peace."]]
* {{Foil}}: To Walt. Season 5 reveals that Mike has a considerable amount of money stashed away in his granddaughter's name, making him and Walt two men committing crimes for their families. However, Mike's professionalism and caution allows his work life and home life to remain separate, while Walt's family has become horribly entangled in the meth business. And Mike's emotional stability has allowed him to retain an excellent relationship with his granddaughter and presumably her mother as well, while Walt is emotionally isolated from his family.
* HonestAdvisor
* JackBauerInterrogationTechnique: Threatens Saul with this in the season 3 finale.
--> '''Mike:''' Don't make me beat you 'till your legs don't work.
* KnowsAGuyWhoKnowsAGuy: Saul admits that Mike has even more connections than himself, explaining to Walt that Mike gives Saul most of his connections and planning a hit on Gus would be "epic fail" because it would go through Mike first. In the 5th season, Mike is easily able to [[spoiler: cover distribution for a meth operation without a question from Walter, Jesse or Saul.]]
* LawmanGoneBad: His backstory involving his StartOfDarkness and NoodleIncident.
* MoralityPet: His granddaughter, and arguably Jesse to a certain extent.
* NoodleIncident: His career as a almost 10 year Philadelphia police officer ended under "dramatic" circumstances.
* OlderSidekick: To Gus.
* OutOfCharacterMoment: Jonathan Banks considers the moment where [[spoiler:Mike abandons his granddaughter at the playground to escape the police]] to be something Mike never would have done, but didn't protest out of respect for the writers and producers.
* PerpetualFrowner: Anytime he's not with his granddaughter, his default expression is a weary scowl that rarely ever leaves his face.
* PragmaticVillainy: In "Half Measures", he didn't go through with Walt's plan to have Jesse thrown in jail because it would've upset Gus.
* PrivateDetective
* PunchClockVillain
* PutOnABus: After he's shot in Mexico in season 4, it's stated he'll have to stay at the medical tent Gus had set up to recover for at least a week. This cleverly allowed the writers to take out his boss while [[spoiler:leaving him alive]] to [[TheBusCameBack return in season 5]].
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Gives one to Walt [[spoiler:during their last encounter.]]
* [[spoiler:{{Retirony}}]]
* [[spoiler:SacrificialLion: Walt kills him simply because Mike refuses to give him information that Walt could have easily gotten from Lydia, and thus just because Walt is too pissed off to act rationally. Mike's death signals how just far Walt has fallen. If Walt had even a slight chance at redemption after all his previous evil, he just blew it.]]
* SeenItAll: The only events in the series that ''shock'' him are Walt putting a hit on Gale, Gus killing Victor with a box cutter and Gus' death.
* StartOfDarkness: Described to Walt in the episode "Half Measure". Mike used to be a cop. He once gave a repeatedly abusive husband an intimidating warning rather than killing him. Later on, the man beat his wife to death, and that's when Mike decided to never take a half measure again.
* TheStoic: Mike's too world-weary to get worked up over anything. He reacts to most problems with mild irritation.
** NotSoStoic: There are a few times where Mike has been pushed far enough to react with real rage. Like when Walt killed Gus and he [[spoiler: prematurely checked himself out of the makeshift Mexican hospital to race back to New Mexico to kill Walt]], or when Walt followed him to a bar and asked him to kill Gus.
* TitleDrop: For the episode "Half Measure".
* TraumaCongaLine: Lately, life has sucked for Mike:
** His boss gets killed and [[spoiler:he loses his comfortable job]].
** His boss's slush fund is seized, meaning both the two million dollar inheritance he left for his granddaughter and the hazard pay to buy off his nine incarcerated men are gone.
** He is forced to go against his better judgement and work with Walt, who he regards as a ticking time bomb.
** Pressure from the DEA forces him to retire with a five million dollar buyout.
** [[spoiler:The DEA busts his lawyer and seizes his money ''again'', and now he has no way of paying off his men or supporting his granddaughter.]]
** [[spoiler:His lawyer tricks him into revealing his present location, a playground he took his granddaughter to, to the police. Mike has to exit his granddaughter's life without saying goodbye.]]
** [[spoiler:When he finally tells Walt ''exactly'' what he thinks of him and explains how he is responsible for basically ruining his life, he gets shot and killed.]]
** [[spoiler:Even in death, Mike can't catch a break. His body is chemically disincorporated by Walt and Todd.]]
* UndyingLoyalty: To Gus.
!!Tyrus Kitt
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->'''Played By''': Ray Campbell
Tyrus Kitt was a prominent enforcer of Gustavo Fring, and was the replacement for Victor.
* BaldOfEvil
* FailedASpotCheck: Sent into Casa Tranquila ahead to make sure it's safe, he fails to notice the bomb strapped to Tio Hector's wheelchair, resulting in the deaths of both him and Gus.
* {{Jerkass}}: Sure, a lot of the mean things he does can be chalked up to "just doing his job", but not even extending his hand to pass Jesse a phone and instead making him pull it from his hand? This places him firmly under this trope.
* TheQuietOne: Even more taciturn than Mike or Gus, which is saying something.
* ReplacementGoldfish: He's Gus's replacement for Victor.
* ScaryBlackMan
!!Victor
->'''Played By''': Jeremiah Bitsui
Victor was a prominent enforcer of Gustavo Fring alongside Mike Ehrmantraut. Little was revealed about him.
* BaldOfEvil
* BlofeldPloy: Ends up on the receiving end of this in the season 4 premiere.
* TheGenericGuy: Seems to mostly exist to be another generic mook of Gus's to be around and do things that Mike can't or it wouldn't make sense for him to do.
* IdiotBall: "We ain't missing no cook"
* KnowNothingKnowItAll: When he tries to cook a batch after Gale's death to prove to Gus he can be the cook. He arrogantly claims that he's perfectly capable of following the formula.
* LeaveNoWitnesses: Gus kills him because he was seen breaking into Gale's apartment.
* SlashedThroat: Courtesy of Gus.
* SmallNameBigEgo: He thought he could cook Walter's meth by simply having observed his steps to the cook. Walter mocked him and Gus thought even less of the idea...
* SmugSnake: Particularly when he's trying to impress Gus with his cooking despite clearly not being up to the job.
* TheStoic: Like many of Gus' henchmen, he remains cold and non-expressive.
* TheQuietOne: Not as much as Tyrus, and he talks a little more in his final appearance.
!!Gale Boetticher
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Yes, I am a nerd."'']]
->'''Played By''': David Costibale
->''"Consenting adults want what they want. At least with me they’re getting exactly what they pay for."''
Another meth cooker that Gus forces Walt to replace Jesse with. Walt and Gale get along well, but in reality Gus is using Gale to learn how Walt cooks his meth so he can dispose of Walt and Jesse and replace them with Gale, who is a lot more manageable.
* {{Adorkable}}
* AffablyEvil: He is fully aware of what he does, but thinks that, since his product is much purer than anyone else's, it can be considered as NecessaryEvil - addicts will find their dealers anyway. At least, with his meth, they will actually have what they buy. He is also one of the nicest guy in the show.
* AmbiguouslyGay: There's hints of this; Gale likes Mexican opera music and his apartment is well decorated, but it's never really explored further than this so he may just be CampStraight.
* AintTooProudToBeg: ''"You don't have to do this."''
* BadBoss: Was a victim of one in the form of none other than Walt and Jesse themselves.
* BackForTheDead
* BoomHeadshot
** PrettyLittleHeadshots
* CampStraight
* ForScience: Gale is more interested in having a dream lab and a good partner than the actual consequences of his actions. Addicts are going to get their meth from somewhere, so why not give them the best? He approaches coffee-making with the same incredible precision.
* GoshDarnItToHeck
* HollywoodNerd
-->'''Gale:''' Yes. I am a nerd.
* NiceGuy
* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: The season 4 premiere reveals in a {{Flashback}} that his dedication to making the best meth possible in Gus' lab is what inspired Gus to hire Walt. Which didn't work out to well for him in the end.
* PutOnABus: After all of three episodes. He does come back in the finale of season 3. Too bad that it was for the dead.
* ReplacementScrappy: InUniverse: Gale is more competent than Jesse by any definition of the word, but Walt comes to resent Gale because he answers to Gus and is too submissive for Walt to enjoy manipulating.
* SacrificialLamb: Exists primarily to provide a relatively innocent victim to show how much Walt has had to compromise his morals.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: While he's relatively important even with the small amount of screen time, it turns out that he's been an UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom even in death. He affects the plot in a major way at least three times by being the factor that made Gus hire Walt in the first place, driving the plot of season 3; his death and his notes inspire Hank to investigate Gus Fring in season 4; [[spoiler:and his gift is what finally does Walt in at the end of season 5, part 1.]]
!!Chris Mara
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->'''Played By''': Christopher King
One of Gus's henchmen.
* TheBrute: For Gus and later Lydia. He isn't as incredibly competent as Mike, but he'll do for some thug work in a pinch.
* TheDanza: Played by Christopher King.
* TheDriver: For Gus.
* KilledMidSentence: By Mike.
* MuggingTheMonster: Hired by Lydia to kill Mike along with the other 9 guys from the list. Needless to say, he's unsuccessful.
!!Dennis Markowski
->'''Played By''': Mike Batayeh
The manager of Gus's laundromat.
* BaldOfEvil
* [[spoiler:KillItWithFire: In a spectacularly grisly fashion, he's burned to death by the Aryans.]]
** [[spoiler:HeKnowsTooMuch: Killed because he knows who Heisenberg is.]]
!!The Rival Dealers
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->'''Played By:''' Mike Seal and Antonio Leyba
The "Rival Dealers" are two street-level crystal meth dealers who call shots for a street-gang that controls Gus Fring's turf in Albuquerque.
* BaldOfEvil: One of them.
* BoomHeadshot: How Walt kills Dealer #1.
* CarFu: How Walt kills Dealer #2.
* EvilMentor: To Tomás.
* TattooedCrook: The bald one has tattoos on his arms, his neck and the back of his head.
* TheVoiceless: They never speak a single word of dialogue.
* ThoseTwoBadGuys: Always seen together.
* WouldHurtAChild: Murder Tomás, possibly on Gus' orders.
!!Tomás Cantillo
->'''Played By:''' Angelo Martinez
Tomás Cantillo was an 11 year-old boy who worked for a local gang of drug dealers in his neighborhood. He is the younger brother of Andrea.
* ChekhovsGunman: His murder of Combo later resurfaces and leads to escalating tensions with Gus, and basically the plot of the entire fourth season.
* StuffedIntoTheFridge: His off-screen death serves to motivate the killing of the rival dealers, and in turn Walt's conflict with Gus.
* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior
* WeHardlyKnewYe
!!Dan Wachsberger
->'''Played By''': Chris Freihofer
The lawyer for Mike's 9 guys, and manager of their legacy money.
* AmoralAttorney
* DecoyLeader: Pretends to take on Mike as a paralegal, but in reality does nothing but sit and listen to music while Mike does the talking.
* DramaticIrony: [[spoiler:As he's stabbed to death, he's talking to his own lawyer on the phone.]]
* OhCrap: Has this reaction upon seeing Gomez and two other DEA agents enter the vault.
!!Dr. Barry Goodman
->'''Played By''': JB Blanc
The head doctor hired by Gustavo Fring as part of an emergency medical crew he had stationed in Mexico.
* TheMedic
!!Duane Chow
->'''Played By''': James Ning
A Chinese businessman who owns a chemical manufacturing company that supplies Gus's operation. He's first rescued from Mike while being held hostage by the Juarez Cartel. Later on, after Gus's death, he comes under investigation by the DEA.
* BoomHeadshot: How Chris disposed of him.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Owns the Golden Moth Chemical company, which supplies Gus with his methalymine.
* {{Fingore}}: Shot in the hand by Mike for not warning Gus that he was being held captive by the cartel.
* StuffedInTheFridge
!!Maximino "Max" Arciniega
->'''Played By''': James Martinez
Maximino "Max" Arciniega was a close associate of Gus Fring and co-founder of the Los Pollos Hermanos franchise. He held advanced degrees in biochemistry and chemical engineering. Gus and Max were very close. Max's education was financed by Gus after Gus rescued him from the slums of Santiago.
* AmbiguouslyGay: Stated to be a valid interpretation of Max and Gus' relationship.
* ChekhovsGunman: His name gets dropped earlier in the same episode in which he appears.
* TheLostLenore: For Gus.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: Avenging his death is the primary motivation behind Gus's character.
* ShoutOut: Shares a name with the actor who played Krazy 8 back in the first season.
* TheSmartGuy: He knows the science, while Gus knows the business.
!!Los Pollos Security Team
"Corporate security" for Los Pollos Hermanos, these guys were Mike's trusted employees who were promised hazard pay should Gus be killed. Despite Mike's assurances that they were loyal, [[spoiler:Lydia and eventually Walt wanted to have them all killed before they said anything to the DEA about the meth operations.]]
The security team consisted of Jack [=McGann=], Andrew Holt, Anthony Perez, Isaac Conley, William Moniz, Raymond Martinez, and Harris Boivin. [[spoiler:All seven of them were killed in jail by the Aryan Brotherhood along with their lawyer Dan Wachsberger, laundry manager Dennis Markowski, and Madrigal foreman Ron Forenall.]]
* [[BaldOfEvil Balds Of Evil]]: [=McGann=] and Moniz.
* [[BeardOfEvil Beards Of Evil]]: [=McGann=] and Perez.
* [[spoiler:KickTheSonOfABitch: Sure, their murders were horrific and grisly, and continued to solidify Walt as completely ruthless, but they were still thugs who would've murdered Walt and his entire family before they had gotten caught.]]
* [[ScaryBlackMan Scary Black Men]]: Presumably both [=McGann=] and Moniz, even if we didn't get to see much of them outside jail.
* [[spoiler:HeKnowsTooMuch: The reason why Lydia and later Walt want them killed.]]
* [[spoiler:ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: How the Aryans dispose of them seems awfully over the top, much like everything else the Aryans do.]]
!!Gustavo ‘Gus’ Fring
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"I [[HiddenInPlainSight hide in plain sight]], same as you."'']]
->'''Played By''': Creator/GiancarloEsposito
->''"What does a man do, Walter? A man provides. And he does it even when he’s not appreciated, or respected, or even loved. He simply bears up and he does it. Because he’s a man."''
Gus is the largest distributer of crystal meth in the American Southwest. His front is a chain of fast food chicken restaurants, Los Pollos Hermanos, which he uses to give money to law enforcement and otherwise come off as an important member of the community. He employs Walt and Jesse in season two, but almost immediately looks for a way to get his hands on Walter's recipe and replace the two.
* AWolfInSheepsClothing
* AmbiguouslyEvil: Prior to the shit hitting the fan and him becoming a full-blown villain, it's made clear that he's much more dangerous than his pleasant demeanor lets on, but exactly how much Walt should be worried for himself is pretty unclear; his [[TheStoic unrelenting poker-face]] doesn't help.
* AmbiguouslyGay: There seemed to be vibes between him and his late ex-partner Maximino. Openly [[WordOfGay discussed by the creators]] in the Insider Podcast as a valid interpretation of their relationship.
* AffablyEvil
* ArchEnemy: Walt viewed him as one.
* BadBoss: As Victor finds out.
* {{Badass}}
** It takes balls to poison himself along with Juárez cartel high command.
** A few episodes before that, he walks into sniper fire and dares the cartel assassin to shoot him.
* BadassBoast: "Don Eladio is dead. His capos are dead. You have no one left to fight for. Fill your pockets and leave in peace, '''or fight me and die!'''"
* BatmanGambit: His ploy to have two attackers come after Jesse and Mike to cause Jesse to spring into action and then start questioning his loyalty to Walt. It extends even further because he allows Walt to do much of the damage to their relationship himself, which he proceeds to do so through his {{Jerkass}} behavior driven by his massive ego.
** Before that, convincing the cartel to order the Twins onto Hank first instead of Walt. By listening, the Cartel played into Gus' plans perfectly: if Hank dies, the heat on the cartel's operation increases, allowing Gus to corner the market; if the attack fails, Walt is safe, two of the cartel's biggest hitters are down, and Gus can force a sitdown.
* BenevolentBoss: From Walt's point of view at first.
** Interesting enough, he is this to his employees who follow his orders and [[YouHaveFailedMe don't compromise themselves.]] He soured on Walt and Walt started to become a liability.
* BeneathTheMask: An ExaggeratedTrope. A mild restaurant owner that hidden from society is a ruthless drug kingpin.
* BestServedCold: Drags out his revenge against Hector Salamanca across 20 years, slowly picking off all of his relatives as he wastes away in a retirement home. This ultimately leads to his undoing, though.
** Whatever Gus was before planting his feet in New Mexico, it was scary enough that Don Eladio spared his life at the cartel manor. The Don instead killed his partner, then reminded Gus to restrict his business to chicken. Gus would pitch the same deal decades later, whereupon Eladio fell dead at the exact same spot where Max was shot.
* BigBad: The biggest one of the series. He's introduced late in season 2 and holds the position until his death at the end of season 4.
* BigBadEnsemble: With the Cartel and the Salamanca family.
* BlofeldPloy: Pulls this in the season 4 premiere by slitting Victor's throat in front of Walt and Jesse. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] in that Walt has him at a standstill so that Gus can no longer kill him and Victor had been seen at the site of Gale's murder, which could potentially lead the investigation back to Gus.
* CantGetAwayWithNuthin: Gus makes it a rule to always be calm, composed, and think about what to say and do ahead of time. He breaks this rule in his interactions with Hector, a mistake which directly leads to his demise.
* ChekhovsGunman
* TheChessmaster: If he does anything, there are probably far more layers to his decision than you would originally think.
* ConsummateProfessional: Subverted at the very end.
* CrazyPrepared:
** He had a secret hospital set up with medical staff on his payroll to revive him when he self-poisoned. Not only that, the hospital is supplied with matching blood types for himself, Jesse, and Mike (and they even know Jesse's entire medical history).
** He arranged in the event of his death for his meth operation employees to be paid for their services with hazard pay should they be sent to prison.
* CutLexLuthorACheck: He makes tons of legitimate money through his Los Pollos Hermanos chain, and if his setup is at all like Walt's or Saul's, the overhead on laundering his meth profits is huge.
** FridgeBrilliance: He stays in meth business to keep his connections with the cartel and the Salamancas, the people he wants to kill.
* DangerouslyGenreSavvy: All the time, but the ultimate display is his realizing that his car is rigged with a bomb because of how frightened Jesse was behaving and the unnatural occurrence of a child being poisoned. He correctly deduces that Walter was involved.
* DevilInPlainSight: See VillainWithGoodPublicity
* DiscOneFinalBoss: Of the whole series. His death happens at the climax of the SeriesFauxnale of season 4. Everything after that is Walt taking over Gus' role as the largest meth distributor in Albuquerque.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Invoked in "Full Measures" when he insists he would never order the death of a child. Subverted when he threatens to kill Walt's entire family, including his son and his infant daughter.
* EvilGloating: He's generally too [[DangerouslyGenreSavvy smart and cautious]] to indulge in it, which makes it telling when he starts to indulge in it late in season 4.
* FaceDeathWithDignity: After a bomb literally blows half his face off and leaves him looking like [[Film/TheDarkKnight Harvey Dent]], Gus walks calmly out the door, straightens his tie, then falls over dead.
* FacialHorror: Walks away after an explosion and straightens his tie with ''half his face blown off'' right before he dies.
* FakeNationality: The character at least claims to be from Chile; Giancarlo Esposito is half African-American, half Italian, and though his Spanish is very good, he doesn't sound like a native speaker.
* FatalFlaw: His [[RevengeBeforeReason obsession with personal revenge]] against Tio Hector proves to be his downfall.
* FauxAffablyEvil
* FromNobodyToNightmare: He went from a fast food cook to a drug lord who murdered a '''lot''' of people.
* GutFeeling: Has a very good sense for when he's in danger, occasionally bordering on SpiderSense territory. Unfortunately for him, it fails him at the worst possible time, resulting in his death.
* KarmicDeath: Gus' death is a reference to how a chicken will continue to walk around even after it's beheaded. A fitting end.
* KickTheDog: Possibly his ordering the death of Tomás, though it's never explicitly said that he did. Definitely his threat to Walt that he would murder his entire family, including his infant daughter, should Walt interfere with Hank's murder.
* KickTheSonOfABitch:
** Tormenting Hector.
** Mass-poisoning the cartel.
** Ordering Walt's death.
* KnightOfCerebus: Granted, earlier villains such as Krazy-8 or Tuco were quite dangerous, but the show still retained a prominent comedic element. However, after Gus is introduced, the show starts to gradually take a much darker turn.
* MachiavelliWasWrong: Gus refuses to use the threat of the Cousins coming after Walt in order to scare him into working for him, stating that "I don't believe fear to be an effective motivator." Subverted in season 4, where he's not above doing things like brutally murdering his own henchman or threatening to kill Walt's family in order to keep Walt in line. DoubleSubverted when his very ruthlessness proves to be his undoing. If Gus hadn't outright threatened Walt's family, Walt wouldn't have been desperate enough that he was willing to poison an innocent kid--a new MoralEventHorizon for Walt--to win Jesse back.
* MasterActor: His ability to remain in character as a polite, honest and mild restaurant owner. Best demonstrated when he successfully convinces Merkert, Gomez, and Roberts that he's innocent in Hank's investigation.
* ManipulativeBastard: He convinces the cousins to go after Hank instead of Walt, and tips Hank off about a minute before they come to kill him. This starts his scheme to take over meth production and distribution in the region. He also nearly succeeds at turning Jesse against Walt.
* MysteriousPast: Starting to be revealed as of "Hermanos". All we know for certain is that he is Chilean, and did something down there to make Don Eladio spare his life. The Chilean government has no record of his being born or living in that country, and Mike's investigations have turned up nothing.
* OhCrap: Right before he dies.
* [[OnceKilledAManWithANoodleImplement Once Killed a Man with a Box Cutter]]
* OnlyBadGuysCallTheirLawyers: Plays this straight when he's asked questions for a police investigation by the DEA.
* OutGambitted: By Walt in season 4's finale.
* PlayingBothSides: Plays the US and Mexican governments against the Mexican cartel to seize control of the West Coast meth trade. Also pulls this by telling the Cousins that they can kill Hank in place of Walter since he actually shot Tuco, but then proceeds to anonymously tip Hank so that he can get the jump on them and take them out of the equation.
* PerfectPoison: Uses the same bottle of tequila to dispatch Don Eladio and all his captains at once.
* TheQuietOne: Is very soft spoken, calm, and collected even in the most stressful situations.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Can be, at first. Prefers to motivate his employees and only uses fear as a last resort.
* RevengeBeforeReason: One of the main reasons for his war against the Mexican cartel is his desire for revenge. This turns out to be his FatalFlaw in the season 4 finale when he chooses to kill Hector himself, ignoring his DangerouslyGenreSavvy side.
* TheStoic: Not even the terror-inducing Salamanca Cousins scare him at all.
** NotSoStoic: Seconds before his death, his calm exterior finally crumbles into confusion and panic.
* SignatureMove: Straightening his tie / changing his clothes in a dramatic fashion in general.
* StepfordSmiler
* TranquilFury: Especially in "Box Cutter".
* TwoFaced: By Hector's bomb in "Face Off". The camera focuses on his uninjured side -- the 'legitimate' fast food mogul which everyone sees -- and slowly pans around to his disfigured side (representing the blood-soaked meth dealer).
* TheUnfettered: Obsessed with avenging Max's death, and not above harming innocents along the way,
* UnflinchingWalk: Into a hail of sniper bullets. And again in his death scene.
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Gus, well respected owner of the Los Pollos Hermanos chain of chicken restaurants who publicly supports the DEA at fundraisers.
* WhosLaughingNow: The Mexican cartel killed Gus' partner and mocks him about it. He ends up killing all of them.
* YouHaveFailedMe: Initially, he appears to be a nicer, stabler person than other druglords Walt and Jesse have encountered, but when Victor screws up and is seen leaving Gale's apartment after possibly leaving evidence there, he shows himself to be just as willing as Tuco to violently dispose of an employee who has become a liability.
** Later on after Walt nearly takes Hank to the location of his manufacturing business for investigation, despite Walter managing to avoid confrontation by staging an accident, Gus loses it and has Tyrus abduct Walter outside of Jesse's house, has him taken out to the desert, and fires him, warning him about approaching Jesse or his labs again while telling him that Hank was going to die for his meddling as well as threatening the lives of Walt's family if he tried anything to prevent the assassination. One of few moments he has ever raised his voice beyond his usual cool and collective tone.
!!Mike Ehrmantraut
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"No more half measures, Walter."'']]
->'''Played By''': Jonathan Banks
->''"I promise you this: Either we're all going home or none of us are. Now settle down."''
Gus' number one hitman, investigator, and all around problem fixer. Extremely loyal to Gus. Gets along with Walt at first, but stops liking Walt as Walt does more stuff that threatens to ruin their operation. Then he starts to develop a mild respect (or even affection) for Jesse. Despite his horrific profession, Mike at least acts like a decent person and loves his granddaughter.
* TheAce: Pulls off all assignments given to him by Gus flawlessly.
* AFatherToHisMen: His partnership with Jesse is an example. He threatens Walt for calling the police on Tyrus on a stakeout and he gets very serious with Lydia for suggesting they murder the employees of Gus' operation to prevent them from talking. [[spoiler: Mike even goes as far as to compensate their hazard pay himself, by restarting a meth operation with Walt, to honour a deal and keep them from talking.]]
* AffablyEvil: A nice guy and a loving grandfather, but he'll kill you without hesitation if it's his job.
* [[spoiler:AlasPoorVillain]]: At the end of "Say My Name".
* AntiVillain: Type I. He's an incredibly efficient assassin who stops at nothing to carry out his job, but he [[NothingPersonal hardly ever holds any ill will towards his targets]], and is a pretty decent guy when he's not on the job.
* [[spoiler:AnyoneCanDie: A direct victim of Walt's "empire building"]]
* AscendedExtra: Seen once in the season 2 finale, seemingly as a simple PI for Saul, but his role grows in importance as it's revealed that he's actually Gus's primary enforcer.
* AvengingTheVillain: He initially returns in the 5th season to shoot Walter when he gets the news that Gus Fring is dead. Jesse talks him out of it.
* {{Badass}}
** BadassGrandpa: Is a grandfather.
* BaldOfAwesome
* BaldOfEvil
* BeingPersonalIsntProfessional: Mike handles this trope perfectly. It's only Walter that causes him to subvert it when he gets on Mike's temper.
* BerserkButton: Domestic abusers were his when he was a cop.
* ChekhovsGunman
* CleanUpCrew: For both Saul and Gus.
* ConsummateProfessional
* CoolOldGuy
* DeadPartner: "You are not the guy. You're not capable of being the guy. I had a guy but now I don't. You are not the guy." He's possibly referring to Victor.
* DeadpanSnarker
* TheDragon: Seemingly, to Gus.
** [[spoiler:DragonAscendant: He reluctantly becomes Walt's partner after Gus' death.]]
* EmptyShell: Jonathon Banks describes Mike as having lost his soul but at the same time being fearless and goal driven.
* EnigmaticMinion: To a point. Despite his dedication to Gus, he is still a man that is hard to predict.
* [[EvenEvilHasStandards Even Anti-Villainy Has Standards]]: Draws the line at killing innocent civilians.
* [[spoiler:FaceDeathWithDignity: After he gets fatally shot by Walt, he gets out of his car, crawls away, and sits down to watch the sunset over a river. When Walt catches up with him, and tries to apologize, Mike tells him to shut up and let him die in peace.]]
* FaceHeelTurn: Had one years before the start of the series. See StartOfDarkness below.
* [[spoiler:FamousLastWords[=/=]PrecisionFStrike: "Shut the fuck up, and let me die in peace."]]
* {{Foil}}: To Walt. Season 5 reveals that Mike has a considerable amount of money stashed away in his granddaughter's name, making him and Walt two men committing crimes for their families. However, Mike's professionalism and caution allows his work life and home life to remain separate, while Walt's family has become horribly entangled in the meth business. And Mike's emotional stability has allowed him to retain an excellent relationship with his granddaughter and presumably her mother as well, while Walt is emotionally isolated from his family.
* HonestAdvisor
* JackBauerInterrogationTechnique: Threatens Saul with this in the season 3 finale.
--> '''Mike:''' Don't make me beat you 'till your legs don't work.
* KnowsAGuyWhoKnowsAGuy: Saul admits that Mike has even more connections than himself, explaining to Walt that Mike gives Saul most of his connections and planning a hit on Gus would be "epic fail" because it would go through Mike first. In the 5th season, Mike is easily able to [[spoiler: cover distribution for a meth operation without a question from Walter, Jesse or Saul.]]
* LawmanGoneBad: His backstory involving his StartOfDarkness and NoodleIncident.
* MoralityPet: His granddaughter, and arguably Jesse to a certain extent.
* NoodleIncident: His career as a almost 10 year Philadelphia police officer ended under "dramatic" circumstances.
* OlderSidekick: To Gus.
* OutOfCharacterMoment: Jonathan Banks considers the moment where [[spoiler:Mike abandons his granddaughter at the playground to escape the police]] to be something Mike never would have done, but didn't protest out of respect for the writers and producers.
* PerpetualFrowner: Anytime he's not with his granddaughter, his default expression is a weary scowl that rarely ever leaves his face.
* PragmaticVillainy: In "Half Measures", he didn't go through with Walt's plan to have Jesse thrown in jail because it would've upset Gus.
* PrivateDetective
* PunchClockVillain
* PutOnABus: After he's shot in Mexico in season 4, it's stated he'll have to stay at the medical tent Gus had set up to recover for at least a week. This cleverly allowed the writers to take out his boss while [[spoiler:leaving him alive]] to [[TheBusCameBack return in season 5]].
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Gives one to Walt [[spoiler:during their last encounter.]]
* [[spoiler:{{Retirony}}]]
* [[spoiler:SacrificialLion: Walt kills him simply because Mike refuses to give him information that Walt could have easily gotten from Lydia, and thus just because Walt is too pissed off to act rationally. Mike's death signals how just far Walt has fallen. If Walt had even a slight chance at redemption after all his previous evil, he just blew it.]]
* SeenItAll: The only events in the series that ''shock'' him are Walt putting a hit on Gale, Gus killing Victor with a box cutter and Gus' death.
* StartOfDarkness: Described to Walt in the episode "Half Measure". Mike used to be a cop. He once gave a repeatedly abusive husband an intimidating warning rather than killing him. Later on, the man beat his wife to death, and that's when Mike decided to never take a half measure again.
* TheStoic: Mike's too world-weary to get worked up over anything. He reacts to most problems with mild irritation.
** NotSoStoic: There are a few times where Mike has been pushed far enough to react with real rage. Like when Walt killed Gus and he [[spoiler: prematurely checked himself out of the makeshift Mexican hospital to race back to New Mexico to kill Walt]], or when Walt followed him to a bar and asked him to kill Gus.
* TitleDrop: For the episode "Half Measure".
* TraumaCongaLine: Lately, life has sucked for Mike:
** His boss gets killed and [[spoiler:he loses his comfortable job]].
** His boss's slush fund is seized, meaning both the two million dollar inheritance he left for his granddaughter and the hazard pay to buy off his nine incarcerated men are gone.
** He is forced to go against his better judgement and work with Walt, who he regards as a ticking time bomb.
** Pressure from the DEA forces him to retire with a five million dollar buyout.
** [[spoiler:The DEA busts his lawyer and seizes his money ''again'', and now he has no way of paying off his men or supporting his granddaughter.]]
** [[spoiler:His lawyer tricks him into revealing his present location, a playground he took his granddaughter to, to the police. Mike has to exit his granddaughter's life without saying goodbye.]]
** [[spoiler:When he finally tells Walt ''exactly'' what he thinks of him and explains how he is responsible for basically ruining his life, he gets shot and killed.]]
** [[spoiler:Even in death, Mike can't catch a break. His body is chemically disincorporated by Walt and Todd.]]
* UndyingLoyalty: To Gus.
!!Tyrus Kitt
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->'''Played By''': Ray Campbell
Tyrus Kitt was a prominent enforcer of Gustavo Fring, and was the replacement for Victor.
* BaldOfEvil
* FailedASpotCheck: Sent into Casa Tranquila ahead to make sure it's safe, he fails to notice the bomb strapped to Tio Hector's wheelchair, resulting in the deaths of both him and Gus.
* {{Jerkass}}: Sure, a lot of the mean things he does can be chalked up to "just doing his job", but not even extending his hand to pass Jesse a phone and instead making him pull it from his hand? This places him firmly under this trope.
* TheQuietOne: Even more taciturn than Mike or Gus, which is saying something.
* ReplacementGoldfish: He's Gus's replacement for Victor.
* ScaryBlackMan
!!Victor
->'''Played By''': Jeremiah Bitsui
Victor was a prominent enforcer of Gustavo Fring alongside Mike Ehrmantraut. Little was revealed about him.
* BaldOfEvil
* BlofeldPloy: Ends up on the receiving end of this in the season 4 premiere.
* TheGenericGuy: Seems to mostly exist to be another generic mook of Gus's to be around and do things that Mike can't or it wouldn't make sense for him to do.
* IdiotBall: "We ain't missing no cook"
* KnowNothingKnowItAll: When he tries to cook a batch after Gale's death to prove to Gus he can be the cook. He arrogantly claims that he's perfectly capable of following the formula.
* LeaveNoWitnesses: Gus kills him because he was seen breaking into Gale's apartment.
* SlashedThroat: Courtesy of Gus.
* SmallNameBigEgo: He thought he could cook Walter's meth by simply having observed his steps to the cook. Walter mocked him and Gus thought even less of the idea...
* SmugSnake: Particularly when he's trying to impress Gus with his cooking despite clearly not being up to the job.
* TheStoic: Like many of Gus' henchmen, he remains cold and non-expressive.
* TheQuietOne: Not as much as Tyrus, and he talks a little more in his final appearance.
!!Gale Boetticher
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Yes, I am a nerd."'']]
->'''Played By''': David Costibale
->''"Consenting adults want what they want. At least with me they’re getting exactly what they pay for."''
Another meth cooker that Gus forces Walt to replace Jesse with. Walt and Gale get along well, but in reality Gus is using Gale to learn how Walt cooks his meth so he can dispose of Walt and Jesse and replace them with Gale, who is a lot more manageable.
* {{Adorkable}}
* AffablyEvil: He is fully aware of what he does, but thinks that, since his product is much purer than anyone else's, it can be considered as NecessaryEvil - addicts will find their dealers anyway. At least, with his meth, they will actually have what they buy. He is also one of the nicest guy in the show.
* AmbiguouslyGay: There's hints of this; Gale likes Mexican opera music and his apartment is well decorated, but it's never really explored further than this so he may just be CampStraight.
* AintTooProudToBeg: ''"You don't have to do this."''
* BadBoss: Was a victim of one in the form of none other than Walt and Jesse themselves.
* BackForTheDead
* BoomHeadshot
** PrettyLittleHeadshots
* CampStraight
* ForScience: Gale is more interested in having a dream lab and a good partner than the actual consequences of his actions. Addicts are going to get their meth from somewhere, so why not give them the best? He approaches coffee-making with the same incredible precision.
* GoshDarnItToHeck
* HollywoodNerd
-->'''Gale:''' Yes. I am a nerd.
* NiceGuy
* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: The season 4 premiere reveals in a {{Flashback}} that his dedication to making the best meth possible in Gus' lab is what inspired Gus to hire Walt. Which didn't work out to well for him in the end.
* PutOnABus: After all of three episodes. He does come back in the finale of season 3. Too bad that it was for the dead.
* ReplacementScrappy: InUniverse: Gale is more competent than Jesse by any definition of the word, but Walt comes to resent Gale because he answers to Gus and is too submissive for Walt to enjoy manipulating.
* SacrificialLamb: Exists primarily to provide a relatively innocent victim to show how much Walt has had to compromise his morals.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: While he's relatively important even with the small amount of screen time, it turns out that he's been an UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom even in death. He affects the plot in a major way at least three times by being the factor that made Gus hire Walt in the first place, driving the plot of season 3; his death and his notes inspire Hank to investigate Gus Fring in season 4; [[spoiler:and his gift is what finally does Walt in at the end of season 5, part 1.]]
!!Chris Mara
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->'''Played By''': Christopher King
One of Gus's henchmen.
* TheBrute: For Gus and later Lydia. He isn't as incredibly competent as Mike, but he'll do for some thug work in a pinch.
* TheDanza: Played by Christopher King.
* TheDriver: For Gus.
* KilledMidSentence: By Mike.
* MuggingTheMonster: Hired by Lydia to kill Mike along with the other 9 guys from the list. Needless to say, he's unsuccessful.
!!Dennis Markowski
->'''Played By''': Mike Batayeh
The manager of Gus's laundromat.
* BaldOfEvil
* [[spoiler:KillItWithFire: In a spectacularly grisly fashion, he's burned to death by the Aryans.]]
** [[spoiler:HeKnowsTooMuch: Killed because he knows who Heisenberg is.]]
!!The Rival Dealers
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->'''Played By:''' Mike Seal and Antonio Leyba
The "Rival Dealers" are two street-level crystal meth dealers who call shots for a street-gang that controls Gus Fring's turf in Albuquerque.
* BaldOfEvil: One of them.
* BoomHeadshot: How Walt kills Dealer #1.
* CarFu: How Walt kills Dealer #2.
* EvilMentor: To Tomás.
* TattooedCrook: The bald one has tattoos on his arms, his neck and the back of his head.
* TheVoiceless: They never speak a single word of dialogue.
* ThoseTwoBadGuys: Always seen together.
* WouldHurtAChild: Murder Tomás, possibly on Gus' orders.
!!Tomás Cantillo
->'''Played By:''' Angelo Martinez
Tomás Cantillo was an 11 year-old boy who worked for a local gang of drug dealers in his neighborhood. He is the younger brother of Andrea.
* ChekhovsGunman: His murder of Combo later resurfaces and leads to escalating tensions with Gus, and basically the plot of the entire fourth season.
* StuffedIntoTheFridge: His off-screen death serves to motivate the killing of the rival dealers, and in turn Walt's conflict with Gus.
* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior
* WeHardlyKnewYe
!!Dan Wachsberger
->'''Played By''': Chris Freihofer
The lawyer for Mike's 9 guys, and manager of their legacy money.
* AmoralAttorney
* DecoyLeader: Pretends to take on Mike as a paralegal, but in reality does nothing but sit and listen to music while Mike does the talking.
* DramaticIrony: [[spoiler:As he's stabbed to death, he's talking to his own lawyer on the phone.]]
* OhCrap: Has this reaction upon seeing Gomez and two other DEA agents enter the vault.
!!Dr. Barry Goodman
->'''Played By''': JB Blanc
The head doctor hired by Gustavo Fring as part of an emergency medical crew he had stationed in Mexico.
* TheMedic
!!Duane Chow
->'''Played By''': James Ning
A Chinese businessman who owns a chemical manufacturing company that supplies Gus's operation. He's first rescued from Mike while being held hostage by the Juarez Cartel. Later on, after Gus's death, he comes under investigation by the DEA.
* BoomHeadshot: How Chris disposed of him.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Owns the Golden Moth Chemical company, which supplies Gus with his methalymine.
* {{Fingore}}: Shot in the hand by Mike for not warning Gus that he was being held captive by the cartel.
* StuffedInTheFridge
!!Maximino "Max" Arciniega
->'''Played By''': James Martinez
Maximino "Max" Arciniega was a close associate of Gus Fring and co-founder of the Los Pollos Hermanos franchise. He held advanced degrees in biochemistry and chemical engineering. Gus and Max were very close. Max's education was financed by Gus after Gus rescued him from the slums of Santiago.
* AmbiguouslyGay: Stated to be a valid interpretation of Max and Gus' relationship.
* ChekhovsGunman: His name gets dropped earlier in the same episode in which he appears.
* TheLostLenore: For Gus.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: Avenging his death is the primary motivation behind Gus's character.
* ShoutOut: Shares a name with the actor who played Krazy 8 back in the first season.
* TheSmartGuy: He knows the science, while Gus knows the business.
!!Los Pollos Security Team
"Corporate security" for Los Pollos Hermanos, these guys were Mike's trusted employees who were promised hazard pay should Gus be killed. Despite Mike's assurances that they were loyal, [[spoiler:Lydia and eventually Walt wanted to have them all killed before they said anything to the DEA about the meth operations.]]
The security team consisted of Jack [=McGann=], Andrew Holt, Anthony Perez, Isaac Conley, William Moniz, Raymond Martinez, and Harris Boivin. [[spoiler:All seven of them were killed in jail by the Aryan Brotherhood along with their lawyer Dan Wachsberger, laundry manager Dennis Markowski, and Madrigal foreman Ron Forenall.]]
* [[BaldOfEvil Balds Of Evil]]: [=McGann=] and Moniz.
* [[BeardOfEvil Beards Of Evil]]: [=McGann=] and Perez.
* [[spoiler:KickTheSonOfABitch: Sure, their murders were horrific and grisly, and continued to solidify Walt as completely ruthless, but they were still thugs who would've murdered Walt and his entire family before they had gotten caught.]]
* [[ScaryBlackMan Scary Black Men]]: Presumably both [=McGann=] and Moniz, even if we didn't get to see much of them outside jail.
* [[spoiler:HeKnowsTooMuch: The reason why Lydia and later Walt want them killed.]]
* [[spoiler:ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: How the Aryans dispose of them seems awfully over the top, much like everything else the Aryans do.]]
