History Characters / BreakingBadOtherCivilians

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: If she hadn't blackmailed Walt, he may not have come over and shaken Jesse while the two of them were nodded out, thus causing her to roll onto her back. Even if he had, Walter likely wouldn't have let her die just for being a bad influence on Jessie alone.

[[Characters/BreakingBadWaltsFamily Walt's Family]] ([[Characters/BreakingBadWalterWhite Walter White]]), [[Characters/BreakingBadHeisenbergsEmpire Heisenberg's Empire]] ([[Characters/BreakingBadJessePinkman Jesse Pinkman]], [[Characters/BreakingBadSaulGoodman Saul Goodman]]), [[Characters/BreakingBadDEAAndPolice DEA and Police]], [[Characters/BreakingBadJuarezCartel Juarez Cartel]], [[Characters/BreakingBadSalamancaFamily Salamanca Family]] ([[Characters/BreakingBadHectorSalamanca Hector Salamanca]]), [[Characters/BreakingBadLosPollosHermanos Los Pollos Hermanos]] ([[Characters/BreakingBadGustavoFring Gustavo Fring]], [[Characters/BreakingBadMikeEhrmantraut Mike Ehrmantraut]]), [[Characters/BreakingBadMadrigalElectromotive Madrigal Electromotive]], [[Characters/BreakingBadAryanBrotherhood Aryan Brotherhood]], [[Characters/BreakingBadOtherCriminals Other Criminals]], '''Other Civilians'''-]]]]]

* BlackmailIsSuchAnUglyWord: Zigzagged. When Walt asks about the purpose of Jane's call over Jesse's money, she insists that it is doing right by Jesse and "getting off your ass and being a decent human being." After Walt starts ranting about how she contacted him through his and Skyler's number and if Jane herself should talk about moral decency given she and Jesse are just going to use that money [[{{Hypocrite}} to buy more heroin]], ordering them to get clean first before he sends in that money, she drops all pretense and relents to saying it's blackmail with what she knows about him.

* PetTheDog: He acts extremely gracious and emotional upon receiving Walt's gift of a noodle pack, likely to save his old friend from the embarrassment of bringing such a humble present while other people bring him things like Eric Clapton's guitar.

* TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth: [[spoiler: At the end, Andrea was a good person who wanted to get her life together and create an even better one for her son Brock. But all because of Walter, she unknowingly got caught up in his web which resulted in her death at the hands of the Neo Nazis.]]

* NoodleIncident: Something happened between her and Walt that led to their breakup and his leaving Grey Matter. Walt views whatever happened as her and Elliot's MoralEventHorizon.
** [[spoiler:WordOfGod explained after the show's run that Gretchen and Elliott did nothing to Walt. While they were dating, Gretchen invited Walt to spend the Fourth of July at her home and he felt intimidated by her family's wealth. Not willing to be with someone he felt inferior to, he immediately broke up with her without giving her a reason and impulsively sold his company stocks and research to her for $5000. It was only after Gray Matters became a billion-dollar company did he start to twist the facts and accuse her of "stealing" his research.]]

* EvilFormerFriend: Averted, but Walt sees him as this. Walt believes that Elliott "betrayed" him, stole his girlfriend, and made the fortune that should have been Walt's. In reality, Elliott seems like a pleasant enough guy who's willing to pay for Walt's treatments. [[spoiler:It's possible this is more a case of DownplayedTrope than an outright aversion, as in "Granite State" Elliott goes on TV and marginalizes his former colleague's contributions to his company after Walt goes into hiding. As noted above, though, this isn't entirely unreasonable behavior for the owner of a large company trying to do damage control in light of the discovery that one of its founders was an acquaintance of one of the most wanted men in America. In addition, it's revealed that the whole "stole his girlfriend" is BlatantLies as Walt broke up with Gretchen and sold his shares simply because he felt insecure around her family and wanted to cut bridges without telling anyone.]]

* WeUsedToBeFriends: To say Walt feels acrimonious to Elliott is an understatement.

* {{Jerkass}}: They often come off as this, being overbearing and self-righteous parents who pass judgment on Jesse and badmouth him behind his back (and occasionally in his face, which they don't like seeing) but do little to help him solve his problems in an active way. They also kick him out of his aunt's house. Jesse also mentions that his mother did nothing for her own sick sister Ginny who was dying of cancer.

* NoNameGiven: Jesse's Mom is only ever referred to as Mrs. Pinkman. Eventually subverted in ‘’Film/ElCamino’’, where her first name is revealed to be Diane.

** Diane shows honest concern for Walt when Hank comes looking for him as she remembers that Walt tried hard to get through to Jesse and reluctantly provides him with information to assist him in finding Walt when Hank had no power to make her do anything.
** In El Camino they both show honest concern for Jesse. On the news, they urge him to turn himself in but you can tell it's out of concern for his safety.
* ParentsAsPeople: Both of them seem to generally not like Jesse for reasons other than him being an addict, although it does seem to be a big part of it, likely him being an underachiever. They're also helicopter parents to Jake, paying attention to his achievements but not engaging with him personally. As a result, both Jake and Jesse consider each other 'the favorite'.
* PutOnABus: Justified. Once Jesse buys back his aunt's house, he doesn't want anything more to do with them. The feeling is mutual so they cease to be present in the narrative. Until their return in ''Film/ElCamino''.

* ForWantOfANail: Jane's death derails him utterly; he doesn't even have the energy to blame Jesse and he inadvertently kills nearly 200 people.

* BlackmailIsSuchAnUglyWord: Zigzagged. When Walt asks about the purpose of Jane's call over Jesse's money, she insists that it is doing right by Jesse and "getting off your ass and being a decent human being." After Walt starts ranting about how she contacted him and Skyler, and how he intends to only send the money to Jesse if both of them get clean and at a time he sees fit, she drops all pretense and says it's blackmail with what she knows about him.

* NotTheIntendedUse: She's Skylar's lawyer, but Skylar treats her more like a therapist and dumps loads of familial baggage on her. Pamela even calls Skylar out on this, telling her that she's half as qualified and twice as expensive as an actual therapist.