History Memes / BreakingBad

[[MisaimedFandom Despite being a dark and serious program]], ''Series/BreakingBad'' and its spin-offs ''Series/BetterCallSaul'' and ''Film/ElCamino'' have inspired their fair share of comedic goodness. '''There will be spoilers below.'''

* She was a [X] girl, he was a [Y] boy[[labelnote:Explanation]]An image of Jane and Jesse as the "girl" and "boy", being a parody of StarCrossedLovers, with [Y] being a counterpart/alternative to [X], often with things perceived to be opposites.[[/labelnote]]

* Howard and Lalo's cameos in ''Breaking Bad''[[labelnote:Explanation (''Better Call Saul'' spoilers)]] In the ''Series/BetterCallSaul'' episode "[[Recap/BetterCallSaulS6E8PointAndShoot Point and Shoot]]", Lalo Salamanca and Howard Hamlin's bodies are buried in the ground of the superlab's construction site by Mike. This means that all this time, Walt and Jesse have been unknowingly cooking crystal meth over the corpses of these two major characters for two entire seasons of ''Series/BreakingBad''. As such, fans gleefully began to point out the FridgeHorror in various scenes where the superlab appears in the original show, particularly when [[Recap/BreakingBadS3E8ISeeYou Jesse is goofing around when waiting for Walter]]. The entirety of "[[Recap/BreakingBadS3E10Fly Fly]]" also tends to be spoofed, with many fans pretending that the titular housefly is either Howard or Lalo reincarnated, as them haunting Walt and Jesse during the episode's events.[[/labelnote]]

* "BRAVO VINCE"[[labelnote:Explanation]]An offshoot of "[[https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/bravo-nolan Bravo Nolan]]" used to mock the fandom's CreatorWorship of Vince Gilligan, which is applied to ironically praise him for just about everything that happens in both ''Breaking Bad'' or ''Better Call Saul'', even if it's completely nonsensical or things that he would have no control over.[[/labelnote]]

* "Walt during ''Better Call Saul''"[[labelnote:Explanation]]Since ''BCS'' is a prequel to ''Breaking Bad'', fans like to make jokes about Walter White living a relatively mundane life in contrast to whatever drama is going on with the ''BCS'' characters.[[/labelnote]]

* "IS CHARACTER/OBJECT X GAY?" [[labelnote:Explanation]] The copious degree of speculation concerning [[HoYay the exact nature of Gus's relationship with his deceased business partner Max]] prompted an influx of comedic posts on IMDB inquiring about the sexuality of numerous characters in the series, as well as several important intimate objects as well.[[/labelnote]]

* "No more half measures." [[labelnote:Explanation]]Mike's cautionary tale to Walt about dealing with Jesse has become popular. It's also sometimes combined with the "Get your dick out, Waltuh" joke and the accompanying image of Mike frisking Walt(see below) to make it sound like an UnusualEuphemism.[[/labelnote]]

* "[[FunetikAksent Waltuh]]. Put your dick away, Waltuh. I'm not having sex with you right now, Waltuh."[[labelnote:Explanation]]Taken from a [[https://twitter.com/BreakingBadIrny/status/1538899479394279424 Twitter video]], which has been reposted on [=YouTube=] and [=TikTok=] with different variants, such as "[[HoYay Get your dick out, Waltuh]]" superimposed over a screenshot of the scene where Mike frisks Walt in season 5, with the angle making it look like Mike is about to have sex with him. [[/labelnote]]

* Waltuh. [[labelnote:explanation]]Fans frequently have Mike addressing Walt as "Waltuh" due to his gravelly voice [[/labelnote]]

* Saul's mugshot[[labelnote:Explanation]]The scene of Saul having his mugshot taken for breaking into Chuck's house is frequently used as an image in conjunction with memes about people getting incriminated, such as the "the groupchat got leaked" meme.[[/labelnote]]

* "~[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Myt9ybv0IaU Ahh]]~! [[TheImmodestOrgasm AAHHH! OOOH, HOLY MOTHER OF GOD]]!"[[labelnote:explanation]] An outtake of Creator/BryanCranston in character as Walt during the the scene where he reinserts his I.V. back into his arm, making some [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything questionable moaning sounds and exclamations]]. Cue the fleet of incoming jokes about Walt and Skyler's sex life or about Walt having sex with Mike (see above) using this sound bite.[[/labelnote]]

* "I need to see your [[BallsGag balls]]."[[labelnote:Explanation]]A misheard line from a scene where Hector walks into Los Pollos Hermanos and tells Lyle "I need to see your boss." Due to Hector's aforementioned thick Mexican accent, "boss" can be misheard as "[[HehHehYouSaidX balls]]," which combined with Hector being a known womanizer lead to jokes about Hector being a DepravedBisexual or MemeticMolester.[[/labelnote]]

* "I need to see your balls."[[labelnote:Explanation]]A misheard line from a scene where Hector walks into Los Pollos Hermanos and tells Lyle "I need to see your boss." Due to Hector's aforementioned thick Mexican accent, "boss" can be misheard as "[[HehHehYouSaidX balls]]," which combined with Hector being a known womanizer lead to jokes about Hector being a DepravedBisexual or MemeticMolester.[[/labelnote]]

* [[BlatantLies An actual scene in Better Call Saul]][=/=]'''"SOMEBODY STOP THOSE BARKING DOGS!"'''[[labelnote:Explanation]] A clip of Jonathan Banks goofing off in character as Mike loudly complaining about some barking dogs and covering his ears, which fans love to claim is an actual scene from the show because of how out-of-character it is for Mike, in the vein of the "Walter White moaning" clip.[[/labelnote]]

%%* "I need to see your balls."[[labelnote:Explanation]]A misheard line from a scene where Hector walks into Los Pollos Hermanos and tells an employee, "I need to see your boss." Due to Hector's aforementioned thick Mexican accent, "boss" can be misheard as "balls."[[/labelnote]]

* Mike tells you what to do.[[labelnote:Explanation]]Mike has a [[https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/heres-what-youre-gonna-do unique]] speaking style when giving other people instructions, stating what ''should'' happen in a matter-of-fact-like tone. Following [[https://slygirlboy.tumblr.com/post/689548450089549824/wakes-up-aughh-i-dont-wanna-get-up-out-of-bed posts mimicking this]], it became an easily-snowclonable template.[[/labelnote]]
** "Alright, here's what you're gonna do..."[[labelnote:Explanation]]The most notable of these is his instructions to Jimmy [[Recap/BetterCallSaulS3E2Witness when tailing Gus' driver at his restaurant]].[[/labelnote]]
** "Here's what's gonna happen..."[[labelnote:Explanation (spoilers)]]Mike's words preceding advice, like the orders he gives in [[Recap/BetterCallSaulS6E8PointAndShoot Point and Shoot]], coaching Jimmy and Kim on what they should do to help cover up Howard's death.[[/labelnote]]

* "Now here's what you're gonna do."[[labelnote:Explanation]]Since Mike has a habit of giving other characters extremely precise, detailed instructions on how to get themselves out of a jam or just giving them specific marching orders (usually from Gus), using footage of Mike giving instructions is often snowcloned into Mike giving them about something extremely silly, like using a VPN to watch content not available in your country or looking at furry porn without Google sharing the data.[[/labelnote]]

* Did you know that [X] was improvised?[[labelnote:Explanation (franchise-wide spoilers)]]Due to the well-documented amount of WritingByTheSeatOfYourPants, SerendipityWritesThePlot, and ThrowItIn on both shows, fans started claiming absolutely everything on the show actually happened in real life or was improvised, such as Jeremiah Bitsui supposedly jumping in an acid vat in "[[Recap/BreakingBadS4E1BoxCutter Box Cutter]]", Jesse Plemons murdering a child who happened to be nearby while filming "[[Recap/BreakingBadS5E5DeadFreight Dead Freight]]", or Michael Mando actually shooting himself in the head during "[[Recap/BetterCallSaulS6E3RockAndHardPlace Rock and Hard Place]]". It's almost always followed by a declaration of how dedicated the cast and crew were to making a good show.[[/labelnote]]

* “I no longer want to call Saul”. [[labelnote:Explanation]]A frequent joke about how the show made turning into funny lawyer man Saul Goodman a tragedy, and fans were dreading the day when Jimmy would become him.[[/labelnote]]

* "Greatest legal mind I ever knew."[[labelnote:Explanation]]A quote from Howard describing Chuck which has a tendency to either be spammed in GIF form as a NonSequitur, or twisted into a OverlyPrePreparedGag ending with a butchered wordplay of this phrase, such as with the [[https://www.reddit.com/r/okbuddychicanery/comments/wly5zs/jesse_is_worried_about_howard/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share following]] [[https://www.reddit.com/r/okbuddychicanery/comments/wmkmbv/kid_named_minecraft/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share examples]].[[/labelnote]]