History Characters / BetterCallSaulPettyCriminals

* AnOfferYouCantRefuse: Jimmy approaches them with a deal the next time they meet. If they let him sell his phones on their turf, he'll give them kickbacks from every night he sells. After they repeatedly refuse, he sets them up for an ambush and offers a new deal: stop messing with him and tell others about his services, or ''else''.

* DitzyGenuis: More so than Walter White. Daniel is smart enough to work in the IT Department of a pharmaceutical company but is ''painfully'' naive to the dangers of the drug trade.

See [[Characters/BreakingBadSalamancaFamily Breaking Bad: Salamanca Family]].

[[Characters/BreakingBadJessePinkman See his page]].

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

* HateSink: He is a despicable man who has zero remorse for taking advantage of a naive father buying his story that his son is sick, conned him for $10 & uses the wolf & sheep philosophy to justify his selfish crimes to Jimmy.

* SmugSnake: When Charles Sr. leaves to fetch some tools to help the Grifter with his non-existent car trouble, this asshole just locks eyes with Jimmy, smirks, and buys two cartons of cigarettes with the money he claimed not to have. He clearly enjoys rubbing his little victory in Jimmy's face. Though he's ''still'' impressed with young Jimmy for spotting his trick from a mile away.

* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: There is no way this simple, small-time conman could have possibly known that the kid whose dad he ripped off and gave some advice to would help contribute to the rise of Walter White.
* WorthyOpponent: Implicitly impressed by Jimmy spotting him being a con-man.

** Nacho likes ripping off thieves because they have no means of recourse and can't report the theft to the police. However, Nacho [[TooDumbToFool underestimated the depths]] of [[TheFool Wormald's stupidity and luck]] when the guy makes the blind, rookie mistake of calling the police for the theft. No, it's not for the stolen money nor the drugs (the theft of the former still sucks and even he's not "stupid" to announce the latter), but for the ''[[MementoMacGuffin baseball cards]]'' -- the idiot genuinely didn't see how one could possibly lead to the rest until it was pointed out and ''confirmed''.

** Nacho likes ripping off thieves because they have no means of recourse and can't report the theft to the police. However, Nacho [[TooDumbToFool underestimated the depths]] of [[TheFool Wormald's stupidity and luck]] when the guy makes the blind, rookie mistake of calling the police for the theft. No, it's not for the stolen money nor the drugs, but for the ''[[MementoMacGuffin baseball cards]]'' -- the idiot genuinely didn't see how one could possibly lead to the rest until it was pointed out and ''confirmed''.

* CanadaEh: Has a Canadian accent. Especially noticeable when he pronounces the word "sorry."

* SuicidalOverconfidence: They seem to be under the impression that they can keep the money and not face any consequences if a good enough lawyer comes along. Considering Craig stole the money by writing checks to himself, checks that the DA has and can prove he cashed, both Jimmy and Kim admit that's impossible despite the Kettleman insistence.

* {{Manchild}}: He's ridiculously naive and foolish as a criminal, and immediately spends his ill-gotten money on a stupidly gaudy car with flame decals, and matching ''sneakers'', and doesn't think for a second this might be suspicious to anyone. When his house is robbed, he ''calls the police'' and is dumb enough to think they wouldn't immediately get suspicious about his car, that the police calling him into the station for a few additional questions is just them being "very dedicated" to catching the crooks, and loudly whines about it when Mike tells him not to fall for the bait, even screaming "No, no no!" at one point.

* ConspicuousConsumption: Later seen proudly driving a massive luxury vehicle with chrome spinning rims. [[SuspiciousSpending He has no idea why this is a problem]].

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* {{Foil}}: To Chuck. Chuck is a man of high legal principles, someone who has worked hard all his life and used his position as a high-powered attorney to help people while refusing to take moral shortcuts. Marco is a low-life and a con man who has barely worked a day in his life and mostly spends his free days at the bar drinking himself into a stupor. [[spoiler: Yet, when push comes to shove, it is Marco who proves the true and honest friend to Jimmy while Chuck always has and always will look down on his brother as 'Slippin' Jimmy', providing the final push for Jimmy to free himself from his brother's influence once and for all. And while Marco is genuinely happy that Jimmy was able to create a new career for himself as a lawyer, Chuck couldn't stand seeing his brother become legitimately successful.]]

* FemaleMisogynist: Betsy loathes Kim for simply being honest with her and her husband, the in-character commentary for “Bingo” has her think she should be punished for smoking, and is also quick to assume that “awful woman with the ponytail” is a coke addict.

* HypocrisyNod:
-->'''Betsy''': ''[after finding out [[spoiler:Jimmy is threatening with the actual money]]]'' You thief!\\
'''Jimmy''': ''[apathetic]'' Takes one to know one.

* NeverMyFault / ItsAllAboutMe: The Kettlemans, Betsy especially, are extremely entitled people who go to ridiculous lengths to deflect responsibility for their actions. [[spoiler:When they are interviewed for a documentary show as Jimmy's former clients, they go out of their way to portray themselves as Jimmy's victims.]]

* AmbiguouslyGay: In the post-con scene that starts "Hero", he looks at Jimmy with the same heart eyes that Kim often gives, and the Insider Podcast for "Breaking Bad" called both Jimmy/Marco and Jimmy/Kim a love story. He also makes it clear that he never got married when Jimmy asks.

* ChekhovsGunman: He's a small time dealer of pharmaceuticals that he lifts from his pharmacy job, and he's seemingly only there for us to see the start of Mike's path to becoming Gus Fring's top enforcer. There is the plot of his baseball card collection, which creates a problem that both Mike and Gus have to solve. But his role in the story seems to have ended for good after he's PutOnABus. It's when Nacho devises a plan to exploit Hector's health problems that he realizes that Wormand is actually the perfect resource to put that plan into motion. He needs Wormald to obtain empty samples of the same pill capsules used for Hector's medication.

* ChekhovsGunman: He's a small time dealer of pharmaceuticals that he lifts from his pharmacy job, and he's seemingly only there for us to see the start of Mike's path to becoming Gus Fring's top enforcer. There is the plot of his baseball card collection, which creates a problem that both Mike and Gus have to solve. But his role in the story seems to have ended for good after he's PutOnABus. It's when Nacho devises a plan to exploit Hector's health problems that he realizes that Wormald is actually the perfect resource to put that plan into motion. He needs Wormald to obtain empty samples of the same pill capsules used for Hector's medication.

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

!!Ira
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!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/FrancRoss
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Series/BreakingBad'' | ''Series/BetterCallSaul''

A burglar that Jimmy enlists to help him steal a Hummel figurine.

* AffablyEvil: Ira is an experienced criminal, but he's also a pretty affable guy who can generally be trusted.
* AscendedExtra: Though he still isn't a major player, he has far more screen-time in ''Better Call Saul'' than ''Breaking Bad''.
* TheBusCameBack: He hasn't exactly "come back" due to the prequel nature of the show, but Ira does figure in Jimmy's future as the owner of Vamonos Pest.
* ButtMonkey: Downplayed, but Ira doesn't exactly have the easiest time stealing that Hummel figurine. What ''should'' have been a quick and easy snatch-n'-grab turns into something ''much'' less pleasant when Neff, the guy he was hired to rob, ends up sleeping in his own office because his wife kicked him out. As a result, poor Ira is forced to hide under his desk, listening to him argue with his wife, play self-help tapes ad nauseam, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking play solitaire in actual solitaire]], with the slowly accumulating hours likely feeling like ''days.''
* HonorAmongThieves: The Hummel figurine he stole at Jimmy's behest ended up selling for a lot more than what Jimmy had estimated. Ira could have pocketed the difference without Jimmy ever knowing or even suspecting, but he still split the take evenly.
* PetTheDog: Splits the take evenly in response to Jimmy's PetTheDog moment of rescuing him.
* SavedByCanon: He returns in ''Breaking Bad'' as the owner of Vamonos Pest, so he'll survive this show.

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!!Scott "Scotty" Blakey
!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Joey Folsom

A criminal who violated the terms of his probation.

* AFoolForAClient: He makes the mistake of representing himself in court. He doesn't know to announce himself when proceedings begin.
* UnderdressedForTheOccasion: He doesn't grasp that looking presentable would help bring the court in his favor, showing up in a blazer over casual clothes instead of more formal attire.
* UngratefulBastard: Despite getting a very generous plea deal, he doesn't bother to fulfill his community service requirement, and he's openly resentful when called on it in court.

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!!David Estrada
!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Johnathan Nives

One of Kim's first clients she takes on while doing public defender work.
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* UngratefulBastard: He could have been sentenced to eighteen months in jail, but Kim managed to knock that down to four months probation when she noticed a procedural error in the arrest. Despite being spared all jail time, Estrada's first reaction was to whine about having to deal with a probation officer.

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