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| “ | Dude, you're my hero and shit. | „ |
| ~ Skinny Pete's final words to Jesse Pinkman. |
| “ | I don't know what to tell you I ain't said, like, five hundred times already. I have no idea where he is. Don't know where he's headed either. North, south, west, east, Mexico, the moon? I don't have a clue. But yo, even if I did, I wouldn't tell you! 'Cause I've been watchin' the news, same as everybody else. I seen that little cage of his they kept him in. I heard about what all they did to him to make sure he kept cookin'. So, sorry. I don't know what to tell you. No way I'm helpin' you people put Jesse Pinkman back inside a cage! | „ |
| ~ Skinny Pete to the police. |
Peter "Skinny Pete" is a supporting character in the crime drama series Breaking Bad and its 2019 sequel film El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie.
He is a petty criminal and drug addict (later reformed), and also a close friend of Jesse Pinkman, Badger and Combo. Despite his involvement in the drug trade, he has a heart of gold and is an exceptionally loyal friend to Jesse.
He eventually becomes a low-level meth distributor in Walter White's drug empire, and following its collapse, helps Jesse devise an escape plan to Alaska after his torture at the hands of the Neo-Nazis.
He was portrayed by Charles Baker.
Biography[]
Breaking Bad[]
Season 1[]
Skinny Pete, having served time with Tuco Salamanca in Los Lunas state prison, introduces Jesse Pinkman to Tuco to sell he and Walter White's meth. After Tuco violently assaults Jesse, Pete takes him to the hospital and informs Walter about the attack.
Season 2[]
Following Tuco's death in a shootout with Hank Schrader, Walter and Jesse launch their meth operation, with Jesse overseeing street distribution. He recruits Skinny Pete, along with friends Combo and Badger, as dealers. When some junkies (Spooge and his lady) steal from Pete, a rumor spreads that Jesse retaliated by crushing a junkie’s head with an ATM, which helps protect Pete's reputation despite the theft.
When Combo is murdered by a rival gang and Badger is arrested, Pete quits the drug game out of fear and remorse, and tells Jesse he’s lost his street cred after it’s revealed Jesse didn’t kill the junkie.
During a four-day cooking session in the RV, Jesse calls Pete for a ride back home, but gives the wrong directions, and when the phone battery dies, they’re stranded again.
Season 3[]
Despite hesitation at first, Skinny Pete resumes dealing after Jesse begins skimming meth from Gustavo Fring's superlab. Pete and Badger attend Jesse's Narcotics Anonymous meetings, pretending to be in recovery, while promoting the blue meth. However, both soon commit to the 12-step program and can’t bring themselves to sabotage others’ recovery.
Season 4[]
After killing Gale Boetticher, Jesse’s meth use escalates out of remorse. He pulls Pete and Badger back into the habit, and the three indulge in a days-long party, though even Pete and Badger grow exhausted from the excess.
Season 5[]
Jesse enlists Pete and Badger to acquire large roadie cases for his new mobile meth lab. When they ask to be included in the operation, Jesse hesitates before declining.
Later, Pete and Badger help Walt by posing as "the two best hitmen west of the Mississippi" to intimidate Gretchen and Elliott Schwartz, ensuring Walt's son will receive his money. They also inform Walt that Jesse is still cooking meth, unaware that he’s being held captive and tortured by Jack Welker’s gang.
Post-Breaking Bad[]
In El Camino, Pete and Badger are at Pete's house when Jesse, fresh from his escape from Jack’s compound, arrives in Todd Alquist's El Camino. Pete offers Jesse a safe place to hide and quickly hatches a plan to help him. They swap cars, with Pete taking the El Camino, and Badger driving Pete’s Thunderbird toward the Mexican border to mislead the authorities. Pete explains that he’ll claim they swapped pink slips, as he’s always wanted an El Camino. Jesse leaves in Badger’s Pontiac Fiero, donning Pete’s clothes and taking what remains of the money Walt gave them for scaring Gretchen and Elliott.
Though it’s not shown in the movie, Pete is later interrogated by the DEA after they raid his house. During questioning, Pete insists he has no idea where Jesse went and vows not to help them recapture him. While it’s unclear what ultimately happens to Pete, it’s likely he’s released as he has delivered no useful information.
On November 12, 2010, Francesca Liddy tells Saul Goodman that Jesse’s car was found near the Mexican border where Badger left it, meaning Pete’s plan succeeded, and the authorities now believe Jesse fled to Mexico.
Quotes[]
| “ | Yo, man! I'm Skinny Pete! | „ |
| ~ Skinny insisting he be let into Tuco Salamanca's compound. |
| “ | Got some busted ribs and like that. Got messed up pretty good. I was all like: "Damn, Tuco, chill, ese!" I don't know what got into him, seriously! | „ |
| ~ Skinny informing Walter White after Jesse got beaten up by Tuco. |
| “ | And that's church yo, for real. | „ |
| ~ Skinny Pete talking to Walt. |
| “ | Jesse: Jesus, how the hell do you spell "street" wrong? S-T-R-E-A-T? Skinny Pete: Hey, man, I'm slingin' mad volume and fat stackin' benjis, you know what I'm sayin'? I can't be all about, like, spelling and shit. Jesse: Okay. So they got names? Skinny Pete: Hers is like, I don't know. She's just this woman is all. Him, they call Spooge. Jesse: Spooge? Not Mad Dog, Not Diesel? So lemme get this straight, you got jacked by a guy named Spooge? |
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| ~ Skinny talking to Jesse. |
| “ | And you should've seen the coffin. It was like this shiny white pearlescence, like I'm pretty sure I seen the exact same paint job on a Lexus, right? So we're definitely talking high end. | „ |
| ~ Skinny Pete describing Combo's funeral. |
| “ | Jesse: What's the point of being an outlaw when you got responsibilities? Badger: Darth Vader had responsibilities. He was responsible for the Death Star. Skinny Pete: True that. Two of them bitches. |
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| ~ Jesse, Badger, and Skinny Pete. |
| “ | Skinny Pete: What do you think all those sparkles and shit are? Transporters are breaking you apart right down to your molecules and bones. They're makin' a copy. That dude who comes out on the other side? He's not you. He's a color Xerox. Badger: So you're telling me every time Kirk went into the transport he was killing himself? So over the whole series, there was, like, 147 Kirks? Skinny Pete: At least. Dude, no, why do you think McCoy never liked to beam nowhere? 'Cause he's a doctor, bitch! Look it up, it's science! |
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| ~ Skinny Pete and Badger talking about Star Trek. |
| “ | Right on Jesse, passing the torch. | „ |
| ~ Skinny Pete after learning Jesse was still cooking meth from Walt. |
| “ | Skinny Pete: Badger drives my T-Bird two-three hundred miles away and ditches it. Think you'll be headin' to Mexico? Jesse: No, not Mexico. Skinny Pete: Right on, even better. Leave it near the border. Hide it, kinda'? But, yo, don't hide it so good the cops can't find it. Wipe it down for prints then hitchhike back. Do not let nobody see you in that car! You take Badger's Fiero. Jesse: What about this car? Skinny Pete: It stays right here. Ain't like the cops don't already know where it is. I'll tell 'em you dropped by, the two of us smoked a fat bowl, traded pink slips then you split! I always wanted me an El Camino, and that's church, yo. I'll pass any lie detector they give me. It's what's happenin'. |
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| ~ Skinny's plan to help Jesse escape. |
| “ | That right there is a clown car. No self-respectin' outlaw would get caught dead in that thing. That's why it's perfect, yo. Deep cover. | „ |
| ~ Skinny roasting Badger's car before Jesse takes it himself. |
| “ | Hold up. [Gives Jesse his beanie] Just might keep you from gettin' spotted. Can't hurt, right? | „ |
| ~ Skinny after giving Jesse his beanie, subtly something to remember him by. |
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Trivia[]
- Charles Baker is a classically trained pianist and music major. The writer wrote in a scene of Skinny Pete playing C.P.E. Bach's Solfeggio in C minor on the piano to demonstrate this.
- Skinny Pete is one of three characters (along with Badger and Steve Gomez) to appear in all five seasons, despite not being part of the main cast.
- He and Badger are the only two supporting cast members to appear in and survive all five seasons.
- Skinny Pete is one of the few characters whose last name remains unknown.
- Skinny Pete drives a 1972 Ford Thunderbird.
- Throughout most of El Camino, Jesse wears Skinny Pete's signature hat which he gives to Jesse to help hide, and also to give Jesse something to remember him by.
- This also revealed that he had quite a set of hair underneath his hat, which surprised a lot of fans.
- Despite his appearance, Skinny Pete appears to be the most well off financially among his friends, given his home is well furnished comparatively to Jesse's and Combo's homes.
- In the El Camino DVD and Blu-Ray release, Skinny Pete appears in a deleted scene where he flushes his drugs and prepares his story before the police burst in and arrest him. The scene from the trailer where he refuses to help the police is listed in the Promotional Materials on the disc as Skinny Pete In The Box and is separate from the deleted scenes.
External Links[]
- Skinny Pete on the Breaking Bad Wiki
- Skinny Pete on the Villains Wiki
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