Wednesday, October 9, 2013

The Pink Teddy Bear

The first topic ill touch upon is one that Breaking Bad fans everywhere will love: thats right, you guessed it: the pink teddy bear. Because i would wish Breaking Bad spoiled upon my worst enemy, I'm going to throw this up. "SPOILER ALERT"


The pink teddy bear is arguably the most well known case of symbolism in the history of breaking bad. First, lets lay out everything the bear is allegedly linked to:
1. Foreshadowing of the plane accident
2. Foreshadowing of Gus Fringe's death
3. Death or Doom in general


Lets start with the Plane crash. The pink teddy bear is shown in flash-forwards in four different episodes during season two. Put the names of the episodes that the teddy bear was shown, in order, this is what you get: "Seven Thirty-Seven Down Over ABQ". I gotta say, this is yet another example of a long list of awesome shit Vince Gilligan does that the average show watcher wouldn't ever know about. Who'd be looking for something that subtle anyway? Only Breaking Bad fans. If i go on my whole post will be a rant on how much better Breaking Bad is than anything else, so I'll continue. During the first flash forward, you see the bear floating in a pool. half of the bears body is burned up, and you have no idea why. The second time you see the bear, its in another flash forward of it in a pool, but this time, the bear is picked up and put into an evidence bag. Next appearance  then shows an item of Walter's and two dead bodies in a box where the teddy bear is placed. The bear is seen next in a flash forward crashing down into the water while Walter looks down. Leading up to the plane crash, no one knew that half of the foreshadowing they were witnessing. No other show could put the foreshadowing of a plane crash incidentally caused by Walt as a damaged teddy bear that actually fell out of crashing plane, but when you see it all happen it fits together perfectly. Now lets talk Fringe. Gus Fringe's death is foreshadowed by the teddy bear. How? The burned off half of the bears face resembles the half face of Gus's body after a bomb went off right in front of him. Somewhat obvious if you ask me. The pink teddy bear is also frequently found on people who are in serious trouble or even meet their demise later in the show.
                                          The Bear can be spotted subtly floating in Jane's muriel

                       A blurry shot of the bear on sale at the supermarket where Walt collapses

The bear is in the tree in the background before jesse gets into Hanks car

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