The Full Story Of Tuco | Breaking Bad & Better Call Saul Retrospective
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In this video, I'll be giving a full timeline analysis & character spotlight for the life of Tuco Salamanca from Breaking Bad to Better Call Saul.
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0:00 - Intro
2:11 - Early Life
5:55 - Better Call Saul Season 1
16:23 - Better Call Saul Season 2
19:22 - The Rest of Better Call Saul
25:40 - Breaking Bad Season 1
36:09 - Breaking Bad Season 2
49:46 - The Rest of Breaking Bad
53:33 - Final Thoughts - บันเทิง
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Your fucking insane hes not the most memorable villain gus is
@@elilis1638your disgusting
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Yo, it was stated in either breaking bad or better call Saul. I forgot that the reason to go was in jail for an extra 6 months to a year was because he beat some dude's asshole in jail. I remember this because I'm pretty sure it was. One of his Brothers or father who called another person in The cartel saying that Tuco is gonna be in jail for an extra 6 months to a year because he got in a fight.
Still sad we never got a scene with Tuco and Lalo together
I’d imagine them being just like brothers with tuco trying to be tough on lalo but lalo just shrugs it off
Honestly they mentioned it so much that they should’ve did it
I wonder how it would go? Would be be sweet like he is with abulita? Family seems very important to him
Lalos whole purpose coming into the show was because of tuco had to go jail wasnt it?
@@ludolfremington8801 true, but maybe a family flashback would have been cool?
Something I don't see many people talk about is that the gun Tuco has is called a Judge, which is why he's so excited about Jimmy calling him a judge.
Damn... Great catch.
He also has a Pontiac GTO "The Judge"
@@AC72his pos GTO with spinners is def not a judge but same body style for sure
Judge? Payday 2 moment
@@crylunefirst thing that popped in my mind
The fact that the Salamanca Family Tree has so many Unknown Slamancas proofs that we need a Salamanca Spin Off, how their partnership with Eladio and Bolsa started. I don’t care if the entire show is tinted Yellow or mostly in Spanish, this show needs to Happen!!
Bad Spanish at that lmao
Nah. This is one of those cases where I say leave it be. We love the Breaking Bad universe and BCC. There's no reason to risk tainting that.
@@elliotttilton9858 Gus spoke THE worse Spanish lol. It was like he was reading his lines off a cue card. Yet the show was still awesome because Spanish isn't my first language. To fluently learn any other language than your first is VERY hard and takes a lot of practice.
I really don’t think it would be that interesting. Seeing 5-6 Salamancas be killed off by people who definitely not the DEA or Gus wouldn’t make much good television sit
@Rocky117 yeah, and I also think it would be interesting to make up your own scenario as to who they are and what happened to them and whatnot
I love how tuco is just this totally unhinged maniac but family really is everything to him: both times we see him HE is the sole caregiver of his elder family members even though there are other Salamancas out there who could do it. Makes him even more interesting if a character.
If there's one takeaway from this series it's that nobody is all one thing or another.
You are beautiful
he's also polite to mike (who is, no offense, an old guy) before things got escalated
I'm pretty sure Tuco makes Walt and Jesse tacos when they're kidnapped as well. He honestly seems like an OK kinda guy
@@geetarguy777
It was burritos actually and they looked so good! Too bad Walt tried poisoning Tuco in front of Hector.
Tuco is one of my favourite characters ever. He might be the most convincing actor I have ever seen. He immerses you in the show, completely.
Yes! He's a phenomenal actor. Amazing.
I actually think his best episode is the one where he fights Mike. Mike deliberately hits his car and Tuco says "WTF!!". Then tried to politely call him gramps and settle it amicably until Mike kept deliberately provoking him in HILARIOUS fashion. "I only got like 40 bucks on me" (proceeds to show the entire restaurant hundreds of dollars in his wallet). 😂😆😂😂
He was my favorite character to.
Have you ever seen Raymond Cruz being interviewed? He's not acting, there's a reason every character Cruz plays is a psycho.
@@fmills1583lmao maybe that's why he is uncomfortable with the role 😂
Abulita knew about her family. She told Tuco to be sure and use soda water on the "salsa" and an old grandma method is using soda water for cleaning up blood spills.
Yeah but there are 100 other uses for club soda and removing tons of stains out of carpet. Especially ANY colored stain. So it’s still not proof she knows
Soda water is used on stains I’ve never heard of it being used “specifically” for blood.
Nice try though
She knew. The average woman has seen enough blood in their lifetime to recognise the stain it makes. (Sorry to any delicates.)
@@ThatTimeIFell Not at all something for you to be sorry about. ANY mother, and ESPECIALLY grandmothers to boys will have seen blood. It's part of motherhood, your kid will get hurt. All you can hope for is it not being serious.
@@Brigtboe Was kind of referring more to a "self-bleed" (period) situation, hence the apology to delicates.
But I get where you're coming from. I grew up with brothers, and that was enough to cause proximity injuries. To me, but also to anyone.
15:34 I've always thought Tuco's drug addiction was partly a way of coping with Hector's abuse.
Yeah same, it was also clear Tuco got a bit of a kick out of having power over incapacitated Hector in BB, Raymond Cruz played the role so well.
Tuco is a legend in my book. He should have gotten an Emmy for his scenes in breaking bad
Great comment teach
hes good, but some are much better than him tbh, its not that hard to play unhinge characters
@@user-ex7yq6xq9sPhucking LOL. Please post a video showcasing this.
What a dink.
@@user-ex7yq6xq9sWho for instance?
I recently started rewatching breaking bad and I couldn't believe how short of a time he was actually in it. I remembered him being way more prominent.
He was just that memorable.
Tuco was the best side character on BCS and Breaking Bad, he was so intense I can totally believe it was emotionally draining
Tuco & Lalo were the only real extraverted villains in the show, wish we would've seen 'em together
One minor correction is that Gonzo is Tuco's brother-in-law, not stepbrother. Otherwise, this is a very thorough and insightful analysis on our favorite "insane degenerate piece of filth"!
Yeaaa, I know 😅 idk why but I always instinctively mix up saying in-law and step-sibling when talking about them.
@@TheVividKiWi because they both equally suck. Hence why you forget
Not only does Tuco have the la familia es todo mentality, the abuelita in Latin cultures is a treasure that is treated tenderness and respect, so these two things multiply and create real problems when the skater calls su abuela “biz-natch”
At 7:50 he calls it a trope in these movies, after living in Colombia for 13 years I can tell you that is pretty accurate for all latino families, I can’t speak on Brazil and it is a little different in Argentina and Uruguay, but not much in terms of reverence, just different in terms of cultural priorities.
Tuco: WHY YOU DO THAT FOR?!
5 seconds later
Tuco:theo....
Tuco didn’t get written off BB because he found the character too disturbing, that’s a myth. He was doing a network show at the same time from Mon to Fri and would have to fly from LA to New Mexico to shoot his scenes for BB on the weekends. He found the schedule too chaotic so it was agreed that his role would not go past season 2.
True. Him finding the character disturbing is why he was reluctant to return for bcs, plus, his significant other didn't like him playing Tuco either.
@@TheVividKiWi did you even read the comment ? Lol
@@TheVividKiWi bro you deadass said true and proceeded to say the opposite lmao
@@agnsprinting He did read the comment. While he was written off BB because of scheduling conflicts, he later had reservations to return to the role for BCS, because of the reasons Vivid listed. So you are both correct, no need to get all pissy about it.
On top of him saying it was too stressful doing the voice and screaming all the time.
Watching these even when you already know his whole story just shows the effort you put to make these entertaining 🙏
On Tuco suddenly not being a good shot, I think you might have ignored the fact that the man has just crawled out of a hole while losing blood. I had a nasty tin lid cut once and lost not nearly as much blood as he probably would have, and you do get unstable and woozy with the blood loss. I don't imagine my accuracy would be good in an actual firefight after that.
Dogs get mean when they're bred for aggression or when they're treated poorly (fed/nourished poorly etc). Given that Tuco seemed to be from a dynasty of MFers, I'd guess his mean streak was due to a combination of both.
I think the situation with Abuelita is the typical behavior that gangsters don’t talk details of their business with their wives and they just do their wifely duties and don’t get involved. She really is just a little old lady at this point who may actually have a bit of dementia or Alzheimer’s and just sees Tuco of her sweet grandson just looking after her.
And of course in front of Tio, Tuco behaves more like a gangster, because they’re both in the business. He probably learned everything from Tio.
Mexican values just hold mothers to a very high level. Even if we’re bad people our mothers/grandmothers are held in very high regard
Just like lovely, sweet, harmless Olivia.
(I suspect she's been running red lights for a while)
I really admire the dictation to your craft of recapping these stories man. The editing is always on point, and you’re very good at speaking on these recap stories.
Much appreciated
The wheezing laugh always gets me lol
Can we talk about how genius it was for them to match Nacho, one of the smartest and clear thinking people in the series, with Tuco, one of the most Erratic, Dangerous and Explosive people in the series?
The scope disappearing isn’t a continuity error. Tuco removes immediately after shooting the cow in the distance.
You are the best at covering the Breaking Bad Better Call Saul Universe. I really wish we had another season or series coming, Better Call Saul might be the last TV show worth waiting for on a week to week basis
The last of us ain’t too bad tho. But I miss anticipating each season 6 episode every week.
Who would your fantasy BB/BCS trilogy follow next?
@@ThatTimeIFell they should do a spin-off with Kevin and him becoming a bank lord, then becoming corrupt and watch the rise and downfall. He even transformed quite a bit in BCS. Starting off as a happy go lucky boy scout ceo to becoming increasingly angrier and assertive due to Sauls antics and his desire to expand.
@@1234KeithB This wouldn't be a part of the trilogy because it's too side-character based, but I would totally watch a show telling the veterinarian's story. I'd bet there's a tale behind every contact in his book.
@@ThatTimeIFell yeah same! That would be cool and he was an interesting character. I guess I was referring more to a spin-off
I think it's safe to say that Tuco was conditioned to be violent from a young age. The flashback with the twins and Hector in One Minute implies to me that was the case for most if not all of the Salamancas, especially since they all carry on Hector's values of family comes first and blood for blood. Tuco's addiction to the drugs he was selling merely made his behavior much more unhinged and erratic. Still, given the nature of the Salamancas in general I wouldn't be surprised if Tuco ended up being very similar to how his is regardless.
Great analysis as always!
7:40 in latin american culture, the elderly are treated with high amounts of respect. Since they were the ones that basically educated you, you are expected to provide and care for them. Which is why in shows depicting cartels, they have so much emphasis on family and protecting the elderly, because it is true that it happens like that.
Concerning care for "Abuelita," she lived her life serving a powerful family and in her elder years, the family served her, Tuco, too.
I don't think abuelita is dead by the end of Breaking Bad because Gus only said that "the Salamanca name dies with you" and the Salamancas probably got their name from abuelitas husband so that isn't her name
It probobly wasnt her real name but bcs was 6 years before breaking bad so in the end of breaking bad she would been 8 years older and she was pretty old in better call saul
@@SecretPlugg you do have a point but with Tucos godly cooking I like to believe she was healthy enough to live on longer
Abuelita: DiNERo?!?
Im pretty sure gus dont really care for there grandma she's completely irrelevant but idk its gus that we're talkin about
The reason Gonzo says "brilliant" might be because he was supposed to be the one killed off but they swapped last minute because he was too heavy to pull it off. It would've made more sense if No Doze said it to foreshadow his undoing but sometimes stuff doesn't go as planned.
Or it maybe because Tuco does not have respect for Walt yet
Such a brilliant acting performance. I can completely understand how taxing this role would be on your psyche..... he gave it 101%
"You never trust the ones you love" is brutal
Man nothing gets you to see Jimmy as a fantastic lawyer than talking tuco down from a possible skinning to a broken leg each.
Love your videos, greatly researched and perfect length. Hope you continue to grow!
I have an hour drive to work so I love these long videos. Please never stop making your long breaking bad videos!
Nice to see a Tuco retrospective, keep up the great work man!
You're great at this, can't wait to see what other shows you start doing
Tuco has a sense of fairness within that turmoil boiling in his brain, with remorse for acting too hastily upon others.
Add to this No-Doze really stepped on Tuco's decision process with negotiations, at least twice. It was fatal in the end
Tuco really had no leash for Jesse Pinkman, call it just bad feelings or Tuco did not like the scrawny being involved in the game. Or the scrawny putting chili powder on things.
I Love you you really are a piece of art giving us this long videos without even a lack of quality purely angel like content you are posting keep it up
Kiwi’s videos are like finding a baggy of blue sky in a couch.
Happily addictive.
I never even realized "dog" was mentioned in BB that's why I love these videos I'm always finding out new details!
35:31 To add onto why Tuco doesn't get mad at Gonzo here like he does with No Doze, No Doze speaks out of turn. He is taking control of the situation. Taking the focus away from Tuco. Tuco sees that as disrespecting his authority. That is also why he accuses No Doze of thinking Tuco is stupid. He feels the need to add onto what Tuco says. To clarify, as if Tuco can't do that himself. Tuco takes serious offense to that. When Gonzo speaks in this scene, he isn't speaking out of turn or adding onto what Tuco says. He only supports it. Tuco says brilliant, he echoes that, but he doesn't clarify anything. He is essentially agreeing with Tuco. That is why Tuco doesn't react negatively to it.
49:44 He actually removed the ACOG scope off the carry handle of his select fire AR15 after taking those shots at the cow.
HELL YEAAAA ANOTHER FULL STORY OF BCS CHARACTER VIDEO LETS GOOO
fr i love these videos, cant focus on one thing unless i have some background noise on, and these videos are like premium background noise to me, since i get to also learn more on my fave show :)
I love the longer videos!!! Great job bro!
Gr8 deep dive!! Proper length, so well done !!
These are the videos I listen to while doing assignments haha please make more, I love em!
I love this kind of videos from you!🙏
I’ve been looking forward to this one! 🔥
You know I've been thinking about a Leonal, and Marco Salamanca character study/retrospective video next to Lalo, and Hector 'Tio' Salamanca.
To me, one of the most memorable characters in Breaking Bad
tuco was first spotted in denzel washingtons training day...go check it out...100% tuco
Love your videos keep it up! Can't want to come back after finishing BCS
Tuco was also sober when he was interacting with his abulita, with hector he was high on some of the strongest meth he’s ever had. And like nacho said he is a different person when he’s using
Amazing video man! Love it!
Bruh I missed allot of these details, you researched and done amazing. Great watch 10/10
Love your video. Breaking Bad/Better Call Saul, absolutely the best series I have had the pleasure to watch over and over many times. Tuco is one of the "best" villians of cinematic history.
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Say. Their. Name.
I'm no expert, but receiving a gut shot point blank might temporarily affect your aim. Unless there's a huge amount of blue sky involved in the equation. It's a toss up.
Best character bio I have ever seen on TH-cam. Your videos are the reason I suscribed long ago.
Thank you!
The theme of "family is all" and the trait of Latin narco characters valuing family and respecting elders is because the Catholic Church still holds massive amounts of power through Mexico and South America. Catholicism places a great emphasis on the sanctity of the family unit. Latin American cartels, who challenge police and politicians, generally do not challenge the Church and Catholicism is deeply entwined with narco culture. Italians also value family and that's also because of the Catholic Church.
Nice to see these videos I just got into this series =P
Two lessons to be learned from the Tuco situation: trust your gut unless it's filled with meth, and it usually makes sense to be somewhat paranoid as a criminal but, it can lead you to spiral out of control and screw up everything if you're not careful.
Great video!!! Thanks
FYI, 'Abuelita' is not her name, it's spanish for 'Granny.'
Tuco Salamanca Has to be one of my favourite characters in better call Saul and breaking bad
On abuelita: its also possible she was in some way an active enabler of the salamancas in the same way livia soprano is in the sopranos. Livia acts oblivious to what Johnny and Tony do "he was a saint" "i don't like that kind of talk" etc. However livia is no stranger to the game, throughout season 1 she manipulates junior and has him try and kill certain individuals, namely brendan filone and her own son, Tony soprano. There isn't enough evidence to suggest abuelita is like this, but it is more than possible, and could explain why hector salamanca is willing to let Mike live despite him being responsible for tuco being in prison and being reluctant to pretend the gun was his.
I can’t think of the “TIGHT” scene without thinking of the Thanos edit 😂
Ssme and now Popcorners too
Tyrus and victor would be a good duo retrospective
Would be a good idea to combine them into one
Breaking Bad Season 2 ranking video soon?? Been waiting on it! Excited.
Working on it
@@TheVividKiWi Do you have a patreon oor something?
Great video like always
Appreciate that
Regardless of the very little screen time we got to see Raymond Cruz on,, he did phenomenal of a job that even to this day the name Tuco and Salamanca is infamous with Breaking tf Bad! Loved this breakdown, you absolutely killed it! Thank you a ton!
I kinda wish we got a scene of Tuco and Gus, would’ve been a very interesting dynamic.
I can tell before watching this video is gonna be an absolute banger
Great video, but quick anecdote for 49:20. I think it's rather obvious that Tuco going Rambo instead of focusing his aim is because he's too overwhelmed in both anger and pain. Anger at Walter and Jesse punking and beating him and getting away in the moment, anger at the random dude (Hank) rolling up, but more importantly pain from his gunshot wound, which no doubt is immense to him. On top of that, gut shots are more often than not fatal due to the many vital organs that are in that region, furthermore when Jesse shot him, the rapidness of the bleed suggested Jesse hit a major bloodway. So it's likely he's bleeding out or otherwise slowly dying and is just running off the adrenaline and ice at that point.
Thanks for another great video - it would be good if you were to do an analysis on Lydia Rodarte-Quayle, no-one really talks about her or her motivations, and I don't think it would be an over long video.
49:20 Before the shootout with Hank Tuco was just shot. He was in pain so that's way he probably missed
13:11 is crazy symbolic.
the amount of backs turned on each other. Even the van and even 1 twin getting his leg broke BACKWARDS
Nothin better then a 1 hour video about tuco slamaca
I think tuco cared less for walts family ties because of how far into his addiction he is by the time it comes to that point
I adore you, Kiwi, and i've been a subscriber for a while now. Sometimes I just wish you'd slow down a little. You give so much great info, but you talk so fast!!
Im not an expert either but I belive Tuco has Anti social personality disorder (ASPD, Characterized by rapid mood swings, agression, high sense of self, arrogance, lack of empathy, etc.) and he also shows traits of Borderline personality disorder (BPD, Characterized by extreme emotional disbalance, fear of abandoment, tending to extremes, etc.
in 44:00. Honestly, Tuco not really caring about Walt's family makes sense and fits his character. Remember, when Saul first mentioned their mother, Tuco spits at their mother. It wasn't until Saul kept talking down the poor Mother for Tuco to warm up the idea to sparing the two. Walt only mentioned his family once then gave up trying to talk to Tuco.
I think Tuco could've had more screen time if the showrunners casted an actor who didn't have a busy schedule.
Dude should of won a award
Love your journalism
49:40 it didn't magically disappeared. In the scene where Hector tries to tell Tuco about Walt and Jesse he removes it.
Tuco has always been sensitive hector felt he needed to toughen him up. You see hectors regret when tuconwas freaking out.
11 out of 10 gor sure, great vid!
Movie villains got basic form of morality.
Tuco dont seem unique on first glace,
but you got into sum stuff that I find quite interesting.
Defenetivly a very chronological and rather deep dive for a character of so little screen time which was mainly memorized for his aggressive out bursts. 🤝
The awesome part is that Walt had Tuco's respect from the beginning. Sometimes you gotta rob to keep your riches.
Thanks for the good content 👌 😉
Thanks Kiwi
You wrote out Tuco. But at least he went out in a gunfight. (The bouncing car idea was pure genius!)
always loved this guy
Damn...well done, dude.
that old lady. is the mother from scarface... just about all the scarface characters are in breaking bad
Only 7 episodes? Wow it seemed like he was in way more.
I'm pretty sure tuco couldnt aim when he was fighting hank because he had a concussion from the rock to the head
Tuco's villain story is deep and emotional!
At 2:55 I don’t believe that’s tuco and the twins I believe that’s Lalo and the twins because of the belt buckle that the older one has on I think that’s significant because Lalo always wore those big belt buckles. That’s why they showing that big belt buckle in that picture.