- "This is, um, Raisin Bran, not Raisin Bran Crunch."
- ―Walter Jr. about his mother's lack of understanding of the importance of breafast.
Famous for eating breakfast. And having cerebral palsy spastic diplegia type.
History
Season 1
Walt Jr. eating breakfast with his family.("Cat's in the Bag...")
Walter Jr. is shown eating breakfast with Walter and Skyler in the pilot episode, and appears to be eating scrambled eggs with bacon and tomato juice. The series kicks off with an intense argument, revolving around the consistency of Jr.'s turkey bacon. Skyler argues that it "tastes the same" but is much healthier for her teenage son, while Walt Jr. has none of this.
For breakfast in episode 2 of season 1 (Cat's in the Bag), Walt Jr. dines on his mother's pancakes from scratch, as well as eggs and legitimate bacon.
"Gray Matter" depicts Junior eating a typical breakfast of toast, eggs, and orange juice.
"Crazy Handful of Nothin" opens up with Junior commenting on his father's glistening head, as well as his appetizing breakfast of fruit salad and toast.
Season 2
Episode 4 (Down) takes place after Walter Senior's fugue state and disappearance. To make it up to his son, he cooks an astounding breakfast, consisting of pancakes, croissants, fruit salad, and an assortment of citrus juices.
"Negro y Azul" contains one of the most pivotal moments of the series. R.J. Mitte displays his masterful acting ability in this scene with Gunn, where Skyler buys the wrong cereal for her son. Mitte's portrayal of his character's disappointment of having discovered Raisin Bran was purchased instead of Raisin Bran Crunch is exceptional and renowned by critics and fans alike.
A revolutionary moment in Gilligan's hit series, "Over" contains not one, but two breakfast scenes. The first scene contains a classic Walt Junior breakfast: eggs, bacon, and toast. The second scene depicts the Whites eating a phenomenal breakfast of fruit salad, toast, and omelets.
In one of the most gripping scenes of the series, a bowl of Cheerios is poured, but never consumed. "ABQ" was a controversial episode to many fans of Mitte's breakfast eating shenanigans.
Walt Jr. in season 2
Season 3
Vince Gilligan starts off the new season right with a ground-breaking scene where Junior refuses to finish his waffle, due to the stress he feels from the growing tension between his parents.
"Green Light" makes no strides to compete with Junior's last breakfast scene, and instead presents Mitte eating eggs and fruit.
After Hank is brought to the hospital, Walter Jr. eats syrup-drenched hospital pancakes while Marie complains about the cleanliness of the silverware.
Season 4
While Skyler and Walter fight about their new car wash, Junior eats plain cereal by himself in "Thirty-Eight Snub."
"Shotgun" shows Junior taking his coffee black, like his dad. Nothing special, really.
A fan favorite, Raisin Bran returns to Breaking Bad in episode 6, "Cornered." This time, Skyler proves her worthiness to Junior by purchasing Raisin Bran Crunch.
Happy 16th birthday to Walt Jr. in "Salud," where Skyler prepares a wonderful birthday breakfast for our favorite breakfast-obsessed pal. The delicious meal is never shown, but it can be inferred that it was a breakfast worthy of the gods.
Junior comforts his father after he was attacked by Jesse ("Salud")
Season 5
Raisin Bran Crunch finally makes its official debut in the series as Walt Jr.'s breakfast in "Madrigal."
One of the most memorable moments of the series, "Fifty-One" presents the final breakfast of the show: scrambled eggs with toast, and bacon. Despite all the hardships the family has gone through, Walt Jr. insists that Skyler break apart Walt Sr.'s bacon. She breaks it into pieces and crafts a "5 1", but much to Walter Sr.'s dismay, the "1" was incredibly short. Walter Jr. agrees with his father's distraught, asking his mother to give him more bacon. Instead of cooking more, she takes a piece from Walter Jr.'s plate, ruining the last breakfast of Breaking Bad.
Walt Jr. plays with Holly
Trivia
- Actor R.J. Mitte consumed over 10,000 calories of breakfast foods while filming Breaking Bad.
- Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. It is linked to many health benefits, including weight control and better focus. Those who eat breakfast regularly generally weigh less than those who don't.
- Raisins are dried grapes. They are produced around the world and can be eaten raw, or cooked into various recipes.
- The word "breakfast" is derived from the term "fast", as in abstaining from intake of food. The word literally means to "break one's fasting", hence the term "breakfast."
- Raisin Bran Crunch contains 4 grams of dietary fiber and 19 grams of sugar.
- The cereal contains not one, but two scoops of sun-dried raisins.