![22KiB, 400x535, mike imatrout.jpg View Same Google iqdb SauceNAO Trace ↓ Anonymous Sun 26 Aug 2012 23:14:42 No.25414210 View Reply Original Re port Quoted By: >>25414339 Mike Trout Trout = Fish Fish = River [18/5] Trout die when they spawn in the river. Bravo, Vince!](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/list/002/423/899/b5f.jpg "Mike = Trout Trout = Fish Fish = River")
Bravo Vince
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About
Bravo Vince is a sarcastic comment and a circlejerk meme popular among fans of the Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul crime drama series that parodies excessive praise for the shows' creator, writer and director Vince Gilligan, his attention to detail, and his frequent employment of foreshadowing and cinematic parallels. The memes often rely on praising Gilligan for parallels that are so forced and overly elaborate that they are definitely unintentional.
Origin
The trend of sarcastically commenting "Bravo Vince" to pretend to praise Breaking Bad creator, writer, director and showrunner Vince Gilligan started on 4chan's /tv/ board in 2012. As Gilligan achieved a reputation of a great writer who often employs foreshadowing and cinematic parallels, the sarcastic comment was used to mock the excessive praise for him, and has often been used in combination with forced, overly elaborate parallels as if they were intentional.
The earliest archived "bravo vince" comment was made on March 11th, 2012, in a /tv/[1] thread about the 2008 film Hancock, co-written by Gilligan.
The meme was started on April 13th, 2012, when 4chan user writing under the name Mazi !HeHERJIZoI made two comments in a /tv/[2][3] thread in which he used the phrase to ironically praise Gilligan over actually killing people for death scenes (shown below, left and right).
Spread
Over the Summer of 2012, the comment achieved viral popularity on the 4chan's /tv/ board. For example, on July 13th, 2012, a 4chan[4] user posted a mockup of a 100 Metacritic score for the yet-to-be-premiered Season five of the show, commenting, "bravo vince" (shown below, left). On July 16th, following the premiere, a user commented[5] "bravo vince" on one of the scenes from the first episode (shown below, center). On August 13th, 2012, a /tv/ user posted[6] a forced parallel with the 1995 film Heat, using the comment as a sarcastic punchline (shown below, right).
![Breaking Bad: Season 5 AMC Series Premier Date: Jan 20, 2008 Season 0,1,2,3,4,5 Summary Critic Reviews 100 out of 100 User Reviews Metascore Universal acclaim based on 15 Critics What's this? Summary: The final season for the award-winning drama begins it's first run of eight episodes, with the remaining eight episodes airing in summer 2013 Genre(s): Action/Adventure, Drama Critic Reviews User Rev 73KiB, 517x409, Screen shot 2012-07-13 at 3.32.59 PM.png View Same Google iqdb SauceNAO Trace Anonymous Fri 13 Jul [2/1] 2012 15:33:23 No.24281043 View Reply Original Re port Bravo, Vince!](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/423/890/d97.jpg "Bravo, Vince!")
![Hey I picked up Heat on BluRay 1MiB, 1280x720, vlcsnap-2012-08-13- BAAG SER 12h14m35s75.png View Same Google iqdb SauceNAO Trace permission >which starts a chain of events >that leads to the downfall of the main character BRAVO VINCE Anonymous Mon 13 [94/36] Aug 2012 06:18:40 No.25070925 View Reply Original Re port Quoted By: >>25071826 >Heat on Bluray >a movie about a heist >where the robbers bring a new guy >who kills someone without](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/423/895/c7d.jpg ">Heat on Bluray, BRAVO VINCE")
On August 26th, a 4chan user posted three deliberately nonsensical theories about Breaking Bad characters accompanied with the phrase (shown below).[7][8][9]
![View Same 83KiB, 405x540, jesse imatrout.jpg Google iqdb SauceNAO Trace ↓ Anonymous Sun 26 Aug 2012 23:22:09 No.25414533 View Reply Original Re port Jesse = : Boy Boy = Young Young = Puppy [5/1] Jesse's dog represented his youth dying. Bravo, Vince!](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/423/907/923.jpg "Jesse's dog represented his youth dying. Bravo, Vince!")
![22KiB, 400x535, mike imatrout.jpg View Same Google iqdb SauceNAO Trace ↓ Anonymous Sun 26 Aug 2012 23:14:42 No.25414210 View Reply Original Re port Quoted By: >>25414339 Mike Trout Trout = Fish Fish = River [18/5] Trout die when they spawn in the river. Bravo, Vince!](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/423/899/b5f.jpg "Mike = Trout Trout = Fish Fish = River")
![34KiB, 500x415, 1344208685878.jpg View Same Google iqdb SauceNAO Trace Anonymous Sun 26 Aug 2012 23:19:50 No.25414429 View Reply Original Re port White = color color=blue blue = meth [1 / 1] Bravo, Vince Offer!](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/423/908/419.jpg "Bravo, Vince Offer!")
The comment maintained viral popularity on 4chan among the Breaking Bad fanbase on the /tv/ board, regaining popularity in 2015 following Breaking Bad's sequel Better Call Saul premiere.
From 4chan, the comment spread to Reddit's /r/breakingbad, /r/betterCallSaul and /r/okbuddychicanery subreddits (examples of use shown below).
The meme achieved major recognition in Summer 2022 at the time of the Better Call Saul season six premire as the cultural significance and meme recognition of Better Call Saul spiked.
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Various Examples
![611 KiB, 693x693, Better Call Saul.S01E09.720p.HDTV.X264- DIMENSION.mkv_snapshot_10.46_[2015.03.31_03.4 9.33].png View Same Google iqdb SauceNAO Trace ↓ [312/37] BRAVO VINCE! HELLO, /TV/? I'M HERE TO RUIN YOUR SUSPENSE." Anonymous Tue 31 Mar 2015 06:58:56 No.54839614 View Reply Original Repor t Quoted By: >>54839714 >>54841064 >>54841175 >>54842786 >>54842876 >>54844382 >>54844401 >>54844481 >>54844744 >>54844989 >>54849788 >>54850324 >>54850534 >>54850806 >>54850884 >>54852185 >>54854137 >>54854276 >>54854585 >hello, Better Call Saul audience? This is Chuck. I'm calling you in this scene so that all of the suspense is lost when I make it painfully obvious that I'm the one behind Jimmy not getting hired at HHM. Vince was sick of the fact that you're so stupid that you can't figure out that I was clearly not ok with Jimmy being hired and that I'm not secure with the idea of my younger lowlife brother outdoing me in the field that I dedicated my life to, so here's this painfully awkward scene to hit you over the head with something you should have picked up on in past episodes if you had thought about it.](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/423/915/e68.jpg "BRAVO VINCE!")
![Bravo Vince r a View Same > O 98KiB, 900x600, 1428105188954.jpg Google iqdb SauceNAO Trace Anonymous Fri 03 Apr [2 / 1] 2015 20:34:23 No.54948584 View Reply Original Re port "You are slipping, Jimmy." Where is he slipping to? What does that mean? Oh, I am so eager to find out!](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/423/917/f25.jpg "Where is he slipping to? What does that mean? Oh, I am so eager to find out!")
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External References
[1] 4plebs – /tv/ Post #21602152
[2] 4plebs – /tv/ Post #22273187
[3] 4plebs – /tv/ Post #22273187
[4] 4plebs – /tv/ Thread #24281043
[5] 4plebs – /tv/ Post #24355994
[6] 4plebs – /tv/ Post #25070925
[7] 4plebs – /tv/ Post #25414210
[8] 4plebs – /tv/ Post #25414533
[9] 4plebs – /tv/ Post #25414429
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![Bravo Vince r a View Same > O 98KiB, 900x600, 1428105188954.jpg Google iqdb SauceNAO Trace Anonymous Fri 03 Apr [2 / 1] 2015 20:34:23 No.54948584 View Reply Original Re port "You are slipping, Jimmy." Where is he slipping to? What does that mean? Oh, I am so eager to find out!](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/list/002/423/917/f25.jpg "Where is he slipping to? What does that mean? Oh, I am so eager to find out!")
![611 KiB, 693x693, Better Call Saul.S01E09.720p.HDTV.X264- DIMENSION.mkv_snapshot_10.46_[2015.03.31_03.4 9.33].png View Same Google iqdb SauceNAO Trace ↓ [312/37] BRAVO VINCE! HELLO, /TV/? I'M HERE TO RUIN YOUR SUSPENSE." Anonymous Tue 31 Mar 2015 06:58:56 No.54839614 View Reply Original Repor t Quoted By: >>54839714 >>54841064 >>54841175 >>54842786 >>54842876 >>54844382 >>54844401 >>54844481 >>54844744 >>54844989 >>54849788 >>54850324 >>54850534 >>54850806 >>54850884 >>54852185 >>54854137 >>54854276 >>54854585 >hello, Better Call Saul audience? This is Chuck. I'm calling you in this scene so that all of the suspense is lost when I make it painfully obvious that I'm the one behind Jimmy not getting hired at HHM. Vince was sick of the fact that you're so stupid that you can't figure out that I was clearly not ok with Jimmy being hired and that I'm not secure with the idea of my younger lowlife brother outdoing me in the field that I dedicated my life to, so here's this painfully awkward scene to hit you over the head with something you should have picked up on in past episodes if you had thought about it.](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/list/002/423/915/e68.jpg "BRAVO VINCE!")
