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Jesse We Need To Cook
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About
Jesse We Need To Cook is a catchphrase inspired by the television show Breaking Bad. The quote is typically attributed to Walter White (Bryan Cranston), the protagonist and anti-villain of the show, who's speaking to Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul). Memes using the catchphrase, "Jesse, we have to cook" can be traced as far back as 2011, however, the phrase "Jesse, we need to cook" was popularized further as the decade progressed. While Walter says "we have to cook" multiple times over the course of the show, the line "Jesse, we need to cook," was largely perpetuated by fans.
Origin
The show Breaking Bad aired between 2008 and 2013, following Walter White as he goes from high school chemistry teacher to drug kingpin with the help of Jesse Pinkman, a local drug dealer. While Walter White never delivers the exact line "Jesse, we need to cook," he does say "We have to cook" in season 2, episode 9 "4 Days Out" (seen below). White also says "Jesse, let it go, we need to cook," in season 3, episode 10 "The Fly."[1]
The earliest known notable meme featuring White saying the catchphrase is an Advice Animals image macro meme posted to Reddit's[2] /r/breakingbad on December 31st, 2011. The post gathered over 640 upvotes in 13 years (seen below).
![Jesse We Need To Cook JESSIE WE HAVE TO COOK WALT JR BREAKFAST memegenerator.net](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/847/273/2cd.png)
Spread
A January 9th, 2013, post on the Facebook[4] page Cubone the Destroyer is the earliest known instance of the line "Jesse, we need to cook" being posted as a meme online (seen below, left). Memes featuring the phrase "Jesse we have to cook" made the rounds in the early 2010s, as seen in a Stare Dad meme posted to Know Your Meme[3] on February 15th, 2013, where it gathered over 5,000 views in 11 years (seen below, right).
![Breaking Bad Mr white! Jesse.. What yo? DIO We have to cook! Guvy FJ](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/499/454/4f6.png)
![Jesse We Need To Cook III.. Bell 3:36 PM 82% 1 hour ago t jesse we need to cook. Write a comment... Post](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/847/275/fe2.png)
On June 15th, 2015, the YouTube[5] channel "Their Dogs Were Astronauts" posted a meme edit of Walter White saying "Jesse we have to cook," gathering over 30,000 likes in nine years (seen below).
On March 4th, 2022, the phrase appeared in a webcomic posted to /r/breakingbad,[6] where it gathered over 3,000 upvotes in two years. On August 5th, X[7] user @Spaicy_Project posted a Sonic The Hedgehog edit of the meme, gathering over 20,000 likes in two years (seen below, right).
![Jesse We Need To Cook Alex Th yo mista white jesse! we need to cook what's up i love my two sons 222 this pasta is 96% pure it will feed my family when i'm gone tinysnek.comics H](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/847/304/dfb.png)
![“I had this idea in my mind, and I couldn't not draw it” TAILS... WE NEED TO COOK.](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/451/494/e67.jpg)
Various Examples
![BB x CSM JESSE, WE NEED TO Cook. C RICIN](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/393/552/757.jpg)
![Walter White Jesse Prise pudding person @JUNIPER walter white: we need to cook jesse pinkman: 81156287 1:21 AM . Sep 24, 2023 312.9K Views gettyimages Credit: CBS Photo Archive :](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/668/456/9b6.png)
!["I don't need a doctor, Kohaku, I AM THE DOCTOR. A guy goes outside and gets turned into stone and you think that of me? I AM O@HENRIYUKEN CHROME E-Mc² CHROME WE NEED TO COOK](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/651/220/dca.jpg)
![My Life Is A Lie! imgflip.com SITTING DOWN TO BINGE THROUGH BREAKING BAD WALTER NEVER SAYS "JESSE WE NEED TO COOK"](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/714/506/056.jpg)
![mistah whiter | /r/okbuddyretard JESSE GrispyMiner 19 WE NEED TO COOK](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/370/972/5c3.jpg)
![Ahh | /r/okbuddyretard jesse we need cook he's not Jesse he is Eminem Snap back to reality Oh there goes gravity Oh there goes Rabbit](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/536/105/47c.jpg)
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External References
[1] YouTube – Breaking Bad
[2] Reddit – /r/breakingbad
[4] Facebook – Cubone The Destroyer
[5] YouTube – Their Dogs Were Astronauts
[6] Reddit – /r/breakingbad
[7] X – Spaicy_Project
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