Mike Ehrmantraut

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## Magnificent Baddie

### Alias

Mike
Pop-Pop
Finger
Dwayne
Barry Hedberg

### Allies

Gus Fring
Nacho Varga
Jesse Pinkman
Daniel Wormald
Barry Goodman
Tyrus Kitt
**All formerly:**
Werner Ziegler
Saul Goodman
Lydia Rodarte-Quayle
Walter White

### Powers/Skills

High intelligence
Military training
Electrical skills
Marksmanship
Police training
Strategic planning
Tracking
Intimidation

### Goals

Protect his family.
Avenge his son by killing Hoffman and Fenske.
Help Nacho Varga escape.
Assist Gus in his empire.
Make money with Walt and Jesse.
Leave his money to his family.

### Crimes

Aiding and abetting
Assault
Conspiracy
Corruption
Cover-up
Drug trafficking
Kidnapping
Mass murder
Mutilation
Organized crime
Stalking
Theft
Vigilantism

### Type of MB

Honorable Enforcer

**Michael "Mike" Ehrmantraut** is a major character in the *Breaking Bad* universe. He is the deuteragonist of *Better Call Saul*, the tritagonist of Season 6, a major character in *Breaking Bad* as the secondary antagonist of both Seasons 3 and 4 and the deuteragonist of Season 5, as well as a posthumous character in *El Camino*.

He was a former corrupt police officer who used his connections in the criminal underworld to eventually become Gus Fring's right-hand man and head of security of Los Pollos Hermanos. He also carries out favors for his lawyer and old associate Saul Goodman, as a private investigator, cleaner and fixer.

He is portrayed by Jonathan Banks.

## What Makes Him Magnificent?

### Background

* He used to be a former cop with military experience, with knowledge about various tactics employed by them to stay two steps ahead.
* After his son Matt's corrupt associates killed him for refusing bribe, Mike pretended to be drunk and told them he has evidence so that Hoffman and Fensky drop their guards and confess, then he killed them by duping them with a second gun.

### *Better Call Saul*

* With the help of Jimmy, Mike tricked the Kettlemans into revealing their location of money and took them so that Jimmy can help Kim retain her job.
* After realizing that Nacho works for Tuco, Mike didn't take any guns while helping Price realizing that Nacho doesn't want Tuco finding out. After Sobchak ignorantly took guns to the deal, Mike tried to persuade him but then disarmed him.
* Tricked Tuco into attacking him by luring him with anger, so that Tuco punches him in front of a cop and gets arrested.
* After Hector threatened his daughter-in-law and granddaughter, Mike attacked the men sent after them and got Hector to give him more than their deal.
* After realizing he was getting tracked, Mike tampered with the tracking device to track the people following him.
* Began to work with Gus for vengeance against the Salamancas.
* With the help of Gus, Mike attacked one of Hector's trucks so that the truck will be caught at the border transporting drugs and Gus will gain an edge over Hector.
* Infiltrated Chuck's house with request of Jimmy and sent important information to him in light of his bar hearing.
* To prove his cover at Madrigal as a security consultant, Mike arranged to steal an employee's ID card and infiltrated the place, reviewing the place to iron out the flaws in the company, which was so effective Gus ignored Lydia's complaints due to his efficiency.
* When Henry DeVore was faking about his tragedy to gain sympathy, Mike exposed his plans and got him removed from the support group.
* Alongside Gus, Mike developed a plan to recruit prospective engineers for their superlab, vetting them so that they prove to be trustworthy as well as experts in their fields.
* Bribed a cop so that he doesn't report on Kai's activities.
* When Lalo was following Mike, he tricked him into ramming his car so that Lalo will get incriminated.
* Using clues left by Werner and his men, Mike found Werner at a resort before Lalo, persuading him to return.
* Originally was planning to spare Werner and bribe him into silence, only extremely reluctantly killing him because of Gus's orders.
	+ Mike also spared Werner's wife Margarethe from possible capture and torture at the hands of Los Pollos Hermanos.
* Decided to work for Gus again because Lalo was the ultimate reason Werner got killed.
* Disguised himself as a librarian to interview a woman who witnessed Lalo ramming the car, thus leading to his arrest.
* When Lalo begun attacking Gus's businesses, Mike hired Saul to let him go free.
* Killed several of Juan Bolsa's men who tried to kill Saul to retrieve 7 million dollars.
* Comforted Saul when he was in despair of being stranded in the desert.
* When he found out Lalo was at Jimmy's residence, Mike guarded the house with his sniper rifle, ready to kill him to protect both Kim and Jimmy.
* When Mike found out Jimmy and Kim ruined Howard's reputation which resulted in his death by Lalo's hands, he was utterly disgusted with them.

### *Breaking Bad*

* Coached Jesse how to avoid the cops suspecting him after Jane died of overdose.
* Effortlessly took out a bunch of cartel goons who had taken Duane Chow as a hostage.
* Assisted Gus in poisoning the entire cartel leadership and took advantage of the carnage by ambushing and strangling Gaff from behind while he was distracted.
* When a former associate tried to use Chow as bait for him he distracted him at the door while sneaking up from behind.
* He has one of the most tragic and dignified deaths in the franchise, ignoring Walt's hollow apologies while tellling him to shut up and let him die in peace.

## What Makes Him a Baddie?

* Mike was a corrupt cop back in Philadelphia.
* Mike convinced Matt to take bribes to save him from the other corrupt cops, breaking his trust in him.
* Despite Hector letting him off the hook, Mike attacked one of his trucks and stole $250,000 for no other reason than vengeance, leading to Hector killing a Good Samaritan who rescued the driver and then the driver himself out of suspicion.
* He decided to help Gus with his criminal activities because Gus was offering him vengeance.
* He personally killed Werner Ziegler after learning that he was tricked into talking about the superlab to Lalo Salamanca.
* Covered up Howard Hamlin's murder at the hands of Lalo and buried both of them in the superlab, so that no one finds out what happened to them. This will posthumously ruin his reputation as Mike and his men framed him to have committed suicide by drowning himself.
* During his stint as Saul's PI, Mike would suggest several criminals to him so that Saul can get them off from facing justice. Walter White will eventually meet and work with Saul due to this.
* Threatened to break Saul's legs due to him not giving Jesse up.

## External Links

* Mike Ehrmantraut at the Villains wiki
* Mike Ehrmantraut at the *Breaking Bad* wiki
* Mike Ehrmantraut at the Inconsistently Heinous wiki
* Mike Ehrmantraut at the Inconsistently Admirable wiki

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