Gale Boetticher

Gale, illustrated by Madisongs

**Gale Boetticher** is a quirky, middle aged, self-described librarian who occasionally timeline-hops in his sleep. He first appeared in Act 1, and has had numerous appearances since.

He is portrayed by Madisongs.

## Biography

### Pre-story

Gale’s original timeline is strongly implied to be that of *Shadowclan’s Invasion and Spinebreaking*, though it is currently left up to interpretation whether that is the case, or if it was simply the timeline he had spent most of his life in.

Before he was able to develop permanent memories, Gale was separated from most of his birth family, with the exception of his mysterious half-brother Dale Boetticher, who raised him until he turned 18 years old. At the age of six years old, he was forced to eat cement. He also took a pickle biology course in High School, which he immediately dropped out of.

Later in his life, Gale had befriended Jessie Pinkman. He described her as “always knowing what’s going on”, and it is strongly implied that she answered or returned his calls often.

### Shadowclan’s Invasion and Spinebreaking

Gale’s first speaking line and first appearance in the mirror was in Shadowclan’s Invasion and Spinebreaking shortly before the Fortnite sequence, wherein he introduced himself and voiced his disdain for unfortunate events.

He was not killed during Walter’s massacre in the name of the Victory Royale, but he also wasn’t counted as a participant whereas everyone else who was present was. It’s later revealed that he fell asleep at some point and dimension hopped, leaving the old reality behind. This is why he was not present while George Dragon Michael tore the dimension apart.

Gale was completely unaware that anything took place, simply resuming life as normal before the canon of *The Cruel Cycle Continues*.

### The Cruel Cycle Continues & The Great Mars Escapade

Before the events shown in the roleplay, Gale found work at *Los Pollos Hermanos* in Springfield, Nevada, in the alternate reality where Saul Goodman got the symbiote. He worked under renowned businessman Gustavo Fring and his partner Vriska Serket. Gale’s position was unclear, but it was important enough for him to be aware of what goes on beneath the scenes. He shared enthusiasm for Gus’s plan to dominate the world and make the only remaining food source his own meth-laced chicken.

On the side, he pursued his passion for the creation and distribution of blue pop rocks, which he was seen selling during the events that took place in *The Great Mars Escapade*.

In *The Cruel Cycle Continues*, Gale was seen lurking in on a conversation between a few participants, and vaguely remarked about how many unfortunate events had happened. It is not known which specific events he was referencing.

In *The Great Mars Escapade*, he attempted to sell “celebratory pop rocks” to Gus Fring. He also tried selling pop rocks to Dave Strider for “3. Just 3”, before being injured by falling up the stairs while trying to retrieve his bomb permit.

Shortly after, he was seen spectating the exchanges between Family Guy Chicken, Homer Simpson, Sonic, and company, leading up to the restaurant being blasted off to Mars. During The Great Mars Escapade, Gale ate a chili dog seasoned with pop rocks. He was present for Frisk’s vague threat, but dimension hopped shortly after. The hopping was most likely an unintended result of Saul of the Mall Call Better’s grotesque transformation into an entity reminiscent of a cancerous tumor, but we can’t rule out the theory that it was caused by this cat.

### Good, Clean, Breaking Bad Roleplay

While Walter was doing a cocaine deal disguised as a Halloween pop rock delivery, Gale had entered Walt’s house (most likely through illegal measures) and requested that he help cook pop rocks.

[please help me figure out if this came before tccc and tgma or if I can shoehorn this act in sometime after tgma. It could work for Gale’s Timeline either way, but idk if it aligns with your guyses stuff and I don’t want it to contradict anything]

### BBRP^2 Act One

Due to events Gale was completely unaware of, he woke up on Earth during the events of Breaking Bad Roleplay Squared. They met Pickle the Rick as well as a few others such as Sand Boy. He offered pop rocks to drug lord King Bear, and struck a deal with Bone Man. (three pop rocks for 9. Just 9)

Gale was not present for Sand Boy’s venture, however they did eventually catch up with Bone Man toward the end of the quest when he realized the two of them had an unfinished deal.

Later, he encountered Small “Microsaul” Goodman. He requested that Microsaul help with the unauthorized reselling of his patented pop rocks, to which Microsaul never replied.

### The Applebees Part idk what act this is

Around this time, Gale began questioning the location of long-gone Jessie Pinkman, noting his “wack-o” memory and how “[Jessie] hasn’t been returning my calls.” Ben Drowned suggested that maybe he killed her, to which Gale remarked on how that would be unfortunate if that were the case. He then began working at Applebees, manning the cashier position. He disappeared shortly before Ben went on a killing spree.

### In Wizardia

Gale had figured out that the reason he couldn’t find Jessie was because he was hopping dimensions, and he had concluded that sometimes he hops dimensions in his sleep. They attempted to sleep through the terror that was Jesse Satan Pinkman, but was awoken by an aura of dread caused by him narrowly missing Bone Man’s death. This caused him a lot of anguish.

Once reality was fixed, Gale phoned Dale while gazing off into the sunset. He agreed to meet up with him at their apartment.

## Personality and Traits

Gale has been described as “intelligent”, “eccentric”, and “polite”. They strongly believe in “librarianism”, a political belief that includes being quiet during silent reading time, advocacy for trans rights, and the idea that people of legal age should have the opportunity to do crack if they want to. This is a parody of their source counterpart’s political affiliation with libertarianism.

Oftentimes, he is vague in his remarks. He speaks in general terms about “unfortunate events” that could refer to any recent happenings, and makes broadly interpretable sentences about various things. His dialogue is scarce.

Due to his lack of proper parental figures, he often seeks solace in his friends.

## Trivia

* Gale is not an original character, as some have thought. He is based off of Gale Boetticher from Breaking Bad.
* Despite being close to Jessie, he mistook her last name for “Pinkwoman” when it should be pronounced “Pinkman”.
* Gale didn’t get acknowledged by a narrator figure until The Great Mars Escapade. Prior to that, his only mentions were in dialogues and in pictures.
* Sometimes, Gale sleeps standing up.
* During the events of BBRP^2 Act One, Gale mentions that people were making millions off of his pop rocks. It’s likely that he was lying about this, as it had only been a few hours since he gained consciousness, and he had only made one successful transaction on-screen at that point.
* At one point, there was a joke in the ooc chats about how Gale’s name was pronounced, and Madisongs argued it was pronounced “yale”, with the logic that it mirrors how GIF should be pronounced like “yiff”.

## References

1. ↑ “*Oh, I love IKEA! Let’s do it!*” - Gale [06/15/22]
2. ↑ “*He’s like a dimension hopper or something, but he doesn’t realize it because he falls asleep and wakes up somewhere completely new and just assumes that’s what happens when you go to sleep in this day and age*.” - Madisongs [08/18/22]
3. ↑ https://mspfa.com/?s=46275&p=194
4. ↑ “*My memory’s been all wack-o lately. I don’t even remember where Jessie Pinkwoman is. She hasn’t been returning my calls*.” [06/05/22]
5. ↑ https://mspfa.com/?s=46275&p=74
6. ↑ https://youtu.be/D8WkWI91PtA
7. ↑ https://mspfa.com/?s=46275&p=280
8. ↑ “((*ackshully, it’s pronounced ‘Yale’ now*))” - Madisongs [06/07/22]