Slippin' Jimmy
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Slippin' Jimmy is an adult animated comedy that was created as a third installment to the Breaking Bad franchise. Only six episodes were released, all of which are free to watch on YouTube.
Plot
The show follows a young Jimmy McGill (Saul Goodman) and his misadventures as the wise-cracking, scheming Slippin’ Jimmy.
Why it Slips and Falls on its Face
- The ending of Better Call Saul was enough to bring the Breaking Bad franchise AND Saul Goodman’s story to a close, so Slippin' Jimmy as a concept in general is pointless.
- Marco "schemes" with Jimmy in every episode, though we the audience already know that Marco ends up dead in Better Call Saul, so his inclusion is--you guessed it--pointless.
- Episode four has Jimmy trying to get his brother Chuck a record player, and the episode ends sweetly with Chuck accepting the gift and embracing his brother in thanks. This would’ve been–still stupid, but less stupid if it weren’t for the fact that Chuck admits that he never cared for Jimmy in Better Call Saul. He also kills himself after being driven insane by Jimmy’s own success. That…doesn’t really warrant a sweet, wholesome episode.
- The show doesn't add anything new to characterize Saul Goodman. The universe isn't expanded in this show whatsoever except showing how Jimmy and Marco became friends--which doesn't matter because the show isn't canon anyway.
- An adult animated comedy is an incredibly unfitting continuation, the former two shows having very serious, dramatic tones.
- The characters are bad.
- Jimmy and Marco are completely different from themselves in Better Call Saul. There is no reason to believe that these characters are the same ones from a show as highly regarded as Better Call Saul. This could be considered a good quality, since nobody wants to associate this with the source material anyway.
- New characters are added such as Trent, the bully. Trent has little significance and zero distinguishing personality traits.
- The animation is stilted and cheap, and it's very limited in creativity because of the lack of budget. The art style is also lazy and unappealing, very reminiscent of a Mr. Birchum or Brickleberry-type show. This is also likely due to budget issues, since simple characters can be rigged easily.
- It's not funny.
- Despite the whole purpose of the show's existence is to be a lighthearted comedy, it's not funny at all. There is nothing that can be considered a "joke" in any episodes. The only way that anyone can describe the humor in this show is it's like a sneeze that refuses to come out. There's elements of a joke, yet no punchline ever lands or even happens.
- For example, in the first episode, (which is a shameful Fistful of Dollars parody), Jimmy asks his opposition in the neighborhood snowball fight "You got a sled for me?" For context, there's three sleds shown behind the two boys he's talking to. They reply with, "I guess we're one sled shy." Jimmy says back, "I think you brought two too many." The implication being he's going to take only one. The boys don't understand what he means by that, so the tone comes to a halt for Jimmy to explain the joke in painfully excruciating detail. The "joke" is that Jimmy has to explain himself or something. It's so awkward that it's not even "so bad it's good" it's just...nothing.
- In the second episode, Marco, Jimmy, and Trent are in detention when the Nun watching over them gets possessed for some reason. Trent ends up getting possessed and makes a reference to crypto. Mind you, this takes place in the 1970s. The reference was so random. It was wrong for the time period and he just says it out of nowhere, there's no build up at all. Not like it would make any sense if there was.
- There’s also a fart “joke” in the second episode.
- Despite the whole purpose of the show's existence is to be a lighthearted comedy, it's not funny at all. There is nothing that can be considered a "joke" in any episodes. The only way that anyone can describe the humor in this show is it's like a sneeze that refuses to come out. There's elements of a joke, yet no punchline ever lands or even happens.
- Despite the fact that this show advertises itself as an adult animation, it's too dumb to be enjoyed by adults, and there would be nothing setting it apart from a kids' show if it wasn't a part of the very dark, very adult Breaking Bad franchise.
Good Qualities
- In episode “Speed Date”, Trent and Jimmy are racing to the back of the bus in order to ask a girl they both like out to the upcoming dance. Jimmy gets kicked off the bus for causing too many disturbances, so he clings to it with gum to sneak in through the back door. Trent leans against it, and ends up falling out when Jimmy opens the door. It’s pretty funny due to the fact it catches the viewer off guard, but it’s not really that much to write home about.
- In the last episode, Jimmy and Marco actually pull a real Slippin’ Jimmy scheme, as opposed to the other episodes where they...don't do anything worthy of note.
Trivia
- The name "Slippin' Jimmy" refers to one of the aliases used by Jimmy in Better Call Saul.
- The show has more five star reviews than one star reviews on Google due to the influx of users writing satire.
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