# He Can't Keep Getting Away With It Breaking Bad fans turned a desperate Jesse Pinkman line from the show's fifth season into a reaction catchphrase, applying screenshots of Aaron Paul to headlines about public figures caught in yet another scandal. By January 2020, Redditors on r/ComedyCemetery were running the quote on CIA fedposting threads as the go-to reply for serial misbehavior. ## Origin The scene comes from Breaking Bad season five, episode twelve, titled 'Rabid Dog,' which first aired on AMC on September 1st, 2013. Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul) has broken into Walter White's house and poured gasoline across the floor when Hank Schrader stops him at gunpoint, and Jesse argues that Walter poisoned Brock and must be punished[1]. YouTube channel Liwi Taz uploaded the clip three days after the broadcast, where it later collected more than 500,000 views[4]. The earliest known meme use came on January 23rd, 2014, when @BreakingBadQT posted the quote on Twitter alongside news of Justin Bieber's DUI arrest from earlier the same day, picking up 118 retweets and 113 likes over the following seven years[2]. - **Platform:** Breaking Bad (AMC) / Twitter (viral spread) - **Creator:** Unknown - **Date:** 2013 ## Overview Posts in this format typically run a screenshot or GIF of Jesse Pinkman, eyes wild and arms outstretched, delivering the line to Hank Schrader, next to a photo or news clipping of a public figure caught in another incident of the same kind of trouble[1]. Twitter users applied it to Justin Bieber during his 2014 DUI arrest[2], while Me.Me posters later ran it against Bernie Sanders over his anti-one-percent messaging contrasted with his personal finances[3]. The quote also works as a plain thread reply dropped under news of yet another offense, no image attached. A sarcastic variant answers 'Thanks, Obama!' posts with the same line, flipping the mock complaint into mock outrage[4]. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is He Can't Keep Getting Away With It? It is a Breaking Bad catchphrase, spoken by Jesse Pinkman, now used online as a reaction image, GIF, or reply applied to anyone caught doing the same bad thing again[1]. ### Where did He Can't Keep Getting Away With It come from? The line is from Breaking Bad season five, episode twelve, 'Rabid Dog,' which aired on AMC on September 1st, 2013, with Aaron Paul's Jesse Pinkman confronting Hank Schrader about Walter White[1]. ### What does He Can't Keep Getting Away With It mean? Posters use it to express mock or sincere outrage that a specific person, celebrity, politician, or recurring boogeyman like Sam Hyde, is pulling the same trick again without consequences[5]. ### How do you use He Can't Keep Getting Away With It? A common move is to reply to a news post about a repeat offender with a Jesse Pinkman screenshot and the quote, as @BreakingBadQT did with Justin Bieber's 2014 DUI arrest[2]. It also works as a sarcastic answer to 'Thanks, Obama!' posts[4]. ### Is He Can't Keep Getting Away With It still popular? Usage peaked in 2019 and 2020 across Me.Me, iFunny, and Reddit[4][6]. The quote still shows up in Breaking Bad reaction threads, though documented new posts after 2020 are limited. ## References 1. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFXswv-xFIE]() 2. [https://twitter.com/BreakingBadQT/status/426467026849116160]() 3. [https://me.me/i/the-1-exist-bernie-sanders-he-cant-keep-getting-away-7563c065ab0549d48b859fe29793edfa]() 4. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/he-cant-keep-getting-away-with-it]() 5. [https://ifunny.co/picture/he-can-t-keep-getting-away-with-it-meet-sam-1tLml1lf5]() 6. [https://www.reddit.com/r/ComedyCemetery/comments/elpr6g/where_did_it_go/]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/he-cant-keep-getting-away-with-it Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library