Americanization of a German name[]
Actually it's a proper German name.
However the given meaning of the name is most likely wrong. The name is possibly derived from a town with a similar name or the female given name Irmtraud. -- JonStryker
- Haha thanks for your feedback. I am not an Etymologist so I just did a bit of researching on Google. Would you care to make a change to the article itself about his name? ---- Trevor (Ohmyn0) 23:34, July 23, 2012 (UTC)
- I took the liberty of fixing that paragraph. It ain't even an Americanization, it's plain German. (I'm German myself). Should be correct now, though of course I'm open for discussion. -- Lefusilier (talk) 17:56, August 27, 2012 (UTC)
- An Ancestry.com page (that might not have been available nine years ago) explains the name in the same way that Werner does. (I'd like to link to it here, but it keeps getting marked as Spam. The address is https-colon-slash-slash-www.ancestry.com-slash-name-origin-question-mark-surname=ehrmantraut; let's try that.) The original form does indeed appear to resemble the form given by JonStryker. Brian Tung (talk) 18:33, 7 November 2021 (UTC)
Special Forces"[]
"It is entirely possible that Mike may have at one point been in U.S special forces for example in Season 4 Episode 6 "Cornered" Mike refers to men he wants hired as soldiers as "operators" which is what Tier 1 Special Forces soldiers are officially designated as."
This is supposed to be an encyclopedic site about the television show Breaking Bad, right? If that's the case, should we really be making wild speculations based on a turn of phrase used once by a character? Maybe that wasn't even in the script. Maybe Jonathan Banks just thought it sounded nice, and not a single writer has ever given a passing thought to Mike having served. How are we to know? We're not; therefore, things like this shouldn't be written in.
Oh, and to whomever wrote that little paragraph - if you're gonna pretend to know what you're talking about, at least do it well; "Tier 1" soldiers in the United States Military are not inherently referred to as "Operators." This is an infrequent designation given to 1st SFOD-D ("Delta Force") members. The term derives from "operatives," but was changed because of the CIA's habit of referring to their own deep cover agents as "operatives." Delta, needing a suitable substitute, started using "Operators," and the name stuck. Beyond that, 'Special Forces' isn't the proper term; any unit within the US military deemed "special forces" qualified is referred to as "special operational forces," or SOF (a blanket term used to describe any and all elite military units worldwide, in fact). The United States Special Forces are a unit within the United States Army who are classified as SOF, though none of their members are referred to as "Operators." Yeah, it might sound like I'm splitting hairs, but military jargon and SOF units are very complex and lengthy subjects - playing Call of Duty doesn't make you a vet. Serving does. Honest to John (talk) 09:04, August 15, 2012 (UTC)
Former US marine[]
In "Gloves Off" it is implied Mike served in Vietnam as a marine sharpshooter. Lawson tells Mike that the M40a1 was used by the marines in the 60s, and later asks if he's familiar with it, to which Mike responds "You could say that" --Potsk (talk) 12:22, June 3, 2020 (UTC)
Appearances[]
Why are Mike's appearances reversed for Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul? Typically, characters who appear in the first series have the first series listed first, but Mike has it switched for some reason.
Misspelling under personality section.[]
The second paragraph has the word "advanced" misspelled as "advanzed" as seen in this fragment "...usually being underestimated due to his advanzed age".
- Hey, it has been fiixed. KirbyTheBulborb (talk) 22:32, 14 August 2022 (UTC)
Adding Ramey to the Trivia section[]
Could someone with edit permissions add Austin Ramey to the list of people who've appeared in BCS/BB/EC in the Trivia section? The article's protected (I assume because of the 'kid named Finger' thing) so I can't do so myself.
- Will do! And yeah that blasted finger thing is the reason for this article's protection. Memes are fine elsewhere on sites like OkBuddyChicanery but shouldn't be added to this article. KirbyTheBulborb (talk) 07:42, 19 August 2022 (UTC)
Rolling back the article from fully protected to semi-protected[]
I imagine the reason why it was fully protected was because of all the "kid named finger" stuff, but I think that's definitely died down a bit by now. If we are still worried about vandalism I think making it semi-protected instead of fully protected would make sense, since you still need to be autoconfirmed to edit semi-protected articles.
- Okay, let's see how this goes. The Grim Botches Edits (talk) 19:59, 23 August 2022 (UTC)
Expansion[]
the article looks finished.
Category additions[]
I’ve been restoring some of the deleted categories from this page and adding them to others that had them.
Age[]
If it says that Mike was born some time between 1940-1944; "Uno" takes place in May 2002 and "Say My Name" takes place in October 2009, shouldn't the age in his infobox actually be "57-62" for Uno and "64-69" for Say My Name? It erroneously says 60-64 for the former and 65-69 for the latter. Robbtff (talk) 04:45, 13 September 2022 (UTC)
papa and pop[]
in kaylee's breaking bad debut, she calls mike "papa", and stacey calls mike "pop" multiple times in BCS, yet they arent listed in the nicknames section
Minor Misspelling[]
"Jesse told Mike that he'd have to kill him to were he to kill Walt." should be "Jesse told Mike that he'd have to kill him too were he to kill Walt." (the second "to" should be a "too")
Aliases[]
Does the aliases part of Mike's infobox section refer to what other characters have referred him to in the shows or is it strictly nicknames that aren't a one-off thing said by a different character? For example, in Season 6, Lalo calls Mike "Bald Gringo", does that qualify as an addition to "aliases"? FlammableGas (talk) 18:04, 1 March 2023 (UTC)
Why is the timelapse a separate page?[]
Most characters, such as Huell or Walter have their year-by-year timelapse within an infobox. Mike has his in a separate page. This feels odd
- I believe this is being done as an experiment and Mike's page is the guinea pig for it. Personally speaking, I don't like the idea that much. The integrated portraits in the infobox make it simpler and easier to access, while the version being tested on Mike's page requires a whole different page you have to click on that takes you off the main page. I think separate pages for screencaps and videos are fine, but the portraits should remain in the infobox. The Grim Botches Edits (talk) 04:54, 5 May 2023 (UTC)
- Hello, this is indeed an attempt on my part to declutter the main character infobox gallery. Indeed, the basic idea was gradually lost in favor of too many photos for each era in which the character appeared, even for a brief scene of little importance. The aim is to return to a gallery of a few photos at most (3-4) that are representative of the character, and deport elsewhere the list of photos of all the character's appearances. This attempt is not necessarily destined to last. I'm still looking for a better solution. Sinequanone (talk) 08:33, 30 May 2023 (UTC)
Killed By Walter White categoy[]
Can an admin add this category to Mike's page? Russellthedog (talk) 02:21, 28 05 2023 (UTC)
- Hello, it's done Sinequanone (talk) 08:26, 30 May 2023 (UTC)
typo...[]
I think from is a typo in "able to keep from of the money" that should be some. Do I need to submit typos in a talk page?!? DynV (talk) 04:32, 30 May 2023 (UTC)
- Hello, I have corrected this sentence. And yes, all modifications must go through this page, since it's protected against the little rascals who are constantly vandalizing it... Don't hesitate to point out other errors. Sinequanone (talk) 08:26, 30 May 2023 (UTC)
Removal of Quotes[]
I'm sure there's a good reason for it such as lack of quality control on quotes that actually are worth a damn but I have to ask, why was the entire section removed? Was there a discussion about it that I may view?
Want to update "Murders connected to Mike > Howard Hamlin"[]
Currently: "Helped Jimmy McGill and Kim Wexler cover up Howard's murder and frame his death as a suicide. ("Point and Shoot", "Fun and Games")"
Reasoning for expansion: The above will be the ending of my expanded text, as the above is only the ending of Mike's involvement in Howard's murder since I believe Mike does mess up a lot which allows Lalo to murder Howard.
Proposed addition: "Mike place Jimmy and Kim under surveillance in order to try to watch for Lalo Salamanca's whereabouts ("Hit and Run"), including Kim's apartment. Soon enough, Lalo, who contacts his uncle Hector Salamanca to let him know of his plans, finds out that Gus and Mike have bugged Hector's phone; this leads to Lalo purposely revealing a fake plan to assassinate Gus one evening, and Mike falls for the trap and pulls all surveillance groups off low priority targets, including Kim's apartment. Now that Kim's apartment is no longer being watched, Lalo is able to sneak there, where he eventually and briefly meets Howard Hamlin, before murdering Howard in front of Jimmy and Kim."
Maybe someone can help me condense and edit this for clarity, but Mike did goof up here and allowed Lalo to get the better of him, resulting in someone not in the game to lose his life.
Add Mike To "Characters Dissolved In Acid" Category[]
I was trying to add Mike to the category "Characters dissolved in acid" category, but the page was locked. In the Mid-Season premiere of Season 5 "Gliding Over All", Walt and Todd dissolved Mike's dead body in acid. I Also added Krazy-8 to the category, because he was too dissolved in acid.