When to Use
- When someone threatens you and you respond with a calm, final warning.
- To show you are ending a conversation with someone who is causing trouble.
- As a reaction to someone crossing a line on social media.
Source: Breaking Bad (2008 American TV series)
Dialogue: I'm calling the police.
This clip features Gustavo Fring from the acclaimed TV series Breaking Bad (2008). In this moment, Fring coldly states, "I'm calling the police," before ending the call. The clip is popular due to Fring's terrifyingly calm demeanor when making a direct, life-altering threat.
A man speaks on his phone and then hangs up while standing in a parking lot at night in front of a Los Pollos Hermanos restaurant.
This meme is used to express calm, controlled defiance or a calculated threat in response to an annoying or problematic situation.