--- title: Breaking Bad Frozen Parody: Do You Want to Build a Meth Lab description: "Breaking Bad" gets the Disney treatment with "Frozen" parody, "Do You Want to Build a Meth Lab?" canonical: https://time.com/3592231/breaking-bad-frozen-parody/ author: Eliza Berman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-11-18T16:52:23.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:14:41.490Z og:title: 'Breaking Bad' Gets the Perfect 'Frozen'' Parody og:description: Walter White makes for a surprisingly emotional Disney princess og:url: https://time.com/3592231/breaking-bad-frozen-parody/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt49007e0280786afb/69876950e53aba9a444d5fa3/screen-shot-2014-11-18-at-11-51-37-am.png?branch=production&width=709&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 709 og:image:height: 399 og:image:alt: Screen Shot 2014-11-18 at 11.51.37 AM og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: 'Breaking Bad' Gets the Perfect 'Frozen'' Parody twitter:description: Walter White makes for a surprisingly emotional Disney princess twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt49007e0280786afb/69876950e53aba9a444d5fa3/screen-shot-2014-11-18-at-11-51-37-am.png?branch=production&width=709&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # _Breaking Bad_ Gets the Perfect _Frozen_ Parody: 'Do You Want To Build A Meth Lab?' > Sponsored content. 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Nov 18, 2014 4:52 PM UTC  YouTube  by [Eliza Berman](https://time.com/author/eliza-berman/)  ## Eliza Berman Berman is a senior editor at TIME. Nov 18, 2014 4:52 PM UTC In this parody by [Animeme](https://www.youtube.com/user/animeme/featured), the _Frozen_ song “Do You Want to Build a Snowman?” gets the _Breaking Bad_ treatment with Walter White knocking on Jesse Pinkman’s door, pleading, “Do you want to build a meth lab?” In a style that owes much to _South Park_‘s epic musical numbers, the most unsentimental topics — meth, money and murder — ooze sentimentality. When Walt pleads, standing outside Jesse’s closed door, “We built this empire together — it’s all we have,” it’s hard not to get a little misty-eyed. The video captures a great deal of the five-season story arc in three short minutes, staying true to the shots in the [original _Frozen_ scene](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xGEMyn4DKY). 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