# Breaking Bad opening credits question **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 25, 2012, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-bad-opening-credits-question/619923 "2012-04-25T17:18:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![standingwave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@standingwave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/standingwave)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2012, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-bad-opening-credits-question/619923/1 "2012-04-25T17:18:32Z")
Great show but aren’t they supposed to be actual chemical (element) symbols? Because [this one](http://i49.tinypic.com/2l1g0j.jpg) freaking stumped me, yo. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2012, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-bad-opening-credits-question/619923/2 "2012-04-25T17:21:45Z")
Chromium? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![standingwave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@standingwave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/standingwave)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2012, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-bad-opening-credits-question/619923/3 "2012-04-25T17:50:13Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Chromium? 😉 I don’t think so. Or are there nonstandard symbols? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2012, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-bad-opening-credits-question/619923/4 "2012-04-25T17:52:07Z")
Most of them are real. I guess that one is either a mistake or they just picked it for artistic purposes. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2012, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-bad-opening-credits-question/619923/5 "2012-04-25T18:11:51Z")
> [@standingwave](#): > > I don’t think so. Or are there nonstandard symbols? Just being a smartass… ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2012, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-bad-opening-credits-question/619923/6 "2012-04-25T18:21:17Z")
Swissium. ---
**Author:** ![standingwave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@standingwave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/standingwave)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2012, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-bad-opening-credits-question/619923/7 "2012-04-25T18:43:33Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Just being a smartass… I should have guessed. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2012, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-bad-opening-credits-question/619923/8 "2012-04-25T18:53:35Z")
Maybe a reference to benzene? ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2012, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-bad-opening-credits-question/619923/9 "2012-04-25T19:24:41Z")
**Ch** emistry. ---
**Author:** ![ouryL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ouryl/32/6067_2.png) [@ouryL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouryL)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2012, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-bad-opening-credits-question/619923/10 "2012-04-25T19:24:57Z")
Methylidyne? ---
**Author:** ![standingwave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@standingwave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/standingwave)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2012, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-bad-opening-credits-question/619923/11 "2012-04-25T20:08:06Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > **Ch** emistry. Winner. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2012, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-bad-opening-credits-question/619923/12 "2012-04-25T20:40:04Z")
> [@standingwave](#): > > Winner. Seconded ---
**Author:** ![What\_the](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f4b2a3/32.png) [@What\_the](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_the)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2012, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-bad-opening-credits-question/619923/13 "2012-04-26T12:15:06Z")
> [@standingwave](#): > > Winner. …if you change the rules of the game. Or am I missing something? ---
**Author:** ![x-ray\_vision](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/x-ray_vision/32/351_2.png) [@x-ray\_vision](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/x-ray_vision)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2012, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-bad-opening-credits-question/619923/14 "2012-04-26T16:13:18Z")
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