Is It a Good Idea to Microwave This?: Difference between revisions

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In a nutshell, two (later three) guys decide to put various things [[Kill It with Fire|into a microwave oven]] and post their findings on [[YouTube]]. Test subjects range from the mundane (like grapes and a bar of soap) to the truly bizarre (like a [[Pokémon|Pikachu doll]], a toilet bowl, and rubber duckies) and even the dangerously stupid (like two iPods, fireworks, smoke bombs, and ''an airbag'' - '''twice''').

** The {{spoiler|1=[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyi1S4Bngvo Mighty Putty] (Episode #196)}}, although it wasn't so much "deadly" as it was smelling horrifyingly bad.

*** Ditto for the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XOzpjuPGlE Two Furbys].

** Averted on "Ammonia Inhalers", but only because they tested it out on themselves before nuking.

* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Jon, occasionally.

* [[Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique]]: Discussed in "Ammonia Inhalers".

* [[Jedi Mind Trick]]: Parodied many times. From Episode #284...

'''Jory''': [[Hypno Fool|I will not try this at home.]] }}

* [[Long Runner]]: Ten seasons over four years (2007-11), with 300 experiments and slightly more episodes.

* [[Near-Death Experience]] / [[Nightmare Fuel]]: Episodes #167 (the first "Airbag") and #256 ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZukwJxHV03k the second "Lava Lamp"]) [[In-Universe|had the boys genuinely fearing for their lives]].

* [[Oh Crap]]: Their shock that one of their microwaves outright '''exploded''' as a result of {{spoiler|sticking an airbag inside it (Episode #167). Most of it got blown clean across the garage, but the ''door'' got the most distance...and made it to eBay}}. They also let this loose when they saw that the tinfoil shield actually did its job.

** Made even more epic with the fact that, had he not been fast enough, Jory would've almost certainly been severely injured, if not outright killed by the flying debris.

** They redid the experiment in Season 10 ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjmOUuTy-14 Episode #274]), but done outside like Episode #44 ("[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjPiNI2mubs Dynamite]"). The results were [[Stuff Blowing Up|the same as before]].

* [[Please Subscribe to Our Channel]]: In later episodes, each member of the cast asks you to subscribe not to the channel you're watching, but to their personal [[YouTube]] channels instead.

* [[Potty Failure]]: Episode #256, the reprise of "Lava Lamp".

* [[Pyromaniac]]: Well, ''Micro-Maniacs'', really.

** Played straighter when after {{spoiler|[[Justin Bieber|a Justin Bieber doll]] killed ''Emily''}}, they set it on fire.

* [[Self-Deprecation]]:

'''Jory''': We're what you call "stupid". }}

** Also counts as a [[Shout-Out]] to [[Myth Busters]]

* [[Soundtrack Dissonance]]: During Episode #77 ("[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDHbqdwI520 Fireworks]"), the American national anthem is used over a slo-mo replay of the fireworks going off...which culminates in something like "[[Nightmare Fuel|the scream from]] ''[[Alien]]''".

* [[Spoof Aesop]]: Since you really shouldn't do this at home, answering the [[Title Drop]] ends up as one of these.

* [[Stuff Blowing Up]]: As a general rule, never try heating bottled containers of alcohol or flammable chemicals in your microwave oven at home.

* [[Taking You with Me]]: For [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GudhnqlPpok Episode #62], they tried microwaving the remains of their old microwave Diane inside her replacement Sandra. The microwave lights flashed on and off, strange noises were heard, and the new microwave then stopped working in a heartbeat.

* [[Why Won't You Die?]]: Saint Margaret II managed to resurrect '''three times''' after microwaving the Wii, electric fan, and gold and copper...after which she was retired. If you were to put an airbag in her, she'd be thinking "Why are you trying to kill me? '''[[Berserk Button|IT WON'T WORK!!!]]'''"

** The ''entire cast and crew''. Not that they've necessarily been injured, but the stuff they do is so beyond safe it approaches from the other direction. They have almost gotten killed on at least one occasion.

"No, this is good, this is good." }}

** Cindy became "[[The Undead|undead]]" while microwaving a model [[Back to The Future|DeLorean]] (only her turntable still worked).