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* In the myth that throwing a fire extinguisher on a fire will cause it to explode, the team has already had two failures, both of which took several minutes to fail. Now they test the third extinguisher, full of chemical foam, which leads to this '''''unbelievable''''' exchange just seconds after they drop it in.

'''Tory:''' [[Tempting Fate|Sounds like?]]<br />

'''[[Stuff Blowing Up|BOOM.]]'''<br />

* In the "Frozen Turkey Drop" myth:

** Grant and Tory build a turkey-dropping rig and give it a pair of plastic hands. As they test the rig, the arms ''slam'' together, and the plastic hands utterly shatter. The completely shocked looks on Tory and Grant's faces are funny enough, but the crown on the Crowning Moment comes when Kari walks in, holding a piece of one of the hands, and ''completely deadpans:''

** Anything involving the [[Nightmare Fuel]]-ish ballistics gel dog is golden, especially Kari's bizarre [[Cuteness Proximity]] fondness for it.

* The Mythbusters also have a habit of overkill. The example that comes immediately to mind is shooting a fish in a barrel...''[[Gatling Good|with a gatling gun]]''. Because any confirmation involving guns needs [[More Dakka]].

** "If it's worth doing, it's worth overdoing."

* Testing the myth of a cell phone causing an explosion at a petrol station, Adam and Jamie quickly discover their small scale test isn't quite small enough when it produces a '''huge''' fireball.

** And as it turns out, he was.

*** Not just that. It's revealed in a later episode (a retrospective, I think) that he had a date that night, and was going to propose! Fortunately, in spite of the missing eyebrow and shorter hair (some of it was singed off along with the eyebrow), the date went great, and she said "yes"!

*** Also, Jamie using the modified penny gun to shoot Adam ''in the ass''.

* During the Hammer vs. Hammer myth: Tory was trying to drive in a nail with one swing. He missed the nail twice, hitting the same spot both times.

'''Narrator''': "[[Genre Savvy|It's worth noting a smart remark rarely goes unpunished.]]" }}

** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5ZXxUqDwzs&feature=related Cue the hammer slipping out of Tory's hand and] [[A Worldwide Punomenon|nailing]] Grant in the shin, missing the steel-toe cap.

* The episode where they visit NASA to investigate the moon landing, and Grant spots a worryingly-labeled alarm:

'''NASA worker''': Only if it goes off. }}

* The Ming Dynasty Astronaut Myth. Basically, it's the myth that an wealthy astronomer from the Ming Dynasty strapped 47 rockets to his throne and, as eyewitnesses said, went into orbit in a puff of smoke, never to be seen again. After hearing that, we all know what really happened, but the humor comes in at the confirmation via giant explosion: in that puff of smoke, he didn't go up into orbit, he evaporated.

** Followed by Adam testing the claim that a slap to the face (provided by Jamie) will sober you up. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2seiHua3Fc The high-speed footage was hysterical].

*** Made even better by the fact that ''it actually worked''.

** In a different alcohol myth, Tory and Grant have to get drunk enough to get a hangover the next day. Twice. It's hilarious both times, especially when they try to go couch-surfing and when Tory jumps into bed from ''on top of a wall''.

* Tory's infamous [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBEmInSdsx4 cycling mishap].

*** It's even better in [[Myth Busters]] Revealed / the Top 25 Mythbusters Moments special, where Tory explains he went through with it specifically ''because'' Scotty and Kari said he could totally make it.

* Don't forget Adam getting shocked by the fake Ark of the Covenant after the build team wires it up to an electric fence.

** This actually loses some of its humor when you see the outtakes. The whole story goes that Adam was expecting to get a ''tiny'' electric shock from the Ark being hooked up to the recreated "Baghdad Batteries," because they were testing the idea that it may have been used for religious purposes (to "feel God" as Kari put it). When he got actual pain, it's understandable why he was so pissed about it. Adam later explained in a Q & A that the suggestion came from a producer (who is "no longer with us") who thought it would be exciting TV. Even though it may have been quite funny to watch, Adam was seriously pissed off and once it happened no one, even the camera crew, thought it was particularly funny afterward. He said that pranks are a dangerous thing because A) they escalate into more outrageous and dangerous/illegal activities and B) they are people with some significant skills and resources at their disposal to make the pranks worse than any normal person could.

** It gets its humor back when Adam tries to get his revenge in a later episode by setting off a homemade smoke bomb. {{spoiler|He fails miserably, although the smoke bomb was remarkably resistant to attempts to put it out, which was funny enough on its own.}}

* Another great moment involving electricity was when Adam, Jamie, Scottie, and Kari were playing with the Van der Graaf generator in the "static cannon" myth, the highlights of which have to be Scottie and Kari teasing Jamie for being skittish about getting shocked and all of them shocking Adam on the ass while he's got his hand on the generator.

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPdR5mdH7e0 The entire "Fainting Goats," myth.] First a goat accidentally kicks Tory in the nuts. Then Kari "gets out the big guns", which is hilarious because she is quite seriously doing it in an attempt to make male goats faint. The only one it works on is Tory. For their last attempt, they dress up as farm animals as a disguise... and finally get some goats to faint.

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSVfYwdGSsQ "What car?"]

** Which also qualifies as a serious [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|Crowning Moment of Holy Shit Did They Just Do That?! Hot Damn, They Did! That Was AWESOME!!!]]

'''Jamie''': [''unmoved''] That didn't mess around. }}

*** Perhaps made funnier if you notice that one of the rockets flies onscreen AFTER impact, since it was a 1st stage rocket that was left behind by the much faster 2nd stage rockets.

** Made even funnier when, thinking it was just Tory and the researcher goofing around, Adam moves to see the final attempt better.

* In the Crimes and Mythdemeanors special, they busted the myth of [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LovGVrrIuk using magnets to climb through an air vent]. It created [[With Catlike Tread|so much ridiculous noise]] that it was impossible to be sneaky.

** Don't forget Adam when the suction gave out on His climbers when testing it, smacking it on the head. Complete with a cartoonish "WHAM".

** Jamie gets a wonderful [[Not So Stoic]] moment out of it too, while inside the duct.

'''Jamie:''' ''[giggle then [[Beat|a pause]]]'' I'm okay!<br />

[everyone laughs]<br />

'''Jamie:''' Nope! }}

* There was the time they tested smooth golf balls vs dimpled by having a pro golfer hit them. He complained the smooth ones were like hitting a brick.

* "Killer Brace Position", when they're finally ready to test it. You hear music and someone singing opera, then the camera shows ADAM, actually singing it!

* Adam cooking a pot of wee to use as a cleaning agent in the [[Pirate]] special, complete with a hilariously bad French chef accent.

** The one that ''really'' takes the cake is ''Finger in a Barrel'', the myth about disabling a shotgun by plugging the barrel with a finger. The whole thing is presented like a ''[[Looney Tunes]]'' cartoon, complete with cartoonish caricatures of Jamie and Adam as "Hunter Hyneman" and "Savage Squirrel" respectively.

* From the Diet Coke and Mentos segment, we have:

** Cue the soda bottle ([[Foregone Conclusion|predictably]]) exploding.

*** It's even better because some of the soda drips land on the camera lens.

* In [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ab2rVT9qgjw this] "bloopers" feature, a close-up of flowers suddenly jumps to Adam giving a "viewer discretion is advised" warning. He then turns around and runs off into the background, showing that he's naked except for a large flowerpot held at groin level. Jamie just watches him go, and the camera crew can be heard cracking up when he hits his hip on the corner of the bench Jaime is standing behind. You can hear his "OW".

* In this troper's first episode, Kari, Grant, and Tory, are testing to see if soundwaves could be recorded on clay bottles. To test this, Tory screamed at a clay jar as they were etching into it with a needle.

'''Kari:''' YOU CRAZY KILLER!! }}

* During the Myths Revisited first episode of Season 2, which is pretty much entirely hilarious, Adam is covered in gold paint, and has to have someone test his temperature...rectally. Medic Sanjay Singh does the deed. Cue Adam:

* The banana peel myth. THE BANANA PEEL MYTH.

* The episode where the myth of an empty beer bottle being a deadlier weapon than a full one involved making a gelatin brain to wobble inside of a clear "skull". After making the test, there was a segment where Adam, paraphrased, told it

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMiVNPXR5qw Talking To Plants]. The abuse heaped on the peas.

'''Kari''': ...I was running out of material. }}

* JD's theme song in the Exploding Piano myth:

** Aren't you forgetting what that song was a prelude to? The Mythbusters Concerto in C-4 was a magnificent piece. Anyone can play it, too; just blow up a piano.

* In the "Waterslide Wipeout" episode, Adam is building the ramp with duct tape, when suddenly his roll of duct tape rolls all the way down the ramp and ''flies into the lake.''

* From the demolition derby special. There is a car suspended from a crane. Kari: "Next on Mythbusters, find out why we can't get car insurance."

** Also on that episode, when the car's roof gets shorn off by a tractor-trailer, it keeps going and rolls over a hill. You can immediately see Tory and Kari's faces shift from "This is Awesome!" to "[[Oh Crap]]."

'''Kari:''' Uh oh. }}

* The ''foomf'' sound effect when they successfully try out their car ejector seat. It's the simple things, sometimes.

** Not to mention the fact that it actually worked so well when they didn't quite expect it to do so at such a low air pressure setting (10 psi, as opposed to over 100 psi at its maximum setting which it was designed to operate), so they were caught by surprise. Also funny what happened to the seat - it not only cleared the car's roof, it also slammed the (open) trunk shut and cleared the partially closed garage door behind the car (in short, it went all the way out of the garage!).

* During the "Escape From Alcatraz" myth, the team had to make a boat out of raincoats by pounding them together using quick drying concrete.

'''''(BANGBANGBANGBANGBANGBANG)''''' }}

* The [[Hot-Blooded]] Stanford rowing coach for "Rowboat waterskier":

We're pullin' your ass out! You're gonna be doing this thing without a wetsuit and a beret and glasses on, if I have my way. }}

* The entirety of the Top 25 episode, where they list their favorite things about the show, when it isn't being awesome. Namely, thing #7, which is Jamie Hyneman. At one point, it compares him to a walrus while swimming. Also, #3 is Adam and Tory hurting themselves...

** What really sold the Jamie segment was Grant's comment at the end:

** [http://dsc.discovery.com/videos/mythbusters-epic-failures.html #22, a.k.a. Failure Is Always an Option], first opens with Adam, Tory and Kari [[Hilarious Outtakes|failing to introduce the next moment properly.]] It all culminates with Jamie saying this:

** The special opens with a mock [[Avengers Assemble]] introduction, with Adam dropping in from the ceiling in mountain climbing gear. He then proceeds to attempt to follow Kari, Tory and Grant as they walk off-screen to start compiling moments, only to get part way before he reaches [[A Worldwide Punomenon|the end of his rope]] and gets pulled back.

* In "Walking on Water," Adam puts on a pair of shoes that the narrator describes as looking like "container ships." As Adam tries to step off the edge of the pool into the water, he immediately loses his balance and falls face-first into the water. As Jamie looks on, Adam simply says; "If I had any dignity, that would have been humiliating."

** And before that, when they were testing the mizugumo, we get this gem of a line.

'''Jamie''': ... }}

*** Even funnier considering the fact that Adam's mouth is covered up, and he is busily punctuating his words with [[Power Rangers]]-esque head jerks.

** And then proceeds to ''shriek'' at the top of his lungs, "SOMETHING JUST TOUCHED ME."

** Before getting into the water with sharks, this exchange.

'''Grant:''' Oh, I hope they like Italian! }}

* The boys recently did the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vhZ24WKV4o cold open of the Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson]. Adam was in his spacesuit get-up, and both had to hold up cue cards for their lines in the song. But Jamie is just... Jamie. And for the most part, stands there totally deadpan the whole time. Which makes it frackin' hilarious.

* Ordinarily, Jamie isn't much of a comedian, so it means a lot at that at the end of "Phone Book Friction," he's standing next to two phone books [[It Makes Sense in Context|that have been torn apart by tanks]] and says "I just wanted to make a phone call"...and the ''camera crew'' cracks up laughing.

* Then there was the [[Benjamin Franklin]] myth...

'''Grant''': Ben Franklin was never president... }}

* And then there's Tory's [[Groin Attack|repeated accidents]]. He recently said he just hopes he can still have children.

** At the end of the last test, Adam asks the oldest baby for a high-five. She gives him one. (Sure, it doesn't sound like much, but picture a one-and-a-half-year old giving a pretty solid high-five for someone of that age. It really is the little things sometimes.)

* Adam attempting to walk on hot coals ''without knowing the technique''.

* From one of the early seasons while testing how to beat the breatalizer, they had to have a few drinks first to get into the right range:

** First:

'''Adam:''' You know, my Doctor was also telling me that I'm not getting enough tar…so, I need to start smoking again! }}

** Then:

'''Jamie:''' Sorry, bub! }}

** And then:

'''Adam:''' [laughing] Of course I'm causing trouble. }}

* When Adam and Jamie built their arrow "machine gun," it had... problems. Lots of problems. Eventually, during one of its many, many breakdowns, Adam just gives up:

* On the first test of the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SU7xkYmWwmQ Appliances in Bathtub] myth.

** From that same episode:

'''Jamie''': What are you, [[Pee-wee's Playhouse|Pee-wee Herman]]? }}

* The No Pain No Gain episode give us this gem after the conformation of the myth that women can take pain better than men

* From the Cold Feet Myth, when Kari examines her meal:

* The Compact Compact revisit gives us this gem. Jamie wanted to use more breakaway rope than Adam. Adam got his way, and sure enough, the rope breaks prematurely.

'''[[Fun with Subtitles|Subtitle]]''': The weakest link in the chain was Adam!<br />

'''Jamie''': Now exactly how strong does that have to be, it's really kind of... it's a guess.<br />

'''[[Fun with Subtitles|Subtitle]]''': [[Symbol Swearing|%$#!]]. }}

** Earlier in that scene:

'''Adam''': No no no no no NO NO NO NO! }}

* Adam is getting frustrated with the slow progression of the "lift a sunken boat with ping pong balls" myth. Jamie's advice to him on calming down is ''gold''.

** In ''MythBusters Revealed'', Jamie reveals his comment has to do with his belief that Adam sometimes gets so involved with his builds he [[Forgets to Eat]], and in these cases Adam gets a bit cranky due to low blood sugar. A quick-fix for this issue is for Adam to ''literally'' go have a cookie.

* ''Adam'': I'm a sad monkey.

** Also in the "Paper Armor" myth, Tory nonchalantly flings one of the resin-laminated paper squares off to the side. It embeds itself in a piece of cardboard. Tory then just ''breaks down.'' His reaction is almost as funny as the unexpected landing!

* In the "Mirror Lights" myth, Jamie makes the darkened room the brightest it gets in the whole myth. How? By stepping into the beams of light cast by the mirrors... and letting it ''bounce off his white shirt.'' Jamie is literally ''glowing'' as the beams scatter off his starched white shirt. Adam loses it.

'''Adam:''' I stand corrected. }}

* Adam is failing to make a hovercraft, and he's already gone over his budget ''twice'', so he's feeling a little down. So the cameraman tries to comfort him:

* Grant is showing Adam and Jamie how to fly his model airplane as part of the "airplane on a conveyor belt" myth. Jamie is uncomfortable:

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZigahtFzeE The Wild Hyneman].

* In the "Walk in a straight line blindfolded" episode, at the beginning, Adam is blindfolded and we get this exchange.

'''Jamie:''' Yeah ''*holds up a sign that says "Every day I have to work with him"*'' }}

** At the end of the opening segment, Jamie holds up a sign that says "Bye" then walks away, and Adam doesn't notice and just keeps talking.

** Later, when they ''finally'' manage to make the car tip over, the 80+ frozen Cornish game hens Kari threw on the hood of the car go ''flying off'' at breakneck speed as the car tumbles down the ramp. It's so utterly ludicrous it must be seen to be believed.

* In the Confederate Rocket myth, Grant is attempting to talk about nitrous oxide gas...while in the presence of an apparatus that's slowly creating the stuff. Given that the common term for nitrous oxide is "laughing gas", [[Hilarious Outtakes|I think you]] [[Corpsing|can guess]] [[Hilarity Ensues|what ensues]].

* The coffee creamer fireball, a classic [[Mass "Oh Crap"]] moment for Grant, Kari and Tory.

* During the "Mind Control Chip" myth, Adam had to learn how to use a studfinder in its various modes. Jamie placed a series of studs. metal tubes, wires, and microchips behind a wall in oddball configurations. Adam was mostly able to find the larger items behind the wall (not the microchips, though), but one area proved a bit of a blind spot. When Adam went around to the other side of the wall, he saw what he'd missed: {{spoiler|A series of metal wires twisted into the words "Adam is a spasm".}} Adam lost it.

* In a complete role-reversal during the Duct Tape Island episode, Adam is the one who finds and creates their shelter (complete with furniture and a homemade chess set) while Jamie creates a surfboard out of duct tape and tries to use it. Too bad Jamie doesn't know how to surf...

** At the end of the episode, after escaping from the island and a few congratulatory minutes...

'''Adam''' *[[Face Palm]]* }}

* During the Catching a Sword myth from the ninja special, Kari, Tory, and Grant are doing some force-testing. Then, all of a sudden, Adam comes running in out of nowhere, shouts "YOUR KUNG FU IS NO GOOD!" and smacks Tory in the face.