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== Live Action TV == |
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* ''[[MythBusters]]'' tested this trope in one episode, and found that the right sort of evergreen tree, stripped of its limbs and bent over to the breaking point, could toss [[Butt Monkey|Buster the]] [[Chew Toy|test dummy]] about hundred yards. However, it still failed to clear a "castle wall" and this trope was deemed "busted". |
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* A slightly more realistic version is used in the ''[[MacGyver]]'' episode "The Road Not Taken". When he needs to throw off some pursuers in the jungle, [[MacGyver]] builds a tree-based catapult to throw stones, and puts a light-based fuse on it. First he pulls four flimsy trees together and bends them down to the ground. He routes them under a solid tree branch and ties them together with a thin vine. Then he sets down his friend's rosary to refract sunlight onto the thin vine, creating a fuse. He stakes the thin vine into the ground with a good knot on a pointed stick, and attaches the pockets from his jacket (filled with rocks) to the tree trunks. |
* A slightly more realistic version is used in the ''[[MacGyver]]'' episode "The Road Not Taken". When he needs to throw off some pursuers in the jungle, [[MacGyver]] builds a tree-based catapult to throw stones, and puts a light-based fuse on it. First he pulls four flimsy trees together and bends them down to the ground. He routes them under a solid tree branch and ties them together with a thin vine. Then he sets down his friend's rosary to refract sunlight onto the thin vine, creating a fuse. He stakes the thin vine into the ground with a good knot on a pointed stick, and attaches the pockets from his jacket (filled with rocks) to the tree trunks. |
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[[Category:Tree Tropes]] |
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