History Characters / MythBusters

* TheLancer: The one most likely to argue with Jaime, and early episodes featured semi-regular "build-offs" where Adam and Jaime would compete against each other. Sometimes, Adam even wins these competitions, or his disagreement with Jaime sees Adam be the one ultimately proven right. Jaime [[InvokedTrope actually specifically selected]] Adam to be co-host, feeling that Adam was entertaining enough to keep the audience engaged and that their OddCouple dynamic would make for good television.

* TheLeader: Owns M5 Industries, the shop the show runs out of, and often comes up with the plans for the builds the team will use. More prevalent in earlier seasons, where Jaime wearing his "boss hat" was a source of drama in the show.

%%* WrenchWench

%%* BraidsOfAction: Of the two braids version.

%%* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Mid episode during the rolling stones myth.
%%* CoolBigSis
%%* DumbBlonde: Averted

* RidiculouslyHumanRobots: One theory, proposed by Adam is that he's a robot.

* TeethClenchedTeamwork: He and Adam have made it clear that they have a good deal of respect for each other but on an interpersonal level they annoy each other to no end and do not hang out after work. When this makes it past editing, we notice that Jamie is annoyed by Adam's showmanship, competitiveness and occasionally sloppy work. With that said, their mutual joy at what they are doing is often apparent as well, and whenever Adam has been in trouble, Jamie looks legitimately worried, even to the point of sounding almost panicked when Adam rolled a car over while testing the 'driving on two wheels' myth.
** When Adam became too motion-sick to continue a bungee-jumping myth, acrophobe Jamie agreed to do the rest of the jumps to spare his co-host.

* AwesomenessByAnalysis: In a few episodes, Adam is given the task of figuring out the measurements of certain props or rigs just by examining video footage. According to Jamie, he's well-known in the industry for his ability to do this. Rather tellingly, the one challenge in the "Ultimate [=MythBuster=]" episode that he unequivocally bested Jamie at involved guessing items' weight.

* IdenticalStranger: Jamie is starting to bear an increasingly striking resemblance to [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog Dr. Robotnik]]. Others feel he looks more like Doobie Brothers / Steely Dan guitarist [[http://thelivingend.com/vBforum/showthread.php?p=152290 Jeff "Skunk" Baxter]], Swedish painter [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Larsson#/media/File:Carl_Larsson_-_Self_Portrait.png Carl Larsson]] or, as noted on Website/ThisVeryWiki, Creator/{{Friedrich|Nietzsche}} [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Nietzsche187a.jpg Nietzsche]].

* {{Keet}}: Especially compared to Jamie.

%%* {{Keet}}: Especially compared to Jamie.

* NiceHat: Not quite as iconic as Jamie's beret, but he is often seen in a brown Stetson. Also, if any test result is remotely compatible with his head, he will wear it.
-->'''Jamie:''' What are you doing?\\
'''Adam:''' I put everything on my head.

* AwesomenessByAnalysis: In a few episodes, Adam is given the task of figuring out the measurements of certain props or rigs just by examining video footage. According to Jamie, he's well-known in the industry for his ability to do this.

** Also, if any test result is remotely compatible with his head, he will wear it.

--> '''Adam''': Want to try [[[ItMakesSenseInContext blowing up a trombone]]] again?
--> '''Jamie''': Sure, why not.
--> '''Adam''': [[SarcasmMode ...you know, it's when you get really excited that I get nervous. If you could just calm down a bit...]]

* BulletproofFashionPlate: Multiple members of the cast and crew have expressed bafflement at how he always manages to keep his white shirt spotless. Turns out he actually was using (and continues to use) a special clothing treatment that basically makes any fabric it's applied to impervious to most liquids.

* IconicOutfit: His button-down white shirt, dark long-sleeved undershirt, and khakis that never ''ever'' get mussed up or stained.

%%* MadBomber: [[MemeticMutation "Jamie want big boom!"]]
* MadeOfIron: During initial tests for the pain tolerance episode, Adam was showing his discomfort and Jamie, well, wasn't. Robert Lee commented that Jamie is so tough "he sometimes rusts".

* GunNut: Even she was surprised by how well she took to guns, despite being a self-professed "vegetarian from California."

** Pulled herself up from hanging off of a helicopter's skid and into its cockpit on the first try, and with far greater ease than either Tory or Grant.

%%* WrenchWench

* AwesomeMcCoolName: Adam ''Savage'' is one hell of an awesome name.

* NiceShoes: His red Converse sneakers.

* IdenticalStranger: Jamie is starting to bear an increasingly striking resemblance to [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog Dr. Robotnik]]. Others feel he looks more like Doobie Brothers / Steely Dan guitarist [[http://thelivingend.com/vBforum/showthread.php?p=152290 Jeff "Skunk" Baxter]], Swedish painter [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Larsson#/media/File:Carl_Larsson_-_Self_Portrait.png Carl Larsson]] or, as noted on Wiki/ThisVeryWiki, Creator/{{Friedrich|Nietzsche}} [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Nietzsche187a.jpg Nietzsche]].

* BlindWithoutEm: Adam claims this in an early episode dealing with whether or not a regular ceiling fan can decapitate someone. When they ran the final test with a highly modified fan, Adam put his glasses on the ballistics-gel target head [[note]]made with a casting of Adam's head[[/note]] and then announced that the rest of the team would have to tell him what happens because "I can't see a damn thing".

* SignatureHeadgear: His trademark beret. He realized that a shaved head looked better than a badly receding hairline but then realized that hair does things like protect the scalp from the sun and helps regulate body temperature so he started wearing hats. The beret stuck around because it works for him.

* NiceHat: The cowboy hat he frequently wears.

* NiceHat: His trademark beret. He realized that a shaved head looked better than a badly receding hairline but then realized that hair does things like protect the scalp from the sun and helps regulate body temperature so he started wearing hats. The beret stuck around because it works for him.

* BlindWithoutEm: Adam claims this in an early episode dealing with whether or not a regular ceiling fan can decapitate someone. When they ran the final test with a [[UpToEleven highly modified]] fan, Adam put his glasses on the ballistics-gel target head [[note]]made with a casting of Adam's head[[/note]] and then announced that the rest of the team would have to tell him what happens because "I can't see a damn thing".

* OlderThanTheyLook: He's the same age as Tory ''is'' and looks as old as Tory ''acts''.

* OlderThanTheyLook: He's in his early 40s but he still looks young. However, he is starting to go visibly gray.

* OlderThanTheyLook: Would you believe she's ''43''? She could easily pass for mid-20s.

%%* BaldOfAwesome: It is frequently hidden under his beret.

* TheSmurfettePrinciple: The only female regular in the Mythbusters, though early on she also worked alongside [[ThePeteBest Scottie Chapman and Christine Chamberlain]].

* {{Megane}}: He has had laser surgery since starting the show, but his personality fits.

* BadassMustache: It has been compared to that of a walrus.

* BadassBeard: Sports a red goatee and considering all the crazy stunts he's done over the course of the show, is most definitely badass.

* IdenticalStranger: Jamie is starting to bear an increasingly striking resemblance to [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog Dr. Robotnik]]. Others feel he looks more like Doobie Brothers / Steely Dan guitarist [[http://thelivingend.com/vBforum/showthread.php?p=152290 Jeff "Skunk" Baxter]], Swedish painter [[http://www.wholesalechinaoilpainting.com/upload1/file-admin/images/new4/Carl%20Larsson-757438.jpg Carl Larsson]] or, as noted on Wiki/ThisVeryWiki, Creator/{{Friedrich|Nietzsche}} [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Nietzsche187a.jpg Nietzsche]].

* GenderBlenderName: Though his full name is Salvatore Belleci.

%%%* {{Adorkable}}

* TheBigGuy: Of the Build Team members (and possibly the entire [=MythBusters=] crew), because he does the most stunts.