History Funny / MythBusters

* 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.
-->'''Jamie''': The weakest link in the chain was the breakaway rope and that's what we wanted it to be.\\
'''[[FunWithSubtitles Subtitle]]''': The weakest link in the chain was Adam!\\
'''Jamie''': Now exactly how strong does that have to be, it's really kind of... it's a guess.\\
'''[[FunWithSubtitles Subtitle]]''': Exactly how strong it needed to be was what I said it was.\\
'''Jamie''': And we guessed wrong.\\
'''[[FunWithSubtitles Subtitle]]''': And Adam guessed wrong.\\
'''Jamie''': Uh...\\
'''[[FunWithSubtitles Subtitle]]''': [[SymbolSwearing %$#!]].\\
'''Jamie''': ...We need to put more rope on there.
** Earlier in that scene:
--->'''Jamie''': *''sing-song''* It's gonna go into the water...\\
'''Adam''': [[RapidFireNo No no no no no NO NO NO NO!]] [''truck stops''] [[BigYes YES!]]

* The coffee creamer fireball, a classic MassOhCrap moment for Grant, Kari and Tory.

** Basically, any time [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Tory]] ends up playing the StraightMan to the other two members of the Build Team, since it generally means the other two are being ''very'' over-the-top, on top of it being a prime OutOfCharacterMoment. Kari and Scottie's antics partway through the "Talking to Plants" myth is a prime example.
*** Tory definitely [[NotSoAboveItAll was not above]] indulging in his own hammy tendencies during that myth. There's the moment when he and Scottie go to a vinyl shop to get the rock and classical [=CDs=] for testing - cue impromptu headbanging mosh pit for two as they're giving the death metal a listen.

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

* JD's theme song in the Exploding Piano myth:
-->''Go JD / Go JD / Fill this piano with TNT''
** The [=MythBusters=] Concerto in C-4 was a magnificent piece. Anyone with the proper equipment can play it, too; just blow up a piano.

* When testing items to make rope out of to escape from prison, one of the items tested is toilet paper. [[ButtMonkey Tory]] is stuck with testing it. As he's getting ready to climb down...
-->'''Tory:''' Toilet paper rope escape. Probably the stupidest idea ever!\\
'''Grant:''' [[FalseReassurance It's not that stupid!]] You've had stupider ideas!\\
'''Tory:''' I'm gonna kick your butt if I survive, Grant!
** As it turns out, it works! ...[[AmusingInjuries up until Tory swung on it in celebration.]]

*** One [=YouTube=] commenter thinks that what he really means is: "Be the blow. Heavy as a brick. The footfall of [[Franchise/{{Transformers}} Optimus Prime]]."

* In ''Killer Cable Snaps'', it really sinks in on how much the Mythbusters are known for doing weird and unusual things, after a trip to the butchers for some test dummies:

*** One [=YouTube=] commenter thinks that what he really means is: "Be the blow. Heavy as a brick. The footfall of Optimus Prime."

* 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!).

* Adam attempting to walk on hot coals ''without knowing the technique''.
-->'''Adam:''' ''(calling his wife as he gets wheeled away)'' Hello honey, I walked on hot coals today and I burned the hell out of my feet.

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* Mythbusters Jr. has the moments when the junior Busters act their age. Some highlights include
** Apparently they all once spent their lunch hour making paper airplanes and throwing them into the parking lot. [[ActuallyPrettyFunny Adam was amused]] but they still had to help clean it up.
** Valerie admitted in an interview that she once did an experiment about paper's ignition point on her own; the paper lit up faster than she expected, causing her to drop it and catch the cuff of her pants on fire. She proceeded to forget safety precautions in her panic and ran around for a couple minutes before managing to extinguish it.
* Allie spends the entire time she is helping figure out if farts make viable fuel for rockets [[{{Squick}} in utter grossed out mode]], to everyone's clear amusement.
* When Rachel, Jesse, and Valerie are testing to see if you can make a human-size roach motel that actually traps humans, the girls run afoul of the trap-glue and require some assistance in getting free. Jesse decides to take a leaping start to avoid their foul-ups...this completely backfires and he falls flat on the ground, getting so stuck Adam has to cut him out of his suit.
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* Adam's KubrickStare at any fan(s) claiming vindication during the "Ninja Catching An Arrow" re-test in “Ninja 2”. [[http://i.imgur.com/ANR6bNN.png It's a glorious thing.]]

* Grant looking into his blowgun and accidentally shining the laser sight into his eyes.
** From the same myth, Kari revealing she'd concealed a copper tube inside her blowgun, which was cheating. Specifically, Tory and Grant's reaction. Kari then points out that Grant at least didn't have much room to complain, considering he'd used a ''laser sight''.

* During Air Cylinder Rocket.
-->'''Jamie:''' These tanks are actually filled with geese, and they're complaining.

* 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:
-->'''Jamie:''' I don't know if I can handle this, actually. We're using this particular item the way that it was intended.

* 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 [[ItMakesSenseInContext that have been torn apart by tanks]] and says "I just wanted to make a phone call"... and the ''camera crew'' cracks up laughing.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-XbjFn3aqE&NR=1 Sulfur hexafluoride.]]

* Adam's KubrickStare at any fan(s) claiming vindication during the "Ninja Catching An Arrow" re-test. [[http://i.imgur.com/ANR6bNN.png It's a glorious thing.]]

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-XbjFn3aqE&NR=1 Sulfur hexafluoride.]]
-->'''[[TestosteronePoisoning AND MY VOICE GETS REALLY LOW]] ALTHOUGH SOMEHOW I'M STILL FUNNY! IT'S SCIENTIFIC!!! ''[[EvilLaugh MUAHAHAHAHA!]]'''''

* Tory's [[GroinAttack repeated accidents]]. He recently said he just hopes he can still have children.

* Adam's KubrickStare at any fan(s) claiming vindication during the "Ninja Catching An Arrow" re-test. [[http://i.imgur.com/ANR6bNN.png It's a glorious thing.]]

* From the Pirate Myths, we have a tumbleweed inexplicably showing up as Adam is grinding down a cannonball to fit into the cannon, and Tory digging a hole as the others pretend they're in a nature documentary.

* Adam's [[JustAStupidAccent pirate accent]] never fails to give Jamie the giggles. At best, he can be seen to be barely keeping it together, and at worse, he's pretty much a goner.

* Then there's the bit in the second ''Film/JamesBond'' special where ''three'' Adams sing "fire in the hole", prompting the Narrator to comment, "...Okay, Adam, now you're just really taking the barbershop thing too far. Just press the detonation button, will ya?"

* The beginning of the "''Film/JamesBond'' Special." Within about one minute we see Jamie in a tuxedo; Kari doing an over-the-top Bond Girl voice; Adam wearing scar makeup (and looking like a genuine Bond villain); Grant trying (and failing) to look menacing; and Jamie introducing himself as "Hyneman. James Hyneman." before [[BondGunBarrel shooting at the camera]] a la the ''007'' films.

* In the Alaskan CabinFever myth, Adam and Jamie are forced to endure isolation, loneliness, and dreary, dull, uninspired conditions for days on end. These men are both highly active, almost over-creative thinkers, so it's clear that [[HilarityEnsues this won't end well]]. It comes to a head when Kari decides to mess with them by including an [[BigfootSasquatchAndYeti Abominable Snowman]] in the test to peer in through the windows of their cabins. [[TheStoic Jamie]] being [[DeadpanSnarker Jamie]], he simply states "Oh great, we've got a Yeti outside," with his usual tone of mild annoyance. Adam's response is much more animated and hilarious: he freaks out and hides in the bathroom, fearfully peering out past the doorjamb to make sure it's gone.
** Another hilarious moment was Adam describing a dream he had that he was in a plane slowly crashing in the streets of San Francisco with Adam in the cockpit until (in-dream) said this to the passengers.
--->'''Adam:''' Listen, I don't think this is a real plane crash 'cause I happened to notice that [[NotWearingPantsDream I'm not wearing any pants]] and whenever I'm not wearing any pants, it's probably a dream.

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* The HotBlooded Stanford rowing coach for "Rowboat waterskier":

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* The Build Team has failed to make fire by rubbing two sticks together, so they put a stick into a power drill and spin it against ''gunpowder.'' [[ExactWords That's the only way they could make fire with two sticks!]]
* The Creator/BenjaminFranklin myth...

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* In "Walking on Water" (The Ninja Myths Episode):

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* In “Confederate Steam Gun”: The build team has to go up against various Lie detectors. Grant beats the fMRI lie-detector test and is [[RapidFireYes unsurprisingly]] [[FistPump pleased]] about it. Tory & Kari, facing a 3,000-mile bus trip back to San Francisco for their failure, have this priceless exchange:

* In the "Confederate Steam Machine Gun" episode, Adam has finished his piece of the rig: a reloading mechanism for the machine gun. He then launches into a bizarre explanation (with a ''hilariously'' bad French accent and complete with subtitles) of the rig, which finally culminates in [[EvenTheSubtitlerIsStumped the subtitles saying "...I think I'm losing my marbles," before flashing "???"]] as Adam finishes the sequence with what amounts to ''complete nonsense''. Granted, Adam is a funny man regardless, but...
** If you actually do listen, it's not merely nonsense, it's TrueArtIsIncomprehensible taken to the next level, acting like a French artist describing a surrealistic work of art in the most obtuse and [[LargeHam hammy]] way possible, which only works to make it ''funnier''.

* During the "Mind Control Chip" myth, Adam had to learn how to use a stud finder 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 “Trail Blazers”: They have to buy a bra to see if it gets electrocuted by a defibrillator... unfortunately Tory is the closest to the ballistics dummy build so... he has to go bra shopping. Grant being uncomfortable with the whole thing makes it all the more hilarious

* Grant beats the fMRI lie-detector test and is [[RapidFireYes unsurprisingly]] [[FistPump pleased]] about it. Tory & Kari, facing a 3,000-mile bus trip back to San Francisco for their failure, have this priceless exchange:
--> '''Tory''': Well, looks like we get to take that cross-country trip [[MirthlessLaughter we've been talking about for so long...]] ''*sighs*'' Oh well, what are you gonna do.\\
'''Kari''': [[PrecisionFStrike F]][[SoundEffectBleep uc]][[AccidentalPun k]]!\\
''*[[ActuallyPrettyFunny everyone laughs]]*''

* In the myth that throwing a fire extinguisher onto a fire will cause it to explode and put out the fire, the team had already had two failures, both of which took several minutes to fail. Now they tested the third extinguisher, full of chemical foam, which led to this '''''unbelievable''''' exchange [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxvdrge1q00 just seconds after they dropped it in]].
-->'''Tory:''' Anyone bring any cards?\\
'''Grant:''' Let's do charades.\\
'''Tory:''' Okay, you first. Two words!\\
'''Grant:''' ''(cracks up laughing)'' I-I can't do this!\\
'''Tory:''' [[TemptingFate Sounds like...]]\\
'''''[[StuffBlowingUp BIG BOOM]]'''''\\
'''Tory:''' YEAH! It put out the fire! It exploded and put out the fire!\\
'''Kari:''' Oh my god!\\
'''Tory:''' [[MoodWhiplash It's spraying - ew, it's raining foam]].\\
'''Kari:''' Oh God!\\
'''Grant:''' Let's get out of here!
* The "[[http://dsc.discovery.com/videos/mythbusters-lego-ball.html Giant Ball of Lego bricks]]" myth from the Website/YouTube special. A large group of volunteers spent two weeks using a million Lego bricks to build a seven-foot-tall ball, start it rolling down a course to see if it will damage a car at the end... only to see it [[EpicFail break apart half-way down.]]
** As much humor as there was in that, it was also almost a TearJerker...all that work, '''wasted.'''
** Although for more awesomeness, when they tried to test each individual aspect of the myth they busted the aspect of just how many individual bricks it took to make the ball. Why? Because they collected ''damn well near an entire country's worth of borrowed, used and new LEGO pieces'' just to get a ''tenth'' of the number of LEGO bricks specified in the video. They still made the ball, just not with the same number of bricks the video mentioned (they used 1 million bricks, instead of the 5 million stated in the video). Imagine having nearly a quarter as many LEGO bricks as they had.
** Sadly this wasn't shown in the episode but one of the volunteers threw a LEGO brick at Tory when he told her "less talk, more work!" You can just see her pull back her arm to throw it before the camera cuts.
*** The "volunteer" is actually Kari. Which makes it even funnier, of course.

* From one of the early seasons while testing how to beat the breathalyzer, they had to have a few drinks first to get into the right range. In the extended cut of the episode, Adam's first breath test after proclaiming himself "lit" was... [[CantHoldHisLiquor a .03]]. (.08 is legally drunk in California.)
-->'''Adam:''' I guess I'm a cheap date!
** Immediately after:
--->'''Jamie:''' Adam, the police officer said you need to drink more.\\
'''Adam:''' You know, my doctor was also telling me that I'm not getting enough tar...so I need to start smoking again!
** Then:
--->'''Adam:''' So we've had 13 drinks over 3 hours. I know I'm drunk, but I can't even remotely tell that you're drunk. It's kind of annoying. I want to see you put a [[LampshadeWearing lampshade on your head]] or something.\\
'''Jamie:''' Sorry, bub!
** And then:
--->'''Police Officer:''' [to Adam] He's doing fine. You just sit over there and be quiet. It's rough enough to have one of you here. But having two...\\
'''Adam:''' [laughing] Of course I'm causing trouble.

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* Jamie in the "Death by a falling penny" Myth. Jamie couldn't get the penny to fit in a staple gun, so he trims of the sides, fits it in and fires... without checking what may be above him. Naturally, the penny strikes a mercury lamp, shattering it. What makes it funnier is his sheepish grin followed by the [[TheStoic matter-of-fact]] "We should get out of here. That's uh, mercury vapor there."

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

* In episode 213: Pingpong rescue, after they bust the myth that balloons are able to lift a 40 pound child off the ground, instead of the team saying that the myth is busted, they have the kid they used in the episode jumping on the "busted" sign repeatedly saying "Busted-Busted-Busted!" both hilarious and adorable.

* During during the Season 3 behind-the-scenes special, it's explained that whenever a production/cast member's phone rings during an active shoot, they have to pay up by buying everyone a case of beer. Adam often falls victim to this while Jamie takes to the camera to say [[TemptingFate he leaves his phone on vibrate]] to avoid any beer-buying mishaps. However, apparently that didn't apply to that exact moment as his phone rings loud enough for the camera to hear and causes laughter to break out across the team. The narrator kindly informs the audience that the beer will be on Jamie that night.

* In ''Killer Cable Snaps'', it really sinks in on how much the mythbusters are known for doing weird and unusual things, after a trip to the butchers for some test dummies
-->'''Jamie''': Did you stop some traffic with [Those pigs]?\\

** in the same episode; Kari, Grant, and Tory are testing to see if sound waves could be recorded on clay bottles.

-->'''Announcer:''' And Kari is about to say what every forensic scientist dreams of being able to say.\\

*** For the next two recording tests, she just yells, "TORY!!!" at the top of her voice. The second time, both Tory and the narrator deliver punchlines:
--->'''Narrator:''' The voice of an angel rings out...\\

---> '''Grant:''' ''(sheepishly)'' [[LameExcuse ...must be the reinforced glass.]]\\

---> '''Adam:''' COME, SILENT WALRUS! Let us storm the castle! I will don my safety gear!\\

** And again when it's revisited in the two hour Top 25 [=MythBusters=] Moments episode. Kari's voice over of just what the phrase "bull in a china shop" means is accompanied by a montage of Tory breaking things and hurting himself.
* In “Trail Blazers”: They hve to buy a bra to see if it gets electrocuted by a defibrilator... unfortunately Tory is the closest to the balistics dummy build so.. he has to go bra shopping. Grant being uncomfortable with the whole thing makes it all the more hilarious

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* In the myth that throwing a fire extinguisher on a fire will cause it to explode and put out the fire, the team had already had two failures, both of which took several minutes to fail. Now they tested the third extinguisher, full of chemical foam, which led to this '''''unbelievable''''' exchange [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxvdrge1q00 just seconds after they dropped it in]].

** The special opens with a mock AvengersAssemble 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 [[IncrediblyLamePun the end of his rope]] and gets pulled back.

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

** At the end of the episode, the roles are reversed; Jamie's blindfolded and Adam's holding up the signs. As Jamie starts talking, Adam holds up a sign saying "Here we go...", and when Jamie starts lamenting on the fact that they couldn't figure out why [[spoiler:the myth was confirmed]], Adam's sign reads "Always complaining".

*** Tory definitely [[NotSoAboveItAll was not above]] indulging in his own hammy tendencies during that myth. There's the moment when he and Scottie go to a vinyl shop to get the rock and classical [=CDs=] for testing - cue an impromptu headbanging mosh pit for two as they're giving the death metal a listen.
* "Robo-Turkey" in the Bird Car Tip myth. Grant rigs up a frozen turkey with robotics to make its tiny, featherless wings flap and its legs rumble. It's disturbing, but it's also a ''naked cybernetically enhanced turkey flopping around on the roof of a car.''

* During the zombie episode, the build team is trying to figure out ways to trick and sneak past a zombie horde. Kari is the first one to try her plan--shoving [[ButtMonkey Tory]] into a wheelchair, duct taping him to it, and shoving him to the zombies as bait. And it works!

* The "Medieval Mayhem" episode (which involved firing arrows from horseback). The Build Team's attempts to shoot the target from a moving horse were hilarious. Grant especially; he started moving toward the target... and then the horse decided it wanted to go the other way. Grant tried desperately to steer the horse back, but was having no luck. Cue Tory:

* Jamie's small-scale test of whether or not explosives can pancake a car succeeds, first try. During his interview segment afterward Adam wonders what they're going to do next, if Jamie will want to run some more tests or if they'll just go home. Cut to Jamie...

** Valerie admitted in an interview that she once did an experiment about paper's ignition point on her own; the paper lit up faster than she expected, causing her to drop it and catch her pants cuff on fire. She proceeded to forget safety precautions in her panic and ran around for a couple minutes before managing to extinguish it.

* When Rachel, Jesse and Valerie are testing to see if you can make a human-size roach motel that actually traps humans, the girls run afoul of the trap-glue and require some assistance in getting free. Jesse decides to take a leaping start to avoid their foul ups...this completely backfires and he falls flat on the ground, getting so stuck Adam has to cut him out of his suit.