History Funny / MythBusters

** In the myth involving caimans, Kari, Tory and Grant tried to provoke them into a quick attack, but again the animals didn't cooperate. It's especially funny when they were using a chicken on one, as the reptile ''slowly'' turned its head to look at it, then just as slowly it gave a couple of steps towards it ''and stopped again'' like it was thinking "not worth the effort''. It got so bad that Kari, Tory, and Grant threw themselves to them and, as expected, that didn't work.

--> '''Tory:''' Hear ye, hear ye\\
((Laughter in the crowd))\\
'''Tory:''' All Ye archers in the land, this... is the “Mythbusters Challenge”! Is there any archer so skilled as to split a wooden arrow, completely in twain, from nock to tip? Any archer capable of completing this task shall be awarded... a kiss from the fair Ma-''[gestures to Kari who has a “WAIT WHAT!?” look on her face]''\\

* One involving Frank Doyle: during the Exploding Pants myth, he was supervising Tory while Tory was preparing the chemicals that were going to be tested.

** At one point the suction gave out on one of Adam's climbers when testing it which resulted him punching himself in the head just like Tory when he was testing the "[[BlownAcrossTheRoom Blown Away]]" rig.

** Cue the soda bottle (predictably) exploding. It's even better because some of the soda drips land on the camera lens.

-->'''Kari:''' Oooh!!! Look at that, he's got a huge shard a glass going right into the ribs!

** In the Same episode, 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.

** When they were testing the mizugumo, we get this gem of a line.

* 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.

* 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.

* From “Duct Tape Hour”: The first myth Entails testIng the lifting strength of Duct Tape... their small scale test:... duct-taping Adam to a piece of Plywood.
--> '''Adam:''' I '''am''' the plywood

* In “Greased Lightning” Grant Imahara Is introduced to the “Bomb Robot”. It’s love at first sight, and Kari and Tory push Grant to it as if he’s a shy schoolboy talking to his crush.
** In the same episode, after they bust the myth that 8 oz of water on Grease fire = 30ft tall fireball, the Mythbusters, in their usual fashion, escalate the spectacle to awesome proportions. In this case... Adam calls in a FIRE FIGHTING HELICOPTER. To deliver the water onto the grease fire.

* Tory, Grant and Kari attempting to build a jet-engined Go-Kart -- the myth said it went at a crazy speed, yet when they did get it to work, it only went 5 mph! This results in perhaps the slowest [[RunningGag fence collision]] in ''[=MythBusters=]'' history.

* Tory, Kari and Grant trying to catch greased pigs. Then Tory and Grant come up with overly-elaborate devices that are supposed to make the pigs easier to catch. Kari ends up beating them both with [[BoringButPractical a pair of gloves with fur on them]].

* When preparing the final test for the "Christmas Tree Lights" myth, Adam fails to properly hang one of the baubles, which rolls off the tree and bounces off the floor before Adam catches it.
-->'''Adam:''' Hah ha! Are these not glass? ''[throw]'' ''[smack]'' Oh, they are.

-->'''Jamie''': [''to the camera''] Adam needs a cookie. [''back to Adam''] We just tested it. It works. Stop whining and go have a cookie.

** The entire "Fainting Goats," myth. First a goat accidentally [[GroinAttack kicked Tory in the nuts]]. Then Kari brought out "the big guns" and ''"flashed" the goats'' with no effect (on the goats; Tory immediately hit the ground, stiff as a board). For their last attempt, they disguised themselves as farm animals... and finally got some goats to fall over. Meanwhile, the camera crew were accidentally causing goats to faint left and right. Kari and Tory were not amused.

** During his simulated flight, Jamie has an OutOfCharacter moment by declaring he's going to [[Film/TopGun buzz the tower]]. His delighted "Whee!" as he does it is the icing on the cake.
** The StylisticSuck recreation of the skydiving scene from ''Film/PointBreak'' with Tory as Bodhi (complete with bad mullet) and Grant as Johnny Utah.

* "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.''
** 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 ''fly 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 Duct Tape Island episode:
** In a complete role-reversal, 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...
---> '''Jamie''' "Adam. [[spoiler: It's the same island.]]"\\
'''Adam''' ''[FacePalm]''
** If you look closely, you can see that Jamie used some Duct Tape to patch the hole in his shirt.
* Square wheels. Specifically, square wheels on a huge truck. Somehow, watching it go clunk-clunk-clunk-clunk down the road at a progressive pace is utterly hilarious.
* While testing NeverBringAKnifeToAGunFight, Jamie runs screaming at Adam holding a foam knife... only to trip, fall on his face and skid the rest of the way to where Adam was standing. Naturally, it was caught on high-speed as well.
-->'''Rob Lee:''' Less ''Film/TrueGrit'', more ''Film/BlazingSaddles''.

* Tory, Grant, and Kari are testing whether an all-right turn route is more efficient. As they are in San Francisco, this happens:
-->'''Kari:''' Oh my god, we're going to [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lombard_Street_%28San_Francisco%29 Lombard Street!]]\\
'''Tory:''' Ah, I love a challenge!\\
'''Kari:''' That's the crookedest street in the city, possibly the world!\\
'''Grant:''' No, [[TakeThat that's Wall Street]].
* The "No Pain, No Gain" episode features (as might be expected) several myths about pain. During the introduction to the segment, Jamie chips in:
-->'''Jamie:''' I got one. You're a pain in the ''[[[SoundEffectBleep WHEEEE!]]]''

* [[KillerOutfit Driving in Heels]]. Jamie Hyneman in a Nomex race suit and 4-inch bright red high heels.

* After the Drain Disaster myth had been tested, [[spoiler: and eventually confirmed,]] Adam stands with a manhole cover with the numeral 2 on it. What Adam says is golden:
-->'''Adam:''' Well, if there's one thing everyone knows they can expect from a sewer explosion, it's that [[StealthPun number two is gonna fly into the air]].
* 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!

* In ''Fireball Stun Gun'', Kari learns that, when faced with runaway fireworks, she will use a co-worker as a human shield.

* "Blow Your Own Sail" has this bit:
-->'''Grant:''' Fortunately for Tory, our health insurance actually covers a full body cast. So if anything untoward happens, he'll be [[IncrediblyLamePun covered]].

** In ''[=MythBusters=] Revealed'', Jamie reveals his comment has to do with his belief that Adam sometimes gets so involved with his builds he ForgetsToEat, 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.
** The uncut version shows that the progression was slowed further because of [[PlayfulOtter an otter]] that swam into the sunken boat and [[StickyFingers stole one of the ping pong balls]].

* The episode where the myth of an empty beer bottle is 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:
-->'''Adam:''' Remember when I built a robot that would swing a beer bottle into your head? ''[reaches over with a spoon, spoons up and eats some of the gelatin]'' Not anymore you don't! Mmm, what a delicious memory.

* 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:
-->Arg! Bleck! [[{{Angrish}} Wackem treggy wickum boogum barsher...]] ''BLEH!'' [[ContinuityNod Fudge! Babies! ...Baby hippos!]]
* The No Pain, No Gain episode give us this gem after the confirmation of the myth that women can take pain better than men:
-->'''Adam:''' Ha! In your ''face'', men!...[[OhWait oh]].
* From the Cold Feet Myth, when Kari examines her meal:
-->"Why is it that I am a grown woman, and boys are still trying to make me eat bugs?"
* '''Adam''': I'm a sad monkey right now.
** From the same myth, the torpedo flying into the sky. Test 1 was particularly hilarious, as it flew into the sky to a ridiculous height and did a few loops.
* In the "Paper Armor" myth:
** Kari's [[ShoutOut homage]] to [[Series/WonderWoman Lynda Carter's]] spinning TransformationSequence.
** 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.
-->'''Jamie:''' And you said I didn't know how to light up a room.\\
'''Adam:''' I stand corrected.
* After years of imitating Jamie for comedic effect, Adam gets a professional lesson in emulating the Hyneman for the "Mission Impossible Mask" myth. The pro, not unexpectedly, absolutely nails it.
-->'''Terry [=McGovern=]:''' Gestures - a lot of work with the mustache and the beard. Now the voice, OK - very monotone, very low pitch, very authoritative.\\
[''gets into character'']\\
'''Terry:''' I'm excited. This is really thrilling. I used to collect moles... and spores.\\
'''Adam:''' [''barely holding it together, to camera''] He's pretty good.\\
'''Terry:''' [''still in character, exasperated sigh''] Are we done?
* In the "Walk in a straight line blindfolded" episode:
** At the beginning, Adam is blindfolded and we get this exchange:
--->'''Adam:''' You ever work on something, and it's not going the way you want it to, and you feel like you're just... going around in circles?\\
'''Jamie:''' I know ''exactly'' what you mean. [''[[TalkingWithSigns 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.
** 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".
** The simple fact that the episode ends with two grown men lost in the woods[[note]]Well, okay, Jamie was able to maintain course, but Adam's path sketched an ampersand on the GPS, so ''he'' at least was lost[[/note]] with ''big plastic buckets'' on their heads. Apparently, this is an actual inclement weather simulation tactic used by professionals.

** 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.

** The gigantic tin of beans, the long build up led to an amazing explosion and the windows getting [[CoveredInGunge caked in beans]].

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-->'''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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** 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.

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-->Why is it that I am a grown woman, and boys are still trying to make me eat bugs?
* ''Adam'': I'm a sad monkey.

* 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.

** From the same episode, Adam gets his fingers caught in the door of the pick-up as Scotty slammed it shut. (Unintentionally of course. Adam was even quick to claim it wasn't even her fault.)

** At one point the suction gave out on one of Adam's climbers when testing it, smacking him on the head. Complete with a cartoonish "WHAM".

* Before launching the Confederate Rocket, they weighed and simulated the probable flight characteristics of their rockets. Adam's was oddly optimistic at a range of 20,000 ft while Jamie's historically accurate rocket started spiraling through the air as if piloted by [[VideoGame/KerbalSpaceProgram Valentina Kerman]] with a range of [[EpicFail 500 ft.]] The actual test worked without a hitch, possibly due to the computer not taking the Hale-fins into account.
* The Build Team has failed to make fire by rubbing two sticks together in “Shredded Plane”, 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!]]

* Before launching the Confederate Rocket, they weighed and simulated the probable flight characteristics of their rockets. Adam's was oddly optimistic at a range of 20,000 ft while Jamie's historically accurate rocket started spiraling through the air as if piloted by [[VideoGame/KerbalSpaceProgram Valentina Kerman]] with a range of [[EpicFail 500 ft.]]

--->'''Jamie:''' Adam, the police officer said you need to drink more.\\

** When testing the solutions for skunk stench, they tried to make one spray them by scare-jumping on it and trying to surprise it... but the skunk didn't pay them attention. They asked for another skunk, ''and this one ignored them too''. So then they resorted to a chemical substitute... which ''still'' was problematic, as it wore off more quickly than the genuine skunk spray, so they had to get yet ''another'' skunk, which ''finally'' sprayed them (but only after a great deal more rigmarole).

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** The entire "Fainting Goats," myth. First a goat accidentally [[GroinAttack kicked Tory in the nuts]]. Then Kari brought out "the big guns" and ''"flashed" the goats'' with no effect (on the goats. Tory immediately hit the ground, stiff as a board). For their last attempt, they disguised themselves as farm animals... and finally got some goats to fall over. Meanwhile, the camera crew were accidentally causing goats to faint left and right. Kari and Tory were not amused.

** Adam and Jamie's complete and utter failure at trying to herd cats. Getting all the cats to react to the same thing at the same time is pretty much impossible, some of them just refused to react or move at all, and even if the boys succeeded in getting them in the pen they kept walking out. They even tried an actual ''herding dog'' and failed. By the end of it the poor dog was cowering behind its handler.

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* During the original Archimedes DeathRay episode[[note]] Titled “Ancient Death Ray”[[/note]], Jamie finds a flaw with the design.

--> '''Adam''': Stop sparking my [[SoundEffectsBleep *HONK HONK*]]!

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--->'''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.

* Adam's KubrickStare at any fan(s) claiming vindication during the "Ninja Catching An Arrow" re-test in “Ninja 2”.

** 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''.[[http://i.imgur.com/ANR6bNN.png It's a glorious thing.]]
* Adam plays with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-XbjFn3aqE&NR=1 Sulfur hexafluoride.]] in the “Viral Video special.”
-->'''[[TestosteronePoisoning AND MY VOICE GETS REALLY LOW]] ALTHOUGH SOMEHOW I'M STILL FUNNY! IT'S SCIENTIFIC!!! ''[[EvilLaugh MUAHAHAHAHA!]]'''''

-->'''Tory:''' ''In his best Obi-Wan voice'' [[Film/StarWarsANewHope Use the horse, Grant.]]\\

-->'''Jamie''': *''deadpan''* I swapped it out when you weren't looking.

* In “Greased Lightning” Grant Imahara Is introduced to the “Bomb Robot”. It’s love at first sight, and Kari and Tory push Grant to it as if he’s a shy Schoolboy Talking to his crush.

'''Jamie:''' ''in Deadpan Disbelief'' You didn't.\\

---> '''Kari:''' It's really realistic, almost like you're scared!

---> '''Tory:''' I hope they like sushi!\\

---> '''Grant:''' Oh, damn you and your science!

-->''Arg! Bleck! [[{{Angrish}} Wackem treggy wickum boogum barsher...]] ''BLEH!'' [[ContinuityNod Fudge! Babies! ...Baby hippos!]]''

** The same episode includes he “Arrow Splitting” Myth (nock to tip). The Build team resorts to going to a local renaissance fair, where tory hammily makes a Challenge proclamation.
--> '''Tori:''' Hear ye, hear ye\\

'''Tori:''' All Ye archers in the land, this... is the “Mythbusters Challenge”! Is there any archer so skilled as to split a wooden arrow, completely in twain, from Nock to tip? Any archer capable of completing this task shall be awarded... a kiss from the fair Ma-''gestures to Kari who has a “WAIT WHAT!?” look on her face''\\
'''Tori:''' [[VerbalBackpedaling Sorry.]]\\

'''Tori:''' Okay, yeah, you’re not gonna get that... My mistake.

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

** The [=MythBusters=] Concerto in C-4 was a magnificent piece. Anyone with the proper equipment can play it, too; just blow up a piano.

* From “Duct Tape Hour”: The first myth Entails testIng the lifting strength of Duct Tape... their small scale test:... duct taping Adam to a piece of Plywood.

** In the same episode, after they bust the myth that 8 oz of water on Grease fire = 30ft tall fire ball, the Mythbusters, in their usual fashion, escalate the spectacle to awesome proportions. In this case... Adam calls in a FIRE FIGHTING HELICOPTER. To deliver the water onto he grease fire.
--> '''Adam:''' I think my water [delivery] method is coming hold on. ''Makes a show of putting his hand to his ears''\\
'''The helicopter appears in the distance'''\\
'''Jamie:''' ''In Deadpan Disbelief'' You didn’t.\\
'''Adam:''' I '''did'''.\\

** 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.

** 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 partway before he reaches [[IncrediblyLamePun the end of his rope]] and gets pulled back.

* "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.''

* Adam and Jamie training for their rooftop-chase-dumpster-dive myth. While Jamie is prepping for his first test jump, Adam grabs a megaphone and says, ''in a completely deadpan tone'', "Jamie, don't jump, you've got so much to live for."

'''Grant:''' Oh... "[[LamePunReaction use the horse]]"! Hah!

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSVfYwdGSsQ "What car?"]]
-->'''Adam''': ''Wow''! Holy crap! [''gasps'']\\
'''Jamie''': [''nowhere near as excited, but grinning''] That didn't mess around.

-->'''Tory:''' '’In his best Obi-Wan voice'' [[Film/StarWarsANewHope Use the horse, Grant.]]\\

* From “Dirty vs Clean Car” they tested smooth golf balls vs dimpled by having a pro golfer hit them. He complained the smooth ones were like hitting a brick.
-->'''Jamie''': *''deadpan''* I swapped it out when you weren't looking.
** Later in the same episode, after the results are announced, Adam can't keep from giggling the whole time. Jamie's response just sets him off even worse.
--->'''Jamie''': I feel like eating my beret. ({{Beat}}) Uh. I'm not gonna.

-->'''Tory:''' [[Film/StarWarsANewHope Use the horse, Grant.]]\\

* Jamie giggling like a child while being propelled around the workshop on roller skates by his prototype for the hovercraft is gold.

* The {{banana peel}} myth. THE BANANA PEEL MYTH.
** Compounded by the fact that Jamie Hyneman, Mister FlatJoy himself, is actually unable to finish the experiment because he ''can't stop laughing.'' And then there's the fact they used animal birthing lubricant as a counterpoint in slipperiness...

* 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:
-->'''Tory:''' [[Film/StarWarsANewHope Use the horse, Grant.]]\\
'''Grant:''' Oh... "[[LamePunReaction use the horse]]"! Hah!

* J.D. Nelson in the Website/YouTube Special, commenting that, if the million-matchheads were to go off while they were standing next to it, it would be "time to de-ass the area with a quickness", as well as his deadpan "you guys have ''way'' too much time on your hands" when told what the plan is.

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

* During the second Alaskan myths special, there's a flashback of the first special's snowplow myths and how their inflatable doll crash-test-dummies both were popped in the testing, and it shows Tory grabbing the female one to extremely over-the-top tragic music in slow motion while he ''attempts CPR on the doll, with a squeak-toy sound effect going off every time he pressed on her "heart"''.

* The {{banana peel}} myth. THE BANANA PEEL MYTH.
** Compounded by the fact that Jamie Hyneman, Mister FlatJoy himself, is actually unable to finish the experiment because he ''can't stop laughing.'' And then there's the fact they used animal birthing lubricant as a counterpoint in slipperiness...
* From “Dirty vs Clean Car” they tested smooth golf balls vs dimpled by having a pro golfer hit them. He complained the smooth ones were like hitting a brick.
-->'''Jamie''': *''deadpan''* I swapped it out when you weren't looking.
** Later in the same episode, after the results are announced, Adam can't keep from giggling the whole time. Jamie's response just sets him off even worse.
--->'''Jamie''': I feel like eating my beret. ({{Beat}}) Uh. I'm not gonna.