History WebVideo / IsItAGoodIdeaToMicrowaveThis

-->'''Jory:''' (trying to determine which Atari game out of a bunch to microwave) But, I mean, it's really simple. 'Cause some of these are really good, like ''Asteroids'', and ''VideoGame/PacMan'', and [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers ET's gonna die.]]

** Shortly before the infamous airbag experiment, as Jory is loading the airbag into the microwave, Jon asks "Are we hoping this airbag is going to deploy?" Jory replies "I hope it demolishes everything!" Sure enough, the airbag deploys... within three seconds of Jory starting the microwave up, and at the ''exact'' instance the protective door is fully shut. [[GoneHorriblyRight The glass on the protective door ends up cracked all the way through, the microwave was blasted off of the stand and completely totaled, and the microwave door is found approximately twenty to thirty feet away from ground zero.]] The overall damage was so extensive that the newly minted 2.7 lab is promptly downgraded to 2.6 for the rest of the season. Had Jory been even a second slower, he very well could have died.

** Shortly before the infamous airbag experiment, as Jory is loading the airbag into the microwave, Jon asks "Are we hoping this airbag is going to deploy?" Jory replies "I hope it demolishes everything!" Sure enough, the airbag deploys... within three seconds of Jory starting the microwave up, and at the *exact* instance the protective door is fully shut. [[GoneHorriblyRight The glass on the protective door ends up cracked all the way through, the microwave was blasted off of the stand and completely totaled, and the microwave door is found approximately twenty to thirty feet away from ground zero.]] The overall damage was so extensive that the newly minted 2.7 lab is promptly downgraded to 2.6 for the rest of the season. Had Jory been even a second slower, he very well could have died.

* DidntThinkThisThrough: Jon used to hate it whenever Jory turned the microwave off too early. For the first experiment he hosted, Jon opted to let a digital camera go even as flames grew around it. This resulted in Tracy dying mere seconds before Jon decided to end the experiment. After that episode, the guys agreed to cut the power supply if a fire presented too big a risk of killing the microwave.

* ForWantOfANail:
** Jon used to hate it whenever Jory turned the microwave off too early. For the first experiment he hosted, Jon opted to let a digital camera go even as flames grew around it. This resulted in Tracy dying mere seconds before Jon decided to end the experiment. After that episode, the guys agreed to cut the power supply if a fire presented too big a risk of killing the microwave.
** One that was pointed out In-Universe: Jory managing to dodge the (first) [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhjHAPw1q-M airbag]]'s explosion by '''less than half a second'''.[[note]]That's by closing the door, actually. It took him ''three seconds'' to actually leave the room.[[/note]]

* MindScrew: The "[[Film/BackToTheFuture DeLorean]]" experiment featured a one-time occurrence for the show: the experiment managed to create an ''undead'' microwave[[note]]despite being off, the table continued to spin[[/note]].

-->''Riley'': She (referring to St. Margaret II the microwave) does actually still work, right?
-->''Jory'': (thinking Riley was referring to the fan) No, she kinda worked, then she kinda didn't, then I ripped the cord out and now she really doesn't.
-->''Jon'': I think Riley was talking about St. Margeret the microwave.
-->''Jory'': Ohhhhhhh! Yeah.

* OrphanedPunchline: Variation: references to WesternAnimation/InspectorGadget getting into an accident and receiving surgery only make sense when taking into account TheStinger, which shows the original intro to the video, where we learn that the toy they microwaved was made for [[Film/InspectorGadget the movie]][[note]][[https://hugelol.com/lol/553482 specifically, it's a bunch of Happy Meal toys that combine into one]][[/note]].

-->'''Jory:''' What are we gonna do ''now''?!

-->'''Jory:''' Is it a good idea to microwave Furbies? No. But, then again, it's not a good idea to ''buy'' Furbies, either, because they're really annoying!

** Jon used to hate it whenever Jory turned the microwave off too early. For the first experiment he hosted, Jon opted to let a digital camera go even as flames grew around it. This resulted in Tracy dying mere seconds before Jon decided to end the experiment. After that episode, the guys agreed to cut the power supply if a fire presented any risk of killing the microwave.

* KansasCityShuffle: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iU76rDdn2WA&t=1m12s A short-form variant]]: right before going into the lab in the "[=iPhone=]" episode, Jory shows off the donated [=iPhone=], before noting the battery was dead. He then promptly asks to borrow ''Rory's'' [=iPhone=], handing him the dead one, and attempts to rush into the actual microwaving until Rory stops him.

* {{Corpsing}}: Jory, Jon and Riley have done this on occasion, most often during the introduction segments. Bloopers featuring these have been compiled alongside the videos. The "Laser Disc" episode plays this straight with Jory cracking up after delivering the Samuel L. Jackson "[[PrecisionFStrike Motherfucker]]!" line from ''Film/PulpFiction''.

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** In the second lava lamp episode, they were making fun of ''Series/OneThousandWaysToDie'' because their first experiment was just a small explosion (although in that one they taped the microwave door shut). The second lava lamp does indeed blow the door open and shoot projectile glass everywhere.

* WalkingTechbane: Six of Jon's ten episodes as the host or sidekick have resulted in a microwave dying - two of which were as Riley's sidekick, who in turn has only hosted one other episode without a death. Jon even lampshaded this in the episode where Esmeralda suddenly died before they had the chance to microwave the Flip camera.

** Bubble solution, bubble wrap and a padlock were each ruled a "Stupid Idea"[[note]]Two uncounted experiments from Season 1—a Styrofoam block and packing peanuts—were also unofficially judged as "Stupid Idea" by Jon[[note]]. The spark plug, silly string and magic grow animals each resulted in "Boring Idea".

** Bubble solution, bubble wrap and a padlock were each ruled a "Stupid Idea". The spark plug, silly string and magic grow animals each resulted in "Boring Idea".

* WalkingTechbane: Six of Jon's ten episodes as the host or sidekick have resulted in a microwave dying - two of which were as Riley's sidekick, who in turn has only hosted one other episode without a death.

* BookEnds: A light bulb was the first items microwaved along with the propane tank in the final episode (#300).

* BookEnds: A light bulb was one of the items microwaved along with the propane tank in the final episode (#300).