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4 | -> ''"Mehdi Sadaghdar runs [=ElectroBOOM=], a channel that has really technical videos about electronics; but is which, perhaps unfairly, best known for Mehdi repeatedly shocking himself."'' |
5 | -->-- '''Creator/TomScott''' |
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7 | Mehdi Sadaghdar (born January 13, 1977) is an Iranian-Canadian electrical engineer and Website/YouTube comedian. |
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9 | He runs the channel [=ElectroBOOM=], an educational-comedy channel that deals with electicity-based experiments, as well as other tutorials, with Mehdi enduring pain each video. |
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11 | !! His channel, [=ElectroBOOM=], contains examples of: |
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13 | * BerserkButton: Mehdi has some. |
14 | ** Saying that electric current kills people. |
15 | ** Fake DIY projects. |
16 | ** Free-energy devices is a really big one. |
17 | ** Spelling his name "Medhi". |
18 | * ButtMonkey: Mehdi himself. |
19 | * ClusterBleepBomb: He is known for swearing when things go wrong or when he gets hurt, and the swears are usually censored. |
20 | * DontTryThisAtHome: A constant refrain....right before he tries it at home. And probably shocks himself. |
21 | * ElectricTorture: Mehdi constantly gets electrocuted in most of his videos. |
22 | * EnforcedPlug: In many videos, he stops to talk about the sponsor of the video. For an example, he plugs Brilliant in his "Making Cooler/Generator with Thermoelectric Device" video. |
23 | * GenreDeconstruction: Has debunked many a free energy device, electrical BS, and other questionable devices. |
24 | * HappilyMarried: Mehdi is married and has a daughter (nicknamed "[=ElectroCute=]") who shows up sometimes in videos. |
25 | * HypocriticalHumor: Says he distrusts people with an accent while having a heavy accent himself. |
26 | * JumpScare: |
27 | ** Some of the shocks he gets cause this for both him and the viewer. |
28 | ** In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5vVmwsLtCo "How to Make a Safe and Reusable Firecracker"]], [=ElectroCute’s=] sudden appearance scares her father. |
29 | * KnowWhenToFoldEm: Has worked on many a project and has given up at times due to lack of knowledge in a field or things just refusing to work. |
30 | * MadeOfIron: Mehdi constantly endures whatever pain he feels, no matter how bad it is. |
31 | * PlotDetour: |
32 | ** In many videos, sometimes the main crux is deviated from due to him causing short circuits and stuff blowing up. |
33 | ** For example in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euaZoT_p7O0 How to Repair a Flat Tire]], he accidentally blows the cigarette lighter fuse when trying to use an electric pump, requiring him to fix the fuse. |
34 | * RunningGag: |
35 | ** "FULL BRIDGE RECTIFIER!" |
36 | ** Mehdi accidentally grabbing an air horn when he needs a fire extinguisher |
37 | * SigningOffCatchphrase: On some videos, Mehdi would say "...and thank you for watching" at the end. |
38 | * StuffBlowingUp: Mainly capacitors but all sorts of electrical components fall apart. |
39 | * ThisIsGonnaSuck: Whenever Mehdi does something he knows is going to shock him. |
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