Line #20 ShoutOut/MythBusters


1	* On average, they throw in at least one obvious ''Franchise/StarWars'' reference every few episodes.
2	* During the gasoline trail myth, the narrator takes a page from [[Film/{{Ghostbusters 1984}} another group of Busters]] when talking about how the crew has to avoid crossing gasoline streams.
3	* Savage's famous "I reject your reality" quote was taken from a terrible old '80s film called ''Film/TheDungeonmaster'' (though Adam was unaware of this at the time).
4	* Another episode has Adam sing the theme song for ''WesternAnimation/MiltonTheMonster.''
5	* In the Soda Cup Killer test, Adam calls the driver of the other car "[[Series/TopGear The Stig]]".
6	* They love playing up Tory's Italian heritage with references to ''Film/TheGodfather'' every now and then - the most memorable being a recreation of [[BedmateReveal the infamous horse head scene]] as a setup for one of the "Seconds from Disaster" scenarios.
7	* When they were preparing the statues they got for the Oddjob myth, one of their statues had to be covered up due to nudity. While Kari prepared a makeshift bra for it, Grant gave her a harsh crit, in the style of [[Series/ProjectRunway Tim Gunn]], ending with his signature ''Make it work!''
8	** Grant [[CallBack did it again]] in another myth, when Kari was fitting a suit of paper armor on him.
9	* While preparing a cinderblock wall to be blown up, Alameda County Sheriff J.D. Nelson quips "[[Music/PinkFloyd All in all, it's just another brick in the wall.]]"
10	* Adam has [[WildlifeCommentarySpoof treated Jamie like the subject of a nature documentary]] so many times that eventually Jamie started Lampshading it.
11	-->'''Jamie''': "Is he doing that Creator/DavidAttenborough thing again?"
12	* A couple of episodes have shown that Jamie owns a prop version of [[VideoGame/DevilMayCry1 Alastor]] since M5 Industries was the company behind the first game's US commercial.
13	* The Zombie special has numerous ones, in addition to the obvious ''Series/TheWalkingDead'' allusions. Jamie ends a demonstration of his shooting skills by declaring, "[[Film/EvilDead2 Groovy,]]" and Adam is shown in a couple of shots wielding a [[Film/ShaunOfTheDead cricket bat]] as a weapon. Then, of course, there's a [[Music/MichaelJackson Thriller dance]].
14	* The Star Wars special had a blink-and-you'll-miss-it moment in the beginning where Jamie was wearing [[Film/SpaceBalls Dark Helmet's]] helmet.
15	* Then there was the obvious ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' OST playing in the background when Adam was trying to walk on water with his special shoes.[[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments They were wise to pick one of the more goofy/lighthearted OSTs instead of the more hardcore ones.]]
16	* One of the control panels used during the "Frequency of Fear" test in the Fright Night/Halloween special is labeled to look like the one used by Facility employees in ''[[Film/TheCabinintheWoods Cabin in the Woods]]'' to release monsters, including additions for themselves ("Evil Jamie" and "Zombie Adam" - the latter of which foreshadowed Adam dressing up as exactly that for the "Power of the Push" test in the next season's Zombie Special).
17	* To test the Internet claim that a plastic bag full of water will repel flies [[spoiler:no, it doesn't]], the build team first had to hatch out a few thousand houseflies.
18	-->'''Tory (looking at the pile of fly maggots):''' This would be a buffet for [[Series/ManVsWild Bear Grylls]].
19	* [[Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey There's a reason]] they played ''The Blue Danube'' over Adam's flight in the U2 at 70,000 feet.
20	* In the Ming Dynasty Astronaut episode [[Main/{{Narrator}} Robert Lee]] goes: "So far, [[Theatre/BeyondTheFringe this myth is deficient in the Chinese astrologer department to the tune of one]]."
21	* The final shot of the final episode (the reunion with the Build Team) showed all five [=MythBusters=] eating at a restaurant in silence, [[Film/TheAvengers2012 much like a different group of heroes once did]].
22	** Complete with a worker cleaning up in the background!

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