MythBusters Quotes
[Adam's Plywood Parachute is about to be tested.]
Rob Lee (US Narrator): These rigs represent three days of skill, passion, and effort. Pity, really.
[The parachute fails miserably.]
Adam: Well, a fat lot of good that did.
Rob Lee (US Narrator): And that's why they don't make parachutes out of wood.
Adam: [to Jamie] I'm taking solace in the fact that your wing is going to fail so utterly spectacularly.
Jamie: You're probably right. But then you never know.
Adam: [nods] But then you never know.
Rob Lee (US Narrator): These rigs represent three days of skill, passion, and effort. Pity, really.
[The parachute fails miserably.]
Adam: Well, a fat lot of good that did.
Rob Lee (US Narrator): And that's why they don't make parachutes out of wood.
Adam: [to Jamie] I'm taking solace in the fact that your wing is going to fail so utterly spectacularly.
Jamie: You're probably right. But then you never know.
Adam: [nods] But then you never know.
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[Jamie's design falls to the ground, hitting the surface on its side and snapping into pieces. Buster thuds to the ground loudly as Adam begins laughing hysterically.]
Adam: [laughs] Whoooo!!!
Christine: Do you feel better now?
Adam: I do, I feel a lot better.
Adam: [laughs] Whoooo!!!
Christine: Do you feel better now?
Adam: I do, I feel a lot better.
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[a trailer just before a commercial]
Rob Lee: Next, In his quest to build the ultimate plywood parachute, Adam Savage...screws up.
Adam: [after ruining a part of plywood] Oh, *beep*!
Rob Lee: Next, In his quest to build the ultimate plywood parachute, Adam Savage...screws up.
Adam: [after ruining a part of plywood] Oh, *beep*!
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[Christine is hauling in a toilet to use in their bathroom set.]
Christine: Rented it for $10... and it's dripping on me! God knows what's in this water.
Christine: Rented it for $10... and it's dripping on me! God knows what's in this water.
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[Adam is working on creating a full-size dummy out of ballistics gel.]
Adam: Let's get on our knees and pray. I don't know to whom. Is there a patron saint of ballistics gel?
Adam: Let's get on our knees and pray. I don't know to whom. Is there a patron saint of ballistics gel?
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Adam: Next up, we have the iron, or as we like to call it, "Fierro de los Muertos!"
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Adam: If Jamie doesn't believe it'll work, then I have no trouble dropping the toaster in the bathtub when he's sitting in it. But something tells me he won't.
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[The MythBusters have just dropped a hair dryer with a ground fault interruptor (GFI) switch into the bathtub. The GFI switch has failed to trip.]
Adam: What kind of ground fault interruption is this? It's pumping water! I would say that's bad!
Adam: What kind of ground fault interruption is this? It's pumping water! I would say that's bad!
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[Electricians are assessing why the test bathroom has electrical problems.]
Rob Lee: Turns out there are two faults in the system: Adam and Jamie.
Rob Lee: Turns out there are two faults in the system: Adam and Jamie.
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[Adam drops a toaster into the test tub. The flash pot goes off, indicating a fatal shock.]
Adam: Whoa...
Rob Lee: Our friend here is...toast.
Adam: Oh yeah: 12 milliamps. Toasters—no good.
Adam: Whoa...
Rob Lee: Our friend here is...toast.
Adam: Oh yeah: 12 milliamps. Toasters—no good.
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[After Adam drops the toaster into the bathtub and picks up the curling iron.]
Adam: Now it's time for one of my personal favorites, [imitating Pee Wee Herman and making the curling iron look like it's talking] the curling iron! Let's go!
Jamie: What are you? Pee Wee Herman?
Adam: Now it's time for one of my personal favorites, [imitating Pee Wee Herman and making the curling iron look like it's talking] the curling iron! Let's go!
Jamie: What are you? Pee Wee Herman?
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Adam: Killer quicksand. Is that why I'm standing here in this stupid pith helmet?
Jamie: No, you're standing there in that stupid pith helmet because you're an idiot.
Jamie: No, you're standing there in that stupid pith helmet because you're an idiot.
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Rob Lee (US Narrator): [After a microwaved jawbreaker was put in the metal teeth which caused it to explode, injuring Christine] So, the MythBusters have conclusively proved that jawbreaker plus microwave plus steel teeth equals scalded MythTern.
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Adam: In Monterey Bay, Ping-Pong ball plus sea otter equals jail time for at least some member of the crew, I think we'll have to draw straws to figure out who.
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[Tory tries a second test of the boom-lift.]
Tory: All right, I'm gonna count down...49, 48... just kidding. 5, 4, 3, 2, 1...
[The test fails.]
Tory: Aaand Buster didn't even spill his coffee.
Tory: All right, I'm gonna count down...49, 48... just kidding. 5, 4, 3, 2, 1...
[The test fails.]
Tory: Aaand Buster didn't even spill his coffee.
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Rob Lee (US Narrator): Doing things "the MythBusters way" usually spells trouble... on a titanic scale.
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Adam: I think it's about a 10% chance of the whole thing falling down, about a 40% chance of Buster actually flying any distance, and the other 50% is Buster going "FOOM!" right in front of the thing.
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Tory: [commenting on the amount of destruction] Hey Adam, would you say it's safe to say that there won't be a second shot?
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Kari: Myth totally failed. Completely busted. Totally, completely busted.
Scottie: And Buster: busted. And boomlift: busted.
Jamie: And everything's busted.
Adam: Ground:
Scottie: busted.
Scottie: And Buster: busted. And boomlift: busted.
Jamie: And everything's busted.
Adam: Ground:
Scottie: busted.
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Jamie: MythBusters.
Adam: Breaking big things for science, every day.
[One of the crew members' phone rings; cast and crew crack up]
Adam: Breaking big things for science, every day.
[One of the crew members' phone rings; cast and crew crack up]
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Jamie: NASA can put a man on the moon.
Adam: But can the MythBusters find a needle in a haystack?
Adam: But can the MythBusters find a needle in a haystack?
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Jamie: That means the first stop is a hay store.
Adam: Uh, otherwise known as a farm.
Rob Lee (US Narrator): Ah, the hay store.
Adam: Uh, otherwise known as a farm.
Rob Lee (US Narrator): Ah, the hay store.
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Adam: Its funny, because if you asked me to pick out what you would think of as your traditional, y'know, "movie-type" hay, I would point to the straw.
Jamie: Traditional "movie hay?"
Adam: Yeah, y'know, like the people are always getting stuck in a hay bale or rolling in the hay, or whatever they do in the movies? Thats what I would think of as hay.
Jamie: Having a roll in the hay with your girlfriend?
Adam: Yeah... don't get all red-faced.
Jamie: Traditional "movie hay?"
Adam: Yeah, y'know, like the people are always getting stuck in a hay bale or rolling in the hay, or whatever they do in the movies? Thats what I would think of as hay.
Jamie: Having a roll in the hay with your girlfriend?
Adam: Yeah... don't get all red-faced.
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