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Adam: Today we're testing the myth that a plastic straw, when inserted directly into a potato, can become a deadly weapon.

Narrator (he's AI now): This myth is courtesy of the fine folks down at 5 minute crafts. It's not just about creating a deadly weapon — it's about self defense, ingenuity, and being prepared for anything.

Jamie: this is. really stupid. it's really fucking stupid. why are we doing this

Adam: I agree Jamie, the idea that a plastic straw could maintain its intregrity during an impact of the magnitudes you'd need to cause deadly damage, it just doesn't seem plausible to me.

Jamie: no, Adam, i mean. why are we doing this shit? the camera is fucking vertical, look. why are we-

Adam: Anyway, stand by for the next episode where we test this myth about the straw and the potato. Our producer said if we get 500k likes on this video, we probably won't get canceled after season 1.

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my friend's dad knows Adam Savage and he said that the super secret legendary cuts of mythbusters episodes without the censor bleeps exist and are kept in Jamie's root cellar

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Fun fact: Adam Savage (the mythbusters guy) is working on a fursona and has a lion mask for his fur suit!

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In 2017, Adam Savage left the public spotlight for several months to undertake what he later described as “a personal expedition in search of an object of great significance.” According to his own accounts, the journey took him through a series of remote regions in "The Orient and beyond". His stated objective was to locate what he referred to as the Ring of Knowledge, an allegedly ancient artifact described in obscure texts and oral traditions.

Savage has repeatedly referred to the ring as evil, claiming in interviews that it “reveals more than the mind can bear” and describing its influence as “subtle, corrosive, and deeply persuasive.” While no physical evidence of the ring has ever been produced, Savage maintains that the journey was real, and that the ring “should not be sought again.”

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ADAM: "The myth: Can you freeze a human body solid with extreme cold, and then shatter it into a million pieces with a single, devastating uppercut?"

JAMIE: "Sounds like a certain fighting game."

ADAM: "Exactly! Jamie, have you ever played Mortal Kombat?"

JAMIE: "I have. Sub-Zero's signature move, if I recall."

ADAM: "That's right! And today, our very own Grant is going to be our… unfortunate test subject for this chilling fatality."

GRANT: (teeth chattering) "Are we sure this is safe?"

Jamie simply gives a noncommittal grunt as he approaches the liquid nitrogen tank, his hand hovering over a large valve.

*cut to commercial*

The camera now focuses on Grant, a blue statue of ice. His breath, previously visible, has long since vanished. The air around him shimmers with extreme cold.

ADAM: (rubbing his hands together, a manic gleam in his eye) "Alright, Grant's officially solid. And I mean solid. Colder than a mother-in-law's kiss on a winter's day."

JAMIE: (calmly dons a heavy, reinforced gauntlet) "According to the game, the next step is a precise, powerful uppercut."

Jamie takes a deep breath, positions himself, and with a grunt that echoes through the frigid warehouse, delivers a monstrous uppercut directly to Grant's frozen chin.

A sickening, brittle CRACK is heard, followed by a shower of sharp, crystalline shards.

High-speed cameras from different angles capture Grant's perfectly frozen form exploding outwards in a starburst of ice. Tiny fragments, some still recognizable as anatomical pieces, skitter across the concrete floor. A fine mist of ice dust hangs in the air.

ADAM: (eyes wide, a mix of awe and horror on his face) "Well... I'll be damned. It actually worked."

JAMIE: (inspecting his gauntlet, a tiny shard of ice embedded in the knuckle) "Myth confirmed. Though I don't think Grant will be sending us his medical bill."

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ADAM: "Okay picture this... imagine you're in a car and you've lost control. What do you do?"

JAMIE: "Common wisdom suggests tucking and rolling, or bracing your hands on the dashboard."

ADAM: "But does any of that actually work when you're hurtling towards an immovable object at high speed?"

Jamie shrugs

ADAM: (gesturing wildly at a Toyota Celica) "Today our brave volunteer will be driving this beauty into a concrete barrier at escalating speeds, trying every bracing technique known to man – and a few we just made up."

Grant, already inside the car, fidgeting nervously with the steering wheel, looking significantly less enthusiastic, pokes his head out the window.

GRANT: "Just to be clear, 'escalating speeds' means... what exactly?"

ADAM: "Don't worry, Grant. You'll start slow. Fifty kilometers an hour. Then sixty. Eighty. Until we find the point where human bracing becomes utterly, catastrophically futile."

Adam claps his hands together, practically bouncing with excitement.

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ADAM: "Alright, today’s myth is one for the ages. People online say writing homoerotic fan fiction is so easy, anyone can do it. Bold claim, don’t you think?"

JAMIE: "That’s not a myth. That’s just… an opinion. On the internet."

ADAM: "Right, but we need to test it. Scientifically."

JAMIE: "You mean you want an excuse to write weird stories about fictional characters making out."

ADAM: "It’s for science, Jamie. We write, we post, we get feedback. We compare results. Can amateurs match the pros?"

JAMIE: "What’s the control group here? Are we comparing against actual fan fiction writers?"

ADAM: "Yes. I already emailed three. One agreed, one blocked me, and one asked if we were into Transformers."

JAMIE (deadpan): "Perfectly normal show we’re running here."

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Konata: “I still can't believe Adam from MythBusters became a ritualistic cannibal. Wild.”

Kagami: (blinking) “What?! No?? Wait... not just a cannibal but specifically a ritualistic one!?”

Konata: (grinning) “I saw a post about it on Tumblr. It said Adam Savage quit MythBusters in 2018 to become a ritualistic cannibal.”

Tsukasa: (clueless) "I love that for him!"

Miyuki: “I… don’t believe that’s accurate. MythBusters ended in 2016, and he—”

Konata: “It was blazed, Miyuki. Reblogged like a thousand times. That’s basically a historical document.”

Kagami: “That’s not how facts work! You just read one sentence someone wrote online and believed it?!”

Konata: (shrugging) “If it’s blazed, it’s true. That’s the rule.”

Miyuki: (gently) “Tumblr is not a peer-reviewed source…”

Konata: “Then explain why I suddenly remember it like it really happened.”

Kagami: “That’s called brain damage, Konata. Probably because you drank mercury.”

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The MythBusters team constructs a massive pachinko machine in their parking lot, intending to see if dropping a live horse into such a device will cause it to “navigate” the pegs and emerge unharmed at the bottom.

As the crew frantically prepares for the test, Jamie Hyneman interrupts to question the scientific validity and purpose of the experiment, asking, “What myth exactly are we testing here?” Adam Savage nonchalantly shrugs and admits, “Honestly, I don't remember.”

The episode culminates in a chaotic and ethically questionable test, sparking heated debate among fans about safety and animal welfare.

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Scene: MythBusters production meeting

ADAM: "Okay—okay! You guys are gonna love this one. What if—just what if—Monster Energy Drink actually… turns you into a monster?"

(Beat. Silence.)

JAMIE "No."

ADAM: "Wait, hear me out. The cans say 'Unleash the Beast.' That’s a claim, Jamie. A bold one. I’ve had three today and I feel like I could punch through a wall and then marry the wall."

JAMIE: "That’s not a myth. That’s your bloodstream crying for help."

ADAM: "But what if it’s real? What if you drink enough and something changes? Like… you shift. What if the different colored cans turn you into different monsters? We need to document this in a Beast Log!"

TORY: "I mean... I’ve downed six cans in one shoot. I just got the shakes and had to pee a bunch of times."

ADAM (handing him a page): "Exactly! That’s Stage One! Fill out this Beast Log and include all the details."

JAMIE (standing, hands on hips): "No. No more Monster myths. No more transformation charts. No more laminated Beast Logs."

Jamie exits. Door slams.

ADAM (quietly, to himself): "…He’s just scared of what he might become."

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In the unreleased and widely condemned episode "Pyramid Scheme", the MythBusters team travels to Egypt to test the hypothesis that the Great Pyramid of Giza is immune to modern explosives — a claim reportedly based on an offhand Reddit comment and a misremembered History Channel documentary.

Filmed mostly at night with minimal crew, the episode features the team drilling into the southwestern base of the pyramid and planting C4. Grant Imahara edited himself out of the footage while attempting to flee the country. Kari Byron repeatedly expresses concern over the illegality, while Tory Belleci cheers and refers to the ancient monument as “the boss level of myths.”

The detonation was recorded in slow motion from six angles and caused catastrophic visible damage to the priceless landmark, sending limestone blocks flying over 100 meters. The surrounding area was evacuated, and within minutes, Egyptian armed forces detained the crew, confiscated all footage, and classified the incident as terrorism.

The crew were threatened with death by firing squad before the United States government intervened to bring them home.

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Adam (grinning): "The one-inch punch—Bruce Lee’s legendary move. Can it really generate knockout power from just an inch away?"

Jamie (deadpan): "Or is it just flashy martial arts theater? Let’s find out. Scientifically."

Adam volunteers to take the punch first. Jamie delivers a controlled one-inch strike to Adam’s chest. He stumbles but laughs it off.

Adam (rubbing sternum): "Okay, that *hurt*, but no KO. Maybe it’s about precision?"

Jamie (adjusting his immaculate white shirt for the last time): "Your turn. Hit me."

Adam lines up, focuses, and drives a one-inch punch straight into Jamie’s chest.

Jamie blinks. Then his face twitches. He clutches his chest.

Jamie (gasping): "…Adam. I think you just… triggered my arrhythmia."

Jamie collapses.

Sirens blare. Paramedics rush in. Adam stares in horror as Jamie is loaded onto a gurney, EKG flatlining.

EMT (grim): "Blunt force trauma to the chest. Disrupted his heart’s electrical rhythm. He’s gone."

Adam drops to his knees, holding Jamie's beret.

Adam (whispering): "Myth...confirmed."

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TORY: “Today’s myth: Can you bungee jump using only a single strand of cooked spaghetti?”

KARI: “No. You absolutely can't.”

TORY (holding a bundle of spaghetti noodles reverently): “Okay. Uncooked pasta? Brittle. Worthless. But cooked—cooked right—it’s flexible. Elastic. Think about it. Al dente spaghetti has bounce. Give it the right tension? It’ll stretch and spring just like a bungee cord.”

GRANT: “That's not how tensile strength works.”

KARI: “Please tell me we’re starting with scale models.”

TORY (confident): “No need. I’ve dialed in the perfect cook time. 9 minutes, salted water, no oil. Just like Nonna used to make it. This will work.”

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SLOW-MO FOOTAGE: Tory leaps off the platform, screaming with joy... for two seconds. The spaghetti cord immediately breaks under tension. Tory bellyflops on the quarry floor and his entire body disintegrates with a sickening wet thwump, blood and spaghetti sauce splattering across the rocks.

[Kari and Grant wince at the sound.]

GRANT: "Oof, that's gonna leave a stain."

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Ant Drop Antics

In this unaired, ultimately abandoned episode, the MythBusters Build Team sets out to test the myth that ants can survive falls from any height. The planned experiment involves dropping a live ant from increasing heights — culminating in a 2,700-foot drop from a 1:1 scale model of the Burj Khalifa, which took 8 years and $900 million to build.

However, the team quickly encounters a surprising logistical challenge: they are unable to locate a single ant.

An extended two-week pre-production window yields no usable ants. Grant sets up bait traps around the warehouse perimeter; Kari drives to three regional parks and slathers her body in honey; Tory spends $300 ordering a “live ant farm kit” online that arrives with a note reading, “Ants not included.”

The team briefly considers using a lentil painted to look like an ant.

Jamie Hyneman appears briefly in the sevment, suggesting, “Just find an ant.” before unhelpfully walking away.

Kari claimed she spotted one ant on her dashboard while driving home, but it vanished before retrieval.

The myth is eventually shelved after the team’s fourth failed shoot day, with Grant declaring, “We’ve built a Tesla coil from scratch. We’ve landed helicopters on moving cars. But we cannot summon a single goddamn ant.”

Myth Outcome: Untested. No ants were available.

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Adam sets out to test the classic cartoon trope: Can a person actually slip on a banana peel? Ignoring warnings from Jamie about workplace safety protocols, Adam devises an "authentic" test by scattering freshly peeled bananas across the workshop floor.

The experiment takes a dark turn when James, a 22-year-old production assistant (described in the credits sequence as a Young Twink), unknowingly steps on a peel while carrying camera equipment. Security footage shows him falling backward, striking his head on a concrete floor with an audible *crack*. The crew rushes him to the hospital, where he is diagnosed with a fractured skull and severe hemorrhage.

Adam, giddy with joy, films the outro from James' hospital room where the young twink lies in a coma. "Well, there you have it folks! The myth is confirmed - it's absolutely possible to slip on a banana peel!" He cackles manically, juggling several bananas.

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GRANT: “Dropping a live ant from the top of the actual Burj Khalifa isn’t exactly ethical… or legal.”

KARI: “Or logistically possible.”

TORY: “So we’re building our own skyscraper of the exact same size, here in the parking lot!”