The Mythbusters Cast
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![[Adam]](adam.jpg)
Adam
Adam is a crazy guy who loves to test the factual truth of urban myths by the simple expedient of experimenting on himself. Safety gear? Who needs it!
![[Jamie]](jamie.jpg)
Jamie
Jamie is more cautious in his approach to busting myths. He loves nothing better than to over-engineer a massive piece of equipment with numerous
failsafe devices and orbital re-entry parachutes in order to get the job done.
Myths Tested
- #897: You can achieve fame and fortune by making webcomics. Busted.
- #910: Smoking is bad for your health. Busted.
- #921, #927: Choking on a giant frog is fatal. Confirmed.
- #940: You will be rewarded for remaining loyal. Busted.
- #947: Death waits for no man. Confirmed. (see also #1790)
- #960: You see a white light during a near-death experience. Busted.
- #980: Nothing is certain but Death and Taxes. Busted.
- #983: Adding pineapple to gelatin dessert does something interesting. Busted.
- #1022: US Customs performs full strip and body cavity searches. Confirmed.
- #1028: There exist humourless government Men in Black. Plausible.
- #1058: Great white sharks are man-eaters. Not confirmed...
- #1093: Jumping a shark makes the quality of a TV series drop. No result.
- #1161: Webcomic artists switch comics on April Fool's Day. Confirmed.
- #1180: Biting a bullet dulls the pain of surgery. No result.
- #1188: A Nazi can catch a package falling from a zeppelin by jumping out after it. Busted.
- #1240: Working with traditional hatmaking chemicals can make you go mad. Busted.
- #1255: The dead cannot communicate with the living. Busted.
- #1273: The Infinite Featureless Plane of Death is featureless. Busted.
- #1280: The Infinite Featureless Plane of Death is infinite. Busted.
- #1312: You can avoid death by defeating Death at chess. Busted.
- #1326: Adam can't mythbust his way out of a paper bag. Busted.
- #1351: It's possible to contact the dead with a seance. No result.
- #1370: Everyone speaks English. Busted.
- #1375: You can keep a disembodied brain alive with Nazi technology. Confirmed.
- #1387: Dead men tell no tales. Busted.
- #1452: Kevin Bacon really appeared on Irregular Webomic! Confirmed.
- #1524: Martians exist. Confirmed.
- #1560: Martians have landed on Earth. Confirmed.
- #1607: Hollandaise has to contain egg yolks. No result.
- #1654: AK-47s are so reliable they will fire perfectly after a year submerged in a peat bog. Busted.
- #1666: There is life after death. Confirmed.
- #1677: The grass is always greener on The Other Side. Busted.
- #1694: AK-47s are so reliable they will fire perfectly after a year submerged in a peat bog. Busted again, for good measure.
- #1699: There is politics in Hell. Confirmed.
- #1706: Parallel lines meet at infinity. No result.
- #1714: You can't argue with Death. Busted.
- #1732: In an emergency, anyone can perform surgery by following written instructions. No result.
- #1754: AK-47s are so reliable they will fire perfectly after a year submerged in a peat bog. Redacted to plausible.
- #1774: You can remove a tooth safely with a string and a doorknob. No result.
- #1790: No man waits for Death. Busted. (see also #947)
- #1802: The Infinite Featureless Plane of Death is big enough to fit an IKEA store in. No result.
- #1812: Cogito ergo sum. Busted.
- #1848: It's "1, 2, 3, go," not "go on 3". Busted.
- #1869: Black as Hades. Busted.
- #1877: Charon, Ferryman of the Underworld, takes American Express. Busted.
- #1915: Drinking from the waters of the River Lethe erases all memories. Confirmed.
- #1953: Drinking from the waters of the River Mnemosyne restores all memories. Confirmed.
- #1953: Sirens lure sailors to their deaths. Confirmed.
- #1960: Drinking from the waters of the River Mnemosyne actually grants omniscience. Confirmed.
- #1960: The Riemann hypothesis is true. Confirmed.
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