[Adam notices that Jamie is using a radio part on his salsa.]
AdamWhat is that?
This is a radio.
AdamHow'd you get a bloody radio?
I was good.
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Played by Adam Savage
MythBusters · 556 quotes
Most-quoted character in MythBusters: in 283 of its 556 quotes
Most scenes with: Jamie Hyneman (64), Rob Lee (25), Kari Byron (12)
Scenes with Adam Savage 113
AdamAdam[Jamie watches Adam burning salsa.]
He's practicing for his experience with the electric chair.
[Adam burns his hand with salsa.]
AdamOw! [cries in pain] ow, hot, burning, salsa napalm!
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[Jamie watches Adam scrape burnt salsa off his bars.]
AdamGod, this stuff smells rank.
It looks kinda like... poo.
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I have to say the jackhammer makes you look really tough, the little red wagon...
TATory, Adam and Jamie in unison
Not so much
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Maybe it's a myth that methane is flammable.
AdamIt's not a myth; we're just idiots.
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I guess we don't have a Plan B because we kinda expected Plan A to go off without a hitch.
AdamYou should never, ever, ever expect Plan A to go off without a hitch. Usually, Jamie and I, it's Plan D.
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AdamIt's the newest kid thing. It's Brick Car! It's faster than anything and uglier than anything, too.
And if you throw it at your brother really hard, it'll kill him!
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AdamShall we race?
Yeah, whatever.
Adam'Cause whoever wins this race is BETTER!
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AdamIt looks like it was built for one thing: it was built for super speed!
I think it looks like it was built for killing children. ...And what's all that crap on the back of it?
AdamThat's the rocket engine, man! That's the solid... rocket... fuel... boos...ter...thing!
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[Kari and Tory have hooked an electric fence generator into something Adam's going to be touching without his knowledge.]
AdamNow, you guys haven't hooked in the electric fence thing in here, have you?
KTKari, Tory, and Scottie
Hahahahaha, no!
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[Adam is on his knees behaving like a stereotypical mad scientist's hunchbacked assistant - and speaking like it]
AdamWhat are your plans, my master?
We are going to take over the world.
AdamOhhh, yeeesss.
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(Introducing the first attempt at breaking glass while Dr. Roger Schwenke of Meyer Sound paces, seemingly looking for something)
AdamSo, this is "MythBusters" wine glass breaking test number one, simply playing a tone through the speaker to the glass. That's it.
RSDr. Roger Schwenke
I'm really sorry. I need to actually plug that speaker into something.
AdamOh, details, details.
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Busted, but the rockets were spectacular.
AdamWell, hopefully, that's our job... to strap rockets onto everything!
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AdamWell, that ought to silence most of our detractors on this one... but I expect we'll still get some complaints.
Yeah, like you didn't use a cannon, or something...
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[looking up at the completed border slingshot]
AdamI think what we've got here is a thing.
Looks like a big-a** slingshot to me.
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