Ancient Greek MythBusters is a crossover between Ancient Greek mythology and MythBusters.
This segment is from MAD Season 3, Episode 4 (56): Betty White & the Huntsman / Ancient Greek MythBusters.
Summary[]
Jaime Hyneman and Adam Savage go back in time to test myths about the fabled Titans of Olympus.
References[]
Characters[]
- Jamie Hyneman
- Adam Savage
- Grant Imahara
- Perseus
- Zeus
Transcript[]
Adam: Welcome to Mythbusters, last week we tested the myth is time travel possible.
Jamie: Well it turns out it is.
Adam: And now we're stuck in ancient Greece.
Jamie: it could be worse, we could be with Grant.
Grant: Guys! I don't think this is the 1970s!
Jamie: Yeah we'll miss Grant.
Adam: Well while we're here.
Adam: we're here on Mount Olympus to test myths about the fabled Titans.
“The first myth says that when Zeus loses his power, the Titans will be released from captivity.”
Jamie: Safety is important, so we've brought in Titan expert Perseus to advise us on how to proceed.
“Only a fool would seek to release the Titans from their eternal prison you must cease this folly immediately.”
Adam: All right, let's get started.
“In order to weaken Zeus the guys brought in a scientist to explain to him all the reasons he can't possibly be real."
“Plus Wrath Of The Titans is a movie and movies aren't real.”
Zeus: Yeah but what about- I mean I have to- surely I've gotta- I guess you're right.
Adam: Well Zeus is gone and there are no Titans, so I guess this myth is- confirmed.
“Now that you imbeciles have released the Titans. I must ride my winged Pegasus into battle and defeat them.”
Adam: Which leads us to our next myth, could horses really fly?
Jamie: So we taped wings on one and put it in this catapult to find out. 3… 2… 1.
Jamie: Ok. I guess horses can't fly, but clearly they do react well under pressure.
“And they're jerks.”
Jamie: And they're jerks.
“What did that prove?"
Jamie: That the show would be really boring without explosions.
“Get out of here you fools, it's too dangerous.
Adam: A cyclops? Perfect.
“According to myth, cyclops have no depth perception, so the guys tied Buster to a stake 10 feet away, and Karry to a stake 20 feet away now if Cyclops really don't have a-
“Wow, you know what, this was a really bad idea. I'm gonna go.”
“What are you blind? You have a stop sign, oh really, well I would come over there, if I didn't have a cyclops. You know what, let the insurance companies deal with it.
“Thanks to you two, all of ancient Greece's is in ruins.
Grant: Guys, I fixed the time machine.
Adam: Great now we can prove Stonehenge was used to tell time.
Jamie: By blowing it up.
“And leave me with this mess? No way, you fight the Titans. I'm taking the time machine, later chumps.”
“Woo-hoo! Look at me. The future is-“
Deaths[]
- Jamie and Adam are stomped on by a minotaur titan.
- Perseus is hit by a car while hoverboarding in the year 2015.
Trivia[]
- Antagonists: MythBusters (entirely) and the Titans
- The animation of this skit is similar to Criminal Minecraft, The Celebrity Ape-rentice, Cookie Blue, and New Gill.
- The myths they tested were: When Zeus loses his power, the Titans will be unleashed (proven), horses can fly (busted), and Cyclops' lack of depth perception (proven).
- One of the Titans is Mothra, of Godzilla franchise, but Mothra is a Japanese monster and has nothing to do with Greek mythology.
- Another reason Mothra does not fit the titans is that Mothra is a peaceful monster and has no reason to destroy civilizations like the other Godzilla monsters.