Busted
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- Averted in Aeon Entelechy Evangelion, where Shinji while piloting Unit-01 tries to use a High-Velocity Assault Rifle one handed (the other hand was busted) and fail.
Source: Law of Inverse Recoil - During the testing of one myth, the Build Team attempts to start a fire with the tried-and-true "rubbing two sticks together" method...and they fail miserably, almost leading them to declare it a myth that they've just busted.
Source: Hard To Light Fire -
Busted by the MythBusters in the case of using your pants to zip down a ski lift: There's too much friction, the angle of the lift isn't steep enough, and either the pants or your grip will fail first.
Source: Improvised Zipline
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Fail and Busted. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/busted/fail
Busted & Fail. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/busted/fail>.
Fail or Busted. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/busted/fail.
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