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Episode Post Date: April 10, 2026
GMM Episode Number: 3020
Transcript
Today we're ranking every flavor of Starburst. Let's talk about that. Good Mythical Morning. As your descendants will tell you in about 5 billion years when the sun explodes and obliterates earth, a bursting star is bad. But a Starburst, that's pretty good. But which flavor of Starburst is the goodest? It's time for In Flavor Of: Starburst Edition. On today's panel of voters, we have Trevor, our Starburst expert. Yay. Hey. Hold on, expert? Is that widely known? Yeah. Sorry, I ended up as The Fonz there. I don't know why. Um, yeah. Very widely known about me. Okay. Well, yeah, I definitely knew that. Mm-hmm. And we have Emily, our Starburst Wild Card. Well, of course. Anything goes with Emily. Yeah, that's true. I might just say stuff to mess with you. Okay. Okay. Don't you do it. Okay. And Leonard, our Starburst Everyman. Just a guy. Okay, no formed opinions about Starburst. You tell me. Wow. You're a blank canvas. He's a blank canvas. He's more, he's more. So he can be influenced. Yes. Yes. Okay, that's good. That's good. Opin-minded. Okay. I like that. You'll be trying every flavor of Starburst Chews head to head, and for every matchup you'll vote for the flavor you prefer. The flavor that receives three votes or more will move on to matchup against the next flavor. Okay. The order of matchups was generated by a randomizer, so we are randomly starting with Watermelon versus Sour Green Apple. Oh yeah. Let's get into this watermelon. Okay. I'm genu, genu, gen, I can't talk with this in my mouth. It's a Starburst. I'm genu, generally. Anti watermelon. Anti watermelon. This tastes just like every watermelon flavored candy there ever was. It's not the worst thing ever. I'm not gonna chew and swallow every one of these Starbursts. How can they not. Are these supposed to be sour? There is one that is sour green apple, but the other one's just watermelon. Okay. All right, so now we're just going with the greenie. My teeth already hurt. I. I didn't know about this. Always a fan of apple flavored stuff. Mm-hmm. So I know where my vote lies. This is too sour right up front. Woo, that's great. But it's random. Wow. All right. I'm ready. All right. We're gonna start with Rhett and Link. Use your paddles to cast your votes in 3, 2, 1. Sour apple for me. Sour apple for me. Yes. Thank goodness, we agree. Yeah. You both agree, so you only need one more member of the panel to agree with you for it to advance to the next matchup. Panel, cast your votes in 3, 2, 1. Oh. We only got Trevor. That's all we needed. Yeah. Yeah, tell, Expert, tell them why they're wrong. Apple, pretty good. Watermelon, just okay. Yep. Yep. That's it. You heard it there. Now I, it, it felt weird picking watermelon. It also felt weird not picking watermelon. Just had to go with my heart. Put you in a tough spot. Sorry about that. Rock and a hard place there. So. No. Oh, nope. Don't wanna throw away the good one. Yes, that means watermelon is going to Starburst hell. Yeah. Wow, it stayed. Ooh, nice. Our next contender is Tropical Mango Melon. Is it better than Sour Green Apple? That's for you to decide. Well, it's smaller. That's not what I asked. It's a mini. And naked. Does it taste different than if it was wrapped? Yeah. It doesn't taste like paper. Oh. Right. I don't know, it's tasting a little papery to me. It's got a. Maybe they just mix the wrapper into it. It's weird at first. Yeah, it is. It starts getting better. It's like mealy. Completely different texture. All right. I'm ready to vote. Not much positive to say about it. Rhett, you ready? Yeah. All right. Wait, we didn't. Cast your votes for the superior flavor. Oh. Just the colors. Okay. Yep. In 3, 2, 1. What. I actually. What? I actually think this is better. It was a little bit weird at first, but then I really like the mango flavor and I really appreciate the mini. 'cause you can eat more of 'em that way? Because I can eat less of them. Or less of each one. Well, yeah, less total volume. All right. Link, is there anything you want to say to try to sway your panel before they vote? I heard what they, what they were already saying. I know Emily's with me, um, and I think, uh, Leonard knows what to do. All right panel, cast your votes in 3, 2, 1. Oh. Okay, yes, you're right. I'm the wild card. Emily, what happined? Why did you change your mind. I just felt like being wild. See, she's unpredictable. It was, it wasn't enough flavor. It was too small. Yeah. There was nothing, nothing to it. Okay. All right. I don't like that apple. Sorry. It was a good, I had a great time with you. Go to hell. That almost bounced up and hit you in the face. Next is Tropical Watermelon. Why is it green? The outside of a watermelon? Because tropical. Is green. Well, that's true. I mean, they look just like Chiclets. I just love the size. I mean. Is this a joke about your mouth? Uh, it could be. Keep going. Alright. I love the size because my mouth is small. I don't know, I just feel like it's compact. I don't like this flavor a whole lot though. It's the same, uh, watermelon as before. I don't need to go back to the apple to know it's amazing. Okay. I'm a little bit torn here. Cast your votes in 3, 2, 1. But I'm back on green apple. Good job. Only need one. Panel. Cast your vote in. 3, 2, 1. Oh yeah. Oh wow. Unanimous. Wow. We've done it. So that, that means I gotta throw this extra hard in the Starburst hell. Why, it's always the ones on my side. Oh. It did break. It's in purgatory. Now it's Strawberry's turn. This is a classic. Okay. It's like I'm in a field of little green bushes with a red little fruit. I feel like, I feel like after eating that, that wrapperless mess, this tastes like pincils. I need one of those back. Hold on. The experts going back to the sour apple. Look, I have a lot of biases, I think towards Strawberry. Really. They've been my favorite since I was a kid. Uhoh. What happined? Well, I'm just trying to give apple a fair shot 'cause I didn't, going into this, I was like, surely I'm gonna like strawberry more. It's a very accurate apple. The super sour like a granny smith. I'm ready. I don't like green apple flavor things, and I actually like this green apple. Okay. It's really, it's really holding up then. Alright. Rhett and Link, cast your votes in 3, 2, 1. Yeah, this is easy. Sticking with the apple. I think strawberry flavor doesn't taste like strawberries because, tell me I'm wrong, strawberries have no taste. Whoa. I mean, you're eating the wrong strawberries. It's mild. It's a mild flavor. Bold take. All right, panel. 3, 2, 1. Ooh, we got what we needed from the expert. Goes against himself. Winning the straw- we talked about this before. I know. And if you told 8-year-old me that one day I'd be sitting here with Rhett and Link and telling them that sour apple is better than strawberry, I'd have been like you're crazy, and who are Rhett and Link? But here we are. Hold on. I thought you were gonna say, and you definitely knew who we were when you were eight, and I was gonna feel even older than I am. Yeah. I believed it. If I'd gone like 13, I would've been like, that's crazy. I know those guys. Okay. Strawberry. Not that much older. Go to hell. Oh man. Alright, moving on to Lemon. Lemon. That's exciting. Would I ever choose to put one of these in my mouth if it wasn't for this exercise? Nope. Well, it is kind of refreshing. I don't need to be refreshed by candy though. I mean, that's what gum's for. I mean, I feel like. What? Gum is for refreshment. Yeah, gum is for refreshment. You know that. Lemon is for cleaner. Lemon is for your toilet and your sink. I think when they're making the decision about whether or not they should include a lemon flavor as a flavor, there should be somebody that says, stands up and says, I don't think we should actually go through with this. Oh God. Oh, oh, oh. What? Oh, what was that? What just happined? I cut through yesterday's episode and poked you in the eye. Oh, that's right. Oh yeah, it worked. Look at. It worked. Are you bleeding? I'm fine. You made Leonard choke. God. Oh, oh. Oh. Did you come through with another episode and you chop him in the neck? Throat punch. Yeah, next time it's gonna be throat punch. Okay. Wow. Who knew? And I'm already better. All right, Rhett and Link, cast your votes in 3, 2, 1. No contest. I am so consistent. I have only voted for my side. And panel, 3, 2, 1. Y'all like the lemon, defend yourself. I don't. This one, and I knew, I knew that apple was gonna win, so I felt comfortable doing this. But this is for my mom. Because lemon is her favorite. So, shout out to my mom. Uh. That's not how it works, Trevor. That's risky, dude. Okay. You voted for lemon? Yes. It tasted. You looked like you were not having fun at all when you were eating it. Well, I, I had less fun eating that. Oh, okay. But it's kind of like a lemon meringue kind of vibe going on. I like it. Right. And I love my mom. And I hate green apple. Well, you wanna shout anybody out, Leonard? Man, shout out every man. Really? You don't wanna knock a couple off that list? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Dangerous man. You can take us off. Shout out every guy who's cool, chill. Shout out all the chill guys. Alright, Trevor, this one's for your mom. Ah. Tropical Pineapple Orange. Oh. Mini. Okay. Chiclet size. Pineapple orange. Citrusy. Ooh, ooh. Ah, okay. I don't, I don't think Emily likes it. Mm. It's pina colada ish. How did that happin? Started out good. Food science. Ended weird. So I've gotta erase it with a sour apple. You know where I'm landing. How many bites are you into that sour apple? Yeah, I'm just doing a little nibble, nibble, nibble. Oh, cute. It'll be a little Chiclet one. A little refresher. Eventually. All right. Rhett and Link. 3, 2, 1. Switching it up on y'all. I like this one. I like that citrus. I like that pineapple. And I like the mini. All right panel, you got a lot of power here. 3, 2, 1. Oh no. That's crazy. The Sour Apple has been dethroned. Yeah. That's crazy. 'cause Emily votes against herself. Look at it. I wanna get that apple outta here. I don't like it. It's crazy. Well, we do have a new rule. If it had a run like that, it does get to come back at a later round, so. But you go to hell first. This is goodbye for now. Sour Strawberry. Oh, look at that. You have a new flavor over. Sorry, Emily. We're still in sour zone. I do like sour, it's just, it tears your tongue up. The original is so much chewier and stickier than the Chiclet. Woo. Woo. Hmm. Oh. Very sour. Almost effervescent. Like a Cherry Coke. Halfway through, something happins. It goes a little bit sideways. Mm-hmm. Okay, you guys ready? Rhett and Link? 3, 2, 1. Oh. I just, I just don't like that at all. Wow. I don't like that at all. All right, panel. 3, 2, 1. Oh. Everybody's with me. With the sour strawberry. Okay, interesting. Yes. Throw it away. Hell it up. Orange. Orange. Orange. I gotta tell, is anyone else's ears popping from this? My jaw is popping. Yeah, and I think it's opining up my ears. My taste buds are popping. Orange. That's a classic. Hmm. It's creamy. Yeah. Cool. Like an orange-sicle. Ready? 3, 2, 1. I love it. I was close to voting for it. I love orange. Very nostalgic, but. Orange is everything that lemon wants to be. I love the sour, the sour's so strong. All right, panel. 3, 2, 1. Ooh. Yes. Wow. The sour strawberry is really doing it. Wow. And Trevor, I think this is the first time you and I have deviated paths. We've disagreed. Here's the thing, I, I, I, as a child, I would've hated orange, or I did, you know? But I feel like as I've matured and my taste buds have grown, it's just, it's a nice flavor. Are you going through something? It is a little. With like aging or something. I think he's trying to establish that he's all grown up now. I am. I've grown up. He's all grown up now. This is like kind of a, I'm exploring myself here. You know, I think I've had a lot of opinions since I was a kid and I'm, I'm trying to have an opin mind and be opin to change, so. Wow. Look at you. Explore yourself on your own time, sir. Growth is important, but that means. Sorry, Rhett. That orange is not going to go. Seems like an injustice, kinda. This is FaveRed's Cherry, which comes from the Starburst FaveRed's pack, which I think is, tasting different than just regular cherry. Really? From the originals pack. Why would they do that? Tastes pretty normal to me. Because it's a fave. It's boosted. It tastes just like red cherry. I mean, red Starburst to me, which I like and might be my favorite. I really do think it tastes like Cherry Coke, not just Cherry. Hmm. Mm-hmm. Okay. 3, 2, 1. I love their cherry. I love, I'm not, I'm anti cherry. All right, panel. It's up to y'all. 3, 2, 1. Dang. They're with me. We're suckers for sour. This is my favorite one I've had the entire time. Yeah, I love the cherry flavor of the Starburst. Taste like Dimetapp. But dang. Yep. I just feel like I'm losing over and over again. I used to love Dimetapp. You know, every month we sell a pin of the month and sometimes you might see 'em and be like, oh man, I missed that one. I want to get it, well. Because we only sell 'em for like 24 hours at a time. But you know what, if you never wanna miss it, you should be a part of the pin of the month club. I mean, look at all these pins that you could have been having. And you can subscribe so you don't miss a pin at Mythical.com, and, you get 20% off as well as $5 flat rate shipping on each pin when you subscribe to the yearly plan. So, get those pins every time they show up. It's just like a, just a little bit of Mythical goodness in your life. Yes. What about Tropical Strawberry Kiwi? Is that some Mythical goodness? What about it? What about it. Tropical. Unwrapped mess again. I'm, I'm starting to become a believer in the Chiclets. Oh, really? They're much more chewable. They don't stick in the teeth. Hmm. But the flavors aren't as strong. Okay. Hmm. I don't know how I feel about that one in particular. All right. 3, 2, 1. I'm back to strawberry. Staying with, yep, staying with the sour. Sour strawberry. All right, panel. 3, 2, 1. Yeah. Everybody. Yeah. Nobody liked that. The kiwi one is just not good, I'm gonna throw both of them away. I don't think a Chiclet's gonna win. Nope. This whole time. Apparently not. All right. Sour Blue Raspberry. And this is our first Sour v. Sour matchup. Oh. I never thought we could even do this. Sour off. So blue. Did you guys ever, um, take your Starburst and then put it over your teeth like it was a mouth guard? In like Legends of the Hidden Temple? No, but I will now. It's, it's a good idea. Then you can get cavities in the front. Gonna say, I'm very fond of my enamel, so. And it's a fun color too. Huh. Wow, it's very blue. Definitely not natural. All right. Rhett and Link, 3, 2, 1. Wow, I. What. We, yeah, you switched up and I went back to this. I love this, dude. It's, it's, I love the color, I love the sour, of course, but the actual berry flavor has got my goat. Okay. Okay, panel. 3, 2, 1. I mean, that, that's something special, man. Yeah, that's, I, I, I'm hard pressed to believe that there's a flavor out there in these Starbursts that could beat that for me. Oh, really? I think that's gonna be the champ. Overall champ. And the every man have given their predictions. Fruit punch. This is also from the FlaveReds pack. Flavored. Huh? It's one of my flavereds. Well, hmm. No, it's not. When I was a child. Yeah. I liked this one, see. It tastes just like Hawaiian Punch. Just like Hawaiian Punch. I mean they, Hawaiian Punch should sue. Or just punch, you know. I see what you did there. Maybe the judge would be like, you know what? You win and you get to Hawaiian Punch. If Hawaiian Punch sue Starburst, is that punching up or punching down? Woo. Okay, three. Punching up. Oh, before, I just want you guys to know. These are blue, but they're on the red. These are red, but they're on the blue. Thank you Rhett. Thank you. One. Red, so I'm voting for the blue thing. Yes, me too. Okay, panel. 3, 2, 1. I mean, come on. Who likes fruit punch? Hang on one second. Did we not get the 3, 2, 1? You got it. All right, let, this for Leonard. Unanimous. No one likes fruit punch. I usually do. That was a tough, we had to eat a lot of flavors. If they had a sour fruit punch. Yeah. No contest. We hate you. Get outta hell. Next is Cherry. This is the original cherry and so we actually have the fla, the FaveReds cherry, just to see if there's a difference. I thought the FlaveRed was stronger. They're different. Lot of mouse sounds happening there, Leonard. There's a sour. We're trying to experience it and. No. The FaveReds has more sourness. Yep. I mean, it's not as different as I thought it was gonna be, but. It's different enough. Well, I like that. Dang. Why would they do that? Change it. Keep 'em guessing. It seems like, it's so close to still be different that it is weird. But if y'all were saying the strawberry one doesn't taste like strawberries, what the heck is this? Have you ever had a cherry that tastes like this? You're right. Nope. Right. Thank you. You ever had a blue raspberry that tastes like that? There aren't blue raspberries. They don't even exist. There's not. Oh, that was the joke. 3, 2, 1. I'm a cherry loving man. Not me. Okay, panel. Let's all vote at the same time. 3, 2, 1. Come on. Oh yeah, Leonard, you're right. But we're both wrong. Yep, you're both wrong. Blue sour, raspberry, blue. So we'll get rid of both here. Get rid of all that. Man. Carry on. All right, is sour watermelon good enough to overtake? Sour raspberry? And this is our second sour matchup. Oh. Oh. This is kind of a muddy green color. I gotta be real. Hmm. I like the color. Oh, it's the same as your. It's kind of retro. Oh. I do not love the taste. Hmm. It is sour though. Like, like eating an unripe watermelon. That tastes like a sour Jolly Rancher. Ooh. Mm-hmm. They make those sour Jolly Rancher gummies. Pretty incredible stuff. Incredible. Yeah. Pretty incredible stuff. Oh wow. And honestly. You have 'em in your pantry? The blue raspberry ones taste pretty similar to this. Mm. There's lots of cross over. Something to think about. Good to know. Good to know. Something to think about. Okay. 3, 2, 1. I'm a blue boy. Yep. Sticking with the blue raz. Okay, panel. 3, 2, 1. Oh yeah. Unanimous. Yeah, sorry. Nobody likes the watermelon here. Get outta here. All right, it all comes down to this. Sour blue raspberry won unanimously, but sour green apple dominated for five rounds, so we're bringing it back as a flavor revival. Man. To make sure it gets a shot at the championship, the title, the, at winning, at being our best. Being the best Starburst. To be raised to the rafters. That too. Hmm. I mean, we take this job seriously. I'm saying. I've been serious this whole dang time. Yeah. You were making fun of me for it. Yeah. Mm. We're not having fun. That's not what this is about. I'm sure not. I'm having a great time. My stomach hurts. Alright. Okay. I know that we were divided on apple and, but Emily voted it out, even though she liked it. Or didn't, I don't know what Emily thinks. And blue is red. Rhett and Link. We're on the same page, Link. 3, 2, 1. Apple. No, raspberry is better. Apple. I'm an apple boy again. I'm gonna be happy with either, so I'm not gonna be mad at y'all. The power lies with you. Okay, panel. You know which one's which? Yeah. Okay. Hang on. Yep. 3, 2, 1. I mean, come on. Yes, yes, yes, yes. Nobody agrees with you. The apple is so good. But the blue raspberry is. Not natural. Better. It's not natural, okay. Get outta here. I, apple, you did great. Um, give our best to hell. And you know what that means? It means that Sour Blue Raspberry is our last flavor standing and will now be inducted into the GMM Flavor Hall of Fame. That's not, that's not it. That's not it. Wow. That's the wrong color. No, it is blue. Oh, my bad. There you have it. Thank you, Starburst. Completely scientific process. Thanks for commenting and sharing this video. You know what time it is. My name's Noelle. My name's Marcus. They just got married, and it's time to spin the Wheel of Mythicality. Woo. Congratulations. Good work on the marriage. Now keep it up for the rest of your relationship. You know what we wanna do? We want to give Sarah something. Sarah, we found you out in the wild, sporting your Mythical merch, and so we're gonna give you an All Access Quarterly Mythical Society subscription. Yes, 'cause we can do that. Click the top link to watch us match, is somebody back there? 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