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Episode

Mountain Dew includes 24 scored items from the "Gut Check" series from Good Mythical Morning.

In all charts, Rhett's data is RED, Link's data is BLUE, and combined data is PURPLE.

Episode Mountain Dew

Items scored 24

Ranking method Raw Score

Abstract

This episode report summarizes published Gut Check scores for N = 24 items in Mountain Dew, including rankings, score distributions, disagreement counts, and derived measures.

Dataset snapshot refreshed June 3, 2026 6:57 AM.

Methods

The selected ranking method is applied within this episode only. Rank ties are preserved. Original final rankings are reported separately from recalculated rankings shown under the selected method.

Raw score. Sum of Rhett and Link scores.

Formal notation R = S_R + S_L

Normalized score. Episode-relative placement measure.

Formal notation N = f_episode(R)

Consensus score. Normalized score with disagreement penalty.

Formal notation C = g_episode(N, |S_R - S_L|)

Results

1. Combined Results Raw Score

Table 1. Original Episode Final Ranking
Final Rank	Item	Total Score	Rhett	Link	Numeric Rank
1	Spark	150	74	76	1
2	Original	141	71	70	4
3	Purple Thunder	146	67	79	2
4	Thrashed Apple	145	77	68	3

Table 2. Rank Drift from Original Final Ranking Raw Score
Item	Final Rank	Method Rank	Drift	Total Score	Rhett	Link
Original	2	4	2	141	71	70
Purple Thunder	3	2	1	146	67	79
Thrashed Apple	4	3	1	145	77	68
Spark	1	1	0	150	74	76

Figure 1. Distribution of Rhett and Link scores within Mountain Dew.

Figure 2. Distribution of combined total scores within Mountain Dew.

Figure 3. Score distribution by ranking method after rescaling each method to a 0-100 index.

Figure 4. Rhett-Link agreement within Mountain Dew.

Figure 5. Score range by score source within Mountain Dew on a 0-100 scale.

Figure 6. Items with the largest absolute Rhett-Link score difference.

Score source	30	40	50	60	70	80
Rhett	2	5	6	5	5	1
Link	4	5	4	6	5	0
Combined	3	5	5	7	4	0

Figure 7. Heatmap of score bucket counts by score source.

Average Score

113

Peanut Butter Quotient*

N/A

No peanut butter items in this episode.

Nice! Factor**

0

Recipients: None

Figure 8. Peanut Butter Quotient by score source.

Figure 9. Nice! Factor occurrences by score source.

Table 3. Highest-Ranked Items Raw Score
Rank	Item	Total Score	Rhett	Link
1	Spark	150	74	76
2	Purple Thunder	146	67	79
3	Thrashed Apple	145	77	68
4	Original	141	71	70
5	Kickstart Orange Citrus	138	69	69
6	Kickstart Pineapple Orange Mango	132	82	50
7	Uproar	131	68	63
8	Kickstart Strawberry Start-Up	130	67	63
9	Pitch Black	128	49	79
10	Code Red	124	75	49

Note. Tied scores share rank labels; tables include all items in the first ten rank groups.

Table 4. Lowest-Ranked Items Raw Score
Rank	Item	Total Score	Rhett	Link
1	Fruit Quake	70	30	40
2	Major Melon	77	47	30
3	Summer Freeze	78	41	37
4	Kickstart Fruit Punch	80	50	30
5	Sweet Lightning	84	42	42
6	Legend	87	51	36
7	Dark Berry Bash	90	40	50
8	Voltage	98	38	60
9	Overdrive	102	52	50
10	Maui Burst	103	59	44

Note. Tied scores share rank labels; tables include all items in the first ten rank groups.

Table 5. Largest Score Differences
Rank	Item	Score Difference	Rhett	Link
1	Kickstart Black Cherry	33	74	41
2	Kickstart Pineapple Orange Mango	32	82	50
3	Pitch Black	30	49	79
4	Code Red	26	75	49
5	Baja Blast	22	50	72
6	Voltage	22	38	60
7	Kickstart Fruit Punch	20	50	30
8	Major Melon	17	47	30
9	Maui Burst	15	59	44
10	Legend	15	51	36

Table 6. Full Combined Ranking Raw Score
Rank	Item	Total Score	Rhett	Link
1	Spark	150	74	76
2	Purple Thunder	146	67	79
3	Thrashed Apple	145	77	68
4	Original	141	71	70
5	Kickstart Orange Citrus	138	69	69
6	Kickstart Pineapple Orange Mango	132	82	50
7	Uproar	131	68	63
8	Kickstart Strawberry Start-Up	130	67	63
9	Pitch Black	128	49	79
10	Code Red	124	75	49
11	Baja Blast	122	50	72
12	Kickstart Grape	119	60	59
13	Kickstart Black Cherry	115	74	41
14	Live Wire	111	50	61
15	Maui Burst	103	59	44
16	Overdrive	102	52	50
17	Voltage	98	38	60
18	Dark Berry Bash	90	40	50
19	Legend	87	51	36
20	Sweet Lightning	84	42	42
21	Kickstart Fruit Punch	80	50	30
22	Summer Freeze	78	41	37
23	Major Melon	77	47	30
24	Fruit Quake	70	30	40

Figure 10. Counts of instances in which Rhett, Link, or neither assigned the higher score.

Table 7. Higher Score Counts
Episode	Rhett	Link	Tie
Mountain Dew	14	8	2

Results

2. Rhett

Figure 11. Distribution of Rhett scores within Mountain Dew.

Average Score

58

Peanut Butter Quotient*

N/A

No peanut butter items in this episode.

Nice! Factor**

1

Recipients: Kickstart Orange Citrus

Table 8. Rhett Highest-Ranked Items
Rank	Item	Score
1	Kickstart Pineapple Orange Mango	82
2	Thrashed Apple	77
3	Code Red	75
4	Spark	74
	Kickstart Black Cherry	74
5	Original	71
6	Kickstart Orange Citrus	69
7	Uproar	68
8	Purple Thunder	67
	Kickstart Strawberry Start-Up	67
9	Kickstart Grape	60
10	Maui Burst	59

Note. Tied scores share rank labels; tables include all items in the first ten rank groups.

Table 9. Rhett Lowest-Ranked Items
Rank	Item	Score
1	Fruit Quake	30
2	Voltage	38
3	Dark Berry Bash	40
4	Summer Freeze	41
5	Sweet Lightning	42
6	Major Melon	47
7	Pitch Black	49
8	Kickstart Fruit Punch	50
	Live Wire	50
	Baja Blast	50
9	Legend	51
10	Overdrive	52

Note. Tied scores share rank labels; tables include all items in the first ten rank groups.

Results

3. Link

Figure 12. Distribution of Link scores within Mountain Dew.

Average Score

55

Peanut Butter Quotient*

N/A

No peanut butter items in this episode.

Nice! Factor**

1

Recipients: Kickstart Orange Citrus

Table 10. Link Highest-Ranked Items
Rank	Item	Score
1	Purple Thunder	79
	Pitch Black	79
2	Spark	76
3	Baja Blast	72
4	Original	70
5	Kickstart Orange Citrus	69
6	Thrashed Apple	68
7	Uproar	63
	Kickstart Strawberry Start-Up	63
8	Live Wire	61
9	Voltage	60
10	Kickstart Grape	59

Note. Tied scores share rank labels; tables include all items in the first ten rank groups.

Table 11. Link Lowest-Ranked Items
Rank	Item	Score
1	Major Melon	30
	Kickstart Fruit Punch	30
2	Legend	36
3	Summer Freeze	37
4	Fruit Quake	40
5	Kickstart Black Cherry	41
6	Sweet Lightning	42
7	Maui Burst	44
8	Code Red	49
9	Dark Berry Bash	50
	Overdrive	50
	Kickstart Pineapple Orange Mango	50
10	Kickstart Grape	59

Note. Tied scores share rank labels; tables include all items in the first ten rank groups.

Notes

4. Definitions and Notes

* Peanut Butter Quotient is calculated as the difference between the average score for peanut-butter-focused flavors and the average score for non-peanut-butter flavors. Flavors designated as peanut-butter-focused in this episode are: None in this episode

Formal notation PBQ = x̄_PB - x̄_non-PB

** Nice! Factor is the number of times a score of 69 appears.

Formal notation NF = Σ 1(score = 69)

Rank Drift is the absolute difference between the original final rank and the rank produced by the currently selected ranking method.

Limitations. Scores are treated as interval values although the underlying tasting process is subjective.