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Episode

Pop Tarts includes 32 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 Pop Tarts

Items scored 32

Ranking method Raw Score

Abstract

This episode report summarizes published Gut Check scores for N = 32 items in Pop Tarts, 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	Wild Berry	170	89	81	4
2	Crisps: Blueberrific	177	89	88	1
3	S'Mores	175	86	89	2
4	Crisps: Strawberrylicious	173	86	87	3

Table 2. Rank Drift from Original Final Ranking Raw Score
Item	Final Rank	Method Rank	Drift	Total Score	Rhett	Link
Wild Berry	1	4	3	170	89	81
Crisps: Blueberrific	2	1	1	177	89	88
S'Mores	3	2	1	175	86	89
Crisps: Strawberrylicious	4	3	1	173	86	87

Figure 1. Distribution of Rhett and Link scores within Pop Tarts.

Figure 2. Distribution of combined total scores within Pop Tarts.

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

Figure 4. Rhett-Link agreement within Pop Tarts.

Figure 5. Score range by score source within Pop Tarts on a 0-100 scale.

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

Score source	10	20	30	40	50	60	70	80
Rhett	0	0	1	4	4	6	10	7
Link	3	4	2	4	6	4	3	6
Combined	0	1	1	10	4	5	6	5

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

Average Score

122

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	Crisps: Blueberrific	177	89	88
2	S'Mores	175	86	89
3	Crisps: Strawberrylicious	173	86	87
4	Wild Berry	170	89	81
5	Raspberry	161	77	84
6	Chocolate Chip	159	78	81
7	Crisps: Appletastic	155	78	77
8	Crisp Apple	149	74	75
9	Red White and Blueberry	148	78	70
10	Hot Fudge Sundae	143	74	69

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	Confetti Cupcake	56	38	18
2	Chocolatey Churro	75	51	24
3	Unfrosted Brown Sugar Cinnamon	82	61	21
4	Cherry	85	62	23
5	Cookies and Creme	88	49	39
6	Unfrosted Strawberry	90	61	29
7	Pretzel Cinnamon Sugar	92	79	13
	Strawberry Milkshake	92	49	43
8	Unfrosted Blueberry	94	64	30
9	Pretzel Chocolate	96	81	15
10	Sugar Cookie	98	58	40
	Chocolate Cupcake	98	50	48

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	Pretzel Chocolate	66	81	15
2	Pretzel Cinnamon Sugar	66	79	13
3	Unfrosted Brown Sugar Cinnamon	40	61	21
4	Cherry	39	62	23
5	Unfrosted Blueberry	34	64	30
6	Mer-Mazing Blue Raspberry	32	81	49
7	Unfrosted Strawberry	32	61	29
8	Chocolatey Churro	27	51	24
9	Simply Frosted Orchard Apple Cinnamon	25	75	50
10	Chocolate Fudge	24	41	65

Table 6. Full Combined Ranking Raw Score
Rank	Item	Total Score	Rhett	Link
1	Crisps: Blueberrific	177	89	88
2	S'Mores	175	86	89
3	Crisps: Strawberrylicious	173	86	87
4	Wild Berry	170	89	81
5	Raspberry	161	77	84
6	Chocolate Chip	159	78	81
7	Crisps: Appletastic	155	78	77
8	Crisp Apple	149	74	75
9	Red White and Blueberry	148	78	70
10	Hot Fudge Sundae	143	74	69
11	Blueberry	141	82	59
12	Strawberry	137	70	67
13	Mer-Mazing Blue Raspberry	130	81	49
14	Brown Sugar Cinnamon	128	72	56
15	Simply Frosted Orchard Apple Cinnamon	125	75	50
16	Froot Loops	120	68	52
17	Simply Frosted Harvest Strawberry	117	66	51
	Cinnamon Roll	117	49	68
18	Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough	116	58	58
19	Chocolate Fudge	106	41	65
20	Chocolate Cupcake	98	50	48
	Sugar Cookie	98	58	40
21	Pretzel Chocolate	96	81	15
22	Unfrosted Blueberry	94	64	30
23	Strawberry Milkshake	92	49	43
	Pretzel Cinnamon Sugar	92	79	13
24	Unfrosted Strawberry	90	61	29
25	Cookies and Creme	88	49	39
26	Cherry	85	62	23
27	Unfrosted Brown Sugar Cinnamon	82	61	21
28	Chocolatey Churro	75	51	24
29	Confetti Cupcake	56	38	18

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

Table 7. Higher Score Counts
Episode	Rhett	Link	Tie
Pop Tarts	24	7	1

Results

2. Rhett

Figure 11. Distribution of Rhett scores within Pop Tarts.

Average Score

68

Peanut Butter Quotient*

N/A

No peanut butter items in this episode.

Nice! Factor**

0

Recipients: None

Table 8. Rhett Highest-Ranked Items
Rank	Item	Score
1	Crisps: Blueberrific	89
	Wild Berry	89
2	S'Mores	86
	Crisps: Strawberrylicious	86
3	Blueberry	82
4	Mer-Mazing Blue Raspberry	81
	Pretzel Chocolate	81
5	Pretzel Cinnamon Sugar	79
6	Chocolate Chip	78
	Crisps: Appletastic	78
	Red White and Blueberry	78
7	Raspberry	77
8	Simply Frosted Orchard Apple Cinnamon	75
9	Crisp Apple	74
	Hot Fudge Sundae	74
10	Brown Sugar Cinnamon	72

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	Confetti Cupcake	38
2	Chocolate Fudge	41
3	Cookies and Creme	49
	Strawberry Milkshake	49
	Cinnamon Roll	49
4	Chocolate Cupcake	50
5	Chocolatey Churro	51
6	Sugar Cookie	58
	Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough	58
7	Unfrosted Brown Sugar Cinnamon	61
	Unfrosted Strawberry	61
8	Cherry	62
9	Unfrosted Blueberry	64
10	Simply Frosted Harvest Strawberry	66

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 Pop Tarts.

Average Score

54

Peanut Butter Quotient*

N/A

No peanut butter items in this episode.

Nice! Factor**

1

Recipients: Hot Fudge Sundae

Table 10. Link Highest-Ranked Items
Rank	Item	Score
1	S'Mores	89
2	Crisps: Blueberrific	88
3	Crisps: Strawberrylicious	87
4	Raspberry	84
5	Wild Berry	81
	Chocolate Chip	81
6	Crisps: Appletastic	77
7	Crisp Apple	75
8	Red White and Blueberry	70
9	Hot Fudge Sundae	69
10	Cinnamon Roll	68

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	Pretzel Cinnamon Sugar	13
2	Pretzel Chocolate	15
3	Confetti Cupcake	18
4	Unfrosted Brown Sugar Cinnamon	21
5	Cherry	23
6	Chocolatey Churro	24
7	Unfrosted Strawberry	29
8	Unfrosted Blueberry	30
9	Cookies and Creme	39
10	Sugar Cookie	40

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.