Awesome Fails

Worldwide Interweb digs up some of the most heinous examples of mascot schadenfreude they could find. Though with all of the crazy slapstick they do, sometimes it’s hard to tell what’s an accident, and what’s part of the act.

(NSFW: Language) Traceur Matt Quinlan had an accident while filming a parkour video. YouTuber JJ2cool42 put on his best reality crime show narrator voice to pinpoint the moment that Matt realized he was going to get hurt.

Red Bull mountain biker Tom van Steenbergen attempted a massive front-flip on his bike. While everything looked like it was going to plan, the landing was more than his bike’s suspension could handle. Fortunately, Tom is doing fine.

A steel mill worker watches as a batch of wet scrap metal is lowered into a melting furnace, which can be extremely dangerous. But he doesn’t seem to be in any rush to leave the room. Fortunately, he finally makes the right call.

A brand new EDI locomotive engine was being unloaded by crane when something went horribly wrong and the strap lifting it broke. If you thought dropping your iPhone was bad, imagine a 137-ton locomotive.

Listen, we all know we can’t be as great as these guys all the time, so let’s bear that in mind and try not to pee our pants as we watch this great compilation of marching band implosions, thanks to our friends at the WorldWide Interweb.

(NSFW: Language) Like Blanka before him, it turns out that Mario is a serious troll. At least if this amusing compilation of fail videos from Pastek is to be believed. We think every clip needs to end with the Mario death theme.

Just in time for the end of summer, FailArmy has put together a compilation of skimboarding, water skiing, tubing and general watery-type activity fails. We better get out there and face plant in the lake before the snow comes.

(NSFW: 2 F bombs) In the mood for an increased heart rate and a stomach ache? Even if you aren’t, take three minutes and check out some of the most cringeworthy moments you’ll ever see, courtesy of the fine folks over at FailArmy. Yipes.

A band of kids at Grosse Pointe Music Academy attempts to perform a cover of Weezer’s classic Undone: The Sweater Song when something unexpected puts a damper on the performance. Wait… for… it…

A little old lady attempts to ride an escalator in Russia, but loses her balance as she approaches. On her way to fall over, she invents a new way to go upstairs, turning her imminent failure into an instant win.

A piece of construction equipment designed for smoothing concrete got stuck and started spinning on its own. A couple of dudes captured workers’ futile attempts to stop it, and contributed this amusing play-by-play.

These high-intensity workouts might just help you get in shape – or they might end up breaking you in two, as is demonstrated by this compilation of painful schadenfreude at the gym put together by FailArmy.

(NSFW: Language) May 2014 was a banner month for television journalism, as is evidenced by NewsBeFunny’s compilation of crazy moments during news broadcasts. Do these guys all have their minds in the gutter, or is it just us?

The Great Pyrenees is an awesome dog, but nobody said they were good at catching treats. At least not Nana. But that’s okay, she’s still warmed our hearts with her adorable lack of timing and coordination.

While she’s not nearly as terrible as the Wheel of Fortune dude, this girl’s answers and reaction time during Family Feud’s Fast Money round resulted in the same outcome. We bet her belly was throwing up after the show. Skip to 2:15.