Jareth

Jareth is the fourth and twelfth microwave used on the show. He is a male and among the microwaves which have a baking tray (which was used for the potato) He has lots of heavily dangerous experiments. he also got the first ever Highly deadly idea. Until the CFL bulb was microwaved, the glowsticks were the worst ever smell on the show. Jareth survived some of explosions, including the devastating silly sting which the fan and the top cover were knocked off. He survived various fires and sustained heavy damage, like the easy button fire that melted part of the top, the charcoal which melted more of the waveguide. Another notable experiment was the fireworks which coated his inside with white powder, but survived, making him the toughest microwave of the entire show. After that, Jareth was routinely used in every season up to season 12 as a side microwave for bigger and more dangerous experiments.

Facts
Name: Jareth

Brand: Kenmore

First Experiment: #96 (Water Balloon) (Original), #305 (Steel Wool and Light Bulb) (Return)

Last Experiment: #164 (CFL Bulb) (occasionally until return) (Original), #323 (VCR) (occasionally since) (Return) #374 (Christmas Lights) (Definitive)

Fate: Retired

Also Known As: Kenmore Beast

Career
While Quincy was at the prime of her life and Jareth was completely fixed from the deadly silly string, he was used for microwaving an CFL Bulb, rather than Quincy, as Jareth was much more seasoned, having been built in 1984 and over 40 episodes under his belt. However, the mercury fumes were toxic and consequentially remained inside Jareth. When Matthew cleaned him, the smell of mercury could not be taken out, so Jareth was "retired" "for good" (reappearing 11 times before his reappearence as a regular). Between the kiwi and video game controller episodes, his light burnt out. He finished up most of season 9 after Jessie died from the gasoline, sharing duties with then-newcomer Danielle who died after her initial season 10 appearance (the lava lamp). Starting in #305, Jareth returned to the show as the 12th microwave, but still the 4th unique microwave. Ironically, Jareth's feature season was the 10th one and not the 4th one due to having done well over half of the season 10 experiments. Following a lackluster appearance with the VCR, Jareth was retired for the second time but was later brought back on occasion in the following seasons as a backup microwave for experiments that were too big or dangerous for other microwaves, such as the two-foot long flourescent tube or the toaster.

Jareth was "retired" only to be brought out of retirement later countless times, including his tenure which ended with the VCR. Jareth has since made an appearance in every season from season 3 up to 12 at least once, including a cameo in season 7 with the Jack O'Lantern as a shared experiment with Sarah and two appearances in season 8 to microwave a Christmas tree and later a spark plug. He returned for a few episodes after Monty had to be retired after 4 episodes.

As of the Frog episode, his tenure has lasted 78 episodes, which means his tenure is not only the longest out of all microwaves on any show, but also as long as the first four microwaves of another show - combined.

Despite his long career, it eventually had to come to an end for better or for worse when he had to be retired. In Experiment #374, which involved Jareth microwaving Christmas lights at the same time as the then-new microwave Elsa, Jareth's magnetron suddenly gave in halfway through the experiment which meant he could no longer microwave the lights anymore, leaving the rest of the experiment to be done by Elsa alone. With that, Jareth's intense career ended on a rather anti-climactic note. Considering what Jareth had been through before, his loss of function was likely a manner of old age.

Trivia

 * Jareth in a way is very similar to Jennie, while their roles were complete polar opposite. Like Jareth, Jennie was still kept around after her initial run to be used as either a backup microwave when Matt was short of microwaves or for specific types of experiments. Unlike Jareth, Jennie's experiments were the complete opposite of his, as she was reserved for safer experiments while Jareth was reserved for experiments thought to be more dangerous.