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Episode Count: 119
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Season 1
Season 1, Episode 1: Jet-Assisted Chevy, Pop Rocks and Soda
Original Air Date: 23 January 20031967 Chevy Impala with a jet assisted take off. Eating Pop Rocks with cola can cause death.
Season 1, Episode 2: Vacuum Toilet, Biscuit Bazooka, Leaping Lawyer
Original Air Date: 23 January 2003A biscuit tin explodes and hits a woman. A woman is stuck on an airplane toilet. A lawyer crashes through a high rise window.
Season 1, Episode 3: Larry's Lawn-Chair Balloon, Goldfinger, Poppy-Seed Drug Test
Original Air Date: 7 March 2003Acending in a lawn chair with weather balloons. Poppy seeds cause you to fail a drug test. Being covered in gold paint can kill you.
Season 1, Episode 4: Ice Bullet, Exploding Toilet, Who Gets Wetter?
Original Air Date: 23 September 2003Tested myths include magic ice bullets, thought to kill without a clue and is it worth running in the rain, where Adam and Jamie see which gets you drier, running or walking in the rain. To test if you can explode a toilet, the Mythbusters get a crash-test dummy that they name Buster.
Season 1, Episode 5: Cell Phone Destruction, Silicone Breasts, CD-ROM Shattering
Original Air Date: 3 October 2003Cell phones are tested to see if they can destroy a gas station. Then, breast implants are tested to see if high altitudes will make them explode. Finally, CD's are tested to see if computer drives can make them break.
Season 1, Episode 6: Barrel of Bricks, Pissing on the Third Rail, Eel Skin Wallet
Original Air Date: 10 October 2003The story of the unlucky construction worker and the barrel of 500 lb. of bricks is tested. Also, you'll see if peeing on the third rail can kill you, along with credit cards not working due to an eel skin wallet.
Season 1, Episode 7: Penny Drop, Deadly Microwaves, Radio Tooth Fillings
Original Air Date: 17 October 2003Season 1, Episode 8: Hammer Bridge Drop, Buried Alive, Cola
Original Air Date: 24 October 2003Buster tries to survive a drop into a body of water with a hammer, and Jamie's getting buried alive! Also, you'd be surprised by how many cola-related myths are perfect for the Mythbusters.
Season 1, Episode 9: Lightning Strikes Tongue Piercing, Tree Cannon, Beat the Breath Test
Original Air Date: 7 November 2003Jamie and Adam want to see if tongue piercing attract lightning, if they can make a cannon out of a tree, and if drunk people can fool the police.
Season 1, Episode 10: Stinky Car, Raccoon Rocket
Original Air Date: 5 December 2003The Mythbusters see if a car can get so stinky that no one will buy it. Waiting for 2 months for 2 dead pigs to decompose in a car, the want to test raccoon rocket, where a person lighting gasoline in a sewer pipe to eliminate a raccoon but shoots himself out but lives. Looks like a job for Buster!
Season 1, Episode 11: Escape from Alcatraz, Duck Quack, Stud Finder
Original Air Date: 12 December 2003Jamie and Adam try to escape from Alcatraz using a raft made from raincoats. In between, they test to see if duck quacks can echo and if Red Cross has mind control chips for their patients.
Season 1, Episode 12: Chicken Gun, Octopus Pregnancy, Killer Washing Machine
Original Air Date: 18 January 2004The guys test the effects of chickens, frozen and thawed, against a windshield. They also test to see if a human can give birth to an octopus and if 50 lbs. of laundry, along with baking soda w/dog pee, can cause an explosion that could kill a guy.
Season 1, Episode 13: Explosive Decompression, Frog Giggin', Rear Axle
Original Air Date: 11 January 2004Season 1, Episode 14: Sinking Titanic, Goldfish Memory, Trombone Explosion
Original Air Date: 22 February 2004Season 1, Episode 15: Break Step Bridge, Toothbrush Surprise, Rowing Water Skier
Original Air Date: 15 January 2004Season 1, Episode 16: Buried in Concrete, Daddy Longlegs, Jet Taxi
Original Air Date: 15 February 2004Season 1, Episode 17: Best Animal Myths
Original Air Date: 21 March 2004Season 1, Episode 18: Best Electric Myths
Original Air Date: 6 May 2004Season 1, Episode 19: Best Explosions
Original Air Date: 29 June 2004Season 2
Season 2, Episode 1: Myths Revisited
Original Air Date: 8 June 2004Season 2, Episode 2: Scuba Diver, Car Capers
Original Air Date: 27 July 2004Season 2, Episode 3: Ancient Death Ray, Skunk Cleaning, What Is Bulletproof?
Original Air Date: 29 September 2004Season 2, Episode 4: Elevator of Death, Levitation Machine
Original Air Date: 6 October 2004Season 2, Episode 5: Beat the Radar Detector
Original Air Date: 13 October 2004Season 2, Episode 6: Quicksand, Bathtub Electrocution, MRI Rays and Tattoos
Original Air Date: 20 October 2004Season 2, Episode 7: Exploding Jawbreaker
Original Air Date: 27 October 2004Season 2, Episode 8: Ping Pong Rescue
Original Air Date: 3 November 2004Season 2, Episode 9: Boom-Lift Catapult
Original Air Date: 10 November 2004Season 2, Episode 10: Exploding House
Original Air Date: 16 November 2004Season 2, Episode 11: Ming Dynasty Astronaut
Original Air Date: 5 December 2004Season 2, Episode 12: Christmas Special
Original Air Date: 22 December 2004Season 2, Episode 13: Buster Special
Original Air Date: 2 February 2005Season 2, Episode 14: Ultimate Mythbusters
Original Air Date: 9 February 2005Season 3
Season 3, Episode 1: Brown Note
Original Air Date: 16 February 2005Season 3, Episode 2: Salsa Escape
Original Air Date: 23 February 2005Season 3, Episode 3: Exploding Port-A-Potty
Original Air Date: 2 March 2005Season 3, Episode 4: Is Yawning Contagious?
Original Air Date: 9 March 2005Season 3, Episode 5: Mythbusters Outtakes
Original Air Date: 16 March 2005Season 3, Episode 6: Cooling a Six Pack
Original Air Date: 23 March 2005Season 3, Episode 7: Son of a Gun
Original Air Date: 30 March 2005Season 3, Episode 8: Shop Til You Drop
Original Air Date: 6 April 2005Season 3, Episode 9: Mythbusters Revealed
Original Air Date: 27 April 2005Season 3, Episode 10: Hollywood on Trial
Original Air Date: 11 May 2005Season 3, Episode 11: Breaking Glass
Original Air Date: 18 May 2005Season 3, Episode 12: Jet Pack
Original Air Date: 9 June 2005Season 3, Episode 13: Killer Brace Position
Original Air Date: 22 June 2005Season 3, Episode 14: Bullet Proof Water, 360 Degree Swing
Original Air Date: 13 July 2005Season 3, Episode 15: Escape Slide Parachute
Original Air Date: 10 August 2005Season 3, Episode 16: Border Slingshot
Original Air Date: 27 July 2005Season 3, Episode 17: Killer Tissue Box
Original Air Date: 3 August 2005Season 3, Episode 18: Jaws Special
Original Air Date: 20 July 2005Shark strength myths - destruction of a shark cage, catching a shark with piano wire, submersion of barrels, pulling and ramming a boat. Scarring a shark by punching. Blowing up a scuba tank.
Season 3, Episode 19: Mythbusters Revisited
Original Air Date: 12 October 2005Season 3, Episode 20: Chinese Invasion Alarm
Original Air Date: 19 October 2005Season 3, Episode 21: Confederate Rocket
Original Air Date: 26 October 2005Season 3, Episode 22: Vodka Myths
Original Air Date: 2 November 2005Season 3, Episode 23: Steel Toe Amputation
Original Air Date: 9 November 2005Season 3, Episode 24: Seasickness: Kill or Cure
Original Air Date: 16 November 2005Season 4
Season 4, Episode 1: Paper Crossbow
Original Air Date: 11 January 2006Season 4, Episode 2: Shredded Plane
Original Air Date: 18 January 2006Season 4, Episode 3: Archimedes Death Ray Revisited
Original Air Date: 25 January 2006Season 4, Episode 4: Helium Football
Original Air Date: 1 February 2006Season 4, Episode 5: Franklin's Kite
Original Air Date: 8 March 2006Season 4, Episode 6: Cell Phones on Planes
Original Air Date: 15 March 2006Adam and Jamie hit the website for ideas and visit helium raft. Is it possible to fill a raft with helium and fly away? Its turns out to be their biggest build ever. At least in size!
Season 4, Episode 7: Bullets Fired Up
Original Air Date: 19 April 2006Season 4, Episode 8: Mythbusters Revisited III
Original Air Date: 26 April 2006Season 4, Episode 9: Mind Control
Original Air Date: 3 May 2006Season 4, Episode 10: Exploding Pants
Original Air Date: 17 May 2006The team tries out a myth of farm workers' pants igniting, using materials from fertilizer to explosives, while the boys waste money on nifty fuel-saving devices found on the Internet, and remind us that biodiesel (cooking oil!) is a semi-viable fuel alternative.
Season 4, Episode 11: Crimes and Myth-Demeanors 1
Original Air Date: 12 July 2006Adam and Jamie test whether Hollywood heists are really possible.
Season 4, Episode 12: Steam Cannon
Original Air Date: 19 July 2006Season 4, Episode 13: Killer Whirlpool
Original Air Date: 26 July 2006Season 4, Episode 14: Mentos and Diet Coke
Original Air Date: 9 August 2006Jamie and Adam try to scientifically explain the recently publicized and highly entertaining chemical reaction caused as a result of placing a Mentos candy into a 2-liter bottle of Diet Coke. The rest of the Mythbusters team explores the possibility of a standard postage stamp causing enough imbalance in the rotating assemblies of a helicopter to cause it to crash.
Season 4, Episode 15: Shattering Subwoofer
Original Air Date: 16 August 2006Season 4, Episode 16: Crimes and Myth-demeanors 2
Original Air Date: 23 August 2006Season 4, Episode 17: Earthquake Machine
Original Air Date: 30 August 2006Season 4, Episode 18: Deadly Straw
Original Air Date: 6 September 2006Season 4, Episode 19: Mega Movie Myths
Original Air Date: 13 September 2006Season 4, Episode 20: Killer Cable Snaps
Original Air Date: 11 October 2006Season 4, Episode 21: Air Cylinder Rocket
Original Air Date: 18 October 2006Season 4, Episode 22: More Myths Revisited
Original Air Date: 25 October 2006Season 4, Episode 23: Exploding Lighter
Original Air Date: 1 November 2006Season 4, Episode 24: Concrete Glider
Original Air Date: 8 November 2006Season 4, Episode 25: Firearms Folklore
Original Air Date: 29 November 2006Season 4, Episode 26: Episode #4.26
Original Air Date: ????Season 4, Episode 27: Anti-Gravity Device
Original Air Date: 6 December 2006Season 4, Episode 28: Holiday Special
Original Air Date: 6 December 2006Season 4, Episode 29: 22,000 Foot Fall
Original Air Date: 13 December 2006Season 5
Season 5, Episode 1: Hindenburg Mystery
Original Air Date: 10 January 2007Season 5, Episode 2: Pirate Special
Original Air Date: 17 January 2007Season 5, Episode 3: Underwater Car
Original Air Date: 24 January 2007Season 5, Episode 4: Speed Cameras
Original Air Date: 7 March 2007Next US airings:
| Sun. July 20 | 12:00 AM | DSC |
| Sun. July 20 | 9:00 AM | DSC |
| Sun. July 20 | 10:00 AM | DSC |
Season 5, Episode 5: Dog Myths
Original Air Date: 14 March 2007Next US airings:
| Sun. July 27 | 10:00 AM | DSC |
Season 5, Episode 6: Myths Redux
Original Air Date: 21 March 2007Season 5, Episode 7: Voice Flame Extinguisher
Original Air Date: 11 April 2007Next US airings:
| Fri. July 18 | 8:00 PM | DSC |
| Sat. July 19 | 12:00 AM | DSC |
Season 5, Episode 8: Birds in a Truck
Original Air Date: April 2007Season 5, Episode 9: Walking on Water
Original Air Date: 25 April 2007Next US airings:
| Sat. July 26 | 7:00 PM | DSC |
| Sat. July 26 | 11:00 PM | DSC |
Season 5, Episode 10: Western Myths
Original Air Date: 30 May 2007Next US airings:
| Sat. July 26 | 8:00 PM | DSC |
| Sun. July 27 | 12:00 AM | DSC |
Season 5, Episode 11: Big Rig Myths
Original Air Date: 6 June 2007Season 5, Episode 12: Grenades and Guts
Original Air Date: 13 June 2007Season 5, Episode 13: Snow Special
Original Air Date: 20 June 2007Season 5, Episode 14: Baseball Myths
Original Air Date: 8 August 2007Season 5, Episode 15: Viewer's Special
Original Air Date: 15 August 2007Season 5, Episode 16: Red Rag to a Bull
Original Air Date: 22 August 2007Season 5, Episode 17: Superhero Hour
Original Air Date: 29 August 2007The five test superhero myths including: Can you leave a ring imprint on a surface? Can you use a device to rise skyward? Can you use a grappling hook to make a 90 degree turn while driving?
Season 5, Episode 18: Myth Evolution!
Original Air Date: 5 September 2007Season 5, Episode 19: Trail Blazers
Original Air Date: 31 October 2007Season 5, Episode 20: Exploding Water Heater
Original Air Date: 7 November 2007Season 5, Episode 21: Super Sized Myths!
Original Air Date: 14 November 2007Season 5, Episode 22: Shooting Fish in a Barrel
Original Air Date: 21 November 2007Next US airings:
| Sat. July 26 | 9:00 PM | DSC |
| Sun. July 27 | 1:00 AM | DSC |
Season 5, Episode 23: Pirates 2!
Original Air Date: 28 November 2007Next US airings:
| Sun. July 27 | 9:00 AM | DSC |
Season 5, Episode 24: Confederate Steam Gun
Original Air Date: 5 December 2007Season 5, Episode 25: Airplane Hour
Original Air Date: 12 December 2007Season 6
Season 6, Episode 1: James Bond Special: Part 1
Original Air Date: 16 January 2008Season 6, Episode 2: Lead Balloon
Original Air Date: 23 January 2008Season 6, Episode 3: Airplane on Conveyor Belt
Original Air Date: 30 January 2008Next US airings:
| Sat. July 26 | 10:00 PM | DSC |
| Sun. July 27 | 2:00 AM | DSC |
Season 6, Episode 4: James Bond Special: Part 2
Original Air Date: 6 February 2008Season 6, Episode 5: Viewers Special 2
Original Air Date: 13 February 2008Season 6, Episode 6: MacGyver Special
Original Air Date: 20 February 2008Season 6, Episode 7: Alaskan Special
Original Air Date: 23 April 2008Season 6, Episode 8: MythBusters Young Scientists Special
Original Air Date: 26 April 2008Related Links
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