The Best Episodes of MythBusters

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#1 - Fire Arrow vs. Gas Tank
S16:E11/3/2018
The MythBusters investigate two arrow-themed myths: Will a flaming arrow fired into a car's gas tank cause it to explode, and is a deadly-looking tribal initiation really is as dangerous as it seems.
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#2 - Wild Wild West
S16:E31/17/2018
The MythBusters tackle more myths in a wild west themed episode.
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10.0/10(1 votes)
#3 - Spike In The Road
S16:E41/24/2018
The MythBusters test ways to beat police road spikes using DIY ingenuity and Hollywood driving skills. Secondly, they investigate if a high-powered fountain can actually lift and suspend a human being.
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10.0/10(1 votes)
#4 - Dynamite Deposit
S16:E51/31/2018
The MythBusters tackle more myths using their own signature style of explosive experimentation.
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10.0/10(1 votes)
#5 - Backseat Getaway Driver
S16:E62/7/2018
The MythBusters test if a fugitive could actually outrun the law while driving from the back seat, and whether it's really possible to knock someone over with a feather.
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10.0/10(1 votes)
#6 - Electrified Escape
S16:E72/14/2018
It is possible to escape from a burning car crashed into a power pole, without getting electrocuted? Is it better for a pedestrian to jump up when a car is about to hit them, or stand still?
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8.4/10(122 votes)
#7 - Grand Finale
S14:E103/5/2016
Since 2002, Adam and Jamie have used science to separate fact from fiction in spectacular style! But, as the saying goes, all good things must come to an end and MythBusters is no exception. Luckily, the guys are going out with a bang and then some: an RV gets blown to kingdom come, Buster goes supersonic, Adam takes the most wild ride imaginable and ... well, Cement Truck. It all boils down to a cement truck filled with 5,000 pounds of ANFO as the MythBusters sign off in style.
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8.2/10(186 votes)
#8 - Exploding Water Heater
S5:E2011/7/2007
Can an ordinary water heater build up so much pressure that it rockets through the roof and into the atmosphere? Meanwhile, Tory, Grant, and Kari try on some all-American myths about blue jeans.
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8.1/10(538 votes)
#9 - Vodka Myths
S3:E1811/2/2005
Can a pair of trucks in a high-speed, head-on collision be fused together sealing the drivers between them? Also, Kari hosts some urban legends about Russia's national drink, vodka.
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8.1/10(176 votes)
#10 - Crimes and Myth-Demeanors (1)
S4:E117/12/2006
Are Hollywood break-ins complete hocus pocus? The team tries to tiptoe their way around a laser system before facing the mother of all safes.
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8.1/10(235 votes)
#11 - Viral Hour
S6:E119/3/2008
Can a car be blasted 15 feet in the air with the water pressure from 10 fire hoses? Can ordinary sawdust when airblasted through a flame explode into a catastrophic fireball? Do goats really faint?
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8.1/10(204 votes)
#12 - Duct Tape Island
S10:E13/25/2012
Abandoned on a Hawaiian island, Jamie and Adam find themselves armed with nothing but the sticky silver adhesive. Can they use it to source water, find food, build shelter, and even escape?
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8.1/10(129 votes)
#13 - Flights of Fantasy
S13:E87/25/2015
Drone deliveries are on their way. But are those fast-spinning blades just an accident waiting to happen? And is the U-2 really the toughest aircraft in regular use to fly and land?
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8.0/10(246 votes)
#14 - Alcatraz Escape
S1:E1112/12/2003
Could prisoners really have escaped Alcatraz without a trace? Does a duck's quack echo? Can a stud finder really prove if human beings have been guinea pigs in mind-control experiments.
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8.0/10(160 votes)
#15 - Crimes and Myth-Demeanors (2)
S4:E168/23/2006
It's "lights, camera, action!" time again for the MythBusters, as they test more Hollywood heists. This time, our cat burglars Adam and Jamie go cold as they try to beat a heat-detecting alarm sensor.
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8.0/10(300 votes)
#16 - Mega Movie Myths
S4:E199/13/2006
Can you use awnings to cushion your fall? Is there really such a thing as a car ejector seat? Can you chop a sword with another sword Is it possible to shoot through a door lock?
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8.0/10(181 votes)
#17 - Underwater Car
S5:E31/24/2007
Can you escape a submerged car? Is it possible to fold an 8"x11" piece of paper in half more than seven times? On the flip side, can the team create a piece of paper that's the size of a football field?
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8.0/10(149 votes)
#18 - Demolition Derby
S7:E14/8/2009
Is the movie Speed just fake film physics? Will a car dropped from 4,000 feet fall faster than a speeding car? Is the compact conundrum of a two-truck head-on collision a myth?
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8.0/10(106 votes)
#19 - The Explosion Special
S14:E21/9/2016
The MythBusters celebrate their explosive history with two spectacular big bangs. In MacGyver Cement Truck, our mullet-wearing hero discovers a mail truck full of TNT. Thinking quickly (as he does), MacGyver has a nearby cement truck dump its load onto the truck to smother the bomb. But would it work in real life? Then in Hovercraft Hijinks the guys tackle the one explosive technology they've yet to come across: landmines. Can a minefield really be safely traversed in a hovercraft?
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7.9/10(175 votes)
#20 - Mentos and Soda
S4:E148/9/2006
Adam and Jamie try to figure out the theory behind the chaos when diet cola and Mentos mix. Can posting a postage stamp on the rotor blades send a helicopter into a tailspin?
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7.9/10(171 votes)
#21 - Lead Balloon
S6:E21/23/2008
Can Adam and Jamie get a lead balloon to fly? Is it possible to drop a couple sticks of dynamite into a lake and create ideal surfing conditions?
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7.9/10(206 votes)
#22 - MacGyver Myths
S6:E62/20/2008
Jamie and Adam try to blow a hole in a wall using pure sodium metal dropped in a water bottle. The build team tries building an ultralight airplane with raw bamboo, a small stolen engine, and duct tape.
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7.8/10(190 votes)
#23 - Pirate Special (1)
S5:E21/17/2007
Are cannonballs more deadly than the splinters sprayed from a mighty broadside blast? Why would a pirate wear a patch over a perfectly good eye?
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7.8/10(146 votes)
#24 - The Busters of the Lost Myths
S13:E21/17/2015
Adam LOVED this one, as you can imagine. Can a whip make your enemy drop his gun? Can you wrap a whip around a log and swing across a chasm? Could Indy have outrun a rolling boulder? Could Indy had survived a Mayan temple run through the various booby traps?
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7.8/10(98 votes)
#25 - MythBusters Revealed
S14:E11/2/2016
Since 2002, the MythBusters have used science to separate fact from fiction but now, after an epic 14 years, that wild ride is coming to an end. In this special episode, Jamie and Adam reveal what's in store for their go-big-then-go-home final season, while also pulling back the curtain to showcase how this epic series got made with behind-the-scenes exclusives.
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