7.3/10158 votes#1 - Star Wars Special
Season 12 Episode 1 - Aired 1/4/2014
The MythBusters test if Luke really could swing himself and Leia across a chasm with only his belt-rigged grappling hook, could an Ewok log swing crush an Imperial "Chicken Walker", and could Luke survive in a tauntaun's belly?
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6.5/10112 votes#2 - Moonshiner Myths
Season 12 Episode 2 - Aired 1/11/2014
The MythBusters find out if an exploding still really could blow your house down and if you really could use hooch to fuel an unmodified car on a "moonshine run."
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7.2/10105 votes#3 - Hollywood Car Crash Cliches
Season 12 Episode 3 - Aired 1/18/2014
It's wall-to-wall automotive mayhem, as the MythBusters drive through glass, plow through traffic, and fire an RPG at an SUV to take aim at classic Hollywood crash cliches.
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7.1/1096 votes#4 - Car Chase Chaos / Animal Antics
Season 12 Episode 4 - Aired 1/25/2014
The MythBusters test car-chase cliches: Can you really share driving, change places, or dump the driver while moving at speed? Also, from the message boards, the team tests some fan-suggested deterrents for driving away cats, bears and snakes.
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7.1/1095 votes#5 - *DO* Try This at Home?
Season 12 Episode 5 - Aired 2/1/2014
After more than 10 years of testing impossible, dangerous and downright crazy myths that you shouldn't or couldn't try at home, the MythBusters investigate a host of myths that maybe you can!
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6.8/10100 votes#6 - Mythssion Impossible
Season 12 Episode 6 - Aired 2/15/2014
The MythBusters test three impossible idioms: Can you herd cats? Can you catch a greased pig? And, most importantly, can you cram 10 pounds of poop into a 5-pound bag?
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7.4/10100 votes#7 - Bullet Baloney
Season 12 Episode 7 - Aired 2/22/2014
The MythBusters take on five filmic firearm cliches: Will a bent-barreled shot gun fire? Can you fire a gun in space? Will a gun dropped in a deep fryer go off? What weird items will stop a bullet? And does a neon sign really explode when hit by a bullet?
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7.6/10102 votes#8 - Supersonic Ping Pong/Ice Cannon
Season 12 Episode 8 - Aired 3/1/2014
In this ballistics bonanza, Adam and Jamie ask if supersonic ping pong can go lethally wrong while Kari, Grant and Tory light the frozen fuse on a cannon made of ice!
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7.6/10106 votes#9 - Fire in the Hole
Season 12 Episode 9 - Aired 7/10/2014
The MythBusters tackle some of Hollywood's favorite explosive scenarios. Could a hero really shoot a live grenade in midair and thus render it useless? Could you really contain a TNT explosion inside an ordinary object like a file cabinet or aquarium?
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7.6/1098 votes#10 - Household Disasters
Season 12 Episode 10 - Aired 7/17/2014
It's YOUR house under the Myths-cro-scope this time. Could a vacuum cleaner explode while sucking up black powder? Could sunscreen scorch your skin? Could a piano crash through your roof? And finally, could an exploding water heater extinguish a house fire?
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7.1/1092 votes#11 - Commercial Myths
Season 12 Episode 11 - Aired 7/24/2014
The MythBusters go to vertigo-inducing heights to test out some commercial myths. Could you actually bob for an apple while jumping from a 100-foot high bungee cord? And from a viral video, could you really play a match of tennis while both players are standing on top of an airplane's wing?
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7.4/1088 votes#12 - Road Rage
Season 12 Episode 12 - Aired 7/31/2014
In this episode, three car crimes straight from Hollywood are put to the test: the cliff top push, the two-wheel wipeout (and ... we do mean WIPEOUT, with Adam at the wheel to boot), and, finally, the Corvette barrel roll from "Wanted."
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7.5/10100 votes#13 - Laws of Attraction
Season 12 Episode 13 - Aired 8/7/2014
The MythBusters use sexy science to tackle five captivating clich?s about the laws of attraction, including whether men really do prefer blondes, if pheromone sprays really work, if bigger boobs equal bigger tips, and whether a man's wealth really woos women.
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7.4/1088 votes#14 - Traffic Tricks
Season 12 Episode 14 - Aired 8/7/2014
The subject is everyone's favorite topic of discussion besides weather: traffic! The MythBusters determine whether a roundabout (or rotary) is better than a four-way stop sign, if it's faster to drive than fly when your trip is under 400 miles, and whether it's better to change lanes or stay put in heavy traffic.
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7.3/10143 votes#15 - Plane Boarding
Season 12 Episode 15 - Aired 8/21/2014
If you travel at all, you'll LOVE this episode, as Jamie and Adam explore the most efficient ways to board an airplane (back to front? window to aisle? unassigned seating? etc.). Then, Kari, Grant and Tory determine whether you can really make a bullet out of a human tooth.
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The Best Episodes of MythBusters Season 12
Every episode of MythBusters Season 12 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of MythBusters Season 12!
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Season 12 Ratings Summary
"Star Wars Special" is the best rated episode of "MythBusters" season 12. It scored 7.3/10 based on 158 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 1/4/2014. This episode is rated 0.8 points higher than the second-best, "Moonshiner Myths".