7.3/10172 votes#1 - Brown Note
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 2/16/2005
Will Adam be able to withstand subsonic frequencies, or will adult diapers be his only hope with the Brown Note? Is a constant drip of water falling on your head really unbearable torture?
Director: N/A
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7.7/10173 votes#2 - Salsa Escape
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 2/23/2005
Adam and Jamie go head to head in a madcap Mexican jailbreak as they taste-test the theory of the Salsa Escape. Can you use dynamite to remove cement build-up from a mixer's barrel?
Director: N/A
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7.1/10156 votes#3 - Exploding Port-a-Potty
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 3/2/2005
Can a person receive third-degree burns if he or she lights a cigarette inside a port-a-potty? Will a broken drive shaft on the front joint of a car vault cause a car to pole vault after it hits a pothole?
Director: N/A
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7.3/10171 votes#4 - Is Yawning Contagious?
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 3/9/2005
Can a yawn, like a cold, truly be caught? Does toast really fall buttered-side down? Could a toy car beat a real car (in this case, a Dodge Viper) in a gravity slope race?
Director: N/A
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7.3/10135 votes#5 - Cooling a Six-Pack
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 3/23/2005
The MythBusters use ice, water, refrigerators, freezers and fire to test the fastest way to cool a six-pack. Then the team builds a new crash-test dummy ... and drops it 60 feet from a crane.
Director: N/A
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7.6/10168 votes#6 - Son of a Gun
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 3/30/2005
Did a bullet shot through a Civil War soldier's groin really impregnate a woman nearby? Is it dangerous to use the telephone or shower during a thunderstorm?
Director: N/A
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7.3/10162 votes#7 - Breaking Glass
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 5/18/2005
Can a singer break glass with just his or her voice? Is it possible to build an explosive jet engine out of vacuum-cleaner parts? Does a rolling stone truly gather no moss?
Director: N/A
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7.4/10149 votes#8 - Jet Pack
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 6/9/2005
Adam and Jamie create their own personal flying machine from scratch. Is the ancient secret to mummification ... the shape of the pyramid?
Director: N/A
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7.7/10143 votes#9 - Killer Brace Position
Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 6/22/2005
Is talking on your cell phone while driving more dangerous than driving drunk? The MythBusters test the efficacy of that familiar brace position that airlines outline in their safety procedures.
Director: N/A
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7.6/10145 votes#10 - Bullet Proof Water
Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 7/13/2005
How deep must you dive to survive a gunshot? If you push hard enough, can you get a swing to go all the way around the swing-set bar?
Director: N/A
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7.5/10157 votes#11 - Jaws Special
Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 7/17/2005
Could a real shark be as strong as Spielberg's Jaws? Will punching a shark save your skin? Will a bullet blow a scuba tank sky high?
Director: N/A
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7.4/10150 votes#12 - Border Slingshot
Season 3 Episode 12 - Aired 7/27/2005
Can illegal immigrants fire themselves 200 yards across the border and into the United States with a slingshot so accurate that it can land the human projectiles safely on a carefully placed mattress?
Director: N/A
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7.6/10163 votes#13 - Killer Tissue Box
Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 8/3/2005
In a car crash, could the tissues kept on the rear shelf of your car be propelled forward with enough force to crush your skull?
Director: N/A
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7.7/10173 votes#14 - Escape Slide Parachute
Season 3 Episode 14 - Aired 8/10/2005
Could an airline's emergency life raft be used as a parachute? Is it possible for oxygen, an electrical spark and hair cream to result in a deadly cocktail? Can a human survive a terminal velocity fall?
Director: N/A
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7.4/10151 votes#15 - MythBusters Revisited
Season 3 Episode 15 - Aired 10/12/2005
Adam and Jamie take their detractors head on as they revisit some of their favorite myths. They're going to answer them once and for all and forever silence their critics!
Director: N/A
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7.2/10153 votes#16 - Chinese Invasion Alarm
Season 3 Episode 16 - Aired 10/19/2005
Is an ancient Chinese text alluding to a subterranean sonar system that could apparently detect and intercept an invasion from below true? Is the five-second rule for food really safe to eat?
Director: N/A
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7.1/10141 votes#17 - Confederate Rocket
Season 3 Episode 17 - Aired 10/26/2005
The American Civil War was fought with bayonets, muskets and cannons. But was that all? Not according to the MythBusters.
Director: N/A
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8.1/10530 votes#18 - Vodka Myths
Season 3 Episode 18 - Aired 11/2/2005
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.
Director: N/A
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7.2/10138 votes#19 - Steel Toe-Cap Amputation
Season 3 Episode 19 - Aired 11/9/2005
Are steel-toed boots more dangerous than the regular variety? Did an Aussie worker's boots really turn into toe cutters after a heavy weight fell on them?
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.2/10143 votes#20 - Seasickness - Kill or Cure
Season 3 Episode 20 - Aired 11/16/2005
From electric shock therapy to homeopathic tongue tinglers, can the MythBusters find a cure to seasickness? Does driving with your pickup's tailgate down save gas and, hence, money?
Director: N/A
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The Best Episodes of MythBusters Season 3
Every episode of MythBusters Season 3 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of MythBusters Season 3!
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Season 3 Ratings Summary
"Brown Note" is the best rated episode of "MythBusters" season 3. It scored 7.3/10 based on 172 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 2/16/2005. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "Salsa Escape".