- 7.3/10173 votes7.3/10(173)
#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
Writer: N/A
- 7.7/10176 votes7.7/10(176)
#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
Writer: N/A
- 7.1/10158 votes7.1/10(158)
#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
Writer: N/A
- 7.3/10172 votes7.3/10(172)
#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
Writer: N/A
- 7.3/10135 votes7.3/10(135)
#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
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/10169 votes7.6/10(169)
#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
Writer: N/A
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- 7.3/10163 votes7.3/10(163)
#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
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/10151 votes7.4/10(151)
#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
Writer: N/A
- 7.7/10144 votes7.7/10(144)
#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
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/10145 votes7.6/10(145)
#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
Writer: N/A
- 7.5/10158 votes7.5/10(158)
#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
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/10151 votes7.4/10(151)
#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
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/10165 votes7.6/10(165)
#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
Writer: N/A
- 7.7/10175 votes7.7/10(175)
#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
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/10156 votes7.4/10(156)
#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
Writer: N/A
- 7.2/10155 votes7.2/10(155)
#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
Writer: N/A
- 7.1/10143 votes7.1/10(143)
#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
Writer: N/A
- 8.1/10530 votes8.1/10(530)
#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
Writer: N/A
- 7.2/10140 votes7.2/10(140)
#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
- 7.2/10144 votes7.2/10(144)
#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
Writer: N/A
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!
MythBusters is a science entertainment television program created and produced by Australia's Beyond Television Productions for the Discovery Channel. The show's hosts, special effects experts...
Genre:Documentary
Episodes
20
Avg. Rating
7.4
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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 173 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".