7.4/10169 votes#1 - Paper Crossbow
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 1/11/2006
Is it possible to make a deadly weapon out of nothing more dangerous than newspaper and underwear? Grant, Kari and Tory unscrew the cap on some more vodka myths.
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7.5/10159 votes#2 - Shredded Plane
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 1/18/2006
Is the photo of a light plane, with precise, clean tears on the side, genuine? Was it the work of the jilted lover, who took to her ex's plane with a chainsaw and a taste for vengeance?
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7.2/10159 votes#3 - Archimedes Death Ray Revisited
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 1/25/2006
Challenged from fan mailbags to retest the "Archimedes Death Ray," Adam and Jamie accept. In turn, fans and a M.I.T. team were invited to perform this challenge.
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7.2/10176 votes#4 - Helium Football
Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 2/1/2006
This time around, Adam and Jamie test a myth that footballs filled with helium will fly farther and hang longer than ones filled with regulation air. Are teeth strong enough to withstand the force of a bullet?
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7.1/10156 votes#5 - Franklin's Kite
Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 3/8/2006
The build team attempts to discover electricity by flying a kite in a thunderstorm. Do innocuous legumes really increase gas? Is it possible to break wind so much that you can suffocate to death?
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7.1/10151 votes#6 - Cell Phones on Planes
Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 3/15/2006
If you fill a normal raft with helium can you fly? Tory and Kari tackle a conspiracy theory familiar to many frequent flyers. Can your cell phone interfere with a plane's instruments?
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7.4/10157 votes#7 - Bullets Fired Up
Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 4/19/2006
Can celebratory gunfire kill when the bullets fall back to Earth? Grant, Tory and Kari quench their thirst with another round of "Vodka Myths."
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7.1/10137 votes#8 - Myths Re-Opened
Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 4/26/2006
The team revisits myths explored from "Split Arrow," "Confederate Rocket," and "Bulletproof Water."
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7.2/10146 votes#9 - Mind Control
Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 5/3/2006
Adam and Jamie do a little painting and detonating when they try to blow open a home-improvement myth. Grant, Tory and Kari explore if it is possible to manipulate someone's mind remotely.
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7.4/10141 votes#10 - Exploding Pants
Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 5/10/2006
Tory, Kari and Grant investigate the spontaneous trouser combustion. Do gas companies and car manufacturers deliberately conspire to make gas-guzzling cars so that they can split the cash?
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8.0/10167 votes#11 - Crimes and Myth-Demeanors (1)
Season 4 Episode 11 - Aired 7/12/2006
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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7.4/10156 votes#12 - Steam Cannon
Season 4 Episode 12 - Aired 7/19/2006
Did Archimedes build the world's first "supergun," a cannon powered by steam? Adam's mom thinks a typical modern breakfast cereal has less nutritional value than the box it comes in. Is Mom right?
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7.2/10155 votes#13 - Whirlpool/Snowplow
Season 4 Episode 13 - Aired 7/26/2006
Somewhere on Earth is there a massive whirlpool sucking whole ships and their hapless crews to a watery grave? Can a passing wintery road sweeper displace so much air that it flips an oncoming car?
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7.9/10168 votes#14 - Mentos and Soda
Season 4 Episode 14 - Aired 8/9/2006
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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7.3/10141 votes#15 - Shattering Subwoofer
Season 4 Episode 15 - Aired 8/16/2006
The guys find out if the bass from a car stereo can destroy an automobile. Also, Grant, Kari and Tory hit the road to take on two tall tales from our mates down under.
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8.0/10153 votes#16 - Crimes and Myth-Demeanors (2)
Season 4 Episode 16 - Aired 8/23/2006
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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7.6/10158 votes#17 - Earthquake Machine
Season 4 Episode 17 - Aired 8/30/2006
Adam and Jamie take on one of the greatest scientist/inventor and myth creator legends of all time: Nikolai Tesla and his Earthquake Machine. Tory and Kari investigate a lethal lava lamp.
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7.4/10139 votes#18 - Deadly Straw
Season 4 Episode 18 - Aired 9/6/2006
Can the wind in a tropical hurricane get so strong that it can blow a piece of straw through a palm-tree trunk? Can a hurricane blow the feathers off a chicken?
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8.0/10294 votes#19 - Mega Movie Myths
Season 4 Episode 19 - Aired 9/13/2006
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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7.4/10157 votes#20 - Killer Cable Snaps
Season 4 Episode 20 - Aired 10/11/2006
If a cable at high tension snaps, can it slice a person clean in two? Does ancient pottery contain sounds from the past that can be played back and listened to today, just like a record?
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7.5/10139 votes#21 - Air Cylinder Rocket
Season 4 Episode 21 - Aired 10/18/2006
Can a ruptured cylinder -- carefully aimed --really cause the massive damage some people claim? Meanwhile, Tory, Grant and Kari go back in time to test some prototypes from the past.
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7.3/10130 votes#22 - More Myths Revisited
Season 4 Episode 22 - Aired 10/25/2006
"Myths Revisited" offers Jamie and Adam the chance to clear their names. Watch as they repeat past experiments to see if their original answer was genuine or bogus.
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7.5/10144 votes#23 - Exploding Lighter
Season 4 Episode 23 - Aired 11/1/2006
Jamie and Adam find out if a small, disposable butane lighter can suddenly ignite with the force of several sticks of dynamite. The "Magnificent Three" try and shoot down some popular gunslinger myths.
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7.3/10136 votes#24 - Concrete Glider
Season 4 Episode 24 - Aired 11/8/2006
Adam and Jamie test the old engineering challenge that you can't make a concrete glider fly. Kari, Grant and Tory find out just how dangerous it is to stand too close to the edge of a train platform.
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7.4/10148 votes#25 - Firearms Folklore
Season 4 Episode 25 - Aired 11/29/2006
Could a criminal's bullet have hit and jammed the empty chamber of a policeman's revolver? Could two bullets colliding mid-air fuse together? Is a hammer more dangerous than you think?
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The Best Episodes of MythBusters Season 4
Every episode of MythBusters Season 4 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of MythBusters Season 4!
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Season 4 Ratings Summary
"Paper Crossbow" is the best rated episode of "MythBusters" season 4. It scored 7.4/10 based on 169 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 1/11/2006. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Shredded Plane".