7.5/10142 votes#1 - Mission Impossible Mask
Season 9 Episode 1 - Aired 4/6/2011
Can realistic facial masks be used to bypass security measures as shown in the Mission: Impossible? Is it possible to start a merry-go-round spinning by shooting bullets at it, as depicted in Shoot 'Em Up? Is it possible to knock a dropped gun out of reach by hitting it with bullets fired from another one?
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7.2/10124 votes#2 - Blue Ice
Season 9 Episode 2 - Aired 4/13/2011
Can a magazine and toaster be used to blow up a room full of flammable gas, as depicted in The Bourne Supremacy? Can the contents of an airplane toilet leak out mid-flight and freeze into a lethal projectile?
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6.8/10127 votes#3 - Running on Water
Season 9 Episode 3 - Aired 4/20/2011
Adam and Jamie take on a viral video, while Kari, Grant, and Tory explore which common items can be bombproof.
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6.7/10123 votes#4 - Bubble Trouble
Season 9 Episode 4 - Aired 4/27/2011
The MythBusters see whether it's possible to stay afloat in bubbly water, and whether an arrow packed with explosives can split a tree in two.
Director: N/A
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7.2/10131 votes#5 - Torpedo Tastic
Season 9 Episode 5 - Aired 5/4/2011
Did the world's first torpedo really strike a boat with a deadly payload at 800 feet? Can corks in wine bottles be turned into projectiles if exposed to enough pressure?
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7.0/10124 votes#6 - Blow Your Own Sail
Season 9 Episode 6 - Aired 5/11/2011
Adam and Jamie put Hollywood sound effects up against reality, and Kari, Grant and Tory find out if you are adrift on a sailboat with no wind, can you propel your boat with a fan?
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7.4/10133 votes#7 - Spy Car (2)
Season 9 Episode 7 - Aired 5/18/2011
Can you really shoot accurately with guns mounted on the hood of a car? Will a bullet just spin if shot at a frozen lake?
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7.1/10124 votes#8 - Dodge a Bullet
Season 9 Episode 8 - Aired 6/1/2011
Adam and Jamie test if you can jump out of the way of a bullet, while Kari, Grant and Tory find out if hitting the water is just like hitting pavement after a fall.
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7.0/10126 votes#9 - Fixing a Flat
Season 9 Episode 9 - Aired 6/8/2011
How do you fix a flat when you don't have a spare tire? Can a fast fish cause your reel to catch fire?
Director: N/A
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6.6/1095 votes#10 - Planes, Trains, and Automobiles
Season 9 Episode 10 - Aired 6/15/2011
The MythBusters count down -- and give you insight into -- their favorite transportation moments.
Director: N/A
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7.1/10125 votes#11 - Let There be Light
Season 9 Episode 11 - Aired 6/22/2011
Jamie and Adam take on The Mummy, while Kari, Grant and Tory try to stop an out-of-control car without another car.
Director: N/A
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7.1/10117 votes#12 - Paper Armor
Season 9 Episode 12 - Aired 6/29/2011
Adam and Jamie explore the physics of shock waves in water, while Kari, Grant and Tory find out if paper battle armor can compare to steel.
Director: N/A
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7.0/10115 votes#13 - Bikes and Bazookas
Season 9 Episode 13 - Aired 9/28/2011
Adam and Jamie test the myth that a motorcycle is a greener and cleaner machine than a car, while Kari, Tory, and Grant unleash the first RPG in MythBusters history to see if a bullet could take out a bazooka.
Director: N/A
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6.9/10126 votes#14 - Newton's Crane Cradle
Season 9 Episode 14 - Aired 10/5/2011
Jamie and Adam test a viral video that supersizes Newton's cradle using wrecking balls, while Kari, Grant, and Tory tackle whether a bird landing on your hood is enough to tip your car off a cliff.
Director: N/A
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6.9/10116 votes#15 - Walk a Straight Line
Season 9 Episode 15 - Aired 10/12/2011
Is it impossible for humans (without a point of reference) to walk in a straight line, such as when they're blindfolded? Will binary explosives, well, explode in the case of a fender bender? The MythBusters are on the case.
Director: N/A
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7.3/10122 votes#16 - Duct Tape Plane
Season 9 Episode 16 - Aired 10/19/2011
Adam and Jamie test three viral videos featuring the extraordinary excavator: Can it really row a barge? Be used to go wakeboarding? Perform seemingly impossible feats of acrobatics? Then -- using only duct tape -- Kari, Grant, and Tory attempt to patch up a plane that's had an unfortunate encounter with a bear.
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6.9/10138 votes#17 - Flying Guillotine
Season 9 Episode 17 - Aired 10/26/2011
Jamie and Adam explore whether it's safe to use the explosive C4 as a cooking fuel as long as you don't drop anything on it, while Kari, Grant, and Tory put a Chinese martial-arts myth to the test.
Director: N/A
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7.0/10119 votes#18 - Drain Disaster
Season 9 Episode 18 - Aired 11/2/2011
Find out whether a sewer drain full of combustible gas, when ignited, will turn an innocent manhole cover into a missile, and whether truck bedliners are truly bite, crash, and bomb proof.
Director: N/A
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6.4/10123 votes#19 - Wet and Wild
Season 9 Episode 19 - Aired 11/16/2011
When it comes to H2O, the MythBusters are never shy about putting their bodies on the line, riding the world's biggest waterslide, deep-sea diving in a suit of armor and swimming in syrup. Go behind the scenes of the 12 wettest myths of all time.
Director: N/A
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6.9/1083 votes#20 - Wheel of Mythfortune
Season 9 Episode 20 - Aired 11/23/2011
By spinning the Wheel of Mythfortune, the MythBusters find themselves taking on five random viewer-suggested myths with titles like the "Monty Hall Paradox," "Lumber Car," "Firearm Fashion," "Hit the Deck" and "Flaming Tire." Keep those ideas coming!
Director: N/A
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7.1/10115 votes#21 - Toilet Bomb
Season 9 Episode 21 - Aired 11/30/2011
Adam and Jamie tackle a blockbuster bathroom bomb (from Lethal Weapon), while Kari, Tory, and Grant take to the skies to find out if flying in V-formation works for airplanes as well as it does for birds.
Director: N/A
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The Best Episodes of MythBusters Season 9
Every episode of MythBusters Season 9 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of MythBusters Season 9!
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Season 9 Ratings Summary
"Mission Impossible Mask" is the best rated episode of "MythBusters" season 9. It scored 7.5/10 based on 142 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 4/6/2011. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "Blue Ice".