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The Best Episodes of The Carbonaro Effect

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The Best Episodes of The Carbonaro Effect

Michael Carbonaro is a magician by trade, but a prankster by heart. Michael performs baffling tricks on unsuspecting people in everyday situations, all caught on...
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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    The Carbonaro Effect Season 5 Episode 1 - Cat Lady
    9.3/10(11 votes)

    #1 - Cat Lady

    S5:E1

    At auditions, Michael wows directors with costume changes but cracks when he sings; things get sticky when he demos flying post-its; Michael's co-worker's jaw drops when a shape-shifting tenant returns while they clean house.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. The Carbonaro Effect Season 4 Episode 3 - The Snowball
    9.0/10(9 votes)

    #2 - The Snowball

    S4:E3

    Michael visits a ski shop to demonstrate the latest in winter gear; a hat that also makes hot cocoa.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. The Carbonaro Effect Season 4 Episode 1 - Total Face Rejuvenation
    8.8/10(10 votes)

    #3 - Total Face Rejuvenation

    S4:E1

    Michael shocks a receptionist with a medical procedure that leaves both their jaws on the floor.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. The Carbonaro Effect Season 4 Episode 2 - Relax the Back
    8.8/10(12 votes)

    #4 - Relax the Back

    S4:E2

    Michael shocks people with every trick in the book at a library, including a voice-controlled page turner.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. The Carbonaro Effect Season 4 Episode 7 - The Food Flattener
    8.8/10(10 votes)

    #5 - The Food Flattener

    S4:E7

    At a cooking class, Michael gets crabby when chopping salad and brings the heat to instantly cook a meatball with his breath.

    Director:Unknown
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  6. The Carbonaro Effect Season 4 Episode 10 - Prehistoric Fossil Breeding
    8.8/10(9 votes)

    #6 - Prehistoric Fossil Breeding

    S4:E10

    Michael schools a man on fish fossil breeding at a rock store.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. The Carbonaro Effect Season 4 Episode 4 - You’ve Been Marked
    8.7/10(13 votes)

    #7 - You’ve Been Marked

    S4:E4

    Michael shows off a seashell from the seashore, that still has the seashore in it.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. The Carbonaro Effect Season 1 Episode 17 - A Faux Pas to Wear
    8.6/10(27 votes)

    #8 - A Faux Pas to Wear

    S1:E17

    Michael stuns shoppers with a remarkably advanced antique that self-tailors clothes and a chalkboard that solves mathematical equations.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. The Carbonaro Effect Season 4 Episode 5 - Simon Soft
    8.6/10(9 votes)

    #9 - Simon Soft

    S4:E5

    Michael turns iced tea into a tea candle.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. The Carbonaro Effect Season 4 Episode 8 - Dr. Bones
    8.6/10(10 votes)

    #10 - Dr. Bones

    S4:E8

    Michael explores the true depth of a deep-dish pizza.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. The Carbonaro Effect Season 1 Episode 1 - Got the Bug Out
    8.5/10(48 votes)

    #11 - Got the Bug Out

    S1:E1

    Posing as a technician, Michael literally "gets the bug out" of a customer's phone and has him convinced it was in there all along.

    Director:Unknown
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  12. The Carbonaro Effect Season 1 Episode 2 - A Problem with Chocolate Turtles and Seeds
    8.5/10(34 votes)

    #12 - A Problem with Chocolate Turtles and Seeds

    S1:E2

    Posing as a cashier, Michael makes a shopper's face appear on a milk carton and tries to convince her that she really is a missing person. Then, in a shipping store he has customers believing that impossible technology of the future has arrived, like a bowling ball that can be mailed in a flat box. Plus, he has a hotel guest questioning her identity when he swaps her ID, and stumps a valet when he does a disappearing act from his car.

    Director:Unknown
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  13. The Carbonaro Effect Season 1 Episode 5 - Out of Bounce
    8.5/10(37 votes)

    #13 - Out of Bounce

    S1:E5

    Too good to be true toys; Michael poses as a personal trainer who sweats a bucket-full; a disappearing car makes a security guard panic.

    Director:Unknown
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  14. The Carbonaro Effect Season 1 Episode 18 - Just a Milker
    8.4/10(22 votes)

    #14 - Just a Milker

    S1:E18

    Michael fishes for trouble in a toy store with pop-up books that contain live animals and, at a health food store, he shows a woman how to milk almonds; a mummy causes an employee to question ancient curses.

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  15. The Carbonaro Effect Season 1 Episode 19 - Suburban Pimp
    8.4/10(20 votes)

    #15 - Suburban Pimp

    S1:E19

    Michael gets spooky at an antique store with a vintage voodoo doll and, at a costume store, a Dorothy outfit comes complete with a little dog too.

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  16. The Carbonaro Effect Season 2 Episode 1 - Just Made History
    8.4/10(28 votes)

    #16 - Just Made History

    S2:E1

    In the season two premiere, Michael poses as a hipster at a farmers market and makes an endless supply of juice. Then things become blurry at the eye doctor, and later, shape shifting aliens send Michael's co-worker into a frenzy.

    Director:Unknown
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  17. The Carbonaro Effect Season 1 Episode 3 - A Waddle, a Scratch...
    8.3/10(37 votes)

    #17 - A Waddle, a Scratch...

    S1:E3

    A duck fools thrift store shoppers; an endless chain of hangers; cheese corks in a liquor store; freezing wine; destroying and reconstructing art in a museum.

    Director:Unknown
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  18. The Carbonaro Effect Season 1 Episode 8 - It's a Makeshift
    8.3/10(30 votes)

    #18 - It's a Makeshift

    S1:E8

    Never ending laundry soap; a human phonograph at the thrift store; a flipping punch bowl; a teleporting glass penguin.

    Director:Unknown
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  19. The Carbonaro Effect Season 1 Episode 16 - In Case What?!
    8.3/10(25 votes)

    #19 - In Case What?!

    S1:E16

    Michael stumps a delivery man when he pulls live crabs out of his Chinese food order.

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  20. The Carbonaro Effect Season 1 Episode 20 - Might Be Trippin'
    8.3/10(22 votes)

    #20 - Might Be Trippin'

    S1:E20

    Michael fills in for a karate instructor and interrupts the Zen of his students; a frog necklace that is so realistic; a clothing display that puts the "man" in mannequin.

    Director:Unknown
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  21. The Carbonaro Effect Season 1 Episode 22 - Iguanasaurs
    8.3/10(24 votes)

    #21 - Iguanasaurs

    S1:E22

    Michael shrinks into a leprechaun outfit; a museum employee makes the discovery of a lifetime when a preserved egg hatches a baby dinosaur.

    Director:Unknown
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  22. The Carbonaro Effect Season 2 Episode 5 - Amvox 73
    8.3/10(23 votes)

    #22 - Amvox 73

    S2:E5

    Michael unearths a mutant turtle from a mystical Peruvian clay. A woman is blown away when 2 adorable bunnies become 8 and to top it off, a hapless carpenter becomes an accidental time traveler when a potent new glue has him coming undone.

    Director:Unknown
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  23. The Carbonaro Effect Season 3 Episode 1 - Incredibly Unsettling
    8.3/10(21 votes)

    #23 - Incredibly Unsettling

    S3:E1

    Michael breezes into the Windy City to shock and amaze the Chicago locals. In a health store, he sells a supplement that proves you are what you drink, and at a Metro station, he utterly derails a commuter's sense of reality.

    Director:Unknown
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  24. The Carbonaro Effect Season 3 Episode 10 - Kind of Like a Seafoam Green
    8.3/10(11 votes)

    #24 - Kind of Like a Seafoam Green

    S3:E10

    Michael shows some unsuspecting shoppers how to manipulate solid objects, and he reveals the truth about automatic vacuums; one employee's shift at a camping store becomes very colorful and confusing.

    Director:Unknown
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  25. The Carbonaro Effect Season 1 Episode 4 - Just Smash It Out
    8.2/10(35 votes)

    #25 - Just Smash It Out

    S1:E4

    Michael convinces car wash patrons that he broke their window, only to miraculously fix it with the push of a button. Then, dry cleaning customers are confused when Michael is suddenly wearing their clothes in the blink of an eye. Plus, pet shoppers see fish in a dry water bowl.

    Director:Unknown
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Best Episodes Summary

"Cat Lady" is the best rated episode of "The Carbonaro Effect". It scored 9.3/10 based on 11 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 11/7/2019. This episode scored 0.3 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Snowball".