The cast of the television series MythBusters perform experiments to verify or debunk urban legends, old wives' tales, and the like. This is a list of the various myths tested on the show, as well as the results of the experiments (the myth is busted, plausible, or confirmed).
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In this episode, Adam and Jamie relived Buster's finest moments, from his introduction in Exploding Toilet to his ultimate demise (supposedly in Ming Dynasty Astronaut), and showed the construction of the new "Buster 2.0". These moments include:
In this episode, Adam and Jamie competed in a series of arguably ludicrous tests and competitions to determine which of the two was the "Ultimate MythBuster". These competitions tested their ingenuity, constitution, and courage to see just how far they were willing to go to claim the title of "Ultimate MythBuster".
Someone who is shot and thrown backward a significant distance is a staple Hollywood visual effect. This was revisited in "MythBusters Revisited".
Initially, the team intended to test only the scenario of explosives being used to clean a relatively thin layer of concrete from the inside of a truck. Due to a mishap when the truck was being collected, however, it was filled almost to the top with concrete, rather than just with the thin layer that the team wanted. Adam therefore suggested splitting this myth into two sub-myths: the original one of cleaning a thin layer out of a truck (for which the team had to obtain a second truck), and another one involving a driver using explosives in what would presumably be a desperate attempt to remove a massive solidified slab of concrete from the truck.
See also Exploding Toilet.
This was the final episode in which the Build Team worked from their M6 workshop.
In this episode, outtakes and other deleted scenes were shown, which included some failed experiments or extra experiments that had to be trimmed out of the show for time and relevancy reasons. Clips edited out of shows previously aired include:
Six of the deleted segments, titled as the "Lost Experiments", are available on the Discovery Channel website. http://dsc.discovery.com/fansites/mythbusters/videogalleries/lostexperiments/lostexperiments.html
Original myths that were completely edited out include:
From this episode, the Build Team operates from their new M7 workshop.
Also featured in this episode is the first test of Buster 2.0, built during the Buster special, as well as the final test of "Earl the MythBusters Caddy," which was dropped from a crane to fulfill a promise to its previous owner that it would be destroyed on the show.
While preparing Earl to be dropped from the crane, Scottie encountered a problem in that the rear windows needed to be opened to loop a chain through the passenger compartment, but the mechanism was jammed. She therefore took the chance to test out a mini-myth:
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The Build Team created several copies of the Baghdad Battery, an archaeological find that has led some non-archaeologists to suggest that ancient Babylonians were the first to use batteries.
The ancient people of Babylon created a crude battery for use in...
This episode marks the final appearance of Mythtern Christine Chamberlain.
This episode explored some of the MythBusters' favorite stores and vendors they use when buying supplies for the show. The episode also included a tutorial on how to make ballistics gel by Adam and Kari (which is frequently used in the MythBusters' experiments), and it revealed the source of the often referenced "Little Black Book", the Pocket Ref.
This episode took a behind-the-scenes look at the show. It featured insights from and interviews with Adam, Jamie, Kari, Tory, and producer Peter Rees about various aspects of MythBusters, as well as explored personal issues between the hosts.
The MythBusters test some of the pervasive myths that are created by Hollywood, as well as recall some of their past Hollywood-inspired myths. This special also marks the debut of Grant Imahara as the third member of the Build Team, though the next two regular episodes ("Breaking Glass" and "Jet Pack") did show Scottie Chapman in that capacity instead.
Adam and Jamie investigate whether a human voice could shatter glass, as perpetuated in stories of opera singers and demonstrated by Ella Fitzgerald in a commercial for Memorex and Jim Gillette in the music video for Nitro's "Freight Train".
The Build Team takes on another old adage and sees if it remains relevant in modern use. This became the longest MythBusters experiment on recordâÂÂover six months long.
This episode marks the final appearance of Scottie Chapman as a Build Team member.
The MythBusters take on an airline conspiracy theory. The episode is notable for the introduction of the Simulaid family.
Adam and Kari take on a contemporary issue in driving, one that has given conflicting scientific data. To do so, Adam and Kari perform a general-purpose road safety test three times (initially sober without a cellphone, then while talking to Jamie on a cell phone, and finally while slightly intoxicated but under the legal blood alcohol content limit of 0.08%) and compare the three results.
The MythBusters take on a Hollywood action staple, where a hero dives into water to avoid being hit by bullets. An alternate scenario of this myth was retested in Guns Fired Underwater.
As part of Discovery Channel's Shark Week (which Adam and Jamie hosted in 2005), the MythBusters test myths relating to the movie Jaws with the help of a "ShaRammer" designed to simulate the force of a great white shark. This is also the first MythBusters special to run for two hours rather than one. More recent reruns have tended to show a version edited down to one hour. The episode was also referred to as the "Shark Special" in the episode "22,000 Foot Fall".
The sequel, "Shark Week Special 2", aired in 2008.
The mini shark myths, while related to Discovery Channel's Shark Week, are not related to the movie Jaws in particular. These are all included on the Jaws Special DVD, and some were included on Discovery's website.
This is also referred to as "Seeing Red."
This is also referred to as "Bloody Taste Test" and "Drop of Blood in an Olympic-size Pool."
This is also referred to as "True Grit?"
This is also referred to as "Rule of ... Fin."
This was the first episode in which the entire hour was devoted to testing a single myth.
The Build Team takes on a myth stemming from the film The Adventures of Robin Hood, where the most famous stunt is one where an arrow was split in half, from to tip. The Build Team explores whether this was at all possible and also challenges fans at a medieval fair to duplicate this feat. This myth was retested in Splitting an Arrow.
This myth was inspired by a scene from Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, where Indy (Harrison Ford), Willie Scott (Kate Capshaw), and Short Round (Ke Huy Quan) successfully evacuate a pilotless plane by using a life raft.
This episode is the second episode where the MythBusters team focuses on retesting earlier myths, based on fan reaction (the first is "Myths Revisited"). Grant Imahara is also introduced in this episode.
This was the second episode in which the entire hour was devoted to testing a single myth. Because the myth dealt with the making of explosive and/or dangerous materials, the ingredients used to make nitrous oxide and gun cotton were censored by substituting animal sounds for the chemical names. This myth was revisited in Salami Rocket.
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The Build Team attempts to recreate this water bottle jetpack from a Japanese game show.
Because Adam and Grant are very susceptible to motion sickness, they test non-pharmaceutical remedies for seasickness by...
This was revisited in "More Myths Revisited".
The Build Team takes on a myth that forms a staple of cartoon physics. This was revisited in "More Myths Revisited".