MythBusters

  • Premiered: Jan 2003
  • Episodes: 292
  • Followers: 2826
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Season 2006
2006x1
Paper Crossbow
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Jan 11, 2006
Adam and Jamie unleash a deadly myth from a supermax prison, attempting to make a deadly weapon out of newspaper and underwear. Grant, Kari and Tory unscrew the cap on some more vodka myths, such as removing cigarette smell from clothing.
2006x2
Shredded Plane
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Jan 18, 2006
In Shredded plane, Adam and Jamie investigate the cause of a shredded airplane. The other members put their survival skills to the test in Firestarter.
2006x3
Archimedes Death Ray Revisited
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Jan 25, 2006
Adam and Jamie accepted the challenge from fans mailbags to retest the Archimedes death ray. In turn, fans and MIT team were invited to perform this challlenge.
2006x4
Helium Football
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Feb 01, 2006
This time around, Adam and Jamie test out a myth that footballs filled with helium will fly further and hang longer than ones filled with regulation air. Based on the myth of a 70s .. show full overview
2006x5
Franklin's Kite
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Mar 08, 2006
Not exactly a Myth, but an interesting experiment, The Team Goes to replicate Ben Franklin's Lightning Storm Kite, which during the process causes injury to Tory.. Stay Tuned!
2006x6
Cell Phones on Planes
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Mar 15, 2006
So, supposedly, if you fill a normal raft with helium, you can fly. Let's see if the guys can get their boat into the air - get ready for the biggest Mythbusters' build ever. Meanwhile, .. show full overview
2006x7
Bullets Fired Up
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Apr 19, 2006
Adam and Jamie test the myth that firing in the air can cause the death of someone if they are impacted by the bullet when it returns to earth. Also Kari, Tory and Grant continue to delve into more popular Vodka myths.
2006x8
Myths Reopened
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Apr 26, 2006
A look back at myths that generated a truck load of angry fan mail. In Split Arrow, the 3 Mythkateers take another aim at Robin Hood's arrow. The Confederate Rocket will be .. show full overview
2006x9
Mind Control
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May 03, 2006
Adam and Jamie attempt to blow open a home improvement myth with dynamite. The 3 MythBuilders tackle mind control by manipulating someone's mind remotely.
2006x10
Exploding Pants
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May 10, 2006
The three Mythkateers investigate a fashion disaster when farmers’ trousers suddenly explode. In Great Gas Conspiracy, Adam and Jamie investigate whether the gas and car companies deliberately make gas guzzling cars to increase profits.
2006x11
Crimes and Myth-demeanors
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Jul 12, 2006
Adam and Jamie once again put movie myths to the test. Are Hollywood heists complete hocus pocus or can you really crack the tightest security systems in the world? Part 1 of 2!
2006x12
Steam Cannon
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Jul 19, 2006
Archimedes is on Mythbusters again! This time it's his Steam Cannon and the results are amazing as Adam and Jamie build the mother of all cannons. While in Breakfast Cereal, an eating .. show full overview
2006x13
Killer Whirlpool
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Jul 26, 2006
Adam and Jamie test the famous myth of: Can whirlpools kill? Tory, Kari and Grant get snowed in under a snow plow.
2006x14
Diet Coke and Mentos
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Aug 09, 2006
Inspired by an internet story, The Mythbusters take on the controversy surrounding these fizzy fountains. Then they try and find new household-product tricks that could be the "new .. show full overview
2006x15
Shattering Subwoofer
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Aug 16, 2006
The guys find out if the bass from a car stereo can destroy an automobile. They rip out the interior of a car, build a giant subwoofer to fill it, and then power it by attaching it .. show full overview
2006x16
Crimes and Myth-demeanors 2
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Aug 23, 2006
Part 2 of 2: More Crimes in the movies put to the test: Heat Sensing and Motion Sensors and Safe Exploding with water.
2006x17
Earthquake Machine
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Aug 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.
2006x18
Deadly Straw
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Sep 06, 2006
Can a straw go through a palm tree? Can a hurricane really take the feathers off a chicken? and Plant Polygraphing
2006x19
Mega Movie Myths
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Sep 13, 2006
Adam, Jamie, Buster, and the Build Team are watching movie Myths they have done in the past, and decide to dedicate a whole episode to them.
2006x20
Killer Cable Snaps
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Oct 11, 2006
Can a high tension cable slice a person in two when it snaps? Also, Tory and Kari explore the myth of 'archaeo-acoustics' in which ancient pottery contains sounds from the past and can be played back and heard today.
2006x21
Air Cylinder Rocket
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Oct 18, 2006
Put simply, this episode is vintage, explosive MythBusters. Adam and Jamie have unfinished business from their Shark Week special, where they shot and then exploded a scuba tank. But .. show full overview
2006x22
More Myths Revisited
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Oct 25, 2006
Returning to the most controversial myths. More past experiments to see if their original answer was genuine or bogus. So Stop Writing Us!
2006x23
Exploding Lighter
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Nov 01, 2006
Can a small, disposable butane lighter suddenly ignite with the force of several sticks of dynamite? The Gang tries to light a lighter on fire by hitting it with a golf club and trying .. show full overview
2006x24
Concrete Glider
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Nov 08, 2006
In "Concrete Glider," Adam and Jamie test the old engineering challenge that like a lead balloon, you can't make a concrete glider fly. There's nothing like a challenge to focus the .. show full overview
2006x25
Firearms Folklore
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Nov 29, 2006
Just when you think Adam and Jamie have tested every gun legend in history, they come up with three more myths. In an urban shootout, could a criminal's bullet have hit and then jammed .. show full overview
2006x26
Anti-Gravity Device
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Dec 06, 2006
Christmas comes once a year but not on MythBusters! Is it really true that leaving some Christmas lights on your tree overnight could cause it to heat up so much that the tree bursts .. show full overview
2006x27
Holiday Special
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Dec 06, 2006
Holiday Themed Myths. Can the Mythbusters really make a 35-piece Goldberg machine work, or will they just get frustrated and call it quits? What will keep your tree from dropping .. show full overview
2006x28 Season finale
22,000 Foot Fall
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Dec 13, 2006
Adam and Jamie explore the improbable survival of a WWII gunner with some of the biggest explosions in the show's history! Can someone fall 22,000 feet and be saved by a bomb? Also, the .. show full overview

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