The worst episodes of Mythbusters
Ranked by viewer rating, lows first. Vote on a placement to back it or contest it.
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The MythBusters test if a fugitive could actually outrun the law while driving from the back seat, and whether it's really possible to knock someone over with a feather.
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Tackling two explosive ballistic mysteries: if a dead body is bullet-proof and if a strange non-Newtonian fluid called oobleck is bomb-proof
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The MythBusters investigate if a water-heater can turn into a destructive torpedo, and reveal the explosive power of flatulence.
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The MythBusters investigate if a burglar can be shot out of a chimney when the fireplace is lit; they power up a chainsaw to test if a bullet embedded in a tree will have fatal consequences.
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The MythBusters investigate whether or not a leaping carp could land a killer blow to a water skier; they turn up the volume and test if listening to aggressive music leads to more aggressive driving.
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Brian and Jon test if a flaming arrow fired into a car's gas tank causes it to erupt in flames; testing a seemingly dangerous tribal initiation.
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The MythBusters investigate two tall tales from the Wild West: how deadly a dynamite-firing crossbow is, and the best way to shoot from the hip during a shootout.
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The MythBusters put an exploding airbag to the ultimate test and tackle an epic movie myth using a rocket-powered sword.
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The MythBusters take on Hollywood's greatest invisible assassins with a trio of tall tales of ingenious booby traps.
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Creator Vince Gilligan and star Aaron Paul meet up with the Mythbusters to check the chemistry behind the hit TV show "Breaking Bad".
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It's the MythBusters Shark Special as the guys retackle the explosive finale of the film Jaws. But that's not all - with two shark repellent myths thrown in for good measure, the guys are going to need a bigger boat!
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Star Wars - The Myths Strike Back
The Myths Strike Back when Adam and Jamie once again confront the dark side of science in a workshop not so far, far away...
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The MythBusters test ways to beat police road spikes using DIY ingenuity and Hollywood driving skills. Then, they investigate if a high-powered fountain can actually lift and suspend a human.
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Episode 1- "Jet-Assisted Chevy" (Pilot #1)Myths tested:Can a 1967 Chevy take off with JATO rockets, like in the tale of the JATO Rocket Car?Can Pop Rocks and soda, when eaten simultaneously, cause the eater's stomach to rupture?The story of the jet-assisted Chevy goes like this. The Arizona Highway Patrol stumbled across a blackened crater in the side of a mountain at the end of a long stretch of desert road. After an investigation, they learned that an Air Force sergeant from a nearby military base had attached a rocket-assisted takeoff unit to the roof of a 1967 Chevy Impala. He got up to about 80 mph, and then fired the things off. Within seconds the car was traveling at 350 mph. The crater was found in the mountainside 100 feet off the ground. Who do you think will be the "dummy" to test this myth? The Pop Rocks and soda legend concerns a boy known as little Mikey, who was featured in commercials for Life cereal. Some years later, Mikey was challenged by his friends to eat six packs of Pop Rocks candy with six cans of soda. According to the myth, the carbon dioxide in the candy combined with the carbon dioxide in the soda to create so much pressure that Mikey's stomach exploded and he died. Our MythBusters risk their lives for you, the viewer, in these two death-defying experiments.
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Stuck on You, Biscuit Bullet, Falling Lawyer (Pilot 2)
Episode #2 - "Biscuit Bazooka" (Pilot #2)Myths tested:Can an airplane toilet create enough suction to cause a person to become stuck on it?Can a can of biscuit dough explode in a hot car?Can a person throw himself through a skyscraper window?In this episode, Jamie and Adam take on a few legends involving dubious behavior. First, they contemplate the one about an obese woman on a trans-Atlantic flight whose derriere is suctioned into the plane's toilet after flushing, forcing the plane to land before she can be removed. Will the bottom fall out of this myth? How about the one involving a friend of a friend who thought she was shot while sitting in her car in a supermarket parking lot on a very hot day? The story goes that when the paramedics arrived, they found her head splattered with a mass of raw biscuit dough. And then there's the leaping lawyer. Some guy (apparently a lawyer), kept bouncing off a plate-glass window on the 24th floor of a high-rise building. After one too many impacts, the window shattered and the guy fell 24 floors to the ground, where he promptly died. Another day, another deadly myth.
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