Seasons & episodes

Building a duct tape trebuchet, and saving Busters life with duct tape.

S1 · E1Jet-Assisted Chevy 2003-01-23 · 45 min＋

Can a '67 Chevy turn into a 350-mile-per-hour road warrior? Are Pop Rocks candy and soda a recipe for disaster?

S1 · E2Biscuit Bazooka 2003-01-23＋

Can a person get stuck to an airline toilet while it's in flight? Is there such a thing as a biscuit bazooka?

S1 · E3Poppy-Seed Drug Test 2003-03-07＋

Can a poppy-seed bagel tilt the results of a drug test? Can balloons carry a lawn chair? If you cover your body in gold paint, will you be able to breathe? Or could you die from it?

S1 · E4Exploding Toilet 2003-09-23＋

Can you explode a toilet by flushing flammables down the bowl then lighting a match? Do you get wetter running or walking in the rain? Can you really make a "magic bullet" that will not leave evidence behind in its victim?

S1 · E5Cell Phone Destroys Gas Station 2003-10-03＋

Can chatting on a cell phone while pumping gas cause the pump to blow up? Will silicone breast implants burst under pressure? Can high-speed CD-ROM players really shatter a CD?

S1 · E6Barrel of Bricks 2003-10-10＋

Is it dangerous to pee on the electrified third rail of a train track? Can an eel-skin wallet erase the information on your credit cards? Can a 500-pound barrel of bricks really hit the pulley holder?

S1 · E7Penny Drop 2003-10-17＋

Can a penny dropped from a skyscraper kill a person below? Is it possible to "bake yourself" on a tanning bed? Did Lucille Ball expose a spy ring by hearing radio signals from her tooth fillings?

S1 · E8Buried Alive 2003-10-24＋

Could a person survive a leap from a bridge by throwing a hammer in the water first? Is it possible to survive being buried alive? Can cola really remove bloodstains, clean rust or cook a steak?

S1 · E9Lightning Strikes/Tongue Piercing 2003-11-07＋

Is it possible to make a cannon out of a tree? Could a drunk person really fool a Breathalyzer test? Can Adam's tongue piercing withstand the electric force of a lightning bolt?

S1 · E10Stinky Car 2003-12-05＋

Is the myth of the stinky car true? Is the "raccoon in the drain" myth true? Will our MythBusters become human cannonballs?

S1 · E11Alcatraz Escape 2003-12-12＋

Could prisoners really have escaped Alcatraz without a trace? Does a duck's quack echo? Can a stud finder really prove if human beings have been guinea pigs in mind-control experiments.

S2 · E1Explosive Decompression 2004-01-11＋

Can firing a bullet into the shell of an aircraft cause explosive decompression? Can a loaded .22-caliber gun cartridge be used as a replacement fuse in a car's ignition? Can a car be ripped off its rear axle?

S2 · E2Chicken Gun 2004-01-18＋

Will launching a chicken at an airplane disrupt its flight, or will the bird be blown away? Is it possible for a woman to swallow an octopus egg -- and then give birth to an eight-legged offspring? Could a man be fatally assaulted and killed by his dirty laundry and washing machine?

S2 · E3Break Step Bridge 2004-01-25＋

Will a college rowing team be able to pull Jamie up on water skis? Can the rhythm of soldiers marching together cause a bridge to collapse? Does the bacteria from a toilet settle in your toothbrush?

S2 · E4Sinking Titanic 2004-02-22＋

Will a sinking ship suck you down as it goes under? Are goldfish bored or just plain stupid? Will throwing a lit firecracker down the neck of a trombone make your music sweeter?

S2 · E5Buried in Concrete 2004-02-25＋

Will Jamie and Adam find Jimmy Hoffa, who is allegedly buried in concrete? Can the power and force of a 737 launch a taxicab 75 feet in the air? Is the daddy longlegs the most venomous spider?

S2 · E6Myths Revisited 2004-06-08＋

Can someone get electrocuted peeing on an electrified fence? Did Adam apply enough pressure to test the exploding implants? And are cell phones dangerous at gas stations?

S2 · E7Scuba Diver and Car Capers 2004-07-27＋

Can a SCUBA diver be sucked out of the water by a fire-fighting helicopter and get spit out in the middle of a forest fire? Will a banana in a car's tailpipe make it stall?

S2 · E8Ancient Death Ray 2004-09-29＋

Did the Greek scientist Archimedes set fire to a Roman fleet of ships using only mirrors and sunlight? Willl a bulletproof shield really stop a direct hit from a bullet?

S2 · E9Elevator of Death, Levitation Machine 2004-10-06＋

If an elevator suddenly falls, can you save yourself in the nick of time by jumping just before it hits bottom? Will the MythBusters be able to create a homemade levitation machine?

S2 · E10Beat the Radar Detector 2004-10-13＋

Will a piece of plywood save a construction worker swept off a building? Can hanging a disco ball from your rearview mirror or painting your car a flat-black color deflect a cop's radar laser beams?

S2 · E11Quicksand 2004-10-20＋

Can you really murder someone by dropping an electrical appliance into a bathtub? Does a tattoo react with an MRI's rays? Will killer quicksand take down the MythBusters?

S2 · E12Exploding Jawbreaker 2004-10-27＋

Is it possible to throw a regular playing card fast enough to inflict bodily harm? Can a heated jawbreaker explode in your mouth. Can a sandblasted PVC pipe become a deadly cannon?