Mythbusters
Summary
The bestMythBustersepisodes offer a salmagundi of fun with a strong dose of scientific experimentation . It is a great world serial publication for people who love science but also care to see everything go wrong at any given time . Premiering on Discovery Channel in 2003 , Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage are special effects experts who use element of the scientific method to test out certain rumour , myths , pic scene , newsworthiness narrative , and more . The role of the show is to let on whether these items are on-key or if they do n’t have got up to the examination of scientific testing .
Theseepisodes involveJamie and Adam shining a lighton a popular myth or urban legend . This include many confederacy theories , such as the mind the moonshine landing place was faked . It also go up many urban legends , such as the musical theme that Mentos and Diet Coke could do a soul ’s abdomen to blow up . With a intermixture of fun sequence ask motion picture likeJawsandStar Wars , MythBustersoffered something for everyone as Jamie and Adam set out to bodge up and demolish anything they could get their hand on in the name of scientific discipline and trueness .
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MythBusters is one of the most pop show to ever air out on The Discovery Channel . Here are the top episodes of this series , concord to IMDb .
20Indiana Jones Special
Season 14, Episode 2
The Mythbustersteam coiffe out to fact - check the effort of Indiana Jones , and it does a great job of breaking down the math and scientific discipline while also respecting the movies in which they pull the stunt . The myths from the franchise they attempted to wear includeIndiana Jones ' use of his party whip to disarm people , the first movie ’s pinhead - trapped cave , and his amazing leak from the rolling boulder at the end of that memorable scene .
The Indiana Jones movies are available to well out on Disney+ .
There were a lot of fun moment in this episode , include Adam and Jamie starting to collapse the whips at each other . This was also kind of scary , but they were at least careful not to injure one another . This also proved the myth that the crack of a whip could break the intelligent barrier , which it did distinctly in this episode . What really make it resist out is working with movie myth rather than regular ones , since this is something anyone who has seen the iconic moving picture can relate to .
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19Duct Tape Hour
Season 7, Episode 13
TheMythbusterscrew bed duct taping . There have been three separate episodes about it , withDuct Tape Hour , Duct Tape Hour 2 , andBuster ’s Cut : Duck Tape Hour 2 . In this first instalment about the duct tape myth , they tested several myths . They want to see if a individual can lift a car with only duct tapeor use it to stop up holes in the bottom of a boat . They also try out to apply it to work up a workings sailboat , make a white potato vine carom , and eventually build a puzzle out carom .
The last one was the biggest myth they wanted to bust , as when they finished , they took a real cannon and the duct magnetic tape carom out to essay them together . It is obvious why they love canal tape so much . Every single myth they tested was confirmed except for one , and even that one was still plausible ( the boat gob patching ) . In the self-aggrandising finale , the duct tape conning stayed entire and successfully fire a cannonball , proving that duct tape could do just about anything .
18Hindenburg Mystery
Season 5, Episode 1
InMythbustersseason 5 , the team set out to enquire some myths from the Hindenburg whodunit . The Hindenburg was a German commercial passenger dirigible that was in operation from March 1936 until May 1937 , when it was destroyed by fire . The myth behind this cataclysm ( 35 people died ) was thatthe Hindenburg was destroyed by a highly flammable doping compound that was used to paint itrather than by the hydrogen used to plagiarise it into the strain for flight .
The Hindenburg disaster took place on May 6 , 1937 .
This could have changed everything multitude get it on about the disaster , but it turns out that the theory was just a false myth . While the team did get the doping compound to catch flame and burn , it did so at a much sluggish charge per unit than the film footage of the Hindenburg disaster . base on a real - living disaster , this was a very challenging installment of the reality show , as the guys tried to cipher out if those lives could have been redeem if a different type of paint had been used .
17Killer Cable Snaps
Season 4, Episode 19
TheMythbustersseason 4 installment " Killer Cable Snaps " has two myth that the squad wear out , one from a picture show and the other from a TV show , with the one from the film as the groundwork for the episode claim . In the horror movieGhost Ship , there is a sick tantrum where a cable was snapped and loose at such a high velocity that it slice everyone standing on the deck in one-half . The second myth was based on recording sound in old pottery based on anX - Filesepisode .
ghostwriter Shipwas a 2002 revulsion movie by Dark Castle Entertainment .
It is always a blast when the team busts myth from telecasting shows and picture , as it proffer many viewers something familiar to compare them with , and grant them a chance to see if the moving-picture show or TV shows are scientifically exact or just throw out ideas with no basis . In both of these , it was the latter case . After all the testing , they showed it was unconvincing a snatch cable system could slice someone in one-half . As for the other one , they got no sound back when trying to record voices into the clayware .
16Trench Torpedo
Season 11, Episode 13
TheMythbustersseason 11 episode " Trench Torpedo " proves that even later time of year had a pile to offer viewing audience when it comes to the strike reality show . This episode had two myths to prove , with the " Trench Torpedo " of the title and a 2nd one called " Party Balloon Pile - Up . " For the torpedo , the myth was that World War I trenches were designed to reduce the wallop of electric shock waves . The 2d myth was that a clown gondola gourmandize with balloon would provide an airbag for survival in a crash .
The second one was a small silly , but it was prove that the balloon would not protect a soul in the car in the case of an fortuity . However , the episode fly high because of the trenches and the fact that Jamie and Adam get to brag matter up , which is always fun . The best affair is that , with all the explosions the guys got to do , they discovered by the death that it was plausible that the oceanic abyss could protect a soldier from a stupor wave . go steady their joy when setting off the bombs was worth the spotter .
15Demolition Derby
Season 7, Episode 1
TheMythbustersepisode " Demolition Derby"tested a series of myths concerning railroad car accidents and how to possibly prevent them . This allowed them to also look at Hollywood movies and see if the car stunts in the films could pass the run of genuine - life-time scientific experiment . Out of the seven experiment , only two of them end up as plausible . They test four myths about where a car could push through something and keep break down after the collision .
This episode not only captivated audiences with its adrenaline - pumping stunts but also educated them on the scientific discipline behind vehicle prophylactic .
The best test was a redo of one from a previous season where theMythBustersteam want to see if two big rigs would fuse and squash a car if they strike head - on . This time , they successfully draw out off the stunt and busted the myth . This episode not only bewitch audience with its adrenaline - pumping stunts but also educated them on the science behind vehicle safety , blending amusement with shed light on penetration into the physics of elevator car wreck .
14Jaws Special
Season 17, Episode 1
If there is one matter that has always been popular on world TV , it is Shark Week . This led Jamie and Adam to quiz out a deal of myth that have been float around about shark in general , include looking at the movieJaws . Of course , almost everyone knows the myth about punch a shark in the nose being one way to make it leave them alone . TheMythBustersteam also tested out theoriesabout the actual strength of sharks , whether they are repelled by chili , whether dolphinfish can dissuade them , if sharks can smell concern , and much more .
It ’s the popularity of shark that made thisMythBustersepisode so intriguing . The sequence excelled in merge cinematic fable with real - earth science , debunking far-flung misconceptions while offering a fascinate exploration of shark behavior . Their experiments , grounded in curiosity and rigorous methodology , provided both thrilling and educational insights , further solidifying this episode as a standout in the series for its ability to entertain and inform .
13Underwater Car
Season 5, Episode 4
The episode " Underwater Car " once again took the theme from Hollywood and the guys wanted to see if any of the flight methods when a automobile end up submerged were true . They tested to see when and if a car door could be spread out after move underwater , whether a person could escape before the auto get down amply sinking , and whether a individual could open up the windows or break through the window after the car became submerged .
The safe newsworthiness is there are ways to get the doors open if a person is either quick to act as or patient if they wait too long , and there are a couplet of path to break a windowpane to get out . This episode not only dispelled myths but also potentially saved life story by prove virtual escape valve strategies . The methodical approach taken to explore these scenario provided viewers with vital survival techniques , reward the show ’s dedication to use science in substantial - life sentence situations while maintaining an engaging narrative .
12NASA Moon Landing Hoax
Season 6, Episode 10
TheMythBustersteam also set out to raid the conspiracy theory thatthe NASA moon landing place was a hoax . Many people seemed to believe that man never landed on the moon and the footage was shot on Earth and faked . However , there are several key parts of these conspiracy theories that the squad was able to test and demonstrate that NASA did indeed put people on the moonshine . From the photos have to the sour scientific theories about what could and could n’t happen on the moonshine , they show time and time again that it was n’t fudge .
They also proved that NASA put a reflecting telescope on the moon , solidifying the synodic month landing place as fact . The episode debunked myth and celebrated human accomplishment by reinforcing the realness of the Sun Myung Moon landing . Through tight experiments and decipherable grounds , it reaffirmed the monumental success of one of humanness ’s greatest milepost . MythBusters ’ dedication to truth through scientific interrogation made this episode a polar moment in democratic scientific discipline TV , school and inspiring viewer about the marvel of space exploration .
11Flights Of Fantasy
Season 18, Episode 2
In " Flights of Fantasy , " the MythBusters team set out to look at two dissimilar myth and proved that both of them were plausible . In the first one , Adam and Jamie went to Beale Air Force Base to see if a Lockheed U-2 reconnaissance planing machine was harder to fly and Edwin Herbert Land than any other plane in the world . Adam Savage flew the planeand realized apace that this was an almost unacceptable plane to fly and estate , and he need help getting it down . The second exam was to see if unmanned multirotor flights could cause combat injury with their propellors .
They proved that store - bought model were safe , but custom - establish manikin were indeed dangerous . " Flights of Fantasy " intriguingly combined the thrill of astronautics with the practical business organization of modern technology . By successfully sail the daunting chore of flying a U-2 aeroplane and evaluate the safety of multirotor drones , MythBustershighlighted the complexities and potential risks associated with air , both manned and unmanned . Their determination not only provide valuable insights into aerospace technology but also emphasise the grandness of safety in the rapidly evolving field .
