MythBusters - Season 3

Scottie Chapman and Mythtern Christine Chamberlain leave the series this season. Grant Imahara joins the cast.

20 Episodes

Brown Note

Season 3 - Episode 1

Will Adam be able to withstand subsonic frequencies, or will adult diapers be his only hope with the Brown Note? Is a constant drip of water...

Salsa Escape

Season 3 - Episode 2

Adam and Jamie go head to head in a madcap Mexican jailbreak as they taste-test the theory of the Salsa Escape. Can you use dynamite to remo...

Exploding Port-a-Potty

Season 3 - Episode 3

Can a person receive third-degree burns if he or she lights a cigarette inside a port-a-potty? Will a broken drive shaft on the front joint ...

Is Yawning Contagious?

Season 3 - Episode 4

Can a yawn, like a cold, truly be caught? Does toast really fall buttered-side down? Could a toy car beat a real car (in this case, a Dodge ...

Cooling a Six-Pack

Season 3 - Episode 5

The MythBusters use ice, water, refrigerators, freezers and fire to test the fastest way to cool a six-pack. Then the team builds a new cras...

Son of a Gun

Season 3 - Episode 6

Did a bullet shot through a Civil War soldier's groin really impregnate a woman nearby? Is it dangerous to use the telephone or shower durin...

Breaking Glass

Season 3 - Episode 7

Can a singer break glass with just his or her voice? Is it possible to build an explosive jet engine out of vacuum-cleaner parts? Does a rol...

Jet Pack

Season 3 - Episode 8

Adam and Jamie create their own personal flying machine from scratch. Is the ancient secret to mummification ... the shape of the pyramid?

Killer Brace Position

Season 3 - Episode 9

Is talking on your cell phone while driving more dangerous than driving drunk? The MythBusters test the efficacy of that familiar brace posi...

Bullet Proof Water

Season 3 - Episode 10

How deep must you dive to survive a gunshot? If you push hard enough, can you get a swing to go all the way around the swing-set bar?

Jaws Special

Season 3 - Episode 11

Could a real shark be as strong as Spielberg's Jaws? Will punching a shark save your skin? Will a bullet blow a scuba tank sky high?

Border Slingshot

Season 3 - Episode 12

Can illegal immigrants fire themselves 200 yards across the border and into the United States with a slingshot so accurate that it can land ...

Killer Tissue Box

Season 3 - Episode 13

In a car crash, could the tissues kept on the rear shelf of your car be propelled forward with enough force to crush your skull?

Escape Slide Parachute

Season 3 - Episode 14

Could an airline's emergency life raft be used as a parachute? Is it possible for oxygen, an electrical spark and hair cream to result in a ...

MythBusters Revisited

Season 3 - Episode 15

Adam and Jamie take their detractors head on as they revisit some of their favorite myths. They're going to answer them once and for all and...

Chinese Invasion Alarm

Season 3 - Episode 16

Is an ancient Chinese text alluding to a subterranean sonar system that could apparently detect and intercept an invasion from below true? I...

Confederate Rocket

Season 3 - Episode 17

The American Civil War was fought with bayonets, muskets and cannons. But was that all? Not according to the MythBusters.

Vodka Myths

Season 3 - Episode 18

Can a pair of trucks in a high-speed, head-on collision be fused together sealing the drivers between them? Also, Kari hosts some urban lege...

Steel Toe-Cap Amputation

Season 3 - Episode 19

Are steel-toed boots more dangerous than the regular variety? Did an Aussie worker's boots really turn into toe cutters after a heavy weight...

Seasickness - Kill or Cure

Season 3 - Episode 20

From electric shock therapy to homeopathic tongue tinglers, can the MythBusters find a cure to seasickness? Does driving with your pickup's ...