Season 3
20 episodes · first aired 2005-02-16
| Still | # | Title | Overview | Air date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | 01 | Brown Note 2005-02-16 | 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 falling on your head really unbearable torture? | 2005-02-16 | 7.3 |
![]() | 02 | Salsa Escape 2005-02-23 | 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 remove cement build-up from a mixer's barrel? | 2005-02-23 | 8.0 |
![]() | 03 | Exploding Port-a-Potty 2005-03-02 | 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 of a car vault cause a car to pole vault after it hits a pothole? | 2005-03-02 | 7.3 |
![]() | 04 | Is Yawning Contagious? 2005-03-09 | 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 Viper) in a gravity slope race? | 2005-03-09 | 7.7 |
![]() | 05 | Cooling a Six-Pack 2005-03-23 | 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 crash-test dummy ... and drops it 60 feet from a crane. | 2005-03-23 | 8.5 |
![]() | 06 | Son of a Gun 2005-03-30 | 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 during a thunderstorm? | 2005-03-30 | 8.5 |
![]() | 07 | Breaking Glass 2005-05-18 | 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 rolling stone truly gather no moss? | 2005-05-18 | 8.3 |
![]() | 08 | Jet Pack 2005-06-09 | Adam and Jamie create their own personal flying machine from scratch. Is the ancient secret to mummification ... the shape of the pyramid? | 2005-06-09 | 8.0 |
![]() | 09 | Killer Brace Position 2005-06-22 | Is talking on your cell phone while driving more dangerous than driving drunk? The MythBusters test the efficacy of that familiar brace position that airlines outline in their safety procedures. | 2005-06-22 | 7.7 |
![]() | 10 | Bullet Proof Water 2005-07-13 | 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? | 2005-07-13 | 8.0 |
![]() | 11 | Jaws Special 2005-07-17 | 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? | 2005-07-17 | 9.3 |
![]() | 12 | Border Slingshot 2005-07-27 | Can illegal immigrants fire themselves 200 yards across the border and into the United States with a slingshot so accurate that it can land the human projectiles safely on a carefully placed mattress? | 2005-07-27 | 6.7 |
![]() | 13 | Killer Tissue Box 2005-08-03 | 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? | 2005-08-03 | 8.5 |
![]() | 14 | Escape Slide Parachute 2005-08-10 | 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 deadly cocktail? Can a human survive a terminal velocity fall? | 2005-08-10 | 8.5 |
![]() | 15 | MythBusters Revisited 2005-10-12 | 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 forever silence their critics! | 2005-10-12 | 9.0 |
![]() | 16 | Chinese Invasion Alarm 2005-10-19 | Is an ancient Chinese text alluding to a subterranean sonar system that could apparently detect and intercept an invasion from below true? Is the five-second rule for food really safe to eat? | 2005-10-19 | 8.5 |
![]() | 17 | Confederate Rocket 2005-10-26 | The American Civil War was fought with bayonets, muskets and cannons. But was that all? Not according to the MythBusters. | 2005-10-26 | 8.5 |
![]() | 18 | Vodka Myths 2005-11-02 | 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 legends about Russia's national drink, vodka. | 2005-11-02 | 8.0 |
![]() | 19 | Steel Toe-Cap Amputation 2005-11-09 | 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 fell on them? | 2005-11-09 | 7.3 |
![]() | 20 | Seasickness - Kill or Cure 2005-11-16 | From electric shock therapy to homeopathic tongue tinglers, can the MythBusters find a cure to seasickness? Does driving with your pickup's tailgate down save gas and, hence, money? | 2005-11-16 | 7.7 |
Ratings shown are community scores. Once OMDB is wired, these become per-episode IMDB values.




















