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MythBusters

MythBusters

Failure is always an option.

2003Ended16 Seasons272 Episodes7.8TMDB
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MythBusters is a science entertainment television program created and produced by Australia's Beyond Television Productions for the Discovery Channel. The show's hosts, special effects experts Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman, use elements of the scientific method to test the validity of rumors, myths, movie scenes, adages, Internet videos, and news stories.

Created by: Peter Rees

Season 13 Episodes

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Episode 1: The Simpsons: D'oh!

Jan 10, 2015 · 43m

Finally, the MythBusters meet the Simpsons! Will putting a cherry bomb in a toilet block cause all toilets to erupt with a violent fountain? Can an obese human (sorry, Homer) absorb the impact of a wrecking ball?

Episode 2: The Busters of the Lost Myths

Jan 17, 2015 · 43m

Adam LOVED this one, as you can imagine. Can a whip make your enemy drop his gun? Can you wrap a whip around a log and swing across a chasm? Could Indy have outrun a rolling boulder? Could Indy had survived a Mayan temple run through the various booby traps?

Episode 3: A-Team Special

Jan 24, 2015 · 43m

Jamie and Adam find out if it's really possible to build a working cannon out of stuff abandoned in a barn, then test whether a sewer explosion can really take out the bad guys without serious injury.

Episode 4: Video Game Special

Jan 31, 2015 · 43m

Jamie and Adam -- with the help of UFC fighter Brendan Schaub and the makers of DOOM -- test how many weapons you can really take with you and remain operational. And can you really chop fruit a la Fruit Ninja?

Episode 5: Transformers

Feb 7, 2015 · 43m

Adam and Jamie tackle two tall tales of mechanical metamorphosis: Is it possible to convert a 2CV into a motorbike? Can you use water bottles to create an amphibious bicycle?

Episode 6: San Francisco Drift

Feb 14, 2015 · 43m

Jamie and Adam tackled two tall tales from the world of street racing. Does drifting really get to your destination faster? And does drifting help you park faster?

Episode 7: Blow It Out of the Water

Jul 18, 2015 · 42m

Having come to represent the concept of 'overwhelming victory', this saying originally came from submarines in WW2 who were able to use torpedoes to literally blow an enemy ship up and out of the water. But is this really possible? And in the Breaking Bad season finale, Walter White took down every single bad guy with a simple crank shaft, remote control and M60. Potential reality or just fiction?

Episode 8: Flights of Fantasy

Jul 25, 2015 · 43m

Drone deliveries are on their way. But are those fast-spinning blades just an accident waiting to happen? And is the U-2 really the toughest aircraft in regular use to fly and land?

Episode 9: Accidental Ammo

Aug 1, 2015 · 43m

Jamie and Adam tackle another gruesome story about a pane of glass falling from a construction site and cutting an innocent bystander completely in half from head to toe. Then Jamie builds a Lawnmower From Hell also find out whether a stone shot from a mower can have the same power as a bullet shot from a .357.

Episode 10: Dangerous Driving

Aug 8, 2015 · 43m

Is it as dangerous to use hands free as it is to use a cell phone while driving? Is it really straightforward to drive at high speed in reverse?

Episode 11: Supernatural Shooters

Aug 15, 2015 · 43m

Adam and Jamie take aim at Hollywood's infallible hit men and their seemingly supernatural ability to take down a target. First up, can an armed assassin use a single well-placed shot to kill his victim on the other side of a wall? Do interior walls truly provide such little protection, and can you really track an unseen target this way?

Episode 12: Unfinished Business

Aug 22, 2015 · 43m

Can you hold onto a grenade for longer than two hours? Can you really change a magazine in a blink-and-you-miss-it moment? Can video games make you better at real-life tasks, like golf? And can you really stop a car by using hollow spikes?

Episode 13: MythBusters vs. Jaws

Aug 29, 2015 · 43m

Jamie and Adam revisit Jaws' final scene, which they'd taken on in 2005's Exploding Scuba Tank. Will the results be different with a giant anatomically accurate shark and a bigger gun? Then the duo test two repellents: the sound of orcas and essence of "dead shark."

Episode 14: Star Wars (2) - The Myths Strike Back

Sep 5, 2015 · 43m

Star Wars provides further fodder when Jamie and Adam see whether high ground really is important in a duel, and whether it's possible to dive out of the way of laser blaster bullets (well, a Stormtroopers', anyway).

Season 13 FAQ

Quick answers about this season's release timeline and episode lineup.

When did MythBusters Season 13 premiere?

MythBusters Season 13 premiered on January 10, 2015.

How many episodes are in MythBusters Season 13?

MythBusters Season 13 has 14 episodes.

What is the first episode of MythBusters Season 13?

The season opens with Season 13 Episode 1, "The Simpsons: D'oh!". It aired on January 10, 2015.

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