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Season 3

24 episodes · 2005

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

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    Brown Note

    Feb 16, 200550 min★ 7.4

    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?

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    Salsa Escape

    Feb 23, 200550 min★ 7.6

    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?

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    Exploding Port-a-Potty

    Mar 2, 200550 min★ 7.1

    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?

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    Is Yawning Contagious?

    Mar 9, 200550 min★ 7.3

    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?

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    Cooling a Six-Pack

    Mar 23, 200549 min★ 7.3

    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.

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    Son of a Gun

    Mar 30, 200550 min★ 7.6

    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 during a thunderstorm?

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    Breaking Glass

    May 18, 200550 min★ 7.3

    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?

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    Jet Pack

    Jun 9, 200544 min★ 7.3

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

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    Killer Brace Position

    Jun 22, 200550 min★ 7.7

    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.

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    Bullet Proof Water

    Jul 13, 200560 min★ 7.5

    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?

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    Jaws Special

    Jul 17, 200549 min★ 7.5

    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?

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    Border Slingshot

    Jul 27, 200560 min★ 7.3

    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?

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    Killer Tissue Box

    Aug 3, 200550 min★ 7.5

    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?

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    Escape Slide Parachute

    Aug 10, 200550 min★ 7.7

    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?

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    MythBusters Revisited

    Oct 12, 200550 min★ 7.4

    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!

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    Chinese Invasion Alarm

    Oct 19, 200549 min★ 7.2

    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?

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    Confederate Rocket

    Oct 26, 200560 min★ 7.1

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

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    Vodka Myths

    Nov 2, 200592 min★ 8.0

    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.

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    Steel Toe-Cap Amputation

    Nov 9, 200560 min★ 7.2

    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?

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    Seasickness - Kill or Cure

    Nov 16, 200550 min★ 7.2

    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?

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    Confederate Rocket

    50 min★ 7.5

  22. 22

    Vodka Myths

    50 min★ 7.3

  23. 25

    Steel Toe Amputation

    50 min★ 7.2

  24. 26

    Seasickness: Kill or Cure

    50 min★ 7.3