MythBusters

10 Best Episodes of MythBusters - Season 2005

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.

Written by Sophie and last updated on jan 30, 2023.

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MythBusters - S2005E2

#15 - Ultimate MythBusters (Season 2005 - Episode 2)

Adam and Jamie go head-to-head in a series of challenges to see who has the guts and "gusto" to be the Ultimate Mythbuster! Test 1: Engineering; create a device to launch a tortilla as far as possible without destroying it. Test 2: Estimation; estimate the weight of 3 different objects looking at them and then taking them with their hands. Test 3: Fear; they have to hold creepy creatures without getting scared. Test 4: Creative Thinking. They have to build the classic "Egg Drop Device" to protect the egg from the fall. Test 5: Pain. They'll have to stand the pain caused by paint balls. Test 6: Memory. They have to test each other with a 6-question quiz about the myths they've tested.

The episode was rated 7.79 from 86 votes.

MythBusters - S2005E15

#14 - Killer Brace Position (Season 2005 - Episode 15)

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Adam and Kari go to a local raceway and drive a skills course, while being distracted on the cell phone, and then after knocking back some beers, to find out which is more dangerous. And, in their own homemade mock airplane they test "the brace position."

The episode was rated 7.80 from 66 votes.

MythBusters - S2005E8

#13 - Cooling a Six-Pack (Season 2005 - Episode 8)

The mystery is finally over! Watch as 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. The result is baptism by destruction for Buster 2.0, and a high-speed, high-impact crash the likes of which ... well, see for yourself. And finally, they may not have had iPods or remote controls to use them in, but did ancient peoples have batteries? Learn whether a crude form was invented more than 2,000 years ago.

The episode was rated 7.86 from 92 votes.

MythBusters - S2005E6

#12 - Is Yawning Contagious? (Season 2005 - Episode 6)

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Using a specially fabricated chamber complete with two-way mirror and a hidden camera, Kari, Scottie and Tory set out to see whether a yawn, like a cold, truly can be caught. Next on the docket: Does toast really fall buttered-side down? Jamie and Adam are on the case, each building a rig to simulate toast being dropped from the dining room table. Finally, the whole team tests the myth that a toy car can beat a real car (in this case, a Dodge Viper) in a gravity slope race.

The episode was rated 7.86 from 87 votes.

MythBusters - S2005E22

#11 - Chinese Invasion Alarm (Season 2005 - Episode 22)

Join the MythBusters as they head to a California mine to test an ancient Chinese military myth – a subterranean sonar system that could allegedly detect and intercept an invasion from below. Then, armed with an incubator, agar plates and boundless enthusiasm, the guys aim to cook up the truth about a popular food fable. If food has been on the floor for less than five seconds, is it still safe to eat?

The episode was rated 7.89 from 66 votes.

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#10 - Steel Toe Amputation (Season 2005 - Episode 25)

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In Steel Toe Amputation, Adam and Jamie test steel toe boots ability to protect from heavy objects. In Bottle Blast Off, the Build team fills soda bottle and watch it lift off, testing Newton's third law.

The episode was rated 7.90 from 69 votes.

MythBusters - S2005E18

#9 - Border Slingshot (Season 2005 - Episode 18)

Can you fling someone over the border (200 yards) using a slingshot safely to a mattress? Can the Mythbusters break a US-Mexico Border Myth

The episode was rated 7.91 from 69 votes.

MythBusters - S2005E13

#8 - Breaking Glass (Season 2005 - Episode 13)

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Can an singer really break glass just by using their voice? Can you make a jet engine out of vacuum cleaner parts? Is it true that a rolling stone gathers no moss?

The episode was rated 7.94 from 71 votes.

MythBusters - S2005E14

#7 - Jet Pack (Season 2005 - Episode 14)

With $10,000, can they build a hover craft? The team finds all of the possibilities of a hover craft or really a Jet Pack. Did pyramid shape help preserve mummies and current day pyramids preserve food items? In this myth the team make a metal bronze pyramid and puts an apple and a glass of milk under the pyramid. They leave the apple and the milk under the pyramid for 3 months.

The episode was rated 7.99 from 74 votes.

MythBusters - S2005E4

#6 - Salsa Escape (Season 2005 - Episode 4)

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Adam and Jamie go head to head in a madcap Mexican jailbreak as they taste-test the theory of the Salsa Escape. And take one cement truck, add 850 pounds of dynamite, and what's left? Absolutely nothing, apparently. Adam and Jamie join forces with the FBI to find out if you can remove cement build-up from a mixer's barrel using dynamite.

The episode was rated 8.02 from 85 votes.

MythBusters - S2005E20

#5 - Escape Slide Parachute (Season 2005 - Episode 20)

Join the MythBusters as they test three tall tales of high flying and free falling. The first pits them against Hollywood logic with Buster doing his best Indiana Jones impression, the second tests the explosive properties and decapitation potential of hair cream, and the third addresses surviving a fall from 33,000 feet without a parachute. So, basically, it's business as usual at the "Mythbusters Flying Circus"!

The episode was rated 8.06 from 69 votes.

MythBusters - S2005E7

#4 - MythBusters Outtakes (Season 2005 - Episode 7)

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Outtakes from the series so far.

The episode was rated 8.06 from 80 votes.

MythBusters - S2005E23

#3 - Confederate Rocket (Season 2005 - Episode 23)

The American Civil War was fought with polished bayonets, unreliable muskets and bulky cannons. But was that all? Not according to the Mythbusters: Adam, Jamie and the build team join forces to find out if the Confederate Army had a secret deadly weapon.

The episode was rated 8.08 from 62 votes.

MythBusters - S2005E17

#2 - MythBusters Jaws Special (Season 2005 - Episode 17)

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Mythbusters are going to put the bite on some fascinating shark myths. Find out if real sharks are capable of performing the way the great white shark in the movie "JAWS" did, and uncover the strength and stamina of these off-screen giants. Including do sharks lose interest in attacking if punched on the nose or jabbed in the eyes and gills? Adam and Jamie put it to the test. Jamie goes overboard to tussle with some fearsome fish. And a scuba tank experiment so dangerous, the FBI are brought in!

The episode was rated 8.11 from 57 votes.

MythBusters - S2005E11

#1 - MythBusters: Revealed (Season 2005 - Episode 11)

Experience the funny moments, adventure and misadventures, mistakes and mis-experimentations of Adam and Jamie as they test the truth of myths.

The episode was rated 8.14 from 71 votes.

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