MythBusters Season 3 Episodes

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Season 3 Episode Guide

Episode 1 - Series 3 Episode 1 Confederate Rocket

Adam, Jamie and the build team join forces to find out could the Confederate army really have built the world's first long range missile?

Episode 2 - Series 3 Episode 2 Compact Compact

The MythBusters test the myth about a car that was crushed between two trucks and fused together upon impact and, Kari hosts some urban legends about vodka.

Episode 3 - Series 3 Episode 3 Steel Cap Amputation

Could steel toecap boots cut your toes off? And, the build team turn its attention to a widely seen stunt from a Japanese television game show.
Episode 4 - Series 3 Episode 4 Sea Sickness - Kill or Cure?

The MythBusters team focus their efforts on non-pharmaceutical treatments for seasickness and, Adam and Jamie hit the road for a fuel efficiency special.
Episode 5 - Series 3 Episode 5 Paper Crossbow

Adam and Jamie set their sights on the myth that a prisoner in a supermax facility made a crossbow out of only newspaper, home made glue, a plastic dinner tray and some elastic from prison underwear.

Episode 6 - Series 3 Episode 6 Shredded Plane

It's planes, trains and propeller mobiles... Adam and Jamie tackle the mystery of the shredded plane.
Episode 7 - Series 3 Episode 7 Helium Football

Adam and Jamie test out a myth that footballs filled with helium will fly further and hang longer than ones filled with regulation air.

Episode 8 - Series 3 Episode 8 Franklin's Kite

Did Ben Franklin really fly a kite tied to a key in a storm and discover electricity? Plus, Adam and Jamie test some scientific facts about flatulance.
Episode 9 - Series 3 Episode 9 Helium Raft

Adam and Jamie set out to see if you can fly a normal raft filled with helium and, do cell phones cause airplanes to crash?
Episode 10 - Series 3 Episode 10 Bullets Fired Up

Adam and Jamie set their sights on the myth that celebratory gunfire can kill when the bullets fall back to earth and, the team take on some more vodka myths.
Episode 11 - Series 3 Episode 11 Myths Revisited

The team returns to some of the most controversial myths - the myths that generated a truck load of angry fan mail - and puts them back under the microscope.

Episode 12 - Series 3 Episode 12 Painting with Explosives

Adam and Jamie do a little painting and detonating when they attempt to blow wide open a home improvement myth and, can you manipulate someone's mind remotely?

Episode 13 - Series 3 Episode 13 Exploding Trousers

The MythBusters call in the help of the FBI as they investigate an explosive trouser tall tale and, Adam and Jamie then try to save viewers some hard-earned cash in The Great Gas Conspiracy.
Episode 14 - Series 3 Episode 14 Archimedes Steam Canon

Adam and Jamie attempt to bust another Archimedes myth and, which is better for you: breakfast cereal or the box?
Episode 15 - Series 3 Episode 15 Whirlpool of Death

Are there whirlpools powerful enough to swallow entire ships? And, Tory, Kari and Grant attempt to bust the myth that a snowplough travelling on a highway blew an oncoming car off the road.

Episode 16 - Series 3 Episode 16 Investigate the Great Hollywood Heists

The MythBusters put classic crime movie myths to the test to seperate Hollywood heist fact from fiction.
Episode 17 - Series 3 Episode 17 Crimes and Mythdemeanors

The MythBusters go up against the latest real-world home alarm solutions to see whether they can live up to their claims.

Episode 18 - Series 3 Episode 18 Shattering Sub - Woofer

Adam and Jamie delve into a world of massive sound systems, amplifiers and sub woofers to find out if a sound system can destroy the car and, the build team hit the rough road to take on a tall tale from down under.
Episode 19 - Series 3 Episode 19 Straw through a Palm Tree

Can the wind of a tropical hurricane get so strong it can blow a piece of straw through a palm tree trunk? And, Grant, Tory and Kari embrace their sadistic sides and turn the workshop into a horticultural house of horrors.

Episode 20 - Series 3 Episode 20 Tesla's Earthquake Machine

Adam and Jamie take on one of the greatest inventors and creator of myths of all time. And, the MythBusters delve into a story of a guy who placed a lava lamp on a stove, which led to an explosion and glass shrapnel.

Episode 21 - Series 3 Episode 21 Mentos + Soda

Adam and Jamie are trying to figure out the theory behind the chaos when diet cola and mentos mix. And, can posting a postage stamp on the rotor blades send a helicopter into a tailspin?
Episode 22 - Series 3 Episode 22 Killer Cable Slice

If a cable is at high tension and snaps, can it slice a person clean in two? And, can ancient pottery contain sounds from the past that can be played back and listened to today, just like a record?
Episode 23 - Series 3 Episode 23 Train Suction

Kari, Grant and Tori go to amazing lengths to find out just how dangerous it is to stand too close to the edge of a train platform. And, Adam and Jamie test an old engineering challenge.

Episode 24 - Series 3 Episode 24 Air Cylinder of Death

Can a cracked valve on a compressed-air cylinder actually blast the tank right through a cinder-block wall? And, is it possible to fuel an engine with black powder?
Episode 25 - Series 3 Episode 25 Myths Revisited

Myths Revisited offers Jamie and Adam the chance to clear their name! Returning to the most controversial myths, they repeat them to see if their original answer was genuine or bogus.

Episode 26 - Series 3 Episode 26 Disposable Lighter Explosion

Can a small, disposable lighter suddenly ignite with the force of several sticks of dynamite? And, the MythBusters put on their boots, chaps and cowboy hats to try and shoot down some popular 'Gunslinger' myths.

Episode 27 - Series 3 Episode 27 Christmas Tree Lights

Adam and Jamie investigate; can Christmas lights cause a Christmas tree fire? Meanwhile, Kari, Grant and Tori investigate a frontier technology that if confirmed would take-off in a big way.

Episode 28 - Series 3 Episode 28 Firearms Folklore

The MythBusters investigate three pressing gun myths and, Kari, Grant and Tori go to great lengths to see whether mankind's first and simplest tool could be far more dangerous than you think.
Episode 29 - Series 3 Episode 29 22,000 Foot Fall

22,000 Feet Fall explores the incredible and seemingly impossible myth of a WWII, turret gunner falling 22,000 feet only to be saved by the explosion of a thousand pound bomb beneath him!
Episode 30 - Series 3 Episode 30 Archimedes Death Ray Revisited

With an inbox overloaded with accusations from fans, the team decided they'd had enough. So they set a challenge to their viewers - if you think you can do better, prove it! (Final)


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