MythBusters Season 4

Paper Crossbow
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4x01 Paper Crossbow aired Jan 11, 2006

Adam and Jamie unleash a deadly myth from a supermax prison, attempting to make a deadly weapon out of newspaper and underwear. Grant, Kari and Tory unscrew ... read more

Shredded Plane
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4x02 Shredded Plane aired Jan 18, 2006

In Shredded plane, Adam and Jamie investigate the cause of a shredded airplane. The other members put their survival skills to the test in Firestarter.

Archimedes Death Ray Revisited
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4x03 Archimedes Death Ray Revisited aired Jan 25, 2006

Adam and Jamie accepted the challenge from fans mailbags to retest the Archimedes death ray. In turn, fans and MIT team were invited to perform this challlen... read more

Helium Football
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4x04 Helium Football aired Feb 01, 2006

This time around, Adam and Jamie test out a myth that footballs filled with helium will fly further and hang longer than ones filled with regulation air. Bas... read more

Franklin's Kite
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4x05 Franklin's Kite aired Mar 08, 2006

Not exactly a Myth, but an interesting experiment, The Team Goes to replicate Ben Franklin's Lightning Storm Kite, which during the process causes injury to ... read more

Cell Phones on Planes
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4x06 Cell Phones on Planes aired Mar 15, 2006

So, supposedly, if you fill a normal raft with helium, you can fly. Let's see if the guys can get their boat into the air - get ready for the biggest Mythbus... read more

Bullets Fired Up
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4x07 Bullets Fired Up aired Apr 19, 2006

Adam and Jamie test the myth that firing in the air can cause the death of someone if they are impacted by the bullet when it returns to earth. Also Kari, To... read more

Myths Reopened
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4x08 Myths Reopened aired Apr 26, 2006

A look back at myths that generated a truck load of angry fan mail. In Split Arrow, the 3 Mythkateers take another aim at Robin Hood's arrow. The Con... read more

Mind Control
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4x09 Mind Control aired May 03, 2006

Adam and Jamie attempt to blow open a home improvement myth with dynamite. The 3 MythBuilders tackle mind control by manipulating someone's mind remotely.

Exploding Pants
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4x10 Exploding Pants aired May 10, 2006

The three Mythkateers investigate a fashion disaster when farmers’ trousers suddenly explode. In Great Gas Conspiracy, Adam and Jamie investigate whether the... read more

Crimes and Myth-demeanors
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4x11 Crimes and Myth-demeanors aired Jul 12, 2006

Adam and Jamie once again put movie myths to the test. Are Hollywood heists complete hocus pocus or can you really crack the tightest security systems in the... read more

Steam Cannon
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4x12 Steam Cannon aired Jul 19, 2006

Archimedes is on Mythbusters again! This time it's his Steam Cannon and the results are amazing as Adam and Jamie build the mother of all cannons. While in B... read more

Killer Whirlpool
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4x13 Killer Whirlpool aired Jul 26, 2006

Adam and Jamie test the famous myth of: Can whirlpools kill? Tory, Kari and Grant get snowed in under a snow plow.

Diet Coke and Mentos
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4x14 Diet Coke and Mentos aired Aug 09, 2006

Inspired by an internet story, The Mythbusters take on the controversy surrounding these fizzy fountains. Then they try and find new household-product trick... read more

Shattering Subwoofer
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4x15 Shattering Subwoofer aired Aug 16, 2006

The guys find out if the bass from a car stereo can destroy an automobile. They rip out the interior of a car, build a giant subwoofer to fill it, and then p... read more

Crimes and Myth-demeanors 2
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4x16 Crimes and Myth-demeanors 2 aired Aug 23, 2006

Part 2 of 2: More Crimes in the movies put to the test: Heat Sensing and Motion Sensors and Safe Exploding with water.

Earthquake Machine
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4x17 Earthquake Machine aired Aug 30, 2006

Adam and Jamie take on one of the greatest scientist/inventor and myth creator legends of all time, Nikolai Tesla and his Earthquake Machine. Tory and Kari i... read more

Deadly Straw
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4x18 Deadly Straw aired Sep 06, 2006

Can a straw go through a palm tree? Can a hurricane really take the feathers off a chicken? and Plant Polygraphing

Mega Movie Myths
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4x19 Mega Movie Myths aired Sep 13, 2006

Adam, Jamie, Buster, and the Build Team are watching movie Myths they have done in the past, and decide to dedicate a whole episode to them.

Killer Cable Snaps
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4x20 Killer Cable Snaps aired Oct 11, 2006

Can a high tension cable slice a person in two when it snaps? Also, Tory and Kari explore the myth of 'archaeo-acoustics' in which ancient pottery contains ... read more

Air Cylinder Rocket
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4x21 Air Cylinder Rocket aired Oct 18, 2006

Put simply, this episode is vintage, explosive MythBusters. Adam and Jamie have unfinished business from their Shark Week special, where they shot and then e... read more

More Myths Revisited
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4x22 More Myths Revisited aired Oct 25, 2006

Returning to the most controversial myths. More past experiments to see if their original answer was genuine or bogus. So Stop Writing Us!

Exploding Lighter
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4x23 Exploding Lighter aired Nov 01, 2006

Can a small, disposable butane lighter suddenly ignite with the force of several sticks of dynamite? The Gang tries to light a lighter on fire by hitting it ... read more

Concrete Glider
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4x24 Concrete Glider aired Nov 08, 2006

In "Concrete Glider," Adam and Jamie test the old engineering challenge that like a lead balloon, you can't make a concrete glider fly. There's nothing like ... read more

Firearms Folklore
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4x25 Firearms Folklore aired Nov 29, 2006

Just when you think Adam and Jamie have tested every gun legend in history, they come up with three more myths. In an urban shootout, could a criminal's bull... read more

Anti-Gravity Device
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4x26 Anti-Gravity Device aired Dec 06, 2006

Christmas comes once a year but not on MythBusters! Is it really true that leaving some Christmas lights on your tree overnight could cause it to heat up so ... read more

Holiday Special
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4x27 Holiday Special aired Dec 06, 2006

Holiday Themed Myths. Can the Mythbusters really make a 35-piece Goldberg machine work, or will they just get frustrated and call it quits? What will keep yo... read more

22,000 Foot Fall
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4x28 22,000 Foot Fall aired Dec 13, 2006

Adam and Jamie explore the improbable survival of a WWII gunner with some of the biggest explosions in the show's history! Can someone fall 22,000 feet and b... read more

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