MythBusters: TV

Season 3 2005
TV-PG

  • 2005-02-03T02:00:00Z on SBS
  • 43m
  • 22 hours, 23 mins (26 episodes)
  • United States
  • English
  • Documentary
This is the aired-on-TV order, split by years, specials included in the seasons (also used by TVDB).

26 episodes

2005-02-03T02:00:00Z

Special 4 Buster Special

Buster is rebuilt after sustaining a year's worth of abuse.

2005-02-10T02:00:00Z

Special 5 Ultimate MythBusters

Jamie and Adam have a contest to prove who is the Ultimate MythBuster.

2005-02-17T02:00:00Z

3x01 Brown Note

3 (3x01) Brown Note

  • 2005-02-17T02:00:00Z50m

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?

2005-02-24T02:00:00Z

3x02 Salsa Escape

4 (3x02) Salsa Escape

  • 2005-02-24T02:00:00Z50m

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?

2005-03-03T02:00:00Z

3x03 Exploding Port-a-Potty

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?

2005-03-10T02:00:00Z

3x04 Is Yawning Contagious?

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?

2005-03-17T02:00:00Z

Special 6 MythBusters Outtakes

This episode showed outtakes from the series.

2005-03-24T02:00:00Z

3x05 Cooling a Six-Pack

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.

2005-04-07T01:00:00Z

Special 7 Shop 'til You Drop

The MythBusters' showed their favorite places to shop.

2005-03-31T02:00:00Z

3x06 Son of a Gun

10 (3x06) Son of a Gun

  • 2005-03-31T02:00:00Z50m

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?

2005-04-28T01:00:00Z

Special 8 MythBusters Revealed

This was a behind the scenes insight of MythBusters, featuring interviews, as well as exploring personal issues between the hosts.

2005-05-12T01:00:00Z

Special 9 Hollywood on Trial

Will bullets spark when ricocheting off other objects?

Did the aluminium paint used on Buddy Ebsen, the actor originally slated to play the Tin Man in the 1939 movie version of The Wizard of Oz cause an adverse reaction that hospitalized him?

Is it possible for a medium-to-large build man to break through a wooden door frame on his own power?

Is it possible to be thrown through a glass window and walk away without a scratch?

Is it possible to ignite a pool of gasoline using only a cigarette?

Note: This was a special episode. It was the first appearance of Grant Imahara.

2005-05-19T01:00:00Z

3x07 Breaking Glass

13 (3x07) Breaking Glass

  • 2005-05-19T01:00:00Z49m

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?

2005-06-10T01:00:00Z

3x08 Jet Pack

14 (3x08) Jet Pack

  • 2005-06-10T01:00:00Z50m

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

2005-06-23T01:00:00Z

3x09 Killer Brace Position

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.

2005-07-14T01:00:00Z

3x10 Bullet Proof Water

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?

2005-07-18T01:00:00Z

3x11 Jaws Special

17 (3x11) Jaws Special

  • 2005-07-18T01:00:00Z1h 32m

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?

2005-07-28T01:00:00Z

3x12 Border Slingshot

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?

2005-08-04T01:00:00Z

3x13 Killer Tissue Box

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?

2005-08-11T01:00:00Z

3x14 Escape Slide Parachute

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?

2005-10-13T01:00:00Z

3x15 MythBusters Revisited

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!

2005-10-20T01:00:00Z

3x16 Chinese Invasion Alarm

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?

2005-10-27T01:00:00Z

3x17 Confederate Rocket

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

2005-11-03T02:00:00Z

3x18 Vodka Myths

24 (3x18) Vodka Myths

  • 2005-11-03T02:00:00Z50m

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.

2005-11-10T02:00:00Z

3x19 Steel Toe-Cap Amputation

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?

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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