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MythBusters

Season 9 2011
TV-PG

  • 2011-04-07T01:00:00Z on SBS
  • 43m
  • 17h 25m (21 episodes)
  • United States
  • English
  • Documentary
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.

21 episodes

Season Premiere

2011-04-07T01:00:00Z

9x01 Mission Impossible Mask

Season Premiere

9x01 Mission Impossible Mask

  • 2011-04-07T01:00:00Z1h

Can realistic facial masks be used to bypass security measures as shown in the Mission: Impossible? Is it possible to start a merry-go-round spinning by shooting bullets at it, as depicted in Shoot 'Em Up? Is it possible to knock a dropped gun out of reach by hitting it with bullets fired from another one?

2011-04-14T01:00:00Z

9x02 Blue Ice

9x02 Blue Ice

  • 2011-04-14T01:00:00Z40m

Can a magazine and toaster be used to blow up a room full of flammable gas, as depicted in The Bourne Supremacy? Can the contents of an airplane toilet leak out mid-flight and freeze into a lethal projectile?

2011-04-21T01:00:00Z

9x03 Running on Water

9x03 Running on Water

  • 2011-04-21T01:00:00Z44m

Adam and Jamie take on a viral video, while Kari, Grant, and Tory explore which common items can be bombproof.

2011-04-28T01:00:00Z

9x04 Bubble Trouble

9x04 Bubble Trouble

  • 2011-04-28T01:00:00Z44m

The MythBusters see whether it's possible to stay afloat in bubbly water, and whether an arrow packed with explosives can split a tree in two.

2011-05-05T01:00:00Z

9x05 Torpedo Tastic

9x05 Torpedo Tastic

  • 2011-05-05T01:00:00Z44m

Did the world's first torpedo really strike a boat with a deadly payload at 800 feet? Can corks in wine bottles be turned into projectiles if exposed to enough pressure?

2011-05-12T01:00:00Z

9x06 Blow Your Own Sail

9x06 Blow Your Own Sail

  • 2011-05-12T01:00:00Z44m

Adam and Jamie put Hollywood sound effects up against reality, and Kari, Grant and Tory find out if you are adrift on a sailboat with no wind, can you propel your boat with a fan?

2011-05-19T01:00:00Z

9x07 Spy Car (2)

9x07 Spy Car (2)

  • 2011-05-19T01:00:00Z44m

Can you really shoot accurately with guns mounted on the hood of a car? Will a bullet just spin if shot at a frozen lake?

2011-06-02T01:00:00Z

9x08 Dodge a Bullet

9x08 Dodge a Bullet

  • 2011-06-02T01:00:00Z44m

Adam and Jamie test if you can jump out of the way of a bullet, while Kari, Grant and Tory find out if hitting the water is just like hitting pavement after a fall.

2011-06-09T01:00:00Z

9x09 Fixing a Flat

9x09 Fixing a Flat

  • 2011-06-09T01:00:00Z44m

How do you fix a flat when you don't have a spare tire? Can a fast fish cause your reel to catch fire?

The MythBusters count down -- and give you insight into -- their favorite transportation moments.

2011-06-23T01:00:00Z

9x11 Let There be Light

9x11 Let There be Light

  • 2011-06-23T01:00:00Z1h

Jamie and Adam take on The Mummy, while Kari, Grant and Tory try to stop an out-of-control car without another car.

2011-06-30T01:00:00Z

9x12 Paper Armor

9x12 Paper Armor

  • 2011-06-30T01:00:00Z43m

Adam and Jamie explore the physics of shock waves in water, while Kari, Grant and Tory find out if paper battle armor can compare to steel.

2011-09-29T01:00:00Z

9x13 Bikes and Bazookas

9x13 Bikes and Bazookas

  • 2011-09-29T01:00:00Z1h

Adam and Jamie test the myth that a motorcycle is a greener and cleaner machine than a car, while Kari, Tory, and Grant unleash the first RPG in MythBusters history to see if a bullet could take out a bazooka.

2011-10-06T01:00:00Z

9x14 Newton's Crane Cradle

Jamie and Adam test a viral video that supersizes Newton's cradle using wrecking balls, while Kari, Grant, and Tory tackle whether a bird landing on your hood is enough to tip your car off a cliff.

2011-10-13T01:00:00Z

9x15 Walk a Straight Line

9x15 Walk a Straight Line

  • 2011-10-13T01:00:00Z44m

Is it impossible for humans (without a point of reference) to walk in a straight line, such as when they're blindfolded? Will binary explosives, well, explode in the case of a fender bender? The MythBusters are on the case.

2011-10-20T01:00:00Z

9x16 Duct Tape Plane

9x16 Duct Tape Plane

  • 2011-10-20T01:00:00Z1h

Adam and Jamie test three viral videos featuring the extraordinary excavator: Can it really row a barge? Be used to go wakeboarding? Perform seemingly impossible feats of acrobatics? Then -- using only duct tape -- Kari, Grant, and Tory attempt to patch up a plane that's had an unfortunate encounter with a bear.

2011-10-27T01:00:00Z

9x17 Flying Guillotine

9x17 Flying Guillotine

  • 2011-10-27T01:00:00Z1h

Jamie and Adam explore whether it's safe to use the explosive C4 as a cooking fuel as long as you don't drop anything on it, while Kari, Grant, and Tory put a Chinese martial-arts myth to the test.

2011-11-03T01:00:00Z

9x18 Drain Disaster

9x18 Drain Disaster

  • 2011-11-03T01:00:00Z1h

Find out whether a sewer drain full of combustible gas, when ignited, will turn an innocent manhole cover into a missile, and whether truck bedliners are truly bite, crash, and bomb proof.

2011-11-17T02:00:00Z

9x19 Wet and Wild

9x19 Wet and Wild

  • 2011-11-17T02:00:00Z43m

When it comes to H2O, the MythBusters are never shy about putting their bodies on the line, riding the world's biggest waterslide, deep-sea diving in a suit of armor and swimming in syrup. Go behind the scenes of the 12 wettest myths of all time.

2011-11-24T02:00:00Z

9x20 Wheel of Mythfortune

By spinning the Wheel of Mythfortune, the MythBusters find themselves taking on five random viewer-suggested myths with titles like the "Monty Hall Paradox," "Lumber Car," "Firearm Fashion," "Hit the Deck" and "Flaming Tire." Keep those ideas coming!

Season Finale

2011-12-01T02:00:00Z

9x21 Toilet Bomb

Season Finale

9x21 Toilet Bomb

  • 2011-12-01T02:00:00Z43m

Adam and Jamie tackle a blockbuster bathroom bomb (from Lethal Weapon), while Kari, Tory, and Grant take to the skies to find out if flying in V-formation works for airplanes as well as it does for birds.

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