MythBusters: Season 9
Season 9 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of MythBusters Season 8.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 9 Progress Shield
Mission Impossible Mask
Apr 6, 2011 · 60 min
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
Blue Ice
Apr 13, 2011
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 free
Running on Water
Apr 20, 2011
Adam and Jamie take on a viral video, while Kari, Grant, and Tory explore which common items can be bombproof.
Bubble Trouble
Apr 27, 2011
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.
Torpedo Tastic
May 4, 2011
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?
Blow Your Own Sail
May 11, 2011
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?
Spy Car (2)
May 18, 2011
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?
Dodge a Bullet
Jun 1, 2011
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.
Fixing a Flat
Jun 8, 2011
How do you fix a flat when you don't have a spare tire? Can a fast fish cause your reel to catch fire?
Planes, Trains, and Automobiles
Jun 15, 2011
The MythBusters count down -- and give you insight into -- their favorite transportation moments.
Let There be Light
Jun 22, 2011
Jamie and Adam take on The Mummy, while Kari, Grant and Tory try to stop an out-of-control car without another car.
Paper Armor
Jun 29, 2011
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.
Bikes and Bazookas
Sep 28, 2011
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 bul
Newton's Crane Cradle
Oct 5, 2011
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
Walk a Straight Line
Oct 12, 2011
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 fend
Duct Tape Plane
Oct 19, 2011 · 60 min
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 acrobatic
Flying Guillotine
Oct 26, 2011
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
Drain Disaster
Nov 2, 2011
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 bom
Wet and Wild
Nov 16, 2011
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 i
Wheel of Mythfortune
Nov 23, 2011
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
Toilet Bomb
Nov 30, 2011
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 we