The BEST episodes of MythBusters season 2009
Every episode of MythBusters season 2009, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of MythBusters season 2009!
So exactly how hard is it to find a needle in a haystack, anyway? And can water dripping on your forehead really drive you nuts? Those are the kinds of questions, myths and urban legends that are put to the test in this humorous series to find out which ones hold water (and keep it from dripping on your forehead and driving you insane).
#1 - Seesaw Saga
Season 2009 - Episode 7 - Aired 5/20/2009
On this high-flying episode of MythBusters, the whole team tackles one massive and improbable myth from the fan site: could a skydiver whose parachute failed to open hit a playground see-saw and send a small girl flying seven stories high?
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#2 - Myth Evolution 2
Season 2009 - Episode 18 - Aired 11/18/2009
On this episode of MythBusters, it's an evolution revolution as the team takes five fan favorites and focuses on a fascinating new facet for each.
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#3 - Demolition Derby Special
Season 2009 - Episode 1 - Aired 4/8/2009
2 Hour Season Premiere! Flipping a Bus (Based on the Movie "Speed") Fan Revisit!: The Car Pancaked Between 2 Trucks! Hollywood Crash Tests into a Fruit Cart! And Can a Car survive a 4,000 Foot Drop?
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#4 - Alaska Special 2
Season 2009 - Episode 2 - Aired 4/15/2009
The Team heads back to Alaska for more Alaskan Themed Myths!
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#5 - YouTube Special!
Season 2009 - Episode 4 - Aired 4/29/2009
Can you create a 7 foot tall LEGO "Ball" and roll it down a hill? And Other YouTube Made Myths!
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#6 - Duct Tape Hour
Season 2009 - Episode 13 - Aired 10/14/2009
Adam and Jamie see if it's possible to lift a car using nothing but duct tape, they then attempt to build a working sail-boat out of it. Meanwhile, Kari, Grant and Tori see if the tape can be used to build a working cannon.
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#7 - Mini Myth Mayhem
Season 2009 - Episode 23 - Aired 12/28/2009
Six fan-requested myths are put to the test. Can Adam and Jamie send a coconut with an engraved address through the mail and is it possible to light a match with a bullet? Four other myths will also be tested.
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#8 - Knock Your Socks Off
Season 2009 - Episode 12 - Aired 10/7/2009
If one bullet is fired and the other is dropped simultaneously from the same height, which will hit the ground first? Or will they hit at the same time, owing to gravity? Meanwhile, Kari, Grant and Tory test an old saying: can you really knock someone out of their socks? In true MYTHBUSTERS fashion, their tests involve Buster, a boxing ring, a nitrogen cannon, a battering ram and, of course, explosives.
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#9 - Dirty vs. Clean Car
Season 2009 - Episode 14 - Aired 10/21/2009
Adam and Jamie get down and dirty with the myth that a muddy motorcar gets better gas mileage than its clean cousin. Meanwhile Kari, Grant and Tory are hitting the sauce and comparing hangovers to test an age old adage about beer and liquor.
#10 - Antacid Jail Break
Season 2009 - Episode 20 - Aired 12/2/2009
The team tests two dangerous tales from the wrong side of the tracks. Can antacid tablets be used to blow a prison cell open? Can a person drive safely on a moonless night without using his headlights?
#11 - Swimming in Syrup
Season 2009 - Episode 5 - Aired 5/6/2009
MacGyver's Magic Bullets Can you shoot two targets with one shot by splitting a bullet on an axe blade?
#12 - Prison Escape
Season 2009 - Episode 9 - Aired 6/3/2009
Adam and Jamie see if it's possible to cling to the roof of a speeding and swerving car like it's done in action movies. Kari, Tory and Grant try to break out of jail by cutting their way through steel cell bars -- using only dental floss. Did an 18th century prisoner once put his ball and chain -- shackled to his ankle -- in the prison cannon and fire himself over the prison wall to freedom. Is it possible?
#13 - Thermite vs. Ice
Season 2009 - Episode 8 - Aired 5/27/2009
So if you poured thermite onto ice, would the ice would melt in an instant? Can car stereo vibrations be so loud that nearby guns will start shooting off randomly?
#14 - Banana Slip, Double Dip
Season 2009 - Episode 3 - Aired 4/22/2009
Don't even think about Double Dipping that Chip! A Real Bannana Peel Slip n Slide? Make your own Diamonds out of Food? and other food based myths. The Biggest Boom in Show History? You be the judge!
#15 - Dumpster Diving
Season 2009 - Episode 19 - Aired 11/25/2009
The team plumbs the depths and hits great heights with a double diving extravaganza.
#16 - Exploding Bumper
Season 2009 - Episode 6 - Aired 5/13/2009
On this high-velocity episode of Mythbusters, we test two highly contentious legends that span 500 years of locomotion- from the reliable horse to the sometimes-unreliable motorcar.
#17 - Greased Lightning
Season 2009 - Episode 15 - Aired 10/28/2009
Adam and Jamie stroll into hell's kitchen to investigate a pair of frightening potential kitchen catastrophes. Meanwhile, Kari, Grant and Tory find out whether microwaving C4 will make it explode - plus a well-aged myth which maybe right on the nose: using cheese as cannon ammo.
#18 - Crash and Burn
Season 2009 - Episode 17 - Aired 11/11/2009
Adam and Jamie test whether an out-of-control car really crashes and burns every time; Kari, Tory and Grant test a story about the world's first rocketeer.
#19 - Unarmed and Unharmed
Season 2009 - Episode 21 - Aired 12/9/2009
On this episode of MythBusters Adam and Jamie return to the Old Wild West for a quick draw gun-slinging story, while Grant, Tory and Jessi hop on board the Mythbus for another manic myth from the movie Speed. Hang onto your ten-gallon hats!
#20 - Hidden Nasties
Season 2009 - Episode 22 - Aired 12/16/2009
Jamie and Adam take on rat-pee contaminated cans as well as everyday items dirtier than your toilet, while Tory, Grant and Jessi take on the Cannonball Run.
#21 - Curving Bullets
Season 2009 - Episode 10 - Aired 6/10/2009
Adam and Jamie get the Blue Angels to find out if a sonic shock wave can shatter glass. Tory, Grant and Kari take on this season's most requested myth: Can you really bend bullets around obstacles with a side arm flick, as it was done in the movie 'Wanted?'
#22 - Car vs. Rain
Season 2009 - Episode 11 - Aired 6/17/2009
Can flooring it in a rainstorm keep your convertible dry? Can popcorn be cooked by an explosion, and does its popping have enough force to destroy a building?
#23 - Hurricane Windows
Season 2009 - Episode 16 - Aired 11/4/2009
On this cold and blustery episode, Adam and Jamie bet the house on a highly contentious hurricane survival tale in "Hurricane Windows" open or closed? Meanwhile, Kari, Grant, and Tory tackle two frigid fables involving liquid nitrogen.