The BEST episodes of Penn & Teller: Fool Us

Every episode of Penn & Teller: Fool Us ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Penn & Teller: Fool Us!

Penn and Teller challenge magicians to perform in front of them and, if they can fool the famous duo, they'll win a 5-star trip to Las Vegas to perform as the opening act in Penn & Teller's world-famous show at the Rio Hotel & Casino.

Last Updated: 9/25/2023Network: The CWStatus: Continuing
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Water Tanks for the Memories
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8.52
329 votes

#1 - Water Tanks for the Memories

Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 8/28/2011

Magicians Lee Hathaway, Jack Taperell, Laura London, and Paul & Martin Daniels try to fool the veteran duo with their tricks. To close the show, Penn & Teller perform the world's first underwater card trick - with a shocking twist.

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Penn Gets Nailed
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8.08
472 votes

#2 - Penn Gets Nailed

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 7/16/2011

French illusionists Cubic Act, who use a magical box on stage, card expert Michael Vincent, Victorian magicians Morgan & West and award-winning performer Nick Einhorn try to outwit the double act with mind-boggling tricks, in the hope of landing a gig with them in Las Vegas. The duo also perform a trick involving a nailgun.

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Now THAT'S Bunny!
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8.01
240 votes

#3 - Now THAT'S Bunny!

Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 8/10/2015

Magicians Jay Sankey, Greg Wilson, Trigg Watson, and Jen Kramer try to fool the veteran duo with their tricks.

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A Bellyful of Needles
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8.01
352 votes

#4 - A Bellyful of Needles

Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 7/30/2011

This week, the reigning world card trick champion, Shawn Farquhar, does the impossible right under Penn's nose. Plus Cuba's greatest magician - Manuel Martinez, who now lives in Margate - takes to the stage, and one act performs the most stunning climax to a trick ever seen on TV. Also staring Etienne Pradier and Chris Dugdale.

Solid Goldfish
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7.98
467 votes

#5 - Solid Goldfish

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 7/2/2011

Magicians Piff the Magic Dragon, Soma, Alan Hudson, and Damien O'Brien try to fool the veteran duo with their tricks.

Penn & Teller Keep You in Suspense
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7.96
131 votes

#6 - Penn & Teller Keep You in Suspense

Season 5 - Episode 10 - Aired 8/27/2018

Magicians Simon Pierro, Nicholas Wallace, Darcy Oake, and Alex Geiser try to fool the veteran duo with their tricks.

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Mission Impossi-Ball
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7.93
242 votes

#7 - Mission Impossi-Ball

Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 8/3/2015

Magicians Bill Cook, Wes Barker, Matt Holtzclaw, and David Regal try to fool the veteran duo with their tricks.

Knife of the Party
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7.93
257 votes

#8 - Knife of the Party

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 7/27/2015

Magicians Austin Janik, Amazing Allison, Mac King, and Norman Ng try to fool the veteran duo with their tricks.

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Stab a Card, Any Card...
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7.92
483 votes

#9 - Stab a Card, Any Card...

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 6/25/2011

Magicians Young & Strange, Mark Shortland, Mathieu Bich, and Daniel Madison try to fool the veteran duo with their tricks.

Hanging Out with Penn & Teller
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7.92
164 votes

#10 - Hanging Out with Penn & Teller

Season 4 - Episode 13 - Aired 11/30/2017

Magicians Patrik Kuffs, Lamanske, Adam Wilber, and Hector try to fool the veteran duo with their tricks.

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Penn's Favorite Card Trick
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7.91
223 votes

#11 - Penn's Favorite Card Trick

Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 8/17/2015

Magicians Kostya Kimlat, Frederick Falk, Chris Funk, and Nate Dendy try to fool the veteran duo with their tricks.

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Penn & Teller vs Inventors
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7.90
132 votes

#12 - Penn & Teller vs Inventors

Season 6 - Episode 3 - Aired 7/1/2019

Magicians Arkadia, Harry Keaton, Jandro, and Derek Selinger try to fool the veteran duo with their illusions.

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They're Baaack!
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7.89
135 votes

#13 - They're Baaack!

Season 6 - Episode 2 - Aired 6/24/2019

Magicians Javi Benitez, Rebecca Herrera, Helen Coghlan, and Danny Cole try to fool the veteran duo with their illusions.

The Fool Us Zone
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7.88
150 votes

#14 - The Fool Us Zone

Season 5 - Episode 11 - Aired 9/3/2018

Magicians Dr. Michael Rubinstein, Anastasia Synn, Adam Cheyer, and Tyler Twombly try to fool the veteran duo with their tricks.

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David Copperfield vs Penn & Teller
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7.87
173 votes

#15 - David Copperfield vs Penn & Teller

Season 6 - Episode 1 - Aired 6/17/2019

Magicians David Copperfield, Jan Reinder, Ondřej Pšenička, and Giancarlo Bernini try fool the veteran duo with their illusions.

Teller Sucks... Helium
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7.87
672 votes

#16 - Teller Sucks... Helium

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 6/18/2011

Magicians High Jinx, Jon Allen, and Graham Jolley try to fool the veteran duo with their tricks. Prior foolers John Archer and Benjamin Earl visit Vegas.

Penn & Teller Cure the Common Code
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7.81
128 votes

#17 - Penn & Teller Cure the Common Code

Season 6 - Episode 4 - Aired 7/8/2019

Magicians Anna DeGuzman, Raffaele Scircoli, Allen Abbott, and Axel Hecklau try to fool the veteran duo with their illusions.

Teller Is a Blockhead
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7.81
436 votes

#18 - Teller Is a Blockhead

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 7/9/2011

This episode has 15-year-old Daniel Kramer from North London show card & physical tricks, Romany (Magic Circle Stage Magician of the Year 2006) performs while tied up with rope, Alan Rorrison shows off some close-up magic and Richard Bellars returns from a previous episode to see if he can fool Penn & Teller by predicting the outcome of some challenges he sets for them on-stage...

A Big Round of Applause for Alyson
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7.81
209 votes

#19 - A Big Round of Applause for Alyson

Season 4 - Episode 7 - Aired 8/24/2017

Magicians Riccardo Berdini, Yan Markson, Ondrej Psenicka, and Glenn Morphew try to fool the veteran duo with their tricks.

Penn & Teller Have A Blast
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7.80
279 votes

#20 - Penn & Teller Have A Blast

Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 7/27/2016

Magicians Robert Ramirez, Dominik, Joel Ward, and Mahdi Gilbert try to fool the veteran duo with their tricks.

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Penn & Teller Get Trapped
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7.78
210 votes

#21 - Penn & Teller Get Trapped

Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired 9/9/2016

Magicians Christopher Tracy & Jim Leach, Neil Croswell, Ben Young, and Henok try to fool the veteran duo with their tricks.

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Duck! It's Alyson!
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7.76
122 votes

#22 - Duck! It's Alyson!

Season 6 - Episode 6 - Aired 7/22/2019

Magicians Jimmy Ichihana, Herbert & Alyson, Eric Samuels, and Rabby Yang try to fool the veteran duo with their illusions.

Penn & Teller Hit the Streets
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7.76
126 votes

#23 - Penn & Teller Hit the Streets

Season 6 - Episode 5 - Aired 7/15/2019

Magicians Adiran Carratala, Kevin Blake, Ryan Stock, AmberLynn, and Christopher Castellini try to fool the veteran duo with their illusions.

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The Great Escape
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7.76
218 votes

#24 - The Great Escape

Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 9/2/2016

Magicians Xavier Mortimer, Fielding West, Caleb Wiles, and Kevin Hall the Magic Maniac try to fool the veteran duo with their tricks.

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Penn & Teller Get Loopy
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7.74
149 votes

#25 - Penn & Teller Get Loopy

Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 7/9/2018

Magicians Ryan Chandler, Ryan Hayashi, Dirk Losander, and Ed Ripley try to fool the veteran duo with their tricks.

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