The WORST episodes of The Carbonaro Effect

Every episode of The Carbonaro Effect ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of The Carbonaro Effect!

Michael Carbonaro is a magician by trade, but a prankster by heart. In this show, Michael performs baffling tricks on unsuspecting people in everyday situations, all caught on hidden camera. Everyone is left stunned and delighted, even though they have no idea what just hit them.

Last Updated: 9/11/2024Network: truTVStatus: Ended
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Italian Food Matter
star
7.47
36 votes

#1 - Italian Food Matter

Season 3 - Episode 14 - Aired 12/21/2017

Michael uncovers the secrets behind baoding balls, origami and paper lamps, and at Eataly, he reveals a spray that turns everything into bacon. Plus, a picture worth a thousand words leaves Michael's assistant speechless.

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Industrial Asphalt Sealant
star
7.50
42 votes

#2 - Industrial Asphalt Sealant

Season 3 - Episode 15 - Aired 12/28/2017

Michael trains his coworkers how to hold a dog who can't hold it, and at the AT&T store, Michael shows off a new way to lighten the load. Plus, a man can vanish into a manhole, but the whole hole can't vanish, right?!

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A Positive Presence
star
7.53
74 votes

#3 - A Positive Presence

Season 2 - Episode 20 - Aired 5/4/2016

Michael serves a drink that can eat away at anything and cleanse so organic that it creates life. Later, his sneaker lacing technology shocks a customer and makes an assistant think someone has risen from the dead.

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EggShaq
star
7.55
65 votes

#4 - EggShaq

Season 2 - Episode 14 - Aired 3/23/2016

Michael unveils the mystery behind bowling balls, and does the world's longest spit take; Shaquille O'Neal helps with a plan to blow one super-fan's mind.

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House of Horrors
star
7.59
71 votes

#5 - House of Horrors

Season 2 - Episode 24 - Aired 6/15/2016

Michael unveils a coffee making app and gets textually active with the world's thinnest disposable phone. Then he debuts a new beauty invention that turns ugly.

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Don't Freeze Me!
star
7.59
142 votes

#6 - Don't Freeze Me!

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 6/5/2014

At a sporting goods store, a confused customer debates the laws of physics with Michael after he suddenly makes a lightweight box impossibly heavy. Then as a barista, Michael shows cafe patrons that glass is not nearly as impenetrable as it seems. Plus, he spooks museum workers when he shows that boomerangs really do always come back, and that taxidermy is a less than permanent solution.

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He's a Professional Dude
star
7.61
90 votes

#7 - He's a Professional Dude

Season 2 - Episode 25 - Aired 6/22/2016

Michael silences a traveling squeak while remodeling a home; a hospital becomes the scene of a mind-bending game of cops and robbers.

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star
7.62
26 votes

#8 - Dummy Talks

Season 4 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/31/2019

At an appliance store, a man goes bananas over Michael's self stocking fridge. Then, Micheal speeds up the life cycle of a frog in a science lab and pulls the strings at an estate sale when a haunted doll toys with his assistant.

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star
7.62
21 votes

#9 - Fright at the Museum

Season 4 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/24/2019

At a campsite, Michael turns rain into wine and has an app that gives a new meaning to the "call of nature." Later, things get thorny at a plant shop and in a museum, Michael drums up ancient history that grasps for the present.

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Vegan Plant
star
7.64
33 votes

#10 - Vegan Plant

Season 4 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/27/2018

Michael feeds a cannibalistic plant at a garden center; he sells a necktie that literally suits itself; at a hockey rink, Michael's assistant is speechless with a trick so electric it melts the ice.

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Pineapple Breeze
star
7.66
32 votes

#11 - Pineapple Breeze

Season 3 - Episode 16 - Aired 1/4/2018

At a cell phone store, Michael reveals an exciting new way to fix your tablet, and later, he makes a drink that's impossible to swallow. Plus, a dog owner loves that Michael has turned her pet into the smartest animal in the world!

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star
7.67
24 votes

#12 - Home Run Away

Season 4 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/7/2019

At a deli, Michael bakes bread with power tools, and in a tux store, his outfit change doesn't suit his customer. Plus, at the stadium for the Chicago White Sox, Michael swings for the fences with a fiery trick that stuns his helper.

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The Essence Of The Wings
star
7.69
32 votes

#13 - The Essence Of The Wings

Season 3 - Episode 17 - Aired 1/11/2018

Michael turns leftovers into beauty products at a soap shop, and at a record store, he shows a hip-hop fan how to jump around. Plus, at a children's store, Michael's co-worker learns about the dangers of babysitting.

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Bro, They're Surrounding Us!
star
7.70
130 votes

#14 - Bro, They're Surrounding Us!

Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 2/15/2017

At a market, Michael reveals an amazing credit card hack, and at a science shop, he demonstrates how far stem cell research has come. Later, Michael spooks a gardener who's certain that angry gnomes are hunting him down!

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star
7.71
31 votes

#15 - Chilly Flakes and Wormholes

Season 5 - Episode 5 - Aired 12/12/2019

Michael works in a spice shop and gets the icy treatment with his take on "chilly flakes". Plus at a hotel, he cleans a spill with his phone. And then, at an abandoned house, Michael amazes his assistant when he climbs through a wormhole.

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Flash Melt
star
7.73
44 votes

#16 - Flash Melt

Season 1 - Episode 24 - Aired 1/15/2015

Michael hits the jackpot in a convenience store with a man who guesses the winning lotto numbers and amazes a mother at a toy store when he demonstrates her own child's genius abilities. Later, as a party planner at a Japanese restaurant, MIchael astonishes his co-worker with a set-up that really takes the cake.

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Green Friendly
star
7.73
107 votes

#17 - Green Friendly

Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 6/26/2014

Michael confuses wine drinkers with an incredible shrinking bottle and a supposedly deep cork that defies the laws of physics. Then, he bedazzles a jewelry store patron with disappearing diamonds. Later, he heads to the carwash where one woman takes a stand when her "go green" clean takes an unexpected turn.

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Cuban Assimilatory Persea Plant
star
7.73
37 votes

#18 - Cuban Assimilatory Persea Plant

Season 3 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/7/2017

Michael tries new foods like shape-shifting pasta and never-ending soup! Then it's off to a vinyl shop for a record-breaking illusion, and later, Michael tries to convince his coworker to explore a new plant.

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Warthogs, WogHearts and Hogwarts
star
7.73
63 votes

#19 - Warthogs, WogHearts and Hogwarts

Season 2 - Episode 19 - Aired 4/27/2016

Michael refreshes stale nachos and peels back the truth behind a fake bill. He also unveils the latest in cellular soda machine technology. But what will happen when he breathes life into a T-Rex?

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A Living Trilobite
star
7.74
91 votes

#20 - A Living Trilobite

Season 2 - Episode 26 - Aired 6/8/2016

Michael proves chipmunks are nature's accountants; Michael stuns a museum worker by bringing a fossilized creature to life.

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Pixelated Vision
star
7.74
43 votes

#21 - Pixelated Vision

Season 3 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/14/2017

At a wilderness store, Michael reels in customers with an amazing new fishing tool, and at an AT&T store, Michael shows off a camera that's literally paper thin. Plus, a day of mini golf turns explosive when a loose cannon appears.

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The Doughy Parts
star
7.75
83 votes

#22 - The Doughy Parts

Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 9/30/2015

At an office, Michael goes from suave to slacker in the blink of an eye. Then at a museum, a man discovers his painter's touch is worth thousands and at a pool club, Michael and his strange friend are in the deep end with security.

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Sierra Volcano
star
7.77
83 votes

#23 - Sierra Volcano

Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 9/23/2015

Michael performs a revolutionary treatment that turns back time and at the farmer's market, a pungent pre-historic cheese mesmerizes one shopper's taste buds. Plus, an accident with a 3D printer has Michael meeting his match.

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star
7.78
18 votes

#24 - Fight or Flight

Season 4 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/17/2019

While working at a cheese store, Michael milks the reaction of a woman stunned by breeding brie. Then Michael nails down the perfect app in a salon and unpacks a trick in an airport that ruffles his assistant's feathers.

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The Lizard Law
star
7.78
125 votes

#25 - The Lizard Law

Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 6/12/2014

In a Mexican restaurant, Michael treats incredulous diners to a good luck serpent with their tableside guacamole and makes salsa so spicy it melts metal. Then, he confuses office coworkers with a never-ending brown bag lunch and a frozen meal that turns out to be alarmingly fresh. Plus, he confounds his new assistant with some tricks of the trade as a real estate agent, including freshening dead flowers right before her eyes.

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