MythBusters: Season 12

2014 · 15 episodes · ★ 8.6

What Season 12 of MythBusters

The twelfth season of MythBusters consists of 15 episodes, aired between January and December 2004. Special effects experts Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman work in Hyneman's workshop with their team. They take urban legends, popular beliefs, and pop culture claims and put them to the scientific method. To test them, they build devices, test materials, and, when necessary, travel to other locations. Hyneman brings the serious tone and Savage the humor. The conflict that drives the episodes is separating what works from what is merely said. Topics include scenes from Star Wars, Hollywood car crashes, and movie bullets. The narration is provided by Robert Lee.

15episodes

Jan 4, 2014premiered

Aug 21, 2014final episode

6.6 hrtotal runtime

Season 12 Episodes

12x01 Star Wars Special
Jan 4, 2014 · 43 min · ★ 8.4
The MythBusters test if Luke really could swing himself and Leia across a chasm with only his belt-rigged grappling hook, could an Ewok log swing crush an Imperial "Chicken Walker", and could Luke survive in a tauntaun's belly?
Starring: Sophia Bush
12x02 Moonshiner Myths
Jan 11, 2014 · 43 min
The MythBusters find out if an exploding still really could blow your house down and if you really could use hooch to fuel an unmodified car on a "moonshine run."
12x03 Hollywood Car Crash Cliches
Jan 18, 2014 · 43 min
It's wall-to-wall automotive mayhem, as the MythBusters drive through glass, plow through traffic, and fire an RPG at an SUV to take aim at classic Hollywood crash cliches.
12x04 Car Chase Chaos / Animal Antics
Jan 25, 2014 · 43 min
The MythBusters test car-chase cliches: Can you really share driving, change places, or dump the driver while moving at speed? Also, from the message boards, the team tests some fan-suggested deterrents for driving away cats, bears and snakes.
12x05 *DO* Try This at Home?
Feb 1, 2014 · 43 min
After more than 10 years of testing impossible, dangerous and downright crazy myths that you shouldn't or couldn't try at home, the MythBusters investigate a host of myths that maybe you can!
12x06 Mythssion Impossible
Feb 15, 2014
The MythBusters test three impossible idioms: Can you herd cats? Can you catch a greased pig? And, most importantly, can you cram 10 pounds of poop into a 5-pound bag?
12x07 Bullet Baloney
Feb 22, 2014
The MythBusters take on five filmic firearm cliches: Will a bent-barreled shot gun fire? Can you fire a gun in space? Will a gun dropped in a deep fryer go off? What weird items will stop a bullet? And does a neon sign really explode when hit by a bullet?
12x08 Supersonic Ping Pong/Ice Cannon
Mar 1, 2014 · 60 min
In this ballistics bonanza, Adam and Jamie ask if supersonic ping pong can go lethally wrong while Kari, Grant and Tory light the frozen fuse on a cannon made of ice!
12x09 Fire in the Hole
Jul 10, 2014 · 60 min
The MythBusters tackle some of Hollywood's favorite explosive scenarios. Could a hero really shoot a live grenade in midair and thus render it useless? Could you really contain a TNT explosion inside an ordinary object like a file cabinet or aquarium?
12x10 Household Disasters
Jul 17, 2014
It's YOUR house under the Myths-cro-scope this time. Could a vacuum cleaner explode while sucking up black powder? Could sunscreen scorch your skin? Could a piano crash through your roof? And finally, could an exploding water heater extinguish a house fire?
12x11 Commercial Myths
Jul 24, 2014
The MythBusters go to vertigo-inducing heights to test out some commercial myths. Could you actually bob for an apple while jumping from a 100-foot high bungee cord? And from a viral video, could you really play a match of tennis while both players are standing on top of an airplane's wing?
12x12 Road Rage
Jul 31, 2014 · 60 min
In this episode, three car crimes straight from Hollywood are put to the test: the cliff top push, the two-wheel wipeout (and ... we do mean WIPEOUT, with Adam at the wheel to boot), and, finally, the Corvette barrel roll from "Wanted."
12x13 Laws of Attraction
Aug 7, 2014
The MythBusters use sexy science to tackle five captivating clich?s about the laws of attraction, including whether men really do prefer blondes, if pheromone sprays really work, if bigger boobs equal bigger tips, and whether a man's wealth really woos women.
12x14 Traffic Tricks
Aug 7, 2014
The subject is everyone's favorite topic of discussion besides weather: traffic! The MythBusters determine whether a roundabout (or rotary) is better than a four-way stop sign, if it's faster to drive than fly when your trip is under 400 miles, and whether it's better to change lanes or stay put in heavy traffic.
12x15 Plane Boarding Season Finale
Aug 21, 2014
If you travel at all, you'll LOVE this episode, as Jamie and Adam explore the most efficient ways to board an airplane (back to front? window to aisle? unassigned seating? etc.). Then, Kari, Grant and Tory determine whether you can really make a bullet out of a human tooth.