MythBusters: Season 9

2011 · 21 episodes · ★ 8.9

What Season 9 of MythBusters

The ninth season of MythBusters premiered on April 6, 2011 and ended on November 30, 2011, with 22 episodes.

21episodes

Apr 6, 2011premiered

Nov 30, 2011Latest episode

2 hrtotal runtime

Season 9 Episodes

9x01 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 depicted in Shoot 'Em Up? Is it possible to knock a dropped gun out of reach by hitting it with bullets fired from another one?
9x02 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 freeze into a lethal projectile?
9x03 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.
9x04 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.
9x05 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?
9x06 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?
9x07 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?
9x08 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.
9x09 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?
9x10 Planes, Trains, and Automobiles
Jun 15, 2011
The MythBusters count down -- and give you insight into -- their favorite transportation moments.
9x11 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.
9x12 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.
9x13 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 bullet could take out a bazooka.
9x14 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 car off a cliff.
9x15 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 fender bender? The MythBusters are on the case.
9x16 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 acrobatics? Then -- using only duct tape -- Kari, Grant, and Tory attempt to patch up a plane that's had an unfortunate encounter with a bear.
9x17 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 myth to the test.
9x18 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 bomb proof.
9x19 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 in syrup. Go behind the scenes of the 12 wettest myths of all time.
9x20 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 Fashion," "Hit the Deck" and "Flaming Tire." Keep those ideas coming!
9x21 Toilet Bomb Season Finale
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 well as it does for birds.