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MythBusters

Season 2

13 episodes

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  1. S02E01

    Exploding Toilet, Is It Worth Running in the Rain?, Ice Bullet

    Episode #4 – "Exploding Toilet" Myths tested: Can a person be propelled off a toilet seat by dropping a lit cigarette into a toilet bowl when filled with various combustible materials? Is running better than walking to keep dry in the rain? Is it possible to make a "magic bullet" out of ice? Tested myths include magic ice bullets, thought to kill without a clue and is it worth running in the rain, where Adam and Jamie see which gets you drier, running or walking in the rain. To test if you can explode a toilet, the Mythbusters get a crash-test dummy that they name Buster.

  2. S02E02

    Cell Phone+Gas Station=Explosion??, Exploding Implants, Exploding CDs

    Episode #5 – "Cell Phone Destroys Gas Station" Myths tested: Will using a cell phone near a gas pump cause an explosion? Will silicone breast implants explode or expand in low pressure? Can a standard CD-ROM drive shatter a CD? Cell phones are tested to see if they can destroy a gas station. Then, breast implants are tested to see if high altitudes will make them explode. Finally, CD's are tested to see if computer drives can make them break.

  3. S02E03

    Barrel of Bricks, Peeing on the Third Rail, EEL Skin Wallet

    Episode #6 – "Barrel of Bricks" Myths tested: Can a bricklayer hoisting a wooden barrel full of bricks with a pulley from the top of a three-story building fall and hit a man multiple times? Can a person be electrocuted by urinating on the third rail? Can an eel skin wallet erase a credit card? The story of the unlucky construction worker and the barrel of 500 lb. of bricks is tested. Also, you'll see if peeing on the third rail can kill you, along with credit cards not working due to an eel skin wallet.

  4. S02E04

    Penny Drop, Microwave Madness!, Radio Fillings

    Episode #7 – "Penny Drop" Myths tested: Will a penny dropped from the top of the Empire State Building kill a person or penetrate the ground? Can a person's internal organs be cooked by a tanning booth? Can tooth fillings receive radio waves? Jamie and Adam test whether a penny dropped from a skyscraper will embed in concrete and whether it is possible to pick up radio signals through tooth fillings. The team finds out the terminal velocity of a penny and make a penny cannon, then shot it at a pigs scull. This showed if a penny being dropping at terminal velocity can kill someone. Can you be baked to death on a tanning bed They also examine several myths surrounding microwave ovens.

  5. S02E05

    Buried Alive!!!, 101 Uses for Cola, Hammer Jump

    Buster tries to survive a drop into a body of water with a hammer, and Jamie's getting buried alive! Also, you'd be surprised by how many cola-related myths are perfect for the Mythbusters.

  6. S02E06

    Tongue Stud Lightning Rod, Tree Cannon, You Can't Beat the Breath Test!

    Jamie and Adam want to see if tongue piercing attract lightning, if they can make a cannon out of a tree, and if drunk people can fool the police.

  7. S02E07

    Stinky Car, Raccoon Rocket

    The Mythbusters see if a car can get so stinky that no one will buy it. Waiting for 2 months for 2 dead pigs to decompose in a car, the want to test raccoon rocket, where a person lighting gasoline in a sewer pipe to eliminate a raccoon but shoots himself out but lives. Looks like a job for Buster!

  8. S02E08

    Escape from Alcatraz, Does a Duck's Quack Echo?, Mind Control Chips

    Jamie and Adam try to escape from Alcatraz using a raft made from raincoats. In between, they test to see if duck quacks can echo and if Red Cross has mind control chips for their patients.

  9. S02E09

    Explosive Decompression, Frog Giggin', Rear Axle

    Explosive Decompression, Frog Giggin', Rear Axle — Season 2, Episode 9 of MythBusters. Aired 2004-01-11. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  10. S02E10

    Chicken Gun, Octopus Egg Pregnancy, Killer Washing Machine

    Chicken Gun, Octopus Egg Pregnancy, Killer Washing Machine — Season 2, Episode 10 of MythBusters. Aired 2004-01-18. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  11. S02E11

    Break Step Bridge

    Break Step Bridge — Season 2, Episode 11 of MythBusters. Aired 2004-01-25. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  12. S02E12

    Buried in Concrete, Daddy Longlegs, Jet Taxi

    Buried in Concrete, Daddy Longlegs, Jet Taxi — Season 2, Episode 12 of MythBusters. Aired 2004-02-15. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  13. S02E13

    Sinking Titanic

    Sinking Titanic — Season 2, Episode 13 of MythBusters. Aired 2004-02-22. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

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