List of MythBusters special episodes


The cast of the television series MythBusters perform experiments to verify or debunk urban legends, old wives' tales, and the like. This is a list of the various myths tested on the show as well as the results of the experiments.
Special episodes listed here were aired separately to the normal season episodes.

Episode overview


No. in seriesNo. in seasonTitleOriginal air date

Best of

In 2004, Discovery Channel aired three special episodes, which were a compilation of some of the best animal, electric, and explosion related myths.

Buster's Cut

During 2010, Discovery Channel aired a series of episodes that were titled "Buster's Cut". According to the episode introductions, these were edited reruns of earlier episodes featuring never before seen footage and behind the scenes information.

Episode SP11 – "Young Scientist Special"

A team of winners in Discovery's "Young Scientist Challenge" competitions tested environmental myths with the team. Former MythBuster Scottie Chapman returned to assist with a myth.
Myth statementStatusNotes
Electric cars are more sluggish than gasoline-powered cars. Busted They first had Jamie drive Brandon in both a gas and electric consumer grade car, and blindfolded Brandon and covered Jamie's ears to see if they could tell the difference. Brandon couldn't tell, but being an experienced driver, Jamie was able to immediately tell based on the electric car's acceleration. Then, Adam, Jamie, and Brandon built an electric go-kart using lithium iron phosphate batteries and tested it against a gas go-kart. Despite weighing twice as much as the gas go-kart, the electric go-kart performed about the same. Then they went to a professional track and watched the KillaCycle, an electric drag motorcycle race against a stock gas motorcycle. The gas motorcycle won by a slight margin. Then they had the X1 electric sports car race against a Ferrari F430, and while the Ferrari's top speed was faster, the electric car accelerated faster and beat it in a drag race. Finally, they had the electric car race against an FJR50 Formula 3 race car. While the Formula 3 car easily beat the electric car, the electric car is considered a "street car", not a race car, and it did well enough that they proclaimed electric cars to be anything but slow.

The Great Ice Debate

Cattle Calamity

BBC Two re-edited shows

's editions of MythBusters are narrated by Rufus Hound. The episodes only ran for 30 minutes.
Date broadcastMyths
July 27, 2006Penny Drop, Who Gets Wetter?, Exploding Toilet
August 3, 2006Exploding CDs?, Silicone Breasts, Cell Phone Destruction
September 7, 2006Lightning Strikes Tongue Piercing, 101 Uses For Cola, Hammer Bridge Drop
September 14, 2006JATO Car, Pop Rocks
September 21, 2006Buried Alive, Beat the Breath Test
September 28, 2006Explosive Decompression, Rear Axle, Frog Giggin'
October 5, 2006The Mad Trombonist, Goldfish Memory, Sinking Titanic
October 12, 2006Escape from Alcatraz, Stud Finders & Mind Control Chips, Does a Duck's Quack Echo?
October 19, 2006Rowing Water Skier, Toothbrush Surprise, Breakstep Bridge
October 31, 2006Buried in Concrete, Daddy Long-Legs, Jet Taxi
November 7, 2006Lawn Chair Balloon, Poppy Seed Drug Test, Goldfinger
November 14, 2006Chicken Gun, Killer Washing Machine
February 19, 2007Stuck on You, Biscuit Bullet

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