What's your favourite Mythbusters episode?

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jacobmrley@reddit

The hot water heater. I mean c'mon, no failure was more spectacular.

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Fun fact: My crazy dad seen that episode 20yrs ago and removed the hot water heater from our family home out of fear it would blow up. My childhood and teen years are filled with traumatic memories of bathing out of a bucket for years on end and being made fun of because of it. Not having hot water has caused more trauma than i could ever explain over the years and to this day my dad still bathes out of a bucket (he's 60yrs old) becauseof this episode. Little did i know back then as a 10yr old kid just how devastating and long lasting the consequences of such an innocent episode of tv would have on my life. I had forgotten about the episode for over 20yrs when I randomly came across it literally only a few hours ago and my heart sunk. Was this the reason my crazy conspiracy addicted father has ripped out the hot water heater all those years ago and just straight up refused to ever let anyone put another one in and get aggressive when anyone mentioned it? I think so. I fucking think so. My dad is not a smart man.

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jacobmrley@reddit

Dad clearly was the type to read the headline and not the article. That's a rough story.

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the-baum-corsair@reddit

Is he Karl Pilkington?

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serpicodegallo@reddit

Dilkington, actually

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Imaginary-Wrap-8487@reddit

100% that type of guy. Also the type of guy to not even read it but be convinced that people are after him and fully convinced he is right about it. Sorry for the overshare lol it's funny how the butterfly effect works sometimes

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RaynSideways@reddit

Adam is very interactive on the web and he'd probably love/be slightly horrified to hear that story.

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RaynSideways@reddit

Wow. They even say during the episode that they had to go really far out of their way to make the heaters explode like that. Like, removing literally every safety feature and sealing the automatic pressure release valve.

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root54@reddit

I mean, any time they blew something up in a spectacular way...

The one that tickles me is the original Big Boom: exploding cement truck.

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wilcobanjo@reddit

We wanted to see if you could use explosives to clear cement out of a truck. Welp, there's no cement, there's no truck...

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flynnfx@reddit

So, analysis says: explosives make excellent cement cleaners!

:)

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root54@reddit

There's your problem

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jacobmrley@reddit

But the water heater launching like that was so unexpected. With the amount of explosive they put on that cement mixer, there was no doubt it would be decimated. But no one thought the water heater would launch 500 feet in the air like it did. Blow up? Maybe. Fling into the air and flutter like a balloon with its air let out? A possibility. But a lift off nasa would be jealous of? It was the myth, sure, but that result was amazing.

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root54@reddit

For sure the water heater was amazing, but they closed a highway for the cement truck and had to watch it from the next hill over.

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JezmundBeserker@reddit

I love how you put that! That really was spectacular! They even used it in an episode of CSI Miami after the mythbusters episode showed up. It was a house fire on CSI and when the fireman cleared the fire, they forgot to turn off the pilot light underneath the hot water heater and that thing launched itself way way into the air landing right on one of the lead cops brand new cars lol

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revchewie@reddit

Which one?

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Previous_Gas_9132@reddit

Duct Tape Island. Adam and Jamie making clothes, waterskins, hammocks, animal traps and an escape boat out of duct tape is peak. Especially when Adam basically adopted the chicken he caught.

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plainskeptic2023@reddit

Cars colliding at 50 mph vs 100 mph.

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Sponsormiplee@reddit

Same

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YayaZoro1@reddit

Jamie. He said it in an interview he did in front of a crowd.

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Thealmightyfug@reddit

Shooting a ball out of a truck the same speed as the truck

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YayaZoro1@reddit

Jaime said he wanted to be shot out like the ball bust the producers wouldnt let him. Woulda been so cool!

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GodzillaGames88@reddit

Wait, wasn't that one Tori?

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N4BFR@reddit

That was a good one. Another physics principles myth.

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GodzillaGames88@reddit

Gotta be Salsa escape. Not only did it showcase how Adam and Jamie function for YEARS to come, it also had the Cement Truck Explosion. That episode is the zenith of what Mythbusters should be. A perfect episode that shows how these guys synergize.

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Consistent_Adagio_93@reddit

Lead balloon is a great episode, but the duct tape ones will always have a special place in my heart. I actually got to see their duct tape boat from duct tape Island in person, which was like the best day ever? It was my favorite episode as a kid.

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tomasrindelmino@reddit

Mitos de los ninjas 1! De nene me obsesionaba con el de caminar sobre el agua, que también buscaba telgopor para crear mis propias zapatillas XD, y mi hermana mayor creaba esa mezcla de agua y almidon de maiz para que la golpeasemos

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Personal_Holiday9484@reddit

Any of the middle seasons where the Build Team are testing explosive myths or goofy myths. Adam and Jamie are great, but the build team had undeniable chemistry together and charm for days

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Key_Ride143@reddit

Do u think grant and Cary smashed

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Ill_Peanut4294@reddit

i hope so

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ColdWhiskers@reddit

Cement Truck

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Henipah@reddit

Dumpster diving. I found the confirmation of the diving myth morbidly satisfying.

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ArtistNo9841@reddit

This is my daughter’s fave!

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ackermann@reddit

I have a 2 month old daughter, first kid. And this post just made me realize… someday I’ll be able to introduce her to Mythbusters!!
That’ll be so much fun, I can’t wait, makes me excited to be a dad!

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ArtistNo9841@reddit

Aww! I was lucky enough to literally introduce her to Jamie and Adam in person when she was about 6. Husband got us VIP tix to their tour. It was awesome! I hope your little one appreciates them like we do!

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PuzzleheadedPea6980@reddit

I'm a perve. The do bigger boobs get bigger tips episode

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ackermann@reddit

Lol what, did they actually test that? What was the result?

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PuzzleheadedPea6980@reddit

Men tipped 30% more to bigger boobs, and they were even more surprised that woman tipped 40% more to bigger boobs.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6YJ91FKZHI0

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CanaryNo8462@reddit

NASA Moon Landing is my favorite. I also like the bricklayer one.

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ackermann@reddit

NASA Moon Landing is my favorite

Interesting. I can’t imagine they were able to do many practical tests themselves, for that one?
Mostly just interviewing NASA scientists, probably? That doesn’t necessarily sound the most exciting, IMO, but I haven’t watched it in awhile.

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CanaryNo8462@reddit

They did several practical tests. They recreated the shadows from a lunar landscape photo with a single light source using a miniature version, the well-defined bootprint using artificial moon dust, they compared the low g moon walk video to a slow motion video of walking in 1g, and they tested the flag flapping in a vacuum as it's being installed.

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N4BFR@reddit

Moon landing is way up there for me as well.

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N4BFR@reddit

Airplane on a conveyor belt. It really changed my thinking.

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ackermann@reddit

If I recall correctly, the pilot of the actual plane they got to test it, didn’t think he’d be able to takeoff! He was surprised to find himself in the air!

(I’m surprised Discovery’s insurance let them test with a real plane and human pilot)

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N4BFR@reddit

I recall the same pilot quote

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BootBitch13@reddit

Struggling to remember that one. What was the concept and result?

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N4BFR@reddit

The question was, could a plane takeoff if a conveyor belt was counteracting its forward ground motion? https://www.discovery.com/shows/mythbusters/episodes/airplane-on-a-conveyor-belt

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Moakmeister@reddit

Jamie’s least favorite myth ever. I can’t believe they actually included the clip of him saying he was embarrassed and ashamed to even be testing it.

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fuzzy_mic@reddit

The imploding tanker car is a great episode.

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ackermann@reddit

A personal fave of mine too, as someone who likes trains

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Everybodysbastard@reddit

"SOMETHING JUST TOUCHED ME!" for Shark Week IIRC.

My wife and I cried laughing for 10 straight minutes watching that over and over again. RIP Grant.

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flynnfx@reddit

Concrete Truck, No Concrete Truck.

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Professional_Band178@reddit

Where'd it go,.......

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flynnfx@reddit

Even the Mythbusters were asking that question

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70ga@reddit

Cutting edge of cocking about

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flynnfx@reddit

Interesting, I'll check it out! Based on the title, is it a show about cooking?

I did Google the above title, but it doesn't show anything conclusive.

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70ga@reddit

Nah, sorry for the confusion, was making a joke, quoting another of my favorite shows, top gear

https://www.tiktok.com/@topgearhub/video/6937423993670601989

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Kilmoore@reddit

I saw the thread and this just jumped into my mind. I watched it alone and laughed out loud when the truck blew up. The aftermath is classic stuff, as well.

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wilcobanjo@reddit

Well HERE'S your problem! [Picks up last surviving piece of the truck]

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MysteriousCodo@reddit

THIS!!!!!

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PunkThug@reddit

"quack damn you!"

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70ga@reddit

Clean cement mixer with dynamite

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CaptainIntrepid9369@reddit

Non-dairy creamer explosion.

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Asocwarrior@reddit

I can still hear the sound of the cement truck being vaporized and I haven’t seen the episode in 20 years.

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bigbearandy@reddit

The one where Elon Musk and the boys get into a knife fight.

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Concernedmicrowave@reddit

The dive helmet one is pretty awesome. Definitely one of the most gorey ones.

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MysteriousCodo@reddit

Exploding the cement truck. I still giggle like a kid everytime I see that.

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TinyCarpet@reddit

Airplane vacuum toilet butt.

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DaHick@reddit

The "Let's see if Kari Byron farts" one. Think it was only on you tube.
ep. 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JisgLhWghRQ

ep. 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqFRBHPIE-w

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nat3215@reddit

My fav moment from Adam was when they did the spy episode and Jamie was using electromagnets to enter ductwork of a building. “Thor, the God of Thunder, is trying to get into the building”

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WorriedPause4491@reddit

The one where Grant, Tori, and Jessi Combs (RIP) from “Overhaulin’”, who was filling in for Kari while she was on maternity leave, tested the dive suit myth where if the pressure is cut off the body would completely get sucked into the helmet

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nat3215@reddit

RIP to Grant as well

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Jawb0nz@reddit

The cement truck in the quarry episode. What a fantastic detonation.

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grimmreapa@reddit

Macgyver special was a lot of fun, lots of team crossover and Jamie’s ‘when in doubt… c4!’

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rosmaniac@reddit

Lead Balloon.

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2broke4drugs@reddit

Adam has talked about how big this ep was for him!

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Kuhney@reddit

The one where they explain how someone with the flu spreads it to everyone and how much a difference it makes when you’re trying to be conscious and careful about it.

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ganfran@reddit

The giant Lego ball. The sound it made as it fell apart is incredible

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miss_kimba@reddit

The cement truck, because of the pure joy of “fuck it, let’s just do what it takes to decimate this thing” and how effective it (eventually) was.

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Only-Ad5049@reddit

Too many good ones to really choose one, but I love Salsa Escape (mainly the concrete truck), the train implosion, ultimate Mythbusters, NASA Moon Landing, water slide, the first hot water heater, most duct tape episodes.

I loved when they were surprised by the outcome. Many times they were just proving what they already knew, but sometimes they got a result they would have never expected. The mouse vs. elephant comes to mind.

I love watching from the beginning and seeing how the series evolved. At one time they were conscious of the cost, time and space the experiments required, then they kicked the build team out to their own shop (they didn’t mention it during the show but you can see if you look for it), and in the later episodes they could do anything they wanted to because they now had the budget.

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endangeredpenguin@reddit

the mouse vs elephant is one of my favorite myths of all time, it was so simple yet amazing

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SoccerGamerGuy7@reddit

And Bull in a China Shop

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SoccerGamerGuy7@reddit

So simple but Bull in a China shop. Seemed so obvious but science loves to prove us wrong! It really changed my outlook as even these scientists as well as me predicted that certainly the bulls are going to destroy everything but they were actually very careful!

I always liked science and this helped me learned that some of the best science where everyone was just wrong on their predictions! Its not fun if you are always right! Its about finding out whats truth!

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jjaminben@reddit

Duct tape island

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ATXKLIPHURD@reddit

Lighting a gasoline/fuel leak and it catching up to the vehicle with an explosion.

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CriusofCoH@reddit

Blowing up the cement truck is, hands-down, the best explosion in the series. For overall episode... man, no idea. Love so many of them.

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ddd615@reddit

I don't remember the episode or season, but it's the one about the little girl on the seesaw at the park and the sky diver.

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AlarmingMassOfBears@reddit

I think you meant season 7 episode 1

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ddd615@reddit

Thank you for the correction!

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AwayShop187@reddit

When they made the concrete agitator disappear. A real blokey moment if ever there was one.

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Silent-Shoe9702@reddit

First one that came to mind was the one where they try and blow the manhole covers off by building the sewer. Also, always appreciated the revisits. Nobody else on TV would ever admit to a mistake or an oversight and try it again.

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mistercokehold8@reddit

Alcatraz Escape

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Lazy-Equivalent1028@reddit

Rocket sled. I love seeing that car getting pulverized on high speed.

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signalsgt71@reddit

Chicken gun. It kind of set the tone for the rest of the run.

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ComputerMD82@reddit

Gentleman, thaw your chickens.

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markeppley@reddit

Ones that always stuck out to me where:

-shooting bullets into water. -what is bulletproof? -exploding hot water heater.

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