2004 Season
| No. in series | No. in season | Title | Original air date | Overall episode No. |
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| 9 | 1 | "Explosive Decompression" | January 11, 2004 (2004-01-11) | 12 |
| Myths tested: Can a bullet cause explosive decompression and tear a plane apart? Can a car's rear axle be ripped away by a steel cable tied to it and a lamppost? Can a bullet be used as a fuse in a vehicle and will the bullet fire? |
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| 10 | 2 | "Chicken Gun" | January 18, 2004 (2004-01-18) | 13 |
| Myths tested: Do frozen chickens cause more damage than thawed chickens when shot at a plane's windshield? Can octopus eggs hatch inside a human's stomach? Is there any truth to the strange story of a man who died when he tried to compact his laundry in the washing machine by standing on it? |
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| 11 | 3 | "Break Step Bridge" | January 25, 2004 (2004-01-25) | 14 |
| Myths tested: Can a marching battalion take down a bridge? How much bacteria resides on a toothbrush? Is it possible to water ski behind a rowing eight? |
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| 12 | 4 | "Sinking Titanic" | February 22, 2004 (2004-02-22) | 15 |
| Myths tested: Could the sinking Titanic literally suck a person down with it? Does a goldfish's memory only last for 3 seconds? Can explosives packed in a trombone cause the slide to rocket off it? |
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| 13 | 5 | "Buried in Concrete" | February 25, 2004 (2004-02-25) | 16 |
| Myths tested: Is Jimmy Hoffa buried under Giants Stadium? Can the venom from a Daddy Long Legs kill a human? Can a jet engine launch a taxi into the air? |
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| 14 | 6 | "Myths Revisited" | June 8, 2004 (2004-06-08) | 17 |
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| 15 | 7 | "Scuba Diver and Car Capers" | July 27, 2004 (2004-07-27) | 18 |
| Myths tested: Can a scuba diver be sucked up in a fire fighting helicopter? The MythBusters test various car myths. |
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| 16 | 8 | "Ancient Death Ray" | September 29, 2004 (2004-09-29) | 19 |
| Myths tested: Can mirrors be used to make a death ray? What is really effective against skunk smell? Is bulletproof glass really bulletproof? |
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| 17 | 9 | "Elevator of Death, Levitation Machine" | October 6, 2004 (2004-10-06) | 20 |
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| 18 | 10 | "Beat the Radar Detector" | October 13, 2004 (2004-10-13) | 21 |
| Myths tested: If someone falls off a building, can that person glide to safety using a sheet of plywood? The Mythbusters test various methods to beat radar detectors. |
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| 19 | 11 | "Quicksand" | October 20, 2004 (2004-10-20) | 22 |
| Myths tested: Can a person be sucked down by "killer quicksand"? Can a tattoo explode in an MRI scan? Can appliances really electrocute a person if they fall in the bathtub? |
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| 20 | 12 | "Exploding Jawbreaker" | October 27, 2004 (2004-10-27) | 23 |
| Myths tested: Can a superheated jawbreaker explode when bitten down on? Can a PVC pipe build enough static electricity to kill? Can a playing card kill a person if thrown with enough power? |
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| 21 | 13 | "Ping-pong Rescue" | November 3, 2004 (2004-11-03) | 24 |
| Myths tested: How many balloons are needed to lift a 40 pound child off the ground? Can a sunken boat be lifted to the surface with ping-pong balls? |
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| 22 | 14 | "Boom-Lift Catapult" | November 10, 2004 (2004-11-10) | 25 |
| Myths tested: Is it possible to make a catapult with a boom-lift cherry-picker? Does a person save more gas by driving with the AC on instead of having the windows down? |
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| 23 | 15 | "Exploding House" | November 16, 2004 (2004-11-16) | 26 |
| Myths tested: Can too many bug bombs blow up a house? How hard is it to find a needle in a haystack? Will talking to plants help them grow? |
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| 24 | 16 | "Ming Dynasty Astronaut" | December 5, 2004 (2004-12-05) | 27 |
| Myths tested: Can a person be launched by rockets strapped to a chair? The MythBusters test various free energy devices from the internet. Can jumping into a ceiling fan cause a person to lose his head? |
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| SP1 | Special 1 | "Viewers-Choice/Christmas Special" | December 22, 2004 (2004-12-22) | 28 |
| Myths tested: The MythBusters examine a number of Christmas myths. Note: This was a special episode. |
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