MythBusters (2014 season)

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 (the myth is either busted, plausible, or confirmed). The 2014 season premiered on January 4, 2014, changing to a Saturday time slot. The show resumed in July, called a "new season" by the Discovery Channel. It then moved to a Thursday time slot.
This would be the last season for Kari Byron, Tory Belleci and Grant Imahara, after it was announced the build team would not be returning for the 2015 season. Hyneman and Savage would be the sole hosts of the show from this point onwards. In December 2014, Savage would go on to address the Build Team departures, indicating that the separation was a result of failed contract negotiations between Discovery Networks and the team members.
Adam, Jamie, and the Build Team examined three scenes from the Star Wars film series—eventually choosing one scene from each episode of the original trilogy. This episode is alternatively referred to as "Revenge of the Myth" or "SithBusters." They tested...
Adam, Jamie, and the Build Team explored three scenarios related to vehicle-based movie stunts and effects.
Adam and Jamie tested three different movie clichés involving car chases, seeing how they compared to driving normally:
In an expansion of the myth that flies are repelled by water, the Build Team tested various "at home" methods for repelling various types of animals:
One myth was cut from the initial U.S. airing of the episode and was broadcast on the MythBusters' website:
Kari stated during a Twitter Q&A that the myth of cats being repelled by aluminum foil was also recorded, but it was cut from the U.S. airing and to date has not been released on the MythBusters' website. It had, however, been aired in the version of the episode aired in the Asia-Pacific region.
Adam, Jamie, and the Build Team explored eight short myths to determine both their accuracy and the ease with which viewers might be able to test them at home.
The MythBusters take on a series of filmic firearm cliches as follows:
Using a mock-up of a carnival-style shooting gallery, the Build Team tested the effectiveness of some everyday items at stopping bullets, including:
Adam explained the reason for the second justification of the myth not being true on Twitter, stating that the accelerant in a bullet contains an oxygenator, thus rendering oxygen from the air unnecessary.
An examination of Hollywood movie scenarios involving explosions.
The Build Team investigated the possibility of surviving a bomb explosion by placing the device in a container and diving out of the way. They first set up a 1-pound (450 g) charge of C-4 at the bomb range and detonated it as a control test, with rupture discs placed at distances of up to 20 feet (6.1 m). These discs were calibrated to burst at 13 pounds per square inch (90 kPa), the threshold of shock wave injuries; the disc at 12 feet (3.7 m) was the farthest one that burst.
For each test, they placed the charge in the enclosure, with a disc and several Styrofoam cutout figures (to gauge shrapnel injuries) at a distance of 12 feet (3.7 m). They tested...
Outtakes of out-of-control tests from the Seconds from Disaster myth were published on the Discovery Channel website. Additionally, they tested...
The overall conclusion was that the best approach was to place the bomb somewhere that would redirect the explosion, then move away from where the blast was going to go. Attempting to fully contain an explosion would create deadly shrapnel that would kill anyone nearby. The team finished by blowing up the truck with 200 pounds (91 kg) of ANFO.
This myth was not aired in the U.S.
This myth was cut out of the episode but included online.
Tory, Grant and Kari examine a myth that comes from a HEAD Tennis commercial that features Novak Djokovic rallying with a partner while the two are anchored to the wings of an airplane in flight.
This episode is alternatively called "Silver Screen Car Chaos", as mentioned in the opening sequences, and "Driving This Crazy", for when it aired in Australia. Various car chase stereotypes from movies are tested.
The final US episode premiere to feature the Build Team of Kari Byron, Tory Belleci, and Grant Imahara.
The episode decided to use a myth on plane boarding; this was because of waiting time being the biggest complaint from flyers everywhere.
The following are the results of the experiment.
A spinoff of Magic Bullet from 2003 and Ice Bullet from 2004.