Talk:List of MythBusters episodes

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Contents 1 Future of Mythbusters / Episode 117 2 Start of Season 06 3 Episode # not matching 4 Requested move 5 change in way myths tested are displayed 6 Season 5 - Ninja Special 7 Season 6 - Baseball Special? 8 Inconsistensy in table and episode listings 9 Please verify 10 Air plane hour 11 Holiday Special on December 19, 2007 12 Add DVD information? 13 Episode 091/075/0505

[edit] Future of Mythbusters / Episode 117

Are there any resources for information concerning episode 117? What is its airdate? Is there any official information about future episodes? I think we should remove the section about Ep. 117 unless we have valid information. H3ndrik (talk) 01:05, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

What i typed in there for episode 117 came straight from the discovery channel website schedule Redekopmark (talk) 03:43, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

Please see WP:FUTURE. Please recall that the "airplane on a conveyor belt" segment was originally listed on the "discovery channel website schedule" as part of "airplane myths", right up to airtime. Please also note that the all-programs calendar at the discovery channel website presently stops a couple of weeks short of April 24! Only the program schedule in the Mythbusters sub-site gives this April 24th date, and in the past they've often changed these things at the last moment. This does NOT qualify as reliable future information. I really do not see what is so difficult to understand about this principle. Jeh (talk) 00:20, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

Also, you crystal ball gazers seem to have made up production and episode numbers out of thin air. Based on past experience (such as with the airplane on conveyor belt segment) ALL of this is speculative until the episodes actually air. Jeh (talk) 17:06, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

Info: 'official' Mythbusters TV schedule is over there: [1]. H3ndrik (talk) 21:31, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

Info: Mythbusters episodeguide at: [2] --H3ndrik (talk) 02:11, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Start of Season 06

On 22:14, 20 February 2008 Trak0r changed the special episodes beginning with #071 to normal episodes and rearranged the following episode numbers. Furthermore he moved episodes #083 to #094 to Season 05. Is that correct, can someone verify this? And what is the official source of the episode numbers? 85.182.45.213 (talk) 23:48, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

It's not right, season 6 starts with episode 083, you can check that here: MythBusters (season 6). Apparantly someone thought that all of the episodes from 2007 are season 5, and all the episodes from 2008 are season 6, but that's not right. 84.41.212.117 (talk) 17:17, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

trak0r - I changed it all to be consistent with how the page was laid out. If you look at how the seasons are displayed up till season 5, they start in Jan and end in Dec. I know that isn't the really the case, I just wanted to make it consistent with way the page was laid out. Either we need to change all the previous seasons to match what is really the seasons or stay with what was already setup. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Trak0r (talk • contribs) 17:26, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Episode # not matching

The episode listings here don't always match with the ones on the Discovery channel website (http://dsc.discovery.com/fansites/mythbusters/episode/episode.html) though that one doesn't always list seasons. Could it be fixed somehow?

(please excuse any mistakes in Wiki-formatting)

The guide on the discovery website is missing a lot of episodes that we have in our guide like the specials, best of episodes and even the latest episodes from this season and that throws of our numbering from theirs. Redekopmark 00:32, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

But should special episodes etc really be counted, when giving the episode numbers I mean. Otherwise the official episode 12 may become the unofficial episode 14, and it's confusing.

Well discovery itself messed up their own episode order. "specials" are just words used to entice viewers into watching the show. A special is actually just a regular episode, with perhaps a slightly different theme. There is only like 1 or 2 real specials that are 2 hours long. Therefore its safe to assume that a new viewer getting into the series would be interested in watching every episode in proper order (especially since in a show like mythbusters there is often flashback of previous myths done). The proper episode order must go by air date. This right now is the most complete guide on the net for this show. Tvrage.com had roughly the same guide but some1 recently changed what they consider "season 5". This list is perfect 72.138.47.126 (talk) 21:14, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

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There is a lot of stuff missing from this page. ex what's going on with season 4? why is there only 1 pilot episode? why arn't the tables the same? why is there a season column if the tables are serperated by columns? why is this page even here? everything on this page can be found on the other pagesRedekopmark 06:53, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

Okay I just cleaned up this page a bunch but it still needs alot of work. like where is espisode 17? it goes from 16 right over to 18. and of course season 3 and 4 still need to be doneRedekopmark 06:54, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

I'm finished fixing the 1st two seasons except for the discriptions, i'll continue on and make season 3 and 4 aswell as fix up season 5 sometime on the weekendRedekopmark 07:15, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Requested move

[edit] change in way myths tested are displayed

I'm thinking about changing the myth's tested column is displayde to show each myth on it's own line and have it colured according to if it is busted confirmed or plausible. An example of this can be seen here let me know what you thinkRedekopmark 01:45, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

Nah, you shouldn't spoil the results like that. Fookhar 09:06, 29 June 2007 (UTC +2)

K i'll leave it the way it is thenRedekopmark 07:08, 29 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Season 5 - Ninja Special

The Ninja Special is currently listed as episode 0508. Shouldn't this be counted as a special instead of a regular episode, and changed from 0508 to special 12? YHVHYHVH 21:31, 24 August 2007 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by YHVHYHVH (talk • contribs) 19:36, August 24, 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Season 6 - Baseball Special?

MythBusters wiki season 6 lists this as "Baseball special", yet it is not numbered as a special. Should it be? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.39.61.41 (talk) 03:45, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Inconsistensy in table and episode listings

Why do the special episodes in season 5 and 6 have a episode number in the "Episode #" table, when all the other special episodes have -- in the "Episode #" table?? Wouldn't it be more logical to follow the same format? Also the "Superhero Special" is listed as a regular episode and not as a special episode... Why?? Hope someone can answer those questions for me! Best regards / Mathias Dreamingtree 10:46, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

The spicials from season 5 and 6 are given an episode number because they are given an episode number because the discovery site gives them a number even though the specials from season 1 to 4 are not, and as for the superhero special the discovery site listed that it wasn't a special episode even though it has special in the name, I'm not sure how that makes sense, but we're using their site as the basis for our numbering guide sowe did the same thing. Hope this awnsers some of your questions Redekopmark 00:50, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

Well... it make sense to follow the official site at discovery! I guess it's just discovery that are confused... they don't seem to know their own episodes and doesn't follow the same format... ;-) Thanks for answering! Best regards! / Mathias Dreamingtree 18:49, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Please verify

If someone could please verify these changes made by an anon IP [3] that would be great. I can't tell if it is vandalism or not. Thanks Digital^Ninja 04:01, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

I think that change is incorrect... it seems earlier in this discussion that the consensus is to follow the official episode numbering to avoid confusion! I have changed back so it matches the episode guides at discovery.... Official MythBuster Wiki and Episode guide at the official MythBuster webpage (up until season 5). / Dreamingtree 19:56, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Air plane hour

I changed the date on air plane hour to dec, 15th some days ago, because I found that date on the discovery website, but someone changed it back. Please someone fix it again. Since I registered only 5 mins ago I can't change it myself. Muscleduck (talk) 16:25, 14 December 2007 (UTC) TV schedule found here: [4] Update: Seems like that isn't the correct date after all since this episode was aired december 12th, like on the wiki page. Strange. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Muscleduck (talk • contribs) 21:41, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Holiday Special on December 19, 2007

I'm a little confused about the Holiday Special that is airing on December 19, 2007. Due to an episode that already aired with that name, and the fact that my TV listings say it is a rerun, I removed it from the list. Someone else subsequently added it back. So, I checked Discovery's description of it, and it says it will see if reindeer could really fly Santa's sleigh, how to keep needles from falling off of a Christmas tree, and can yodeling cause an avalanche. The needles on the Christmas tree stuff appeared on the Holiday Special from 2006 and the yodeling was on the Snow Special, and I can't find anything about Santa's reindeer. So is this episode a compilation, featuring new and old myths? Or are the previous myths being revisited? -Joltman (talk) 16:30, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

I was the one that changed it back, i thought that it was a new episode because of the reindeer thing, but now that i think about it those other myths have already been tested, so maybe their retesting them or it could be a best of type of show, either way i think that we should leave it for now and when it airs we can make corrections Redekopmark (talk) 00:14, 15 December 2007 (UTC)

On the tv schedual on the discovery site it says in january episode 96 is airing and since we are only at 94 right now there must be another episode that has yet to be aired and the only one in the schedule that i didn't recognize was the holiday one with the reindeer so this leads me to believe that the holiday special next week will indeed be a new episode Redekopmark (talk) 01:34, 16 December 2007 (UTC)

I watched it last night, it was an exact repeat of the 2006 Holiday Special. (It was then followed by a repeat of the 2004 Christmas special and a 3rd repeat from 2005 or 2006 that contained a holiday myth.) 168.166.196.40 (talk) 18:45, 20 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Add DVD information?

Would it be WP-worthy, as well as useful, to have a column in the table indicating which episodes are in which DVD set(s) from Discovery? The DVD info is confusing at best, as Discovery has come up with several confusingly named sets and their "season" boundaries don't always match the ones here.

Proposed DVD designations:

• ep - episode available as an individual, one-episode DVD
• P - "pilot" DVD, contains first three pilots
• S1 - original "season one" set
• S1B - "season one volume two" set. Actually covers season two.
• S2 - "season two" set, no longer availble. Actually covered season three.
• S3 - "season three" set. Actually covers seasons two and most of three.
• S4 - "season four" set. Picks up with 3-16 through end of season four.

For example, "Brown Note" (3-1) would be shown as "ep, S2, S3".

Most if not all of the specials are available only as individual discs, if at all.

I have most of this information collected already, except for indvidual disc details on the first two seasons, and that's easy enough to add.

We'd need a new, rather narrow, column in the table, and a key at the bottom for the abbreviations.

I know this would be useful to collectors; that's not the question. Is it WP-worthy?

Jeh (talk) 05:59, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Episode 091/075/0505

I know DSC's online episode guide calls this "More Myths Revisited", but online TV guide info (recorded by ReplayTV) says "More Myths Reopened". This would make more sense as they already used "More Myths Revisited" once. I think it's a goof by whoever was typing up the ep guide at discovery.com. Jeh (talk) 21:51, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

When I was labeling episodes myself, I noticed that what the discovery site says, what this wiki says, what the original filename says and what the guys write on that blueprint paper during the show can be 4 different things! I gave up sometime around S2 because there were so many inconsistencies... Theultramage (talk) 12:35, 20 March 2008 (UTC)