MythBusters (2012 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 Busted, Plausible, or Confirmed).

On February 28, 2012, Discovery Channel announced that the 2012 season would commence airing on March 25, 2012. The season aired in a Sunday time slot, instead of its previous Wednesday time slot.

Cannonball accident
On December 6, 2011, while taping for the "Cannonball Chemistry" story, a home-made cannon test sent a cannonball through a residential neighborhood in Dublin, California. No one was injured, but the cannonball did considerable property damage, crashing through the walls of a family's house and landing in a car.

Episode 179 – "Duct Tape Island"
The Build Team does not appear in this episode.
 * Original air date: March 25, 2012

Duct Tape Island Survival
Marooned on a tropical island (Oahu, Hawaii) with only a pallet of duct tape, Adam and Jamie had to use it to perform the tasks needed for survival. Their goals were to...

Episode 180 – "Fire vs. Ice"

 * Original air date: April 1, 2012

Episode 181 – "Square Wheels"

 * Original air date: April 8, 2012

Date Night Car
Inspired by a scene in the film Date Night, in which a taxicab and sports sedan stuck together by their front bumpers perform a series of maneuvers in city streets. The Build Team obtained two cars similar to those used in the scene, tore off their front bumpers, and built a hitch to hold them together nose-to-nose. Driving at 40 mph, with Tory in the cab and Grant and Kari in the sedan, they tested the cars' ability to...

Episode 182 – "Swinging Pirates"

 * Original air date: April 15, 2012

Pirate Swing
Adam and Jamie attempted to re-create a scene in the film Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest. They set out to determine whether a group of six people in a suspended spherical cage could...

Episode 183 – "Battle of the Sexes"

 * Original air date: April 22, 2012

Adam, Jamie, and the Build Team explored five myths concerning the superiority of one gender or the other in various activities. For each myth, they chose 10 men and 10 women.

Episode 184 – "Driving in Heels"

 * Original air date: April 29, 2012

Episode 185 – "Revenge of the Myth"

 * Original air date: May 6, 2012

Adam, Jamie, and the Build Team explore four previously tested myths, using viewer suggestions for improvement or new tests.

Excavator Viral Challenge
A challenge from viewers to try new feats using excavators, based on "Excavator Exuberance" from 2011. Adam and Jamie attempted to...

Episode 186 – "Bouncing Bullet"

 * Original air date: May 13, 2012

Episode SP18 – "Mailbag Special"
The Build Team answers a series of randomly chosen letters sent in by viewers, answering questions and doing a series of short tests.
 * Original air date: May 20, 2012

Episode 187 – "Bubble Pack Plunge"

 * Original air date: June 3, 2012

Episode 188 – "Duel Dilemmas"

 * Original air date: June 10, 2012

Episode 189 – "Hollywood Gunslingers"

 * Original air date: June 17, 2012

Adam, Jamie, Tory, Kari and Grant explored eight firearm-related movie scenarios.

Episode SP19 – "Jawsome Shark Special"

 * Original air date: August 13, 2012

To celebrate the 25th anniversary of Shark Week on the Discovery Channel, Adam and Jamie counted down their 25 favorite shark-related myths, including some that had not previously aired.

Episode 190 – "Titanic Survival"

 * Original air date: October 7, 2012

Episode 191 – "Trench Torpedo"

 * Original air date: October 14, 2012

Episode 192 – "Hail Hijinx"
This episode was also called "Cliffhanger Bridge Boom" in Australia.
 * Original US air date: October 21, 2012
 * Original Australia air date: September 3, 2012

Episode 193 – "Fright Night"

 * Original air date: October 28, 2012

Dead Body Disposal
Adam and Jamie investigated two myths based on movie scenes involving the transportation and burial of dead bodies.

Episode 194 – "Mini Myth Medley"

 * Original air date: November 4, 2012

Adam, Jamie, and the Build Team tested five myths chosen at random from viewer submissions.

Episode 195 – "Cannonball Chemistry"

 * Original air date: November 11, 2012

Cannonball Chemistry
At the start of the episode, the Build Team apologized for the cannonball accident that occurred while they were testing this myth.

Episode 196 – "Food Fables"

 * Original air date: November 18, 2012

Car Cook-Off
For their myths, Jamie and Adam were joined by celebrity chef Alton Brown, who is an enthusiast of incorporating science into cooking and had previously busted food myths on an episode of Good Eats reverentially titled Myth Smashers.

Episode SP20 – "Explosions A to Z"
This episode was called "The A to Z of Explosions" in Australia.
 * Original US air date: November 25, 2012
 * Original Australian air date: September 24, 2012

The Build Team presents a series of 25 vignettes, one for each letter of the alphabet (except X and Y, which they combined), concerning the explosions that have been carried out in myth testing.