MythBusters (2003–…): Season 20, Episode 6 - Episode #15.6 - full transcript
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ONWARD, JOHN! ONWARD!
Narrator: ON THIS BALLISTIC
EPISODE OF "MYTHBUSTERS"...
[ LAUGHING ]
Narrator: A CINEMATIC
CADAVER-CARRYING CONUNDRUM...
[ GROANING ]
Brian: THIS MYTH IS ABOUT
PICKING UP A DEAD BODY
AND USING IT AS COVER
DURING A FIREFIGHT.
ONE!
Narrator:...AND...
OH.
Narrator: A TALL TALE
OF BOMB-PROOF...
[ EXPLOSION ]
BOOM! IT EVEN WENT...
[ BLOWS RASPBERRY ]
Narrator: ...GOO.
Jon: IT'S TIME TO PUT IT
TO THE ULTIMATE TEST
TO SEE IF OOBLECK
IS ACTUALLY BOMBPROOF.
3, 2, 1...
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Narrator: FIRST UP IS
A CLASSIC ACTION MOVIE MYTH.
THE LEAD IS FLYING,
OUR HERO CORNERED.
DESPERATE FOR COVER, HE GRABS
A RECENTLY DECEASED EXTRA
TO USE AS A HUMAN SHIELD,
BUT CAN AN UNCOOPERATIVE
CADAVER REALLY BE CARRIED
IN A GUNFIGHT SCENARIO?
AND IS IT ACTUALLY BULLETPROOF?
OR IS THIS SILVER-SCREEN
SCENE DEAD WEIGHT?
THIS IS COOL.
LET'S BREAK IT DOWN.
FIRST UP, YOU NEED TO KNOW, CAN
YOU HOLD UP A DEAD AS A SHIELD?
SO CAN YOU ACTUALLY PICK IT UP
AND HEFT IT AROUND?
HUH?
-LIKE THAT?
-THAT'S GREAT.
-JUST PUSH-UPS WITH A DEAD BODY.
-[ LAUGHS ]
AND WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT
IF A BODY IS BULLETPROOF.
THAT WOULD BE IMPORTANT.
BECAUSE THERE IS NO POINT
IN HEFTING IT AROUND
IF IT'S JUST A PIECE
OF TISSUE PAPER.
YEAH. I'VE GOT THE PERFECT
SOLUTION FOR THAT.
-GREAT.
-COOL.
-READY?
-YEP. OKAY.
Narrator: BOOMER, OUR ACCURATE
HUMAN SYNDAVER...
SO JUST PULL THE PANTS UP.
Narrator: ...IS THE JUST
THE DEAD GUY FOR THE JOB.
LOOK AT THAT!
Narrator: HE'S PROVED HIS TAKE
ONE FOR THE TEAM CREDENTIALS
ON AIRBAG DISASTER.
OH, NO!
-Narrator: AND FRESH...
-NICE.
OOH. THAT WAS MOIST.
Narrator:
...FROM A FACTORY RESET...
[ High-pitched voice ]
COME ON, BRING IT.
Narrator: ...AT 150 POUNDS,
HE'S READY TO ROLL.
THERE WE GO.
-BEAUTIFUL.
-GOOD BOY.
A LITTLE STYLE.
YOU GOT TO LOOK SHARP.
THIS MYTH IS ABOUT
PICKING UP A DEAD BODY,
USING IT AS COVER
DURING A FIREFIGHT.
1, 2, 3.
I WORKED IN EMERGENCY MEDICINE,
AND I'VE EXPERIENCED
MOVING A FEW DEAD BODIES.
GOT TO KEEP HIS HEAD CLEAN.
-THERE WE GO.
-OKAY.
-YOU READY?
-YEAH.
Brian: AND THE THING YOU LEARN
IS, WHEN THEY SAY "DEAD WEIGHT"
IT MEANS TOTALLY DIFFERENT
THAN JUST WEIGHT.
[ GROANING ]
OKAY.
HOW DOES THIS LOOK?
OH, HE'S STILL MOIST.
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
I MEAN, IT'S GOT HEFT TO IT.
IT'S LIKE DEAD WEIGHT, BUT...
OKAY, BUT IF I WAS OUT THERE
SHOOTING AT YOU,
HOW WOULD YOU FEEL?
ARE YOU GLAD
YOU'RE HUGGING A BODY?
YES.
-IT'S LIKE HAVING A FRIEND.
-[ LAUGHS ]
Narrator: SO JOHN CAN LIFT
AND CARRY THE CADAVER,
BUT TO PUT THIS MYTH TO
THE TEST,
THEY NEED OBJECTIVE DATA.
-YEAH!
-[ LAUGHS ]
Narrator: BRIAN AND JON SET UP
A 100-FOOT-LONG COURSE.
THEY'LL BOTH RUN THE GAUNTLET
WITH BOOMER IN TOW, DUCKING,
DODGING, AND WEAVING
AS IF UNDER FIRE...
3, 2, 1, GO!
Narrator:
...AND AVERAGE THEIR TIMES
TO FIND OUT HOW LONG IT'LL TAKE.
3, 2, 1, GO!
[ BELL DINGS ]
-[ GROANING ]
OKAY. I CAN'T HIS LEGS TO BEND.
[ LAUGHS ]
YEAH, SO THE HEROES IN MOVES,
THEY SWEAT A LOT LESS.
[ GROANING ]
BUT I'M ACTUALLY
A LITTLE BIT SURPRISED
BECAUSE IT'S POSSIBLE
TO PICK UP A BODY
AND CARRY IT LIKE
A HUMAN SHIELD.
OH, YEAH.
FEELING SUPER SAFE.
KEEP GOING. KEEP GOING.
SPIN THAT. YEAH!
ALL RIGHT. KEEP GOING.
YOU FEEL THAT IN YOUR LEGS?
I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST SOME
KIND OF HOLLYWOOD STUNT.
HERE WE GO. FINISH LINE.
-END!
-YEAH!
-NICE JOB.
-WHEW.
-HOW IS IT?
-WEIRD.
[ GROANING ]
DONE!
HOO!
[ BREATHING HEAVILY ]
IT'S NOT AS EASY AS IT LOOKED.
BUT NEXT UP, GUNS AND AMMO.
LET'S DO IT.
Narrator: BUT BEFORE THE SAGA
OF THE CADAVER CONTINUES...
CUE MYTH NUMBER TWO.
CAN A NON-NEWTONIAN LIQUID
PROTECT YOU FROM A BOMB BLAST?
THIS BALLISTIC MYSTERY BALANCES
ON THE STRANGE
MATERIAL PROPERTIES
OF NONE-NEWTONIAN FLUIDS --
APPLY A FORCE AND IT
TEMPORARILY THICKENS SO MUCH,
IT BEHAVES LIKE A SOLID,
BUT DOES THAT MEAN
IT CAN DEFLECT
AN EXPLOSIVE PRESSURE WAVE?
IS THIS AN INTERNET FABLE
OR FEASIBLE PHYSICS?
Brian:
IN ORDER TO TEST THIS MYTH,
WE NEED TO DEFINE
WHAT IS BOMB-PROOF.
YOU READY TO MAKE UP
SOME OOBLECK?
-DEFINITELY.
-ALL RIGHT.
Brian: ACCORDING TO THE CENTER
FOR DISEASE CONTROL,
AT ABOUT 10 P.S.I.
YOU OCCUR LUNG DAMAGE,
[ COUGHING ] MM.
Brian:
SO THAT 10-P.S.I. THRESHOLD'S
WHAT WE'RE GONNA NEED.
WE'RE GONNA SEE
IF OOBLECK CAN REDUCE
THE PRESSURE BELOW
THAT THRESHOLD.
OH, IT'S STILL LIQUIDY,
BUT I THINK I'M THERE.
Narrator: SO WILL
A NON-NEWTONIAN FLUID REDUCE
THE SUPERSONIC BLAST WAVE
OF A HIGH EXPLOSIVE
TO A SURVIVABLE 10 P.S.I?
FIRST UP, THE MYSTERIOUS MATTER
IN QUESTION.
OOBLECK IS MAKE OF TWO
VERY COMMON INGREDIENTS --
CORN STARCH, FOR COOKING,
AND WATER,
FOR KEEPING YOU ALIVE.
AND WHEN THESE TWO
THINGS COMBINE,
THEY CREATE A MAGICAL
SUBSTANCE KNOWN AS OOBLECK...
ALL RIGHT.
YOU READY FOR THE PUNCH TEST?
...WHICH ACTUALLY COMES
FROM A DR. SEUSS STORY,
"BARTHOLOMEW AND THE OOBLECK,"
WHERE BARTHOLOMEW HAS
TO SAVE A KINGDOM
FROM A STICKY,
GOOEY SUBSTANCE...
OOH!
...AND THIS STUFF IS COOL.
WHOA-HO-HO-HO.
SO WHAT EXACTLY
IS GOING ON HERE?
WELL, THAT'S HAD SCIENTISTS
BAFFLED FOR A WHILE.
[ GROANS ] WHAT?
BUT STARCH IS KEY TO IT.
IT'S MADE OF LONG,
COILED POLYMER CHAINS
THAT TEND TO FLOW AROUND
EACH OTHER JUST FINE,
BUT YOU ADD A LITTLE BIT
OF FORCE TO THAT,
AND SUDDEN THEY INTERTWINE,
TANGLING TOGETHER,
AND THAT MAKES THEM
ACT LIKE A SOLID,
JUST FOR A MOMENT, THOUGH.
YOU REMOVE THAT FORCE,
BACK TO LIQUID.
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Narrator: AND TO DEMONSTRATE HOW
THESE PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
MIGHT PROVE TO BE BOMBPROOF,
BRIAN AND JON BEGIN
WITH IMPACT TESTING.
3, 2, 1...
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[ LAUGHS ]
A PERFECT EXAMPLE
OF A NEWTONIAN FLUID,
CONSISTENT VISCOSITY
ALL THE WAY THROUGH.
GOOD. LET'S MOVE ON.
Narrator:
NEXT UP, THE OOBLECK.
HOW WILL THE NON-NEWTONIAN
FLUID REACT TO THE IMPACT?
IN 3, 2, 1...
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[ LAUGHS ] THAT'S GREAT.
IT JUST KIND OF WENT...
[ IMITATES SLOW MOTION SOUND ]
THAT WAS AN INTERESTING TEST.
THE BEARING COMES FLYING IN,
HITS THE SURFACE OF THE OOBLECK,
THEN IT SINKS IN ONLY TO BE
FLUNG RIGHT BACK OUT,
HESITATE FOR A MOMENT BEFORE
DISAPPEARING INTO OBSCURITY.
Narrator: IF THE BALL HAD BEEN
DROPPED ON A HUMAN HEAD,
IT WOULD HAVE HAD AN IMPACT
FORCE OF 3,140 POUNDS.
THE OOBLECK REDUCED
THAT TO 640 POUNDS,
A PROMISING DEMONSTRATION OF
ITS IMPACT-ABSORBING QUALITIES.
BRING ON THE BOMBS.
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A QUARTER, 22 AND 1/4.
Brian: HOW ARE WE GONNA TEST
ON A SMALL SCALE
IF OOBLECK IS BOMBPROOF?
WITH GLASS PANELS.
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Brian: THERE'S FIVE GLASS PANELS
HERE, AND EACH ONE TAKES ABOUT
1 P.S.I. TO BREAK.
OUR CHERRY BOMB EXPLODES,
SENDING THAT PRESSURE WAVE UP
THROUGH AIR, WATER, OR OOBLECK,
SO WE CAN TEST
ALL THREE MEDIA...
THIS IS AWESOME.
...AND THEN WE CAN DETERMINE
HOW MUCH IS BROKEN BY EACH MEDIA
AND IF THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT
REDUCTION IN THAT PRESSURE WAVE.
Narrator:
SO TEST ONE IS A CONTROL.
A BAG OF AIR IS SANDWICHED
BETWEEN THE CHERRY BOMB
AND GLASS PANELS.
1 1/2 OUNCE CHERRY BOMB
PRESSURE TEST WITH AIR
IN 3, 2, 1...
[ EXPLOSION ]
THAT'S WHAT I CALL A BENCHMARK.
[ LAUGHS ]
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Jon: THREE.
Narrator: THE MYTHBUSTERS ARE
TESTING THE INTERNET FABLE...
-2, 1...
-[ LAUGHS ]
Narrator:
...THAT A NON-NEWTONIAN FLUID...
-ONE.
-...IS BOMBPROOF.
THE BOOMS BEGAN WITH A CONTROL
AN AIR-FILLED BAG.
Jon: 1...
[ EXPLOSIONS ]
THAT TEST IS EXACTLY
WHAT WE WERE LOOKING FOR.
IT LOOKED LIKE SHATTERED GLASS
EVERYWHERE TO US,
BUT THE HIGH-SPEED REVEALED
THE SECRETS,
THE PRESSURE WAVE --
BOOM. BOOM. BOOM.
FIRST THREE PANES OF GLASS GONE.
FOURTH ONE GIVES.
THE FIFTH LOOKS LIKE
IT'S NOT GOING TO.
THE PRESSURE WAVE'S
ALMOST DONE, BUT, BOOM,
THE GLASS CRACKS,
AND THAT'S EXACTLY
WHERE WE WANT TO BE
TO COMPARE WATER AND OOBLECK TO.
[ EXPLOSION ]
NEXT UP, A BAG OF WATER
COMPARABLE IN SIZE
TO OUR BAG OF AIR.
-HOT!
-ALL RIGHT. HERE WE GO.
1 1/2 OUNCE CHERRY BOMB
PRESSURE TEST WITH WATER
IN THREE, TWO, ONE...
[ EXPLOSION ]
-I'LL NEVER GET TIRED OF THAT.
-[ LAUGHS ]
[ EXPLOSIONS ]
USING AIR AS OUR BARRIER,
THE CHERRY BOMB
BLEW UP FIVE PANES OF GLASS.
WITH WATER, THREE PANES.
NEXT UP IS OOBLECK.
WE'LL SEE HOW THAT COMPARES
TO THE OTHER TWO.
JUST SUCK IT IN. SUCK IT IN.
YOU'RE BEING A REAL JERK,
YOU KNOW THAT?
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ALL RIGHT. THE MOMENT WE'VE
ALL BEEN WAITING FOR.
1 1/2 OUNCE CHERRY BOMB
PRESSURE TEST WITH OOBLECK
IN THREE, TWO, ONE...
[ EXPLOSION ]
IT WENT OFF LIKE BOOM,
AND EVEN WENT...
[ BLOWS RASPBERRY ]
-[ LAUGHS ]
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[ LAUGHS ]
ONE...
[ LAUGHS ]
HO!
OH. OKAY, LOOK AT THAT.
THE EXPLOSION GOES OFF
AND THE OOBLECK
ACTUALLY LOOKS
LIKE IT TIGHTENS UP
AND JUST GOES AS A WALL LIKE...
[ IMITATES EXPLOSION ]
Brian: THESE WERE DEFINITELY
INTERESTING RESULTS.
OOBLECK WAS SIGNIFICANTLY
BETTER THAN AIR,
AND WATER BROKE THREE PANES.
WITH THE OOBLECK, ONLY TWO.
I'M BEGINNING TO THINK THERE
MIGHT BE SOMETHING TO THIS MYTH.
THE MYTHICAL GOO COMPARES
WELL TO WATER,
BUT A CHERRY BOMB'S
JUST NOT GONNA CUT IT.
I MEAN, IT'S A BOMB,
AS IS IN CHERRY BOMB,
BUT TO TEST THIS MYTH
FOR REAL, WE GOT TO GO BIG.
NEXT STEP --
HIGH EXPLOSIVES, BABY.
Narrator: BUT BEFORE THE TEAM
DECAMP TO A DESERTED DESTINATION
FOR A DATE WITH DETONATION,
IT'S BACK TO
THE BODY-DOUBLE MOVIE MYTH.
♪♪
Brian: TIME TO GET TO THE POINTY
END OF THIS MYTH.
RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE.
PERFECT.
WE NEED TO KNOW WHETHER OR NOT
YOU CAN YOU HOLD UP A HUMAN BODY
AND USE IT AS BODY ARMOR.
NOW WE HAVE THE SYNDAVER...
[ GROANING ]
Brian: ...AND IT IS A PERFECT
HUMAN REPLICA,
BUT IT'S A LITTLE BIT EXPENSIVE
TO DETERMINE PENETRATION DEPTH.
OH. GOD,
THAT'S STUFF'S BEAUTIFUL.
Jon: SO BEFORE WE SHOOT
INTO THE SYNDAVER,
WE'RE GONNA BE SHOOTING
INTO OUR GOOD OLD FRIEND,
BALLISTICS GEL,
JUST SO WE CAN GET SOME DATA
ON GUNS AND AMMUNITION.
-BING!
-ALL RIGHT.
Brian: WE COULD HAVE GONE WITH
A RANGE OF WEAPONS.
-BOOM!
-GOOD.
Brian: INSTEAD, WE HAVE DONE
WITH THE 9-MIL,
FULL-SIZED HANDGUN.
THE REASON BEING IT'S IN
JUST ABOUT EVERY ACTION MOVIE,
EVERY TV SHOW, AND THAT
MAKES IT OUR WEAPON OF CHOICE.
-ALL RIGHT.
-LOOKS GOOD TO ME.
WHAT KIND OF AMMUNITION
WILL WE BE SHOOTING
INTO OUR BALLISTICS GEL?
WELL, HERE WE HAVE THREE
DIFFERENT 9-MILLIMETER ROUNDS.
WE HAVE A FULL METAL JACKET.
WE HAVE A STANDARD-ISSUE
POLICE HOLLOW POINT,
AND WE HAVE A SELF-DEFENSE
HOLLOW POINT.
NOW REALISTICALLY IN A GUNFIGHT,
YOU WANT TO USE THESE TWO,
'CAUSE THEY'RE MEANT
TO DUMP ALL THEIR ENERGY
INSIDE THEIR INITIAL TARGET
WITHOUT CAUSING HORRIFIC
COLLATERAL DAMAGE.
Narrator: YEP, AND FIRST UP,
THE SELF-DEFENSE HOLLOW POINT.
-ROUND ONE, LOCKED AND LOADED.
-GREAT.
Narrator: IT'S DESIGNED TO
FRAGMENT UPON IMPACT,
REDUCING THE CHANCE OF
THE BULLET
PASSING THROUGH THE GEL.
DEFENSIVE-ROUND HOLLOW POINT
FIRING IN THREE, TWO, ONE...
[ GUNSHOT ]
-OH. LOOK AT THAT.
-IT'S BEAUTIFUL.
IT JUST DISPERSED.
LOOKING AT THE TEST OF
THE DEFENSIVE
HOLLOW-POINT ROUND,
YOU'LL SEE THAT CHANNEL
OPEN UP VERY WIDE.
THAT'S BECAUSE ALL ENERGY
IS BEING LEFT
RIGHT HERE AT THIS END.
THIS ONE LITTLE BIT, BY THE TIME
IT REACHES RIGHT THERE,
HAS VERY LITTLE ENERGY
AND SPEED LEFT,
AND I WOULDN'T BE
TOO WORRIED ABOUT IT.
THIS IS WHERE
I DON'T WANNA BE.
I WOULD BE VERY HAPPY
BEING OVER HERE.
Narrator: WITH MOST OF
THE ENERGY DISPERSED
WITHIN THE FIRST FEW INCHES,
THAT'S A PROMISING
RESULT FOR THE MYTH.
IF BOOMER TAKES
A BULLET THAT WELL,
A GOOD GUY HOLDING
HIM UP MAY BE SAVED.
CUE TEST TWO.
STANDARD-ISSUE POLICE
HOLLOW POINT IN THREE, TWO, ONE.
[ GUNSHOT ]
THAT ONE HAD SOME KICK TO IT.
-WOW.
-THAT'S BEAUTIFUL.
IT'S PULLED BACK,
RELEASED SOME OF ITS ENERGY,
BUT MADE IT ALL THE WAY THROUGH.
I WOULDN'T WANT TO BE
BEHIND THAT.
NOT THIS TIME.
[ GUNSHOT ]
-OH.
-YEAH.
Brian:
THAT'S A LOT MORE DAMAGE.
Jon: I MEAN, IT'S THAT
EXTRA MASS, THAT EXTRA ENERGY.
YOU JUST LOOK AT IT.
YOU GOT CAVITATION AT THE FRONT.
YOU GOT CAVITATION AT THE BACK.
THERE'S JUST DAMAGE EVERYWHERE.
FULL METAL JACKET, FINAL TEST.
MY PREDICTION -- BEAUTIFUL,
HIGH SPEED, UGLY RESULT.
Narrator:
WITH ITS HARD OUTER CASING,
THIS ROUND IS THE LEAST
LIKELY TO BREAK UP
IN THE BALLISTICS GEL.
[ GUNSHOT ]
♪♪
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YEAH. WORSE-CASE-SCENARIO
ROUND RIGHT THERE.
I FEEL LIKE HE'S DEAD.
THE GUY BEHIND HIM'S DEAD,
AND THE GUY BEHIND HIM'S DEAD.
I JUST SAW SOMETHING THAT OUR
HIGH-SPEED CAMERAS CAUGHT THAT
I REALLY WANNA SHARE WITH YOU.
OOH!
HUGE CAVITATION,
AND YOU SEE
THAT FLASH OF LIGHT?
THAT'S WHAT WE CALL
SONOLUMINESCENCE,
AND WE'VE ONLY SEEN IT
AT THIS KIND OF SPEED.
IT HAPPENS WHEN A CAVITATION
CLOSES ITSELF SO FAST
THAT IT CREATED PLASMA UPWARDS
OF 3,600 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT.
THAT IS PRETTY DOPE.
♪♪
Narrator:
LATER ON "MYTHBUSTERS"...
-HO, YEAH!
-[ LAUGHS ]
Narrator:
...BOTH BALLISTIC MYSTERIES
HIT DESERTED
DESERT LOCATIONS...
JUST GETTING DRESSED
AS A HIT MAN.
Narrator:
...FOR FULL-SCALE MAYHEM.
OH, MY GOODNESS.
[ EXPLOSION ]
♪♪
[ IMITATES GUNSHOTS ]
♪♪
Brian: OH.
[ GUNSHOTS ]
WHERE ARE WE AT?
WELL, THE MOVIES
WOULD HAVE US BELIEVE
THAT YOU CAN TOTALLY
PICK UP A DEAD BODY
AND CARRY IT AROUND
AS A BULLETPROOF SHIELD.
NOW WE KNOW YOU CAN CARRY
A BODY, BUT IS IT BULLETPROOF?
SO UP NEXT WE'RE GONNA GET
OUR SUPER ACCURATE HUMAN ANALOG
SYNDAVER, SHOOT IT,
AND FIND OUT.
AH!
OBVIOUSLY WE CAN'T BE CARRYING
THIS DEAD BODY AROUND OURSELVES,
AND I DON'T THINK THEY'LL LET US
USE INTERNS FOR THIS ONE,
SO THAT MEANS WE HAVE
A BIG BUILD AHEAD.
WE HAVE TO BUILD A SLIDING CART
TO HOLD THE SYNDAVER,
A GOOD GUY STAND-IN
TO HOLD HIM UP.
WE NEED A PULLEY AND MOTOR
TO MOVE IT BACK AND FORTH,
AND WE NEED A RETURN-FIRE
PAINTBALL RIG FOR ADDED REALISM.
HEY, BO.
IT'S ABOUT TO GET NOISY.
[ PANTING ]
Narrator:
TO TAKE THIS HOLLYWOOD TALL TALE
AND TEST IT WITH LIVE AMMO...
IS THAT THE SOUND
OF THE BLADE BREAKING?
-NO.
-YEAH.
I'D RECOGNIZE THAT
SOUND ANYWHERE.
Narrator:
...REQUIRES A COMPLEX SETUP.
OH-HO-HO.
Narrator: JOHN WILL BUILD
A TRACK AND CART
TO CARRY THE CADAVER...
GO, GO, GO, GO, GO.
THAT'S INCREDIBLY EASY.
THAT'S AWESOME.
-OH!
-[ LAUGHS ]
Narrator: ...WHILE BRIAN
PROVIDES THE POWER.
THE CART WE'RE GONNA
BUILD FOR THIS RIG,
IT'S GONNA BE
A LITTLE BIT HEAVY WITH THAT
SYNDAVER ON IT,
ALL ITS PARTS NICE AND BEEFY,
SO WE WENT WITH A TOOL
WE ALREADY HAD IN THE SHOP,
HAS LOTS OF TORQUE,
GOT A BIG GEARBOX ON IT,
A REVERSIBLE MOTOR.
GREEN WIRE FIRST. OOH.
NO BOOM. WE'RE GOOD. ALL RIGHT.
AND WITH JUST A LITTLE BIT
OF TWEAKING
WE CAN CONTROL
THE SPEED ON IT...
THE PROPER TECHNIQUE
IS TO USE YOUR TEETH,
BUT I WANNA AVOID THAT.
...AND IT'LL GET THAT CART
BACK AND FORTH.
[ MOTOR WHIRRING ]
ALL RIGHT. THAT'S THE TICKET.
AH, PERFECT.
WHAT WAS A POWER TOOL IS NOW OUR
PRECISION-CONTROLLED, ACCURATE,
REVERSIBLE WINCH MOTOR.
WE WIRED IT UP
TO A SPEED CONTROLLER
AND TO A REVERSE SWITCH
TO ALLOW US TO MOVE THAT RIG
BACKWARDS AND FORWARDS.
THIS IS JUST ONE OF
SEVEN RAIL PLATFORMS
THAT OUR DOLLY
WILL BE GLIDING ACROSS.
[ DRILL WHIRRING ]
THAT SHOULD DEFINITELY BE
STRONG ENOUGH TO HOLD SYNDAVER
AND THE GOOD GUY.
-[ Whispers ] SO SMOOTH.
-[ LAUGHS ]
IT WILL BE REALLY SMOOTH PICKING
UP THOSE WOMEN AT THE BAR
WITH, LIKE, 70 FEET OF TRACK.
-THAT'S RIGHT.
HEY, LADIES.
WANT TO HOP ON THIS DOLLY?
YOU'RE BEING SHOT AT.
PEW, PEW. PEW.
PEW. PEW, PEW, PEW.
PEW, PEW, PEW.
-THAT'S INCREDIBLY SMOOTH.
-YEAH, I KNOW.
-LET'S SHOOT AT IT.
-[ LAUGHS ] YEAH.
[ IMITATES GUNSHOTS ]
Narrator: NEXT UP,
JOHN PREPS THE GOOD GUY
WHO WILL BE HOLDING UP
THE DEAD GUY.
UH-OH. HUMAN ANATOMY.
OH, HUGE FOREARMS.
WHAT I'M WORKING ON RIGHT NOW
IS THE PLYWOOD CUTOUT
THAT SITS BEHIND THE SYNDAVER,
SO WE KNOW THAT IF THE BULLETS
DO HAPPEN TO GO THROUGH,
IF THEY DON'T MAKE IT
INTO THE PLYWOOD,
THEN WE DON'T
COUNT THEM AS LETHAL.
OH. HEROIC PROPORTIONS.
YEAH.
HEROIC LEGS.
[ SAW WHIRRING ]
♪♪
Narrator:
AND FINALLY TO GIVE THE SHOOTER
A TASTE OF ACTION-MOVIE
AUTHENTICITY,
BRIAN RIGS A REMOTE-CONTROLLED
RETURN FIRE SYSTEM
FOR THE PLYWOOD GOOD GUY.
[ MOTOR WHIRRING ]
♪♪
DEADLIEST USE OF
A WIPER MOTOR EVER.
Narrator:
COMING UP ON GOO GONE WILD...
WOW, WE'RE REALLY GOOD AT THIS.
IF THIS DOESN'T WORK OUT,
WE CAN GO TO CLOWN SCHOOL.
Narrator: ...THE TNT PARTY
RAMPS UP WITH A COUNTDOWN.
IN THREE, TWO, ONE...
[ EXPLOSION ]
-[ LAUGHS ]
♪♪
Narrator:
IS THE MYSTERIOUS MATERIAL,
OOBLECK...
♪♪
...REALLY BOMBPROOF?
TO INVESTIGATE, JON AND BRIAN
HAVE HIT THE DESERT,
THE PERFECT LOCATION
TO CAUSE A COMMOTION.
WE'RE HERE AT CARAVAN WEST
RANCH AND THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL,
ISOLATED SPOT,
EXACTLY WHAT WE NEED
FOR SOME EXPLOSIONS.
THIS IS CUSTOM-MADE FOR A BOOM.
SO WHERE ARE WE AT?
WELL, WE PLAYED WITH OOBLECK
BACK IN THE SHOP
TO SEE ITS
NON-NEWTONIAN PROPERTIES,
THEN WE PUT THAT OOBLECK TO
THE TEST AGAINST AIR AND WATER,
AND IT ACTUALLY SEEMS TO REDUCE
SOME OF THAT BLAST FORCE,
BUT NOW IT'S TIME TO PUT IT
TO THE ULTIMATE TEST
IN A HIGH-SPEED EXPLOSIVE
TO SEE IF OOBLECK
IS ACTUALLY BOMBPROOF.
THE BLAST POINT.
FOR THE FIRST TIME
ON "MYTHBUSTERS"
WE'RE GONNA BE USING
A COMBINATION OF NITROMETHANE
AND ALUMINUM POWDER.
YEAH.
Brian: IT'S A TWO-PART EXPLOSIVE
USED FOR DEMOLITION,
AND WHEN YOU COMBINE THOSE TWO,
YOU GET A BLAST OVER
21,000 FEET PER SECOND.
THAT IS ONE HECK
OF A HIGH EXPLOSIVE.
-PRESSURE SENSOR.
-IN THE PIPE.
WELL, WE WANT TO GET
THE BEST DATA FOR OUR BLAST,
AND TO DO THAT, WE'RE GONNA
USE THESE PRESSURE SENSORS.
-BRIAN!
-I CAN'T HEAR YOU.
HOT!
I'M GETTING PULLED OVER.
HOW IS IT LOOKING?
I DON'T KNOW.
IT'S A DARK PIPE.
SENSITIVE FROM ALL THE WAY
IN THE MICRO-P.S.I. RANGE
ALL THE WAY TO 5,000 P.S.I.,
BUT THE CABLE ITSELF NEEDS TO
BE PROTECTED FROM THE BLAST.
ONE MORE.
A LITTLE FLAT.
CAN YOU GO SHARP ON IT?
[ HIGH-PITCHED SQUEAL ]
WE'RE GONNA BURY THESE SENSORS,
RUN THE CABLE THROUGH A PIPE
LAID IN THE TRENCH BEHIND US.
HEY, BRIAN,
WANNA SEE A TRICK?
-YEAH.
-HERE WE GO.
-COME ON.
-OH, THERE IT IS.
-OH! BRAVO.
-WHOO!
LET'S DROP HER IN.
Narrator: THAT'S THE EXPENSIVE,
SENSITIVE,
ELECTRONIC INSTRUMENTATION,
AND THESE ARE ANALOG PRESSURE
SENSES OR WATER BALLOONS.
♪♪
TUCK IT IN.
SO HOW IS THIS GONNA WORK?
WE HAVE A 4-FOOT BY 4-FOOT BY
4-INCH AQUARIUM
WE'RE GONNA FILL
WITH OUR MEDIUM.
THERE WE GO.
FOR THE FIRST TEST,
THAT'S AIR.
PERFECT.
THEN, WE'RE GONNA PLACE 3 POUNDS
OF OUR BINARY EXPLOSIVE HERE,
1 FOOT AWAY FROM IT.
AND THESE PRESSURE TRANSDUCERS,
6-FOOT AWAY FROM OUR BLAST,
WILL GIVE US READINGS
ON WHAT KIND OF
PRESSURE WAVE
MOVES THROUGH HERE
AFTER IT TRAVELS THROUGH
OUR EMPTY AQUARIUM.
AND IN ADDITION TO THAT DATA,
WE HAVE AN ANALOG
EXPLOSION DETECTOR
WITH THESE WATER-FILLED
BALLOONS,
AND WE'LL SEE HOW MANY POP
AFTER EACH DIFFERENT EXPLOSION.
ALL RIGHT.
WE'RE ALL SET UP.
AIR TEST HERE WE COME.
[ SIREN WAILING ]
♪♪
-READY?
-I'M READY.
HERE WE GO.
FULL-SCALE BLAST PRESSURE TEST
WITH EMPTY AQUARIUM IN
3, 2, 1...
[ EXPLOSION ]
I DON'T SEE ANY BALLOONS...
[ EXPLOSION ]
...OR THE AQUARIUM...
...OR THE BOTTOM
HALF OF THE RIG.
IT'S GONE.
[ EXPLOSION ]
WELL, AIR DOESN'T
BLOCK AN EXPLOSION.
[ LAUGHS ] TA-DA!
WELL, THAT WAS EVENTFUL.
YEAH, LOOKS LIKE THE PRESSURE
TRANSDUCER SURVIVED.
THIS, NOT SO MUCH.
THAT WAS 3 POUNDS
OF HIGH EXPLOSIVE,
AND MOST OF OUR STUFF IS GONE,
LIKE A MAGIC TRICK. [ LAUGHS ]
[ BLOWS AIR ]
HEY, LITTLE MAN,
YOU MAKE IT?
THE EMPTY AQUARIUM
DID PRETTY MUCH
NOTHING TO STOP
THAT SHOCKWAVE.
Brian: OH, LOOK AT THAT.
YOU CAN SEE THE EXPLOSION,
THEN YOU SEE THE SHOCKWAVE
GOING IN FRONT OF IT.
AND IT'S THE SHOCKWAVE
THAT POPS THE BALLOONS.
-THAT'S FANTASTIC.
-THAT'S SO BEAUTIFUL.
AND THEN ALL THE SHRAPNEL HITS.
THANKS TO OUR PRESSURE SENSOR
ON THE FLOOR, IT READ 46 P.S.I.
6 FEET AWAY
FROM OUR EMPTY AQUARIUM.
REMEMBER, OUR THRESHOLD
FOR OOBLECK BEING BOMBPROOF
IS THAT IT REDUCES
THE PRESSURE WAVE
TO 10 P.S.I. OR LOWER.
OH!
Narrator: BUT FIRST, A SECOND
CONTROL TO COMPARE TO OOBLECK
AND THE AIR, WATER...
IS IT BOWING ON THE BOTTOM?
OH, IT'S BOWING LIKE CRAZY.
Narrator: ...A CONVENTIONAL
NEWTONIAN FLUID
THAT'S A LITTLE HEAVIER
THAN THE RIG WOULD LIKE.
OH, THAT'S -- BRIAN!
LOOK AT IT.
OH, MY GOD.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S
GOING TO MAKE IT.
Narrator:
THE AQUARIUM ACQUIESCED BARELY,
AND THE RACE IS ON TO BLOW IT UP
BEFORE IT COLLAPSES
UNDER ITS OWN WEIGHT.
[ SIREN WAILING ]
-READY?
-READY.
FULL-SCALE BLAST PRESSURE TEST
WITH AQUARIUM FULL OF WATER
IN 3, 2, 1...
[ EXPLOSION ]
-OH!
-[ LAUGHS ]
THAT WAS MASSIVE, BUT LOOK.
THE WALL IS STILL ONE PIECE.
Narrator: UNLIKE THE AIR TEST,
THE WATER-BALLOON WALL
IS INDEED STILL STANDING.
[ LAUGHS ] LOOK AT THAT.
YEAH, IT'S SIGNIFICANTLY
LESS DAMAGE.
THE LEGS ARE STILL INTACT.
THE WALL IS STILL UP.
THE SENSOR READING FROM
THE EMPTY AQUARIUM 6 FEET AWAY
WAS 46 P.S.I.
THE AQUARIUM FULL OF WATER
AT 6 FEET AWAY 36 P.S.I.
THAT WAS BEAUTIFUL HIGH-SPEED.
THE BLAST GOES OFF.
WE SEE THAT SHOCKWAVE
PASS THROUGH,
DESTROYING MOST OF THE BALLOONS.
AFTER THAT, DEBRIS PRETTY MUCH
FINISHED OFF EVERYTHING.
IT WAS DEFINITELY LESS SEVERE
THAN THE AIR-FILLED AQUARIUM,
BUT I WOULDN'T WANNA
BE STANDING OUT THERE.
Narrator: YEP, THE PRESSURE WAVE
AND RESULTANT DAMAGE
WAS DISPERSED
BY THE WATER-FILLED BARRIER,
BUT AT 36 P.S.I.,
IT'S STILL LETHAL,
BUT THE BIG QUESTION IS,
WILL THE OOBLECK BLOCK
THAT BLAST
AND PROVE TO BE BOMBPROOF?
♪♪
-LARGEST LATTE.
-[ LAUGHS ]
Jon: OOH, YEAH!
BRIAN AND JON ARE ON A MISSION.
Jon: [ LAUGHS ]
Narrator: WILL OOBLECK,
A NON-NEWTONIAN LIQUID
THAT SOLIDIFIES UPON
THE APPLICATION OF FORCE,
PROVE TO BE BOMBPROOF.
Jon:
AT 6 FEET AWAY WITH JUST AIR,
46 P.S.I.
WITH WATER, 36 P.S.I.,
AND THAT'S A NEWTONIAN FLUID.
THAT RIGHT THERE IS OOBLECK,
NON-NEWTONIAN,
SO I FEEL LIKE WE'RE GONNA
DROP DOWN TO, LIKE,
20 P.S.I.
ALL RIGHT.
WE GOT OOBLECK IN HERE
AND ON HERE.
BOMB GOES THERE.
PRESSURE SENSORS ARE GOOD.
-LET'S HIT THE GO BUTTON.
-LET'S DO IT.
OOBLECK, BOMBPROOF?
I'VE GOT HIGH HOPES.
♪♪
ALL RIGHT. YOU READY?
-READY.
-OKAY.
HE'S THE FINAL TEST.
OOBLECK BOMBPROOF TEST
IN 3, 2, 1...
[ EXPLOSION ]
[ LAUGHS ] HEY!
THAT'S COOL.
THE WALL IS LITERALLY
RUNNING WITH OOBLECK.
YEAH.
IN TERMS OF DAMAGE FROM HERE,
IT LOOKS COMPARABLE,
IF NOT BETTER TO WATER.
[ EXPLOSION ]
Narrator: THE BINARY HIGH
EXPLOSIVE DOES ITS THING.
THE BLAST IS A CONCUSSIVE...
ERUPTIVE...
TERRIFYING...
21,000 FEET PER SECOND.
MAN, LOOK AT THIS.
THERE IS A CLEAR RADIUS
OF WHERE THERE'S NO OOBLECK,
AND THEN THERE'S JUST
OOBLECK ALL AROUND.
-IS IT STILL OOBLECK?
-I DON'T KNOW.
OOH, IT GOT DRIED OUT
BY THE EXPLOSION. [ LAUGHS ]
THAT HIGH-SPEED FOOTAGE
WAS AMAZING.
IT SENDS A SHOCKWAVE BLOWING UP
MOST OF THESE BALLOONS,
BUT THEN IT ALMOST SEEMS LIKE
THERE'S AN INVISIBLE WALL
HOLDING BACK THIS
MASSIVE FIREBALL,
AND THEN OUT OF NOWHERE,
SLOWLY, A TIDAL WAVE OF OOBLECK
COMES SHOWERING BACK
TOWARDS THE BOARD AND...
COVERS IT.
STILL ROLLING. YOU MADE IT.
WHOO!
Narrator: THE FIREBALL
AND SHRAPNEL
DO SEEM TO HAVE BEEN DEFLECTED,
BUT WHAT ABOUT THAT ORGAN
DAMAGING PRESSURE WAVE?
DID THE NON-NEWTONIAN LIQUID
TURN SOLID AND ABSORB
OR REFLECT THAT FORCE?
AND NOW, THE MOMENT WE'VE
ALL WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR --
THE DATA.
THE EXPLOSION ON THE 6-FOOT
SENSOR THROUGH AIR
IS AT 46 P.S.I.,
THROUGH WATER 36 P.S.I.,
FOR OUR OOBLECK,
51 P.S.I.
THAT'S INCREDIBLE.
IT'S HIGHER. WHY?
WELL, WHEN THE OOBLECK'S HIT
BY THE PRESSURE WAVE,
IT TURNS TEMPORARILY
INTO A SOLID.
THAT DENSELY PACKED MEDIA
DOESN'T DEFLECT OR ABSORB
THE ENERGY AS YOU MIGHT THINK.
IT ACTUALLY TRANSFERS
THE ENERGY MORE EFFICIENTLY,
LIKE SOUND TRAVELING
FASTER THROUGH WATER.
THAT IS A REALLY COOL RESULT.
SO WE KNOW THAT CORNSTARCH
IS GREAT FOR GRAVY,
BUT IS IT BOMBPROOF?
HECK NO, MAN.
LOOK AROUND YOU.
THIS PLACE IS A DISASTER.
-SO BUSTED?
-BUSTED.
♪♪
♪♪
♪♪
Jon:
WE'RE HERE AT COMBAT PAINTBALL
JUST OUTSIDE OF SANTA CLARITA
IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
THIS IS A PRETTY AWESOME SPOT.
YEAH, IT'S THE PERFECT
PLACE FOR A FIREFIGHT.
WE'RE HERE TESTING CAN YOU
PICK UP AN ENEMY BODY
DURING A FIREFIGHT,
CAN THAT BODY PROTECT YOU
FROM ONCOMING BULLETS?
WE'RE GONNA SET UP
OR RIG OUT THERE
AND TEST THIS MYTH FOR REAL.
IT'S LIKE WE'RE UNLOADING
THIS GIANT BOMB DISPOSAL ROBOT.
GO, ROBOT, GO.
YES!
♪♪
OOH. VERY NICE.
[ IMITATING CAR NOISES ]
[ GROANS ]
WE'RE OKAY.
SOLID. NOT EVEN A CREAK.
THE WAY WE HAVE
THIS TRACK SET UP,
IT MIGHT SEEM A LITTLE
WIBBLY WOBBLY...
ONWARD, JOHN! ONWARD!
...BUT WE DESIGNED
OUR DOLLY SO WELL
THAT IT TRACKS PERFECTLY SMOOTH
OVER THE ENTIRE 50 FEET.
SO LIGHT, LIKE A FEATHER.
DAMN YOU, GRAVITY.
SO ONE JON-POWERED RACE CAR.
♪♪
THIS IS NICE.
Jon: THE NEXT THING WE HAVE TO
DO IS SET THE PULLEY
TO GET IT UP AND DOWN RANGE.
DROP THIS IN.
IT'S KIND OF
LIKE A TIE FIGHTER.
SO WHY ALL THE FIELD WORK
PUTTING THIS HEFTY BOX
AROUND OUR MOTOR?
WELL, THERE'S A COUPLE THINGS
WE NEED TO WORRY ABOUT.
THE FIRST IS SMALL ARMS FIRE.
OUR BULLETS ARE COMING
RIGHT AT THE RIG.
THIS WALL'S GONNA HELP
PROTECT THAT NICE MOTOR.
THE OTHER IS, THAT'S A LONG
TRACK WITH A HEAVY CART ON IT.
THERE WE GO.
THAT WON'T GO NOWHERE.
WE GOT FORCES WANTING TO PULL
THIS OVER TOWARDS THE CART
'CAUSE IT'S PULLING ON THE CART.
THE LAST THING IS
THE HEIGHT OF THE PULLEY.
-IT'S IN.
-IT'S IN.
Brian:
THE ROPE UNDER THE CART IS ONLY
A COUPLE INCHES OFF THE GROUND.
STOP! YOU GOOD.
Brian: SO WE NEED ABOUT 6 INCHES
OF CLEARANCE,
AND THIS GETS US RIGHT
WHERE WE NEED TO BE.
WHICH WAY DO YOU WANT TO GO?
THIS WAY OR THAT WAY?
I THINK THAT AWAY.
IS THAT WAY ACTUALLY THAT WAY?
-I DON'T KNOW WHICH IS...
-[ LAUGHS ]
THAT'S WHY IT SAYS
THIS WAY OR THAT WAY.
IN THREE, TWO, ONE...
[ MOTOR WHIRRING ]
-OH, YEAH!
-[ LAUGHS ]
Narrator: WITH THE PULLEY SYSTEM
PULLING THIS WAY AND THAT...
THAT'S IT.
AND THE CHERRY ON TOP.
Narrator:
...THE RANDOM RETURN-FIRE
PAINTBALL GUN IS ADDED...
-THAT SHOULD SPRAY US.
-THAT'LL DO.
Narrator:
...AND SET UP TO FIRE REMOTELY.
SEE THAT SMUG LOOK ON MY FACE.
MMM. THAT'S SOME SEXY STUFF.
Narrator: CUE OUR 2-D GOOD GUY.
LOOKS LIKE HE'S FULLY ARMED.
[ IMITATES RIMSHOT ]
ARE THOSE MUSCLES?
IS THAT WHAT THAT IS?
HE EITHER PADDED HIMSELF OUT
BY STUFFING HIS SHIRT
WITH HIS SOCKS
OR HE'S JACKED.
-GOOD.
-GOOD?
YEAH.
Narrator: THEY'RE ALL SET
FOR A SYSTEMS CHECK.
JUST GETTING DRESSED
AS A HIT MAN.
Narrator: LATER, THEY'LL BE
GRADUATING TO LIVE ROUNDS
AND ADDING THE SYNDAVER
TO SEE IF HE PROTECTS
THE GOOD GUY,
BUT FOR NOW, THEY'RE JUST
MAKING SURE EVERYTHING WORKS.
ALL RIGHT, BRIAN.
YOU READY?
READY!
PAINTBALL SHOOTING WITH RETURN
PAINTBALL FIRE IN 3, 2, 1...
♪♪
WHOA!
HAVE I HIT YOU YET, BRIAN?
-IT'S KIND OF SCARY.
-HE'S SHOOTING.
I MEAN, I'M LIGHTING YOU UP.
I SHOOTING THE GUN.
IT LOOKS LIKE
HE'S GETTING CLOSE.
-DID THAT...
-OH! HOLY MOLY!
I ALMOST SHOT MYSELF.
-AHH!
-OH, MY GOODNESS.
THAT'S SOME REAL WILD FIRE
RIGHT THERE.
♪♪
I'M NOT GONNA LIE.
I REALLY HAVE NO IDEA
WHEN IT'S COMING AT ME,
AND IT IS ACTUALLY
KIND OF TERRIFYING
EVERY TIME THAT THING FIRES.
OH, MY GOODNESS.
THAT'S PRETTY FUN.
THAT WAS, BUT IT'S TIME
FOR REAL GUNS AND REAL BULLETS.
WANT TO MAKE A COMPETITION
OUT OF IT?
OH, YEAH.
♪♪
♪♪
SO WHERE ARE WE WITH
THE MYTH RIGHT NOW?
WE'VE DONE SOME PAINTBALL TEST
SHOOTING AT A MOVING DOLLY
WITH IT FIRING BACK AT US,
BUT NOW IT'S TIME TO UP
THE ANTE -- LIVE AMMUNITION.
OH, YEAH.
ONE MAGAZINE, 10 ROUNDS TOTAL.
LOCK AND LOAD
AT YOUR DISCRETION.
Brian: JON AND I HAVE SET UP
TWO TARGETS.
WE'RE GONNA FIGURE OUT WHICH
ONE OF US IS MORE ACCURATE.
THAT PERSON,
THEY'RE GONNA END UP
BEING THE SHOOTER
FOR OUR FINAL TEST.
Narrator: THE SHOOTER WILL BE
FIRING LIVE ROUNDS
AT THE GOOD GUY
WHO WILL BE HOLDING UP
THE DEAD GUY FOR PROTECTION.
[ GUNSHOTS ]
Brian: GUN SAFE!
I'M NOT WORRIED ABOUT A GUY
FROM NEW YORK.
[ GUN CLICKS ]
HMM.
[ GUNSHOT ]
♪♪
♪♪
WHOA-HO.
WHILE I DID PUT TWO
IN THE CENTER, OH...
MY GROUPING IS NOT SO GREAT.
THOSE ARE BEAUTIFUL, BUT...
WHAT HAPPENED THERE?
AND THE IMPORTANT THING,
I THINK, WHEN IT COMES
TO SHOOTING A MOVING TARGET
IS PUTTING OUT ROUNDS FAST
AND PUTTING THEM
DOWN ACCURATELY.
-YOU WANT TO TAKE THE SHOT?
-I'LL TAKE THE SHOT.
-LET'S DO IT.
-ALL RIGHT.
-TEXAS PROUD!
-TEXAS!
TEXAS!
SO BRIAN GOT THE BETTER OF ME,
AT LEAST THIS TIME.
♪♪
OH. HOW'S IT GOING?
COME HERE, BUDDY.
OKAY.
Jon: HOW ARE WE GONNA TELL
IF PICKING UP A BODY
DURING A GUNFIGHT
WILL ACTUALLY PROTECT YOU
FROM ONCOMING BULLETS?
I THINK WE JUST FOUND
A NEW WORKOUT PROGRAM.
WELL, IF THE BULLET
GOES INTO THE SYNDAVER
AND STAYS THERE, WE'RE GOOD.
HOW DOES HE LOOK?
OH, YEAH, ME AND HIM ARE JUST
HANGING OUT HAVING A GREAT TIME.
OH. TRES NATUREL.
IF THAT BULLET GOES THROUGH
THE SYNDAVER AND THE PLYWOOD,
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE CALLING
A LETHAL SHOT.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN
IT'S NOT BEAUTIFUL?
I'M JUST SAYING.
[ WESTERN MUSIC PLAYING ]
Jon:
WHAT DO I THINK'S GONNA HAPPEN?
I'M READY.
ALL RIGHT. HERE WE GO.
I'M PRETTY HOPEFUL
IT'S GONNA WORK.
DOES A DEAD BODY IN FRONT
OF YOU PROTECT YOU
FROM BULLETS IN A GUNFIGHT?
AND NOW, FINALLY,
WE GET A CHANCE
TO PUT THIS MYTH TO THE TEST.
IN 3, 2...
I THINK THIS MYTH
DOESN'T HOLD WATER,
MUCH LIKE A BODY FULL OF HOLES.
...1!
♪♪
OH-HO-HO.
Narrator: THE GOOD GUY DRAGS
THE DEAD BODY ALONG THE TRACK.
Brian: OH!
Narrator: BRIAN UNLOADS
20 ROUNDS OF SELF-DEFENSE
HOLLOW POINT AMMO...
Brian: [ LAUGHS ]
Narrator:
THE GOOD GUY RETURNS FIRE.
OOH, I SHOT MYSELF.
Narrator: ... AND ALL
THE PARAMETERS MATCH THE MAYHEM
OF THE MYTHICAL GUNFIGHT.
STOP. STOP!
-YOU GOOD?
-YEAH.
OKAY, GOOD.
I SHOT MYSELF TWICE.
[ LAUGHS ]
IT'S JUST BEAUTIFUL
HOW SCARY IT IS.
LOOKS -- OH, PAINTBALL PAINT.
JON, YOU MIGHT HAVE KILLED ME.
OH!
WELL, AT LEAST IF I DIDN'T,
I BLEW OFF YOUR EAR.
I'M SORRY, BUT I'M NOT SORRY.
-WHAT?
-[ LAUGHS ]
Narrator: IT'S RESULTS TIME.
IS A DEAD BODY DOUBLE
REALLY BULLETPROOF?
-WHOA.
-THAT'S CRAZY.
THAT LOOKS LIKE
A HUMAN FLESH WOUND.
WHOA.
THAT IS TWO TO THE BELLY,
FOUR TO THE CHEST.
SHOT HIM THROUGH THE WRIST.
-OH.
-LOOK AT THAT.
YOU STICK YOUR FINGER
ALL THE WAY.
YOU CAN FEEL LIKE ALL THE BONES
AND THE STUFF INSIDE THAT YOU,
LIKE, CRUNCHED THROUGH.
THIS IS NUTS.
Narrator: YEP.
THERE'S NO DOUBTING
THE ANATOMICAL ACCURACY,
BUT DID IT ABSORB BRIAN'S
IMPRESSIVELY ACCURATE SHOTS
AND PROTECT MR. PLYWOOD?
DRUM ROLL PLEASE.
[ IMITATES DRUM ROLL ]
OH, JON.
THAT'S RIGHT HERE, MAN.
-THAT'S ONE.
-DUDE.
[ GUNSHOTS ]
I MEAN, LOOK AT THAT.
THAT'S, LIKE, SPINE, THROUGH
THE CHEST, FEMORAL ARTERY...
-KIDNEY.
-...LOST A KIDNEY OR SOMETHING.
YEAH. I MEAN, HE DEAD.
DEAD. DEAD, DEAD AND DEAD.
HE'S DEAD.
Narrator: SO IT TURNS OUT THAT
ALTHOUGH YOU CAN CARRY A CADAVER
AND HOLD IT UP AS A SHIELD,
EVEN WITH AMMO PURPOSEFULLY
DESIGNED TO PREVENT
COLLATERAL DAMAGE,
THE RESULT IS DEFINITIVE.
-WHAT DO YOU THINK, MAN?
-DUDE, BUSTED.
-BUSTED.
-ALL RIGHT. LET'S GO HOME.
OKAY.
HOW FAR IS IT TO WALK HOME?
I DON'T KNOW.
JUST KEEP WALKING TOWARDS
THAT LITTLE VALLEY OVER THERE.
OH LOOK, A CAR.
♪♪
♪♪
ONWARD, JOHN! ONWARD!
Narrator: ON THIS BALLISTIC
EPISODE OF "MYTHBUSTERS"...
[ LAUGHING ]
Narrator: A CINEMATIC
CADAVER-CARRYING CONUNDRUM...
[ GROANING ]
Brian: THIS MYTH IS ABOUT
PICKING UP A DEAD BODY
AND USING IT AS COVER
DURING A FIREFIGHT.
ONE!
Narrator:...AND...
OH.
Narrator: A TALL TALE
OF BOMB-PROOF...
[ EXPLOSION ]
BOOM! IT EVEN WENT...
[ BLOWS RASPBERRY ]
Narrator: ...GOO.
Jon: IT'S TIME TO PUT IT
TO THE ULTIMATE TEST
TO SEE IF OOBLECK
IS ACTUALLY BOMBPROOF.
3, 2, 1...
♪♪
♪♪
-- Captions by VITAC --
www.vitac.bcom
CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY
DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS
Narrator: FIRST UP IS
A CLASSIC ACTION MOVIE MYTH.
THE LEAD IS FLYING,
OUR HERO CORNERED.
DESPERATE FOR COVER, HE GRABS
A RECENTLY DECEASED EXTRA
TO USE AS A HUMAN SHIELD,
BUT CAN AN UNCOOPERATIVE
CADAVER REALLY BE CARRIED
IN A GUNFIGHT SCENARIO?
AND IS IT ACTUALLY BULLETPROOF?
OR IS THIS SILVER-SCREEN
SCENE DEAD WEIGHT?
THIS IS COOL.
LET'S BREAK IT DOWN.
FIRST UP, YOU NEED TO KNOW, CAN
YOU HOLD UP A DEAD AS A SHIELD?
SO CAN YOU ACTUALLY PICK IT UP
AND HEFT IT AROUND?
HUH?
-LIKE THAT?
-THAT'S GREAT.
-JUST PUSH-UPS WITH A DEAD BODY.
-[ LAUGHS ]
AND WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT
IF A BODY IS BULLETPROOF.
THAT WOULD BE IMPORTANT.
BECAUSE THERE IS NO POINT
IN HEFTING IT AROUND
IF IT'S JUST A PIECE
OF TISSUE PAPER.
YEAH. I'VE GOT THE PERFECT
SOLUTION FOR THAT.
-GREAT.
-COOL.
-READY?
-YEP. OKAY.
Narrator: BOOMER, OUR ACCURATE
HUMAN SYNDAVER...
SO JUST PULL THE PANTS UP.
Narrator: ...IS THE JUST
THE DEAD GUY FOR THE JOB.
LOOK AT THAT!
Narrator: HE'S PROVED HIS TAKE
ONE FOR THE TEAM CREDENTIALS
ON AIRBAG DISASTER.
OH, NO!
-Narrator: AND FRESH...
-NICE.
OOH. THAT WAS MOIST.
Narrator:
...FROM A FACTORY RESET...
[ High-pitched voice ]
COME ON, BRING IT.
Narrator: ...AT 150 POUNDS,
HE'S READY TO ROLL.
THERE WE GO.
-BEAUTIFUL.
-GOOD BOY.
A LITTLE STYLE.
YOU GOT TO LOOK SHARP.
THIS MYTH IS ABOUT
PICKING UP A DEAD BODY,
USING IT AS COVER
DURING A FIREFIGHT.
1, 2, 3.
I WORKED IN EMERGENCY MEDICINE,
AND I'VE EXPERIENCED
MOVING A FEW DEAD BODIES.
GOT TO KEEP HIS HEAD CLEAN.
-THERE WE GO.
-OKAY.
-YOU READY?
-YEAH.
Brian: AND THE THING YOU LEARN
IS, WHEN THEY SAY "DEAD WEIGHT"
IT MEANS TOTALLY DIFFERENT
THAN JUST WEIGHT.
[ GROANING ]
OKAY.
HOW DOES THIS LOOK?
OH, HE'S STILL MOIST.
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
I MEAN, IT'S GOT HEFT TO IT.
IT'S LIKE DEAD WEIGHT, BUT...
OKAY, BUT IF I WAS OUT THERE
SHOOTING AT YOU,
HOW WOULD YOU FEEL?
ARE YOU GLAD
YOU'RE HUGGING A BODY?
YES.
-IT'S LIKE HAVING A FRIEND.
-[ LAUGHS ]
Narrator: SO JOHN CAN LIFT
AND CARRY THE CADAVER,
BUT TO PUT THIS MYTH TO
THE TEST,
THEY NEED OBJECTIVE DATA.
-YEAH!
-[ LAUGHS ]
Narrator: BRIAN AND JON SET UP
A 100-FOOT-LONG COURSE.
THEY'LL BOTH RUN THE GAUNTLET
WITH BOOMER IN TOW, DUCKING,
DODGING, AND WEAVING
AS IF UNDER FIRE...
3, 2, 1, GO!
Narrator:
...AND AVERAGE THEIR TIMES
TO FIND OUT HOW LONG IT'LL TAKE.
3, 2, 1, GO!
[ BELL DINGS ]
-[ GROANING ]
OKAY. I CAN'T HIS LEGS TO BEND.
[ LAUGHS ]
YEAH, SO THE HEROES IN MOVES,
THEY SWEAT A LOT LESS.
[ GROANING ]
BUT I'M ACTUALLY
A LITTLE BIT SURPRISED
BECAUSE IT'S POSSIBLE
TO PICK UP A BODY
AND CARRY IT LIKE
A HUMAN SHIELD.
OH, YEAH.
FEELING SUPER SAFE.
KEEP GOING. KEEP GOING.
SPIN THAT. YEAH!
ALL RIGHT. KEEP GOING.
YOU FEEL THAT IN YOUR LEGS?
I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST SOME
KIND OF HOLLYWOOD STUNT.
HERE WE GO. FINISH LINE.
-END!
-YEAH!
-NICE JOB.
-WHEW.
-HOW IS IT?
-WEIRD.
[ GROANING ]
DONE!
HOO!
[ BREATHING HEAVILY ]
IT'S NOT AS EASY AS IT LOOKED.
BUT NEXT UP, GUNS AND AMMO.
LET'S DO IT.
Narrator: BUT BEFORE THE SAGA
OF THE CADAVER CONTINUES...
CUE MYTH NUMBER TWO.
CAN A NON-NEWTONIAN LIQUID
PROTECT YOU FROM A BOMB BLAST?
THIS BALLISTIC MYSTERY BALANCES
ON THE STRANGE
MATERIAL PROPERTIES
OF NONE-NEWTONIAN FLUIDS --
APPLY A FORCE AND IT
TEMPORARILY THICKENS SO MUCH,
IT BEHAVES LIKE A SOLID,
BUT DOES THAT MEAN
IT CAN DEFLECT
AN EXPLOSIVE PRESSURE WAVE?
IS THIS AN INTERNET FABLE
OR FEASIBLE PHYSICS?
Brian:
IN ORDER TO TEST THIS MYTH,
WE NEED TO DEFINE
WHAT IS BOMB-PROOF.
YOU READY TO MAKE UP
SOME OOBLECK?
-DEFINITELY.
-ALL RIGHT.
Brian: ACCORDING TO THE CENTER
FOR DISEASE CONTROL,
AT ABOUT 10 P.S.I.
YOU OCCUR LUNG DAMAGE,
[ COUGHING ] MM.
Brian:
SO THAT 10-P.S.I. THRESHOLD'S
WHAT WE'RE GONNA NEED.
WE'RE GONNA SEE
IF OOBLECK CAN REDUCE
THE PRESSURE BELOW
THAT THRESHOLD.
OH, IT'S STILL LIQUIDY,
BUT I THINK I'M THERE.
Narrator: SO WILL
A NON-NEWTONIAN FLUID REDUCE
THE SUPERSONIC BLAST WAVE
OF A HIGH EXPLOSIVE
TO A SURVIVABLE 10 P.S.I?
FIRST UP, THE MYSTERIOUS MATTER
IN QUESTION.
OOBLECK IS MAKE OF TWO
VERY COMMON INGREDIENTS --
CORN STARCH, FOR COOKING,
AND WATER,
FOR KEEPING YOU ALIVE.
AND WHEN THESE TWO
THINGS COMBINE,
THEY CREATE A MAGICAL
SUBSTANCE KNOWN AS OOBLECK...
ALL RIGHT.
YOU READY FOR THE PUNCH TEST?
...WHICH ACTUALLY COMES
FROM A DR. SEUSS STORY,
"BARTHOLOMEW AND THE OOBLECK,"
WHERE BARTHOLOMEW HAS
TO SAVE A KINGDOM
FROM A STICKY,
GOOEY SUBSTANCE...
OOH!
...AND THIS STUFF IS COOL.
WHOA-HO-HO-HO.
SO WHAT EXACTLY
IS GOING ON HERE?
WELL, THAT'S HAD SCIENTISTS
BAFFLED FOR A WHILE.
[ GROANS ] WHAT?
BUT STARCH IS KEY TO IT.
IT'S MADE OF LONG,
COILED POLYMER CHAINS
THAT TEND TO FLOW AROUND
EACH OTHER JUST FINE,
BUT YOU ADD A LITTLE BIT
OF FORCE TO THAT,
AND SUDDEN THEY INTERTWINE,
TANGLING TOGETHER,
AND THAT MAKES THEM
ACT LIKE A SOLID,
JUST FOR A MOMENT, THOUGH.
YOU REMOVE THAT FORCE,
BACK TO LIQUID.
♪♪
Narrator: AND TO DEMONSTRATE HOW
THESE PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
MIGHT PROVE TO BE BOMBPROOF,
BRIAN AND JON BEGIN
WITH IMPACT TESTING.
3, 2, 1...
♪♪
[ LAUGHS ]
A PERFECT EXAMPLE
OF A NEWTONIAN FLUID,
CONSISTENT VISCOSITY
ALL THE WAY THROUGH.
GOOD. LET'S MOVE ON.
Narrator:
NEXT UP, THE OOBLECK.
HOW WILL THE NON-NEWTONIAN
FLUID REACT TO THE IMPACT?
IN 3, 2, 1...
♪♪
[ LAUGHS ] THAT'S GREAT.
IT JUST KIND OF WENT...
[ IMITATES SLOW MOTION SOUND ]
THAT WAS AN INTERESTING TEST.
THE BEARING COMES FLYING IN,
HITS THE SURFACE OF THE OOBLECK,
THEN IT SINKS IN ONLY TO BE
FLUNG RIGHT BACK OUT,
HESITATE FOR A MOMENT BEFORE
DISAPPEARING INTO OBSCURITY.
Narrator: IF THE BALL HAD BEEN
DROPPED ON A HUMAN HEAD,
IT WOULD HAVE HAD AN IMPACT
FORCE OF 3,140 POUNDS.
THE OOBLECK REDUCED
THAT TO 640 POUNDS,
A PROMISING DEMONSTRATION OF
ITS IMPACT-ABSORBING QUALITIES.
BRING ON THE BOMBS.
♪♪
A QUARTER, 22 AND 1/4.
Brian: HOW ARE WE GONNA TEST
ON A SMALL SCALE
IF OOBLECK IS BOMBPROOF?
WITH GLASS PANELS.
♪♪
Brian: THERE'S FIVE GLASS PANELS
HERE, AND EACH ONE TAKES ABOUT
1 P.S.I. TO BREAK.
OUR CHERRY BOMB EXPLODES,
SENDING THAT PRESSURE WAVE UP
THROUGH AIR, WATER, OR OOBLECK,
SO WE CAN TEST
ALL THREE MEDIA...
THIS IS AWESOME.
...AND THEN WE CAN DETERMINE
HOW MUCH IS BROKEN BY EACH MEDIA
AND IF THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT
REDUCTION IN THAT PRESSURE WAVE.
Narrator:
SO TEST ONE IS A CONTROL.
A BAG OF AIR IS SANDWICHED
BETWEEN THE CHERRY BOMB
AND GLASS PANELS.
1 1/2 OUNCE CHERRY BOMB
PRESSURE TEST WITH AIR
IN 3, 2, 1...
[ EXPLOSION ]
THAT'S WHAT I CALL A BENCHMARK.
[ LAUGHS ]
♪♪
Jon: THREE.
Narrator: THE MYTHBUSTERS ARE
TESTING THE INTERNET FABLE...
-2, 1...
-[ LAUGHS ]
Narrator:
...THAT A NON-NEWTONIAN FLUID...
-ONE.
-...IS BOMBPROOF.
THE BOOMS BEGAN WITH A CONTROL
AN AIR-FILLED BAG.
Jon: 1...
[ EXPLOSIONS ]
THAT TEST IS EXACTLY
WHAT WE WERE LOOKING FOR.
IT LOOKED LIKE SHATTERED GLASS
EVERYWHERE TO US,
BUT THE HIGH-SPEED REVEALED
THE SECRETS,
THE PRESSURE WAVE --
BOOM. BOOM. BOOM.
FIRST THREE PANES OF GLASS GONE.
FOURTH ONE GIVES.
THE FIFTH LOOKS LIKE
IT'S NOT GOING TO.
THE PRESSURE WAVE'S
ALMOST DONE, BUT, BOOM,
THE GLASS CRACKS,
AND THAT'S EXACTLY
WHERE WE WANT TO BE
TO COMPARE WATER AND OOBLECK TO.
[ EXPLOSION ]
NEXT UP, A BAG OF WATER
COMPARABLE IN SIZE
TO OUR BAG OF AIR.
-HOT!
-ALL RIGHT. HERE WE GO.
1 1/2 OUNCE CHERRY BOMB
PRESSURE TEST WITH WATER
IN THREE, TWO, ONE...
[ EXPLOSION ]
-I'LL NEVER GET TIRED OF THAT.
-[ LAUGHS ]
[ EXPLOSIONS ]
USING AIR AS OUR BARRIER,
THE CHERRY BOMB
BLEW UP FIVE PANES OF GLASS.
WITH WATER, THREE PANES.
NEXT UP IS OOBLECK.
WE'LL SEE HOW THAT COMPARES
TO THE OTHER TWO.
JUST SUCK IT IN. SUCK IT IN.
YOU'RE BEING A REAL JERK,
YOU KNOW THAT?
♪♪
ALL RIGHT. THE MOMENT WE'VE
ALL BEEN WAITING FOR.
1 1/2 OUNCE CHERRY BOMB
PRESSURE TEST WITH OOBLECK
IN THREE, TWO, ONE...
[ EXPLOSION ]
IT WENT OFF LIKE BOOM,
AND EVEN WENT...
[ BLOWS RASPBERRY ]
-[ LAUGHS ]
♪♪
[ LAUGHS ]
ONE...
[ LAUGHS ]
HO!
OH. OKAY, LOOK AT THAT.
THE EXPLOSION GOES OFF
AND THE OOBLECK
ACTUALLY LOOKS
LIKE IT TIGHTENS UP
AND JUST GOES AS A WALL LIKE...
[ IMITATES EXPLOSION ]
Brian: THESE WERE DEFINITELY
INTERESTING RESULTS.
OOBLECK WAS SIGNIFICANTLY
BETTER THAN AIR,
AND WATER BROKE THREE PANES.
WITH THE OOBLECK, ONLY TWO.
I'M BEGINNING TO THINK THERE
MIGHT BE SOMETHING TO THIS MYTH.
THE MYTHICAL GOO COMPARES
WELL TO WATER,
BUT A CHERRY BOMB'S
JUST NOT GONNA CUT IT.
I MEAN, IT'S A BOMB,
AS IS IN CHERRY BOMB,
BUT TO TEST THIS MYTH
FOR REAL, WE GOT TO GO BIG.
NEXT STEP --
HIGH EXPLOSIVES, BABY.
Narrator: BUT BEFORE THE TEAM
DECAMP TO A DESERTED DESTINATION
FOR A DATE WITH DETONATION,
IT'S BACK TO
THE BODY-DOUBLE MOVIE MYTH.
♪♪
Brian: TIME TO GET TO THE POINTY
END OF THIS MYTH.
RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE.
PERFECT.
WE NEED TO KNOW WHETHER OR NOT
YOU CAN YOU HOLD UP A HUMAN BODY
AND USE IT AS BODY ARMOR.
NOW WE HAVE THE SYNDAVER...
[ GROANING ]
Brian: ...AND IT IS A PERFECT
HUMAN REPLICA,
BUT IT'S A LITTLE BIT EXPENSIVE
TO DETERMINE PENETRATION DEPTH.
OH. GOD,
THAT'S STUFF'S BEAUTIFUL.
Jon: SO BEFORE WE SHOOT
INTO THE SYNDAVER,
WE'RE GONNA BE SHOOTING
INTO OUR GOOD OLD FRIEND,
BALLISTICS GEL,
JUST SO WE CAN GET SOME DATA
ON GUNS AND AMMUNITION.
-BING!
-ALL RIGHT.
Brian: WE COULD HAVE GONE WITH
A RANGE OF WEAPONS.
-BOOM!
-GOOD.
Brian: INSTEAD, WE HAVE DONE
WITH THE 9-MIL,
FULL-SIZED HANDGUN.
THE REASON BEING IT'S IN
JUST ABOUT EVERY ACTION MOVIE,
EVERY TV SHOW, AND THAT
MAKES IT OUR WEAPON OF CHOICE.
-ALL RIGHT.
-LOOKS GOOD TO ME.
WHAT KIND OF AMMUNITION
WILL WE BE SHOOTING
INTO OUR BALLISTICS GEL?
WELL, HERE WE HAVE THREE
DIFFERENT 9-MILLIMETER ROUNDS.
WE HAVE A FULL METAL JACKET.
WE HAVE A STANDARD-ISSUE
POLICE HOLLOW POINT,
AND WE HAVE A SELF-DEFENSE
HOLLOW POINT.
NOW REALISTICALLY IN A GUNFIGHT,
YOU WANT TO USE THESE TWO,
'CAUSE THEY'RE MEANT
TO DUMP ALL THEIR ENERGY
INSIDE THEIR INITIAL TARGET
WITHOUT CAUSING HORRIFIC
COLLATERAL DAMAGE.
Narrator: YEP, AND FIRST UP,
THE SELF-DEFENSE HOLLOW POINT.
-ROUND ONE, LOCKED AND LOADED.
-GREAT.
Narrator: IT'S DESIGNED TO
FRAGMENT UPON IMPACT,
REDUCING THE CHANCE OF
THE BULLET
PASSING THROUGH THE GEL.
DEFENSIVE-ROUND HOLLOW POINT
FIRING IN THREE, TWO, ONE...
[ GUNSHOT ]
-OH. LOOK AT THAT.
-IT'S BEAUTIFUL.
IT JUST DISPERSED.
LOOKING AT THE TEST OF
THE DEFENSIVE
HOLLOW-POINT ROUND,
YOU'LL SEE THAT CHANNEL
OPEN UP VERY WIDE.
THAT'S BECAUSE ALL ENERGY
IS BEING LEFT
RIGHT HERE AT THIS END.
THIS ONE LITTLE BIT, BY THE TIME
IT REACHES RIGHT THERE,
HAS VERY LITTLE ENERGY
AND SPEED LEFT,
AND I WOULDN'T BE
TOO WORRIED ABOUT IT.
THIS IS WHERE
I DON'T WANNA BE.
I WOULD BE VERY HAPPY
BEING OVER HERE.
Narrator: WITH MOST OF
THE ENERGY DISPERSED
WITHIN THE FIRST FEW INCHES,
THAT'S A PROMISING
RESULT FOR THE MYTH.
IF BOOMER TAKES
A BULLET THAT WELL,
A GOOD GUY HOLDING
HIM UP MAY BE SAVED.
CUE TEST TWO.
STANDARD-ISSUE POLICE
HOLLOW POINT IN THREE, TWO, ONE.
[ GUNSHOT ]
THAT ONE HAD SOME KICK TO IT.
-WOW.
-THAT'S BEAUTIFUL.
IT'S PULLED BACK,
RELEASED SOME OF ITS ENERGY,
BUT MADE IT ALL THE WAY THROUGH.
I WOULDN'T WANT TO BE
BEHIND THAT.
NOT THIS TIME.
[ GUNSHOT ]
-OH.
-YEAH.
Brian:
THAT'S A LOT MORE DAMAGE.
Jon: I MEAN, IT'S THAT
EXTRA MASS, THAT EXTRA ENERGY.
YOU JUST LOOK AT IT.
YOU GOT CAVITATION AT THE FRONT.
YOU GOT CAVITATION AT THE BACK.
THERE'S JUST DAMAGE EVERYWHERE.
FULL METAL JACKET, FINAL TEST.
MY PREDICTION -- BEAUTIFUL,
HIGH SPEED, UGLY RESULT.
Narrator:
WITH ITS HARD OUTER CASING,
THIS ROUND IS THE LEAST
LIKELY TO BREAK UP
IN THE BALLISTICS GEL.
[ GUNSHOT ]
♪♪
♪♪
YEAH. WORSE-CASE-SCENARIO
ROUND RIGHT THERE.
I FEEL LIKE HE'S DEAD.
THE GUY BEHIND HIM'S DEAD,
AND THE GUY BEHIND HIM'S DEAD.
I JUST SAW SOMETHING THAT OUR
HIGH-SPEED CAMERAS CAUGHT THAT
I REALLY WANNA SHARE WITH YOU.
OOH!
HUGE CAVITATION,
AND YOU SEE
THAT FLASH OF LIGHT?
THAT'S WHAT WE CALL
SONOLUMINESCENCE,
AND WE'VE ONLY SEEN IT
AT THIS KIND OF SPEED.
IT HAPPENS WHEN A CAVITATION
CLOSES ITSELF SO FAST
THAT IT CREATED PLASMA UPWARDS
OF 3,600 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT.
THAT IS PRETTY DOPE.
♪♪
Narrator:
LATER ON "MYTHBUSTERS"...
-HO, YEAH!
-[ LAUGHS ]
Narrator:
...BOTH BALLISTIC MYSTERIES
HIT DESERTED
DESERT LOCATIONS...
JUST GETTING DRESSED
AS A HIT MAN.
Narrator:
...FOR FULL-SCALE MAYHEM.
OH, MY GOODNESS.
[ EXPLOSION ]
♪♪
[ IMITATES GUNSHOTS ]
♪♪
Brian: OH.
[ GUNSHOTS ]
WHERE ARE WE AT?
WELL, THE MOVIES
WOULD HAVE US BELIEVE
THAT YOU CAN TOTALLY
PICK UP A DEAD BODY
AND CARRY IT AROUND
AS A BULLETPROOF SHIELD.
NOW WE KNOW YOU CAN CARRY
A BODY, BUT IS IT BULLETPROOF?
SO UP NEXT WE'RE GONNA GET
OUR SUPER ACCURATE HUMAN ANALOG
SYNDAVER, SHOOT IT,
AND FIND OUT.
AH!
OBVIOUSLY WE CAN'T BE CARRYING
THIS DEAD BODY AROUND OURSELVES,
AND I DON'T THINK THEY'LL LET US
USE INTERNS FOR THIS ONE,
SO THAT MEANS WE HAVE
A BIG BUILD AHEAD.
WE HAVE TO BUILD A SLIDING CART
TO HOLD THE SYNDAVER,
A GOOD GUY STAND-IN
TO HOLD HIM UP.
WE NEED A PULLEY AND MOTOR
TO MOVE IT BACK AND FORTH,
AND WE NEED A RETURN-FIRE
PAINTBALL RIG FOR ADDED REALISM.
HEY, BO.
IT'S ABOUT TO GET NOISY.
[ PANTING ]
Narrator:
TO TAKE THIS HOLLYWOOD TALL TALE
AND TEST IT WITH LIVE AMMO...
IS THAT THE SOUND
OF THE BLADE BREAKING?
-NO.
-YEAH.
I'D RECOGNIZE THAT
SOUND ANYWHERE.
Narrator:
...REQUIRES A COMPLEX SETUP.
OH-HO-HO.
Narrator: JOHN WILL BUILD
A TRACK AND CART
TO CARRY THE CADAVER...
GO, GO, GO, GO, GO.
THAT'S INCREDIBLY EASY.
THAT'S AWESOME.
-OH!
-[ LAUGHS ]
Narrator: ...WHILE BRIAN
PROVIDES THE POWER.
THE CART WE'RE GONNA
BUILD FOR THIS RIG,
IT'S GONNA BE
A LITTLE BIT HEAVY WITH THAT
SYNDAVER ON IT,
ALL ITS PARTS NICE AND BEEFY,
SO WE WENT WITH A TOOL
WE ALREADY HAD IN THE SHOP,
HAS LOTS OF TORQUE,
GOT A BIG GEARBOX ON IT,
A REVERSIBLE MOTOR.
GREEN WIRE FIRST. OOH.
NO BOOM. WE'RE GOOD. ALL RIGHT.
AND WITH JUST A LITTLE BIT
OF TWEAKING
WE CAN CONTROL
THE SPEED ON IT...
THE PROPER TECHNIQUE
IS TO USE YOUR TEETH,
BUT I WANNA AVOID THAT.
...AND IT'LL GET THAT CART
BACK AND FORTH.
[ MOTOR WHIRRING ]
ALL RIGHT. THAT'S THE TICKET.
AH, PERFECT.
WHAT WAS A POWER TOOL IS NOW OUR
PRECISION-CONTROLLED, ACCURATE,
REVERSIBLE WINCH MOTOR.
WE WIRED IT UP
TO A SPEED CONTROLLER
AND TO A REVERSE SWITCH
TO ALLOW US TO MOVE THAT RIG
BACKWARDS AND FORWARDS.
THIS IS JUST ONE OF
SEVEN RAIL PLATFORMS
THAT OUR DOLLY
WILL BE GLIDING ACROSS.
[ DRILL WHIRRING ]
THAT SHOULD DEFINITELY BE
STRONG ENOUGH TO HOLD SYNDAVER
AND THE GOOD GUY.
-[ Whispers ] SO SMOOTH.
-[ LAUGHS ]
IT WILL BE REALLY SMOOTH PICKING
UP THOSE WOMEN AT THE BAR
WITH, LIKE, 70 FEET OF TRACK.
-THAT'S RIGHT.
HEY, LADIES.
WANT TO HOP ON THIS DOLLY?
YOU'RE BEING SHOT AT.
PEW, PEW. PEW.
PEW. PEW, PEW, PEW.
PEW, PEW, PEW.
-THAT'S INCREDIBLY SMOOTH.
-YEAH, I KNOW.
-LET'S SHOOT AT IT.
-[ LAUGHS ] YEAH.
[ IMITATES GUNSHOTS ]
Narrator: NEXT UP,
JOHN PREPS THE GOOD GUY
WHO WILL BE HOLDING UP
THE DEAD GUY.
UH-OH. HUMAN ANATOMY.
OH, HUGE FOREARMS.
WHAT I'M WORKING ON RIGHT NOW
IS THE PLYWOOD CUTOUT
THAT SITS BEHIND THE SYNDAVER,
SO WE KNOW THAT IF THE BULLETS
DO HAPPEN TO GO THROUGH,
IF THEY DON'T MAKE IT
INTO THE PLYWOOD,
THEN WE DON'T
COUNT THEM AS LETHAL.
OH. HEROIC PROPORTIONS.
YEAH.
HEROIC LEGS.
[ SAW WHIRRING ]
♪♪
Narrator:
AND FINALLY TO GIVE THE SHOOTER
A TASTE OF ACTION-MOVIE
AUTHENTICITY,
BRIAN RIGS A REMOTE-CONTROLLED
RETURN FIRE SYSTEM
FOR THE PLYWOOD GOOD GUY.
[ MOTOR WHIRRING ]
♪♪
DEADLIEST USE OF
A WIPER MOTOR EVER.
Narrator:
COMING UP ON GOO GONE WILD...
WOW, WE'RE REALLY GOOD AT THIS.
IF THIS DOESN'T WORK OUT,
WE CAN GO TO CLOWN SCHOOL.
Narrator: ...THE TNT PARTY
RAMPS UP WITH A COUNTDOWN.
IN THREE, TWO, ONE...
[ EXPLOSION ]
-[ LAUGHS ]
♪♪
Narrator:
IS THE MYSTERIOUS MATERIAL,
OOBLECK...
♪♪
...REALLY BOMBPROOF?
TO INVESTIGATE, JON AND BRIAN
HAVE HIT THE DESERT,
THE PERFECT LOCATION
TO CAUSE A COMMOTION.
WE'RE HERE AT CARAVAN WEST
RANCH AND THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL,
ISOLATED SPOT,
EXACTLY WHAT WE NEED
FOR SOME EXPLOSIONS.
THIS IS CUSTOM-MADE FOR A BOOM.
SO WHERE ARE WE AT?
WELL, WE PLAYED WITH OOBLECK
BACK IN THE SHOP
TO SEE ITS
NON-NEWTONIAN PROPERTIES,
THEN WE PUT THAT OOBLECK TO
THE TEST AGAINST AIR AND WATER,
AND IT ACTUALLY SEEMS TO REDUCE
SOME OF THAT BLAST FORCE,
BUT NOW IT'S TIME TO PUT IT
TO THE ULTIMATE TEST
IN A HIGH-SPEED EXPLOSIVE
TO SEE IF OOBLECK
IS ACTUALLY BOMBPROOF.
THE BLAST POINT.
FOR THE FIRST TIME
ON "MYTHBUSTERS"
WE'RE GONNA BE USING
A COMBINATION OF NITROMETHANE
AND ALUMINUM POWDER.
YEAH.
Brian: IT'S A TWO-PART EXPLOSIVE
USED FOR DEMOLITION,
AND WHEN YOU COMBINE THOSE TWO,
YOU GET A BLAST OVER
21,000 FEET PER SECOND.
THAT IS ONE HECK
OF A HIGH EXPLOSIVE.
-PRESSURE SENSOR.
-IN THE PIPE.
WELL, WE WANT TO GET
THE BEST DATA FOR OUR BLAST,
AND TO DO THAT, WE'RE GONNA
USE THESE PRESSURE SENSORS.
-BRIAN!
-I CAN'T HEAR YOU.
HOT!
I'M GETTING PULLED OVER.
HOW IS IT LOOKING?
I DON'T KNOW.
IT'S A DARK PIPE.
SENSITIVE FROM ALL THE WAY
IN THE MICRO-P.S.I. RANGE
ALL THE WAY TO 5,000 P.S.I.,
BUT THE CABLE ITSELF NEEDS TO
BE PROTECTED FROM THE BLAST.
ONE MORE.
A LITTLE FLAT.
CAN YOU GO SHARP ON IT?
[ HIGH-PITCHED SQUEAL ]
WE'RE GONNA BURY THESE SENSORS,
RUN THE CABLE THROUGH A PIPE
LAID IN THE TRENCH BEHIND US.
HEY, BRIAN,
WANNA SEE A TRICK?
-YEAH.
-HERE WE GO.
-COME ON.
-OH, THERE IT IS.
-OH! BRAVO.
-WHOO!
LET'S DROP HER IN.
Narrator: THAT'S THE EXPENSIVE,
SENSITIVE,
ELECTRONIC INSTRUMENTATION,
AND THESE ARE ANALOG PRESSURE
SENSES OR WATER BALLOONS.
♪♪
TUCK IT IN.
SO HOW IS THIS GONNA WORK?
WE HAVE A 4-FOOT BY 4-FOOT BY
4-INCH AQUARIUM
WE'RE GONNA FILL
WITH OUR MEDIUM.
THERE WE GO.
FOR THE FIRST TEST,
THAT'S AIR.
PERFECT.
THEN, WE'RE GONNA PLACE 3 POUNDS
OF OUR BINARY EXPLOSIVE HERE,
1 FOOT AWAY FROM IT.
AND THESE PRESSURE TRANSDUCERS,
6-FOOT AWAY FROM OUR BLAST,
WILL GIVE US READINGS
ON WHAT KIND OF
PRESSURE WAVE
MOVES THROUGH HERE
AFTER IT TRAVELS THROUGH
OUR EMPTY AQUARIUM.
AND IN ADDITION TO THAT DATA,
WE HAVE AN ANALOG
EXPLOSION DETECTOR
WITH THESE WATER-FILLED
BALLOONS,
AND WE'LL SEE HOW MANY POP
AFTER EACH DIFFERENT EXPLOSION.
ALL RIGHT.
WE'RE ALL SET UP.
AIR TEST HERE WE COME.
[ SIREN WAILING ]
♪♪
-READY?
-I'M READY.
HERE WE GO.
FULL-SCALE BLAST PRESSURE TEST
WITH EMPTY AQUARIUM IN
3, 2, 1...
[ EXPLOSION ]
I DON'T SEE ANY BALLOONS...
[ EXPLOSION ]
...OR THE AQUARIUM...
...OR THE BOTTOM
HALF OF THE RIG.
IT'S GONE.
[ EXPLOSION ]
WELL, AIR DOESN'T
BLOCK AN EXPLOSION.
[ LAUGHS ] TA-DA!
WELL, THAT WAS EVENTFUL.
YEAH, LOOKS LIKE THE PRESSURE
TRANSDUCER SURVIVED.
THIS, NOT SO MUCH.
THAT WAS 3 POUNDS
OF HIGH EXPLOSIVE,
AND MOST OF OUR STUFF IS GONE,
LIKE A MAGIC TRICK. [ LAUGHS ]
[ BLOWS AIR ]
HEY, LITTLE MAN,
YOU MAKE IT?
THE EMPTY AQUARIUM
DID PRETTY MUCH
NOTHING TO STOP
THAT SHOCKWAVE.
Brian: OH, LOOK AT THAT.
YOU CAN SEE THE EXPLOSION,
THEN YOU SEE THE SHOCKWAVE
GOING IN FRONT OF IT.
AND IT'S THE SHOCKWAVE
THAT POPS THE BALLOONS.
-THAT'S FANTASTIC.
-THAT'S SO BEAUTIFUL.
AND THEN ALL THE SHRAPNEL HITS.
THANKS TO OUR PRESSURE SENSOR
ON THE FLOOR, IT READ 46 P.S.I.
6 FEET AWAY
FROM OUR EMPTY AQUARIUM.
REMEMBER, OUR THRESHOLD
FOR OOBLECK BEING BOMBPROOF
IS THAT IT REDUCES
THE PRESSURE WAVE
TO 10 P.S.I. OR LOWER.
OH!
Narrator: BUT FIRST, A SECOND
CONTROL TO COMPARE TO OOBLECK
AND THE AIR, WATER...
IS IT BOWING ON THE BOTTOM?
OH, IT'S BOWING LIKE CRAZY.
Narrator: ...A CONVENTIONAL
NEWTONIAN FLUID
THAT'S A LITTLE HEAVIER
THAN THE RIG WOULD LIKE.
OH, THAT'S -- BRIAN!
LOOK AT IT.
OH, MY GOD.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S
GOING TO MAKE IT.
Narrator:
THE AQUARIUM ACQUIESCED BARELY,
AND THE RACE IS ON TO BLOW IT UP
BEFORE IT COLLAPSES
UNDER ITS OWN WEIGHT.
[ SIREN WAILING ]
-READY?
-READY.
FULL-SCALE BLAST PRESSURE TEST
WITH AQUARIUM FULL OF WATER
IN 3, 2, 1...
[ EXPLOSION ]
-OH!
-[ LAUGHS ]
THAT WAS MASSIVE, BUT LOOK.
THE WALL IS STILL ONE PIECE.
Narrator: UNLIKE THE AIR TEST,
THE WATER-BALLOON WALL
IS INDEED STILL STANDING.
[ LAUGHS ] LOOK AT THAT.
YEAH, IT'S SIGNIFICANTLY
LESS DAMAGE.
THE LEGS ARE STILL INTACT.
THE WALL IS STILL UP.
THE SENSOR READING FROM
THE EMPTY AQUARIUM 6 FEET AWAY
WAS 46 P.S.I.
THE AQUARIUM FULL OF WATER
AT 6 FEET AWAY 36 P.S.I.
THAT WAS BEAUTIFUL HIGH-SPEED.
THE BLAST GOES OFF.
WE SEE THAT SHOCKWAVE
PASS THROUGH,
DESTROYING MOST OF THE BALLOONS.
AFTER THAT, DEBRIS PRETTY MUCH
FINISHED OFF EVERYTHING.
IT WAS DEFINITELY LESS SEVERE
THAN THE AIR-FILLED AQUARIUM,
BUT I WOULDN'T WANNA
BE STANDING OUT THERE.
Narrator: YEP, THE PRESSURE WAVE
AND RESULTANT DAMAGE
WAS DISPERSED
BY THE WATER-FILLED BARRIER,
BUT AT 36 P.S.I.,
IT'S STILL LETHAL,
BUT THE BIG QUESTION IS,
WILL THE OOBLECK BLOCK
THAT BLAST
AND PROVE TO BE BOMBPROOF?
♪♪
-LARGEST LATTE.
-[ LAUGHS ]
Jon: OOH, YEAH!
BRIAN AND JON ARE ON A MISSION.
Jon: [ LAUGHS ]
Narrator: WILL OOBLECK,
A NON-NEWTONIAN LIQUID
THAT SOLIDIFIES UPON
THE APPLICATION OF FORCE,
PROVE TO BE BOMBPROOF.
Jon:
AT 6 FEET AWAY WITH JUST AIR,
46 P.S.I.
WITH WATER, 36 P.S.I.,
AND THAT'S A NEWTONIAN FLUID.
THAT RIGHT THERE IS OOBLECK,
NON-NEWTONIAN,
SO I FEEL LIKE WE'RE GONNA
DROP DOWN TO, LIKE,
20 P.S.I.
ALL RIGHT.
WE GOT OOBLECK IN HERE
AND ON HERE.
BOMB GOES THERE.
PRESSURE SENSORS ARE GOOD.
-LET'S HIT THE GO BUTTON.
-LET'S DO IT.
OOBLECK, BOMBPROOF?
I'VE GOT HIGH HOPES.
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ALL RIGHT. YOU READY?
-READY.
-OKAY.
HE'S THE FINAL TEST.
OOBLECK BOMBPROOF TEST
IN 3, 2, 1...
[ EXPLOSION ]
[ LAUGHS ] HEY!
THAT'S COOL.
THE WALL IS LITERALLY
RUNNING WITH OOBLECK.
YEAH.
IN TERMS OF DAMAGE FROM HERE,
IT LOOKS COMPARABLE,
IF NOT BETTER TO WATER.
[ EXPLOSION ]
Narrator: THE BINARY HIGH
EXPLOSIVE DOES ITS THING.
THE BLAST IS A CONCUSSIVE...
ERUPTIVE...
TERRIFYING...
21,000 FEET PER SECOND.
MAN, LOOK AT THIS.
THERE IS A CLEAR RADIUS
OF WHERE THERE'S NO OOBLECK,
AND THEN THERE'S JUST
OOBLECK ALL AROUND.
-IS IT STILL OOBLECK?
-I DON'T KNOW.
OOH, IT GOT DRIED OUT
BY THE EXPLOSION. [ LAUGHS ]
THAT HIGH-SPEED FOOTAGE
WAS AMAZING.
IT SENDS A SHOCKWAVE BLOWING UP
MOST OF THESE BALLOONS,
BUT THEN IT ALMOST SEEMS LIKE
THERE'S AN INVISIBLE WALL
HOLDING BACK THIS
MASSIVE FIREBALL,
AND THEN OUT OF NOWHERE,
SLOWLY, A TIDAL WAVE OF OOBLECK
COMES SHOWERING BACK
TOWARDS THE BOARD AND...
COVERS IT.
STILL ROLLING. YOU MADE IT.
WHOO!
Narrator: THE FIREBALL
AND SHRAPNEL
DO SEEM TO HAVE BEEN DEFLECTED,
BUT WHAT ABOUT THAT ORGAN
DAMAGING PRESSURE WAVE?
DID THE NON-NEWTONIAN LIQUID
TURN SOLID AND ABSORB
OR REFLECT THAT FORCE?
AND NOW, THE MOMENT WE'VE
ALL WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR --
THE DATA.
THE EXPLOSION ON THE 6-FOOT
SENSOR THROUGH AIR
IS AT 46 P.S.I.,
THROUGH WATER 36 P.S.I.,
FOR OUR OOBLECK,
51 P.S.I.
THAT'S INCREDIBLE.
IT'S HIGHER. WHY?
WELL, WHEN THE OOBLECK'S HIT
BY THE PRESSURE WAVE,
IT TURNS TEMPORARILY
INTO A SOLID.
THAT DENSELY PACKED MEDIA
DOESN'T DEFLECT OR ABSORB
THE ENERGY AS YOU MIGHT THINK.
IT ACTUALLY TRANSFERS
THE ENERGY MORE EFFICIENTLY,
LIKE SOUND TRAVELING
FASTER THROUGH WATER.
THAT IS A REALLY COOL RESULT.
SO WE KNOW THAT CORNSTARCH
IS GREAT FOR GRAVY,
BUT IS IT BOMBPROOF?
HECK NO, MAN.
LOOK AROUND YOU.
THIS PLACE IS A DISASTER.
-SO BUSTED?
-BUSTED.
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♪♪
♪♪
Jon:
WE'RE HERE AT COMBAT PAINTBALL
JUST OUTSIDE OF SANTA CLARITA
IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
THIS IS A PRETTY AWESOME SPOT.
YEAH, IT'S THE PERFECT
PLACE FOR A FIREFIGHT.
WE'RE HERE TESTING CAN YOU
PICK UP AN ENEMY BODY
DURING A FIREFIGHT,
CAN THAT BODY PROTECT YOU
FROM ONCOMING BULLETS?
WE'RE GONNA SET UP
OR RIG OUT THERE
AND TEST THIS MYTH FOR REAL.
IT'S LIKE WE'RE UNLOADING
THIS GIANT BOMB DISPOSAL ROBOT.
GO, ROBOT, GO.
YES!
♪♪
OOH. VERY NICE.
[ IMITATING CAR NOISES ]
[ GROANS ]
WE'RE OKAY.
SOLID. NOT EVEN A CREAK.
THE WAY WE HAVE
THIS TRACK SET UP,
IT MIGHT SEEM A LITTLE
WIBBLY WOBBLY...
ONWARD, JOHN! ONWARD!
...BUT WE DESIGNED
OUR DOLLY SO WELL
THAT IT TRACKS PERFECTLY SMOOTH
OVER THE ENTIRE 50 FEET.
SO LIGHT, LIKE A FEATHER.
DAMN YOU, GRAVITY.
SO ONE JON-POWERED RACE CAR.
♪♪
THIS IS NICE.
Jon: THE NEXT THING WE HAVE TO
DO IS SET THE PULLEY
TO GET IT UP AND DOWN RANGE.
DROP THIS IN.
IT'S KIND OF
LIKE A TIE FIGHTER.
SO WHY ALL THE FIELD WORK
PUTTING THIS HEFTY BOX
AROUND OUR MOTOR?
WELL, THERE'S A COUPLE THINGS
WE NEED TO WORRY ABOUT.
THE FIRST IS SMALL ARMS FIRE.
OUR BULLETS ARE COMING
RIGHT AT THE RIG.
THIS WALL'S GONNA HELP
PROTECT THAT NICE MOTOR.
THE OTHER IS, THAT'S A LONG
TRACK WITH A HEAVY CART ON IT.
THERE WE GO.
THAT WON'T GO NOWHERE.
WE GOT FORCES WANTING TO PULL
THIS OVER TOWARDS THE CART
'CAUSE IT'S PULLING ON THE CART.
THE LAST THING IS
THE HEIGHT OF THE PULLEY.
-IT'S IN.
-IT'S IN.
Brian:
THE ROPE UNDER THE CART IS ONLY
A COUPLE INCHES OFF THE GROUND.
STOP! YOU GOOD.
Brian: SO WE NEED ABOUT 6 INCHES
OF CLEARANCE,
AND THIS GETS US RIGHT
WHERE WE NEED TO BE.
WHICH WAY DO YOU WANT TO GO?
THIS WAY OR THAT WAY?
I THINK THAT AWAY.
IS THAT WAY ACTUALLY THAT WAY?
-I DON'T KNOW WHICH IS...
-[ LAUGHS ]
THAT'S WHY IT SAYS
THIS WAY OR THAT WAY.
IN THREE, TWO, ONE...
[ MOTOR WHIRRING ]
-OH, YEAH!
-[ LAUGHS ]
Narrator: WITH THE PULLEY SYSTEM
PULLING THIS WAY AND THAT...
THAT'S IT.
AND THE CHERRY ON TOP.
Narrator:
...THE RANDOM RETURN-FIRE
PAINTBALL GUN IS ADDED...
-THAT SHOULD SPRAY US.
-THAT'LL DO.
Narrator:
...AND SET UP TO FIRE REMOTELY.
SEE THAT SMUG LOOK ON MY FACE.
MMM. THAT'S SOME SEXY STUFF.
Narrator: CUE OUR 2-D GOOD GUY.
LOOKS LIKE HE'S FULLY ARMED.
[ IMITATES RIMSHOT ]
ARE THOSE MUSCLES?
IS THAT WHAT THAT IS?
HE EITHER PADDED HIMSELF OUT
BY STUFFING HIS SHIRT
WITH HIS SOCKS
OR HE'S JACKED.
-GOOD.
-GOOD?
YEAH.
Narrator: THEY'RE ALL SET
FOR A SYSTEMS CHECK.
JUST GETTING DRESSED
AS A HIT MAN.
Narrator: LATER, THEY'LL BE
GRADUATING TO LIVE ROUNDS
AND ADDING THE SYNDAVER
TO SEE IF HE PROTECTS
THE GOOD GUY,
BUT FOR NOW, THEY'RE JUST
MAKING SURE EVERYTHING WORKS.
ALL RIGHT, BRIAN.
YOU READY?
READY!
PAINTBALL SHOOTING WITH RETURN
PAINTBALL FIRE IN 3, 2, 1...
♪♪
WHOA!
HAVE I HIT YOU YET, BRIAN?
-IT'S KIND OF SCARY.
-HE'S SHOOTING.
I MEAN, I'M LIGHTING YOU UP.
I SHOOTING THE GUN.
IT LOOKS LIKE
HE'S GETTING CLOSE.
-DID THAT...
-OH! HOLY MOLY!
I ALMOST SHOT MYSELF.
-AHH!
-OH, MY GOODNESS.
THAT'S SOME REAL WILD FIRE
RIGHT THERE.
♪♪
I'M NOT GONNA LIE.
I REALLY HAVE NO IDEA
WHEN IT'S COMING AT ME,
AND IT IS ACTUALLY
KIND OF TERRIFYING
EVERY TIME THAT THING FIRES.
OH, MY GOODNESS.
THAT'S PRETTY FUN.
THAT WAS, BUT IT'S TIME
FOR REAL GUNS AND REAL BULLETS.
WANT TO MAKE A COMPETITION
OUT OF IT?
OH, YEAH.
♪♪
♪♪
SO WHERE ARE WE WITH
THE MYTH RIGHT NOW?
WE'VE DONE SOME PAINTBALL TEST
SHOOTING AT A MOVING DOLLY
WITH IT FIRING BACK AT US,
BUT NOW IT'S TIME TO UP
THE ANTE -- LIVE AMMUNITION.
OH, YEAH.
ONE MAGAZINE, 10 ROUNDS TOTAL.
LOCK AND LOAD
AT YOUR DISCRETION.
Brian: JON AND I HAVE SET UP
TWO TARGETS.
WE'RE GONNA FIGURE OUT WHICH
ONE OF US IS MORE ACCURATE.
THAT PERSON,
THEY'RE GONNA END UP
BEING THE SHOOTER
FOR OUR FINAL TEST.
Narrator: THE SHOOTER WILL BE
FIRING LIVE ROUNDS
AT THE GOOD GUY
WHO WILL BE HOLDING UP
THE DEAD GUY FOR PROTECTION.
[ GUNSHOTS ]
Brian: GUN SAFE!
I'M NOT WORRIED ABOUT A GUY
FROM NEW YORK.
[ GUN CLICKS ]
HMM.
[ GUNSHOT ]
♪♪
♪♪
WHOA-HO.
WHILE I DID PUT TWO
IN THE CENTER, OH...
MY GROUPING IS NOT SO GREAT.
THOSE ARE BEAUTIFUL, BUT...
WHAT HAPPENED THERE?
AND THE IMPORTANT THING,
I THINK, WHEN IT COMES
TO SHOOTING A MOVING TARGET
IS PUTTING OUT ROUNDS FAST
AND PUTTING THEM
DOWN ACCURATELY.
-YOU WANT TO TAKE THE SHOT?
-I'LL TAKE THE SHOT.
-LET'S DO IT.
-ALL RIGHT.
-TEXAS PROUD!
-TEXAS!
TEXAS!
SO BRIAN GOT THE BETTER OF ME,
AT LEAST THIS TIME.
♪♪
OH. HOW'S IT GOING?
COME HERE, BUDDY.
OKAY.
Jon: HOW ARE WE GONNA TELL
IF PICKING UP A BODY
DURING A GUNFIGHT
WILL ACTUALLY PROTECT YOU
FROM ONCOMING BULLETS?
I THINK WE JUST FOUND
A NEW WORKOUT PROGRAM.
WELL, IF THE BULLET
GOES INTO THE SYNDAVER
AND STAYS THERE, WE'RE GOOD.
HOW DOES HE LOOK?
OH, YEAH, ME AND HIM ARE JUST
HANGING OUT HAVING A GREAT TIME.
OH. TRES NATUREL.
IF THAT BULLET GOES THROUGH
THE SYNDAVER AND THE PLYWOOD,
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE CALLING
A LETHAL SHOT.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN
IT'S NOT BEAUTIFUL?
I'M JUST SAYING.
[ WESTERN MUSIC PLAYING ]
Jon:
WHAT DO I THINK'S GONNA HAPPEN?
I'M READY.
ALL RIGHT. HERE WE GO.
I'M PRETTY HOPEFUL
IT'S GONNA WORK.
DOES A DEAD BODY IN FRONT
OF YOU PROTECT YOU
FROM BULLETS IN A GUNFIGHT?
AND NOW, FINALLY,
WE GET A CHANCE
TO PUT THIS MYTH TO THE TEST.
IN 3, 2...
I THINK THIS MYTH
DOESN'T HOLD WATER,
MUCH LIKE A BODY FULL OF HOLES.
...1!
♪♪
OH-HO-HO.
Narrator: THE GOOD GUY DRAGS
THE DEAD BODY ALONG THE TRACK.
Brian: OH!
Narrator: BRIAN UNLOADS
20 ROUNDS OF SELF-DEFENSE
HOLLOW POINT AMMO...
Brian: [ LAUGHS ]
Narrator:
THE GOOD GUY RETURNS FIRE.
OOH, I SHOT MYSELF.
Narrator: ... AND ALL
THE PARAMETERS MATCH THE MAYHEM
OF THE MYTHICAL GUNFIGHT.
STOP. STOP!
-YOU GOOD?
-YEAH.
OKAY, GOOD.
I SHOT MYSELF TWICE.
[ LAUGHS ]
IT'S JUST BEAUTIFUL
HOW SCARY IT IS.
LOOKS -- OH, PAINTBALL PAINT.
JON, YOU MIGHT HAVE KILLED ME.
OH!
WELL, AT LEAST IF I DIDN'T,
I BLEW OFF YOUR EAR.
I'M SORRY, BUT I'M NOT SORRY.
-WHAT?
-[ LAUGHS ]
Narrator: IT'S RESULTS TIME.
IS A DEAD BODY DOUBLE
REALLY BULLETPROOF?
-WHOA.
-THAT'S CRAZY.
THAT LOOKS LIKE
A HUMAN FLESH WOUND.
WHOA.
THAT IS TWO TO THE BELLY,
FOUR TO THE CHEST.
SHOT HIM THROUGH THE WRIST.
-OH.
-LOOK AT THAT.
YOU STICK YOUR FINGER
ALL THE WAY.
YOU CAN FEEL LIKE ALL THE BONES
AND THE STUFF INSIDE THAT YOU,
LIKE, CRUNCHED THROUGH.
THIS IS NUTS.
Narrator: YEP.
THERE'S NO DOUBTING
THE ANATOMICAL ACCURACY,
BUT DID IT ABSORB BRIAN'S
IMPRESSIVELY ACCURATE SHOTS
AND PROTECT MR. PLYWOOD?
DRUM ROLL PLEASE.
[ IMITATES DRUM ROLL ]
OH, JON.
THAT'S RIGHT HERE, MAN.
-THAT'S ONE.
-DUDE.
[ GUNSHOTS ]
I MEAN, LOOK AT THAT.
THAT'S, LIKE, SPINE, THROUGH
THE CHEST, FEMORAL ARTERY...
-KIDNEY.
-...LOST A KIDNEY OR SOMETHING.
YEAH. I MEAN, HE DEAD.
DEAD. DEAD, DEAD AND DEAD.
HE'S DEAD.
Narrator: SO IT TURNS OUT THAT
ALTHOUGH YOU CAN CARRY A CADAVER
AND HOLD IT UP AS A SHIELD,
EVEN WITH AMMO PURPOSEFULLY
DESIGNED TO PREVENT
COLLATERAL DAMAGE,
THE RESULT IS DEFINITIVE.
-WHAT DO YOU THINK, MAN?
-DUDE, BUSTED.
-BUSTED.
-ALL RIGHT. LET'S GO HOME.
OKAY.
HOW FAR IS IT TO WALK HOME?
I DON'T KNOW.
JUST KEEP WALKING TOWARDS
THAT LITTLE VALLEY OVER THERE.
OH LOOK, A CAR.
♪♪