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Red Rag to a Bull

Season 5, Episode 16, Aired Aug 22, 2007

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Kari Byron

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Tory Belleci

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Robert Lee (XXVI)

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Grant Imahara

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I think I hurt myself....

9.4

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By Hoeech, Jan 20, 2008

After watching the bulls elegantly dancing around all of the china displays while causing virtually no damage at all, I laughed so hard that I was in actual pain. That has to be the most counter-intuitive result in the entire history of the show.

As for the lethality of a loaded gun in the oven:

I'm not debating the stupidity of storing or hiding loaded guns in an oven, but I'm fairly sure the idiot in question never strapped the handgun down to the grill as Adam and Jamie did. By doing so, they simulated the effect of the gun being held stably in a shooter's hand. If it had been left loose, the gun itself would have recoiled backwards into the back plate of the stove and reduced the forward velocity of the bullet since much of the energy of the gunpowder explosion would be lost due to the recoil.

Time to head over to the Discovery website. Maybe we'll have a revisit....moreless
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Adam and Jamie say its time to blow stuff up.

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By PsychoPerson, Aug 28, 2007

I liked this episode, but the hot bullet myth was just alittle boring. That was the only thing I didn't like about it. The red bull myth was pretty insane though! I was for sure that Tori was going to get hit by the bull. Well it seems Tori has more balls then he does brains, or is it the other way around? The campfire myth was pretty cool. Not much exciting though. Repeativly throwing leftovers in the bonfire doesn't seem too exciting. Well, im glad I actually get to see the re-run of this show. Another great installment of the Mythbusters! Go mythbusters!moreless
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- The "china shop" the bulls run through is named Kari's Whacky China Shop.
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- A video on the Discovery Channel website shows Adam and Jamie throwing a fire extinguisher on the camp fire to see if it'd explode. Unfortunately for them, the fire extinguisher has an overpressure release that safely releases the contents before it can explode.
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- Adam: (with fire safety suit on) Hell Earth! I come in peace!
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- Grant: You know how they say Tory is like a bull in a china shop? Kari: Yes. Tory: (Simultaneously) No.
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- Kari: (To Tory) We make better choices about your safety than you do.
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- Adam: THIS. IS. SPARKY! This is a reference to the battle cry "This. is. Sparta!" from the movie 300.
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