MythBusters

Please, don't try anything

that you're about to see us do at home.

Ever!

On this death-defying episode of "Mythbusters,"

it's all guns blazing as Adam and Jamie take another aim

at "What Is Bulletproof?"

Oh, check out my new bulletproof vest, man!

From pocket protection...

...to homemade remedies...

...and even the human body itself.

That is what is in your gut.

Meanwhile, Kari takes a swing at a "Kill Bill" myth.

She and the boys get beaten black and blue

as they find out if you could first punch through...

He's alive!

... and then climb out of a coffin

that's buried six feet under.

Who are the Mythbusters?

Oh, that's pretty.

Adam Savage...

I love results!

...and Jamie Hyneman.

Bye-bye!

Between them, more than 30 years

of special-effects experience.

Arise, my son!

- Joining them --

Tory Belleci...

Is this as disturbing as I think it is?

...Grant Imahara...

Have you lost your damn mind?

...and Kari Byron.

That was a rush!

They don't just tell the myths.

They put them to the test.

First up, it's bulletproof in the firing line.

Well, you're looking pretty bulletproof there.

I'm feeling pretty well-protected from bullets.

And that begs the question.

-What's bulletproof? -Exactly!

Ever since we aired our first "What Is Bulletproof?" episode,

the fans have inundated us with all sorts of crazy suggestions

for bizarre things

that might be bulletproof, and that means...

- -...that it's time

for the "Mythbusters: What Is Bulletproof?"

"Part 2."

Exactly.

It was way back in Season 3.

A fresh-faced Adam and Jamie separated firearms folklore...

Dead center.

...from ballistics baloney.

- -Ever since,

fans have been crying out for more,

so now it's time to "make your day."

What's on the list?

First up in "Bulletproof," we've got a host of objects

that you might be holding or wearing --

things like police badges, MP3 players, and even pizza.

Sounds pretty straightforward.

There's not a whole lot of setup.

No, it's just get out to the shooting range,

shoot at stuff, and find out what's bulletproof.

Yep, it's as simple as that.

So they head straight to the firing range

with their ballistics-gel dummy...

Tell me what you know! Tell me! Tell me!

... who's going to take one for the team.

First up, Adam is wishing on a shooting star.

So, the story goes that a police officer was shot by a perp

at close range with a 40-caliber pistol,

but the police officer was saved by his badge,

which stopped the bullet.

It's a stellar story, all right --

an officer saved by his badge when shot at close range.

But did it really happen?

-Let's get in place and do it. -Okay.

Well, to find out, Adam steps up

with an identical handgun.

The gun is loaded.

And he's aiming at a standard-issue

silver police badge.

This is called a star.

Now, we had this specially made

by the same company that makes them for the police.

This one is made out of sterling silver.

Could it really stop a slug?

Range is hot!

Clear to fire.

3, 2, 1.

It's a direct hit. So, what's the verdict?

That doesn't look like it stopped it.

Shot the top of the star off.

She's no bulletproof?

No.

The bullet clipped the star

but passed right through the dummy.

I can see the path of the bullet right there,

heading all the way up through the gel and exiting there.

And that would make any dude one dead duck.

So, what's up next?

Well, silver's out.

Next up, we've got a badge which is called a shield,

and it's got a copper back with a bronze star.

Okay.

It's a different badge,

but will it be a different result?

Gun is loaded.

Adam lines it up in his sights.

But just like test one,

he hasn't hit it dead center again.

That was low and to the left.

And for bronze on copper, take two...

it's a much better shot.

Oh, it looks like I slid off the star.

Yep, he's hit the center star,

and this time, the results are surprising.

Look at that.

Unlike every other bullet we've fired

that's gone all the way through, this one has stopped

in the middle.

So that extra piece slowed it down.

It slowed down significantly.

There might actually be something to this.

Although the bullet was definitely slowed down,

it was still a lethal shot.

So it's onto the third and final badge.

Nickel badge with a bronze star.

It's tougher than the others,

but is it bulletproof?

If I have to hazard a guess, I don't think that this,

even with these two pieces of metal,

is gonna stop this bullet.

Well, there's only one way to find out.

How did I do?

Amazingly, the badge actually catches the cap.

Whoa!

Dude!

And just as amazing,

for the first time that I can remember,

Adam is speechless.

Holy cremoly.

The bullet struck the star dead-on,

and the shield stopped it flat.

The wearer can thank his lucky stars because he'd be safe.

If I was a policeman and this happened to me,

I'd still wear the badge.

It'd be like, "I've already had the worst day possible.

You can't make it any worse."

So, while bronze and nickel failed to deliver,

gold goes to the nickel --

a bulletproof result that slates this story as plausible.

Next up, we've got a real cracker.

Aaahhh!

Is it casual Friday?

What's going on here?

Oh, wait a minute. Yellow tracksuit, sword.

We're doing "Kill Bill" myths.

The fans can't get enough of our martial-arts myths,

and, in fact, since the ninja special,

we've been inundated with requests

to do the coffin-punch scene from "Kill Bill."

Oh, that's the scene where she's buried alive

and she punches her way through the casket,

climbs through six feet of dirt with her bare hands.

-Right. -No sword, right?

-There's no sword. -Okay, put the sword down.

Yeah, don't hurt yourself.

It's a chilling scene that nightmares are made of,

as our yellow-suited heroine literally gets buried alive.

Trapped six feet under, escape seems impossible,

unless, of course, you are a trained martial-arts assassin.

So, undeterred by being interred,

our heroine uses a series of three-inch power punches,

cracks the casket, worms through the soil,

and lives to take her revenge.

But is such a death-defying deed really doable?

Hmm...

All right, you guys. How do you want to test this one?

I think the biggest issue is gonna be the fact

that she didn't have a lot of room to punch.

She only had about three inches.

So we have to see how much force you can generate

from just a three-inch punch.

Then I think we should get a real coffin

and see how much force it takes to break through that.

Assuming we can punch through the lid,

then we need to find out if you can dig

through six feet of dirt with your bare hands.

Before we even get to that, how are we going to test force?

Last time we tested the force of a punch,

we almost broke Tory's hand.

Yeah.

Well, I got a brand-new technique.

I guarantee you, no one is gonna get hurt.

Last time they tested punching power,

Grant's invention busted more fists than myths.

So this time, he's gone high-tech.

I've got a Tekscan flexible sensor,

plugs in to a USB Evolution handle,