List of Breaking the Magician's Code: Magic's Biggest Secrets Finally Revealed episodes explained

This is a list of episodes.

The original specials

List of Illusions Revealed
Episode One
November 24, 1997 (US)
September 19, 2010 (HK)
  1. Lady to Tiger
  2. Chinese Lantern
  3. Levitation
  4. Exploding Packing Crate
  5. Zig Zag Girl
  6. Chinese Linking Rings
  7. Metamorphosis
  8. Sawing a Woman in Half (Selbit's Sawing)
  9. Pulling a Rabbit Out of a Hat
  10. Sword Basket
  11. Vanishing Elephant
  12. Woman in the Painting*
  13. Noah's Ark*
Episode Two
March 3, 1998 (US)
September 26, 2010 (HK)
  1. Crusher
  2. Teleportation
  3. Lady of Steel (Assistant balances 2 women on her arms alone)
  4. Vanishing Scarves
  5. Walking Through a Solid Brick Wall
  6. Suit of Armor
  7. Shooting an Arrow Through a Woman
  8. Switching Places
  9. Disappearing Doves
  10. Box of Pain (Magician sticks a sword and daggers through an assistant's head in a box)
  11. Water Torture Escape
Episode Three
May 5, 1998 (US)
October 3, 2010 (HK)
  1. Bed of Spikes (Death of Cora)
  2. The Stretch (Magician stretches an assistant's arms & legs to the breaking point)
  3. Daggers of Death (Knife-throwing at an assisant while strapped to a wheel)
  4. Disappearing Scarf
  5. The Haunted House
  6. Disappearing Radio
  7. Bullet Catch
  8. Turning Water Into Ice
  9. Mismatch Girl
  10. Vanishing Tank
Episode Four - Unmasking the Magician: The Final Reveal
October 29, 1998 (US)
October 10, 2010 (HK)
  1. Car Crusher Escape
  2. Cremation
  3. Spike Torture (Magician crushes an assistant in a wall of spikes)
  4. Guillotine
  5. Buried Alive
  6. Pincushion Thumb
  7. Death Trap
  8. The Cannon and the Crate*

2008 series revival

List of Illusions Revealed
Episode One
October 2, 2008 (US)June 13, 2010 (HK)
  1. Death Saw (Magician gets cut into two via an industrial saw)
  2. Vanishing Toothpick
  3. Cut and Restore a Rope
  4. De Kolta Chair (The Vanishing Lady)
  5. Penetrate Rubber Sheet With a Coin
  6. Turning a Bentley into a Lamborghini (with the WWE divas Eve Torres and Maria Kanellis)
  7. Floating Soda Can
  8. Making a String Quartet Disappear
  9. Penetrate Glass Bottle With Bottle Cap
  10. Passing Through a Steel Wall ("A world famous Great Wall")
Episode Two
October 6, 2008 (US)June 20, 2010 (HK)
  1. Making a Girl Vanish from a Table
  2. Rising Card Trick
  3. Levitating a Girl on a Floating Table
  4. Recycle Empty Soda Can
  5. Dismemberment
  6. Trap Spirit in Handkerchief
  7. Making a Girl Appear from a Set of Clothing
  8. Needle Through Forearm
  9. Making an Elephant Appear in an Empty Parking Lot (surrounded by spectators)
Episode Three
October 13, 2008 (US)June 27, 2010 (HK)
  1. Head Being Cut off by a Guillotine
  2. Penny Penetrating Solid Glass
  3. Making a Girl Appear/Disappear from a Cabinet
  4. Cut String In A Straw
  5. Houdini's Milk Can Escape
  6. Flower Out Of Pan
  7. Making Dancers Disappear from a Stage
  8. Chain Through Neck
  9. Levitating from the Warehouse roof to the ground
Episode Four
October 20, 2008 (US)July 11, 2010 (HK)
  1. Making a Bomb Squad Car Disappear
  2. Bringing Dead Fly Back To Life
  3. Passing Car Registration Through Car Windshield
  4. Assistant's Revenge
  5. Sawing a Girl in Half in a Torture Device (Iron Egg)
  6. Solve Math Problem Using Spirits
  7. Sticking a Rose Through a Girl
  8. Biting Coin in Half
  9. Passing Through a Turbofan
Episode Five
November 3, 2008 (US)July 18, 2010 (HK)
  1. Making a Woman Disappear From a Cabinet and Reappear Somewhere Else
  2. Floating Zombie Ball
  3. Cigarette Through Half Dollar
  4. Passing Through a Metal Plate
  5. The Twister
  6. Bending Spoon With The Mind
  7. Impaling a Woman With a Sword
  8. Pass Cigarette Ash Through Hand
  9. Surviving Being Cut Up in a Wood Chipper
Episode Six
November 10, 2008 (US)July 25, 2010 (HK)
  1. Teleporting From One Oil Drum to Another
  2. Floating Bill
  3. Topsy-Turvy (Flipping a Box But Not the Girl Inside It)
  4. Slice Into Arm With A Knife
  5. Magically Writing On a Slate Board
  6. Cutting a Girl In Three
  7. Pierce Sealed Can With Coin
  8. Teleportation
Episode Seven
November 17, 2008 (US)August 1, 2010 (HK)
  1. Levitating a Girl on a Table
  2. Turning Burned Paper into Bill
  3. Making Girls Appear in a Crystal Cylinder
  4. Determine Randomly Selected Crayon
  5. "Twilight Zone" Door
  6. Disembodied Princess (Removing the Magician's Torso)
  7. Pierce Water Bottle With Mobile Phone
  8. Impaling a Girl on a Spike
Episode Eight
November 24, 2008 (US)August 8, 2010 (HK)
  1. Houdini's Magic Trunk
  2. Convert Smaller Pieces of Thread Into One Piece
  3. Making a Girl's Middle Disappear
  4. Flaming Thumb
  5. Evil Spirit Pyramid - Conjuring Spirits
  6. Crushing a Light Bulb
  7. Catching a Selected Card in the Air with a Sword
  8. Escaping the Spinning Blades of Death
Episode Nine
February 7, 2009 (UK)April 20, 2009 (US)
August 15, 2010 (HK)
  1. Magic Barrel (Through the Eye of a Needle)
  2. Houdini's Fish Bowl
  3. Playing Card Through Street Window
  4. Asrah levitation
  5. Making Girls Appear On a Pedestal
  6. Bending Spoon With Mind
  7. Holding Breath Under Water For 18 Minutes
Episode Ten
February 9, 2009 (UK)April 27, 2009 (US)
August 22, 2010 (HK)
  1. Making a 1200cc Motorbike Disappear in Mid Air
  2. Fishing For a Playing Card Selected by Volunteer
  3. Piercing a Balloon
  4. Spinning a Girl Upside Down
  5. Spirit Room with Disappearing Medium
  6. Levitating a Foot off the Floor
  7. Swallowing a Needle
  8. Magic Light Bulb
  9. Making a 5 Ton Military Vehicle Appear From Nowhere (In an Empty Parking Lot)
Episode Eleven
February 14, 2009 (UK)May 4, 2009 (US)
August 29, 2010 (HK)
  1. Woman Vanishes From Steel Plate In Mid Air
  2. Burning Selected Card Value Into Skin
  3. Crushing A Woman With A Steel Plunger
  4. Sawing A Woman In Half Vertically
  5. Recreating Random Drawing by Volunteer
  6. Transformation Of Skeleton To Dummy To A Girl
  7. Tying Shoe Laces Without Touching Them
  8. Floating Through A Solid Steel Frame (No Wires)
  9. Changing Handkerchief Color By Passing Through Hand
  10. Penetrating A Plate Glass Window Without Shattering It
Episode Twelve
February 16, 2009 (UK)May 11, 2009 (US)
September 3, 2010 (HK)
  1. Producing Girls From Within Triangle Screen
  2. Making Coins Appear In a Cup of Coffee
  3. Making Live Birds Appear And Vanish From Boxes
  4. Cutting Cards To Pieces and Back Together Again
  5. Crushing A Woman And Putting Tube Through Her Body
  6. Visibly Decapitating A Woman With A French Guillotine
  7. Burned Paper With Word Written By Volunteer Appears on Arm
  8. Turning a 1 Dollar Bill into a 50 Dollar Bill
  9. 16 Ton Trolley Car Levitates And Disappears
Episode Thirteen
February 21, 2009 (UK)May 18, 2009 (US)
September 12, 2010 (HK)
  1. Making A Girl Vanish In A Giant Game Of Three Card Monte
  2. Water Not Falling Out of Upside Down Glass
  3. Creating A Woman From A Cloud Of Smoke
  4. Hand Being Cut Off In Guillotine
  5. Dividing A Woman In Three And Head Over Heels
  6. Moving Holes in a Playing Card
  7. Multum in Parvo (Much in Little), Pouring Milk Into Larger Tumblers
  8. Walking On Water (Surrounded By Spectators)

Australian version

List of Grand Illusions Revealed
Episode One
June 14, 2010
  1. Death Saw
  2. Levitating a Girl on a Floating Table
  3. Making a String Quartet Disappear
  4. Making a Girl Appear from a Set of Clothing
  5. Passing Through a Steel Wall
Episode Two
June 21, 2010
  1. Head Being Cut off by a Guillotine
  2. Making a Girl Appear/Disappear from a Cabinet
  3. Houdini Milk Can Escape
  4. Knife Russian Roulette
  5. Chain Through Neck
  6. Penetrating A Plate Glass Window Without Shattering the Glass
Episode Three
July 4, 2010
  1. Making a Woman Disappear From a Cabinet and Reappear Somewhere Else
  2. Impaling a Woman With a Sword
  3. Passing Through a Steel Plate
  4. The Twister
  5. Surviving Being Cut Up in a Wood Chipper
Episode Four
July 11, 2010
  1. Crushing A Woman With A Steel Plunger
  2. Assistant's Revenge
  3. Sawing a Girl in Half in a Torture Device
  4. Sticking a Rose Through a Girl
  5. Passing Through a Turbofan
Episode Three (Reordered)
July 18, 2010
This episode was a repeat of Episode Three, with the illusions in a different order and with a different narrator.
  1. Making a Woman Disappear From a Cabinet and Reappear Somewhere Else
  2. Passing Through a Steel Plate
  3. The Twister
  4. Impaling a Woman With a Sword
  5. Surviving Being Cut Up in a Wood Chipper
Episode Five
July 25, 2010
  1. Teleporting From One Oil Drum to Another
  2. Topsy-Turvy (Flipping a Box But Not the Girl Inside It)
  3. Magically Writing On a Slate Board
  4. Cutting a Girl In Three
  5. Teleportation
Episode Six
August 1, 2010
  1. Levitating a Girl on a Table
  2. Making Girls Appear in a Crystal Cylinder
  3. "Twilight Zone" Door
  4. Disembodied Princess (Removing the Magician's Torso)
  5. Impaling a Girl on a Spike
Episode Seven
August 8, 2010
  1. Houdini's Magic Trunk
  2. Making a Girl's Middle Disappear
  3. Evil Spirit Pyramid - Conjuring Spirits
  4. Catching a Selected Card in the Air with a Sword
  5. Escaping the Blades of Death
Episode Eight
August 15, 2010
  1. Magic Barrel (Through the Eye of a Needle)
  2. Houdini's Fish Bowl
  3. Playing Card Through Street Window
  4. Asrah levitation
  5. Making Girls Appear In Mid Air
  6. Holding Breath Under Water For 18 Minutes
Episode Nine
August 22, 2010
  1. Making a 1200cc Motorbike Disappear in Mid Air
  2. Spinning a Girl Upside Down
  3. Spirit Room with Disappearing Medium
  4. Levitating a Foot off the Floor
  5. Making a 5 Ton Military Vehicle Appear From Nowhere (In an Empty Parking Lot)
Episode Ten
August 29, 2010
  1. Woman Vanishes From Steel Plate In Mid Air
  2. Crushing A Woman With A Steel Plunge
  3. Transformation Of Skeleton To Dummy To A Girl
  4. Floating Through A Solid Steel Frame (No Wires)
  5. Penetrating A Plate Glass Window Without Shattering It
Episode Eleven
September 5, 2010
  1. Producing Girls From Within Triangle Screen
  2. Making Live Birds Appear And Vanish From Boxes
  3. Crushing A Woman And Putting Tube Through Her Body
  4. 16 Ton Trolley Car Levitates And Disappears
Episode Twelve
September 12, 2010
  1. Making A Girl Vanish In A Giant Game Of Three Card Monte
  2. Creating A Woman From A Cloud Of Smoke
  3. Hand Being Cut Off In Guillotine
  4. Knife Russian Roulette (not seen in the US Version)
  5. Dividing A Woman In Three And Head Over Heels
  6. Walking On Water (Surrounded By Spectators)

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