MACGYVERISMS
An Accumulated List of MacGyverisms That Have Appeared in Each Episode
MACGYVER PILOT

Disarmed a missile with a paper clip

Made a time-delay fuse to fire a suspended rifle using a stick, string, rubber band, & matchbook

Made a rocket thruster from a flare gun and escaped with a parachute

Used a laser to light a cigarette

Disabled laser security using cigarette smoke and a prism from binoculars

Used a fire hose and water pressure to move a collapsed girder

Used scrap wood to test a door for heat

Used a ripped shirt as a mask against toxic gases

Hot-wired the pump controls to evacuate toxic gases

Stopped a sulfuric acid leak using milk chocolate candy bars

Made a bomb with a cold capsule, sodium metal, and water

Flashed the main power controls to send a signal in Morse code
THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE

Used an electromagnet to steal a briefcase and a gun

Used a crowbar to escape from a crushed car through the trunk

Used a forklift to capture thieves in their car

Created a chain reaction diversion using a signal flare, airplane tire, life jacket, and a life raft

Used a signal flare to blow up a truck

Used a mirror and a whistle to send a signal

Exploited a fear of snakes to commandeer a jeep

Used a decoy to direct a jeep into a pit

Used a road block to trigger rifles to fire remotely at jeep tires

Used a log swung from a rope to knock soldiers from their jeep

Used jeep exhaust and bamboo filled with fire ash and rice alcohol to create tear gas

Used a cable and a jeep winch to bring down a helicopter
THIEF OF BUDAPEST

Stole a horse using an airlift by helicopter

Stopped a truck using lightbulbs sandwiched between wood to simulate a flat tire

Created a chemical explosion using salt, sugar, weed killer and battery acid

Used an unmanned bulldozer to knock down a guard tower and create a barbed wire barricade

Created an explosion by igniting paprika with a match

Made a magnifying glass using a bent hair pin dipped in wine

Used slices of a credit card to alter the timing of a traffic signal and cause a traffic jam

Taped a radio to a police radio and elevated them with balloons to jam police radio signals
THE GAUNTLET

Retrieved the key to a locked door by pushing it through the keyhole and drawing it back on a map

Used a rolled up map as a pea shooter

Used a metal rod rolled inside a map as a weapon

Escaped by sliding down a sand dune on a map

Used a map and duct tape to patch a bullet hole leak in a hot air balloon

Evaded a live electrical securitysystem using a camera strap with a plastic clip

Ignited plastique using a camera flash on the timer setting

Created a diversion with a church bell, fireworks, a candle, and a camera strap as a delayed fuse

Prevented a pursuit by using a jeep winch to connect two jeeps together

Made a periscope using a rear view mirror and a compact

Set a trap to catch a lizard for dinner

Created a diversion to steal a jeep by tossing Kate at one of the guards

Created chemical fog by burning oil with an overheated jeep engine

Used leather straps and duct tape on the steering wheel, shift, & gas pedal to drive a jeep by itself

Made smoke bombs by igniting oily rags in metal drums that rolled downhill

Escaped during the diversions by rolling downhill in a barrel and swimming across the border
THE HEIST

Created a diversion using a paper clip and thread to unzip a woman's dress

Used powdered soap and a shoe polisher to grind down dice

Hid loaded dice in a Virgin Mary

Used an electrical cord to secure a closed door

Shattered the tops of compressed gas canisters to rocket-power a beverage cart

Removed the magnet from a phone for Chris to sabotage the roulette wheel and slot machines

Removed the stone from a ring for Chris to mark cards on the sharp points

Caused a short circuit by rewiring an electrical panel to an alarm clock as a timer

Used a hanger, mirror, duct tape, and string to temporarily disable a security camera

Picked a lock (twice)

Used cigar ashes to make a laser beam visible

Rerouted a laser beam using fiber optics

Freed a pet bird as an excuse to trigger an alarm and summon security

Recreated musical tones on crystal wine goblets to open a vault

Used part of a lamp to funnel diamonds down a drainpipe to a waiting car trunk

Rigged a small car to parachute out of an airplane at nearly 30,000 feet
TRUMBO'S WORLD

Stole a towel from a clothesline using a Swiss Army knife and thread as a fishing line

Super heated shower water over a campfire as a distraction

Opened a locked door by using a log as a lever to lift it off its hinges

Soaked a rope in kerosene so that it could be easily burned after making an escape

Ran barbed wire across a river to puncture and sink pursuing rafts

Made an electric arc welder from a generator, jumper cables, and two half dollars

Twisted a rope with a bamboo pole to winch up a heavy canoe and free a trapped woman

Built a flame thrower with a garden hose, pipe, and chemically thickened gasoline

Made nitromannite explosive from nitrate fertilizer, plant cellulose, and acid

Made a protective suit from netting, a melted garden hose, and duct tape
LAST STAND

Made a thermite torch using a magnesium bicycle, iron rust, and a highway emergency flare

Used a spare airplane part as a "lateral cranial impact enhancer"

Made smoke bombs from fertilizer, upholstery batting, starting fluid, newspaper, duct tape, & matches

Used a fire hose to fight off pursuing vehicles

Used part of a meat hook as a screwdriver

Forced open a lock by melting ice with a lightbulb & sending the water down a metal rod & cardboard to refreeze & expand inside the lock

Forced open a door with a side of beef

Used a remote controlled airplane to deliver another smoke bomb soaked in olive oil

Used a rope to trip and tackle the thief

Prevented an airplane from taking off by riding the rudder
HELLFIRE

Fixed a fuse with a gum wrapper

Recited Curie's Law as a distraction before straightening and splinting a broken leg

Used a plank for support to walk across collapsing floorboards

Tested the viability of nitroglycerin by flinging a small sample against a metal drum

Built a cushion for nitroglycerin from plywood, wagon springs, wire, rope, and sand

Replaced the linkage spring of a truck with the spring from a ballpoint pen

Instructed Laura to use a thermos to keep nitroglycerin from becoming overheated

Recreated hellfighting equipment with pipes, a jeep, refrigerator, thermos, nitroglycerin, & a pulley
THE PRODIGAL

Used a paper clip to help hotwire a car

Picked the lock of a car trunk with a Swiss Army knife

Used a lug wrench to loosen the lug nuts of car wheels to delay pursuit

Used duct tape to attach pieces of wood to form a channel

Used wood scraps and a buzz saw to create a diversion for escape

Used the reverse setting of a vacuum to blow a cloud of sawdust as a diversion for escape

Released the latch on a ladder to trigger falling boxes as a diversion for escape

Used string to remotely activate a switch

Cut the fluid hoses of a car with a Swiss Army knife

Used dry ice, soda, and "fizzy dealies" to imitate smoke and trigger a building evacuation

Used a rented tow truck to tow and abandon a disabled car to delay pursuit

Picked a door lock with a Swiss Army knife

Used a rod and string to make a trip wire on the stairs

Blocked a door with an armoire

Used a telescope, rags, cleaning fluid, camphor balls, and a match to make a rocket-powered harpoon

Used a pulley on a wire cable to create a zipline for escape
TARGET MACGYVER

Picked a door lock with the awl blade of a Swiss Army knife, behind his back, without looking

Used a toaster oven and a bag of ice as a trigger for precariously balanced pots as a distraction

Used vegetable oil on the floor to create a slippery surface to delay pursuit

Used a hose as a trip wire

Used a chaise lounge as a restraint

Checked for intruders using a special light to make footprints visible on a treated doormat

Floated hollow reeds on a piece of wood to simulate someone breathing under water

Made a blow gun from a hollow reed and a whittled dart dipped in sap from a Urtica plant

Used the sharp edge of a stone as an ax to chop the branch of a tree

Took out a jeep using a stuffed vest as a decoy and a falling branch

Made landmines from pinecones and pine pitch lit by a match

Made a natural antibiotic by mixing crushed pyrite (iron sulfide) with clay

Created spontaneous combustion by igniting floating grain dust

Sawed partially through a wooden beam to cause the support to collapse

Harry created a decoy by remotely tugging on a curtain with a wire

Harry simulated the sound of gunfire by throwing pine nuts into a fire
NIGHTMARES

Made a fishing lure from a gum wrapper

Made a giant slingshot from bed springs and a bed frame

Used a belt buckle as a screwdriver

Used a belt to carry water into an electrical outlet as a distraction

Sharpened a knife on the edge of a metal basin

Created an explosive decoy with a radio, a car battery, a TV tube, and jumper cables

Used a fire hose as misdirection to create the impression of an escape

Created a decoy by letting the air out of a car tire with a nail

Knocked out the enemy by kicking open a car door

Used a smoldering rope and a smoke detector to create a decoy

Knocked down the enemy by releasing suspended water bottles onto plywood and barrels

Made a magnet by striking a metal rod against a fire hydrant
DEATHLOCK

Turned a coffin into a jet ski

Used a Swiss Army knife to test if a metal gate was electrified

Used a suit of armor as a test if it would trigger a trap

Used a metal bowl and an electric juicer to make a rotating antenna

Used kitchen gadgets to heterodyne a radio frequency with an electronic jammer causing static

Wired and taped together a series of batteries as a power pack

Motorized a kitchen cart with a rubber band and electric mixer powered by a battery pack

Wired and taped together pieces of armor for the cart as a diversion

Used the bottle opener blade of a Swiss Army knife to pry the hinges off a door

Used a motorized cart and pieces of armor to redirect the motion-activated guns

Made a smokescreen from vinegar, baking soda, and CO2 from a fire extinguisher

Made an early warning system barricade with random pieces of junk metal and ductwork

Used a Swiss Army knife to test for electric current in the fuse box

Rewired the electrical panel and fuse box to cut off the master power source

Used a mirror as a periscope

Triggered a water tank as a water cannon
FLAME'S END

Determined that residue on the exploded gas tank was magnesium oxide

Short-circuited an electronic time clock to speed up the clock

Used a Geiger counter to locate stolen uranium inside concrete

Used a handgun as a wrench
COUNTDOWN

Used a remote controlled robot to make a 21st century breakfast

Repurposed a cargo net into a rappelling line

Used a sharpening stone and cork to open and seal a tube of neon gas

Used a tube of neon gas to withdraw phosphorus powder from a vacuum

Neutralized acid using a pastry tube, liquid oven cleaner, and low fat milk

Used psychology to determine which fuse would disarm the bomb
THE ENEMY WITHIN

Escaped from German officers by speaking dreadful German and distracting the dogs with a dead bird

Repaired brakes by filling the brake cylinder with power steering fluid, while riding the hood at 140kph

Used an ultrasonic beam to shatter eyeglasses and disable a shooter

Created nylon using adipic acid, hexamethyline diamine, iron particles, and a magnetic field

Used spinning wires, mirrors, and a spiral ash tray to induce relaxation and to assist in memory recall

Built a defibrillator with candlesticks, electric cords, and rubber floor matting for insulation
EVERY TIME SHE SMILES

Escaped from a holding cell using a coat rack, coat hangers, a chair and a conveyor belt

Picked a handcuff lock with an earring

Evaded capture by speeding up a merry-go-round and then jamming the mechanism with brass rings

Created chemical fog using rat poison, soap flakes, and tile cleaner

Created a time delay fuse for an explosion using lard, newspaper, oven cleaner, and natural gas

Created a highway hazard by mixing diesel exhaust with water to form an immiscible liquid
TO BE A MAN

Disarmed a booby-trapped mechanism on a satellite data capsule

Used pieces from a downed satellite to build a hang glider

Used a scarf and a rock as a slingshot

Propelled a tank of butane as a projectile by shattering the top with a ladle

Repaired a water pump by wrapping the plunger with material to make an airtight vacuum

Used a rope and a loosened post to bring a shed crashing down on the enemy

Knocked out the enemy by hitting him in the face with a shovel

Destroyed a jeep by making "artillery" using water, a wedge, and a fire extinguisher to fracture a large rock
UGLY DUCKLING

Used psychology to determine Kate's computer password: UGLY DUCKLING

Used a painfully amplified sound oscillator to deter the enemy

Used Kate's clue and FAA tracking of a SAR-SAT signal to determine Kate's location

Kate used a battery and jumper cables to create an arc welder to cut through iron bars

Used hydrocarbons from a spray can to cool down heated iron bars

Used electrolyte acid from the liquid in a cactus to power a radio

Used two radio antennas, batteries, wire, watches, and the sun to triangulate a position

Used two jeep mirrors, a binocular lens, and focused sunlight to heat a rifle shell and blow up a jeep

Reconfigured the missile guidance system to target, intercept, and destroy the test weapon
SLOW DEATH

Convinced an engineer to let him board a moving train

Made a little girl's doll with a sock, a handkerchief, and a pen

Used a jar of olives, salt, seltzer, and a jug to distract and disable the enemy

Ignited the local moonshine with a match to force the enemy to jump off the train

Booby-trapped the control panel circuits on the train to overload

Made a high-pitched whistle from a bottle spout to distract the horses

Built a lie detector from a sphygmomanometer and an alarm clock

Threw his boots to create a distraction
THE ESCAPE

Assaulted police officers by spraying soda as a "weapon."

Made a hot air balloon from a soccer ball, newspaper, olive oil, and cotton ball.

Fixed Khan's stereo speakers using a knife as a screwdriver.

Used chalk to write a secret message on his hand.

Used a spatula and a ceiling fan to simulate the sound of helicopters.

Made an explosive from PCP and a volatile liquid.

Made a timer using an electrical circuit and a block of ice.

Used a tape recorder, timer, and PA system to simulate an aerial assault.

Made a fuse by laying a trail of gunpowder from a grenade.
A PRISONER OF CONSCIENCE

Disabled a car by stuffing a potato in the exhaust pipe

Disabled a speedboat by jamming the intake with blankets, gas cans, and life vests

Made a lock pick using the steel filaments from a broken lightbulb

Used caulking compound mixed with a hardening agent to make "Russian Krazy Glue"
THE ASSASSIN

Used a board to drive over traffic spikes and prevent a car from following

Used Piedra's exploding toothpaste to startle and disarm Terry

Used a ruler lever to flip a phone and disarm Emilio
THIS PAGE IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION - Episodes are completed through Season 1.