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== Cast ==
{{Main|List of MythBusters cast members}}
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Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman are the original MythBusters, and initially explored all the myths of the series using their combined experience with [[special effects]]. The two worked at Hyneman's effects workshop, [[M5 Industries]]. They made use of his staff, who often worked off-screen, with Hyneman and Savage usually shown doing most of the work at the shop. The show is narrated by [[List of MythBusters cast members#Robert Lee|Robert Lee]], though in some regions, his voice is replaced by a local narrator.

[[File:Mythbusters (7613445734) (cropped).jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|The cast of ''Mythbusters'' at Comic Con, 2012]]
As the series progressed, members of Hyneman's staff were introduced and began to appear regularly in episodes. Three such members, artist Kari Byron, builder Tory Belleci, and metal-worker [[List of MythBusters cast members#Scottie Chapman|Scottie Chapman]], were organized as a second team of MythBusters during the second season, dubbed the "Build Team". After Chapman left the show during the third season, Grant Imahara, a colleague of Hyneman's, was hired to provide the team with his electrical and [[robotics]] experience. Byron went on maternity leave in mid-2009, with her position on the Build Team temporarily filled by [[Jessi Combs]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dsc.discovery.com/fansites/mythbusters/meet/jessi-combs.html|title=Jessi Combs Biography|work=MythBusters|publisher=Discovery Communications|access-date=August 3, 2009}}</ref> best known for co-hosting [[Spike (TV channel)|Spike's]] ''[[Xtreme 4x4]]''.

Byron returned in the third episode of 2010 season. The Build Team worked at its own workshop, called M7,<ref name="A day with the 'MythBusters'">{{cite web|url=http://www.news.com/8301-13772_3-9882698-52.html|title=A day with the 'MythBusters'|first=Daniel|last=Terdiman|work=CNET – Geek Gestalt|publisher=CBS Interactive|date=February 29, 2008|access-date=October 18, 2010|archive-date=October 11, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081011184513/http://www.news.com/8301-13772_3-9882698-52.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> investigating separate myths from the original duo. Each episode typically alternated between the two teams covering different myths. During the Build Team's tenure, Belleci was the only member to appear in every myth that the team tested. At the end of the 2014 season finale "[[MythBusters (2014 season)#Episode 222 – "Plane Boarding"|Plane Boarding]]", Savage and Hyneman announced that Byron, Belleci, and Imahara would not be returning in the 2015 season. This was reportedly over salary negotiations due to the rising cost of five hosts. Hyneman and Savage returned to being the sole hosts.<ref name="CNN" /><ref name="E Online" /><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.cnet.com/news/mythbusters-drops-hosts-kari-byron-grant-imahara-tory-belleci/|title='MythBusters' drops hosts Kari Byron, Grant Imahara, Tory Belleci|last=Burton|first=Bonnie|publisher=CNET|language=en|access-date=2020-04-13}}</ref> Byron, Belleci, and Imahara went on to host [[Netflix]]'s ''[[White Rabbit Project (TV series)|White Rabbit Project]]''.

The series had two interns, dubbed "Mythterns": Discovery Channel contest winner [[List of MythBusters cast members#Christine Chamberlain|Christine Chamberlain]] and [[MythBusters (2006 season)#Episode 46 – "Archimedes Death Ray"|viewer building-contest winner]] [[List of MythBusters cast members#Jessie Nelson|Jess Nelson]]. During the first season, the program featured segments with [[folkloristics|folklorist]] [[List of MythBusters cast members#Heather Joseph-Witham|Heather Joseph-Witham]], who explained the origins of certain myths, and other people who had first-hand experience with the myths being tested, but those elements were phased out early in the series.

The MythBusters commonly consulted experts for myths or topics for which they needed assistance. These topics included firearms, for which they mostly consulted Lt. Al Normandy of the South San Francisco Police Department, and [[explosive material|explosives]], for which they consulted retired FBI explosives expert Frank Doyle and Sgt. J.D. Nelson of the Alameda County Sheriff's Office. The MythBusters often asked other people, such as those supplying the equipment being tested, what they knew about the myth under investigation. When guests were on the show, the MythBusters generally consulted them or included them in the experiments.