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The Best Episodes of The Carbonaro Effect Season 1

Every episode of The Carbonaro Effect Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Carbonaro Effect Season 1!

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Michael Carbonaro is a magician by trade, but a prankster by heart. Michael performs baffling tricks on unsuspecting people in everyday situations, all caught on hidden camera. Everyone is left stunned and delighted, even though

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    The Carbonaro Effect Season 1 Episode 17 - A Faux Pas to Wear
    8.7/10(28 votes)

    S1:E17

    Michael stuns shoppers with a remarkably advanced antique that self-tailors clothes and a chalkboard that solves mathematical equations.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. The Carbonaro Effect Season 1 Episode 2 - A Problem with Chocolate Turtles and Seeds
    8.6/10(38 votes)

    S1:E2

    Posing as a cashier, Michael makes a shopper's face appear on a milk carton and tries to convince her that she really is a missing person. Then, in a shipping store he has customers believing that impossible technology of the future has arrived, like a bowling ball that can be mailed in a flat box. Plus, he has a hotel guest questioning her identity when he swaps her ID, and stumps a valet when he does a disappearing act from his car.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. The Carbonaro Effect Season 1 Episode 1 - Got the Bug Out
    8.5/10(52 votes)

    S1:E1

    Posing as a technician, Michael literally "gets the bug out" of a customer's phone and has him convinced it was in there all along.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. The Carbonaro Effect Season 1 Episode 5 - Out of Bounce
    8.5/10(39 votes)

    S1:E5

    Too good to be true toys; Michael poses as a personal trainer who sweats a bucket-full; a disappearing car makes a security guard panic.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. The Carbonaro Effect Season 1 Episode 18 - Just a Milker
    8.5/10(23 votes)

    S1:E18

    Michael fishes for trouble in a toy store with pop-up books that contain live animals and, at a health food store, he shows a woman how to milk almonds; a mummy causes an employee to question ancient curses.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. The Carbonaro Effect Season 1 Episode 19 - Suburban Pimp
    8.5/10(21 votes)

    S1:E19

    Michael gets spooky at an antique store with a vintage voodoo doll and, at a costume store, a Dorothy outfit comes complete with a little dog too.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. The Carbonaro Effect Season 1 Episode 20 - Might Be Trippin'
    8.4/10(23 votes)

    S1:E20

    Michael fills in for a karate instructor and interrupts the Zen of his students; a frog necklace that is so realistic; a clothing display that puts the "man" in mannequin.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. The Carbonaro Effect Season 1 Episode 22 - Iguanasaurs
    8.4/10(25 votes)

    S1:E22

    Michael shrinks into a leprechaun outfit; a museum employee makes the discovery of a lifetime when a preserved egg hatches a baby dinosaur.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. The Carbonaro Effect Season 1 Episode 3 - A Waddle, a Scratch...
    8.3/10(41 votes)

    S1:E3

    A duck fools thrift store shoppers; an endless chain of hangers; cheese corks in a liquor store; freezing wine; destroying and reconstructing art in a museum.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. The Carbonaro Effect Season 1 Episode 4 - Just Smash It Out
    8.3/10(37 votes)

    S1:E4

    Michael convinces car wash patrons that he broke their window, only to miraculously fix it with the push of a button. Then, dry cleaning customers are confused when Michael is suddenly wearing their clothes in the blink of an eye. Plus, pet shoppers see fish in a dry water bowl.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. The Carbonaro Effect Season 1 Episode 8 - It's a Makeshift
    8.3/10(31 votes)

    S1:E8

    Never ending laundry soap; a human phonograph at the thrift store; a flipping punch bowl; a teleporting glass penguin.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. The Carbonaro Effect Season 1 Episode 16 - In Case What?!
    8.3/10(26 votes)

    S1:E16

    Michael stumps a delivery man when he pulls live crabs out of his Chinese food order.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. The Carbonaro Effect Season 1 Episode 24 - Flash Melt
    8.3/10(21 votes)

    S1:E24

    Michael hits the jackpot in a convenience store with a man who guesses the winning lotto numbers and amazes a mother at a toy store when he demonstrates her own child's genius abilities.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. The Carbonaro Effect Season 1 Episode 9 - Green Friendly
    8.2/10(27 votes)

    S1:E9

    A shrinking wine bottle with a confounding cork; vanishing diamonds in a jewelry store; going green at the car wash.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. The Carbonaro Effect Season 1 Episode 10 - Maybe it's the Echinacea?
    8.2/10(27 votes)

    S1:E10

    Posing as a Pet Store employee, Michael sells customers on the novelty of pets that can hatch out of balloons and convinces a hotel valet that he can park a car without even sitting in the driver's seat.

    Directors:Leo Scherman, Leo Scherman
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. The Carbonaro Effect Season 1 Episode 11 - Serious Déjà Vu
    8.2/10(27 votes)

    S1:E11

    Posing as a bartender, Michael turns water into liquor and convinces a self-proclaimed experienced drinker that distillation is a lie.

    Directors:Leo Scherman, Russell Arch
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. The Carbonaro Effect Season 1 Episode 12 - An Elevated Ferret Alert
    8.1/10(27 votes)

    S1:E12

    At a car wash, Michael uses a unique method to retrieve keys that were locked in a car, and horrifies a woman who does not want new furry friends.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. The Carbonaro Effect Season 1 Episode 13 - Cause and Effect
    8.1/10(28 votes)

    S1:E13

    In this special episode, Michael breaks the laws of physics with a multitude of tricks and then introduces new technologies to some very accepting patrons.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. The Carbonaro Effect Season 1 Episode 14 - This is Not an Orange
    8.0/10(27 votes)

    S1:E14

    Michael confuses variety store customers with products that have secret hideaways; astonishes camping store patrons with rafts that come in pill form; and convinces a woman that a tiny propeller enables human levitation.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. The Carbonaro Effect Season 1 Episode 21 - An Awogami Is Ripe
    8.0/10(20 votes)

    S1:E21

    Michael works at a camping store where his life-saving s'mores and pop-up coolers stun customers; a child safety pill bottle with built-in invisibility proves too complicated for adults; Michael adjusts the size of a model train.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. The Carbonaro Effect Season 1 Episode 6 - Don't Freeze Me
    7.9/10(38 votes)

    S1:E6

    A light box turns heavy in a sporting goods store; Michael poses as a barista for a glass illusion; a boomerang in a museum; taxidermy mischief.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. The Carbonaro Effect Season 1 Episode 23 - 3D Galastical Morphin Ranging Power Tents
    7.8/10(25 votes)

    S1:E23

    Michael tries to pull a fast one on burger joint patrons with his inflatable hot dogs and his unusual technique for bagging buns, then he creeps out a flea market vendor when he brings an acrylic encased arachnid back to life.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. The Carbonaro Effect Season 1 Episode 25 - An Over-grooming Situation
    7.8/10(20 votes)

    S1:E25

    Michael leaves a co-worker with a technologically confounding hose that wirelessly transmits water; Michael's puppy takes to the catwalk after dressing himself in the most fashionable canine attire.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. The Carbonaro Effect Season 1 Episode 7 - The Lizard Law
    7.7/10(33 votes)

    S1:E7

    A lucky serpent at a Mexican restaurant; metal-melting salsa; a brown bag lunch that keeps on giving; the freshest frozen entrée ever; dead flowers revived.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. The Carbonaro Effect Season 1 Episode 15 - Just During the Previews
    7.7/10(31 votes)

    S1:E15

    Michael tests gravity when he floats the idea of astronaut snacks; his darkness-triggering popcorn and he astonishes an antique store employee with glass figurines that feel emotion and repair themselves.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"A Faux Pas to Wear" is the best rated episode of "The Carbonaro Effect" season 1. It scored 8.7/10 based on 28 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 11/27/2014. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "A Problem with Chocolate Turtles and Seeds".