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The Magic School Bus
An eccentric schoolteacher takes her class on wondrous educational field trips with the help of a magical school bus.
- Created by:
- Bruce Degen, Joanna Cole
- Cast:
- Lily Tomlin, Max Beckford, Daniel DeSanto, Stuart Stone
- Language:
- English
- Country:
- Canada, United States of America
- Network:
- PBS Kids
Episode guide
Seasons
Season 2
Episodes
E01
Episode 1
★ 8.0Blows Its Top
1995-09-09 · 25mTo help them understand how the Earth makes islands, Ms. Frizzle presents the kids with an island that hasn’t been discovered yet!
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E02
Episode 2
★ 7.5Flexes Its Muscles
1995-09-16 · 25mMs. Frizzle takes the class on a field trip to R.U. Humerus's Body Shop. They learn how bones, muscles and joints all work together to help us move.
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E03
Episode 3
★ 7.0The Busasaurus
1995-09-23 · 25mMs. Frizzle takes the class on a dinosaur dig, courtesy of her old school chum, paleontologist Dr. Carmina Skeledon, and travels 67 million years back in time!
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E04
Episode 4
★ 7.0Going Batty
1995-09-30 · 25mWhen Ms. Frizzle invites the class’ parents in to see that their kids are learning about bats, Ralphie and the gang are convinced The Friz is a vampire! With Tyne Daly as Ralphie’s mom; Eartha Kitt as Keesha’s grandmother; Elliot Gould as Arnold’s dad; Dana Elcar as Phoebe’s dad; and Edward James Olmos as Carlos’s dad.
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E05
Episode 5
★ 7.0Butterfly and the Bog Beast
1995-10-07 · 25mThe class needs a new mascot for its soccer team. Phoebe suggests butterflies, but everyone thinks they’re wimpy—until The Friz flutters in!
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E06
Episode 6
★ 7.5Wet All Over
1995-10-14 · 25mArnold and Wanda are due to give a report on the town waterworks. But Ms. Frizzle thinks it's field DRIP time! She turns the bus and class into water drops and the kids evaporate, condense, become rain and rush by river into the ocean. After several trips through the water cycle, they're ready to turn back into regular kids. But the magic key that will get them out of the cycle is locked in the school bathroom! Trying to work their watery way into the bathroom, the kids go through the town waterworks and see how water is purified. Can they get to school through bathroom pipes? Or are they stuck in the water cycle forever?
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E07
Episode 7
★ 8.0In a Pickle
1995-10-21 · 25mKeesha and the class return from vacation to find her prize cucumber has turned into a pickle! Could the Mike Robe gang be to blame?
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E08
Episode 8
★ 8.5Revving Up
1995-10-28 · 25mThe school district’s Vehicle Maintenance Inspector, Junkett is about to condemn the Magic School Bus!
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E09
Episode 9
★ 7.0Taking Flight
1995-11-04 · 25mShrunk inside Tim’s model airplane, the class goes on a high-flying field trip to find out how things fly.
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E10
Episode 10
★ 7.0Getting Energized
1995-11-11 · 25mThe class is ready to plug in their “Double-Trouble Wheel of Wonder” at the town carnival, when they discover all the electrical outlets are taken.
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E11
Episode 11
★ 8.0Out of This World
1995-11-18 · 25mWhen Dorothy Ann warns the kids there’s an asteroid headed straight for their school, Ms. Frizzle arranges a field trip into space.
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E12
Episode 12
★ 7.0Cold Feet
1995-11-25 · 25mLiz has gone off to a mysterious place called “Herp Haven.” Thinking she’s in trouble, the class rushes to Herp Haven, where they turn into reptiles. With Michael York as Herpst.
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E13
Episode 13
★ 8.0Ups and Downs
1995-12-02 · 25mThere’s a monster in Walkerville Lake! Wanda competes with Gerri Poveri, a TV reporter whose ratings are sinking, to be the first one underwater.
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Lily Tomlin
Ms. Frizzle (voice)
Max Beckford
Tim (voice)
Daniel DeSanto
Carlos (voice)
Stuart Stone
Ralphie (voice)
Amos Crawley
Arnold (voice)
Erica Luttrell
Keesha (voice)
Lisa Yamanaka
Wanda (voice)
Tara Meyer
Dorothy Ann (voice)
Maia Filar
Phoebe (voice)
Malcolm-Jamal Warner
The Producer (voice)