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The Magic School Bus

7.6/10 142 votes
AnimationSci-Fi & FantasyFamilyAction & AdventureKids

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

4 available

Season 2

Episodes

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Episode 1

★ 8.0

Blows Its Top

1995-09-09 · 25m

To 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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Episode 2

★ 7.5

Flexes Its Muscles

1995-09-16 · 25m

Ms. 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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Episode 3

★ 7.0

The Busasaurus

1995-09-23 · 25m

Ms. 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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Episode 4

★ 7.0

Going Batty

1995-09-30 · 25m

When 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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Episode 5

★ 7.0

Butterfly and the Bog Beast

1995-10-07 · 25m

The 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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Episode 6

★ 7.5

Wet All Over

1995-10-14 · 25m

Arnold 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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Episode 7

★ 8.0

In a Pickle

1995-10-21 · 25m

Keesha 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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Episode 8

★ 8.5

Revving Up

1995-10-28 · 25m

The school district’s Vehicle Maintenance Inspector, Junkett is about to condemn the Magic School Bus!

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Episode 9

★ 7.0

Taking Flight

1995-11-04 · 25m

Shrunk inside Tim’s model airplane, the class goes on a high-flying field trip to find out how things fly.

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Episode 10

★ 7.0

Getting Energized

1995-11-11 · 25m

The 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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Episode 11

★ 8.0

Out of This World

1995-11-18 · 25m

When 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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Episode 12

★ 7.0

Cold Feet

1995-11-25 · 25m

Liz 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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Episode 13

★ 8.0

Ups and Downs

1995-12-02 · 25m

There’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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Cast

Lily Tomlin

Lily Tomlin

Ms. Frizzle (voice)

Max Beckford

Max Beckford

Tim (voice)

Daniel DeSanto

Daniel DeSanto

Carlos (voice)

Stuart Stone

Stuart Stone

Ralphie (voice)

Amos Crawley

Amos Crawley

Arnold (voice)

Erica Luttrell

Erica Luttrell

Keesha (voice)

Lisa Yamanaka

Lisa Yamanaka

Wanda (voice)

Tara Meyer

Tara Meyer

Dorothy Ann (voice)

Maia Filar

Maia Filar

Phoebe (voice)

Malcolm-Jamal Warner

Malcolm-Jamal Warner

The Producer (voice)

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