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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
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Seasons
Season 3
Episodes
E01
Episode 1
★ 7.0In a Beehive
1996-09-14 · 25mTim’s beekeeper Grandfather has the sweetest honey in town. Ms. Frizzle turns her class into bees so they can visit a hive and learn how raw honey is processed firsthand.
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E02
Episode 2
★ 7.0In the Arctic
1996-09-21 · 25m“Where did the hot go?” wonders Arnold when his hot cocoa cools off. So, Ms. Frizzle whisks the class to the Arctic!
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E03
Episode 3
★ 7.0Spins a Web
1996-09-28 · 25mMs. Frizzle transports the class into a 1950s horror movie, where a 50-foot praying mantis is wreaking havoc on the town. Ed Asner stars as the film’s power-mad protagonist, General Araneus.
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E04
Episode 4
★ 7.0Under Construction
1996-10-05 · 25mTwo inches tall and trapped in a bathroom at Wanda’s house, the kids must use what they’ve learned about structures to escape before Wanda’s mother discovers them.
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E05
Episode 5
★ 7.0Gets a Bright Idea
1996-10-12 · 25mThe light show at Walkerville’s old theater is illuminating, but Arnold’s bossy cousin Janet claims she could put on a much better show—if there wasn’t a ghost living in the theater!
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E06
Episode 6
★ 7.0Shows and Tells
1996-10-19 · 25mArnold brings in a webbed hoop for the International Show-and-Tell Competition, left behind by his great-aunt, a famous archaeologist, but he has no idea what it is! Can the kids find out what it is before he takes the stage? With Alex Trebek as the “Sportscaster.”
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E07
Episode 7
★ 7.0Makes a Rainbow
1996-10-26 · 25mThe class finds Ms. Frizzle inside her closet—playing a pinball machine she created with light pulses instead of steel balls. With time and the light pulses running out, the kids must discover the secrets of color—before the principal, Mr. Ruhle, discovers them!
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E08
Episode 8
★ 8.0Goes Upstream
1996-11-02 · 25mRalphie wants to serve salmon at the annual school picnic, but he can’t find any at his favorite fishing spot. But when the kids are “Frizzled” inside a salmon-bus they have an uncontrollable urge to head upriver.
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E09
Episode 9
★ 7.0Works Out
1996-11-09 · 25mIs Mr. Sinew any match for the Friz? At this year’s “Teacher-athlon,” the kids fear Ms. Frizzle doesn’t stand a chance against the muscle-bound gym teacher from another school, so the class travels inside her body for a closer look.
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E10
Episode 10
★ 7.0Gets Planted
1996-11-16 · 25mPhoebe tries to grow a vine for the school play, Jack and the Beanstalk. But her plant is more like a beansprout than a beanstalk! With the opening curtain only moments away, Ms. Frizzle turns Phoebe into a bean plant so she’ll grow into the star of the show!
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E11
Episode 11
★ 7.0In the Rainforest
1996-11-23 · 25mThe kids rent a rainforest cocoa tree as an Earth Day present for Ms. Frizzle. But when the harvest arrives, there’s only one shrivelled cocoa bean! Ms. Frizzle takes the class to the rainforest to meet the impeccable Inspector 47 who keeps a tidy, mud-free cocoa grove. What has he done to the rainforest's intricate ecology web?
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E12
Episode 12
★ 7.0Rocks and Rolls
1996-11-30 · 25mTo celebrate the founding of Walkerville, Ms. Frizzle’s class sculpts a stone likeness of its founding father, Captain Walker. As they add the finishing touches, the statue tumbles down the mountain. Ms. Frizzle turns the Bus into a huge boulder and the kids into rocks while bumping down the mountain in a desperate attempt to save the statue.
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E13
Episode 13
★ 7.0Holiday Special
1996-12-25 · 25mWanda plans to see The Nutcracker ballet, but during a trip to Murph’s recycling plant, the toy soldier she needs to get into the theater accidentally becomes a plastic pellet! Ms. Frizzle activates the Bus’s Un-Recycler, taking the class and Murph on a song-filled field trip, where they learn how everyday items are made from recycled trash.
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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)