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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 3

Episodes

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Episode 1

★ 7.0

In a Beehive

1996-09-14 · 25m

Tim’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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Episode 2

★ 7.0

In 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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Episode 3

★ 7.0

Spins a Web

1996-09-28 · 25m

Ms. 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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Episode 4

★ 7.0

Under Construction

1996-10-05 · 25m

Two 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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Episode 5

★ 7.0

Gets a Bright Idea

1996-10-12 · 25m

The 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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Episode 6

★ 7.0

Shows and Tells

1996-10-19 · 25m

Arnold 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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Episode 7

★ 7.0

Makes a Rainbow

1996-10-26 · 25m

The 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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Episode 8

★ 8.0

Goes Upstream

1996-11-02 · 25m

Ralphie 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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Episode 9

★ 7.0

Works Out

1996-11-09 · 25m

Is 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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Episode 10

★ 7.0

Gets Planted

1996-11-16 · 25m

Phoebe 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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Episode 11

★ 7.0

In the Rainforest

1996-11-23 · 25m

The 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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Episode 12

★ 7.0

Rocks and Rolls

1996-11-30 · 25m

To 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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Episode 13

★ 7.0

Holiday Special

1996-12-25 · 25m

Wanda 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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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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