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COLLECTION · Series · 1994

The Magic School Bus

An eccentric schoolteacher takes her class on wondrous educational field trips with the help of a magical school bus.

Source: TMDB
* 7.7 (133)ActionAdventureAnimationFamilyFantasyScience FictionCanada · United States
Directors
Charles E. Bastien
Creators
Bruce Degen · Joanna Cole
Countries
Canada · United States
Studios
PBS Kids · South Carolina Educational Television · Scholastic Productions · Nelvana
Runtime
25–26 min/ep
Age rating
TV-Y
Release
10/09/1994
Score
7.7 / 10 (133)

Awards and nominations

  • Nominated at Daytime Emmy Award — Outstanding Graphics and Title Design
  • Winner at Daytime Emmy Award — Lily Tomlin as Ms. Frizzle
  • Nominated at Daytime Emmy Award — Children's Animated Program
  • Nominated at Daytime Emmy Award — Best Spoken Word Album for Children
  • 1996 — Daytime Emmy Award
  • Nominated at Daytime Emmy Award — Outstanding Program for Children or Youth
  • Nominated at Daytime Emmy Award — Outstanding Children's Animated Program
  • Nominated at Daytime Emmy Award — Milton Buras (for episode "Halloween Special"
  • Nominated at Daytime Emmy Award — Lily Tomlin as Ms. Frizzle
  • Nominated at Television Critics Association Award — Outstanding Achievement in Children's Programming
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Seasons and episodes
Season 1
Season 1
13 episodes · 1994
Gets Lost in Space
Episode 1. Gets Lost in Space
1994-09-10 · 26 min

Arnold's know-it-all cousin Janet drives the kids crazy when she joins Ms. Frizzle's class on a field trip and gets them lost in outer space!

For Lunch
Episode 2. For Lunch
1994-09-17 · 26 min

Arnold's so excited he doesn't have to go on a field trip! But when he accidentally swallows his miniaturised class, he becomes the field trip!

Inside Ralphie
Episode 3. Inside Ralphie
1994-09-24 · 26 min

Ralphie is crushed when a fever keeps him home from school the day he's scheduled to host a FNN (Frizzle News Network) television broadcast on health. With Tyne Daly as Ralphie’s mom.

Gets Eaten
Episode 4. Gets Eaten
1994-10-01 · 26 min

Arnold and Keesha are in trouble when they forget to bring in their assignment on "two things that go together."

Hops Home
Episode 5. Hops Home
1994-10-08 · 26 min

When Wanda's pet frog, Bella, jumps out an open window, Ms. Frizzle shrinks the bus into a mechanical frog and takes her now tiny class on a hop-along adventure.

Meets the Rot Squad
Episode 6. Meets the Rot Squad
1994-10-15 · 26 min

It's "Accidental Science Project" day and the class has brought in marvelously rotten entries from the back of their refrigerators. With Ed Begley, Jr. as Larry Log-Away.

All Dried Up
Episode 7. All Dried Up
1994-10-22 · 26 min

Always the caring soul, Phoebe goes on a crusade to save the animals and plants of the desert -- and discovers how well they take care of themselves.

In the Haunted House
Episode 8. In the Haunted House
1994-10-29 · 26 min

The class is thrilled about its upcoming concert at the Sound Museum -- until they discover the spooky mansion is more of a thrill than they bargained for. With Carol Channing as Cornelia C. Contralto.

Gets Ready, Set, Dough
Episode 9. Gets Ready, Set, Dough
1994-11-05 · 26 min

It's Ms. Frizzle's birthday, and a field trip to the bakery seems perfect -- until the bus's shrinker-scope goes on the fritz and the class gets baked in a cake! With Dom DeLuise as the Baker.

Plays Ball
Episode 10. Plays Ball
1994-11-12 · 26 min

Ms. Frizzle combines Dorothy Ann's physics and Ralphie's baseball into a "Frictionless Baseball Game."

Goes to Seed
Episode 11. Goes to Seed
1994-11-19 · 26 min

The class' garden is going to be featured on the cover of PLANT IT! magazine. But Phoebe's garden plot is glaringly empty. With Robby Benson as Mr. Seedplot.

Gets Ants in Its Pants
Episode 12. Gets Ants in Its Pants
1994-11-26 · 26 min

The Magic School Bus goes into show business when Keesha directs a movie about social animals for the school science fair.

Kicks Up a Storm
Episode 13. Kicks Up a Storm
1994-12-04 · 26 min

The Friz transforms the bus into a Weathermobile and -- in a wild ride through the skies -- Ralphie becomes the meteorological superhero of his dreams.

Season 2
Season 2
13 episodes · 1995
Blows Its Top
Episode 1. Blows Its Top
1995-09-09 · 25 min

To help them understand how the Earth makes islands, Ms. Frizzle presents the kids with an island that hasn’t been discovered yet!

Flexes Its Muscles
Episode 2. Flexes Its Muscles
1995-09-16 · 25 min

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.

The Busasaurus
Episode 3. The Busasaurus
1995-09-23 · 25 min

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!

Going Batty
Episode 4. Going Batty
1995-09-30 · 25 min

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…

Butterfly and the Bog Beast
Episode 5. Butterfly and the Bog Beast
1995-10-07 · 25 min

The class needs a new mascot for its soccer team. Phoebe suggests butterflies, but everyone thinks they’re wimpy—until The Friz flutters in!

Wet All Over
Episode 6. Wet All Over
1995-10-14 · 25 min

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.…

In a Pickle
Episode 7. In a Pickle
1995-10-21 · 25 min

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?

Revving Up
Episode 8. Revving Up
1995-10-28 · 25 min

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

Taking Flight
Episode 9. Taking Flight
1995-11-04 · 25 min

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

Getting Energized
Episode 10. Getting Energized
1995-11-11 · 25 min

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.

Out of This World
Episode 11. Out of This World
1995-11-18 · 25 min

When Dorothy Ann warns the kids there’s an asteroid headed straight for their school, Ms. Frizzle arranges a field trip into space.

Cold Feet
Episode 12. Cold Feet
1995-11-25 · 25 min

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.

Ups and Downs
Episode 13. Ups and Downs
1995-12-02 · 25 min

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.

Season 3
Season 3
13 episodes · 1996
In a Beehive
Episode 1. In a Beehive
1996-09-14 · 25 min

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.

In the Arctic
Episode 2. In the Arctic
1996-09-21 · 25 min

“Where did the hot go?” wonders Arnold when his hot cocoa cools off. So, Ms. Frizzle whisks the class to the Arctic!

Spins a Web
Episode 3. Spins a Web
1996-09-28 · 25 min

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.

Under Construction
Episode 4. Under Construction
1996-10-05 · 25 min

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.

Gets a Bright Idea
Episode 5. Gets a Bright Idea
1996-10-12 · 25 min

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!

Shows and Tells
Episode 6. Shows and Tells
1996-10-19 · 25 min

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…

Makes a Rainbow
Episode 7. Makes a Rainbow
1996-10-26 · 25 min

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,…

Goes Upstream
Episode 8. Goes Upstream
1996-11-02 · 25 min

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.

Works Out
Episode 9. Works Out
1996-11-09 · 25 min

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.

Gets Planted
Episode 10. Gets Planted
1996-11-16 · 25 min

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…

In the Rainforest
Episode 11. In the Rainforest
1996-11-23 · 25 min

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…

Rocks and Rolls
Episode 12. Rocks and Rolls
1996-11-30 · 25 min

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…

Holiday Special
Episode 13. Holiday Special
1996-12-25 · 25 min

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…

Season 4
Season 4
13 episodes · 1997
Meets Molly Cule
Episode 1. Meets Molly Cule
1997-09-13 · 25 min

When Wanda’s favorite singer, Molly Cule comes to town and she chooses Ms. Frizzle’s class to wash her famous car, the kids discover how to clean the car down to the very last bit.

Cracks a Yolk
Episode 2. Cracks a Yolk
1997-09-20 · 25 min

The principal, Mr. Ruhle, has to go away for a few days and leaves his beloved chicken, Giblets, in Dorothy Ann’s care. The Friz takes the class on a field trip to see how eggs are made - from the inside out!

Goes to Mussel Beach
Episode 3. Goes to Mussel Beach
1997-09-27 · 25 min

Ms. Frizzle’s “Uncle Shelby” wants the class to look after his beachfront property. The kids soon discover that this “luxurious” accommodation is only a tiny spot on the shoreline.

Goes on Air
Episode 4. Goes on Air
1997-10-04 · 25 min

The only contribution the kids in Ms. Frizzle’s class have made to the Walkerville Space Capsule is an empty jar. “It’s not empty,” argues Keesha. “It’s filled with air!” Ralphie thinks that air doesn’t do anything, but when the bus…

Gets Swamped
Episode 5. Gets Swamped
1997-10-11 · 25 min

Should Walkerville get rid of the swamp and replace it with a great new shopping mall or build the mall somewhere else? The class learns that the swamp is an important habitat and natural water filter, but the town council’s not convinced…

Goes Cellular
Episode 6. Goes Cellular
1997-10-18 · 25 min

It’s the night of the rock lovers’ annual Granite Awards, and Arnold is about to become the first kid to win the Rocky Award. He’s so excited, all he’s been able to eat for weeks are “Seaweedies.” When he arrives for the big event, he’s…

Sees Stars
Episode 7. Sees Stars
1997-10-25 · 25 min

When the kids see Horace Scope (Dabney Coleman) on the Star Shopping Network, they decide to buy Dorothy Ann a real twinkling star for her birthday.

Gains Weight
Episode 8. Gains Weight
1997-11-01 · 25 min

Phoebe is chosen to give a slam-dunk exhibition during the big basketball game. When she finds she can’t jump high enough because gravity is “pulling on” her, Ms. Frizzle takes the class into space and turns the Bus into a planet—with…

Makes a Stink
Episode 9. Makes a Stink
1997-11-08 · 25 min

Flora Whiff, the famous expert on smell—whose “nose knows”— comes to school to judge the First Annual Smell Search. Ms. Frizzle’s class creates a unique smell that is bound to take first prize.

Gets Charged
Episode 10. Gets Charged
1997-11-15 · 25 min

It’s Valentine’s Day and the class is selling lightbulbs. When they stop at Ms. Frizzle’s house to sell her one, they find that her battery-operated doorbell doesn’t work.

Gets Programmed
Episode 11. Gets Programmed
1997-11-22 · 25 min

Ms. Frizzle’s class opens the school for Mr. Ruhle. But there’s so much to do! “There must be a way to do these chores without actually doing them,” says Carlos. Enter Mr. Ruhle’s new computer and Mikey, Carlos’ whiz kid brother!

In the City
Episode 12. In the City
1997-11-29 · 25 min

City Critters: Ms. Frizzle’s class is visiting the zoo, which is, according to Tim, the only place in the city where wild animals can survive. To test this idea—ZAP!—Ms. Frizzle turns the class into possums, foxes, and falcons!

Takes a Dive
Episode 13. Takes a Dive
1997-12-06 · 25 min

When Wanda discovers that one of Ms. Frizzle’s ancestors was Redbeard the Pirate, she naturally wants to follow the treasure map he left. The map leads the class to a coral reef, where they learn firsthand that life there is risky.

Cast by season
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)
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Maia Filar
Phoebe (voice)
Malcolm-Jamal Warner
Malcolm-Jamal Warner
The Producer (voice)
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