The Magic School Bus

1994 • PBS
4.5
961 reviews
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Season 3 episodes (13)

1 In The Arctic
9/14/96
“Where did the hot go?” wonders Arnold when his hot cocoa cools off. So, Ms. Frizzle whisks the class to the Arctic!
2 Spins a Web
9/28/96
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.
3 Under Construction
10/5/96
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.
4 In a Beehive
9/14/96
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.
5 Gets a Bright Idea
10/12/96
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!
6 Shows and Tells
10/19/96
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.”
7 Makes a Rainbow
10/26/96
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!
8 Goes Upstream
11/2/96
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.
9 Works Out
11/9/96
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.
10 Holiday Special
12/25/96
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.
11 Gets Planted
11/16/96
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!
12 In The Rain Forest
11/23/96
The kids rent a rain forest cocoa tree as an Earth Day present for Ms. Frizzle. But when the harvest arrives, there’s only one shriveled cocoa bean! Ms. Frizzle takes the class to the rain forest to meet the impeccable Inspector 47 who keeps a tidy, mud-free cocoa grove. What has he done to the rain forest’s intricate ecology web?
13 Rocks and Rolls
11/30/96
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.

About this show

Wahoo – get out there and explore! The Magic School Bus takes teacher extraordinaire Ms. Frizzle and her enthusiastic, inquisitive students on cliff-hanging field trips into the human body, inside an ant colony, and far out into space. The series, based on the best-selling Scholastic books, transforms the world into a fresh and funny science laboratory - each time with a new destination.

Ratings and reviews

4.5
961 reviews
Braiden Carr
February 26, 2021
The magic school bus takes me back to when i was i kid and my mom and dad let me watch it bro it was so good <3 and dude like i still watch it now and im 59 my kids love it and its not like spongebob i mean like a ⭐,🦑,🧽 like its funny and all but is obvious there running out out ideas but the magic school bus dosnt run out of ideas i dont think😅😅😅😅😅😅
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Fangcheng Sun
December 18, 2017
It's a great educational show way better than most educational shows nowadays. Some information there may be old and out of date, but it's still good enough for the kids in their early school age.
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Edith Montenegro
March 23, 2021
I watch this series from wet all over episode that's from kids for character vhs back in elementary school and then from my middle school. Plus also watch that show on qubo and same thing as the reboot i do really enjoy it.
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