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The Magic School Bus is a kids and sci-fi & fantasy TV series that premiered on PBS Kids on September 10, 1994. It has 4 seasons and 52 episodes so far and has ended. The latest episode, Season 4 Episode 13 "Takes a Dive", aired on December 6, 1997.

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

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Episodes

52 episodes · 4 seasons

Season 1

1994 · 13 episodes · Last episode: 31 years ago

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    13. Kicks Up a Storm

    Finale

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

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    12. Gets Ants in Its Pants

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

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    11. Goes to Seed

    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.

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    10. Plays Ball

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

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    9. Gets Ready, Set, Dough

    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.

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    8. In the Haunted House

    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.

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    7. All Dried Up

    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.

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    6. Meets the Rot Squad

    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.

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    5. Hops Home

    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.

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    4. Gets Eaten

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

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    3. Inside Ralphie

    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.

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    2. For Lunch

    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!

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    1. Gets Lost in Space

    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!

Season 2

1995 · 13 episodes · Last episode: 30 years ago

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    13. Ups and Downs

    Finale

    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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    12. Cold Feet

    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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    11. Out of This World

    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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    10. Getting Energized

    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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    9. Taking Flight

    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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    8. Revving Up

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

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    7. In a Pickle

    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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    6. Wet All Over

    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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    5. Butterfly and the Bog Beast

    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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    4. Going Batty

    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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    3. The Busasaurus

    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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    2. Flexes Its Muscles

    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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    1. Blows Its Top

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

Season 3

1996 · 13 episodes · Last episode: 29 years ago

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    13. Holiday Special

    Finale

    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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    12. Rocks and Rolls

    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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    11. In the Rainforest

    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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    10. Gets Planted

    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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    9. Works Out

    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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    8. Goes Upstream

    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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    7. Makes a Rainbow

    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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    6. Shows and Tells

    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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    5. Gets a Bright Idea

    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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    4. Under Construction

    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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    3. Spins a Web

    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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    2. In the Arctic

    “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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    1. In a Beehive

    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.

Season 4

1997 · 13 episodes · Last episode: 28 years ago

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    13. Takes a Dive

    Finale

    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.

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    12. In the City

    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!

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    11. Gets Programmed

    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!

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    10. Gets Charged

    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.

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    9. Makes a Stink

    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.

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    8. Gains Weight

    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 adjustable gravity!

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    7. Sees Stars

    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.

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    6. Goes Cellular

    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 totally nervous and totally... orange!

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    5. Gets Swamped

    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 until... FLOOD!

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    4. Goes on Air

    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 shrinks and gets stuck inside the jar—the class finds that their only hope for escape is... air!

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    3. Goes to Mussel Beach

    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.

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    2. Cracks a Yolk

    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!

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    1. Meets Molly Cule

    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.

Cast & crew

Created by Bruce Degen and Joanna Cole

  • Carol Channing

    Carol Channing

    Cornelia C. Contralto II (voice)

  • Elliott Gould

    Elliott Gould

    Mr. Perlstein (voice)

  • Dana Elcar

    Dana Elcar

    Mr. Terese (voice)

  • Dom DeLuise

    Dom DeLuise

    Baker (voice)

  • Tyne Daly

    Tyne Daly

    Ralphie's Mom (voice)

  • Sherman Hemsley

    Sherman Hemsley

    Mr. Junkett (voice)

  • Ed Asner

    Ed Asner

    Gen. Aranius (voice)

  • Alex Trebek

    Alex Trebek

    Announcer (voice)

  • Michael York

    Michael York

    Harry Herpst (voice)

  • Eartha Kitt

    Eartha Kitt

    Mrs. Franklin (voice)

  • Edward James Olmos

    Edward James Olmos

    Mr. Ramon (voice)

  • Robby Benson

    Robby Benson

    Archibald Seedplot (voice)

  • Ed Begley Jr.

    Ed Begley Jr.

    Logaway Larry (voice)

  • Matt Frewer

    Matt Frewer

    Inspector 47 (voice)

  • Jessica Walter

    Jessica Walter

    Ashlee Walker Club Dupree (voice)

  • Dolly Parton

    Dolly Parton

    Katrina Eloise 'Murph' Murphy (voice)

The Magic School Bus FAQ

Will there be new episodes of The Magic School Bus?

The Magic School Bus has ended, so no new episodes are scheduled. The final episode aired on December 6, 1997.

When did the latest episode of The Magic School Bus come out?

The most recent episode of The Magic School Bus, Season 4 Episode 13 "Takes a Dive", aired on December 6, 1997.

How many seasons of The Magic School Bus are there?

The Magic School Bus has 4 seasons with 52 episodes in total.

When did The Magic School Bus first air?

The Magic School Bus first aired on PBS Kids on September 10, 1994.

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