The Magic School Bus

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

Cast:Lily Tomlin , Daniel DeSanto , Lisa Jai , Tara Meyer , Erica Luttrell , Stuart Stone , Maia Filar , Malcolm-Jamal Warner , Danny Tamberelli , Andre Ottley-Lorant , Amos Crawley , Max Beckford , Susan Blu , Renessa Blitz , Don Dickinson , Ashley Taylor , Ashley Brown , Kevin Zegers

1Season 1

S1.E1 ∙ Gets Lost in Space

Wed, May 19, 2021

Topic: The Solar System. Arnold's cousin Janet joins the class on a trip to explore the solar system.

2Season 1

S1.E2 ∙ For Lunch

Sat, Sep 17, 1994

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

3Season 1

S1.E3 ∙ Inside Ralphie

Sat, Sep 24, 1994

Topic: Germs. 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.

4Season 1

S1.E4 ∙ Gets Eaten

Sat, Oct 1, 1994

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

5Season 1

S1.E5 ∙ Hops Home

Sat, Oct 8, 1994

Topic: Habitats. 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.

6Season 1

S1.E6 ∙ Meets the Rot Squad

Sat, Oct 15, 1994

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

7Season 1

S1.E7 ∙ All Dried Up

Sat, Oct 22, 1994

Topic: Desert Adaptation. 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.

8Season 1

S1.E8 ∙ In the Haunted House

Sat, Oct 29, 1994

Topic: Sound. 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.

9Season 1

S1.E9 ∙ Gets Ready, Set, Dough

Sat, Nov 5, 1994

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

10Season 1

S1.E10 ∙ Plays Ball

Sat, Nov 12, 1994

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

11Season 1

S1.E11 ∙ Goes to Seed

Sat, Nov 19, 1994

Topic: Seeds. 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.

12Season 1

S1.E12 ∙ Gets Ants in Its Pants

Sat, Nov 26, 1994

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

13Season 1

S1.E13 ∙ Kicks Up a Storm

Sat, Dec 3, 1994

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

1Season 2

S2.E1 ∙ Blows Its Top

Sat, Sep 9, 1995

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

2Season 2

S2.E2 ∙ Flexes Its Muscles

Sat, Sep 16, 1995

Topic: Body Mechanics. Ms. Frizzle takes the class to a field trip to R.U. Humerus's Body Shop.

3Season 2

S2.E3 ∙ The Busasaurus

Sat, Sep 23, 1995

Topic: Dinosaurs. 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.

4Season 2

S2.E4 ∙ Going Batty

Sat, Sep 30, 1995

Topic: Bats. When Ms. Frizzle invites the class' parents in to see that their kids are learning about bats, Ralph and the gang are convinced the Friz is a vampire.

5Season 2

S2.E5 ∙ Butterfly and the Bog Beast

Sat, Oct 7, 1995

Topic: Butterflies. The class needs a new mascot for its soccer team. Phoebe suggests butterflies, but everyone thinks they're wimpy--until the Friz flutters in.

6Season 2

S2.E6 ∙ Wet All Over

Sat, Oct 14, 1995

Topic: Water. The class takes a wild ride with the Friz through the water cycle.

7Season 2

S2.E7 ∙ In a Pickle

Sat, Oct 21, 1995

Topic: Microbes. 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?

8Season 2

S2.E8 ∙ Revving Up

Sat, Oct 28, 1995

The school district's vehicle maintenance inspector, Junkett, is about to condemn the Magic School Bus.

9Season 2

S2.E9 ∙ Taking Flight

Sat, Nov 4, 1995

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

10Season 2

S2.E10 ∙ Getting Energized

Sat, Nov 11, 1995

Topic: Energy. 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.

11Season 2

S2.E11 ∙ Out of This World

Sat, Nov 18, 1995

Topic: Space Rocks. When Dorothy Ann warns the kids there's an asteroid headed straight for their school, Ms. Frizzle arranges a friend trip into space.

12Season 2

S2.E12 ∙ Cold Feet

Sat, Nov 25, 1995

Topic: Warm/Cold-Blooded. 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.

13Season 2

S2.E13 ∙ Ups and Downs

Sat, Dec 2, 1995

There's a monster in Walkerville Lake. Wanda competes with Gerri Poveri, a TV reporter, to be the first one underwater.

1Season 3

S3.E1 ∙ In a Beehive

Sat, Sep 14, 1996

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.

2Season 3

S3.E2 ∙ In the Arctic

Sat, Sep 21, 1996

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

3Season 3

S3.E3 ∙ Spins a Web

Sat, Sep 28, 1996

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.

4Season 3

S3.E4 ∙ Under Construction

Sat, Oct 5, 1996

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.

5Season 3

S3.E5 ∙ Gets a Bright Idea

Sat, Oct 12, 1996

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.

6Season 3

S3.E6 ∙ Shows and Tells

Sat, Oct 19, 1996

It's the International Show-and-Tell Competition and Arnold and D. A. are representing Ms. Frizzle's class. Arnold brings in a webbed hoop, 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 Arnold and D. A. take the stage? With Alex Trebek as the "Sportscaster."

7Season 3

S3.E7 ∙ Makes a Rainbow

Sat, Oct 26, 1996

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 (Paul Winfield), discovers them!

8Season 3

S3.E8 ∙ Goes Upstream

Sat, Nov 2, 1996

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.

9Season 3

S3.E9 ∙ Works Out

Sat, Nov 9, 1996

Is Mr. Sinew (Dan Marino) any match for the Friz? At this year's "Teacher-athalon," 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.

10Season 3

S3.E10 ∙ Gets Planted

Sat, Nov 16, 1996

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!

11Season 3

S3.E11 ∙ In the Rainforest

Sat, Nov 23, 1996

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, Matt Frewer, who keeps a tidy, mud-free cocoa grove. What has Inspector 47 done to the rain forest's intricate ecology web?

12Season 3

S3.E12 ∙ Rocks and Rolls

Sat, Nov 30, 1996

Ms. Frizzle's class sculpts a stone likeness of its founding father. As they add the finishing touches, the statue tumbles down the mountain.

13Season 3

S3.E13 ∙ The Family Holiday Special

Wed, Dec 25, 1996

Ms. Frizzle's class takes a field trip to a recycling plant, where they learn how everyday items are made from recycled trash.

1Season 4

S4.E1 ∙ Meets Molly Cule

Sat, Sep 13, 1997

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.

2Season 4

S4.E2 ∙ Cracks a Yolk

Sat, Sep 20, 1997

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.

3Season 4

S4.E3 ∙ Goes to Mussel Beach

Sat, Sep 27, 1997

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.

4Season 4

S4.E4 ∙ Goes on Air

Sat, Oct 4, 1997

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!

5Season 4

S4.E5 ∙ Gets Swamped

Sat, Oct 11, 1997

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!!

6Season 4

S4.E6 ∙ Goes Cellular

Sat, Oct 18, 1997

Arnold is about to have the honor of being the first kid to receive one of the Rocky Awards at the annual Granite Awards. However, he has an embarrassing predicament.

7Season 4

S4.E7 ∙ Sees Stars

Sat, Oct 25, 1997

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

8Season 4

S4.E8 ∙ Gains Weight

Sat, Nov 1, 1997

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!

9Season 4

S4.E9 ∙ Makes a Stink

Sat, Nov 8, 1997

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.

10Season 4

S4.E10 ∙ Gets Charged

Sat, Nov 15, 1997

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.

11Season 4

S4.E11 ∙ Gets Programmed

Sat, Nov 22, 1997

Ms. Frizzle's class opens the school for Mr. Ruhle (Paul Winfield). 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!

12Season 4

S4.E12 ∙ In the City

Sat, Nov 29, 1997

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, Ms. Frizzle turns the class into possums, foxes, and falcons.

13Season 4

S4.E13 ∙ Takes a Dive

Sat, Dec 6, 1997

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.