The Magic School Bus (TV series)
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The Magic School Bus is a Canadian-American animated children's television series based on the book series of the same name, which follows a class that goes on fantastical school trips in a magic school bus to learn about science.
Season 1
[edit]Gets Lost in Space [1.1]
[edit]- Ms. Frizzle: As I always say class, you're out of this world.
- Carlos: Oh no, you don't! You just want to grab more stuff!
- Janet: Hey I'm just trying to help! If you want to play "Let's find Ms. Frizzle without a map" for the rest of your life, that's FINE with me!
- Arnold: No one is better than Ms. Frizzle.
- Janet: Oh, yeah? Prove it!
- Arnold: Stop The Bus!
- Janet: Arnold told me all about your field trips, Dorothy Ann.
- Dorothy Ann: W-what did he say?!
- Janet: That they were, and I quote, highly unusual.
For Lunch [1.2]
[edit]- Phoebe: How was I supposed to know that she'd have digestive scuba gear?
- Carlos: We have to find Wanda before she gets dried up into a raisin.
- Ralphie: A raisin? Cool.
- Students: Ralphie!
- Wanda: ARRRNNNOOOLLLDDD!
- Arnold: Who said that?
- Wanda: This is your conscience, Arnold.
- Arnold: You mean I was the field trip?!
Inside Ralphie [1.3]
[edit]- Phoebe: At my old school we were only afraid of lunch meat!
- Ralphie: I'm seeing myself from the inside out.
- Carlos: It's a short cut. Get it? Short cut?
- Students: Carlos! Yuck!
- Ralphie: What's going on?
- Ms. Frizzle: We're here to get the inside story.
Gets Eaten [1.4]
[edit]- Ralphie: Food chain? A chain of food? I can get into that.
- Keesha: Me too. Phytoplankton, Zooplankton, Fish, and People too. We're all in a food chain, scum, this fish, and you.
Hops Home [1.5]
[edit]- Bella: Bella!
- Herman: Herman!
Meets the Rot Squad [1.6]
[edit]- [After the bus transforms into a bessy bug]
- Arnold: Wow! A bessy bus; now I've seen everything!
All Dried Up [1.7]
[edit]- Arnold: Field trip tip number 107: To avoid being eaten, become inedible. What does that mean?!
- Ms Frizzle: Class, Do I hear a suggestion to avoid digestion?
- Phoebe: I might have made a mistake about that lizard. And I might have made a mistake about that jackrabbit. And I might have even made a mistake about that tortoise, but there's one thing I know I'm not wrong about.
- Arnold: How much you wish you'd stayed home today?
In the Haunted House [1.8]
[edit]- Arnold: Aah! Yikes! Ah! All I've got to say is, If I meet anybody I can see through, I'm outta here.
- Ms. Frizzle: Oh, Whoa. No need to be hasty, Arnold.
Gets Ready, Set, Dough [1.9]
[edit]- Phoebe: At my old school we never got baked. except for the time the air conditioning went.
- Arnold: We're toast!
- Dorothy Ann: Well, Technically, No, But you've got the right idea.
Plays Ball [1.10]
[edit]- Dorothy Ann: Listen, A force is just a push or a pull.
- Carlos: [to Dorothy Ann, who's talking about physics] If you're going to force us to listen to this...
- Tim: You're being kind of pushy, don't you think?
- [Carlos and Tim high five.]:
- Dorothy Ann: No no, I'm talking about real forces. Picture this. There's this big red sled sitting in the snow. Not going anywhere, But if somebody comes along and gives it a push....
Goes to Seed [1.11]
[edit]- [Phoebe doesn't want to get off the bus of fear of Mr. Seedplot seeing them]
- Arnold: Maybe you should have stayed home today, Phoebe.
- Ms. Frizzle: Nice propulsion, Arnold!
- Arnold: Thank you, Ms. Frizzle!
Gets Ants in Its Pants [1.12]
[edit]- Keesha: Keep shooting, Liz!
Kicks Up a Storm [1.13]
[edit]- Ralphie: I'm Weatherman! Of course I know what I'm doing. [whispers to himself] Now what am I doing?
Season 2
[edit]Blows its Top [2.1]
[edit]- Ralphie: Looks like our game's going to get rained out, Ms. Frizzle.
- Ms. Frizzle: Oh, don't head for the dugout yet, Ralphie. Those aren't rain clouds. They are puffs of smoke and ash, which means we are exactly where we need to be.
- Arnold: Carlos, you're starting to sound like Dorothy Ann!
- Carlos: Explosions of lava. Arnold, don't you understand? According to my research, we're floating on top of an undersea volcano!
- Arnold: Yikes! I knew I should have stayed home today!
- Ms. Frizzle: Welcome to the magma chamber! The heart of a volcano!
- Ralphie: How do we get out of here?
- Ms. Frizzle: Out of a volcano? How do you suppose?
Flexes its Muscles [2.2]
[edit]- Dorothy Ann: What happened to the bus?
- Ms. Frizzle: Hmmm; looks like the Mesmerglobber blew a gasket. Onto the bus, class! This is an emergency!
The Busasaurus [2.3]
[edit]- [Arnold goes over to the mud puddle and tries to get out the Maiasaura egg that was for Dr. Skeledon out of it. Luckily, he finds it not broken]
- Arnold: And I can give Dr. Skeledon back her egg. [notices his giant size to after he fought the T.Rex] Except, I am too big to fit into the bus.
- Phoebe: It's a good thing you didn't stay home today, Arnold.
- Arnold: [about Dr. Skeledon's fossilized Maiasaura egg which has been unfossilized back into a real egg and to Phoebe about when it is back to a fossilized egg again] Well, I am sure going to be happy when this is a rock again. It's a lot safer.
Going Batty [2.4]
[edit]- Keesha: Come on, Ralphie; you've been reading too many comic books!
- Mr. Ramon: But you know what they say: "Bat breath is better than no breath at all!" [laughs]
- Parents: Mr. Ramonǃ
- Mr. Perlsteinː Maybe we should've stayed home tonight.
- Arnoldː Dadǃ You took the words right out of my mouthǃ
- Dr. Tennelli: Is it just me, or do those bats look like our kids?
Butterfly and the Bog Beast [2.5]
[edit]- Janet: I am your favorite cousin. Right, Arnold?
- Arnold: You're my only cousin, Janet!
- Janet: You're so cute!
- Janet: We know the real reason why you make a complete wimp like a butterfly as a mascot.
- Phoebe: You do?
- Ralphie: We do?
- Janet: Isn't today's soccer game against... your old school?
- Ms. Frizzle: When the road ends, adventure begins!
Wet All Over [2.6]
[edit]- Arnold: Let's just say our field trip made a real splash.
In a Pickle [2.7]
[edit]- Keeshaː I've been robbedǃ Somebody stole my cucumberǃ
- Arnoldː I OBJECTǃ
- Keesha: What now, Arnold?
- Arnold: I object to being the smallest defense attorney in history!
- Wanda: I object to where we are! Look!
Revving Up [2.8]
[edit]Taking Flight [2.9]
[edit]- Phoebe: [about to shrink the class] Well uh, here goes. Say "fly."
- Class: Fly!
- Ms. Frizzle: Sometimes, you have to do the wrong stuff to find out what the right stuff really is.
Getting Energized [2.10]
[edit]- [The class is using Arnold's belt and a pinwheel to model their windmill machine]
- Arnold: Can I have my belt back now?
- [Ralphie tries to take the rock out of the catapult, but accidentally launches himself]
- Ralphie: Whoa!
- Wanda: Ralphie, come back!
- Classː Ralphieǃ
Out of This World [2.11]
[edit]- Carlos: Yeah, you were supposed to be Pluto! Arf, arf! Ha ha!
- Class: Carlos!
Cold Feet [2.12]
[edit]- Wandaː Herp...Havenǃ I told you it wasn't "Herp Haǃ"
- Timː I don't see anything funny about this place, anyway.
- Dorothy Annː What kind of place is this?
- Ralphieː Yikesǃ An alligator crossingǃ
- Phoebeː They're probably there to keep visitors out.
- Carlosː Or keep Liz in.
- [a car horn sounds]
- Wandaː Hey; look outǃ
- [The class runs out of the way as a limo enters.]
- Carlos: Man; now this is what I call an inside jobǃ
- Class: Carlosǃ
- Ms. Frizzle: I made arrangements for Liz to stay here for a well-needed rest, while Harry was fixing her habitat. I started to tell you, but... [chuckles a bit] ...it's so nice when you find out things for yourself!
- Class: Ms. Frizzle!
Ups and Downs [2.13]
[edit]- Phoebe: Oh, no; a banana floats!
- Carlos: That's okay; I like banana splits better!
- Class: Carlos!
- [The class is appearing on Gerri Poveri's talk show, "In Your Face."]
- Wanda: We knew the monster was big enough and light enough to float, so all we had to do was let it loose! And you know the rest. Your very own monster ended up in your face!
- [The class laughs at Wanda's remark.]
Season 3
[edit]In a Beehive [3.1]
[edit]In the Arctic [3.2]
[edit]Spins a Web [3.3]
[edit]- General Araneus: This is your general speaking. I'm inside some sort of magical school bus, headed for our top secret location.
- Phoebe: We have to get that crap before the praying mantis does!
- Arnold: Don't feel bad, Phoebe. Only a giant spider could trap that general.
- Phoebe: Yes! Arnold, you're a genius! Isn't he, Ms. Frizzle?
- Ms. Frizzle: His idea certainly has legs.
- Arnold: But, uh...I was just joking.
- Ms. Frizzle: C'mon, bus. Do your stuff!
- Arnold: I was just joking!
Under Construction [3.4]
[edit]- Ralphie: Gumdrops?
- Ms. Frizzle: What a sweet idea.
- Phoebe: This hairpin won't break. It's strong.
- Ralphie: And hairpins are easy to carry.
- Mrs. Li: When do they learn to pick up after themselves?
Gets a Bright Idea [3.5]
[edit]Shows and Tells [3.6]
[edit]Makes a Rainbow [3.7]
[edit]- Dorothy Ann: It's not purple, it's violet!
- Arnold: Ding, ding, ding!
Goes Upstream [3.8]
[edit]Works Out [3.9]
[edit]Gets Planted [3.10]
[edit]- [Phoebe has been transformed into a bean plant]
- Phoebe: You mean I'm a bean plant?
- Dorothy Ann: Not a very big one though.
- Arnold: And you don't have very many leaves.
- Phoebe: Hey, give me a break. I've only been a plant for a few seconds.
- Ms. Frizzle: Fee-fi-fo-fum, only plants chow down on air, water, and sun.
In the Rainforest [3.11]
[edit]- Ms. Frizzle: The plot and the mud thickens.
- Ms. Frizzle: It can happen, Inspector. But in this case, nothing has been ruined.
- Inspector 47: It hasn't?
- Phoebe: No. We can repair the link between peccaries and cocoa beans by returning things to the way they were. Can't we?
Rocks and Rolls [3.12]
[edit]Holiday Special [3.13]
[edit]Season 4
[edit]Meets Molly Cule [4.1]
[edit]Cracks a Yolk [4.2]
[edit]Goes to Mussel Beach [4.3]
[edit]Goes on Air [4.4]
[edit]Gets Swamped [4.5]
[edit]Goes Cellular [4.6]
[edit]Sees Stars [4.7]
[edit]Gains Weight [4.8]
[edit]Makes a Stink [4.9]
[edit]Gets Charged [4.10]
[edit]Gets Programmed [4.11]
[edit]Takes a Dive [4.12]
[edit]In the City [4.13]
[edit]Cast
[edit]- Lisa Yamanaka as Wanda Li
- Lily Tomlin as Valerie Felicity Frizzle
- Amos Crawley as Arnold Matthew Perlstein (Season 1)
- Danny Tamberelli as Arnold Matthew Perlstein (Seasons 2-4)
- Daniel DeSanto as Carlos Ramon
- Tara Meyer as Dorothy Ann
- Erica Luttrell as Keesha Franklin
- Maia Filar as Phoebe Terese
- Max Beckford as Tim Jamal (Season 1)
- Andre Ottley-Lorant as Tim Jamal (Seasons 2-4)
- Stuart Stone as Ralphie Tennelli
- Renessa Blitz as Janet
- Malcolm-Jamal Warner as Production Supervisor
External links
[edit]- The Magic School Bus quotes at the Internet Movie Database