The Magic School Bus

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

Seasons

4

Episodes aired

52

Latest aired

S04E13

Total runtime

21h 53min

Timeline when each season aired

1. Season 1 September 1994 – December 1994 13 episodes
2. Season 2 September 1995 – December 1995 13 episodes
3. Season 3 September 1996 – December 1996 13 episodes
4. Season 4 September 1997 – December 1997 13 episodes

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  S02E01 Blows Its Top

  September 9 · 25min find the promo

  Show synopsis

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

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  S02E02 Flexes Its Muscles

  September 16 · 25min find the promo

  Show synopsis

  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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  S02E03 The Busasaurus

  September 23 · 25min find the promo

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  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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  S02E04 Going Batty

  September 30 · 25min find the promo

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  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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  S02E05 Butterfly and the Bog Beast

  October 7 · 25min find the promo

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  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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  S02E06 Wet All Over

  October 14 · 25min find the promo

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  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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  S02E07 In a Pickle

  October 21 · 25min find the promo

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  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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  S02E08 Revving Up

  October 28 · 25min find the promo

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

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  S02E09 Taking Flight

  November 4 · 25min find the promo

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  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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  S02E10 Getting Energized

  November 11 · 25min find the promo

  Show synopsis

  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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  S02E11 Out of This World

  November 18 · 25min find the promo

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  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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  S02E12 Cold Feet

  November 25 · 25min find the promo

  Show synopsis

  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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  S02E13 Ups and Downs

  December 2 · 25min find the promo

  Show synopsis

  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.