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The Best Episodes of The Magic School Bus

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The Best Episodes of The Magic School Bus

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

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  1. Background image for All Dried Up
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #1 - All Dried Up

    S1:E7

    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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  2. Background image for In the Haunted House
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #2 - In the Haunted House

    S1:E8

    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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  3. Background image for Gets Ants in Its Pants
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #3 - Gets Ants in Its Pants

    S1:E12

    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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  4. Background image for Goes Upstream
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #4 - Goes Upstream

    S3:E8

    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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    Director:Unknown
  5. Background image for Meets Molly Cule
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #5 - Meets Molly Cule

    S4:E1

    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.

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    Director:Unknown
  6. Background image for Gains Weight
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #6 - Gains Weight

    S4:E8

    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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  8. Background image for Gets Charged
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #7 - Gets Charged

    S4:E10

    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. Background image for Blows Its Top
    8.0/10(77 votes)

    #8 - Blows Its Top

    S2:E1

    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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  10. Background image for The Busasaurus
    8.0/10(75 votes)

    #9 - The Busasaurus

    S2:E3

    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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  11. Background image for Out of This World
    8.0/10(69 votes)

    #10 - Out of This World

    S2:E11

    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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    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #11 - Goes Cellular

    S4:E6

    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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    Director:Unknown
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    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #12 - Sees Stars

    S4:E7

    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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    Director:Unknown
  14. Background image for Going Batty
    7.8/10(81 votes)

    #13 - Going Batty

    S2:E4

    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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  15. Background image for Taking Flight
    7.8/10(64 votes)

    #14 - Taking Flight

    S2:E9

    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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  16. Background image for In a Pickle
    7.7/10(69 votes)

    #15 - In a Pickle

    S2:E7

    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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  17. Background image for Ups and Downs
    7.7/10(62 votes)

    #16 - Ups and Downs

    S2:E13

    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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  18. Background image for Butterfly and the Bog Beast
    7.6/10(69 votes)

    #17 - Butterfly and the Bog Beast

    S2:E5

    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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  19. Background image for Revving Up
    7.6/10(63 votes)

    #18 - Revving Up

    S2:E8

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

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  20. Background image for Getting Energized
    7.6/10(66 votes)

    #19 - Getting Energized

    S2:E10

    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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    7.6/10(64 votes)

    #20 - Cold Feet

    S2:E12

    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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  22. Background image for Wet All Over
    7.3/10(74 votes)

    #21 - Wet All Over

    S2:E6

    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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  23. Background image for Flexes Its Muscles
    7.2/10(73 votes)

    #22 - Flexes Its Muscles

    S2:E2

    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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  24. Background image for Gets Lost in Space
    7.0/10(2 votes)

    #23 - Gets Lost in Space

    S1:E1

    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!

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    7.0/10(2 votes)

    #24 - For Lunch

    S1:E2

    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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  26. Background image for Gets Eaten
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #25 - Gets Eaten

    S1:E4

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

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Best Episodes Summary

"All Dried Up" is the best rated episode of "The Magic School Bus". It scored 9/10 based on 1 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Jocelyn Stevenson, Brian Meehl, it aired on 10/22/1994. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "In the Haunted House".