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The Best Episodes of The Magic School Bus

Every episode of The Magic School Bus ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of The Magic School Bus!

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. 9.0/10(1 votes)

    #1 - Meets Molly Cule

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    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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  2. 9.0/10(1 votes)

    #2 - Gains Weight

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    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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  3. 9.0/10(1 votes)

    #3 - Gets Charged

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    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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  4. 8.3/10(97 votes)

    #4 - Gets Ready, Set, Dough

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    S1:E9

    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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  5. 8.3/10(65 votes)

    #5 - Under Construction

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    S3:E4

    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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  6. 8.1/10(140 votes)

    #6 - Inside Ralphie

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    S1:E3

    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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  8. 8.1/10(115 votes)

    #7 - In the Haunted House

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    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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  9. 8.1/10(73 votes)

    #8 - The Busasaurus

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    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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  10. 8.1/10(60 votes)

    #9 - Works Out

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    S3:E9

    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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  11. 8.0/10(159 votes)

    #10 - Gets Lost in Space

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    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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  12. 8.0/10(137 votes)

    #11 - For Lunch

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    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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  13. 8.0/10(95 votes)

    #12 - Gets Eaten

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    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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  14. 8.0/10(85 votes)

    #13 - Plays Ball

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    S1:E10

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

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  15. 8.0/10(75 votes)

    #14 - Blows Its Top

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    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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  16. 8.0/10(68 votes)

    #15 - Out of This World

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    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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  17. 8.0/10(59 votes)

    #16 - In the Arctic

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    S3:E2

    “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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  18. 8.0/10(67 votes)

    #17 - Spins a Web

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    S3:E3

    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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  19. 8.0/10(58 votes)

    #18 - Gets Planted

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    S3:E10

    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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  20. 8.0/10(83 votes)

    #19 - Holiday Special

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    S3:E13

    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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  21. 8.0/10(1 votes)

    #20 - Goes Cellular

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    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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  22. 8.0/10(1 votes)

    #21 - Sees Stars

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    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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  23. 7.9/10(87 votes)

    #22 - All Dried Up

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    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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  24. 7.9/10(84 votes)

    #23 - Gets Ants in Its Pants

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    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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  25. 7.9/10(77 votes)

    #24 - Kicks Up a Storm

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    S1:E13

    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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  26. 7.9/10(60 votes)

    #25 - Shows and Tells

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    S3:E6

    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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    Writer:John May

Best Episodes Summary

"Meets Molly Cule" is the best rated episode of "The Magic School Bus". It scored 9/10 based on 1 votes. Directed by N/A and written by Ronnie Krauss, it aired on 9/13/1997. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Gains Weight".