8.0/1073 votes#1 - Blows Its Top
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/9/1995
To help them understand how the Earth makes islands, Ms. Frizzle presents the kids with an island that hasn’t been discovered yet!
Director: N/A
Writer: Jocelyn Stevenson, Sean Kelly, George Arthur Bloom
7.1/1069 votes#2 - Flexes Its Muscles
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 9/16/1995
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: Jocelyn Stevenson, John May, George Arthur Bloom
8.0/1070 votes#3 - The Busasaurus
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 9/23/1995
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!
Director: N/A
Writer: Brian Meehl, Ronnie Krauss, George Arthur Bloom
7.7/1076 votes#4 - Going Batty
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 9/30/1995
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: Brian Meehl, Ronnie Krauss, George Arthur Bloom
7.5/1065 votes#5 - Butterfly and the Bog Beast
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 10/7/1995
The class needs a new mascot for its soccer team. Phoebe suggests butterflies, but everyone thinks they’re wimpy—until The Friz flutters in!
Director: N/A
Writer: Brian Meehl, George Arthur Bloom
7.2/1071 votes#6 - Wet All Over
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 10/14/1995
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?
Director: N/A
Writer: Jocelyn Stevenson, Kristin Laskas Martin, George Arthur Bloom
7.7/1067 votes#7 - In a Pickle
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 10/21/1995
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?
Director: N/A
Writer: Brian Meehl, Jocelyn Stevenson, George Arthur Bloom
7.5/1062 votes#8 - Revving Up
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 10/28/1995
The school district’s Vehicle Maintenance Inspector, Junkett is about to condemn the Magic School Bus!
Director: N/A
Writer: Brian Meehl, Sean Kelly, George Arthur Bloom
7.7/1063 votes#9 - Taking Flight
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 11/4/1995
Shrunk inside Tim’s model airplane, the class goes on a high-flying field trip to find out how things fly.
Director: N/A
Writer: George Arthur Bloom, Kermit Frazier
7.5/1065 votes#10 - Getting Energized
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 11/11/1995
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: Brian Meehl, George Arthur Bloom
7.8/1067 votes#11 - Out of This World
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 11/18/1995
When Dorothy Ann warns the kids there’s an asteroid headed straight for their school, Ms. Frizzle arranges a field trip into space.
Director: N/A
Writer: George Arthur Bloom, Libby Hinson
7.4/1063 votes#12 - Cold Feet
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 11/25/1995
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: Jocelyn Stevenson, John May, George Arthur Bloom
7.6/1061 votes#13 - Ups and Downs
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 12/2/1995
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: Brian Meehl, George Arthur Bloom
The Best Episodes of The Magic School Bus Season 2
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An eccentric schoolteacher takes her class on wondrous educational field trips with the help of a magical school bus.
Genres:AnimationSci-Fi & FantasyFamilyAction & AdventureKids
Network:PBS Kids
Season 2 Ratings Summary
"Blows Its Top" is the best rated episode of "The Magic School Bus" season 2. It scored 8/10 based on 73 votes. Directed by N/A and written by Jocelyn Stevenson, Sean Kelly, George Arthur Bloom, it aired on 9/9/1995. This episode is rated 0.9 points higher than the second-best, "Flexes Its Muscles".