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The Best Episodes of The Magic School Bus Season 2

Every episode of The Magic School Bus Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover 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.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    The Magic School Bus Season 2 Episode 1 - Blows Its Top
    8.0/10(80 votes)

    #1 - 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!

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Jocelyn Stevenson, Sean Kelly, George Arthur Bloom

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  2. The Magic School Bus Season 2 Episode 2 - Flexes Its Muscles
    7.2/10(75 votes)

    #2 - 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Jocelyn Stevenson, John May, George Arthur Bloom

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  3. The Magic School Bus Season 2 Episode 3 - The Busasaurus
    8.0/10(78 votes)

    #3 - 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!

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Brian Meehl, Ronnie Krauss, George Arthur Bloom

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  4. The Magic School Bus Season 2 Episode 4 - Going Batty
    7.7/10(85 votes)

    #4 - 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Brian Meehl, Ronnie Krauss, George Arthur Bloom

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  5. The Magic School Bus Season 2 Episode 5 - Butterfly and the Bog Beast
    7.6/10(71 votes)

    #5 - 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!

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Brian Meehl, George Arthur Bloom

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  6. The Magic School Bus Season 2 Episode 6 - Wet All Over
    7.3/10(76 votes)

    #6 - 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?

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Jocelyn Stevenson, Kristin Laskas Martin, George Arthur Bloom

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  7. The Magic School Bus Season 2 Episode 7 - In a Pickle
    7.7/10(71 votes)

    #7 - 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?

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Jocelyn Stevenson, Brian Meehl, George Arthur Bloom

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  8. The Magic School Bus Season 2 Episode 8 - Revving Up
    7.7/10(66 votes)

    #8 - Revving Up

    S2:E8

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Brian Meehl, Sean Kelly, George Arthur Bloom

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  9. The Magic School Bus Season 2 Episode 9 - Taking Flight
    7.8/10(67 votes)

    #9 - 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:George Arthur Bloom, Kermit Frazier

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  10. The Magic School Bus Season 2 Episode 10 - Getting Energized
    7.6/10(69 votes)

    #10 - 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Brian Meehl, George Arthur Bloom

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  11. The Magic School Bus Season 2 Episode 11 - Out of This World
    8.0/10(72 votes)

    #11 - 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:George Arthur Bloom, Libby Hinson

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  12. The Magic School Bus Season 2 Episode 12 - Cold Feet
    7.5/10(67 votes)

    #12 - 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Jocelyn Stevenson, John May, George Arthur Bloom

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  13. The Magic School Bus Season 2 Episode 13 - Ups and Downs
    7.8/10(65 votes)

    #13 - 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Brian Meehl, George Arthur Bloom

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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 80 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Jocelyn Stevenson, Sean Kelly, George Arthur Bloom, it aired on 9/9/1995. This episode is rated 0.8 points higher than the second-best, "Flexes Its Muscles".