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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 Worst Episode
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    The Magic School Bus Season 2 Episode 3 - The Busasaurus
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    #1 - 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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  2. The Magic School Bus Season 2 Episode 4 - Going Batty
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    #2 - 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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  3. The Magic School Bus Season 2 Episode 5 - Butterfly and the Bog Beast
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    #3 - 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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  4. The Magic School Bus Season 2 Episode 9 - Taking Flight
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    #4 - 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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  5. The Magic School Bus Season 2 Episode 10 - Getting Energized
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    #5 - 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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  6. The Magic School Bus Season 2 Episode 12 - Cold Feet
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    #6 - 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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  7. The Magic School Bus Season 3 Episode 1 - In a Beehive
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    #7 - In a Beehive

    S3:E1

    Tim’s beekeeper Grandfather has the sweetest honey in town. Ms. Frizzle turns her class into bees so they can visit a hive and learn how raw honey is processed firsthand.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Doug Booth

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  8. The Magic School Bus Season 3 Episode 2 - In the Arctic
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    #8 - In the Arctic

    S3:E2

    “Where did the hot go?” wonders Arnold when his hot cocoa cools off. So, Ms. Frizzle whisks the class to the Arctic!

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Brian Meehl

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  9. The Magic School Bus Season 3 Episode 3 - Spins a Web
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    #9 - Spins a Web

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Robert Schechter

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  10. The Magic School Bus Season 3 Episode 4 - Under Construction
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    #10 - Under Construction

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Libby Hinson

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  11. The Magic School Bus Season 3 Episode 5 - Gets a Bright Idea
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    #11 - Gets a Bright Idea

    S3:E5

    The light show at Walkerville’s old theater is illuminating, but Arnold’s bossy cousin Janet claims she could put on a much better show—if there wasn’t a ghost living in the theater!

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Ronnie Krauss

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  12. The Magic School Bus Season 3 Episode 6 - Shows and Tells
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    #12 - Shows and Tells

    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.”

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:John May

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  13. The Magic School Bus Season 3 Episode 7 - Makes a Rainbow
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    #13 - Makes a Rainbow

    S3:E7

    The class finds Ms. Frizzle inside her closet—playing a pinball machine she created with light pulses instead of steel balls. With time and the light pulses running out, the kids must discover the secrets of color—before the principal, Mr. Ruhle, discovers them!

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Jocelyn Stevenson, George Arthur Bloom

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  14. The Magic School Bus Season 3 Episode 9 - Works Out
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    #14 - Works Out

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Jocelyn Stevenson, Robert Schechter, George Arthur Bloom

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  15. The Magic School Bus Season 3 Episode 10 - Gets Planted
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    #15 - Gets Planted

    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!

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Ronnie Krauss

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  16. The Magic School Bus Season 3 Episode 11 - In the Rainforest
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    #16 - In the Rainforest

    S3:E11

    The kids rent a rainforest cocoa tree as an Earth Day present for Ms. Frizzle. But when the harvest arrives, there’s only one shrivelled cocoa bean! Ms. Frizzle takes the class to the rainforest to meet the impeccable Inspector 47 who keeps a tidy, mud-free cocoa grove. What has he done to the rainforest's intricate ecology web?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Brian Meehl

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  17. The Magic School Bus Season 3 Episode 12 - Rocks and Rolls
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    #17 - Rocks and Rolls

    S3:E12

    To celebrate the founding of Walkerville, Ms. Frizzle’s class sculpts a stone likeness of its founding father, Captain Walker. As they add the finishing touches, the statue tumbles down the mountain. Ms. Frizzle turns the Bus into a huge boulder and the kids into rocks while bumping down the mountain in a desperate attempt to save the statue.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Jocelyn Stevenson, Robert Schechter, George Arthur Bloom

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  18. The Magic School Bus Season 3 Episode 13 - Holiday Special
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    #18 - Holiday Special

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Brian Meehl, John May

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  19. The Magic School Bus Season 4 Episode 2 - Cracks a Yolk
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    #19 - Cracks a Yolk

    S4:E2

    The principal, Mr. Ruhle, has to go away for a few days and leaves his beloved chicken, Giblets, in Dorothy Ann’s care. The Friz takes the class on a field trip to see how eggs are made - from the inside out!

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Ronnie Krauss

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  20. The Magic School Bus Season 4 Episode 3 - Goes to Mussel Beach
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    #20 - Goes to Mussel Beach

    S4:E3

    Ms. Frizzle’s “Uncle Shelby” wants the class to look after his beachfront property. The kids soon discover that this “luxurious” accommodation is only a tiny spot on the shoreline.

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

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  21. The Magic School Bus Season 4 Episode 4 - Goes on Air
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    #21 - Goes on Air

    S4:E4

    The only contribution the kids in Ms. Frizzle’s class have made to the Walkerville Space Capsule is an empty jar. “It’s not empty,” argues Keesha. “It’s filled with air!” Ralphie thinks that air doesn’t do anything, but when the bus shrinks and gets stuck inside the jar—the class finds that their only hope for escape is... air!

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

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  22. The Magic School Bus Season 4 Episode 5 - Gets Swamped
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    #22 - Gets Swamped

    S4:E5

    Should Walkerville get rid of the swamp and replace it with a great new shopping mall or build the mall somewhere else? The class learns that the swamp is an important habitat and natural water filter, but the town council’s not convinced until... FLOOD!

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Robert Schechter, George Arthur Bloom

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  23. The Magic School Bus Season 4 Episode 9 - Makes a Stink
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    #23 - Makes a Stink

    S4:E9

    Flora Whiff, the famous expert on smell—whose “nose knows”— comes to school to judge the First Annual Smell Search. Ms. Frizzle’s class creates a unique smell that is bound to take first prize.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:George Arthur Bloom

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  24. The Magic School Bus Season 4 Episode 11 - Gets Programmed
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    #24 - Gets Programmed

    S4:E11

    Ms. Frizzle’s class opens the school for Mr. Ruhle. But there’s so much to do! “There must be a way to do these chores without actually doing them,” says Carlos. Enter Mr. Ruhle’s new computer and Mikey, Carlos’ whiz kid brother!

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:John May, Ronnie Krauss

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  25. The Magic School Bus Season 4 Episode 12 - In the City
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    #25 - In the City

    S4:E12

    City Critters: Ms. Frizzle’s class is visiting the zoo, which is, according to Tim, the only place in the city where wild animals can survive. To test this idea—ZAP!—Ms. Frizzle turns the class into possums, foxes, and falcons!

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Jocelyn Stevenson, Noel MacNeal, George Arthur Bloom

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Worst Episodes Summary

"The Busasaurus" is the worst rated episode of "The Magic School Bus". It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Brian Meehl, Ronnie Krauss, George Arthur Bloom, it aired on 9/23/1995. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Going Batty".