The Magic School Bus
(1994)Streaming Episode Guide
Season 4
Takes a Dive
Episode 13 - 12-06-1997
26m
When Wanda discovers that one of Ms. Frizzle’s ancestors was Redbeard the Pirate, she naturally wants to follow the treasure map he left. The map leads the class to a coral reef, where they learn firsthand that life there is risky.
7.5/10Where to watch
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In the City
Episode 12 - 11-29-1997
26m
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!
7.6/10Where to watch
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Gets Programmed
Episode 11 - 11-22-1997
26m
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!
7.6/10Where to watch
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Gets Charged
Episode 10 - 11-15-1997
26m
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.
7.6/10Where to watch
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Makes a Stink
Episode 9 - 11-08-1997
26m
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.
7.5/10Where to watch
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Gains Weight
Episode 8 - 11-01-1997
26m
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!
7.8/10Where to watch
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Sees Stars
Episode 7 - 10-25-1997
26m
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.
7.2/10Where to watch
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Goes Cellular
Episode 6 - 10-18-1997
26m
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!
7.4/10Where to watch
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Gets Swamped
Episode 5 - 10-11-1997
26m
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!
7.5/10Where to watch
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Goes on Air
Episode 4 - 10-04-1997
26m
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!
7.7/10Where to watch
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Goes to Mussel Beach
Episode 3 - 9-27-1997
26m
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.
7.6/10Where to watch
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Cracks a Yolk
Episode 2 - 9-20-1997
26m
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!
7.6/10Where to watch
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Meets Molly Cule
Episode 1 - 9-13-1997
26m
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.
7.8/10Where to watch
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Season 3
Holiday Special
Episode 13 - 12-25-1996
26m
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.
8/10Where to watch
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Rocks and Rolls
Episode 12 - 11-30-1996
26m
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.
7.8/10Where to watch
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In the Rainforest
Episode 11 - 11-23-1996
26m
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?
7.4/10Where to watch
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Gets Planted
Episode 10 - 11-16-1996
26m
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!
8/10Where to watch
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Works Out
Episode 9 - 11-09-1996
26m
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.
8.1/10Where to watch
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Goes Upstream
Episode 8 - 11-02-1996
26m
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.
7.7/10Where to watch
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Makes a Rainbow
Episode 7 - 10-26-1996
26m
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!
7.8/10Where to watch
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Shows and Tells
Episode 6 - 10-19-1996
26m
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.”
7.8/10Where to watch
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Gets a Bright Idea
Episode 5 - 10-12-1996
26m
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!
7.8/10Where to watch
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Under Construction
Episode 4 - 10-05-1996
26m
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.
8.3/10Where to watch
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Spins a Web
Episode 3 - 9-28-1996
26m
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.
7.9/10Where to watch
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In the Arctic
Episode 2 - 9-21-1996
26m
“Where did the hot go?” wonders Arnold when his hot cocoa cools off. So, Ms. Frizzle whisks the class to the Arctic!
8/10Where to watch
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In a Beehive
Episode 1 - 9-14-1996
26m
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.
7.6/10Where to watch
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Season 2
Ups and Downs
Episode 13 - 12-02-1995
27m
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.
7.7/10Where to watch
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Cold Feet
Episode 12 - 11-25-1995
26m
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.
7.5/10Where to watch
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Out of This World
Episode 11 - 11-18-1995
26m
When Dorothy Ann warns the kids there’s an asteroid headed straight for their school, Ms. Frizzle arranges a field trip into space.
7.9/10Where to watch
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Getting Energized
Episode 10 - 11-11-1995
26m
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.
7.6/10Where to watch
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Taking Flight
Episode 9 - 11-04-1995
26m
Shrunk inside Tim’s model airplane, the class goes on a high-flying field trip to find out how things fly.
7.8/10Where to watch
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Revving Up
Episode 8 - 10-28-1995
26m
The school district’s Vehicle Maintenance Inspector, Junkett is about to condemn the Magic School Bus!
7.6/10Where to watch
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In a Pickle
Episode 7 - 10-21-1995
26m
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?
7.8/10Where to watch
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Wet All Over
Episode 6 - 10-14-1995
26m
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?
7.3/10Where to watch
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Butterfly and the Bog Beast
Episode 5 - 10-07-1995
26m
The class needs a new mascot for its soccer team. Phoebe suggests butterflies, but everyone thinks they’re wimpy—until The Friz flutters in!
7.6/10Where to watch
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Going Batty
Episode 4 - 9-30-1995
26m
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.
7.8/10Where to watch
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The Busasaurus
Episode 3 - 9-23-1995
26m
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!
8.1/10Where to watch
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Flexes Its Muscles
Episode 2 - 9-16-1995
26m
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.
7.2/10Where to watch
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Blows Its Top
Episode 1 - 9-09-1995
26m
To help them understand how the Earth makes islands, Ms. Frizzle presents the kids with an island that hasn’t been discovered yet!
8.1/10Where to watch
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Season 1
Kicks Up a Storm
Episode 13 - 12-04-1994
26m
The Friz transforms the bus into a Weathermobile and -- in a wild ride through the skies -- Ralphie becomes the meteorological superhero of his dreams.
7.9/10Where to watch
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Gets Ants in Its Pants
Episode 12 - 11-26-1994
26m
The Magic School Bus goes into show business when Keesha directs a movie about social animals for the school science fair.
7.9/10Where to watch
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Goes to Seed
Episode 11 - 11-19-1994
27m
The class' garden is going to be featured on the cover of PLANT IT! magazine. But Phoebe's garden plot is glaringly empty. With Robby Benson as Mr. Seedplot.
7.7/10Where to watch
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Plays Ball
Episode 10 - 11-12-1994
26m
Ms. Frizzle combines Dorothy Ann's physics and Ralphie's baseball into a "Frictionless Baseball Game."
8/10Where to watch
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Gets Ready, Set, Dough
Episode 9 - 11-05-1994
26m
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.
8.3/10Where to watch
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In the Haunted House
Episode 8 - 10-29-1994
26m
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.
8.1/10Where to watch
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All Dried Up
Episode 7 - 10-22-1994
26m
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.
7.8/10Where to watch
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Meets the Rot Squad
Episode 6 - 10-15-1994
26m
It's "Accidental Science Project" day and the class has brought in marvelously rotten entries from the back of their refrigerators. With Ed Begley, Jr. as Larry Log-Away.
7.2/10Where to watch
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Hops Home
Episode 5 - 10-08-1994
26m
When Wanda's pet frog, Bella, jumps out an open window, Ms. Frizzle shrinks the bus into a mechanical frog and takes her now tiny class on a hop-along adventure.
7.6/10Where to watch
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Gets Eaten
Episode 4 - 10-01-1994
26m
Arnold and Keesha are in trouble when they forget to bring in their assignment on "two things that go together."
8/10Where to watch
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Inside Ralphie
Episode 3 - 9-24-1994
26m
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.
8.2/10Where to watch
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For Lunch
Episode 2 - 9-17-1994
26m
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!
8.1/10Where to watch
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Gets Lost in Space
Episode 1 - 9-10-1994
26m
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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Gets Ready, Set, Dough
Episode 9 - 11-05-1994
26m
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.
8.3/10Where to watch
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Under Construction
Episode 4 - 10-05-1996
26m
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.
8.3/10Where to watch
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Inside Ralphie
Episode 3 - 9-24-1994
26m
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.
8.2/10Where to watch
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For Lunch
Episode 2 - 9-17-1994
26m
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!
8.1/10Where to watch
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In the Haunted House
Episode 8 - 10-29-1994
26m
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.
8.1/10Where to watch
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