The Magic School Bus (TV series)

The Magic School Bus is a Canadian-American animated children's television series based on the book series of the same name, which follows a class that goes on fantastical school trips in a magic school bus to learn about science.

Gets Lost in Space [1.1]

 * Ms. Frizzle: As I always say class, you're out of this world.


 * Carlos: Oh no, you don't! You just want to grab more stuff!
 * Janet: Hey I'm just trying to help!


 * Arnold: No one is better than Ms. Frizzle.
 * Janet: Oh yeah, prove it.
 * Arnold: Stop The Bus!


 * Janet: Arnold told me all about your field trips, Dorothy Ann.
 * Dorothy Ann: W-what did he say?!
 * Janet: That they were, and I quote, highly unusual.

For Lunch [1.2]

 * Phoebe: How was I supposed to know that she'd have digestive scuba gear?


 * Carlos: We have to find Wanda before she gets dried up into a raisin.
 * Ralphie: A raisin? Cool.
 * Students: Ralphie!


 * Wanda: ARRRNNNOOOLLLDDD!
 * Arnold: Who said that?
 * Wanda: This is your conscience, Arnold.


 * Arnold: You mean I was the field trip?!

Inside Ralphie [1.3]

 * Phoebe: At my old school we were only afraid of lunch meat!


 * Ralphie: I'm seeing myself from the inside out.


 * Carlos: It's a short cut. Get it? Short cut?
 * Students: Carlos! Yuck!


 * Ralphie: What's going on?
 * Ms. Frizzle: We're here to get the inside story.

Gets Eaten [1.4]

 * Ralphie: Food chain? A chain of food? I can get into that.
 * Keesha: Me too. Phytoplankton, Zooplankton, Fish, and People too. We're all in a food chain, scum, this fish, and you.

Hops Home [1.5]

 * Bella: Bella!
 * Herman: Herman!

Meets the Rot Squad [1.6]

 * [After the bus transforms into a bessy bug]
 * Arnold: Wow! A bessy bus; now I've seen everything!

All Dried Up [1.7]

 * Arnold: Field trip tip number 107: To avoid being eaten, become inedible. What does that mean?!
 * Ms Frizzle: Class, Do I hear a suggestion to avoid digestion?


 * Phoebe: I might have made a mistake about that lizard. And I might have made a mistake about that jackrabbit. And I might have even made a mistake about that tortoise, but there's one thing I know I'm not wrong about.
 * Arnold: How much you wish you'd stayed home today?

In the Haunted House [1.8]

 * Arnold: Aah! Yikes! Ah! All I've got to say is, If I meet anybody I can see through, I'm outta here.
 * Ms. Frizzle: Oh, Whoa. No need to be hasty, Arnold.

Gets Ready, Set, Dough [1.9]

 * Phoebe: At my old school we never got baked. except for the time the air conditioning went.
 * Arnold: We're toast!
 * Dorothy Ann: Well, Technically, No, But you've got the right idea.

Plays Ball [1.10]

 * Dorothy Ann: Listen, A force is just a push or a pull.
 * Carlos: [to Dorothy Ann, who's talking about physics] If you're going to force us to listen to this...
 * Tim: You're being kind of pushy, don't you think?
 * [Carlos and Tim high five.]:
 * Dorothy Ann: No no, I'm talking about real forces. Picture this. There's this big red sled sitting in the snow. Not going anywhere, But if somebody comes along and gives it a push....

Goes to Seed [1.11]

 * [Phoebe doesn't want to get off the bus of fear of Mr. Seedplot seeing them]
 * Arnold: Maybe you should have stayed home today, Phoebe.


 * Ms. Frizzle: Nice propulsion, Arnold!
 * Arnold: Thank you, Ms. Frizzle!

Gets Ants in Its Pants [1.12]

 * Keesha: Keep shooting, Liz!

Kicks Up a Storm [1.13]

 * Ralphie: I'm Weatherman! Of course I know what I'm doing. [whispers to himself] Now what am I doing?

The Busasaurus [2.3]

 * [Arnold goes over to the mud puddle and tries to get out the Maiasaura egg that was for Dr. Skeledon out of it. Luckily, he finds it not broken]
 * Arnold: And I can give Dr. Skeledon back her egg. [notices his giant size to after he fought the T.Rex] Except, I am too big to fit into the bus.


 * Phoebe: It's a good thing you didn't stay home today, Arnold.
 * Arnold: [about Dr. Skeledon's fossilized Maiasaura egg which has been unfossilized back into a real egg and to Phoebe about when it is back to a fossilized egg again] Well, I am sure going to be happy when this is a rock again. It's a lot safer.

Butterfly and the Bog Beast [2.5]

 * Janet: We know the real reason why you make a complete wimp like a butterfly as a mascot.
 * Phoebe: You do?
 * Ralphie: We do?
 * Janet: Isn't today's soccer game against... your old school?


 * Ms. Frizzle: When the road ends, adventure begins!

Wet All Over [2.6]

 * Arnold: Let's just say our field trip made a real splash.

Taking Flight [2.9]

 * Phoebe: [about to shrink the class] Well uh, here goes. Say "fly."
 * Class: Fly!


 * Ms. Frizzle: Sometimes, you have to do the wrong stuff to find out what the right stuff really is.

Getting Energized [2.10]

 * [The class is using Arnold's belt and a pinwheel to model their windmill machine]
 * Arnold: Can I have my belt back now?


 * [Ralphie tries to take the rock out of the catapult, but accidentally launches himself]
 * Ralphie: Whoa!
 * Wanda: Ralphie, come back!

Out of This World [2.11]

 * Carlos: Yeah, you were supposed to be Pluto! Arf, arf! Ha ha!
 * Class: Carlos!

Ups and Downs [2.13]

 * Phoebe: Oh, no; a banana floats!
 * Carlos: That's okay; I like banana splits better!
 * Class: Carlos!

Spins a Web [3.3]

 * General Araneus: This is your general speaking. I'm inside some sort of magical school bus, headed for our top secret location.


 * Phoebe: We have to get that crap before the praying mantis does!
 * Arnold: Don't feel bad, Phoebe. Only a giant spider could trap that general.
 * Phoebe: Yes! Arnold, you're a genius! Isn't he, Ms. Frizzle?
 * Ms. Frizzle: His idea certainly has legs.
 * Arnold: But, uh...I was just joking.
 * Ms. Frizzle: C'mon, bus. Do your stuff!
 * Arnold: I was just joking!

Under Construction [3.4]

 * Ralphie: Gumdrops?
 * Ms. Frizzle: What a sweet idea.

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 * Phoebe: This hairpin won't break. It's strong.
 * Ralphie: And hairpins are easy to carry.

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 * Mrs. Li: When do they learn to pick up after themselves?

Makes a Rainbow [3.7]

 * Dorothy Ann: It's not purple, it's violet!

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 * Arnold: Ding, ding, ding!

Gets Planted [3.10]

 * [Phoebe has been transformed into a bean plant]
 * Phoebe: You mean I'm a bean plant?
 * Dorothy Ann: Not a very big one though.
 * Arnold: And you don't have very many leaves.
 * Phoebe: Hey, give me a break. I've only been a plant for a few seconds.

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 * Ms. Frizzle: Fee-fi-fo-fum, only plants chow down on air, water, and sun.

In the Rainforest [3.11]

 * Ms. Frizzle: The plot and the mud thickens.

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 * Ms. Frizzle: It can happen, Inspector. But in this case, nothing has been ruined.
 * Inspector 47: It hasn't?
 * Phoebe: No. We can repair the link between peccaries and cocoa beans by returning things to the way they were. Can't we?

Cast

 * Lisa Yamanaka as Wanda Li
 * Lily Tomlin as Valerie Felicity Frizzle
 * Amos Crawley as Arnold Matthew Perlstein (Season 1)
 * Danny Tamberelli as Arnold Matthew Perlstein (Seasons 2-4)
 * Daniel DeSanto as Carlos Ramon
 * Tara Meyer as Dorothy Ann
 * Erica Luttrell as Keesha Franklin
 * Maia Filar as Phoebe Terese
 * Max Beckford as Tim Jamal (Season 1)
 * Andre Ottley-Lorant as Tim Jamal (Seasons 2-4)
 * Stuart Stone as Ralphie Tennelli
 * Renessa Blitz as Janet
 * Malcolm-Jamal Warner as Production Supervisor