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"Let’s be what we see!"
—Ms. Frizzle's catchphrase before Season 3

Fiona Felicity Frizzle (Ms. Frizzle, also informally known as the Friz/Frizz) is a fifth-grade teacher at Walkerville Elementary School in the TV series, and the class's current teacher in the '90s/2010s continuity.

She is the younger sister and successor of Professor Valerie Frizzle, who taught the class in the books and The Magic School Bus TV series.

Appearance[]

Ms. Frizzle has frizzy ginger hair and green eyes, though unlike her sister, her hair is worn down instead of in a bun. She wears a variety of different skirts and necklace pendants that always reflect the current lesson and theme of the field trip. The Frizz always wears the same blue shirt and the same red ballet flats (with occasional baubles if included in the outfit).

It is unknown if these outfits are stored in the closet of room 101, as was the case for Professor Frizzle, or if they are changed using the Bus or a form of magic.

Descriptions of her various skirts and necklace pendants, as well as her special field trip suits, are shown in episode articles.

Personality[]

In many respects, Ms. Frizzle is excited about science, and is more hyperactive compared to her sister. She takes the class on abnormal, educational field trips aboard the Bus. She always has a sense of humor, according to Ralphie, and can be heard making jokes (much like the Frizzle Fragment of her “wacky side,” The Frizz). She is very fond of the Bus' features and its remote, and she would shrink the class or transform them into animals or plants whenever she wants (hence her catchphrase, "Let's be what we see!"). She is also very athletic, and she can do many stunts such as flips and turns in the air. She is knowledgeable in science and mathematics, and always knows her stuff when the class is on a field trip. When one student asks what species they have turned into or what a certain microorganism is, she provides a correct answer. Even though Arnold says that the Frizzles know all, she still, deep down, never hesitates to experience things close up. The episode "The Frizz Connection" reveals more of her character, due to the fact that she split into three distinct parts reflecting her personality. She can understand body language quite well, so well that she can be considered by some to have psychic abilities, as shown in "Tim and the Talking Trees" and "Kids in Space". During the latter episode, it was revealed that she is a former astronaut, as she has had many friends during a previous trip to the International Space Station, before she started teaching. During the trip, she accidentally let out a horde of beetles that destroyed the station's life support, which, as a running gag in the episode, appear during the kids' trip. In "Ralphie and the Flying Tennellis", she has been in the circus with Ralphie's famous trapeze-artist relatives, where she used to tame lions and fly on a trapeze. She received the stage name "Fearless Fiona".

Abilities[]

  • Separation and fusion: Since the events of "The Frizz Connection", she is able to separate and combine herself at will into her three selves, known as the Frizzle Fragments.
  • Mind reading: She can summarize the events of what happened to the students when she wasn't there with them, even when she is asleep. (Kids in Space, Tim and the Talking Trees)

Trivia[]

  • It is implied that Murph might have been the design basis for her.
  • She used to be in the circus.
  • "Let's be what we see!" can be seen as a parallel to her sister's "Take chances, make mistakes, and (variable line/get messy)!"
    • Since Season 3, she has a new, unrelated catchphrase, "Whoopsidups!"
  • She has a crew of astronauts, one of the notable members being Chris Hadfield (even though he is a former astronaut in real life).
  • She is voiced by Kate McKinnon (SNL).
  • She and the class have supposedly met prior to "Frizzle of the Future". It's likely that Professor Frizzle introduced her to her before she tells the kids she's retiring, which was foreshadowed/teased in "Works Out".
  • Her shoes barely have decorations like her sister does.
  • After the events of "The Frizz Connection", in the Producer Segment, it is revealed that she is able to split herself into Frizzle Fragments and join herself at will. Her fragments were the "producers" in the Producer Segment.
  • She and the Professor are the third and fourth major characters revealed to have cousins (Murph, Björn Frizzelsen, and Maven, to name a few), the first and second being Arnold (Janet) and Ralphie (Tony, Terressina, and Aunt Tennelli).
  • In March of 2021, during the second hiatus of the television saga, she has been highly criticized on social media sites for her appearance in Seasons 1 and 2, noting that she bears little resemblance to her sister.
    • This is similar to the backlash that happened during the series' release.

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