Jupiter is the fifth planet from the sun, and is where Ms. Frizzle's class fly passed by in The Magic School Bus episode, Gets Lost in Space.
Jupiter is also one of the solar system's planets whose moon, Io, appears as a level in The Magic School Bus Explores the Solar System.
Jupiter does not have a solid surface, so it is impossible to land on it.
TV series[]
Original series[]
After Ms. Frizzle and Liz go missing, the class set off to go find and rescue them. After leaving the asteroid belt, they approach the next planet of the solar system, Jupiter. Keesha wonders if Ms. Frizzle is on that planet and Tim wonders which planet that one is, Janet then tells them it's one of the gas giants. Keesha then asks what the big red spot on Jupiter is, and Janet then tells them it's a storm thousands of miles wide, and the only planet with a great red spot is Jupiter. The half of the map that they lost then gets filled in when they approach Jupiter, but Janet then declares to get some of Jupiter's red spot as "proof" she's been there. Ms. Frizzle then contacts the class and tells them that Jupiter is the largest planet, but then tells to not worry because she's not on Jupiter. As Phoebe asks Ms. Frizzle where is she, Janet flies the bus down into Jupiter's great red spot. Ralphie tells Janet to pull up, but Janet then gives Ralphie the wheel as she goes to collect some of Jupiter's red spot. She takes a big bottle and fills it up with some of the stuff that the great red spot is made of. Ralphie then pulls up and flies the bus out of the storm and all of the class get mad at Janet. Janet then tells them you've got to have "proof" if you visit Jupiter. Ms. Frizzle then contacts them again and Janet tells Ms. Frizzle she got some of Jupiter's red spot, but Ms. Frizzle thinks she said "red hot", and tells them they're not even warm yet. She tells the class the outer planet she's on is very cold and dark, so the colder they get, the warmer they'll be to finding her. Ralphie then complains saying now it's a riddle and they fly off to the next planet, Saturn.
Games[]
Jupiter could be one of the planets of the solar system that the players could click on to fly to and land on its moon, Io. On Io, the player controls Dorothy Ann on that planet's moon while searching for the Ms. Frizzle token, which will give the player a clue of which planet or moon she's on. Dorothy Ann also does her report on Jupiter and it's moons.