Katrina Eloise "Murph" Murphy (voiced by Dolly Parton) is the first cousin of Valerie and Fiona Frizzle. She is one of the few Frizzles who doesn't bear the Frizzle name.
Appearance[]
Murph has qualities similar to her two cousins. She has red hair, but it is more like Fiona's than Valerie's. She wears a blue and pink coat with a collar, yellow gloves, green pants and brown shoes. She does not wear earrings, akin to Fiona.
Personality and biography[]
Murph is similar to her cousins. As a happy worker at Murph's Recycling Plant, she despises the word "junk", hence her motto, "Without junk I'm sunk!" In the Holiday Special, she joins Wanda on the trip that answers her wish to get rid of recycling as she watches the Magic School Bus turn everything recycled back into trash, thanks to its Un-Recycler feature. But when the Bus un-recycles itself, Murph follows her instincts and gets to work on recycling the Bus's raw materials to make the Bus again.
Trivia[]
- Murph might have been the basis for Ms. Fiona Frizzle, the character who is known as Ms. Frizzle as of now.
- She shares similarities with Maven:
- They are related.
- They both share a passion for music.
- They are voiced by music artists (Murph is voiced by American country singer Dolly Parton, and Maven is voiced by Canadian pop singer Lights)
- They appear in winter specials (Murph appears in the holiday special and Maven in the New Year special)
Parents | Mr. Perlstein | Mrs. Perlstein | Mr. Hudson | Mrs. Hudson | Mr. Ramon | Mrs. Franklin | Mr. Terese | Dr. Tennelli | Mrs. Li |
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Siblings/Cousins | Murph* | Evan Hudson | |
Friends | Professor Cornelia C. Contralto II* | R.U. Humerus* | Dr. Skeledon* | Molly Cule* | |
Pets | Wanda's Dog* | Noodles |
Other Characters | Mr. Seedplot* | The Baker* | Mr. Junkett* | Harry Herp* | Gerri Poveri** | |