Mr. Bones

Mr. Bones
Information
Name	Mr. Bones
Species	Model of the human skeleton
Gender	Male
Affilation	Walkerville Elementary School
Occupation	Doorkeeper
Personality
Traits	Mute, helpful
Dislikes	Janet's boastful rambling
Other
First appearance	Gets Lost in Space (television)

Mr. Bones is a possessed model skeleton who mostly appears at the entrance to the Frizzle classroom. He made his debut in the original series episode "Gets Lost in Space," and has since made other appearances in the franchise.

Physical Appearance

Mr. Bones is a model skeleton who is most seen wearing top hats. In The Magic School Bus, he is given sunglasses and a polka-dotted bowtie in addition to the hat. In a scene in "Cold Feet" and select spinoff books from the pre-Rides Again era, his sunglasses have been removed, and in The Magic School Bus Rides Again, only his top hat remains.

In The Magic School Bus, Mr. Bones has eyeballs. In scholastic early-reader books and The Magic School Bus Rides Again, they are removed from his sockets.

In some episodes he dresses up in relationship to the topic being taught in the episode, i.e., dresses as a pirate in Takes a Dive, or given a digestive tract in For Lunch.

Personality

He usually holds the door for the kids and sometimes interacts with situations inside the classroom such as covering his auditory meatus to block out Janet's rambling. As of season 1 of The Magic School Bus Rides Again, no signs of life are shown.

In some spin-off books from the pre-Rides Again period, Mr. Bones speaks a few times.

Trivia

• Mr. Bones shows signs of life in Gets Lost in Space, For Lunch, Gets Eaten, Gets Ants in Its Pants, Kicks Up a Storm, Blows Its Top, Wet All Over, In a Pickle, Cold Feet, Makes a Rainbow, Sees Stars, Makes a Stink, and Takes a Dive in The Magic School Bus. He is the most animated in Season 1.
• In some episodes of the The Magic School Bus, Mr. Bones doesn't have his sunglasses on.
• He got his name in the scholastic early-reader books.
• He is not sentient in the entirety of The Magic School Bus Rides Again.
• He is absent from season 3 of The Magic School Bus Rides Again.
• Similar to Liz, he doesn't usually speak, possibly due to him not having a larynx or a complete mouth. He does speak occasionally in non-canon media such as the spinoff books.

Gallery

1994 TV series

Mr. Bones blocking out Janet's Rambling

Mr. Bones Burping

Mr. Bones stops the clock ringing

Mr. Bones without his sunglasses

Mr. Bones waves goodbye to the class

Mr. Bones wearing a wetsuit

Mr. Bones dazed after being hit with a gavel

Mr. Bones with the The Producer

Tim searching Mr. Bones for Liz. Mr. Bones also has his sunglasses removed in the original series, showing his eyeballs.

Mr. Bones in a Santa suit in the Holiday Special

Mr. Bones next to the Frizzle Hurricane

Mr. Bones gets the door slammed in his face

Mr. Bones as a Pirate

1994 TV series (Books)

Mr. Bones Speaking Gets Ants in Its Pants (book)

Mr. Bones with a rainbow ribcage Makes a Rainbow (book)

Scholastic Reader books

Ms. Frizzle & Liz with Mr. Bones

Ms. Frizzle looking at Mr. Bone's Teeth

Mr. Bones dressed up for the Arctic

Mr. Bones showing off the 5 senses

One of Mr. Bone's rare speaking occasions.