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Season 1 of The Magic School Bus is the first season in total. It began on September 10, 1994 with "Gets Lost in Space" and it ended on December 4, 1994 with "Kicks Up a Storm". It contains 13 episodes. It is the first season of the main continuity.
Season 1 was produced around late 1993 to mid-1994, according to cels and storyboards.
It introduces the second design change in The Magic School Bus franchise (the Nelvana era), however Bruce Degen still used his art style when illustrating new MSB books.
Description[]
Netflix - Ride with teacher Ms. Frizzle and her enthusiastic, inquisitive students as their Magic School Bus takes them on exciting, cliff-hanging field trips.
Google Play/YouTube Movies - Wahoo – get out there and explore! The Magic School Bus takes teacher extraordinaire Ms. Frizzle and her enthusiastic, inquisitive students on cliff-hanging field trips into the human body, inside an ant colony, and far out into space. The series, based on the best-selling Scholastic books, transforms the world into a fresh and funny science laboratory - each time with a new destination.
Tubi - The classic kids’ animated series about an eccentric schoolteacher, Ms. Frizzle, who takes her curious class of students on magical school bus trips!
1986-2021 book series advertisement[]
- At the Waterworks (1986)
- Inside the Earth (1987)
- Inside the Human Body (1989)
- Lost in the Solar System (1990)
- On the Ocean Floor (1992)
- In the Time of the Dinosaurs (1994)
Cast[]
One-Time Characters and Guest Stars[]
Character | Voice | Episode |
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The Female Producer | Susan Blu | "For Lunch", "Hops Home", "Meets the Rot Squad", "Gets Ants in Its Pants", and "Kicks Up a Storm" |
Dr. Tennelli | Tyne Daly | "Inside Ralphie" |
Fisherwoman | Susan Blu | "Gets Eaten" |
Bella | Frank Wlker | "Hops Home" |
Larry Log-Away | Ed Begley, Jr. | "Meets the Rot Squad" |
Professor Cornelia C. Contralto II | Carol Channing | "In the Haunted House" |
Ghost of Cornelia C. Contralto I | Catherine Thompson | "In the Haunted House" |
The Baker | Dom DeLuise | "Gets Ready, Set, Dough!" |
Archibald Seedplot | Robby Benson | "Goes to Seed" |
Episodes[]
No. | Episode name | Topic | Airdate |
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1 | Gets Lost in Space | The Solar System | September 10, 1994 |
Arnold's know-it-all cousin, Janet, drives the whole class crazy when she joins them on a field trip and gets them lost in space! But when the bus' navigational system breaks down and Ms. Frizzle and Liz get lost in the solar system, Janet may be the only one with enough knowledge to save everyone. | |||
2 | For Lunch | Digestion | September 18, 1994 |
Arnold's dream has come true: he doesn't have to go on a field trip! Ms. Frizzle lets him stay behind with Liz. But when he accidentally swallows the bus, he becomes the field trip! Better than an action park, his digestive system is full of twists, turns, and surprises. | |||
3 | Inside Ralphie | Germs | September 25, 1994 |
Ralphie is crushed when a fever and a sore throat keep him home from school on the day that he's scheduled to host a Frizzle News Network television broadcast on health. Not one to let his body get the best of him, he hosts it from his bedroom while his classmates journey through his bloodstream to reveal the breaking news story of just what's making him sick. | |||
4 | Gets Eaten | The Food Chain | October 2, 1994 |
Arnold and Keesha are in trouble when they forget an assignment to bring in two beach-related things that go together. He has a soggy shoe with pond scum he stepped in on his way to school and she has only the tuna fish sandwich she brought for lunch. Ms. Frizzle is delighted at this brilliant combination! A field trip to the ocean becomes a search for the connection between these two unlikely objects. The bus shrinks and travels through the ocean food chain—getting eaten along the way! | |||
5 | Hops Home | Habitats | October 9, 1994 |
Wanda goes over the top when she turns the entire classroom into a comfortable new home for her beloved pet frog, Bella. It's everything one could want...or so she thinks. However, when Bella jumps out of an open window, she needs to rethink her idea of what one needs. | |||
6 | Meets the Rot Squad | Decomposition | October 16, 1994 |
It's accidental science project day, and the class has brought marvelously rotten entries from the back of their refrigerators. Later, when Ms. Frizzle shrinks the bus down to "take a closer look" at rotting options in an abandoned lot, the class discovers that there's more to rot than first meets the nose. | |||
7 | All Dried Up | Desert Adaptations | October 23, 1994 |
Always the caring soul, Phoebe goes on a crusade to save the animals and plants of the desert. After experiencing the unique ways in which they conserve water, find food, and deflect the heat, she realizes they don't need help after all. | |||
8 | In the Haunted House | Sound | October 30, 1994 |
The class is thrilled about their upcoming concert at the Sound Museum...until they discover that it is more of a thrill than they bargained for. As they creep through its creaky passageways, they experience sound firsthand! | |||
9 | Gets Ready, Set, Dough | Kitchen Chemistry | November 6, 1994 |
It's Ms. Frizzle's birthday, and a field trip to the bakery seems perfect...until the bus' Shrinkerscope quits on them. The class experiences chemistry first hand, as they get baked in Ms. Frizzle's birthday cake! | |||
10 | Plays Ball | Forces and Motion | November 13, 1994 |
Dorothy Ann loves physics. Ralphie loves baseball. Ms. Frizzle ingeniously combines the two in a page-hopping adventure through Dorothy Ann's book to a frictionless baseball game. The class learns about pushes and pulls in a remarkable day at a thoroughly unique ballgame. | |||
11 | Goes to Seed | Seeds | November 20, 1994 |
The class' garden is going to be featured on the cover of Plant It Magazine. But Phoebe's garden plot is glaringly empty. Always eager to help, Ms. Frizzle shrinks the bus to the size of a ladybug, and the class is off and flying to Phoebe's old school to find a plant. | |||
12 | Gets Ants in Its Pants | Ants | November 27, 1994 |
The class goes into show business when Keesha directs a movie about social animals for the school science fair. They visit the inside of an anthill to observe their characters at close range. They discover that each ant performs a vital job for the survival of their colony. | |||
13 | Kicks Up a Storm | Weather | December 4, 1994 |
It's a hot and muggy summer day, and the heat has gone to Ralphie's head. Ms. Frizzle asks what makes the weather, then transforms the bus into a Weathermobile, and a wild ride through the skies gives Ralphie the opportunity to become Weatherman, the meteorological superhero of his dreams. |
Trivia[]
- This is the first season of the original series. As a whole, it is the first one produced by Nelvana.
- This is the only season of the original series on Netflix. The others were deleted on May 19, 2021.
- This was probably to get users to watch Rides Again.
- The "Walkerville Elementary School theme" is the most used Leitmotif of "Ride on the Magic School Bus", used in the beginning of almost every episode (except for "Kicks Up a Storm" and "Goes to Seed").
- "In the Haunted House" had deleted scenes that were never shown on TV broadcasts for unknown reasons.
- Vince Commisso reads most of the descriptive audio dub.
- The Block of Ice Scene (Arnold takes off his space helmet), Keesha noticing Arnold's pyloric valve to his small intestine, and Carlos' famous look become notable Internet phenomena.
- The class shrinks in most of the episodes in this season except for "Gets Lost in Space" and "In the Haunted House".
- The book promo at the end of the PBS broadcast version of each episode features The Magic School Bus at the Waterworks, The Magic School Bus Inside the Earth, The Magic School Bus Inside the Human Body,The Magic School Bus Lost in the Solar System,The Magic School Bus on the Ocean Floor, and The Magic School Bus In the Time of the Dinosaurs.
- A female producer, voiced by Susan Blu, only appears in this season. She answers calls in "For Lunch", "Hops Home", "Meets the Rot Squad", "Gets Ants in Its Pants", and "Kicks Up a Storm”.
- Starting late this season, Max Beckford went through puberty, and he made Tim's voice deeper in the process.
- ”Gets Lost in Space” and “In the Haunted House” are the only episodes this season that don’t feature the Shrinkerscope.
- This is the only season in which Amos Crawley and Max Beckford voice Arnold and Tim, respectively.
- This is the only season of the original series in which Carlos and Ralphie's voices aren't lower-pitched for all of the episodes.
Episode Availability[]
Tubi[]
- Gets Lost in Space
- Gets Eaten
- Plays Ball
- Gets Ready, Set, Dough
- Kicks Up a Storm
- Goes to Seed
- Gets Ants in Its Pants
- Hops Home
- In the Haunted House
- For Lunch
- Meets the Rot Squad
- Inside Ralphie
- All Dried Up
Netflix[]
- Gets Lost in Space
- For Lunch
- Inside Ralphie
- Gets Eaten
- Hops Home
- Meets the Rot Squad
- All Dried Up
- In the Haunted House
- Gets Ready, Set, Dough
- Plays Ball
- Goes to Seed
- Gets Ants in Its Pants
- Kicks Up a Storm
Discovery Education[]
English (The Magic School Bus)[]
- Gets Lost in Space
- Gets Eaten
- Plays Ball
- Gets Ready, Set, Dough
- Kicks Up a Storm
- Goes to Seed
- Gets Ants in Its Pants
- Hops Home
- Inside the Haunted House
- For Lunch
- Meets the Rot Squad
- Inside Ralphie
- All Dried Up
Spanish (El Autobús Mágico)[]
Learn360[]
- Gets Lost in Space (subtitles)
- Gets Eaten (subtitles)
- Plays Ball (subtitles)
- Gets Ready, Set, Dough (subtitles)
- Kicks Up a Storm (subtitles)
- Goes to Seed (subtitles)
- Gets Ants in Its Pants (subtitles)
- Hops Home (subtitles)
- In the Haunted House (subtitles)
- For Lunch (subtitles)
- Meets the Rot Squad (subtitles)
- Inside Ralphie (subtitles)
- All Dried Up (subtitles)