The Magic School Bus Rides Again: Blast Off! is the first of the American The Magic School Bus Rides Again home videos, and the second Region 1 DVD of the series. It released to shelves and online retailers on July 7, 2020, alongside MSBRA's debut on digital.
It is preceded by The Magic School Bus Rides Again: The Complete First Season (2019) and followed by The Magic School Bus Rides Again: All About Earth! (2021).
Description[]
Featuring Kate McKinnon as Ms. Frizzle!
Bus, do your stuff! Field trips with Ms. Frizzle are wilder than ever, into space, over the Galápagos Islands, and even a plunge into the depths of the sun itself. And along the way, the kids we know and love bring their science investigations into the 21st century, still taking chances, making mistakes and getting messy! Climb aboard for a field trip you'll never forget!
Episodes[]
These episodes are listed in the Play All order.
Episode descriptions courtesy of NCircle's The Magic School Bus Rides Again masters.
| Screencap | Title/Topic/Official Scholastic Description | Season | Episode | Production Code | Release Date |
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Frizzle of the Future Topic: Ecosystems |
1 (RA) | 1 (53) | MSB-101 | September 29, 2017 |
| Arnold is alarmed to discover that the beloved Ms. Frizzle has been promoted and her younger sister is taking over the class. His worries come true when a simple field trip results in the Galapagos Islands being overrun by invasive bunnies. Can Arnold save the islands, and will he ever learn to appreciate his new teacher? (With Will Arnett as Galapagos Gil.) | |||||
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Space Mission: Selfie Topic: Satellites |
1 (RA) | 9 (62) | MSB-110 | September 29, 2017 |
| Space Camp is the first launching pad towards becoming an astronaut, and Keesha is determined to get in thanks to the best application form ever – including a selfie from actual space! But in her eagerness to get the perfect shot, she accidentally disrupts several Earth-orbiting satellites, and jeopardizes not only her future, but the planet's! (With Mae C. Jemison as Kathy K. Kuiper.) | |||||
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Ready, Set, Fail! Topic: Engineering |
2 (RA) | 6 (72) | MSB-120 | April 13, 2018 |
| To stay on the baseball team, Ralphie need to pull up his grades – fast. And the perfect way to do it is with The Gem of Geniusness, keeper of all knowledge! He'll never fail a test again! But according to his sci-fi magazine, the gem is buried on a faraway planet, with terrain too tough for even the bus to handle. So the kids vow to build their own space buggy that can navigate it, even if it means planning, testing, and rebuilding the vehicle until it works - and Ralphie learns more than he ever expected! | |||||
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Making Magic Topic: The Sun |
2 (RA) | 13 (78) | MSB-126 | April 13, 2018 |
| The last field trip of the year is also the most important: the class must go to the center of the Sun to recharge the bus's Magic Battery, the source of the bus's magic. But when Mr. Ruhle (Martin Roach), principal, safety nut, and amateur sun enthusiast, tags along, Arnold must preserve the secret of the field trips to prevent him from cancelling them altogether. But escalating mishaps, including launching Mr. Ruhle into space and the bus running out of reserve power, mean that Arnold must find the personal courage to save the bus, the class – and the magic! | |||||
Trivia[]
- This is the first The Magic School Bus Rides Again region-1 DVD...
- to be released in the United States of America.
- to be distributed by NCircle.
- not to contain a complete season.
- This is the only The Magic School Bus Rides Again region-1 DVD in the NCircle line...
- to have dual audio with the Latin American Spanish dub.
- to have a setup and selectable subtitles; subtitles are coded as closed captioning on subsequent RA DVDs similar to the Warner DVD releases of The Magic School Bus.
- This DVD released at the same time the entire 2010s era released to other digital platforms.
- The episode selection is on the main DVD menu, like on Greatest Classic Episodes, the Warner discs from 2002-2005, and the 2006 releases of The Magic School Bus: Super Star Power/Sees Stars and The Magic School Bus Takes a Dive.
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N-Circle (Episodes): Blast Off (2020) · All About Earth (2021)
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