Joanna Cole
Director
The Magic School Bus (1994)
Season 3
An eccentric schoolteacher takes her class on wondrous educational field trips with the help of a magical school bus.
Released Sept. 10, 1994
Episode 25 min
5+
Genres: Action, Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family, Kids, Science Fiction
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Watch Providers: Netflix, Tubi TV, Netflix Kids, The Roku Channel, Hoopla + 2 more, Peacock Premium, Netflix Standard with Ads
Production Companies: South Carolina Educational Television, Scholastic Productions, Nelvana Limited
Network: PBS Kids
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S3E1 - In a Beehive
Tim’s beekeeper Grandfather has the sweetest honey in town. Ms. Frizzle turns her class into bees so they can visit a hive and learn how raw honey is processed firsthand.
Sept. 14, 1996, midnight
S3E2 - In the Arctic
“Where did the hot go?” wonders Arnold when his hot cocoa cools off. So, Ms. Frizzle whisks the class to the Arctic!
Sept. 21, 1996, midnight
S3E3 - Spins a Web
Ms. Frizzle transports the class into a 1950s horror movie, where a 50-foot praying mantis is wreaking havoc on the town. Ed Asner stars as the film’s power-mad protagonist, General Araneus.
Sept. 28, 1996, midnight
S3E4 - Under Construction
Two inches tall and trapped in a bathroom at Wanda’s house, the kids must use what they’ve learned about structures to escape before Wanda’s mother discovers them.
Oct. 5, 1996, midnight
S3E5 - Gets a Bright Idea
The light show at Walkerville’s old theater is illuminating, but Arnold’s bossy cousin Janet claims she could put on a much better show—if there wasn’t a ghost living in the theater!
Oct. 12, 1996, midnight
S3E6 - Shows and Tells
Arnold brings in a webbed hoop for the International Show-and-Tell Competition, left behind by his great-aunt, a famous archaeologist, but he has no idea what it is! Can the kids find out what it is before he takes the stage? With Alex Trebek as the “Sportscaster.”
Oct. 19, 1996, midnight
S3E7 - Makes a Rainbow
The class finds Ms. Frizzle inside her closet—playing a pinball machine she created with light pulses instead of steel balls. With time and the light pulses running out, the kids must discover the secrets of color—before the principal, Mr. Ruhle, discovers them!
Oct. 26, 1996, midnight
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S3E8 - Goes Upstream
Ralphie wants to serve salmon at the annual school picnic, but he can’t find any at his favorite fishing spot. But when the kids are “Frizzled” inside a salmon-bus they have an uncontrollable urge to head upriver.
Nov. 2, 1996, midnight
S3E9 - Works Out
Is Mr. Sinew any match for the Friz? At this year’s “Teacher-athlon,” the kids fear Ms. Frizzle doesn’t stand a chance against the muscle-bound gym teacher from another school, so the class travels inside her body for a closer look.
Nov. 9, 1996, midnight
S3E10 - Gets Planted
Phoebe tries to grow a vine for the school play, Jack and the Beanstalk. But her plant is more like a beansprout than a beanstalk! With the opening curtain only moments away, Ms. Frizzle turns Phoebe into a bean plant so she’ll grow into the star of the show!
Nov. 16, 1996, midnight
S3E11 - In the Rainforest
The kids rent a rainforest cocoa tree as an Earth Day present for Ms. Frizzle. But when the harvest arrives, there’s only one shrivelled cocoa bean! Ms. Frizzle takes the class to the rainforest to meet the impeccable Inspector 47 who keeps a tidy, mud-free cocoa grove. What has he done to the rainforest's intricate ecology web?
Nov. 23, 1996, midnight
S3E12 - Rocks and Rolls
To celebrate the founding of Walkerville, Ms. Frizzle’s class sculpts a stone likeness of its founding father, Captain Walker. As they add the finishing touches, the statue tumbles down the mountain. Ms. Frizzle turns the Bus into a huge boulder and the kids into rocks while bumping down the mountain in a desperate attempt to save the statue.
Nov. 30, 1996, midnight
S3E13 - Holiday Special
Wanda plans to see The Nutcracker ballet, but during a trip to Murph’s recycling plant, the toy soldier she needs to get into the theater accidentally becomes a plastic pellet! Ms. Frizzle activates the Bus’s Un-Recycler, taking the class and Murph on a song-filled field trip, where they learn how everyday items are made from recycled trash.
Dec. 25, 1996, midnight
Network: PBS Kids
Episode Runtime: 25 min.
Season Runtime: 1313 min.
Released: Sept. 10, 1994
Last Air Date: Dec. 6, 1997, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: TV-Y
Common sense age: 5+
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