[Beep beep]
Seat belts, everyone!
Please let this be
A normal field trip.
With the frizz?
All: no way!
Oh!
♪ Cruisin' on down main street ♪
♪ You're relaxed
And feelin' good ♪
♪ Yeah! ♪
♪ Next thing that you know,
You're seein' ♪
Wa-ha-ha-hoo!
♪ An octopus
In the neighborhood! ♪
♪ Surfin' on a sound wave ♪
♪ Swingin' through the stars ♪
♪ Take a left
At your intestine ♪
♪ Take your second right
Past mars ♪
♪ On the magic school bus ♪
♪ Navigate a nostril ♪
♪ Climb on
The magic school bus ♪
♪ Spank a plankton, too ♪
Take that!
♪ On our magic school bus ♪
♪ Raft a river of lava ♪
♪ On the magic school bus ♪
♪ Such a fine thing to do ♪
Whoa!
♪ So strap your bones
Right to the seat ♪
♪ Come on in and don't be shy ♪
Come on!
♪ Just to make
Your day complete ♪
♪ You might get baked
Into a pie ♪
♪ On the magic school bus ♪
Step inside.
It's a wilder ride.
Come on!
♪ Ride on the magic school bus ♪
[Beep beep]
[Buzzing]
Hey, ralphie,
Wait for me!
Wanda, I can't move!
Push!
Whoa!
Who-o-o-ah!
Yes!
How's it going, liz?
Aren't you psyched?
The frizz is taking us
To the beach today.
Don't forget,
We can't go until
After our reports.
Then let's
Keep the reports
Short, d.a.
Yup. Where there's
A will, there's a wave!
We brought sand
And a crab shell
For our beach-
Things-that-go-
Together report.
Didn't we, carlos?
Whoa!
A humongous wave
At :!
See? Crabs dig
In the sand,
So crabs and sand
Go together.
Aah! Wipe out!
[Thud]
Ha ha ha!
What did you bring,
Ralphie?
Ha ha ha! Uh...
Hello, everyone!
Hiya, guys.
Phoebe, phoebe, did you
Bring the dune grass?
Ralphie, have I ever
Let you down?
Did you bring
The sun?
Actually, I couldn't
Fit it in my knapsack,
But I did bring this.
[Inhales and blows]
The sun,
In all its glory!
At my old school,
We weren't allowed
To bring
The sun to class.
Ha ha.
How about you, tim?
Check it out--
A stunning portrait
Of the rock
To go with wanda's mussel.
You did bring the mussel,
Didn't you, wanda?
Ta-da!
One mussel to go
With tim's rock.
I named him
Gussel the mussel.
Gus for short.
Who's gus for short?
Hi, keesha!
Gus is the mussel
I brought
For the beach-things-
That-go-together report.
See?
Oh, no! Oh, help!
Oh, bad!
Oh, bad, bad, oh,
Bad, bad, bad, bad,
Bad, bad, bad, bad!
Something wrong?
I totally forgot
About the report.
You did?
You didn't
Bring anything?
Just my swimsuit
And a towel...
And a tuna fish
Sandwich.
Kids: uh-oh!
What's wrong with that?
I love tuna sandwiches!
Listen, don't panic yet.
Who's your partner?
Arnold.
Don't worry.
Arnold likes reports.
He probably did
The whole thing himself.
Where is arnold,
Anyway?
[Sloshing]
[All gasp]
Arnold!
Hi, guys!
Yuck! What happened
To your shoe?
I was running,
And I sort of
Stepped into the pond
Near our house.
And you were running
Because you were
In a hurry
Because you couldn't wait
To show me what you did
For our beach-things-that-
Go-together report, right?
Oh, I knew
I forgot something!
You mean you didn't
Bring anything, either?
Just my bathing suit
And a towel.
And the scum
On your shoe!
[Laughter]
Scum and a tuna fish
Sandwich!
D.a., Why didn't
We think of that?
But do scum
And a tuna fish sandwich
Go together?
Hey! Maybe they do.
Think. Think. Think.
Think. Think.
Think. Think.
No.
Oh, great.
Not only do I get slimed
By pond scum,
But I forget my report!
I knew I should have
Stayed home today.
Hey!
We can't just
Give up, arnold.
We have to work
With what we've got.
But, keesha--
Good morning, class!
Kids: good morning, ms. Frizzle!
We have an exciting day
Ahead of us!
Haven't we?
Hang ten, you guys!
Maybe she'll forget
The reports.
And the first thing
On the agenda
Is your -beach-things-
That-go-together reports.
Then again, maybe she won't.
Hmm. Let's start with...
Um...
Ralphie and phoebe.
Phew!
Phew!
"Why the sun and dune grass
Go together."
By us.
All rights reserved.
Dune grass,
Like other plants,
Uses energy from the sun
To make its own food.
No sun,
No dune grass.
No sun, no nothing.
Oh, keesha
And arnold,
Why don't you
Go next?
Yes, well, uh...
We brought
This nutritious
Tuna fish
Sandwich...
And this
Delightful
Green scum.
You did? Why,
That is absolutely fantastic!
It is?
It is?
So tell us
What the connection is
Between delightful
Green scum
And a nutritious
Tuna fish sandwich.
Um, uh...
They both have,
Um...
Adjectives?
[Bell ringing]
Oh, dear.
Hold that thought.
It's time to go to the beach.
Oh, but don't worry.
We'll finish your reports
When we get back.
Line up by the door, please!
Saved by the bell.
Yeah. I never thought
I'd be glad
To go on a field trip.
For once,
A nice, peaceful day
At the beach.
Forget it, arnold.
Everyone else will have
A wonderful time,
But we've got work
To do.
Now concentrate.
How does your scum
Go with my sandwich?
You know, class,
This trip just might
Give you
The answer
You're looking for.
I wonder if
She knows
We don't know.
She knows everything.
Well,
Not exactly everything.
It's your job as scientists
To look for connections.
Connections?
You mean how things
Go together?
Exactly!
Ms. Frizzle:
We're here!
Everybody out!
There's dune grass!
With the sun
Beaming down on it.
And here's a rock.
Covered with
Gus' family.
Look at them all.
It's a regular
Mussel beach!
Ha ha!
Kids: carlos!
And here's
A crab burrowing
Into the sand!
Look up there!
That's a gull,
Isn't it?
I wonder
What it's doing.
Wow! It just ate
That crab!
The beach air
Is making me hungry.
Everyone else's report
Seems so obvious.
Ohh!
Arnold, you're eating
Our report!
Oh, sorry.
I forgot.
Arnold, we've got
To figure out
The connection
Between my sandwich
And your scum.
[Beep beep]
Ready to explore
This environment
In a bit more depth?
Huh?
Now?
But we just
Got here.
Uh-oh! I'm getting that old
Field-trip feeling again!
Come on, arnold.
I know we can figure
It out if we try.
Seat belts, everyone!
Ho, here we go!
Ha ha ha!
Mmm! How refreshing!
♪ Anchors aweigh, my class,
Anchors aweigh ♪
♪ Dum, dum, dum,
Dum, dum, dum, dum ♪
♪ Dum, dum, dum, dum,
Dum, dum, dum, dum ♪
♪ Dum ♪
Think, arnold!
Think!
I can't! I hate it
When my socks get wet.
Can I have my shoe back?
No way.
We need it
For our report!
Oh, look!
There's some
Seaweed!
What are those?
They're beautiful.
Those are
Sea urchins, tim.
They eat seaweed.
And sea otters
Eat them!
Do you really think
They ought-er?
Bad, carlos.
Are you looking,
Arnold?
What do you see
Down there?
Well, I'm trying hard
To look for connections,
Just as you said,
But I can't see past
All that green stuff.
Yuck.
It's gone
All scummy.
Did you say scummy?
That's it!
Look, keesha! Scum!
Excellent observation,
Arnold.
This scum is called
Phytoplankton.
Phytoplankton?
Phytoplankton!
Phy-to-plankton!
Yes.
Little, tiny plants.
Wait a second.
Does that mean the scum
On arnold's shoe
Is some kind
Of phytoplankton?
Care to try my marvelous
Megamagnifier, mayhaps?
Sea scum...
Shoe scum...
Not exactly
The same,
But not far off.
What do you
Think, keesha?
Should we take
A closer look?
Sure. Why not?
No, keesha, you don't know
What you're saying.
I know that
Tone of voice.
It means something weird
Is going to happen!
Wa-hoo!
Did we just shrink?
We did.
We are now as tiny
As phytoplankton.
And that's
Seriously tiny.
Class, you will notice that
The bus is equipping each of us
With a specially designed
Underwater breathing mask.
So get messy!
Make mistakes!
Get out there
And explore!
Wanda:
I'll go first!
Ralphie:
This is so cool!
Arnold:
And so wet!
Tim: wow!
And remember,
Look for connections!
Got it.
I don't get it.
How are we supposed to find
A tuna fish sandwich
In the middle of the ocean
When we're the size
Of phytoplankton?
Who knows?
Maybe there's
Teeny-tiny,
Phytoplankton-operated
Sandwich stands!
And to think that
When we're big,
All this just looks
Like green scum.
Amazing, isn't it?
Arnold,
What are you doing?
Who, me?
Arnold, we have to figure out
What all this has got to do
With my tuna fish sandwich!
And we have
To figure it out now!
Hey, keesha!
Look at me!
Whoa-ho!
Is it my imagination,
Or do they look hungry?
Both: aah!
Ms. Frizzle:
It's not just you, ralphie.
These bigger creatures are
Eating the phytoplankton.
So as I always say,
It's better to be in the bus...
Kids: whoa!
Ms. Frizzle: than to be
In something else.
Nature never ceases
To amaze me.
Kids: whoa!
Whew. We were nearly
Lunch at first sight.
Just your average
Day at the beach
With the frizz.
Ms. Frizzle:
Ok, bus, do your stuff.
Congratulations!
We are now the size
Of zooplankton.
Zooplankton?
I wonder if that's what
Just tried to eat us.
Ms. Frizzle:
Very good, keesha!
Zooplankton
Eat phytoplankton.
Zooplankton are tiny animals
That live in the water.
This way, class.
We've got to take chances!
Get messy!
Get eaten.
Ms. Frizzle:
And don't forget
To look for connections!
But, ms. Frizzle,
This is a big ocean.
I'll never find
A connection
Between scum
And a tuna fish
Sandwich.
Of course you will, keesha.
Stay with your partner.
But--
Hey, keesha,
We thought
Phytoplankton
Looked weird!
Get a load of
These guys!
They are not guys, carlos.
They are zooplankton.
There don't seem to
Be as many of them
As there were of
The phytoplankton.
Good observation, tim.
What else do you notice?
Anyone?
Those giant things.
Very good, phoebe.
Those giant things
Are anchovies.
They're
A kind of fish.
Anchovies? You mean
The salty things
My dad puts on his pizza
When he doesn't want me
To eat it?
You may not like
Anchovies, ralphie,
But they
Might like you.
I wonder if that's
Because we're the size
Of zooplankton.
Keesha's right, class.
As you can see,
Anchovies eat zooplankton.
Can anyone guess
Where this is leading?
To lunch?
Precisely.
All right, everyone!
Back in the bus!
Kids: aah!
Ms. Frizzle:
Ready, bus?
Kids: whee!
Ms. Frizzle:
Well done.
We are now the size
Of an anchovy.
I suggest we stay in the bus
While we have our lunch.
But there's
So much to see
Out there!
Excellent observation,
Wanda.
At my old school,
We always had
To stay on the bus
If we ate lunch
In the ocean.
Since we can't eat our report,
Do you want some
Organic potato chips?
No, thanks. I had some
Phytoplankton earlier.
You did?
Listen, arnold,
Time is running out,
And we don't have
Our report yet.
Scum--tuna fish sandwich.
Scum--tuna fish sandwich!
What's in a tuna
Fish sandwich,
Anyway?
Mayonnaise, tuna fish,
Maybe a little vinegar,
Some chopped celery--
Did you say tuna fish?
Um, yeah.
Arnold, you may
Accidentally be
A genius.
What does a tuna fish
Look like?
I don't know.
I never saw one
Without mayonnaise.
D.a., Quick. There's got to
Be a picture of a tuna fish
In one of your books.
Here!
An albacore tuna!
I got it!
I got the connection!
What eats phytoplankton?
Zooplankton!
And what eats zooplankton?
Little fish, like anchovies.
And what eats little fish,
Like anchovies?
Well...
Kids: tuna fish!
Aah!
Aah!
Arnold: I knew I should have
Stayed home today.
Ms. Frizzle: class, we are
Now inside an albacore tuna.
Cheer up, arnold.
We're off the hook.
We know how your scum
And my tuna fish sandwich
Are connected.
You know, it's
A tuna-eat-scum
World out there.
No, no, no. Listen.
Tuna don't eat scum.
Scum gets eaten
By zooplankton,
Which get eaten
By little fish, like anchovies,
Which get eaten by tuna.
Our report's in the bag.
But the bag's
In a tuna's tummy.
Who knows what you call
Something that's connected?
Linked together?
You mean like a chain?
Very good, tim!
Tuna are linked
To phytoplankton
By what they eat.
Tuna
And phytoplankton
Belong to the same
Food chain.
Food chain?
A chain of food?
I could get into that!
Me, too.
Phytoplankton,
Zooplankton,
Fish, and people, too.
We're all in a food chain--
Scum, this fish, and you.
Humans are usually at
The very top of the food chain.
But for once,
We're actually inside it.
We are also
In the perfect position
To study a tuna's
Digestive system.
What?
Now?
Ms. Frizzle, do you
Think we could go
Back to school now?
Arnold and I need
To do our report.
Well, if you insist.
I guess we could leave
The tuna's digestive system
For another day.
Whew.
Way to go.
Close one.
Ms. Frizzle: hmm...
Yes. Very good.
Ok, class.
Take your seats!
Here we go!
Kids:
Help!
Yeeooww!
Nope.
Already have a bus.
Kids: look out!
Look out! Whoa!
Wanda: this is it, ralphie!
The wave of our dreams!
When we get back
To the classroom,
We will discuss
Our observations.
Surf's up!
Arnold,
Do you observe
What I observe?
She's hanging ten.
There really is more
To ms. Frizzle
Than meets the eye.
Keesha: so to wrap up
Our report,
Allow us to show you
The artwork
We've commissioned--
An original tim.
Here we have
Our recent experience--
The ocean food chain.
It works like this.
Scum, or phytoplankton,
Are eaten
By zooplankton,
Which are eaten
By small fish,
Like anchovies,
Which are eaten
By big fish, like tuna.
It's so ef-fish-ient.
Kids: carlos!
[Laughter]
And this, class,
Is a land food chain.
Tim: yeah.
A mouse eats grass seed...
Wanda: snake eats
The mouse...
Carlos: and the hawk
Eats the snake.
The hawk is at the top
Of this food chain.
What's at the bottom? Hmm?
[Whispering]
Grass!
So what's at the bottom
Of the ocean food chain?
Well, I think--
Phytoplankton!
And what do phytoplankton
And grass have in common?
You step
On them both.
Kids: arnold!
[Laughter]
They're both plants.
Keesha: hey,
Wait a minute!
Do all food chains
Begin with plants?
Yes, they do!
Each and every one
Of them!
All: yay!
Well, if scum and a tuna fish
Sandwich are connected,
I guess just about everything
Must be connected somehow, huh?
Hey! Where's my shoe?
[Burp]
[Squawks]
Nature never ceases
To amaze me.
As I always say,
If the shoe is clean, wear it.
[Laughter]
Is this the
Magic school bus?
Is this the magic
School bus?
Magic school bus?
Magic school bus?
Magic school bus?
Magic school bus?
Magic school bus?
Magic school bus?
Magic school bus?
I want the magic
School bus.
Children: I want
The magic school bus!
[Telephone ringing]
Hello.
Boy: hi. Is this
Big al's total
Pig-out emporium?
I'd like to order
A toasted big al
Special with--
Whoa, whoa.
Wait a second.
Wrong number.
This is "the magic
School bus" show.
No way! I was just
Watching it.
That's why I was
So hungry.
Maybe you can clear up
A few things for me.
I'll try.
People are on top
Of the food chain, right?
Except I don't eat
Just tuna.
I eat lots of things,
So am I on top of
Lots of food chains?
You are.
So, what do you call
A lot of chains
Put together?
A pile? Am I at the top
Of a food pile?
Actually, a lot of
Different chains
Mixed together
Are called
A food web.
I get it! So if things
Are connected in a chain,
What if something happens
To one part of the chain?
Well, it'll make
Something happen
To everything else
In the chain.
It's all connected.
Ok, but you know,
It's not true that all
Food chains
Start with plants.
I read about some
Plants and animals
Living deep in the ocean
That get their energy
From chemicals.
Yes, but they're weird.
Weird? You say
They're weird?
Since when does a tuna
Eat a school bus?
Well, it could if the
Bus were small enough
And looked like
A delicious anchovy.
Yes, but you and I
Both know
School buses don't shrink
And they don't go
In the ocean.
Magic school
Buses do.
Being magic can make
All the difference.
And ms. Frizzle
Must be magic.
Why do you say that?
Because somehow
She can hang ten
Between math lessons
And report marking.
[Laughs]
Yeah, I guess
You're right.
Thanks for calling.
Bye.
Why, thank you, liz!
This looks del--
[Stomach growls]
Uh. Oh. Rats.
[Beep beep]
♪ Surfing on a sound wave ♪
♪ Swinging through the stars ♪
♪ Take a left
At your intestine ♪
♪ Take your second right ♪
♪ Past mars ♪
♪ On the magic school bus... ♪
♪ Raft a river of lava ♪
♪ On the magic school bus ♪
Step inside. It's a wilder ride!
Come on!
♪ Ride on the magic school bus ♪
01x04 - Gets Eaten
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Ms. Frizzle embarks on adventures with her class on the eponymous school bus.
Ms. Frizzle embarks on adventures with her class on the eponymous school bus.