[Beep beep]
Seat belts, everyone!
Please let this be
A normal field trip.
With the frizz?
No way!
Ohh!
♪ 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 ♪
♪ 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]
[Sniff]
Eww!
Is that some kind
Of rot, or what?
That is one rotten
Orange, ralphie.
It's so disgusting,
It could win
The contest.
[Sniff]
Ah! The smell
Of decomposing orange!
Oh, delectable!
Hmm hmm hmm!
So, what's my score,
Tim?
Do I win the most
Disgusting, grossest
Rot contest ever?
[Ding]
[Tim]
Two nose-holds
And a faint.
Good one, ralphie.
Whoo-hoo!
Definitely disgusting!
Hmm...let's see.
Yep. This should do it.
Next!
How about this, tim?
It fell
Behind the counter
When I was still
At my old school.
Eww, phoebe!
That banana is
So rotten, it's mush.
Score?
[Ding ding ding]
That's three nose-holds.
Congratulations!
Next!
Wait until
You see this!
Wanda!
What is in there?
I don't know,
Carlos.
Nobody knows.
It's been
In the fridge
Since I was .
Huh!
Huh!
Just beautiful!
You're not gonna
Open it, are you?
[Ms. Frizzle]
Of course she is.
Oh, come on, class.
Don't you want to see
What rip-roaring rot
Is inside?
Here goes!
[All coughing]
[Gasp]
Yuck!
Eww!
Score, please.
Three faints!
Very good, wanda!
We've got us
A winner!
And to congratulate
You on winning
The most disgusting
Rot contest,
I have
A little prize.
Oh, wanda!
It's a baby tree!
Ms. Frizzle,
I really like it
And everything,
But it's not really
Rotten, is it?
It's so alive!
That's right,
Keesha.
It's very alive,
And so is rot.
[All]
It is?
Mm-hmm!
Well, wanda,
What would you
Like to do
With your prize?
Um...
I guess I'd like
To plant it.
And I know
Just the spot.
You know that old lot
Near my house on decatur?
An excellent place
For a new tree!
To the bus!
Two by two, please.
[Keesha]
Now, wanda,
Do you really want to put
Your nice tree
In that
Ugly, old lot?
[Wanda]
Correct.
[Carlos]
It's filled with
Lots of dead stuff--
Rotting logs,
Tree stumps...
That's the point,
Carlos.
We could make
That lot beautiful--
Just clear out
All the dead stuff
And plant my lovely
Green tree.
Think how great this tree
Will look when it's big!
It could be a little park,
And we could call it
Wandaworld!
No, wait! No, wait!
No, wait.
Why not do something
Really cool with it?
What about
A theme park?
[All]
Yeah! Cool!
Theme park?
Now, wait a minute.
Yes! And the theme
Could be rot.
What?
And we'll call it
Rotland!
Yeah!
Ah. Interesting
Notion.
Any other
Thoughts?
I know! I know!
Let's build
A restaurant.
Yeah...
A fast-food joint!
I hate to say this,
But restaurants
And theme parks mean litter.
Garbage everywhere!
Think of the environment.
[All]
Hmm...
So, let's build
A recycling center.
A what?
Oh, no!
That's a great idea,
Phoebe.
No, it's not.
Hey! There's the lot!
Ms. Frizzle,
I'm going to go out
And have a look.
Certainly, wanda.
Take chances!
Get messy!
Make mistakes!
Whew! This is worse
Than I thought.
There's a lot of stuff
To get rid of.
Hey, guys!
A tunnel of rocks!
Junk sculptures!
Hello!
Excuse me.
I have an announcement.
We need help.
Huh?
"Larry's log away--
The log removal service
That won't leave you stumped."
Perfect!
I can't wait to see
Their faces
When I get this place
All cleaned up.
Hello?
Oh, hi. Is this
Larry's log away?
You got him.
Great. I have
A job for you.
We need to get rid of
Some useless, dead logs.
Heh heh heh! Sure.
I can do that.
Where is it?
The lot on decatur.
Ooh! How about
If I come now?
Yeah! That would be
Just great!
[Carlos]
Listen. The theme park
Could have a slime ride.
Forget it.
This neighborhood
Needs a restaurant!
We can argue
About what to do
After
The lot is clear!
Hold it!
Why not just
Leave this place
The way it is?
Arnold, why do you
Always want to
Leave things alone
Instead of
Doing something?
I have this theory
That if you leave
Nature alone,
It'll get along
Just fine.
Forget your theories,
Arnold.
That rotten log has to go.
It's dead. It's useless!
I mean, look at it.
And that, wanda,
Is exactly
What we shall do.
Seat belts,
Everyone.
Wanda, now look
What you've done!
The frizz is going to--
No! No, wait!
Ms. Frizzle!
You're not
Going to--
We really
Shouldn't!
We can't!
[All]
Whoaaa!
[Arnold]
Too late, wanda.
We've shrunk!
[Gasp]
Oh, no! Not now!
What did I do?
What did I do?
[Buzzing]
[Wanda]
But, ms. Frizzle,
We've got to get
Out of here--now!
Where are we going?
[Ms. Frizzle]
We're going to find out
What rot has to do
With life, wanda.
But do we have to
Find out now?
[Ms. Frizzle]
Ok, class,
Everybody out!
Take chances!
Make mistakes!
Get messy!
Wa-hoo!
Yeah. "Make mistakes"--
My specialty.
Wow! A dead log
Sure looks different
When you're no bigger
Than a bug.
And the bugs
Look different, too,
Right, liz?
Wow! Look at that!
Rot! Life!
Ok. Let's go back now.
Lighten up, wan.
Last one up is
A centipede!
No! Wait! Please,
Don't go up there!
We've got to go-o-o!
What's that?
Run! Aah!
[Ms. Frizzle]
That, class,
Is a chipmunk.
Hide.
Psst! Wanda?
Where are you?
I'm over here!
Uhh!
Ah, thanks, ms. Frizzle.
Don't mention it,
Wanda.
Wow! It's another world
Up here.
Wowww!
The perfect look
For rotland.
But we can't do anything
Until we take
This log away.
So, let's get big again
And get out of here.
Hey, where do you think
This goes?
It goes down, ralphie, ok?
Now, us, we want to go home.
Single file, class.
Our rotten field trip
Has only just begun.
Ohh. Not if I have anything
To say about it.
Hey, everyone.
Uh, there's a great log
In my back yard.
Why don't we go there
For our field trip?
I'll serve
Cookies and milk!
Wanda, we're here
Because you pointed
To this log
And said--
And I quote--
"Just look at it!"
Remember?
I took a chance.
I made a mistake.
So, how do I stop it
From getting really messy?
No sign of larry
The log away guy.
Huh?
Yikes!
Uhh!
[Tap tap tap]
We really have to
Get out of here!
What's that sound?
Don't worry, class.
Woodpeckers only eat bugs.
Wow! There are hundreds
Of tunnels down here!
How about
A tunnel tour
In rotland?
Great idea, d.a.!
Forget wandaworld.
Let's build rotland.
And I say,
Start right away.
Let's go!
Hey! Look at that!
It's coming this way!
Look out!
[Wanda]
Aah!
Well done, class.
You found
A bessie bug,
One of the animals
Which made
All these tunnels.
Great!
Here's the bus.
We can go now.
[Arnold]
A bessie bus?
Now I've seen
Everything.
This place keeps getting
More and more amazing!
Ah!
What's this stuff?
Those are
Part of the mushrooms
We saw on the outside
Of the log.
Some mushrooms grow
On dead wood.
Underneath
The mushroom caps,
A tangle
Of tiny threads
Grows throughout
The wood.
These threads
Eat the wood
And help rot the log.
Hey!
This thread effect
Could be good
For the haunted
House in rotland.
Roarrr!
Whoa!
He's back!
[Ralphie]
You did say just bugs,
Right, ms. Frizzle?
[Ms. Frizzle]
Yes, ralphie.
[Wanda]
Phew! That was close!
[Phoebe]
Who would have
Known a dead log
Could be so alive?
Right,
Ms. Frizzle?
I'm sorry, but I don't
Think we should
Stay in a place
Where we might become
Somebody's lunch.
I told you
We should have left
Well enough alone.
And I'm telling you
We have to get out
Of here before--
Wa-hoo!
Ms. Frizzle?
Too cool!
[Dorothy ann]
Come on!
No, d.a.! Let go!
Wait!
Whoa!
[Ms. Frizzle]
I bet you never thought
An amoeboid plasmodium
Could be so much fun!
[Wanda]
A what?
A slime mold--
It's another living thing
Living off the log.
Think of it, d.a.--
The stunningly stupendous
Super slime slide
Found exclusively at...
Shh!
[Snoring]
Rotland.
No, carlos, found naturally
In a dead log,
Which is stunningly stupendous
Just the way it is.
Right!
Wait! What about taking
This log away?
Sorry, wanda.
We've changed
Our minds.
Hey, hey, carlos, d.a.,
Welcome to the-leave-it-
As-it-is club.
Ok, then, it's settled.
We'll do
A restaurant instead.
Now let's go!
[Clang clang clang]
What was that?
Hey, wait! You're
Going the wrong way!
It gets worse and worse!
Lunchtime, class.
All right!
Nothing like a rotten log
That's catered!
So, what will it be?
Log nuggets?
Wood dumplings?
Pureed bark?
[All]
Huh?
I hate to be picky,
Ms. Frizzle,
But do you have
Anything in the way
Of food?
But the log is food,
Ralphie.
That's the beauty of it.
All these creatures
Use the log
For food and energy.
Fine, fine.
So, let's just
Get out of here
And open
Our restaurant.
Right, ralphie?
Whoa! Not only does
Stuff eat the log,
But stuff eats the stuff
That eats the log!
Everywhere you look,
Around here,
It's lunchtime.
You know something, keesha,
This place is...
Already a restaurant!
What?
Sorry, wanda,
But we don't want to
Clear it away anymore.
Yes! Two more for
The keep-the-log-
The-way-it-is club.
Ok. So,
No rotland,
No restaurant.
So, let's get
Big and argue
Some more!
Why argue? Five out
Of eight kids say
We shouldn't
Take this log away.
One more chance to get
Everybody out of here.
Phoebe! Tim!
[Ms. Frizzle]
♪ Da da da da da da da,
Moldering in the grave ♪
♪ Hmm hmm hmm hmm,
Moldering in the grave ♪
[Phoebe]
This reminds me
Of the mush
My banana turned into.
The process
Of decomposition
Breaks
Everything down,
Be it wood,
Banana, or bug.
Phoebe!
Phoebe! Tim!
I can honestly say
That your
Recycling center idea
Is the best ever
In the history
Of the earth!
Really?
You bet.
So, please,
Please tell ms. Frizzle
That you want to get big
To recycle this log.
Please?
But it's already
Being recycled, wanda,
As food for fungi
And bugs...
As a place for
Mosses and lichens
To grow...
And as a home for
All sorts of creatures.
Ok, ok, but all these creatures
Leave a lot of litter,
Don't they?
You know...bug plops.
So the quicker
We clear it--
Wait!
The bug plops
Are being used, too.
[Plop plop plop]
[Tim]
Natural recycling.
I'm sorry,
But that is gross!
Oh, it's not gross,
Wanda.
It's another addition
To decomposition.
Ooh! I give up!
Ok. It's not gross.
It's perfect. I love it.
Now let's just
Get out of here!
[Keesha]
Hey, everyone!
Over here!
Now what?
Look! Beautiful rich soil!
Perfect
For your tree,
Wanda.
Now will you join
The-leave-it-
As-it-is club?
I don't believe it!
♪ An old dead log
Sittin' on your lawn ♪
♪ It's ugly, it's awful,
And you want it gone ♪
♪ Well, that log you got,
It's not a blot ♪
♪ 'Cause it's got rot,
And that says a lot ♪
♪ It's breakin' on down,
Are you wonderin' how? ♪
♪ With fungus and bugs,
They use it for chow ♪
♪ It's rained on by rain,
Snowed on by snow ♪
♪ Breaks down into soil
So new things can grow ♪
♪ It's cool, it's renewal,
Just ask ms. Frizzle ♪
♪ The log's just fine
The way it izzle ♪
This place is fine...
Just the way it is!
All right.
I see it now.
There's absolutely
No reason to
Take this log away.
[Machinery grinds]
Except one!
Yeah, wanda?
Which one's that?
Larry.
Who's larry?
Aah!
Him!
Aah!
Let's get
Out of here!
Aah!
This way, class.
What's that?
Stay with your partners.
Whoa!
Run!
[Buzzing]
[Gasping]
[Squeak squeak]
Wanda, is there
Something you'd like
To tell us?
I'm sorry!
Really, I am!
I didn't know
When I called larry
What I know now.
Oh, why do I always
Have to do something
When I should just leave
Well enough alone?
[Ms. Frizzle]
Sometimes action
Has a certain
Attraction,
Wanda.
And now is one
Of those times!
I've got it!
[Whispering]
Good idea!
Hey! Help!
[Wanda]
Put these on,
And hurry!
You have got to be joking.
You want us to wear
These things?
Do you have
A better idea?
Whoa!
Seat belts, everyone!
Here we go!
Larry!
Larry!
Who's that?
Hmm.
What on earth do you think
You're doing, lawrence?
I, um, uh...
I'm from the organization
Of log gremlins local .
You are?
And frankly...
The olg doesn't like people
Coming along
And unnecessarily
Shaking things up.
Tell me, larry,
What do you see
When you look around here?
Well, I see
A routine rot removal.
Well, look again.
See that dead log?
Did you know
It's a theme park,
A restaurant,
A recycling center,
And wandaworld
All rotted into one?
You wouldn't believe
How many creatures
Live in there!
And do you know what else?
Uh, no. What else?
They are nature's
Rot squad, larry.
Rot is a wonderful thing,
A necessary thing.
Rot is nature
Recycling itself,
Creating the new
From the old.
Good one!
Good one, wanda!
Whoaah!
Um, ha ha ha! I get it.
Is there a hidden camera
Around here someplace?
Come on, you guys!
Face it, lawrence.
Removing this log
Is an imposition
On decomposition.
I had no idea
Rotting logs had such
Eloquent spokesgremlins.
But how come
I never heard them before?
Hoo boy!
I probably shouldn't be
Operating heavy machinery.
We did it! Yeah!
Yeah!
That gremlin idea was
A stroke of genius, wanda.
Thanks, arnold,
But I'll tell you
Something.
From now on,
I'm gonna leave
Well enough alone.
Whaaaaa?
Wanda,
What should we do?
What should we do?
What should we do?
Come on, arnold.
Everybody,
Back on the bus!
[All]
What?
[Ms. Frizzle]
Um, do you two have
Any particular plans
For that odoriferous
Collection of rot?
[Wanda]
Rot is an important
Part of nature,
Right?
Right.
And one of its uses
Is to provide food
For other living
Things. So...
Who's up
For a picnic?
Yuck!
But, wanda, arnold,
That's disgusting!
Not if you're my tree!
Yum! Yum! Compost!
As I always say,
It doesn't have to
Be delicious
To be nutritious.
[Laughter]
Is this
The magic school bus?
Is this the magic
School bus?
Overlapping voices:
Is this the magic school bus?
Magic school bus?
Magic school bus?
Both: magic school bus?
Overlapping voices:
Magic school bus?
Kids:
I want the magic school bus!
[Telephone ringing]
[Grunts]
Liz, you can't
Bring that in here.
Hello--hello--
Hello?
Magic school bus.
Girl: hi.
Are you responsible
For that show
I just saw
On decomposition?
Get that a--
Why do you ask?
Because it was rotten.
Ha ha ha!
No kidding.
No, wait.
I was kidding.
I've got to tell you,
I've seen some rotten things
In my time,
But they're not always
Filled with bugs and fungus.
Um...well, that's
Because a lot of rot
Is caused by things
Too small to see.
We wanted to shrink down
To the size of bacteria,
But arnold wouldn't go.
Is there anything
That doesn't rot?
Not if it was
Once alive.
Plants, animals,
Bacteria--
They all decompose
After they die.
Even the rotters
Eventually rot.
Ok, so, tell me this:
There's a fallen log
Across the street
From my house.
It's been there
Since last summer.
When is it gonna rot?
It's already
Decomposing,
But rot can take
A long time--
Years, even.
But it will eventually
Return to the soil,
Just like the log
In the show.
Like I said,
Almost everything rots.
Yeah. How come you
Almost totally ignored
One of my favorite
Creatures?
I did? Which one?
The earthworm.
Funny you should
Say that.
Earthworms
Should not be ignored...
Never.
Earthworms are very good
At eating and plowing
And improving soil.
Then that's what
They should be left
To do.
You know,
I was thinking,
What if there were no rot,
If nothing rotted, ever?
Then the soil wouldn't
Get back the nutrients
That plants need
To grow.
Most plants would die,
And the earth
Would become barren,
Like a desert.
And you know what?
What?
There are no such things
As log gremlins.
Well...depends on
Whom you talk to.
Ha ha ha!
[Beep beep]
♪ 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... ♪
♪ So strap your bones
Right to the seat ♪
♪ Come on in ♪
♪ And don't be shy ♪
♪ Just to make
Your day complete... ♪
♪ Step inside,
It's a wilder ride! ♪
♪ Come on ♪
♪ Ride on the magic school bus ♪
[Beep beep]
01x06 - Meets the Rot Squad
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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.