[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]
Bees! Bees!
We want bees!
I say we choose
Our beaver lodge.
Hold it, everybody.
Hold it.
It's just a science fair.
Just
A science fair?
Too bad we can't
Use last year's
Solar-powered
Juggling machine.
Nice try, ralphie,
But it doesn't fit
With this
Year's theme,
Animals that live
Together.
And I quote
From the entry form,
"Some animals live alone,
"But some live and work
Together in groups,
Called communities."
Watch your back!
Heads up!
Coming through!
I'm escorting
An important visitor
To our classroom.
Make way for--
Hello, class.
Ms. Frizzle,
You almost stepped
On our visitor!
Oh, my!
What visitor?
My friend, the ant.
Look at her go!
Isn't she amazing?
I wonder where
She's headed.
Don't worry, little ant.
Wherever you're going,
I'll make sure
You get there.
No time for ant-ics,
Keesha.
We've got to
Pick a project
For the science fair.
Ah! The passion of science!
Now, liz, do you have
Any idea where I put
That camera?
Ah! There it is!
Oh, no! My ant!
Where's my ant?
Keesha, your ant is
Eating my mallow-blaster.
So that's why
She came in here--
She was looking
For food.
Don't worry, little ant.
Arnold's more than happy
To share
His mallow-blaster.
Keesha, are you gonna
Baby-sit that ant
All day or--
Hey. Maybe we could do
Something about my ant
For the science fair!
According to my research,
Where you find one ant,
There's usually more.
That's right,
Dorothy ann.
Ants live together
In nests.
Phoebe:
But what could we
Do with ants?
A mural?
A model?
Keesha:
Uh...
Hey! Careful
With that camera, liz!
At my old school,
Lizards weren't allowed
To make movies.
That's it!
We'll make a movie!
She's
A natural star.
I can
See it all now.
We'll call it
"Travels with my ant."
Carlos: a movie
About an ant?
Wanda: you know something?
That's not a bad idea.
No. It's a good idea.
It's a great idea!
Kids:
Yes! Let's make a movie!
I'll write it!
It'll be all about
An ant
With a long nose
Called eleph-ant.
Get it?
Carlos!
Can I help write it, too?
You can
Write it together.
What about us?
You can all be
In it and play ants.
What are my lines?
Who's the star?
My ant, of course!
If you're going to
Direct this movie,
Keesha,
You might need this.
Me? Direct it?
But I thought you--
It was your idea.
Oh, wow! Oh, boy!
I'm the director!
The whole film
Depends on me.
As I always say...
Action!
How does
She do that?
Ms. Frizzle,
You could do
The costumes.
Ha ha ha!
Why, thank you, carlos.
Ok, now, people.
This is--
Keesha.
In a minute, phoebe.
This is what
I want you to do.
Huh?
Huh?
Follow
That camera lizard!
Great, liz.
A little tighter.
Oof!
Oof!
Ooh!
Oof! Ants!
But which one's mine?
Look
At them all.
Where are
They going?
Guys, can we go
Back in now?
I just know
It's going to rain.
Not until
I find my ant, arnold.
She's my star,
And now I've lost her.
According
To my research,
Your star's
Been telling
The other ants
In its nest
About arnold's
Mallow-blaster.
Excellent
Observation,
Dorothy ann.
Ants don't
Actually talk
To each other,
But they do
Communicate.
I got it!
It's a western,
Starring an ant
That rounds up food, see,
And then tells the rest
Of the ants where it is.
That's good,
Ralphie.
That's good.
We'll call it
"Food dude."
Excellent, carlos.
An ant whose job
It is to find food
Is a forager ant.
Food dude is a wonderful name
For keesha's ant.
Uh, ms. Frizzle,
Are we going
On a field trip?
Very observ-ant, arnold.
"Observ-ant."
I like it!
I like it a lot!
Is that her?
Is that my ant?
I don't think so,
Keesha.
Ms. Frizzle:
Director to bus,
Please.
Director to bus.
Oh, bad.
Oh, bad, bad, bad!
Ms. Frizzle,
We've lost her.
We've lost our star.
I can't do a movie
Without a star.
Oh, right you are,
Keesha.
She's one
In a million.
Huh?
Seat belts, everyone.
Here we go!
Again?
Kids: whoa!
Keesha:
We're shrinking!
Kids: whee!
Arnold: I feel like
We're on the inside of
A minimallow-blaster.
We are!
Whoa!
Whoa!
Whoa!
Wanda: hey!
We're being foraged.
Dorothy ann:
I thought we were
Going to play ants,
Not food!
Arnold: I knew
I should have
Stayed home today.
Ralphie:
Giant potato chip being
Foraged dead ahead!
So, uh, keesha,
Is the movie gonna
Star a forager ant?
And are we going to
Co-star as the food?
Ms. Frizzle,
I'm really sorry,
But I don't think
This movie should star
A forager ant.
Got that, carlos?
"Not about
A forager ant."
Why not? That's what
Your ant is.
I know, carlos,
But I've been thinking.
I want more drama,
More excitement.
[Crash]
I wish you hadn't
Said that.
Where are we?
An anthill!
Ms. Frizzle,
We're on location.
This is perfect!
We'll meet the ants
Up close and personal.
Now I'll find my star.
Ok, people. This movie
Is my responsibility.
So I will check out
The anthill
And then tell you
What to do next.
Come on, liz.
[Gasps]
Run!
Help!
Good opening sequence,
Keesha.
It really grabbed me.
Did you get it, liz?
What's with those
Gigantic ants?
Who let them
On the set?
We're on location,
Keesha. Remember?
They look like they're
Guarding the nest
Or something,
Don't they, carlos?
Cool! Keesha,
The movie could star
A guard ant.
I don't know,
Ralphie.
Come on, keesha.
We can call it
"The guardfather."
Perfect for the wide screen
With stereo sound and--
And smell-o-vision!
Smell-o-vision?
Mm-hmm. Guard ants
Use their antennae
To smell if we are
Friend or foe.
They're smelling us.
Precisely, tim.
Ants don't understand words,
But they do
Understand smells.
Ha ha ha!
They're checking to see
If we smell like them.
Yeah. They want to know
If we're wearing
The same deodor-ant.
Carlos!
Carlos!
Carlos!
No, no. It's a great joke.
It's going in.
Ants don't wear
Deodorant, carlos.
But their bodies do
Make scented chemicals
Called pheromones.
Pheromones?
♪ Pheromones ♪
Hey! That tickles!
What is
This stuff?
Well, class, now we truly
Smell like these ants.
[Sniff sniff]
We do?
Yes.
And now the guard ants
Will let us into the nest.
As I always say,
"When visiting a nest,
Smell like the rest."
I smell like an ant--
Just what I always wanted.
Really, ralphie?
Me, too.
Oh, boy.
Ha ha ha!
One good smell
Deserves another.
Excuse me.
Ha ha ha!
That tickles.
Cool!
Come on, liz. We've got
To get in there
And find our star.
Wait for us.
Ok, phoebe,
What do we have so far?
Well, this movie
Is not about
A forager ant
Or a guard ant.
So what is it about,
Keesha?
We can't write
This script
Without a star.
Hmm...let me think.
Don't worry,
Everybody.
It's all part of
The creative
Process.
She's thinking
Of a story.
Hey! Check it out!
Wow!
Where are
They going?
Man, it must
Be rush hour.
Look, keesha,
A cast of thousands!
[Thud]
Ok, places, everyone.
Where do you
Want us, keesha?
What about make-up,
Keesha?
I don't look anything
Like these ants.
And what's
The plot, keesha?
Who's the star?
I'm working on it.
I'm working on it.
Who knew so many ants
Would audition?
Um, keesha, maybe
It would help if we
Worked with the ants,
Got to know
Them better.
We're not going
Inside an ant, are we?
No, arnold,
But phoebe's right.
Understanding begins
With observation.
Good idea, phoeb.
Method acting.
I love it!
Ok, everyone.
See the ant,
Feel the ant,
Be the ant.
Action!
This ant's
Rubbing its head.
And this one's
Licking itself.
That's it, arnold.
Be the ant.
But I did this
Today already, uh,
In the shower.
Hey. Maybe the ants
Are cleaning themselves.
Tim, your logic
Is spotless.
Yuck! These two
Are kissing!
Keesha, I've got it!
The movie's
A romance.
Get it? Rome-ants!
Ha ha ha!
Kids:
Carlos!
These ants
Aren't kissing at all.
Yeah. It looks like
That ant is giving
The other ant something.
Oh, sure, give it back to me
After you've chewed it.
What is it?
Mallow-blaster.
I recognize it
In any form.
So those ants are
Passing food around.
Cool. A food-passing ant
Would make a great star.
Think of the story!
I have, carlos,
And it doesn't work.
"One day, an ant passed
Food to another ant."
It just doesn't feel
Complete somehow.
Forget that one.
Come on, keesha.
We need a star.
Hey. The star could
Be the president.
Get it?
Presid-ant?
Kids:
Carlos! Stop!
I know we need
A star, carlos.
I just haven't seen
The right--aaant!
Everyone,
Stay with
Your partner.
Ha ha ha!
Help!
Help!
Not so fast!
Keep sh**ting, liz!
Uh!
Oh!
Unh!
After those ants, people.
It's a great chase scene.
Wait a minute.
What's in here?
Ant chase scene,
Take one.
Hey! Where are
You guys going?
What are
They carrying?
They're like
Little worms.
Cut! Cut! Cut!
No worms!
This movie
Is about an ant.
Why do you keep
Giving things to me?
Do I look like a ant?
I don't know,
Arnold,
But you look
Like you're
Holding a baby.
Maybe it is a baby--
A baby ant!
Well done, phoebe.
They're baby ants,
All right.
When they hatch
From eggs,
They're
Called larvae.
That's it!
"Larvae: the beginning."
But whoever heard of
A movie about larvae?
I don't know, keesha.
I think it has potential.
I think it's cute.
But all they do is wiggle.
There's no drama, no action.
The ants are moving
The larvae around!
How's that for action?
And why are
They moving them?
How's that for mystery?
Hey. I bet they're trying
To keep the larvae warm.
Exactly, tim. Nurse ants
Move the young around
The nest
To keep them
The right temperature.
My aunt's a nurse.
I've got it,
I've got it!
We could call it
"Flor-ants nightingale."
Ha ha ha!
Ha ha ha!
Ha ha ha!
Cut! Cut! Cut! Cut!
Now what, keesha?
It's a really good
Idea and everything,
But somehow,
It isn't enough.
Where's the danger?
The intrigue?
Wanda: hey!
What are
Those things?
Hey! Wait! Wait!
I didn't say action.
People, people,
What are you doing?
Pupae. The larvae make
Cocoons called pupae.
Come on, pupae--
I mean people.
Look at it.
Do you really want to make
A movie starring a pupae?
Pupa, actually.
Only one is called a pupa.
Pupae is plural.
Pupae, pupa, whatever.
Pretty exciting story
If you ask me.
It would make
A great docum-ant-ary.
Documentary?
No way, carlos!
Mr. Cud's class
Did a documentary
Last year on cows,
Remember?
Just to keep you
Up to date, keesha,
We are not doing a movie
About a forager ant,
A guard ant, a nurse ant,
A larva, or a pupa.
Keesha, there aren't
Any ants left!
Well, then how about
An egg?
Oh, no! An egg!
That's even worse!
Um, ms. Frizzle,
Where do ant eggs
Come from, anyway?
Good question, phoebe.
The eggs came from...
The queen.
The queen?
Ms. Frizzle,
You're a genius!
Carlos, the queen
Is the perfect star.
Think of the story--
A royal exclusive!
You're right.
It's gold.
Come on. What are
We waiting for?
Let's go!
Which way?
Um...
It's the creative
Process again.
That-away!
Excuse me,
Ms. Director.
Is water supposed
To be coming
Through the walls
Like that?
Oh, ho ho!
After the tunnel
Caves in,
You will see some
Of the most amazing
Ant activity yet.
Did you say after
The tunnel caves in?
All right, class.
Duck and cover!
And...cut!
Ok, people,
Don't panic.
I'll have you out
Of here in a--whoa!
Look at
These ants go!
Tim: the rain made
The nest cave in,
And they're repairing it
Like construction workers.
Right, tim.
That's
Their job.
They're
Builder ants.
Wow! Keesha, keesha,
We have got to do
This movie
About a builder ant.
Look at the action,
The drama, the excitement.
Yeah, but which
Builder ant, tim?
Well, just pick one.
The queen
Is the star.
Know why? Because
There is only one.
But--
Trust me on this.
I'm the director.
Remember?
To the queen!
This must be it, keesha.
Are you excited?
You bet, phoebe.
This movie is going to
Have everything--
Action, drama, excitement,
And most of all,
A real star.
Quick, quick.
Go in and bow to the queen.
Ask her who her agent is.
The queen is very import-ant.
Maybe so,
But where is she?
Ms. Frizzle:
Why, there she is,
He biggest one.
Oh. Isn't she wonderful?
That's the queen?
Kids:
That's the queen?
That's the queen.
But she's not doing
Anything.
My kind of job!
Of course she is.
She's doing a lot.
Isn't she, ms. Frizzle?
Absolutely, keesha.
The queen is the only
One who lays the eggs.
The queen laid an egg.
The end.
Not much of a movie,
Keesha.
Sure it is.
We start in close
On the queen,
Then we--
Then we pull back,
And we--and we--
No way, keesha.
This may be the queen,
But she's no star.
So what is it
About, keesha?
Nothing!
I give up!
Oh, great. It's still raining.
It figures.
[Beep beep]
No, thank you.
I'd rather walk.
I deserve to get wet.
Oh, bad. Oh, bad,
Bad, bad, bad, bad.
What made me think
I could direct a movie?
Now I've wrecked
The science fair
For everyone.
Keesha?
Too bad I'm such
A rotten director.
But you're not!
I am. I almost
Wiped out my whole class,
And there's
Still no movie,
No story, no star.
But what about
The queen?
What kind of star just
Sits there and lays eggs?
But if it weren't
For her eggs,
There wouldn't be
Any ants.
So, if it weren't for the ants
That brought her food,
There wouldn't
Be any queen.
Hmm. I see
What you mean.
And if it weren't for
The forager ants,
There wouldn't be food
For anybody.
And if it weren't
For the builder ants,
There wouldn't
Be a nest.
And if weren't
For the guard ants,
The nest
Would be att*cked.
Yeah. There isn't
Only one star.
More like
They all are.
Phoebe, that's it!
It's really
About all the ants.
All the ants
And how they
Work together.
Keesha,
You're right!
Of course I'm right.
I'm the director!
Come on!
Hey, where's
Everyone going?
We've got a movie
To make about ants.
Without a star?
Forget it.
I said ants,
Not ant.
There isn't one
Star in an anthill.
All the ants
Are stars.
Phoebe: yeah.
Every ant has a job to do
To keep the nest going.
Just like we each
Have a job to do
To make this movie.
Forget the movie.
Mudslide!
[Kids shouting]
Hey! What about
The ants?
As I always say,
Action!
Thanks, ms. Frizzle. Cut!
We've got to
Save the ants.
Kids: how?
The magnifying
Glass.
We'll block
The entrance.
Wanda, ralphie,
Carlos, phoebe,
Grab that end.
D.a., Arnold, tim,
Ms. Frizzle--
And lift.
[Cheering]
Keesha, it's great!
A survival movie.
Yeah. And we'll call it
"A river almost
Ran through it."
Finally, the nest
Was saved,
The rain stopped,
And the sun came out.
Kids: the end!
[Cheering and applause]
That was amazing!
How did you do it?
I didn't do a thing.
It was keesha's idea.
Yes, but I couldn't
Have done it
Without phoebe.
Phoebe: and I couldn't have
Done it without arnold.
And I couldn't have done it
Without dorothy ann.
And I couldn't
Have done it
Without carlos.
And I couldn't have
Done it without wanda.
Her part was
Truly signific-ant.
Get it? Ha ha ha!
Kids: carlos!
And I couldn't have
Done it without tim.
And I couldn't have
Done it without ralphie.
And I couldn't have
Done it without ms. Frizzle.
And I couldn't have
Done it without
The school bus.
[Beep beep]
But none of us could have done
It without the inspiration of...
The ants.
As I always say,
It's easy if you've
Got tal-ant.
Kids:
Oh, ms. Frizzle!
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!
Ok, liz, I promise
I'll let everyone know
How much work you did
On that movie.
[Telephone ringing]
Just let me
Take this call, ok?
Hello.
Girl: hi. You work on
The "magic school bus"
Show, right?
You bet.
I'm the producer.
Uh...one of them.
I know for a fact
That there are
Thousands of ants
In an ant colony,
But in your show,
I only counted .
Well, I guess you must be
An account-ant.
Ha ha ha! Get it?
Oh, boy. Now I know
Who's responsible
For all those
Terrible puns.
[Chuckling]
Well, actually,
You're right.
There are thousands of ants
In one colony,
But we couldn't afford
To hire that many extras.
And there are also
Thousands of different
Species of ants.
You only showed
One kind of ant.
Right again.
There are about ,
Different kinds of ants,
More than all the other
Social insects put together.
And you didn't
Say a thing
About the fact
That all the ants
We saw were female.
Yes, we feel quite
Repent-ant--ha--about that.
Ha ha ha!
Almost every ant
In the colony is female.
The only thing
The few males do
Is mate with the queen.
Anything else?
Yes. Ants use
Pheromones
For more than
Telling friend
From foe.
It's how they
Communicate
Where food is.
If the nest
Needs repairing,
They smell pheromones
Like we hear words.
You know, kid,
I have to say
You're pretty darn smart.
Actually,
I'm brilli-ant.
Ha ha! Gotcha!
[Click]
[Telephone ringing]
One more call,
And that's it, I promise.
Hello.
Magic school bus.
Woman: this is
The oscar awards
Committee
Returning
Your call.
Yes. I just had
A question about
The rules.
In the category of
Best camerawork,
Is it possible
To nominate a--
A lizard?
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]
01x12 - Gets Ants in its Pants
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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.