02x01 - Blows its Top

[bunniefuu]

[Beep beep]

Seat belts, everyone!

Please let this be a normal field trip.

With the frizz?

No way! No way!

♪ Cruisin' on down main street

♪ You're relaxed and feelin' good ♪

♪ 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 ♪

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Take that!

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♪ Raft a river of lava

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Whoa! Whoa!

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[Beep beep]

O.k., Hold this steady. Hey, d.a.,

Get your nose out of that book.

We need help with this thing.

Just a sec. Just a sec.

Dorothy ann: we've got to follow the instructions,

Or the whole thing is going to fall apart.

[Rumbling]

What? Whoa!

Wa-hoo!

Good morning, class.

Ms. Frizzle? Ms. Frizzle?

Wow, a humanoidus eruptus.

Huh? Whoa!

Whoa! Hey!

Oh, no!

Look out!

[Boing]

Oh, man.

Carlos, according to my research,

It looks to me

As if you need one more piece.

If you didn't spend so much time

Reading and researching,

You might actually do something.

And if you'd spent more time

Researching, you would have known

How to put this globe together.

Got you!

I'm afraid you can't put that globe together

Until you have all the pieces.

So...there is a piece missing.

I knew that.

Of course there is a piece missing--

An island so new,

It hasn't even been discovered yet.

How can there be a new island?

Everything's already here.

Yeah. The earth never changes...

Does it? Does it?

Actually, the earth is changing all the time,

Right under your very own feet.

It is? It is?

Bet I can find a new island in one of my books.

What's its name?

How can it have a name if it hasn't been discovered yet?

Yeah.

And besides, d.a., By the time

You find a clue in all these books,

We could discover this mystery island

And name it ourselves.

What a positively expl*sive proposition, carlos.

Let's shake a leg, if you get my drift.

Arnold: um, you're not suggesting

Another field trip,

Are you, ms. Frizzle? Whoa!

To the bus!

This is your captain speaking.

On behalf of my flight crew,

I want to welcome you aboard magic school bus airways.

Bus, do your stuff!

Here we go!

Whoa! Whoa!

Class, at our present speed,

The new island should be arriving...

A lot sooner than I thought.

The island should be arriving?

[Teeth chattering]

In accordance with federal regulations,

Let me remind you that this is a non-nail-biting flight.

Carlos: when we find the island,

What should we name it?

Let's see.

I now declare this island, which I alone have discovered,

To be carlos island.

Dorothy ann: forget it!

That's a silly name for an island.

What would you call it?

According to my research island?

That's too clunky. Wait a minute.

I've got a book of names in here.

You can't even think of a name

Without looking it up.

Let's see. We could call it paradise island.

No, too predictable.

Then there's always...

Shh! Shh! Shh!

Gilligan's island!

No, that's already taken.

Looks like our game is gonna get rained out,

Ms. Frizzle.

Don't head for the dugout yet, ralphie.

Those aren't rain clouds.

They are puffs of smoke and ash.

Which means we are exactly where we need to be.

Gee, look at that stuff.

[Sniffs]

It smells, too.

Don't look at me!

Huh? Huh?

Aah! Aah!

Our windows are covered with ashes.

[Cough cough]

Put your seats in an upright position, class,

And prepare for landing.

We can't land now!

We can't see where we're going!

Don't worry, arnold.

We won't be landing for another few minutes.

Oops! h* h*. Make that a few seconds.

Whoa! Whoa!

Whoa! Whoa!

Not to worry, class.

Hang ten, bus!

[Kids laughing]

Dorothy ann: like, wow! Tubular!

We could call it empirical island.

Hmm, not bad.

All ashore that's going ashore.

[Tweet]

[Groaning]

I don't see any shore, ms. Frizzle.

That's because we're a tad early, tim.

Huh? Huh?

As I always say, get out there and explore!

How does she do that?

Not easily, I expect.

Well, in the famous words of ms. Frizzle,

The early bird gets the island.

Watch it!

Yikes! Huh!

Wait! Oh, no! Oof!

My books!

Oh!

I've got you!

Come on, you weasely wimps!

Pull!

[Panting]

We have to go down there, ms. Frizzle.

I need my books to find that island.

Wouldn't it be easier to go to a bookstore?

Please, ms. Frizzle.

I'm nothing without my books.

Me, books. Books, me.

Class, prepare to dive.

[Tweet]

Coming, carlos?

Not me, ms. Frizzle. I'd rather

Find that island than d.a.'S books.

Suit yourself, carlos.

Anchors aweigh, mateys!

If you don't mind, ms. Frizzle,

I'd rather keep as much water between me

And the bottom of the ocean as possible.

A lofty idea, arnold.

Perhaps you could help carlos person

The life raft.

If you insist.

And while you two are personing, put these on.

Yes, liz?

Good idea, liz.

As a certified teaching lizard,

You're more than capable of handling

The mission. Carry on.

Huh? Huh?

Do your stuff, bus.

Whoa! Whoa!

Batten down the hatches!

[Gulps]

Don't be too long.

Come on, arnold.

Let's find that island before d.a. Comes back.

Don't you think we should wait here?

He who hesitates is lost.

Lost--that's the word that bothers me.

Come on, arnold.

Relax, will you?

Phoebe: I had no idea

There were mountains under the ocean.

Dorothy ann: if I had my books,

I could tell you all about underwater mountains.

Wanda: who needs books

When you have the real thing?

[Chattering]

[Gasp]

My bag! Ms. Frizzle, step on it!

You got it, d.a.

Going down.

Keesha: is this the ocean floor?

Wanda: wow!

Phoebe: cool!

Ms. Frizzle: bottoms up, everybody!

Whee! Whee!

Ha ha ha!

Now, where'd that book bag get to?

There it goes!

I'll get it!

Huh?

On second thought...

Move aside, ralphie. I've got to get my bag.

Ah, here it is!

Huh?

Aah!

Oh, no!

Holy jumping--

It's got my bag!

Oct--octo-- octop--octopus!

Close, but no ink, ralphie.

It's a squid, not an octopus.

A squid has 10 tentacles. An octopus only has 8.

Then how come they don't call them octocles?

Oh, good one, ralphie.

I don't care how many tentacles it's got!

It's got my books. Come back here!

[Rumbling]

Keesha: what's happening?

Kids: it's an earthquake!

Phoebe: we're in trouble!

Got it! Oh, my!

Oh, no! My source of knowledge is...gone!

I tell you,

Something's going on down there.

Maybe, but it can't be an island

Because an island isn't underwater. Is it?

[Sniffs]

Arnold!

It wasn't me!

Liz? Liz?

It's coming from those bubbles.

And there's d.a.'S book bag.

Great! See if there's a map back to school in it.

Get real, arnold.

We have a chance to make history.

Maybe there's something in here

That can tell us what's going on.

The bag fell this way. I saw it.

I'm sure I did.

Cheer up, dorothy ann.

There's more than one way to discover

An island.

I'm getting c-c-cold!

The deeper the water, the colder it gets, wanda.

Even the b-b-bus is cold.

If the water's so cold, how come

These funny-looking smokestacks are so hot?

Ha ha ha!

Good show, phoebe.

Ha ha ha! Aah!

Ha ha ha!

Something must be heating these things

From underneath.

Is that revelation

According to your research?

How could it be according to my research?

I don't have my research.

Bingo!

But if you keep asking questions,

You'll keep getting answers.

Huh?

Hey, d.a.,

Maybe your books sank down there!

Ralphie: I sure hope not.

That looks like a canyon in the bottom of the ocean.

In the immortal words

Of our very own ralphie,

"You can't hit a home run

Unless you swing the bat."

Back to the bus, team.

I wonder if carlos found the island yet.

Ms. Frizzle: before us?

Not on your pigtails, d.a.

"As the sea

Billowed around them,

"It seemed as if the entire earth

Was going to explode.

"Lars could feel the ocean floor

"Trembling beneath him.

He could almost smell

The crust melting."

What are you reading? A cookbook?

Listen to this. It says right here,

"The earth's surface is made up of

"Layered crust-like plates of rock.

"These plates normally move

"Incredibly slowly. But sometimes,

"One plate jams under another one.

"When the plate slips,

We can actually feel the earth move."

Carlos, you're starting to sound like dorothy ann.

I like to think of the world

As a toasted bowling ball with a crust.

And we are right here on the edge

Of 2 pieces of crust, like these.

And sometimes, one piece gets shoved under the other.

Oops.

Dorothy ann: you created an earthquake!

Ralphie: does that mean we're

Actually going down

Between those two pieces of crust?

We have to!

That's where my books must be.

But there's no space between them.

How can we get through?

Show them, bus! It's action time!

Wa-hoo!

This is terrific.

Speak for yourself, d.a.

Ms. Frizzle: hang on, everybody!

Phoebe: I'm being squished.

Wanda: it's getting hot in here.

Dorothy ann: these rocks around us are melting.

You bet they are, class.

Kids: we're melting!

It's so hot, the earth's crust is melting!

It's supposed to melt, keesha.

I mean, my goodness,

The deeper you go into the earth,

The hotter it gets. Whew!

Anyone know what melted rock is called?

Rock juice?

Magma.

It must be 2,000 degrees

Out there.

So there's melted rock deep under the ocean?

What's it all mean?

I think I know.

Heat under the ocean floor...

Plunging plates of crust...

Melted rock under a mountain...

[Gasp]

We're in an underwater volcano!

A volcano?

Underwater?

Boingo, dorothy ann.

And you figured it out

From your own observations.

Welcome to the magma chamber...

The heart of a volcano.

Ralphie: how do we get out of here?

Out of a volcano? How do you suppose?

"And then a giant fountain of steam

"Shot out of the water,

Followed by an expl*si*n of--"

Stop! I can't take it anymore!

You have turned into dorothy ann!

But, arnold, it's all here in this book--

The smell of gases, fountains of steam,

Explosions of lava.

Arnold, don't you understand?

According to my research,

We're floating

On top of an undersea volcano.

Yikes! I knew I should have stayed home today.

Wanda: the magma's rising!

Ralphie: we're going to get blown sky-high!

Wait a minute! Wait a minute!

Wait a minute!

Do we have that long?

When all this molten rock

Shoots up out of the volcano and hits the air,

It'll cool, right?

Oh, absolutely.

And when it cools,

It'll harden into rock, right? New rock!

Eventually.

So all that new rock will build up

On top of this underwater volcano

Until it sticks up out of the water

Enough to make a brand-new island!

Ha ha ha! Yes!

[Rumbling]

Wanda: oh, no! We stopped rising!

Keesha: something must be plugging up the volcano.

And the magma's squeezing us!

All we have to do to get out

Is give that rock up there a push.

We don't have to do anything.

Yes, we do, ralphie.

It's time to take chances, make mistakes!

Get melted.

Into your anti-magma gear,

Everyone.

According to this book,

A lot of stuff gets blown out of a volcano

When it erupts,

Like volcanic ash.

Volcanic ash?

Pumice and rocks.

Pumice and rocks?

And lava.

Lava?

Put them all together and you--

Get me out of here!

No, arnold, you get carlos island.

Dorothy ann: push! This is a chance of a lifetime!

Ralphie: the end of a lifetime, you mean.

Push, ralphie! Don't let

The pressure get to you!

Huh? My helmet is cracking. Hurry!

Dorothy ann: we can't budge it,

Ms. Frizzle! We need help!

Come on, bus, do your stuff.

It's working!

Play it again, bus!

Yeah! Ah-ha-hoo!

It's ready to blow!

[Kids moan]

Wa-hoo!

Carlos island is about to be born!

Too bad d.a. Is gonna miss it.

I'd give anything to miss it.

Is it over yet?

It's just beginning, arnold.

I can't believe it!

The volcano is making new rock.

It's actually making a new island.

D.a.'S really missing something.

Yee-ha!

Dorothy ann, where'd you come from?

Huh? D.a., You just missed

The coolest eruption you ever saw.

I didn't miss it. I was part of it!

Where's everybody else?

Whee! Whee!

Wow! What a ride!

Ha ha! I like being erupted.

But where's ms. Frizzle?

[Rumbling]

Heigh-h*, everyone!

Wa-hoo!

Nice landing, ms. Frizzle.

To carlos island.

Carlos island? You mean d.a. Island.

I discovered it, even without my books.

Arnold: but neither one of you

Landed there first. Look.

Liz? Liz?

Here's your book bag, d.a.

I never thought I'd say this.

But I was really glad to have it.

And I was really glad

I didn't have it for a change.

What an experience!

I think we should write

A book about it.

"Discovering lizard island" by d.a. And carlos.

You mean by carlos and d.a.

No, d.a. And carlos.

Carlos and d.a.

D.a. And carlos!

Carlos and d.a.!

As I always say,

Unlike the earth, some things never change.

Carlos and d.a.!

D.a. And carlos!

Carlos and d.a.!

Girl: 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"?

I want "the magic school bus."

All: I want "the magic school bus"!

Ahh! So, liz, how does it feel to have

Your very own island out here

In the middle of nowhere?

[Telephone rings]

Oh! I don't believe this!

I'm supposed to be on vacation.

Hello. "Magic school bus."

Producer speaking.

Girl: hello. I just saw

Your show on volcanoes.

And I've got to tell you, it was unbelievable!

I know, I know.

It takes a lot longer

Than a few minutes for a volcano to grow

From an undersea mountain to an island.

And it probably took thousands of years

For that mountain to get as big as it was.

Exactly, but, hey, we've only got

A half an hour to tell the story.

I got you. Ha ha!

And I totally bought the connection

Between the erupting volcano

And the making of an island.

Great. Then you know

That a volcano in the sea

Was just like a volcano on land.

No, but I do now.

There's no fire in a volcano, only heat,

So the water can't put it out, right?

You got it.

But not all volcanoes form

Where a plate gets pushed down into the crust.

They don't?

Uh-huh. Some volcanoes form where plates pull apart,

And others are just over hot spots in the crust.

Ok. So maybe you didn't believe

The part where the kids got

So close to the volcano.

Oh, come on! Ha ha! It's television.

We all know real kids don't go inside volcanoes

Or hang around on rafts when they're erupting.

No way.

Ha ha! I guess not.

So, what is it you found

So unbelievable?

That liz just so happened to have a flag on her

When she landed on the new island.

Ha ha! That is pretty unbelievable,

But don't forget,

Liz isn't your ordinary lizard.

♪ 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...

♪ 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 ♪