04x01 - Meets Molly Cule

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[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 ♪

♪ Next thing that you know, you're seein' ♪

♪ 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

♪ 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 ♪

♪ 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]

Woman on tape: ♪ so many micro mini molecules I see ♪

♪ A million zillion trillion

♪ 20 Million and 3

♪ And, babe, you know I love you ♪

Wanda, singing along: ♪ down to the very last bit

Hey, wanda!

♪ I said I love you

♪ Down to the very last bit

♪ Whoo, whoo, whooo

Wanda! Forget it, arnold.

You know how wanda gets during a molly cule song.

I know. I know. I just want to ask her one thing.

[Wanda humming]

Arnold: hello!

♪ Down to the very last bit ♪

Huh? Wanda!

I know you love molly cule

And she's performing in walkerville tonight,

But why does that mean we have to have a car wash?

Because that's how I'll get to meet molly.

She always has her car washed before a concert.

[Harmonica plays]

Children: ms. Frizzle?

Hello, class.

Ready to swish and dab,

Swipe and wipe,

Take chances, meet molly,

And clean something messy?

[Cheering]

Climb aboard, class.

Dorothy ann: wanda! Look at these car washes.

They're incredible.

Yeah, too incredible.

What if molly doesn't notice ours?

Ms. Frizzle: oh, but she will.

Children: way to go, bus!

[Gasp]

Here she comes!

Wanda: I've waited all my life for this moment.

Let's start cleaning.

Nope...uh-uh...no way.

Hmm, now, that's my kind of car wash.

[Gasp]

She's stopping!

Val gal! Is that you?

All: huh? Val gal?

Good golly, miss molly!

It's been a long time.

I get the blues just thinking about it.

[Laughing]

Class, meet molly.

She toured with me in my band.

She toured with you? In your band?

That's right.

I was one of the original frizzlettes.

Well, wanda here is your biggest fan.

Aren't you, wanda?

That's right, miss cule. I just love your music.

I know all your songs, and i...

I think you're the greatest.

Why, thanks a heap, gumdrop.

That's really sweet.

[Music playing]

Uh-oh, I'm late!

And my concert starts in one hour.

Ew, and my car's still a mess.

And you know how I love my car to be clean.

Please let us clean it. Please. Please!

We'll clean it...

♪ Down to the very last bit ♪

That's music to my ears.

The job's yours.

Yay! Yay!

Oh, but there's just one little thing, sweetie.

Whatever you do, do not get my hood ornament wet.

As you can see, it's a crystal.

Wow!

And my new song is dedicated to it,

So I need it for my show.

What is it made of, miss cule?

That's my little secret, sugar.

[Gasp]

Is it just me,

Or did one of the hottest music stars around

Just call you sugar?

I'm counting on you kids to make it clean with a sheen, right, val gal?

Consider it done, moll.

Molly: well, it's time to find the rest of the band.

Be back in a few.

♪ Clean, clean clean, clean, yeah ♪

♪ Clean, clean, clean

♪ That's all I've got to say ♪

♪ Those molecules of grime and dirt ♪

♪ Let's wash 'em all away

♪ Clean, clean, clean ♪

♪ Clean, clean, clean

♪ Let's clean it

♪ Come on, clean it, make it shine ♪

♪ Gotta clean it

♪ If you want to ride in my car ♪

♪ Well, baby, get in line

♪ Clean, clean, clean

Not clean, not clean, not clean.

Hmm, you can say that again.

Not clean!

I keep wetting the tires down, but nothing happens.

Where's the soap?

Soap?

I didn't use any.

Don't you listen

To mr. Soapy commercials, ralphie?

♪ You need water and soap to lift the dirt away ♪

Ok, slip me some soap.

Slipping you some soap, ralphie.

Wheee!

Check it out! The soap makes suds.

And when you add water...

All the dirt slips away.

Oh, a spotless discovery, ralphie.

It's the slipperiness of the soap that lets suds clean duds.

Arnold: then pass me a ton of suds,

'Cause there's tar all over this hood.

Wanda: we got to get it off!

Molly hates tar!

♪ Oh, don't you know ♪

♪ That I want you to go ♪

♪ But you're sticking to me ♪

♪ Like tar

That ought to do it.

I pronounce this car clean, clean, clean!

Down to the very last bit?

[Gulp]

I think so, miss cule.

As my old pal val gal would say...

♪ Sometimes to see it all ♪

♪ You've got to see it small ♪

Oh, why, molly,

You still have the mega-magnifier I gave you.

Good...

Good...

[Gasp]

Not good!

There's still a speck of tar on my car!

[Gasp]

There is?!

Listen, sweets, since you're new at this,

I'll give you another chance.

But the concert starts in half an hour,

And I need my car by then.

Right. No problem.

Got to go do a sound check.

Later, val gal.

I don't see any tar!

If molly says there's tar, there's tar!

♪ Sometimes to see it all ♪

♪ You gotta get quite small ♪

To the bus!

We can't go on a field trip now!

What if molly comes back and we're not here?

Good thinking, arnold.

You stay here and stall her.

Me! Why me?

Because she's sweet on you, sugar.

Don't worry, arnold, we won't be far away.

You'll hear us, and we'll hear you. Right, liz?

But--

Boogie on down, bus,

To the very last bit.

I don't see any tar!

We have to get smaller.

Do you see the tar now, wanda?

Not yet.

Whoa! We're so small,

The threads in that rag look like trees!

We need to get smaller. We still can't see any tar.

Ms. Frizzle: then hyper-hyper-small it is.

Wa-ha-hooo!

Where did they go?

I don't know, liz, the bus has never been this small.

Where are you guys?

Ralphie: wow!

It looks like we're in tile land.

Ms. Frizzle: oh, these aren't tiles, ralphie.

It's the paint on molly's car.

Wanda: no way!

These things don't look like the paint on molly's car.

They're all hard, red pieces.

That's because when you shrink really, really small

And see paint really, really close,

It is in pieces.

But we've been tiny before,

And things never looked like this.

Maybe we've never been quite this small.

How much did we shrink?

According to the shrinkerscope,

We shrank down one millionth our normal size.

That's small!

Wanda: so...

When you shrink about as small as you can shrink

And get down to the very last bit,

You can see that everything is made up of tiny little bits.

Amazing, isn't it?

And the little bits are called...

Molecules.

Then molecules must be like building blocks!

Each one by itself is too small

To look like what you're building.

But put them together,

And there it is!

A smashing discovery, don't you think?

And everything in the world is made up of molecules.

Well, if everything is made up of molecules,

Wouldn't the tar be made up of molecules, too?

Right on target, phoebe.

Wanda: hey, look over there!

Is that tar?

Here they are. Cool!

Hold it! These can't be tar molecules.

If you could lift them this easily,

Tar wouldn't stick to things and be so hard to clean off.

Keesha's right.

These molecules are long and limp.

Tar isn't limp.

If this isn't tar, then what is it?

Long? Limp? Loose?

I know! Maybe these are molecules from that rag I left on the car.

Ms. Frizzle: cunningly concluded, keesha!

It's the properties of the molecules that make things what they are,

Be they rag or bag.

So if tar molecules make tar what it is,

Then the molecules we're looking for

Should be dark and sticky.

Yeah!

Tar molecules, dead ahead!

They found the tar!

Wanda: come on, guys, let's pick up those molecules.

Careful, liz, you might step on somebody.

Molly: step on who, sugar?

Molly!

Where is everybody?

You kids are supposed to be cleaning up that tar.

We're just taking a small break.

Yeah, that's it.

It better be small. We're running out of time.

I'm sure they won't be much longer, miss cule.

I read you, sugar.

Now, I'm headed back to my hotel to get ready.

Then I'll be back for my car,

And I expect it to be clean, clean, clean. Hear me?

Yes, ma'am.

Come on, you guys. Get rid of that tar!

Keesha: we hear you, arnold.

Wanda: come on, guys, pull!

[Groaning]

We're pulling!

But these tar molecules are really stuck.

Yuck! Where's mr. Soapy when you need him?

Wanda: that's it, d.a.

♪ You need water and soap ♪

♪ To lift the dirt away ♪

Hey, if it works in the big world, why not here?

Sounds like a plan.

But where do we get soap and water now?

Well, we just used soap and water to wash this car.

Maybe there's still some around.

Where are we gonna find it?

Ms. Frizzle: all aboard!

Hey! Where are you guys going?

Wanda: where no kid has gone before, arnold.

Well, hurry up. Molly could be back any minute.

Ralphie: molecules on the left!

Dorothy ann: molecules on the right!

Wanda: but are they soap and are they water?

Ms. Frizzle: why guess when you can make a mess.

Bail out!

Whoa! These molecules are splashy!

Keesha: and hard to hold on to.

Then these must be water molecules.

And how about these molecules over here?

Whoaaa!

Dorothy ann: I'd say these yellow things are soap molecules!

Soap acts just like they do.

Slippery!

Look at how the soap molecules latch on to the water molecules.

But how will we carry them all the way back to the tar?

[Whistles]

Maybe the bus can lend a hand.

A big one.

Dorothy ann: let's clean some tar!

Whatever you do, just do it now!

Wanda: ok, bus, spill your stuff.

Keesha: wow! The soap molecules

Are grabbing on to the tar molecules.

Phoebe: awesome!

They're peeling the tar right off the car.

It's just like the commercial says.

Soap and water really do lift the dirt away.

And it's the action of the molecules that make it happen.

Man, talk about action.

How's that for a grabber?

Wanda: now what? We don't have any water left.

Oh, not a problem, wanda.

Who needs water when you've got a major collection

Of cotton cellulose fibers?

Wanda: huh? A rag.

But aren't we a little too small to drag that thing

All the way over here?

Well, we're not all small.

Oh, arnold?

Can you hear me, arnold?

Loud and clear, ms. Frizzle.

What's happening?

I heard you say something about a rag.

Wanda: it's on the hood. See it?

We see it.

Wanda: could you please give the hood a little wipe?

If you say so. Ready or not...

Here it comes.

Watch out!

Wanda: run!

Did it work?

Wanda: perfect, arnold. The tar's all gone.

I now declare this car clean down to the very last bit

And ready for molly.

Ms. Frizzle: all aboard, class. We're moving out.

We did it! Every last bit of the tar is gone!

[Children cheering]

Thanks to you, arn,

That rag came down, and before we knew it,

The soap and water and tar molecules were history!

No!

[Wanda gasps]

Where's molly's crystal hood ornament?

Oh, no! It disappeared!

Tim: are you sure you saw the ornament go in the bucket?

Both: yes!

Then where is it?

Ms. Frizzle: well, as my sweet aunt confection says,

When things disappear in water,

There must be a solution.

Do you think molly's ornament could have dissolved in the water?

But how could it?

What was it made of?

Wait a minute!

What is it made of, miss cule?

That's my little secret, sugar.

Wanda: what? What?!

Arnold: it's made of sugar!

Of course!

Molly even dedicated her song to it.

♪ I love you, sugar

♪ Down to the very last bit ♪

Yum!

The sugar's here, all right.

We'll have to find another sugar crystal

To replace molly's ornament.

We don't have time.

Wait, wait, wait.

Since all the sugar molecules are in there,

Why don't we put them back together

Into the crystal they came from?

You mean rebuild it?

But how?

We'll just get small again and go in there

And round up the sugar molecules.

A honey of an idea, wanda.

In fact, it's delicious.

To the sweetest bus in town!

Arnold: hey, not again!

Keep molly busy!

Wanda: and don't drop the bucket!

Wanda: look at those long, skinny guys.

Keesha: they're sugar molecules, all right.

This bucket's full of sugar molecules!

Look at them all!

Please hurry!

Molly: oh, I will!

[Gasp]

'Cause if I don't drive onstage soon,

My fans will disappear faster than sugar in water.

Er, uh, hi. We, uh, just need one more little minute.

Oh, no, you don't, sugar pie.

Yeah! That nasty tar is gone, gone, gone.

So, it's time for me to rock and roll.

Thanks, sugar. What do I owe you?

Oh, look!

You smudged the handle!

Wanda: if only there was some way

To get rid of these water molecules.

Hmm, how about saturation separation

Via vehicular intervention?

All: huh?

Ms. Frizzle: one water ridder gripper coming right up.

Wanda: cool! The bus is getting rid of the water.

Start stacking!

That's fine, sugar, but now I got to go!

I can't even wait for my pal val gal

And the other kids to get back.

I take it my crystal hood ornament's all right.

It's, uh, fine!

Wait! You can't take that guitar onstage!

I can't? Why not?

Uh, it's filthy.

[Wanda panting]

We've got 20 sugar molecules piled up.

[Tim panting]

And only a million quadrillion to go.

Keesha: wait a minute!

It looks like the sugar molecules are starting to stack by themselves.

Oh, they are indeed, keesha.

They're crystallizing,

Forming a crystal.

It's the big rock candy mountain.

Carlos: I guess sugar molecules stack themselves together

When there's nothing in the way to stop them. Who knew?

Wanda: then let's get out of the way

And let this crystal make my day.

How's that?

Whoa! I've never had a guitar so shiny.

Now I've really got to go.

No! I mean, just one more spot.

Arnold, sweetie, you're gonna polish

The strings clean off of that thing.

Ms. Frizzle: molly! You still here?

Don't you have places to go and concerts to give?

You know I do, val gal,

But arnie here was just doing a little extra detailing.

Right, sugar?

Wanda: so, miss cule, what do you think?

Why, wanda, my car looks fantastic!

Better than ever.

And you did it all without hurting

My beautiful crystal one little bit.

Anytime! Anytime! That's us!

It's show time!

[Crowd cheering]

Hey, all you sweet things out there,

This song is dedicated to ms. Frizzle's class.

It's called down to the very last bit,

And I'd like to perform this song with a little help from my friends.

♪ Well, I can see my eyes

♪ Are acting like a pair of crazy fools ♪

♪ 'Cause when I look at you

♪ I see a bunch of molecules

♪ Yeah

♪ So many micro mini molecules I see ♪

♪ A million zillion trillion ♪

♪ 20 Billion and 3

♪ And, babe, you know I love you ♪

♪ Down to the very last bit

♪ Well, there are molecules

♪ Inside a teeny, tiny grain of rice ♪

♪ Grain of rice

♪ A hundred billion eighty million seven thousand nine ♪

♪ To be precise

You go, girl!

♪ They're in the mighty ocean

♪ And the air we breathe

♪ I've got a couple trillion of them up my sleeve ♪

♪ And, babe, you know I love you ♪

♪ Down to the very last bit

♪ Down, down to the very last bit ♪

♪ Down, down to the very last bit ♪

♪ I'm going down

♪ Down, down to the very last bit ♪

♪ I'm going down, down, down, down ♪

♪ Well, they're the itty-bitty teeny-teeny-tiny ♪

♪ Building blocks of life

♪ Blocks of life

♪ And you can find 'em in a dog or a cat ♪

♪ Or a fork or a knife

♪ Oh, yeah

♪ It's really hard to see 'em ♪

♪ But for what it's worth

Ms. Frizzle: ♪ they're everything that's on or off ♪

♪ The planet earth

♪ And, babe, you know I love you ♪

♪ Down to the very

♪ Babe, you know I love you ♪

♪ Down to the very

♪ Babe, you know I love you ♪

♪ Down to the very last bit, yeah! ♪

Hooray for molly cule! And for molecules.

Is this the magic school bus?

Is this the magic school bus?

Is this the magic school bus?

Is this the magic school bus?

Magic school bus?

Magic school bus?

Magic school bus?

I want the magic school bus!

♪ Woo

♪ Water is formed from molecules ♪

♪ Sugar forms crystals as a rule ♪

♪ There's also sugar in water, you'll see ♪

♪ They blend together like you and me ♪

♪ Whoa, yeah, uh-huh

[Telephone rings]

Shh!

♪ Whoa, yeah, uh-huh

Hello. Molly's school bus.

I mean, "magic school bus."

Girl: hi. I have a little bitty question about the molecule show.

Well, I'm listening to the concert.

Can you call back when it's over?

I'll be quick. But--

No buts about it.

No real bits either.

Your show is wrong, wrong, wrong.

What do you mean?

You said you get down to this very last bit,

And that it's molecules.

But molecules aren't the smallest bits there are.

Atoms are smaller.

Molecules are made up of atoms.

That's exactly right.

Atoms are smaller than molecules,

And molecules are made up of atoms,

But molecules are the smallest bits

That give things their basic properties.

You mean the way water molecules flow and pour?

Yep. And soap molecules make soap slip and slide around in the water.

So I think molecules give us characteristics,

It's personality.

Correct.

Molecules are cool.

They totally rule. Bye.

[Telephone rings]

"Magic school bus."

Is everything in the whole world really made of molecules?

Yes, everything is made of molecules and atoms--

Your shoes, your friends, your toothpaste,

Your...popcorn.

Thanks for calling.

Good-bye.

♪ The building blocks of everything on earth ♪

♪ A molecule is a little bit of the universe ♪

[Beep beep]

♪ Surfin' on a sound wave

♪ Swingin' through the stars

♪ Take a left at your intestine ♪

♪ Take your second right past mars ♪

♪ Step inside, it's a wilder ride! ♪

♪ Come on

♪ Ride on the magic school bus

[Beep beep]