[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]
I'm telling you,
Something's missing.
But, tim, when it comes
To deserts,
We've got everything
Under the sun.
Sorry, d.a.
It just doesn't
Say desert yet.
Are you kidding?
It screams "desert."
We've got sand.
We've got gravel.
We've got desert plants,
Like cacti,
Creosote bushes, ocotillo.
We've got the desert's
Harsh conditions--
Hot, blazing sun,
Dry, blinding dust storms.
Tim's right.
There's something
Missing.
♪ Them bones, them bones,
Them dry bones ♪
♪ Them bones, them bones,
Them dry bones ♪
♪ Them bones, them bones,
Them dry bones ♪
As I always say,
Arnold,
It never hurts
To be prepared.
That's funny, ms. Frizzle,
That's exactly
What I was thinking.
I know! I know!
Desert animals!
That's
What's missing.
Ms. Frizzle, our diorama
Will never be complete
Without desert animals.
Dynamic deduction, phoebe.
Huh?
These should do for now.
Now? It's later
I'm worried about.
Thank you,
Ms. Frizzle.
Here you go, little guy.
According to my research,
That's a kangaroo rat.
And that's
A gila monster.
Isn't it cute?
[Carlos]
Only phoebe
Would think
A gila monster
Is cute.
And there's more--
Tortoise,
Beetle, scorpion,
Jack rabbit, roadrunner.
Whoa! Liz,
What's up with you?
And do you know
What this is?
A baby coyote.
Ha ha ha!
Phoebe, are you sure
All these animals
Live in the desert?
Think about it.
The desert
Is really hot.
The sun beats down
All day long--
b*at, b*at, b*at--
And there's nowhere
For the animals to go
To escape
The heat, heat, heat.
Not only is it hot,
But there's hardly
Any food in the desert,
So, any animal
That shows its face
Gets eaten
By a bigger one.
Grr!
Huh? Stop!
And that's not all.
It isn't?
The worst part--
There's almost no water
In the desert.
[Gasp]
No water?
Uh-huh. No shelter,
No food, no water.
In no time at all,
All your cute little animals
Are buzzard bait.
[Gasp]
Scarcity is the name
Of the game, pheebs--
Scarcity.
He's right, phoebe.
There's not much food,
Water, or shelter
In the desert.
We've got to do
Something.
Yeah!
What can we do?
What can we do?
What can we do?
Well,
At my old school,
We'd take a stand,
Form a
Committee.
Go on
A field trip?
Arnold, are you serious?
He's right.
Sads
To the rescue!
Sads?
Sads?
Sads?
Students against
Desert scarcity.
To the desert!
Ms. Frizzle?
Yes, arnold?
For once, I'm prepared--
Regulation desert gear,
As outlined in chapter seven
Of my new field trip
Survival guide.
Ms. Frizzle, do your worst.
I'll do my best,
Arnold.
Well, are you guys coming?
Or do I have to save
These desert animals
All by myself?
To the bus!
Follow that phoebe!
Yay!
Yay!
Yay!
[Beep beep]
[Ralphie]
Hey, arnold,
So, what do you have
In that knapsack,
Anyway?
Oh, a little sunblock,
Snake-bite kit,
A few dozen
Malloblasters.
What,
No football?
Carlos, we are not going
To the desert to have fun.
We're not?
The desert is
Full of surprises,
Phoebe.
And this bus is so slow.
Can't we go any faster,
Ms. Frizzle?
Every second we waste
Means those poor little animals
Are out there suffering.
Well, that's one way
Of looking at it,
Phoebe.
Ok, bus,
Do your stuff!
Wahoo!
Whoa!
Whoa!
Whoa!
Yay!
Yay!
Yay!
♪ She'll be coming around
The mountain when she comes ♪
♪ When she comes ♪
Are we there yet?
Chill, phoebe.
We only just took off.
We're flying
Over mountains.
Didn't you say students
Against desert scarcity?
Yeah, and the mountains
Have plenty of shelter,
Food, and water.
Ms. Frizzle,
We must be going
The wrong way!
Wrong way? Why, phoebe,
If it weren't
For these mountains,
There wouldn't even
Be a desert.
What do mountains
Have to do with the desert?
Haven't you guys
Ever heard
Of a rain shadow?
No.
No.
Some deserts are made by what's
Called the rain-shadow effect.
When warm, moist air
Rises over the mountains,
Its water vapor
Condenses into rain or snow.
The mountains
Catch all the moisture,
So, the air reaching
The other side is dry
As a desert.
Look out below!
It's not fair.
Why should the mountains
Get all the water?
If you keep asking
Questions, phoebe,
You'll find an answer.
Oh, and there's the perfect
Parking spot. Hold on tight!
Huh?
Whoa!
Whoa!
"Field trip tip
Number :
"In the event
Of a rapid loss
Of altitude,
You may want
To put on a parachute."
Liz, my parachute.
That's
Not a parachute!
That's a pair of shoes!
[Wanda]
Look at this place!
Whew! The thermal probe
Reads degrees
Fahrenheit.
That's hot!
How can anything
Live here?
[Squawk]
Um, is it just me,
Or does this look like
The final field trip?
Come along, class!
We're here to experience
The desert,
Take chances,
Make mistakes,
And get dusty.
"Field trip tip number :
Not a problem."
Come on, you guys!
Students against
Desert scarcity,
Remember?
We've got work to do!
Desert scarcity?
What about
Dessert scarcity?
I'm hungry!
Hey, arnold,
Where are those
Malloblasters?
I'm afraid
They've melted.
How can
You even think
About eating
When all those
Poor little
Animals
Are suffering
From hunger?
The only poor little animals
I see are us.
There's one!
[Ms. Frizzle]
Why, that's
A collared lizard!
And that's
A funny-looking bird.
That, keesha, is
A fine example
Of a hungry
Roadrunner
Chasing a--mmm--
Delicious
Lizard to eat.
Come on! We have to
Protect that lizard!
Huh?
Huh?
At my old school,
Lizards never ran
On their hind legs.
Quick, everyone,
Back in the bus!
Phoebe,
What are we doing?
How would you
Like to be
A lizard
Being chased
By a hungry
Roadrunner?
Ooh, a situation
Worth exploration, phoebe.
[Carlos]
Wow! Cool!
We're a gila
Monster!
[Squawk]
As I always say,
When the going
Gets hungry,
The hungry
Get going.
[Wanda]
Bad. Oh, bad.
Oh, bad, bad, bad.
And getting worse--
It's gaining on us!
I hate field trips
Where we get eaten!
Aah!
Aah!
Aah!
Aah!
Aah!
Aah!
[Tim]
Any minute now,
We're gonna know
What it's like
To be eaten!
"Field trip tip
Number :
To avoid being eaten,
Become inedible."
What does that mean?
[Ms. Frizzle]
Class, do I hear a suggestion
To avoid digestion?
[Dorothy ann]
According to my research,
Arnold,
It means we ought
To become something
That's not
Very appetizing.
Whoa!
Whoa!
Whoa!
On the button, d.a.!
One inedible horned lizard
Coming up.
Whew! Close one!
Well, firsthand
Experience tells us
Roadrunners don't like
Lizards with spikes.
Would you?
So, the little animals
Here have special ways
To avoid getting eaten,
Like running fast
Or being prickly.
Phoebe,
That's right.
Which means they
Don't need
Your help, pheebs.
Are you sure
About that?
Life is tough
In the desert.
Don't we know it.
It's too hot to
Chase after animals.
Or to be chased.
Whew! I'm burning up!
Exactly, and somewhere
Out there is a poor
Little animal
Which is burning up, too.
Now, come on. We've got to
Find it and help it!
Stop the bus...please.
[Ms. Frizzle]
Everybody out!
Not again!
Single file,
Class.
[Caw caw]
I'm hot!
I'm tired!
I'm hungry!
I'm prepared!
Phoebe, we've
Been looking
And looking,
And we haven't
Found any more
Animals.
None, phoebe,
And I'm burning up!
Me, too.
You're hot?
What about
That poor little
Jackrabbit?
See? It's sitting there
With the sun b*ating down
On its head,
And it's wearing
A fur coat.
"Field trip tip
Number :
"When the sun
Is b*ating down
On your head,
Put on a hat."
Got that covered.
Thanks, arnold.
Hey!
Here, little jackrabbit,
This will keep you
From getting too hot--
A nice hat
To shade your--
Phoebe!
Arnold! Now, how
Will that jackrabbit
Keep cool?
Well...
Ear-conditioning,
Phoebe.
Ear-
Conditioning--
Good one,
Ms. Frizzle.
Why, thank you, carlos.
Carlos,
How can you joke
At a time like this?
According to my research,
It's not a joke, phoebe.
You know how a car radiator
Cools off hot water
From the engine?
Some desert animals
Have big ears which
Do the same thing.
When their warm blood
Moves through their big ears,
It gets cooled off
In the same way.
Stay cool!
Come on, pheebs,
Just admit it.
The lizards
Don't need your help,
And neither do
The jackrabbits.
Ok, so, the jackrabbit
Has a way of keeping
Itself cool,
But what about that?
That is a desert tortoise.
Hmm! You don't usually see them
Out in the heat like this.
See? An animal in need!
Come on!
We've got to help it!
We...we do?
Carlos!
Don't be so selfish.
How would you
Like to be
A tortoise roasting
In the hot desert
Sun?
I wish you
Hadn't said that.
As I always say,
There's more than one way
To b*at the heat.
Oh, no!
Oh, no!
[Ms. Frizzle]
So, this is what it's like
To be a desert tortoise.
[Tim]
Where are we?
In a tortoise burrow,
An underground shelter.
It's a lot cooler
Down here.
Ahh. Good observation,
Keesha.
Yes, another animal
That can keep cool
Without your help,
Pheebolino.
But, carlos,
I just thought
Of something.
Maybe the reason
We didn't see
Any animals
Is because they
All b*rned up
Before we got here!
I knew it.
We're too late.
Whoa!
What's happening?
Oh, class, the bus is
Now on a*t*matic turtle.
[Dorothy ann]
We're being pushed
By another desert tortoise.
[Howling]
[Screeching]
Are we still
In the desert?
Wow! What happened?
[Phoebe]
The sun went down,
And the desert
Has totally changed.
Oh, carlos, look!
How sweet.
, , , .
Hey! We weren't
Too late.
The reason
We didn't see
Any animals
Is because they
Were just waiting
For the sun
To go down.
Degrees fahrenheit.
You don't have
Any sweaters
In that knapsack,
Do you, arnold?
Once the sun
Goes down,
The air
Cools off.
"Field trip tip
Number :
"To b*at the heat,
Do like most desert animals:
Come out only at night."
There you have it,
Phoebe--
Another way
Desert animals
Help themselves.
It's ok, phoebe.
There's nothing wrong
With being wrong.
As I always say,
"Make mistakes.
Make mistakes.
Make mistakes."
It's the best way
To learn something.
But let's face it.
Students against
Desert scarcity
Is a bust.
Ok, carlos, ok.
You don't have to rub it in.
I might have made a mistake
About that lizard,
And I might have made
A mistake about
That jackrabbit,
And I even might have made
A mistake about the tortoise,
But there's one thing
I know I'm not wrong about.
How much you wished
You'd stayed home today?
No, how much everything
In the desert
Needs water.
You're
Telling me!
Thanks, ralphie.
Phoebe!
Well, if no one's
Gonna help me give water
To all these
Poor little animals,
I'll just do it myself.
Phoebe,
Where are you going?
I said I was gonna give
These poor animals water,
And I'm going to--
Phoebe,
I know this may
Sound crazy,
But hear me out.
Ok, carlos,
I'm listening.
These animals
Didn't need
Your protection
From being eaten
Or from burning up
In the sun, right?
Right.
They can cope,
Right?
Right.
Well, maybe they don't need
Your water, either.
Carlos! How can you
Say that?
You know
There's no water
In the desert.
You said so
Yourself--
Rain shadow,
Remember?
But look at them.
They couldn't live
Without water,
And they are
Definitely alive.
They must get it
Somehow.
Ok, then.
If you're so smart,
Tell me how.
Come on, carlos.
Take chances.
Get messy.
Make mistakes.
I...i don't know.
Exactly.
Maybe people like me
Come out here
And give these
Animals water.
Maybe people like me
Keep
These animals alive.
Hey! At least save the water
For the animals.
What are you
Talking about?
Didn't you just splash me?
Is that rain?
[Boom]
Everyone back on the bus.
Rain?
In the desert?
It doesn't rain
Here very often,
Class, but...
As I always say,
"Not very often
Is a long way
From never."
And the desert
Is a long way
From needing
My water.
And we're a long way
From the bus.
Come on, phoebe!
Doesn't it
Feel great?
Now we're talking
Water!
It's amazing.
We went
From absolutely
No water to...
Flood!
Flood!
[Snoring]
Good morning, class.
Everything's
Right as rain.
Huh?
Where are we?
What happened
To the desert?
Is this a dream?
No, phoebe.
It's the desert
After a rainstorm.
[Wanda]
Everything's changed!
There's so much activity!
[Dorothy ann]
What happened to
All the scarcity?
Look at
All the plants
And animals.
Desert life
Never ceases
To amaze me.
Do you see
What I see?
Flower power.
It's as if they were
Waiting for enough water
To bloom.
There are shrimp
In this puddle.
Shrimp
In the desert?
Uh-huh.
And pigs, too. Look!
Actually,
That's a peccary,
A desert relative
Of pigs.
[Keesha]
And that cactus
Is full of water.
According to
My observations,
This piece of cactus
Is juicy on the inside
And waxy
On the outside.
Hey! Maybe
That waxy stuff
Keeps the water in.
As I always say,
"When it pours,
The desert stores."
You know, phoebe,
You were right.
The desert does need water,
And the animals
Need protection
From being eaten
And from the heat.
Yeah, but, carlos,
You were right, too.
They don't need us
To help them.
They're
Already equipped
To live here.
That's right,
Phoebe.
Everything
That lives here
Has adaptations to
Help cope with life
In the desert.
Come along, class.
Back to the bus.
You mean
Soaking up water
As quickly as possible
Is an adaptation?
Absolutely correct.
And having spikes
Is an adaptation...
That helps keep you
Off the menu.
And burrowing
Under the sand...
And having big ears
Is an adaptation
For b*ating
The heat.
Yes! All things
That live here
Have adaptations
For survival.
Oh, it makes so much sense,
Doesn't it?
"Field trip tip
Number :
"For those without
Desert adaptations,
Always travel with a teacher
With frizzy red hair."
Hmm...
Hmm...
Well, I have to say,
Except for the part
Where we almost got eaten,
And the part where we
Almost b*rned up in the sun,
And the part where we
Almost drowned in a flood,
My field trip manual
Was really helpful.
So glad you enjoyed it,
Arnold.
Well, now that I know
That all these plants
And animals
Have adaptations
To help them cope with
Living in the desert,
That gives me some time
To save something else.
Phoebe, I don't
Think this--
I tell you,
We've got to do
Something!
Phoebe,
We just did something!
A whole bunch
Of somethings.
But this time,
It really is
An animal in need.
We'll call ourselves sash.
Sash?
Sash?
Sash?
Students assisting
Sleepyheads.
Carlos!
Carlos!
[Snoring]
He obviously has
No adaptations
To cope with
Desert field trips.
According to
My research, phoebe,
Hibernation
Is an adaptation.
[Laughter]
As I always say,
"If you can't take the heat,
Whoo, get out of the desert."
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.
I want
The magic school bus.
[Telephone rings]
[Ring]
Are you sure the producer
Wanted this big cactus, liz?
[Ring]
[Ring]
I'd better go.
Me?
At my old school,
Kids never answered
The phone.
Hello?
[Boy] is this
"The magic school bus"?
Yes, but--
Good,
Because, you see,
I'm starting up a new group--
Save our
Kangaroo rats,
And I want phoebe
To be president.
You do?
I mean, that's nice
Of you to say,
But kangaroo rats
Don't need to be saved.
You mean, they have
Adaptations that make it
Possible for them
To live in the desert, too?
Right. For instance,
They may never take
A drink in
Their entire lives.
They can get all
The water they need
From the seeds and
Plants they eat.
Well, do they have
An adaptation
To help them cope
With the short nights?
Short nights?
Yeah.
Watching that show,
You'd think that nighttime
Lasted about seconds.
Oh, well, we were a
Little short on time...
Uh-huh.
But just a little.
We wanted to show
How desert animals
Come out at night.
It's an adaptation,
You know.
Ok. Speaking
Of adaptations,
I don't know of any plant
That grows from a seed
The instant it rains.
Look.
When you have a lot of
Information to cover
In a half an hour,
You don't have time
To wait for seeds to
Grow into plants,
But they do grow very
Quickly in the desert.
Did you want to see the
Desert in full bloom
After the rain, or not?
Of course I did,
And did you know
That cactus needles
Are really leaves?
Is that
An adaptation?
Yes.
Unlike leaves,
Needles don't lose
Any water,
And do you know
What else?
Not all deserts
Are hot.
Huh?
Even places that are
Very cold are called deserts
If they don't get
Enough rain.
Fascinating. Well,
Thanks for calling.
Wait.
One more question.
Do you actually
Know phoebe?
Yes. In fact--
Could you do me a favor?
Just tell her that I think
She's the greatest.
Good-bye.
Maybe I should answer
The phone more often.
[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 ♪
♪ Such a fine thing to do! ♪
♪ 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]
01x07 - All Dried Up
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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.