[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]
["William tell overture"
Playing]
Are you ready,
Carlos?
Almost.
[Honk clank squeak]
[Blaat clunk]
Um, carlos,
Was it supposed
To sound like that?
No way! I don't get it.
It looks incredible,
But it sounds...
Ploopy?
Exactly.
What did I do wrong?
[Latin music playing]
Wow!
She's amazing.
That's one way
To look at it.
♪ Good morning, class ♪
Kids: good morning,
Ms. Frizzle.
Dorothy ann, I take it
That that was your
New piece,
"Concerto for
Invented instrument."
Well, it was the concerto
Part, all right, but...
But the invented
Instrument was ploopy.
And there's almost
No time to fix it
Before the concert
At the sound museum
Tomorrow.
Yeah, and we've
Got a rehearsal
There this afternoon.
So, what's the
Problem, carlos?
Well, I have a great
Idea for a sound.
And I see
You're building
An impressive
Instrument to make
It. Marvelous!
That's the problem.
I can hear the sound
In my head, but i...
Ploopy.
Ploopy.
What am I
Going to do?
Well, if you keep asking
Questions, carlos,
You'll keep
Getting answers.
But there's no time
For questions,
Ms. Frizzle.
We're going to
Be late
For the rehearsal
At the sound museum.
And as we all know,
Those who are great
Are never late.
Come along, class--
To the bus.
We're going now?
But...but, ms. Frizzle!
Keesha: but what if
The sound of carlos'
Instrument stays...
[Clank blaat squeak]
Just like that?
Oh, our concerto
Will be ruined,
All the other
Schools
Will laugh at us,
And it'll be the end
Of the world
As we know it.
Other than that,
Nothing.
What else can I put on
This thing to get it to
Make a terrific sound?
Hmm...let's see...
Ok! There!
If I only had more time!
Hmm...more time.
Ok, bus,
Do your stuff.
Wa-hoo!
Kids: aah!
What's going on?
An award-winning
Performance, bus!
Hold on!
Whoa!
And now
For the grand finale.
[Toot]
Kids: what happened?
Ms. Frizzle:
Not to worry, class.
I'll just be a moment.
♪ Oh, dear, hmm hmm
Hmm hmm hmm hmm ♪
♪ Oh, dear, la da
La da da da ♪
Hmm hmm hmm.
Just as I thought--
Overheated.
Well, I believe
We'll be here
For quite a while.
We're going to miss
The dress rehearsal!
Now rest up.
You'll be fine.
All right!
Time to work
On my sound.
Ms. Frizzle, isn't there
Something we can do?
Well, now that you
Mention it...
[Kids groaning]
It's really quiet,
Isn't it?
There's hardly a sound.
Just us...
Desperate, alone...
[Gulp]
Vulnerable.
[Screech]
What was that?
It was me.
How was that,
Dorothy ann?
I want
My instrument
To have
The power of
A thunderstorm,
So I put an
Umbrella on it.
That sounded more
Like drizzle, carlos.
Oh. How about this?
I wanted it to have
The roar of a lion,
So I gave it a mane!
[Reeow hiss]
It's a kitten, carlos.
[Kids groaning]
[Thunder]
[Blaat ploop]
All: forget it, carlos!
It looks better
And better,
But it sounds
Worse and worse.
♪♪ ♪♪
What was that?
All right!
That's
A great sound!
But it wasn't me.
It came from there!
♪♪ ♪♪
Oh, isn't it
Mellifluous?
That's not exactly
The word I'd use for it.
Come on, arnold.
It's just a house.
You're not scared
Of a house, are you?
[Wolf howls]
Me, too.
What's wrong
With you, class?
Where's your spirit
Of adventure?
Take chances!
Make mistakes!
Get scared
Out of our wits.
Don't be such
A chicken, ralphie.
There must be
A phone in there.
We can call
A tow truck.
Come on!
[Caw]
[Screech]
What a weird place.
Kind of eerie,
Isn't it?
Get it--"earry"?
Ha ha!
Kids: carlos!
Whooo...
Aah!
Yikes! Ah!
All I've got
To say is,
If I meet anybody
I can see through,
I'm out of here.
Oh, whoa.
No need to be
Hasty, arnold.
[Ding-dong]
[Whap whap]
[Ding-dong]
That is some doorbell!
Oh, well, nobody home.
Let's go.
Good idea.
I'm with arnold.
But I need to know
What made that sound.
[Thunder]
Come on!
Oh, how nice!
Shall we?
Must we?
[Slam]
Kids: aah!
[Wolf howls]
[Owl hoots]
[Rattling]
Ralphie:
Open! Open! Open!
It's stuck!
What do we do now?
We say...
♪ Hello ♪
[Echoing]
♪ Hello ♪
Well, that sounds
Friendly enough.
Ugh!
What a place!
We've got
To phone for help.
Oh, good.
Here's a phone book.
[Ring]
What was that?
That was a tantalizing
Tintinnabulation.
Hmm...
All: no, don't!
[Ooo-waaaah]
A foghorn!
One of my favorites.
Such a big,
Deep sound.
Maybe one of these
Books was making
The sound I heard.
[Woman's scream]
That's it! I don't
Need to know how
This turns out.
I'm out of here!
Ralphie: uh!
[Man's laugh]
What kind of place
Is this?
I wonder who lives here.
Lived here,
Keesha.
Professor
Cornelia c. Contralto,
Eccentric and collector
Of sounds--
Born ,
Disappeared .
How do you know
That, ms. Frizzle?
Because after she
Vanished,
They turned her house--
This house--
Into the sound museum.
This is
The sound museum?
I knew it!
We missed
The rehearsal!
Where is
Everyone?
Gone for
The night, tim,
Which means
We have the whole
Place to ourselves.
Oh, boy!
Oh, boy.
Unh! Aah!
Professor contralto devoted
Her entire life to sound.
Huh? What happened
To her?
No one knows.
[Gulp]
I'll bet you
Anything
She's a ghost
Wandering
Around this house,
Seeking
The perfect sound...
Aah!
Aah!
Carlos: seeking
The perfect sound,
Just like me!
Well, carlos, you'll
Have plenty of time
To find it.
We're spending
The night.
The night? Here?
But our permission slips
Didn't say anything
About haunted houses.
Besides, there's
No place for us...
Aah!
Aah!
To sleep!
Ms. Frizzle:
Oh, why, look--
Student-sized beds
And a teacher-sized
Annex.
It's almost as if
Someone were...
Expecting us.
[Gulp]
[Gulp]
[Screech]
[Owl hoots]
Be sure to get
Lots of rest, class.
We have a concert
Tomorrow.
[Kids gasp]
Now maybe it will sound
Like a ghost.
[Plooop]
Carlos, that's
The ploopiest yet.
It's too late
Anyway.
You'll never
Find a sound now.
Cornelia,
If you're out there,
Will you help me make
This thing sound right?
[Thunder]
Uh, carlos,
Ms. Frizzle said
If you kept asking
Questions,
You'd keep getting answers.
Was that an answer?
♪♪ ♪♪
No, but that was!
Don't be silly.
It's just...
♪♪ ♪♪
Yikes!
Yikes!
A crazed ghost,
Bound forever
In the chains
Of eternal torment,
Coming to get us!
Carlos: listen!
It's...it's...
Yeah, yeah, terrifying.
We know.
No. It's the call
Of cornelia!
Carlos, where
Are you going?
I've got to find out
What's making
That sound.
Um...shouldn't somebody
Tell ms. Frizzle?
♪♪ ♪♪
Kids: yikes!
Listen.
It's getting louder.
And according
To my research,
If it's getting louder,
We're getting closer!
Is that
Good or bad?
Both: bad.
Woman: ♪ yodel-a-he-hoo ♪
What is that?
It's coming
From in there.
I'm going in!
Kids:
No, carlos! No!
[Monkeys screeching]
Kids: wow!
Incredible!
[Sea gulls cawing]
♪ Yodel-a-he-hoo ♪
This is one weird house.
[Echoing]
One weird house...
You mean your house
Doesn't have
A jungle,
An ocean, a city,
And an alpine wonderland?
Nah. The landlord
Wouldn't go along
With it.
Wanda: an echo!
Maybe it was
An echo we heard!
Yeah,
But who made it?
Aah!
Class,
Did I wake you?
Ms. Frizzle,
Was that you?
Yes. Nothing like
A good yodel before bed.
♪ Toodle-oodle-oo ♪
♪ Toodle-oodle-oo ♪
♪ Toodle-oodle-oo ♪
♪ Toodle-oodle-oo ♪
♪♪ ♪♪
Listen! There it is
Again--the call
Of cornelia!
How do we get
Out of here?
The only way is up.
Both: whoa!
Come along, class.
Two by two, please.
Ha ha ha!
Both: aah!
Aah!
[Boom]
♪♪
♪♪
Where are we?
Professor contralto
Built every room
In this house
To show different
Things about sound.
[Boom]
Ms. Frizzle:
Simply soniferous!
Hey! I've always wanted
To play a harp.
[Twang]
Look at that string
Moving back and forth.
That, class,
Is a vibration.
You can feel it.
[Twang]
Vi-b-br-a-a-tion.
Let's get the facts.
When the string
Stopped vibrating,
The sound stopped.
[Twang]
The vibration
Of the string.
That's what's
Making the sound!
Very good, carlos.
Sound is vibration.
Hear it! Feel it!
Are all sounds made
By something vibrating?
Oh, good question,
Carlos.
Come on, phoebe, let's
Try out that drum.
Whoa!
Whoa!
[Bong]
Th-th-there's your
A-a-answer, c-c-carlos!
So I've got to make
My instrument vibrate
To make my sound...but how?
As I always say,
Behind every
Successful sound
Is a vibration.
[Ding]
[Rumbling]
What's happening?
Now what?
Yeow!
Aah!
Can I look now?
Hey, it's showtime!
Why the glasses?
You heard sound.
You felt sound.
Now...
Whoa!
Carlos, what is it?
I can see sound!
Watch this!
[Clap]
Look at me!
[Twang]
Listen.
[Singing high]
♪ High dee high dee
High dee high ♪
[Singing low]
♪ Low dee low dee
Low dee low ♪
Hey! They're different!
Yeah.
When you sing...
♪ High dee high dee
High dee high ♪
Look. There are
Lots of vibrations
Close together.
But when you
Sing...
♪ Low dee low
Dee low ♪
There are
Fewer vibrations
Further apart.
Ah, excellent.
High sounds are made
By something
Vibrating fast...
[Tinkle tinkle tinkle]
And low, by something
Vibrating slow.
[Bong]
You know what?
These vibrations move
Kind of like
Ripples on a pond.
Ha ha ha!
The waves
Start in one place
And move out
In all directions.
If sound is a vibration
And it moves through
The air in waves
And different vibrations
Make different sounds...
[Bong]
Stop the vibration,
And you stop the sound.
I've got it!
It doesn't matter
How my instrument looks,
As long as it can vibrate.
D.a., I know
What to do!
I've got to get
My instrument.
It's gone!
[Wolf howls]
Where could it be?
There's an explanation,
Class.
The question is...
What is it?
First,
Carlos' instrument
Disappears.
Then, each of us,
One by one.
♪♪ ♪♪
Yaah!
Yaah!
There's
That sound again!
It's coming from in...
He-e-e-ere!
[Honk honk]
Oof!
Carlos,
Are you all right?
I'm fine. I'm just
In some sort of dungeon
Or something.
Well,
If they t*rture you,
Don't tell them
Anything!
I'll learn to be
A lawyer
And meet you
Back here when
We're grown up!
This way, arnold.
Wee-hah!
Ha ha ha!
Ha ha ha!
Coming, arnold?
We're waiting.
I think I should have
Stayed home today.
[Gulp]
Argh!
Thanks,
Ms. Frizzle.
Don't mention it,
Arnold.
Well, carlos,
You got us into this.
Any ideas how
To get us out?
♪♪ ♪♪
Listen.
Where's it
Coming from?
It's hard
To hear exactly.
Wait here.
It's coming
From along there.
He can't go
Down there alone.
You're right,
Keesha.
Why don't you go
With him?
Come on, you bunch
Of weasely wimps!
Let's follow
Ms. Frizzle.
♪♪ ♪♪
You can see the sound waves
Bouncing off the walls,
There...
From there...
From there!
Sound waves
Bouncing.
I bet that's how
An echo is made.
♪♪ ♪♪
Those sound waves
Are traveling
Through that door!
Good observation,
Dorothy ann.
Just so long as we don't
Travel through that door.
No. We've got to see
What it is!
[Crea-ea-eak]
♪♪ ♪♪
Hello!
It was you?
Wait a minute.
Is it just me,
Or are you...
Professor
Cornelia c. Contralto...
The second!
And that is
My great-grandmother.
Now, listen.
You've got a concert
Tomorrow, right?
Are you ready to make
Your instrument
Sound richly resonant
And resoundingly reverberant?
How did she know about
Carlos' instrument?
You asked
The question.
Let's see...
Don't you mean
"Let's hear"?
Right. To make a sound,
I need to make
Something vibrate.
My instrument
Couldn't vibrate
Because there was
Too much stuff on it.
I don't need that.
Don't need that.
That goes.
That goes...
I think
He's got it!
I think
He's got it!
["William tell overture"
Playing]
Ready, carlos?
Go!
[Strum strum strum]
[Toot]
[Crash]
[Applause]
Bravo!
Bravo!
Carlos, that was
The perfect sound!
Thanks, d.a.
And so, young man, if
It's all right with you,
I would like to add
That wonderful sound
To my grandmother's
Collection.
I couldn't have
Done it without you,
Dr. Contralto.
As I always say...
Hit it, cornelia!
♪ High dee high dee
High dee high ♪
♪ Low dee low dee
Low dee low ♪
♪ High dee high dee
High dee high ♪
♪ Low dee low dee
Low low low ♪
Ha ha ha!
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]
[Thunder]
[Ring]
Hello.
"Magic school bus."
Girl: hi. Are you
The one responsible
For that show on sound?
Mm-hmm. You might
Say that. Yes.
Well, what's the deal
With that house?
I mean, you could
Never see sound.
It goes
Way too fast.
Oh, you're right.
That's why they had
Magic glasses.
I don't get something.
If sound is a vibration,
Just what's doing
The vibrating?
Thin air.
A sound is made
When something
Pushes back and forth
On the air
And makes the air
Vibrate.
This vibration travels
Through the air
To your ear
As a sound wave.
So a loud sound
Is just a big vibration?
Right, and a soft sound
Is a very tiny
Vibration.
And what about our ears?
You hardly mentioned them.
Ears are very important.
They turn sound waves
Into something our
Brain can handle.
That's how you hear.
But not everybody's ears
Work the same, do they?
My grandmother
Wears a hearing aid
To help her hear better.
And some people
Can't hear
Anything ever,
Even with
A hearing aid.
They use their brains
With their other senses
To replace hearing.
And another thing,
There are lots of differences
In sounds besides
Loudness and pitch.
A violin and a saxophone
Sound very different,
Even when they're
Playing the same note.
True.
There are enough
Different kinds
Of sounds
To fill the world,
But we only had
Half an hour, and we
Had to leave room
For all those...
[Chuckles]
Hilarious jokes.
Ok, but
One last thing.
Yes?
About that ghost,
Well, that can't
Have been true.
I mean, everybody knows
There's no such thing
As ghosts.
[Thunder]
Certainly not.
[Laughing maniacally]
[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]
01x08 - In the Haunted House
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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.