02x02 - Flexes its Muscles

[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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♪ 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! 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

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[Beep beep]

Heads up, guys! Here it comes.

Oh, very good, class!

But let's see a little more spirit.

Move those bodies.

Get your back into it, arnold. Good!

Now bend your knees, wanda. That's it!

I got it! I got it!

Oof!

More wrist, carlos. It's all in the wrist.

Poor ralphie. He doesn't look very happy

Cleaning the bus all by himself.

It's his turn, phoebe.

Besides, we're always

Doing things for ralphie.

Like, how many times

Have I clapped the erasers

For him

Or cleaned the hamster cage?

You know, just yesterday, he asked me

To change the water in the goldfish bowl for him

Because he was late for soccer practice.

I tell you, liz, using all this elbow grease

Is wearing me out.

I've got to take a break.

If only I had a robot that could do my work for me.

Think about it, liz. We'd never have to clean the bus again.

Hey, a guy can dream, can't he?

The truth is, what is the highway of life all about

If not to enjoy the detours?

Like practicing my hook shot...

[Cheering]

Or perfecting my curve ball...

Or working on my slap shot.

That's it, liz!

I could make a robot.

Hey, guys, I have a brilliant idea!

What would you say if I built

A robot to do all our chores?

A robot?

Cool.

Phoebe: oh, no.

I'd say that was the silliest idea

You've ever had.

Ms. Frizzle: silly is as silly does--or doesn't.

Excuse me, ralphie.

I need to get out of the sun.

You can't be serious, ralphie.

You can't build a robot.

Oh, yeah? Want to bet?

Sure.

But if you can't come up with a robot,

No baseball, no basketball, and no soccer,

And you have to do all the chores.

Still want to bet?

Well, I can do it if everybody helps.

I mean, once the robot's built,

None of us have to do chores again.

Maybe we can do it.

We won't know unless we try.

Way to go, wanda! Keesha, you got a bet.

Ms. Frizzle: whoa! Whoa!

Hold on there, bus!

What happened to the bus?

Looks like the mesmerglobber blew a gasket.

On to the bus, class! This is an emergency.

Ms. Frizzle, wait.

Sorry. We have a busy, busy day ahead.

No time for waiting. Only time for...

Robotic voice: taking chances,

Making mistakes, getting messy...

Huh?

Hop in, ralphie.

I wonder if this could be another--

Nah. It couldn't be.

Whoa!

Arnold: it is a field trip.

[Train whistle blows]

Ralphie: excuse me, ms. Frizzle,

But there's something important I have to do.

Well, you're on the right bus, ralphie,

Because where we're going,

There's something for everyone to do.

We're here!

[Train whistle blows]

Kids: whoa!

Presenting the one-of-a-kind,

Satisfaction-guaranteed,

Service-with-a-scowl body shop.

Together: yikes!

Whoa. Look at all that stuff.

Just what I need to make a robot.

How do we get across, ms. Frizzle?

Across?

It's going to get us!

Ms. Frizzle: ha ha. It got us!

Kids: whoa!

Whoa!

Wow! This is incredible.

Cool!

Man: look out below!

Long time no see, valerie!

They must know each other.

Class, meet radius ulna humerus,

Magical mechanic at-large.

Humerus as in upper arm bone,

Or are you humorous as in really funny?

Ha ha! I love it!

Carlos! Carlos!

R.u. Is the genius

Who taught me everything I know about busonautics.

You must have forgotten it all,

Or else this bus has acquired a split personality.

Or else it's the mesmerglobber

Behind the shrinkerscope,

Which, I believe,

Is still under warranty.

I'll check it, val, but you caught me at a bad time.

I'm expecting another customer.

More important than moi?

No one's more important than you,

My little toggle bolt.

"My little toggle bolt?"

Let's get cracking!

Now that the coast is clear,

Let's start building that robot!

Keesha: I still say it'll never work.

We don't even know where to start.

It's simple. All we have to do

Is build a robot that looks like me.

Like this? Ha ha ha!

I'm serious. How hard can it be?

Just attach a doohickey like this

To something like this.

Hmm. Be right back.

Watch your flank, my little sprocket.

Careful, my feisty flywheel.

Ignition!

Hmm, the bus has never done that before.

It's definitely not the mesmerglobber.

Well, maybe it's the plaindabber.

Excuse me, ms. Frizzle.

Let's say you wanted to...build something.

You mean, build character?

Build a new and better tomorrow?

Or build a robot

That would do all your chores?

Probably closest to that last one.

You can't build a robot

Unless you know how your own body works.

Do you know how it works? Huh?

Well, not exactly.

Your body needs support

To hold it up.

It's got to have structure.

And to find out about that,

You need my special

Megarific intrascopic

Kineto examino mediscope--

M.i.k.e. For short--

Which i, of course, keep hidden away

Where no nosy kid can find it.

Pretty clever, my shining shock absorber.

Heh heh. I think so.

Hear that, ralphie? Structure's the thing.

Got you, ms. Frizzle.

Ok. So to find out how my body works,

I need to know about structure.

What's m.i.k.e. Got to do with it?

Hmm. Wonder what this button does.

Carlos: wow! Check out

All those bones.

I've got it! My bones must be the structure

Ms. Frizzle was talking about.

Cool!

Uh, I mean, it's chilly in here. Brr!

Looks to me like your bones support

All the other parts of your body.

And some of them are like neat little cages

Protecting your squishy parts,

Like your heart and your lungs. See?

That's it! My robot needs structure.

All we need to do

Is I find some stiff parts like bones,

And ralphie-bot is born.

Wow!

Don't forget our bet, ralphie.

Forget it?

I'm about to win it.

Step back, everyone.

I command you, ralphie-bot, make me a sandwich.

Let's see... There's bus detail,

Eraser patrol, chair management--

Quiet! I need to concentrate.

Listen to me, ralphie-bot.

Make me a sandwich now!

Can you make me a sandwich, please?

Please? How about half a sandwich?

He doesn't move or bend.

He doesn't do anything.

Ha ha. Just like ralphie.

Hey, where's arnold?

Over here, you guys.

Wow. Look at that.

Arnold's tying his shoe. What's the big deal?

Check it out. Arnold's elbow

Lets his arm bend in the middle.

That's the difference between us and ralphie-bot.

I see now.

It's not the bones themselves that let someone move.

It's the way they're joined together.

Ralphie: of course! It's the joints

That let the bones move.

Don't go away.

Hurry back, ralphie.

Radius' other customer will be here any minute.

Can I come out now?

Find the problem yet, r.u.?

One thing's for sure--

Your levitation linkage is leaking.

Oops! Sorry, my little...

♪ It ain't gonna rain no more, no more ♪

♪ It ain't gonna rain no more ♪

Whoa! Excuse me, ms. Frizzle.

But let's say you need to make

Some connections

But you don't know how.

You mean connections

As in meeting the right people,

Connections as in a cable tv hookup,

Or connections as in joints to let your bones move?

Um, probably closer to the last one.

Everything hinges

On making the right connections, my boy.

Time to buckle down before

My next appointment gets here.

Catch my bent?

This door hinge is perfect.

It goes back and forth but not sideways,

Just like ralphie's elbow joint.

This shower-head has a joint

That can move in all directions...

Just like ralphie's shoulder.

And this thing's got

A whole series of joints, perfect

For a backbone that bends and twists.

Now ralphie-bot can move

And do all the things I do.

At my old school, we weren't allowed

To make a robot that could move.

Well, keesh, ready to admit

That this is the greatest idea

In the history of kidkind?

We'll see, ralphie. We'll see.

Ralphie, it's amazing!

Yup. Kind of reminds me of me. Ha ha!

I command you, ralphie-bot,

Bow to your ruler and master,

Ralphie the magnificent!

It's not bowing.

Do you blame it? I wouldn't either.

Ha ha ha!

Come on, you guys.

I don't get it.

It's got bones for structure.

It's got joints for flexibility.

Why won't it move?

[Crash]

[Crash]

Ha ha! You lose, ralphie.

No way!

If I can move, it can move.

Come on, guys! We've got to find out

How to make that robot move!

This red and blue button must do something.

What do you see? What do you see?

I see your muscles pulling your bones

Up and down and back and forth.

Hey, do that again. That's it.

The missing link. It's your muscles

That pull your bones to make them move.

Exactly! The reason the robot didn't move a muscle

Was because he didn't have any!

Ahem.

Well, didn't everybody know that?

But where are we going to find some muscles?

Oh! Liz!

I've got it.

Look at this. These things work just like muscles.

One pulls this way...

And one pulls the other way.

That makes sense because, according to my research,

Muscles can only pull on things,

Not push them.

Seems to me if we all pull together,

We could make ralphie-bot move!

Let's do it!

Ralphie: he's even more than I imagined he'd be!

I think it's really going to work.

An amazing combination--

Bones for structure,

Joints for flexibility,

And muscles for movement.

Well, he's certainly an improvement

On the original. That's for sure.

Personally, keesha, I think you're jealous

Because I'm going to win the bet!

But that's ok, because none of us

Will ever have to do chores again.

When I say, "ralph-bot, clean the bus--"

Guys, I think he moved.

[Creaking]

Yay! All right!

[Kids cheering]

Hey!

Where's he going?

Ralphie, do something!

Stop him!

I command you...

Stop!

Hey, stop!

I knew I should have--

Don't say it, arnold.

Ms. Frizzle,

Look out!

[Thunder]

Oh, my.

A ralphie-bot.

Ms. Frizzle, get out of the way!

Whew!

Woo hoo hoo!

Whoa! Who-oa!

Whoa! Who-oa...

Ms. Frizzle, are you o.k.?

I am better than o.k., Ralphie.

I am blown away

By your ingenuity.

Yee-haw!

Sorry, ms. Frizzle. I didn't tell him to do it.

Yes, you did, ralphie.

He heard you say you wanted him to "clean the bus."

[Ding]

Whoa! Whoa!

Me and my big mouth.

Ralphie, do something!

[Gulps] like what?

Take charge, my boy!

Show him who's boss!

You're right, mr. Humerus!

Ah, call me r.u.

Whee-ha!

This is your master speaking!

Cool it!

[Ding-a-ling]

That's better.

Hey, I said, cool it!

Unghh...

Kids: whoa!

No! I didn't mean

Soak the bus!

I meant stop!

I don't think he's going to stop until he's finished.

Arnold: or we're finished.

[Grunting]

Do something, ralphie!

What?

Get a grip, ralphie!

I've got a grip!

Oh, think. If your body needs

Joints and muscles to move--

Then, uh, uh...

Right! Without muscles, it couldn't move at all!

Excellent observation,

Ralphie.

But how do I get rid of the muscles?

I'll help you, ralphie!

Uh!

Yo, keesh!

Thanks!

Hey!

Oh! Come back here!

[Screaming]

Aah! Aah!

[Gasp]

Come on, keesha. We've got to immobilize those muscles,

Unhinge those hinges, and debone that robot

Before it wipes out our entire class!

[Ralphie yells]

Keesha, get me that screwdriver!

Bet's off, ralphie! Do what you have to do!

You're o.k., Keesha!

No joints...

No movement.

No muscles...

No movement.

I really wish I didn't have to do this,

But it's the only way.

Kind of hate

To see the robot go like that.

That kid did a good job.

That's my ralphie.

No movement...

No nothing!

Hey, you o.k., Ralphie?

You o.k., Ralphie?

Arnold: looks like you stopped him, all right.

I take back what I said, ralphie.

The robot wasn't such an improvement after all.

Tell me about it.

I took a chance. I got messy.

And what do I have to show for it?

Phoebe: don't feel bad, ralphie.

You didn't do anything wrong.

Tim: yeah. You were on the right track.

Dorothy ann: and we did find out that bones

And joints and muscles

Are just as important for a robot as they are for us.

Maybe next time, it'll work.

Hope so. Good help

Is always hard to find.

Why, liz.

Thanks.

I'm touched.

So, I guess it all goes to prove

Something.

Doesn't it, ralphie?

Yep. When you've got all the moves like I do,

It's pretty hard to make improvements. Yeah!

[Rattling]

Unless you're a magic school bus,

That is.

[Kids cheering]

There was nothing wrong with the shrinkerscope,

My little wing nut, and you knew it!

Ha ha! It looks like your other customer

Never showed up, r.u.

Oh, yes, they did!

[Whirring]

As I always say,

"Wa-hoo!"

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"!

Well, I'll tell you this, liz,

It's the first time valerie--

Ms. Frizzle has paid

My mechanic's fee in robots.

[Telephone rings]

Get that, will you?

[Ring]

Body shop,

Where the best come to get better.

Hi. The producer over at "the magic school bus"

Told me to talk to you.

I just watched a show on body mechanics,

And I think you know a lot more about fixing things

Than you do about human bodies.

Is that so? For instance?

Well, for instance, there are a lot more bones and muscles

In the human body than you actually showed.

Of course there are. And did you know

There are 27 bones in the hand alone

And it takes 14 muscles to make

A funny face?

That's pretty amazing.

But what about ligaments and tendons?

You didn't even talk about them.

You're right, kid, but we can't show

Everything in a half-hour.

Ligaments are bands that hold

The bones at your joints together

So they don't move too far

In the wrong direction.

And tendons hook your muscles

To your bones

So you can hop and jump around.

People aren't the only things

That work that way, you know.

Of course not.

Cats, dogs, horses, snakes, fish,

Even lizards need bones and joints

And muscles to move.

But some animals, like insects,

Don't have bones at all.

Instead, they have a stiff covering

On the outside which works

With the muscles on the inside

To let them move.

Come on. It takes more than bones,

Joints, and muscles to build a real robot.

I mean, it would need a battery or an engine

For energy and some sort of brain to control it.

Are you saying that the ralphie-bot

Is brainless?

Yeah. I guess so.

Hmm. Well, all I can tell you is this.

For not having a brain,

He makes a pretty good sundae. Ha ha!

Thanks for checking in.

♪ 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...

♪ The 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 ♪

♪ Step inside, it's a wilder ride! ♪

♪ Come on! Ride on the magic school bus ♪