02x05 - Butterfly and the Bog Beast

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With the frizz?

No way!
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Broccoli?
You gotta be kidding!

Whoever heard
of a broccoli mascot?

According to my research,

Broccoli is
a very healthy vegetable.

Besides, all
the animal mascots

Have been done already.

Get serious!

Our soccer team
can't be called

The walker elementary
school broccolis!

Why can't we

Just use
the old mascot?

Because it's so old,

No one knows
what it is anymore.

Ech!

It's even got moths.

Tim, no!
How could you?

It's just a bug.

Look at it!

It's more than a bug!

For your information,
it says in this book

That this moth is 1 of over
100,000 different kinds

Of moths and butterflies,

And scientists are still
finding new ones.

And by the way,
there are about 8 times

As many kinds of moths
as there are butterflies.

Excuse me, phoebe.

In exactly 6 hours,
we're playing

The biggest soccer
game of the year

For which we need
a new mascot,

And you've got
your head buried

In a butterfly book!

Actually, ralphie,

It's a butterfly
and moth book.

There's not a lot
of difference,

But there's
definitely--

Phoebe!

We need a mascot
that's different.

It's got to be so
exciting, the other team

Won't know
what hit them!

I got it!
I got it!

What?

The walker elementary school
butterflies!

Huh?

You want to name

Our soccer team
the butterflies?

And have a mascot
that's small...

Swatable...

And pretty?

But butterflies are
full of surprises.

Like what?

Yeah, like what?

Janet!
Janet!

The one and only.

Arnold's favorite cousin.

I am your favorite
cousin, right, arnold?

You're my only
cousin, janet.

You're so cute!

We know
the real reason

You want to make
a complete wimp

Like a butterfly
the mascot.

You do?
We do?

Isn't today's soccer game
against your old school?

[Gasp]
[gasp]

Janet's right.

The bulldogs are
phoebe's old team.

Whose side are
you on, phoebe?

I'm on our side.
I just thought--

Listen, you're looking
for a new mascot, right?

Right!

You want a mascot that's
totally different, right?

Right!

Then get this--

How about the walker
elementary school...

Um...walker elementary
school bog beasts!

Yay!
Yay!

It's new.

It's different.

It's so surprising,

They won't know
what hit them.

Um, what's
a bog beast?

Whoo-hoo!

Crafty question,
arnold.

Whoops!

Ms. Frizzle!

Anyone know what
a bog beast looks like?

Hmm. Let's see.

How about you,
janet?

Well, it's, uh...
Probably like...

A friend told me
about one.

According to
my research,

A bog is wet,
soggy ground,

Like a swamp.

Ah! Seems to me, then,

A swamp's the place to go
to find a bog beast.

But what about
our soccer game?

What's a game without a mascot?
To the swamp!

Not another
field trip!

Cheer up, arnold.

A famous poet once said,

"All the world's
a field trip,

And all the kids in our
class, merely guinea pigs."

Or did ms. Frizzle
say that?

[Moo]

Ms. Frizzle, does the swamp
have butterflies, too?

The swamp has all sorts
of surprises, phoebe.

Arnold:
I knew she'd say that.

[Ribbit ribbit]

Ms. Frizzle: everyone on
the lookout for a bog beast!

Ralphie: excuse me,
ms. Frizzle,

But we're driving
right into the swamp!

Not to worry, ralphie.

Where the road ends,
adventure begins.

Wah--ohh!

What is this place,
ms. Frizzle?

Ms. Frizzle:
it's called butterfly bog.

[Grrr]

Wow! I thought
those butterflies

Were flowers.

Looks can be
deceiving, wanda.

Oftentimes, what is, isn't,
and what isn't, is.

Aren't they magnificent?

[Gasp]
[gasp]

Some mascot!

If blue jays
can do that,

What are the
bulldogs gonna do

To your soccer team?

Or is that what you want
to happen, huh, phoebe?

No!

Seems to me

Butterflies
are so pretty,

Every animal
can spot them

For a mile around.

Yeah! Especially
bog beasts!

Ha ha!

Well...

Oh, come here,
little butterfly.

[Slurp]

Forget about it,
liz!

Hey, do you think
a butterfly is beautiful

Just to be beautiful,

Or is there
another reason?

I think there's
more to butterflies

Than you know.

I just wish it
would hold still.

I'll get it to hold still.
That'll prove what a wimp it is.

Uhh!

[Gasps]

Uhh! I think
this is going to be

One of those memorable
field trips.

Ha ha!

Ms. Frizzle: here we are--
bog beast landing.

Now what?

We camouflage the boat

So it blends in
with the environment.

Then we wait
for the bog beast.

There's no time
to wait.

We have to
catch one now.

According to
my research,

The best way
to catch something

Is to use
some kind of bait.

Like the biggest, juiciest
butterfly in the bog!

Come on, liz,
let's bag us a butterfly!

Janet, no!

Yes!

Why don't you pick on
somebody your own size?!

An ideal worth
expressing, phoebe--

Or compressing.

I'll shrink them
with the porta-shrinker.

The porta-shrinker?

Whoops!

Phoebe:
oh, no!

Ms. Frizzle:
well, what a surprise!

We're a different size!

Oh, no! We've shrunk!

And look over there!

The porta-shrinker
is zapped out.

Well, I don't care
how small I am.

I've got butterflies
to save.

Phoebe, come back!

Fly for your lives,
butterflies!

Fly away!

Fly for your--aah!

Phoebe!

What is it?

What happened?

Bog beast!

Ok, we've seen
the bog beast.

Let's get out
of here!

Uh-uh, not so fast,
ralphie.

Since you've never
seen a bog beast,

How can you be sure
this is a bog beast?

Huh?

It looks more like
a snake to me.

Whew!

Then it's not a bog beast.
It's just a...

Snake!

Whoa!
Whoa!

Except it doesn't
move like a snake.

It moves like
a caterpillar.

Hey, it is a caterpillar!

A caterpillar pretending
to be a snake?

Got a little nervous,
eh, ralphie?

Hey, it fooled me, too!

Gee, I remember when I was
bigger than a caterpillar.

Yikes!
Yikes!

And bigger than
a praying mantis, too.

Don't praying mantises
eat caterpillars?

Not if they think
they're snakes.

All: get out of here!

Ah, exactly, tim!

A delightfully
deceitful deception.

I get it!

It's called
tricking your enemy

By pretending to be
something you're not.

I'd call it
good acting.

I'd call it a
swallowtail caterpillar.

Hey! What if we
call our team

The walker
elementary school

Swallowtail
caterpillars!

Caterpillars?

We'll get laughed
out of the game!

Besides, if we don't
get back soon,

There won't be any game.

Caterpillars are tougher
than you think, ralphie.

They're survivors.

They live by the rule
"fool or be food."

And if it keeps
fooling them

And keeps
feeding itself,

Someday it'll turn
into a chrysalis,

Then it'll turn into
a big, beautiful butterfly.

Aha!

[Gasp]

I see one, liz.

Shoo, butterfly, shoo!

Come on, fly away!

Come along now,
phoebe.

Oh, it's not fair,
ms. Frizzle.

Oh, I know. Janet
doesn't stand a chance.

Huh?

This one's a real
juicy one!

Where'd it go?
Where is it?

Ok, wise guy,
where are you?

There it is!

I think.

Wow! What
a disappearing act!

Tim: it's camouflaged,

So you can't see it
against the log.

Ah! Another illustrious
illusion, tim.

As I always say,

If they can't see you,
they can't eat you.

[Whistles]

[Beep beep]

Pile in, class!

So there you are. The bog beast
is going to love you!

Oh, no! Janet's going to
catch that butterfly!

You're mine now, wimp!

Swamp swill!

Yes! The butterfly
got away!

A little mud can't
stop us now.

Come on, liz.

We can't catch a bog beast
without a butterfly.

Ok, that's it.
I'm unshrinking us

All right now

Before jumbo janet
crushes us into pieces!

[Ding-ding-ding]

What's that?

The doodinger.

The doodinger?

Yes. The doodinger
dings when

The porta-shrinker
is too wet to work.

So we're stuck
this size until...

Until the porta-shrinker
dries out.

So, arnold...
Start blowing.

Why couldn't janet
um...let's go!tead of t.

That's a wow! Its colors,

The walkerlls me
a butterfly!

[Thud]

Aah!

It's a...a...a...

Yeah, we know, ralphie--
bog beast.

Ow! Oof!

Aah!

Bog beast!

That's not a bog beast,
and those eyes aren't real.

They just look like eyes
to fool the enemy.

[Beep beep beep beep]

[Vroom]

Ah, an insightful
observation, phoebe!

And the ideal name--
bugeye!

You know,
I'm beginning to think

Phoebe's onto something.

Butterflies are new
and exciting.

And they're
tricky.

And, boy, are they
surprising!

All the things we want
our soccer team to be.

Ok, phoebe, you win.

Maybe there's more
to butterflies

Than meets the eye.

Especially if
they can scare

A tough guy like you,
right?

Uh, well, the walker
elementary school

Butterflies it is!

Let's take our team
to the skies!

Let's be walker
elementary school butterflies!

Um, if you insist.

Whoa!
Whoa!

The biggest, juiciest
butterfly yet!

Ms. Frizzle:
wahoo!

So, what do you
think, class?

Well, it's certainly
a new sensation, all right.

It's different.

It's surprising.

[Gasp]
[gasp]

It's janet!

H!

Hmm...
[Ding-ding]

Still wet.

Oh, no!

This butterfly is
not only a wimp,

It's ding-y.

Janet's going to feed us
to the bog beast!

You won't get away
this time!

She's gaining on us!

What should we do?

What should we do?

What should we do?

Well, as I always say,

When you're a butterfly,
do as the butterflies do.

Wait a second! Is there
a button on this thing

That'll make us blend in

Like real
butterflies do?

You might check
the camouflage box.

Oh, no! Which button is it?

Hurry, phoebe!

According to
my research--

No time for research,
dorothy ann.

Only time for
getting messy, taking chances,

And making mistakes!

With all due respect,
ms. Frizzle,

Here's hoping
this isn't a mistake!

Hey, where did it go?

It just disappeared.

She's going to see us!

Everybody quiet!

The porta-shrinker
must be dry now.

Come on, come on.
Make us big!

Arnold, wait!

If it's not dry,
the doodinger--

[Ding-ding]

[Ding-ding]

What was that?

Aha! Gotcha!

Oh, no! She got us!

Just keep drying!

Come on, phoebe,
you're our last hope.

Phoebe: think butterfly.
Think butterfly.

That's it! I'll
surprise her with colors!

Red. More red!

Yellow. More yellow!

Orange. More orange!

Blue!

And now to trick her
with eye spots.

Big, bigger...

Biggest!

At last,
you're mine!

Not yet, janet.

Hit it, phoebe!

Aah!

All right, phoebe!
Way to go!

Nice one!
We're safe!

Now, that deception
got a real reception!

Butterflies hide,
trick, surprise.

I guess they really can
take care of themselves.

What a field trip!

[Zap-zap]

Hooray!
Hooray!

Gee, janet,
what happened to you?

You almost lost
a cousin, arnold.

It was jump
in the swamp

Or go head to head
with the bog beast!

Oh, really?

Yeah. And you're not
gonna believe

What it looked like.

Was it anything
like this butterfly?

Huh? That's it!

[Gasp]

I, cousin janet,

Saw the bog beast,
and...

Did you say
butterfly?

Uh-huh.

You mean there's
no such thing

As a bog beast?

A bog beast can be anything
that lives in the swamp, janet.

In this case, it turned
out to be a butterfly.

Well, I sort of
knew that, yeah,

If i, um, yeah.

Janet, you've got it!
The best possible mascot!

The bog beast
butterfly!

Yeah! Why not?

I guess
we were both right,

Huh, phoebe?

Yay!
Yay!

The score is tied.

Only 30 seconds remain.

The butterflies
have the ball!

Phoebe is dribbling it
toward the bulldogs' goal!

♪ Bulldogs, bulldogs,
fleasy, fleasy ♪

♪ We're going to beat ya,
easy, easy ♪

♪ Phoebe, phoebe,
break the tie ♪

♪ Be a winning
butterfly! ♪

Ms. Frizzle:
oh, my! Oh, no!

The bulldogs
steal the ball!

Come on, phoebe,
get up!

Remember,

Butterflies are
new and exciting,

And we never give up!

Well, it looks bad
for the butter--

Wait! Wait!
Keesha steals the ball back!

Carlos kicks the ball to tim!
Tim kicks the ball to phoebe!

Oh! Time is running out!

5...

4...

3...

2...

Score!

The butterflies win!

The bog beast
butterflies win!

Yes!

Way to go, phoebe!

Way to go, janet!

As I always say,

There's no surprise
like butterflies.

Yay!
Yay!

Yay!
Yay!

[Dialing]

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?

Both: magic school bus?

I want the magic school bus!

All: I want
the magic school bus!

[Telephone ringing]

[Ring]

[Ring]

[Ring]

[Ring]

Boy: is this
and I'm steamed!l

G.m.m.?

Boy: the great
moth majority.

I just saw
your butterfly show,

And from what I saw,

You don't seem
to know that there are

More different kinds
of moths than butterflies.

I do know that!

Boy: but you didn't
give them equal time!

We hardly tterflies properl.

T justou say so.

Boy: when a bird
tries to catch

A moth or a butterfly,
it goes for the eyes,

And if it goes for
the eye spots,

All it gets is
a beakful of wing.

Believe me, I'd put
a moth in the show...

If I could only catch one!

Boy: catch one?
That reminds me.

Janet running around,

Trying to catch
a butterfly with a net

Was insensitive and
inappropriate field study.

Yes, but that's
janet's character--

Insensitive
and inappropriate.

That doesn't excuse
improper behavior.

Moths and butterflies
should be left alone.

[Sighs] you're right.

Boy: by the way, butterflies
aren't only found in swamp.

You can find them
almost anywhere.

Right again.

You can find them
in the forest,

The desert,
the mountains...

In a shoe!

Boy: in a shoe?!

I don't know
about a shoe,

But I do know when
the great moth majority

Is done with you,

You'll probably be looking
for another job.

Funny you should
mention that.

I'm trying out for
another job right now!

Boy: and what
would that be?

"Net work" producer.

Ha ha ha ha!

Uhh! Gotcha!
Heh heh heh heh!

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♪ Take a left
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♪ Take your second right
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♪ 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 ♪

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