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The Best Episodes of The Magic School Bus

Every episode of The Magic School Bus ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of The Magic School Bus!

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An eccentric schoolteacher takes her class on wondrous educational field trips with the help of a magical school bus.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    The Magic School Bus Season 1 Episode 9 - Gets Ready, Set, Dough
    8.7/10(3 votes)

    #1 - Gets Ready, Set, Dough

    S1:E9

    It's Ms. Frizzle's birthday, and a field trip to the bakery seems perfect -- until the bus's shrinker-scope goes on the fritz and the class gets baked in a cake! With Dom DeLuise as the Baker.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Jocelyn Stevenson, Brian Meehl, John May

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  2. The Magic School Bus Season 1 Episode 7 - All Dried Up
    8.5/10(4 votes)

    #2 - All Dried Up

    S1:E7

    Always the caring soul, Phoebe goes on a crusade to save the animals and plants of the desert -- and discovers how well they take care of themselves.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Jocelyn Stevenson, Brian Meehl

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  3. The Magic School Bus Season 1 Episode 8 - In the Haunted House
    8.5/10(4 votes)

    #3 - In the Haunted House

    S1:E8

    The class is thrilled about its upcoming concert at the Sound Museum -- until they discover the spooky mansion is more of a thrill than they bargained for. With Carol Channing as Cornelia C. Contralto.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Jocelyn Stevenson, John May, Kristin Laskas Martin

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  4. The Magic School Bus Season 1 Episode 12 - Gets Ants in Its Pants
    8.5/10(4 votes)

    #4 - Gets Ants in Its Pants

    S1:E12

    The Magic School Bus goes into show business when Keesha directs a movie about social animals for the school science fair.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Jocelyn Stevenson, Brian Meehl, Kristin Laskas Martin

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  5. The Magic School Bus Season 2 Episode 8 - Revving Up
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #5 - Revving Up

    S2:E8

    The school district’s Vehicle Maintenance Inspector, Junkett is about to condemn the Magic School Bus!

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Brian Meehl, Sean Kelly, George Arthur Bloom

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  6. The Magic School Bus Season 1 Episode 6 - Meets the Rot Squad
    8.3/10(3 votes)

    #6 - Meets the Rot Squad

    S1:E6

    It's "Accidental Science Project" day and the class has brought in marvelously rotten entries from the back of their refrigerators. With Ed Begley, Jr. as Larry Log-Away.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Jocelyn Stevenson, John May

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  7. The Magic School Bus Season 1 Episode 10 - Plays Ball
    8.3/10(3 votes)

    #7 - Plays Ball

    S1:E10

    Ms. Frizzle combines Dorothy Ann's physics and Ralphie's baseball into a "Frictionless Baseball Game."

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Jocelyn Stevenson, Brian Meehl, John May

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  8. The Magic School Bus Season 1 Episode 11 - Goes to Seed
    8.3/10(3 votes)

    #8 - Goes to Seed

    S1:E11

    The class' garden is going to be featured on the cover of PLANT IT! magazine. But Phoebe's garden plot is glaringly empty. With Robby Benson as Mr. Seedplot.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Jocelyn Stevenson, Brian Meehl, Ronnie Krauss

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  9. The Magic School Bus Season 1 Episode 13 - Kicks Up a Storm
    8.3/10(3 votes)

    #9 - Kicks Up a Storm

    S1:E13

    The Friz transforms the bus into a Weathermobile and -- in a wild ride through the skies -- Ralphie becomes the meteorological superhero of his dreams.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Jocelyn Stevenson, Brian Meehl, John May

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  10. The Magic School Bus Season 1 Episode 4 - Gets Eaten
    8.0/10(4 votes)

    #10 - Gets Eaten

    S1:E4

    Arnold and Keesha are in trouble when they forget to bring in their assignment on "two things that go together."

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Jocelyn Stevenson, John May

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  11. The Magic School Bus Season 1 Episode 5 - Hops Home
    8.0/10(4 votes)

    #11 - Hops Home

    S1:E5

    When Wanda's pet frog, Bella, jumps out an open window, Ms. Frizzle shrinks the bus into a mechanical frog and takes her now tiny class on a hop-along adventure.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Jocelyn Stevenson

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  12. The Magic School Bus Season 2 Episode 1 - Blows Its Top
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #12 - Blows Its Top

    S2:E1

    To help them understand how the Earth makes islands, Ms. Frizzle presents the kids with an island that hasn’t been discovered yet!

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Jocelyn Stevenson, Sean Kelly, George Arthur Bloom

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  13. The Magic School Bus Season 2 Episode 7 - In a Pickle
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #13 - In a Pickle

    S2:E7

    Keesha and the class return from vacation to find her prize cucumber has turned into a pickle! Could the Mike Robe gang be to blame?

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Jocelyn Stevenson, Brian Meehl, George Arthur Bloom

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  14. The Magic School Bus Season 2 Episode 11 - Out of This World
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #14 - Out of This World

    S2:E11

    When Dorothy Ann warns the kids there’s an asteroid headed straight for their school, Ms. Frizzle arranges a field trip into space.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:George Arthur Bloom, Libby Hinson

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  15. The Magic School Bus Season 2 Episode 13 - Ups and Downs
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #15 - Ups and Downs

    S2:E13

    There’s a monster in Walkerville Lake! Wanda competes with Gerri Poveri, a TV reporter whose ratings are sinking, to be the first one underwater.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Brian Meehl, George Arthur Bloom

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  16. The Magic School Bus Season 3 Episode 8 - Goes Upstream
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #16 - Goes Upstream

    S3:E8

    Ralphie wants to serve salmon at the annual school picnic, but he can’t find any at his favorite fishing spot. But when the kids are “Frizzled” inside a salmon-bus they have an uncontrollable urge to head upriver.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Ronnie Krauss

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  17. The Magic School Bus Season 4 Episode 1 - Meets Molly Cule
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #17 - Meets Molly Cule

    S4:E1

    When Wanda’s favorite singer, Molly Cule comes to town and she chooses Ms. Frizzle’s class to wash her famous car, the kids discover how to clean the car down to the very last bit.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Ronnie Krauss

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  18. The Magic School Bus Season 4 Episode 8 - Gains Weight
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #18 - Gains Weight

    S4:E8

    Phoebe is chosen to give a slam-dunk exhibition during the big basketball game. When she finds she can’t jump high enough because gravity is “pulling on” her, Ms. Frizzle takes the class into space and turns the Bus into a planet—with adjustable gravity!

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:George Arthur Bloom

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  19. The Magic School Bus Season 4 Episode 10 - Gets Charged
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #19 - Gets Charged

    S4:E10

    It’s Valentine’s Day and the class is selling lightbulbs. When they stop at Ms. Frizzle’s house to sell her one, they find that her battery-operated doorbell doesn’t work.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Jocelyn Stevenson, George Arthur Bloom, Suzanne Bolch

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  20. The Magic School Bus Season 1 Episode 1 - Gets Lost in Space
    7.8/10(5 votes)

    #20 - Gets Lost in Space

    S1:E1

    Arnold's know-it-all cousin Janet drives the kids crazy when she joins Ms. Frizzle's class on a field trip and gets them lost in outer space!

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Jocelyn Stevenson, Brian Meehl

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  21. The Magic School Bus Season 1 Episode 2 - For Lunch
    7.8/10(5 votes)

    #21 - For Lunch

    S1:E2

    Arnold's so excited he doesn't have to go on a field trip! But when he accidentally swallows his miniaturised class, he becomes the field trip!

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Jocelyn Stevenson, Ellen Schecter, Brian Meehl, John May

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  22. The Magic School Bus Season 2 Episode 2 - Flexes Its Muscles
    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #22 - Flexes Its Muscles

    S2:E2

    Ms. Frizzle takes the class on a field trip to R.U. Humerus's Body Shop. They learn how bones, muscles and joints all work together to help us move.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Jocelyn Stevenson, John May, George Arthur Bloom

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  23. The Magic School Bus Season 2 Episode 6 - Wet All Over
    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #23 - Wet All Over

    S2:E6

    Arnold and Wanda are due to give a report on the town waterworks. But Ms. Frizzle thinks it's field DRIP time! She turns the bus and class into water drops and the kids evaporate, condense, become rain and rush by river into the ocean. After several trips through the water cycle, they're ready to turn back into regular kids. But the magic key that will get them out of the cycle is locked in the school bathroom! Trying to work their watery way into the bathroom, the kids go through the town waterworks and see how water is purified. Can they get to school through bathroom pipes? Or are they stuck in the water cycle forever?

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Jocelyn Stevenson, Kristin Laskas Martin, George Arthur Bloom

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  24. The Magic School Bus Season 4 Episode 6 - Goes Cellular
    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #24 - Goes Cellular

    S4:E6

    It’s the night of the rock lovers’ annual Granite Awards, and Arnold is about to become the first kid to win the Rocky Award. He’s so excited, all he’s been able to eat for weeks are “Seaweedies.” When he arrives for the big event, he’s totally nervous and totally... orange!

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Jocelyn Stevenson

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  25. The Magic School Bus Season 4 Episode 7 - Sees Stars
    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #25 - Sees Stars

    S4:E7

    When the kids see Horace Scope (Dabney Coleman) on the Star Shopping Network, they decide to buy Dorothy Ann a real twinkling star for her birthday.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Noel MacNeal

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Best Episodes Summary

"Gets Ready, Set, Dough" is the best rated episode of "The Magic School Bus". It scored 8.7/10 based on 3 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Jocelyn Stevenson, Brian Meehl, John May, it aired on 11/5/1994. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "All Dried Up".