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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    undefined 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:N/A
    Writer:Brian Meehl

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  2. undefined 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:N/A
    Writer:Brian Meehl

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  3. undefined Season 1 Episode 12 - Gets Ants in Its Pants
    8.5/10(4 votes)

    #3 - 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:N/A
    Writer:Brian Meehl

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  4. undefined Season 2 Episode 8 - Revving Up
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #4 - Revving Up

    S2:E8

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

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Brian Meehl

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  5. undefined Season 1 Episode 10 - Plays Ball
    8.3/10(3 votes)

    #5 - Plays Ball

    S1:E10

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

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Brian Meehl

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  6. undefined Season 1 Episode 11 - Goes to Seed
    8.3/10(3 votes)

    #6 - 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:N/A
    Writer:Brian Meehl

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  7. undefined Season 1 Episode 13 - Kicks Up a Storm
    8.3/10(3 votes)

    #7 - 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:N/A
    Writer:Brian Meehl

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  8. undefined Season 2 Episode 7 - In a Pickle
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #8 - 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:N/A
    Writer:Brian Meehl

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  9. undefined Season 2 Episode 13 - Ups and Downs
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #9 - 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:N/A
    Writer:Brian Meehl

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  10. undefined Season 1 Episode 1 - Gets Lost in Space
    7.8/10(5 votes)

    #10 - 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:N/A
    Writer:Brian Meehl

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  11. undefined Season 1 Episode 2 - For Lunch
    7.8/10(5 votes)

    #11 - 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:N/A
    Writer:Brian Meehl

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  12. undefined Season 2 Episode 3 - The Busasaurus
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #12 - The Busasaurus

    S2:E3

    Ms. Frizzle takes the class on a dinosaur dig, courtesy of her old school chum, paleontologist Dr. Carmina Skeledon, and travels 67 million years back in time!

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Brian Meehl

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  13. undefined Season 2 Episode 4 - Going Batty
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #13 - Going Batty

    S2:E4

    When Ms. Frizzle invites the class’ parents in to see that their kids are learning about bats, Ralphie and the gang are convinced The Friz is a vampire! With Tyne Daly as Ralphie’s mom; Eartha Kitt as Keesha’s grandmother; Elliot Gould as Arnold’s dad; Dana Elcar as Phoebe’s dad; and Edward James Olmos as Carlos’s dad.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Brian Meehl

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  14. undefined Season 2 Episode 5 - Butterfly and the Bog Beast
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #14 - Butterfly and the Bog Beast

    S2:E5

    The class needs a new mascot for its soccer team. Phoebe suggests butterflies, but everyone thinks they’re wimpy—until The Friz flutters in!

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Brian Meehl

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  15. undefined Season 2 Episode 10 - Getting Energized
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #15 - Getting Energized

    S2:E10

    The class is ready to plug in their “Double-Trouble Wheel of Wonder” at the town carnival, when they discover all the electrical outlets are taken.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Brian Meehl

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  16. undefined Season 3 Episode 2 - In the Arctic
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #16 - In the Arctic

    S3:E2

    “Where did the hot go?” wonders Arnold when his hot cocoa cools off. So, Ms. Frizzle whisks the class to the Arctic!

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Brian Meehl

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  17. undefined Season 3 Episode 11 - In the Rainforest
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #17 - In the Rainforest

    S3:E11

    The kids rent a rainforest cocoa tree as an Earth Day present for Ms. Frizzle. But when the harvest arrives, there’s only one shrivelled cocoa bean! Ms. Frizzle takes the class to the rainforest to meet the impeccable Inspector 47 who keeps a tidy, mud-free cocoa grove. What has he done to the rainforest's intricate ecology web?

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Brian Meehl

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  18. undefined Season 3 Episode 13 - Holiday Special
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #18 - Holiday Special

    S3:E13

    Wanda plans to see The Nutcracker ballet, but during a trip to Murph’s recycling plant, the toy soldier she needs to get into the theater accidentally becomes a plastic pellet! Ms. Frizzle activates the Bus’s Un-Recycler, taking the class and Murph on a song-filled field trip, where they learn how everyday items are made from recycled trash.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Brian Meehl

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  19. undefined Season 4 Episode 4 - Goes on Air
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #19 - Goes on Air

    S4:E4

    The only contribution the kids in Ms. Frizzle’s class have made to the Walkerville Space Capsule is an empty jar. “It’s not empty,” argues Keesha. “It’s filled with air!” Ralphie thinks that air doesn’t do anything, but when the bus shrinks and gets stuck inside the jar—the class finds that their only hope for escape is... air!

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    Writer:Brian Meehl

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Brian Meehl Ratings Summary

"Gets Ready, Set, Dough" is the best rated episode written by Brian Meehl. It scored 8.667/10 based on 3 votes. It was directed by N/A. It aired on 11/5/1994 and is rated 0.2 points higher than their second-best episode, "All Dried Up".