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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.

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    Writer:Jocelyn Stevenson

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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:Jocelyn Stevenson

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  3. undefined 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:N/A
    Writer:Jocelyn Stevenson

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  4. undefined 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.

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    Writer:Jocelyn Stevenson

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  5. undefined Season 1 Episode 6 - Meets the Rot Squad
    8.3/10(3 votes)

    #5 - 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:N/A
    Writer:Jocelyn Stevenson

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

    #6 - Plays Ball

    S1:E10

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

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Jocelyn Stevenson

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

    #7 - 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:Jocelyn Stevenson

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

    #8 - 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:Jocelyn Stevenson

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  9. undefined Season 1 Episode 4 - Gets Eaten
    8.0/10(4 votes)

    #9 - 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:N/A
    Writer:Jocelyn Stevenson

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  10. undefined Season 1 Episode 5 - Hops Home
    8.0/10(4 votes)

    #10 - 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:N/A
    Writer:Jocelyn Stevenson

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  11. undefined Season 2 Episode 1 - Blows Its Top
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #11 - 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:N/A
    Writer:Jocelyn Stevenson

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

    #12 - 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:Jocelyn Stevenson

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  13. undefined Season 4 Episode 10 - Gets Charged
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #13 - 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.

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    Writer:Jocelyn Stevenson

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  14. undefined Season 1 Episode 7 - The Poddleville Case
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #14 - The Poddleville Case

    S1:E7

    Hacker attempts to take power from the vault in Poddleville for himself by stealing the residents' power pods, much to the detriment of the community. Each power pod has a shape and a number from 1 to 12, and after Inez and Matt are imprisoned it becomes a race to solve the pattern and enter the vault.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Jocelyn Stevenson

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

    #15 - 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!

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    Writer:Jocelyn Stevenson

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

    #16 - 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!

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    Writer:Jocelyn Stevenson

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  17. undefined Season 2 Episode 2 - Flexes Its Muscles
    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #17 - 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.

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    Writer:Jocelyn Stevenson

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  18. undefined Season 2 Episode 6 - Wet All Over
    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #18 - 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:N/A
    Writer:Jocelyn Stevenson

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  19. undefined Season 4 Episode 6 - Goes Cellular
    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #19 - 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:N/A
    Writer:Jocelyn Stevenson

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  20. undefined Season 1 Episode 3 - Inside Ralphie
    7.4/10(5 votes)

    #20 - Inside Ralphie

    S1:E3

    Ralphie is crushed when a fever keeps him home from school the day he's scheduled to host a FNN (Frizzle News Network) television broadcast on health. With Tyne Daly as Ralphie’s mom.

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    Writer:Jocelyn Stevenson

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  21. undefined Season 2 Episode 12 - Cold Feet
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #21 - Cold Feet

    S2:E12

    Liz has gone off to a mysterious place called “Herp Haven.” Thinking she’s in trouble, the class rushes to Herp Haven, where they turn into reptiles. With Michael York as Herpst.

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    Writer:Jocelyn Stevenson

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  22. undefined Season 3 Episode 7 - Makes a Rainbow
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #22 - Makes a Rainbow

    S3:E7

    The class finds Ms. Frizzle inside her closet—playing a pinball machine she created with light pulses instead of steel balls. With time and the light pulses running out, the kids must discover the secrets of color—before the principal, Mr. Ruhle, discovers them!

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    Writer:Jocelyn Stevenson

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  23. undefined Season 3 Episode 9 - Works Out
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #23 - Works Out

    S3:E9

    Is Mr. Sinew any match for the Friz? At this year’s “Teacher-athlon,” the kids fear Ms. Frizzle doesn’t stand a chance against the muscle-bound gym teacher from another school, so the class travels inside her body for a closer look.

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    Writer:Jocelyn Stevenson

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  24. undefined Season 3 Episode 12 - Rocks and Rolls
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #24 - Rocks and Rolls

    S3:E12

    To celebrate the founding of Walkerville, Ms. Frizzle’s class sculpts a stone likeness of its founding father, Captain Walker. As they add the finishing touches, the statue tumbles down the mountain. Ms. Frizzle turns the Bus into a huge boulder and the kids into rocks while bumping down the mountain in a desperate attempt to save the statue.

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    Writer:Jocelyn Stevenson

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  25. undefined Season 4 Episode 3 - Goes to Mussel Beach
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #25 - Goes to Mussel Beach

    S4:E3

    Ms. Frizzle’s “Uncle Shelby” wants the class to look after his beachfront property. The kids soon discover that this “luxurious” accommodation is only a tiny spot on the shoreline.

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    Writer:Jocelyn Stevenson

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Jocelyn Stevenson Ratings Summary

"Gets Ready, Set, Dough" is the best rated episode written by Jocelyn Stevenson. 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".