Season 2 (1995)
| # | Title | Topic | Written by | Guest star | Original airdate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | "Blows Its Top" | Volcanoes | Sean Kelly, George Arthur Bloom, Jocelyn Stevenson | N/A | September 9, 1995 |
| According to Ms. Frizzle, there is an island so new it hasn't been discovered yet. Carlos wants to name it "Carlos Island"' but Dorothy Ann has decided to get a name by looking in a book. However when they arrive, there is no island. Ms. Frizzle says it's because the island hasn't arrived yet. In the end, it turns out that the island was created by an underwater volcano. | |||||
| 02 | "Flexes Its Muscles" | Skeletons | John May, Jocelyn Stevenson, George Arthur Bloom | Tony Randall | September 16, 1995 |
| The bus is acting up, so Ms. Frizzle decides to take it to the Body Shop for repairs, owned by R.U. Humerus (Tony Randall). Meanwhile, Ralphie has been dreaming what it would be like if he had a robot to do all his chores. So he and the rest of the class (minus Keesha) want to try building one using all the gadgets in the body shop. First, they'll have to understand how bones and muscles work, though. | |||||
| 03 | "The Busasaurus" | Dinosaurs | Ronnie Krauss, Brian Meehl, George Arthur Bloom | Rita Moreno | September 23, 1995 |
| This is the cartoon version of The Magic School Bus In the Time of the Dinosaurs. The only period seen is the Cretaceous Period (all periods are visited in the book,) which is due to time constraints. In this episode, the kids visit Ms. Frizzle's old friend, Dr. Carmina Skeledon (Rita Moreno) at a dinosaur dig. Dr. Skeledon lets Arnold see a fossilized dinosaur egg as the kids are leaving, and he still has it when they go back in time. An Ornithomimus steals the egg, and both Arnold and Phoebe chase after it. The rest of the class is left to find them, and in the end, Arnold squares off with a Tyrannosaurus Rex after being grown. | |||||
| 04 | "Going Batty" | Bats | Ronnie Krauss, Brian Meehl, George Arthur Bloom | Tyne Daly, Dana Elcar, Elliott Gould, Eartha Kitt, Edward James Olmos | September 30, 1995 |
| Ralphie is convinced that Ms. Frizzle is a vampire when she shows up in a cape, and with a transylvanian accent. She moves like a vampire and talks like a vampire. The Friz is now taking all the kids' parents on a little field trip and Ralphie is convinced she is going to do something horrible to them. This episode teaches that bats aren't a vampire, and that they are fascinating creatures. | |||||
| 05 | "Butterfly and the Bog Beast" | Butterflies | Brian Meehl, George Arthur Bloom | N/A | October 7, 1995 |
| The class needs a new mascot for their soccer team, the old mascot being so old that nobody even knows what it is anymore. Phoebe is convinced it should be the butterfly, but the rest of the class doesn't agree with this. Janet (from Gets Lost in Space) shows up again and convinces the class that their mascot should be the "Bog Beast". Since nobody seems to know what a bog beast is, the Friz takes the class on a trip to the swamp to find out. | |||||
| 06 | "Wet All Over" | Water | Jocelyn Stevenson, George Arthur Bloom, Kristin Laskas Martin | N/A | October 14, 1995 (This Episode can be seen as a skit on the Kids for Character with Tom Selleck VHS) |
| The class is excited about going to Waterland. Wanda and Arnold are working on a project together and somehow Wanda convinces him to go to the girls' bathroom with her to get water. He accidentally leaves Ms. Frizzle's keys and Liz in the bathroom, and forgets to turn the water off. When they leave to go to Waterland, Ms. Frizzle instead uses a spare key which turns the bus, class and her into water. | |||||
| 07 | "In a Pickle" | Microbes | Jocelyn Stevenson, Brian Meehl, George Arthur Bloom | N/A | October 21, 1995 |
| The kids have just come back from vacation and found that the vegetables that won a contest have rotted. Keesha is particularly distressed, not because her first prize cucumber has rotted, but because it's gone and has been replaced with a pickle. Keesha reasons that the door to the classroom was locked over vacation and Ms. Frizzle had the key. To everyone's surprise Ms. Frizzle admitted that she had done something to Keesha's cucumber. The kids put Ms. Frizzle on trial and make Liz the judge. The Friz claims that Keesha’s cucumber was turned to a pickle by the "Mike Robe Gang" and takes the class on a field trip to prove it. | |||||
| 08 | "Revving Up" | Engines | Sean Kelly, Brian Meehl, George Arthur Bloom | Sherman Hemsley | October 28, 1995 |
| Mr. Junkett (Sherman Hemsley), a vehicle maintenance inspector, wasn't pleased when he inspected the magic school bus. In fact, he decides to take it to the junkyard to smash it. The Friz and the class have to do something to save their bus. Naturally, they have decided to shrink and go inside it. All the problems seem to be caused by peanut butter, as Mr. Junkett was eating a peanut butter sandwich while inspecting the bus. | |||||
| 09 | "Taking Flight" | Flight | Kermit Frazier, George Arthur Bloom | N/A | November 4, 1995 |
| Wanda and Tim have built a model airplane together for a model show. Ms. Frizzle decides to shrink the class, so they can fly in it. Tim, Phoebe and Liz stay on the ground to operate the remote control, at least until it gets smashed. The class learns all about flight. Meanwhile, Tim, Phoebe and Liz try to turn the bus into different airplanes (two of which can't fly) to go rescue them. | |||||
| 10 | "Getting Energized" | Energy | Brian Meehl, George Arthur Bloom | N/A | November 11, 1995 |
| At the Walkerville carnival the kids are running the Ferris wheel; however, it doesn't work for some reason. Mikey, Carlos' little brother who is wheelchair bound comes to the rescue. Since electric power doesn't work, they decide to use the energy of falling rocks. If the people ride in one side of the Ferris wheel and the rocks land on the other, then it will cause the wheel to turn without hurting anyone. The problem is how to get the rocks to the Ferris wheel. Rachel makes a cameo, since she did not appear with Ms. Frizzle and her class. | |||||
| 11 | "Out of This World" | Meteorites | Libby Hinson, George Arthur Bloom | Swoosie Kurtz | November 18, 1995 |
| Dorothy Ann has a nightmare about an asteroid crashing into her school. She also has spotted an asteroid that will hit Earth and is worried that it will destroy their school. With her ideas, the class calls NASA, and has decided "to find it, follow it and finish it off," with a Star Trek theme. They also encounter a meteor and comet in this episode. | |||||
| 12 | "Cold Feet" | Ectothermy/Reptiles | Jocelyn Stevenson, John May, George Arthur Bloom | Michael York | November 25, 1995 |
| Liz has disappeared and the trail leads to Herp Haven, which is some kind of spa for reptiles. There, they see a woman named Mrs. Westlake ask for her turtle to be "toasted and stuffed, just like the last one." The class has decided to lead a rescue mission to find Liz, on which they learn about reptiles and how they need to move from place to place to get comfortable because they are cold blooded, which comes in handy, as Ms. Frizzle turned them into some. | |||||
| 13 | "Ups and Downs" | Floating | Brian Meehl, George Arthur Bloom | Cindy Williams | December 2, 1995 |
| Talk show reporter Gerri Poveri is reporting that there is a monster in Walker Lake. The class is very eager (especially Wanda) to find it. Phoebe also wants to find the monster so she can feed it. However, the bus' automatic sinking button is broken. They will have to find some other way to get it to sink. They succeed by adding weight and "crumpling" the bus. However, at the bottom, they discover that the monster was a fake; Gerri Poveri made the story up to increase her ratings. Now they will have to make the bus float again, so they can tell the truth to the public. |
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