The BEST episodes of The Magic School Bus season 1

Every episode of The Magic School Bus season 1, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The Magic School Bus season 1!

A classroom taught by Ms. Valerie Frizzle is always fun and exciting. The colorful teacher owns a Magic School Bus which can transform into different things like a spaceship, a battery, or even an alligator! These things can help Ms. Frizzle with visual teaching methods as she reveals information about anything in science. The students include Carlos, Phoebe, Keesha, Dorothy Ann, Tim, Ralphie, Arnold, and Wanda. Originally, The Magic School Bus aired on PBS. But when production ceased after four years, The Magic School Bus's run on PBS ended with it.

Last Updated: 9/16/2024Network: PBSStatus: Ended
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Kicks up a Storm
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8.98
52 votes

#1 - Kicks up a Storm

Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/4/1994

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

Directors: Lawrence Jacobs
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Goes to Seed
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8.36
25 votes

#2 - Goes to Seed

Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/19/1994

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.

Directors: Lawrence Jacobs
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For Lunch
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8.07
129 votes

#3 - For Lunch

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/17/1994

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!

Directors: Lawrence Jacobs
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Gets Ready, Set, Dough
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7.62
61 votes

#4 - Gets Ready, Set, Dough

Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/5/1994

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.

Directors: Lawrence Jacobs
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Gets Lost in Space
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7.61
161 votes

#5 - Gets Lost in Space

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/10/1994

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!

Directors: Lawrence Jacobs
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Gets Eaten
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7.45
64 votes

#6 - Gets Eaten

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/1/1994

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

Directors: Lawrence Jacobs
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In the Haunted House
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7.42
91 votes

#7 - In the Haunted House

Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 10/29/1994

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.

Directors: Lawrence Jacobs
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Gets Ants in Its Pants
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7.34
47 votes

#8 - Gets Ants in Its Pants

Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 11/26/1994

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

Directors: Lawrence Jacobs
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Meets the Rot Squad
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7.32
84 votes

#9 - Meets the Rot Squad

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/15/1994

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.

Directors: Lawrence Jacobs
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Plays Ball
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7.21
47 votes

#10 - Plays Ball

Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/12/1994

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

Directors: Lawrence Jacobs
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Hops Home
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7.20
84 votes

#11 - Hops Home

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/8/1994

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.

Directors: Lawrence Jacobs
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Inside Ralphie
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7.12
77 votes

#12 - Inside Ralphie

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/24/1994

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.

Directors: Lawrence Jacobs
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All Dried Up
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6.91
81 votes

#13 - All Dried Up

Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/22/1994

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.

Directors: Lawrence Jacobs
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