beep, beep
Seat belts, everyone!
Please let this be a normal field trip.
With the Frizz?
No way! No way!
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beep, beep
It's too darned hot.
Even the thermometer is sweating.
Oh, boy.
Phew.
I never thought I'd say this, but if we could get
Ms. Frizzle to shrink us,
we could all fit in that tub.
It is precisely 99 degrees Fahrenheit in here.
That's 37 degrees Celsius.
At my old school, we measured in metric.
♪ It ain't gonna rain no more, no more ♪
♪ It ain't gonna rain no more ♪
♪ It ain't gonna rain no more, no more ♪
Ms. Frizzle, don't say that.
What good is my raincatcher
if it ain't gonna rain no more?
It's so hot.
What we need is rain and lots of it.
Ha ha! That's what I love about the weather.
[thunders]
It's always changing.
Where does she get her clothes?
You know what we really need--
A thunderstorm!
A thunderstorm? Oof!
You mean, with lightning and thunder?
What else?
A thunderstorm would clear out
all this muggy stuff.
I've changed my mind.
I don't mind sweating really.
I've heard it's, uh, it's good for you.
Wouldn't it be neat if I could make a thunderstorm?
It would be Ralphie to the rescue!
But I could never do that.
It's too big a job for a kid,
but it's a perfect job for...weatherman!
Shikka shikka ka-boom!
(Ms. Frizzle) Ralphie. Earth to Ralphie.
Come in, Ralphie.
Oh. Um, sorry, Ms. Frizzle.
How would you like to join our discussion about weather?
Sure. Weather is my specialty!
Since when?
Weather is how all the air around us is right now.
Yeah, horrible.
Since you're so hot on the weather, Ralphie,
tell us what makes the weather cool
and clear one day
and hot and humid the next.
That's easy. Weatherman!
Shikka shikka ka-boom!
Weatherman?
Ralphie, you've been reading
too many superhero comic books.
Besides, it's water that makes the weather.
You know, water, as in rain.
Uh, according to my research, Carlos,
it's air that makes the weather.
Wind is moving air.
No, no, no. Let's get this straight.
Heat makes the weather-- as in the heat from the sun.
All of you are right.
You've have just named
three ingredients--
air, water, and heat--
that, when stirred together,
make weather.
And who do you think does all the stirring?
Weatherman!
He can even make thunderstorms!
Come on, Ralphie. Weatherman?
The heat must be getting to you.
Oh, yeah? What do you know?
Plenty! Oh, yeah?
Yeah!
[thunders]
Ahem. I'm afraid I must interrupt this lively debate.
It's time for our field trip!
Huh? Huh?
A field trip? In this heat?
Just look at the weather.
Ha ha. Excellent suggestion, Arnold.
It is?
Liz, why don't you go warm up the bus?
Isn't it hot enough already?
And you could go with her, Ralphie,
to let us know when everything's ready.
Me? But I'm not finished
telling you about weatherman!
What's to tell, Ralphie?
Just because you don't believe
in weatherman
doesn't mean he doesn't exist!
Ralphie thinks he knows everything.
I mean, weatherman? Give me a break.
Ah, well, Keesha, as I always say,
"Keep an open mind,"
and you never know who will walk in.
Single file, please.
Uh, I think I'll set up my raincatcher
here just in case it rains while we're gone.
Hey! Look at that!
(Phoebe) I wonder what all that stuff is for?
I hope the air conditioning
still works.
Well done.
(Ralphie) Faster than lightning,
cooler than rain,
louder than thunder-- it's weatherman!
Shikka shikka ka-boom!
Oops. Oof!
This is it!
I've always wanted to do a superhero comic book!
I'll call it "The Adventures of Weatherman."
Tim, if Ralphie's weatherman,
then I'm the Queen of England.
Your Majesty,
for my first adventure,
I, Weatherman,
will show you how I make weather.
I will even make a thunderstorm!
Uh, won't I, Ms. Frizzle?
I don't see why not,
Weatherman.
Shikka shikka ka-boom!
Did you hear that?
Ms. Frizzle called him Weatherman?
Now the heat's getting to her.
First, we shall bravely go
where no bus has gone before
and explore one of weather's major ingredients--air!
Air? Excuse me, but anybody can explore air.
It's all over the place.
You think I mean plain old sitting around,
doing-nothing air?
I'm talking moving air!
Moving air makes weather!
[coughing]
shikka shikka ka-boom!
Sorry, Ralphie. The only moving air in here
is the hot air coming from your mouth.
[breathing]
Ew!
Ok, fine.
Then I, Weatherman,
will bravely go and explore
moving air!
And I, for one, shall bravely follow.
Class?
Ohh. All right.
If you say so.
(Arnold) Hey, Ralphie, do you
have any idea what you're doing?
I am Weatherman!
Of course I know what I'm doing.
All right. Now what am I doing?
Oh, what the heck?
Uh-oh. I think that was the wrong button.
Maybe if I do this.
Excellent choice, Ralphie.
Hee hee hee!
Really?
Wa-hoo!
Whoa! Whoa!
Ralphie, what did you do to us?
Oops.
(Tim) "The Adventures of Weatherman."
Chapter one-- "Gone With the Wind!"
(Phoebe) I feel light as a feather.
(Carlos) Maybe you're not weatherman
but featherman.
Ah, now that's what I call moving air.
I didn't mean to blow them away,
Ms. Frizzle, honest!
Good work, Weatherman.
Ms. Frizzle, level with me.
Am I really Weatherman?
You have three ingredients to make weather--
wind, heat, and water.
It's up to you to stir them together.
As I always say,
"Take chances. Make mistakes."
Hmm. Get messy.
Exactly! Only put some oomph into it, Weatherman.
You already know a lot about the weather.
That's right!
I, Weatherman, have moved air to make wind!
So what are you waiting for?
Oh, yippee!
[squawks]
Woo-hoo! Watch this!
Wa-hoo!
Look, Ma, no ground!
(Arnold) I think
I should have stayed home today!
Listen, you guys,
all Ralphie did was push a button.
Isn't it great?
You can see for miles!
Look how sunny it is over there.
And look at that humongous cloud!
Too bad it's nowhere near my raincatcher.
It looks like a thundercloud.
Good thing it's nowhere near us.
According to my research,
weather is different in different places.
Right? Right!
How come?
Uh...heh heh! Because.
(Ms. Frizzle) Because, Wanda, different combinations
of wind, water, and heat make
different kinds of weather. Right, Weatherman?
I couldn't have said it
better myself, Ms. Frizzle.
[whistles]
All aboard the Weathermobile!
Oof!
Whoa! Oof!
Excellent demonstration of wind.
Yeah. How did you do it, Ralphie?
Well, Tim, it's as easy as--
Hey! Who's this Ralphie
you keep talking about?
You're Ralphie.
You arenotWeatherman.
Ralphie, Weatherman-- what does it matter?
We were all blown away
by the experience, right?
Ha ha ha!
So Ralphie can turn a fan on and all. Big deal!
I'm still waiting for that thunderstorm you promised.
The world isn't filled with big fans, you know.
So what really makes wind?
I'll answer that question, Ralphie,
but you're not gonna get out of making
that thunderstorm.
What really makes the wind
is a combination of air and heat.
For example, the sun heats the Earth,
the Earth heats the air,
and this warmer air rises.
When the warm air rises, more air has to take its place,
so cooler air comes in,
and this movement of air creates wind.
Very good, Keesha.
Right.
Now, how about that thunderstorm?
Okey-dokey.
One thunderstorm, coming right up!
Take a little air, add some heat...
Whoa! Whoa!
Oof!
Yikes! Whoa!
Ralphie, what are you doing?
Um, just a little experiment.
Oh, Weatherman just made an updraft.
He did? Of course I did!
Weatherman just made an updraft!
Shikka shikka ka-boom!
I salute myself.
I salute my updraft.
What's an updraft?
Anupdraft is warm air
that blows up instead of sideways!
You mean, like heat rising out of a toaster?
That's a very good example of a very small one, Phoebe.
But if an updraft is gonna make
any difference to the weather,
it has to be pretty big, right?
Whoa! Whoa!
(Tim) Chapter two--
"Weatherman and the Updraft Riders!"
How about clouds?
Can you make clouds, too?
Of course, Wanda!
After all, you need clouds for a thunderstorm!
Err...uh...
Wanda, Dorothy Ann, I can't believe
you're buying into this!
You need to add water.
I learned that in
my old school, Weatherman.
Thank you, Phoebe.
Yes. Clouds are made of water.
Weatherman will now make a cloud.
I give up.
(Wanda) Now what's happening to us?
We're water.
Arnold, this is ridiculous!
Thanks to Weatherman,
you guys are all wet!
Shikka shikka ka-boom!
Whoa! Ha ha ha!
(Tim) Time to break out the watercolors!
(Carlos) We're changing again!
Oh, Weatherman has turned us
from water into tiny, little water droplets.
Keep together, class.
This is fun.
(Ms. Frizzle) Clouds are made up
of millions of tiny, tiny, little water droplets.
(Wanda) We really made a cloud!
(Ralphie) Thanks to Weatherman!
(kids) Shikka shikka ka-boom!
I knew I should have b-brought a sweater.
It's cold up here.
Cold? It's f-f--
Huh?
Freezing!
(Ms. Frizzle) Ah, we're turning into ice crystals!
Oh, I love this part.
We're unique. We're beautiful.
We're also falling.
Good observation, Carlos!
When ice crystals in a cloud grow,
and stick together, they get heavy!
But now we're getting warmer!
Which must be why we're...
Melting!
Weatherman made rain!
You arenot Weatherman!
Oh, Keesha,
stop being such a drip.
Ha ha ha!
splash
(Tim) That was fantastic!
What a ride!
Come on, Weatherman! Let's do it again!
(Keesha) OK, Ralphie.
You made a little cloud, a little rain,
but you still haven't made the thunderstorm
you promised.
Weatherman will not disappoint you.
Oof!
Will he, Ms. Frizzle?
Absolutely not.
More heat. More wind. More water!
Add heat and air!
Make a giant updraft! Add water!
Ha ha ha! Ha ha ha!
Uh, Ralphie...
Make a cloud! Freeze the water!
Fall! Melt! Rain!
Uh, Weatherman?
Shh. Not now, Arnold.
More heat! More water! More wind!
More--
Oh, what's the use?
I'll never do it.
Never say never, Weatherman.
[thunders]
Oh, no!
(kids) Whoa!
(girls) Help!
Weatherman!
Ah, isn't this thrilling, class?
We are inside a thunderstorm!
Yep. I was right.
I should have stayed home today.
You're perfectly safe, Arnold.
The bus is equipped with
the best lightning shield available.
Do you have an extra one in my size?
Whoa! Whoa!
Warm, moist air sweeps up
in a huge updraft!
Look! It's raining up!
Amazing.
(Ms. Frizzle) Moisture in the rising updraft cools,
condensing into clouds,
and if it gets cold enough,
the moisture turns to what, class? Anyone?
Ice crystals!
(Keesha) Then snow!
And what happens when the snow gets heavy enough?
Oh, no.
It falls!
Oh, yes! Yes! And let's not forget
lightning and thunder!
[thunders] Who could forget?
Whoa! Whee hee hee!
Ha ha ha!
I can't take this anymore!
I've got to make it stop!
I'm sorry, Weatherman,
but a thunderhead like this won't stop
until it's all rained out.
I can't wait until then!
Relax, Weatherman.
It's just like being on a roller coaster.
But I hate roller coasters more than anything
in the whole wide world!
Listen, you guys. I know this might come
as a big shock to you, but...
I am not weatherman!
The costume wasn't even my idea.
It was Liz's.
I didn't do anything.
I don't know anything about the weather!
I just want to go home!
You can get us out of this.
It doesn't matter
whether you're Weatherman or Ralphie!
You know tons about the weather!
No, I don't. I was faking it!
I was just pulling levers to show off!
See? I don't even know enough
not to mess with the shrinker-scope.
Forget about that.
There must be something that can get us out of here.
Come on, Weatherman. Think!
Keesha, could you say that again?
Come on, Weatherman! Think!
Keesh!
You called me Weatherman.
Shikka shikka ka-boom!
Ok. How to get out of here!
Out...out...
Ms. Frizzle!
Yes, Weatherman?
You said the storm has to rain itself out...
Didn't you? That's right.
Out. Down. Up... Up with the updraft!
Freeze. Fall. Melt...
melted snow, falling--falling down.
Down and out! That's it!
What's it?
I, Weatherman, will lead you out of this!
Follow me!
Come on!
Grab a snowflake!
Chapter five--
"Weatherman and the Snow Riders!"
Good work, bus!
Excuse me. My snow's melting.
We're getting rained out.
Way to go, Weatherman.
Ah, thanks, Keesha. I couldn't
have done it without you.
Whoa! Whoa!
(Ms. Frizzle) Whoo!
Whoa! Whoa!
(Carlos) My raincatcher worked!
See, it's already rained one inch,
plus eight kids and one teacher!
Excellent, Carlos.
(Keesha) Wow! This is some storm!
Ok. We got out of the thunderstorm.
Now how do we get out of the raincatcher?
Yes, that's it! Chapter Six--
"Weatherman Meets the Giant Lizard!"
All right!
Wet and tired,
they made it home.
Thanks to Weatherman!
Shikka shikka ka-boom!
And I'm out of here.
Shikka shikka ka-boom!
[thunders]
Not bad, huh? It's great, Tim.
But I sure am glad to be
out of that costume!
It's amazing that wind, water, and heat
can make such a huge storm.
And those same ingredients can also make
a beautiful, sunny day.
[Liz sneezing]
It's all in the mixing.
I've learned a lot about how weather gets made,
but there's one thing I know for sure.
And what's that, Ralphie?
From now on, I'm gonna leave the job
of weathermaking up to--
(Keesha) Weatherwoman!
Shikka shikka ka-boom!
Keesha, you
can't be weatherwoman
any more than I can be weatherman.
Why not?
Because the job is bigger
than both of us.
(Ms. Frizzle) As I always say,
"Shikka shikka ka-boom!"
(girl) Is this "the Magic School Bus"?
"Magic School Bus"?
I want "the Magic School Bus."
(all) I want "the Magic School Bus"!
[thunders]
[telephone rings]
[ring]
I'll get it.
No, I'll get it.
I'll get it-- No. I got it.
Aah! Whoa.
crash
[rings]
Hello. "Magic School Bus" producer.
Ahem. Um, producers.
(girl) Shikka shikka ka-boom!
[thunders]
Oh, ho. Very good.
Thank you. I'm studying up to be weatherwoman.
(male producer) Are you?
Yeah. Test me.
Ok. What is weather?
Weather is what the air is like
above us all the way
to the highest clouds as well
as all around us.
Good. Good!
Ask me another one.
True or false, most raindrops
start out as ice or snow.
True. And sometimes in a thunderstorm,
you even get hail,
which hits the ground
before it can melt.
Ho ho ho! You are one sharp kid, kid.
I told you. I'm studying up
to be weatherwoman!
Shikka shikka ka-boom!
Ask me another one.
Ok. We talked about three ingredients,
but we left out another important ingredient.
Land. For example,
mountains can push air up,
making thunderstorms.
Mountains can also keep rain away.
The land is another weather ingredient.
(female producer) That's right!
Weather isn't quite as simple as weatherman made it out to be.
It can get pretty complicated.
Which may be why we still can't tell
for sure today what the weather is gonna be like tomorrow.
You got it. One more question.
Shoot.
Are you really studying to be weatherwoman?
Of course not!
There is no such thing as weatherwoman.
Nobody makes the weather.
[booming thunder]
(female producer) Not even weather-lizard?
(caller) You're kidding, aren't you?
(male producer) Heh heh. Of course we are.
Who ever heard of weather-lizard?
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