beep, beep
Seat belts, everyone!
Please let this be a normal field trip.
With the Frizz?
No way! Oh!
♪ Cruisin' on down Main Street ♪
♪ You're relaxed and feelin' good ♪
♪ Yeah! ♪
♪ Next thing that you know, you're seein' ♪
Wa-ha-ha-hoo!
♪ An octopus in the neighborhood! ♪
♪ Surfin' on a sound wave ♪
♪ Swingin' through the stars ♪
♪ Take a left at your intestine ♪
♪ Take your second right past Mars ♪
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♪ Navigate a nostril ♪
♪ Climb on the Magic School Bus ♪
♪ Spank a plankton, too ♪
Take that!
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♪ Raft a river of lava ♪
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♪ Such a fine thing to do ♪
Whoa!
♪ So strap your bones right to the seat ♪
♪ Come on in and don't be shy ♪
Come on!
♪ Just to make your day complete ♪
♪ You might get baked into a pie ♪
♪ On the Magic School Bus ♪
Step inside. It's a wilder ride.
Come on!
♪ Ride on the Magic School Bus ♪
beep, beep
[buzzing]
Hey, Ralphie, wait for me!
Wanda, I can't move!
Push!
Whoa!
Who-o-o-ah!
Yes!
How's it going, Liz?
Aren't you psyched?
The Frizz is taking us to the beach today.
Don't forget, we can't go until after our reports.
Then let's keep the reports short, D.A.
Yup. Where there's a will, there's a wave!
We brought sand and a crab shell
for our two beach- things-that-go- together report.
Didn't we, Carlos?
Whoa! A humongous wave at 10:00!
See? Crabs dig in the sand,
so crabs and sand go together.
Aah! Wipe out!
thud
Ha ha ha!
What did you bring, Ralphie?
Ha ha ha! Uh...
Hello, everyone!
Hiya, guys.
Phoebe, did you bring the dune grass?
Ralphie, have I ever let you down?
Did you bring the sun?
Actually, I couldn't fit it in my knapsack,
but I did bring this.
[inhales and blows]
The sun, in all its glory!
At my old school, we weren't allowed
to bring the sun to class.
Ha ha. How about you, Tim?
Check it out-- a stunning portrait
of the rock to go with Wanda's mussel.
You did bring the mussel, didn't you, Wanda?
Ta-da! One mussel to go with Tim's rock.
I named him Gussel the Mussel.
Gus for short.
Who's Gus for short?
Hi, Keesha!
Gus is the mussel I brought
for the two beach-things- that-go-together report. See?
Oh, no! Oh, help! Oh, bad!
Oh, bad, bad, oh, bad, bad, bad, bad, bad, bad!
Something wrong?
I totally forgot about the report.
You did?
You didn't bring anything?
Just my swimsuit and a towel...
and a tuna fish sandwich.
(kids) Uh-oh!
What's wrong with that? I love tuna sandwiches!
Listen, don't panic yet. Who's your partner?
Arnold.
Don't worry. Arnold likes reports.
He probably did the whole thing himself.
Where is Arnold, anyway?
[sloshing]
[all gasp] Arnold!
Hi, guys!
Yuck! What happened to your shoe?
I was running,
and I sort of stepped into the pond near our house.
And you were running because you were in a hurry
because you couldn't wait to show me what you did
for our two beach-things-that- go-together report, right?
Oh, I knew I forgot something!
You mean you didn't bring anything, either?
Just my bathing suit and a towel.
And the scum on your shoe!
[laughter]
Scum and a tuna fish sandwich!
D.A., why didn't we think of that?
But do scum and a tuna fish sandwich go together?
Hey! Maybe they do.
Think. Think. Think. Think. Think. Think. Think.
No.
Oh, great.
Not only do I get slimed by pond scum,
but I forget my report!
I knew I should have stayed home today.
Hey!
We can't just give up, Arnold.
We have to work with what we've got.
But, Keesha--
Good morning, class!
(kids) Good morning, Ms. Frizzle!
We have an exciting day ahead of us!
Haven't we?
Hang ten, you guys!
Maybe she'll forget the reports.
And the first thing on the agenda
is your two-beach-things- that-go-together reports.
Then again, maybe she won't.
Hmm. Let's start with...
um... Ralphie and Phoebe.
Phew! Phew!
"Why the Sun and Dune Grass Go Together?" by us.
All rights reserved.
Dune grass, like other plants,
uses energy from the sun to make its own food.
No sun, no dune grass.
No sun, no nothing.
Oh, Keesha and Arnold,
why don't you go next?
Yes, well, uh...
We brought this nutritious
tuna fish sandwich--
And this delightful green scum.
You did?
Why, that is absolutely fantastic!
It is? It is?
So tell us what the connection is
between delightful green scum
and a nutritious tuna fish sandwich.
Um, uh...
They both have, um--
Adjectives?
[bell ringing]
Oh, dear. Hold that thought.
It's time to go to the beach.
Oh, but don't worry. We'll finish your reports when we get back.
Line up by the door, please!
Saved by the bell.
Yeah. I never thought I'd be glad
to go on a field trip.
♪
For once, a nice, peaceful day at the beach.
Forget it, Arnold.
Everyone else will have a wonderful time,
but we've got work to do.
Now concentrate.
How does your scum go with my sandwich?
You know, class, this trip just might give you
the answer you're looking for.
I wonder if she knows we don't know.
She knows everything.
(Ms. Frizzle) Well, not exactly everything.
It's your job as scientists to look for connections.
Connections? You mean how things go together?
Exactly!
(Ms. Frizzle) We're here! Everybody out!
There's dune grass!
With the sun beaming down on it.
And here's a rock.
Covered with Gus' family.
Look at them all.
It's a regular mussel beach! Ha ha!
(kids) Carlos!
And here's a crab burrowing into the sand!
Look up there!
That's a gull, isn't it?
I wonder what it's doing.
Wow! It just ate that crab!
The beach air is making me hungry.
Everyone else's report seems so obvious.
Ohh!
Arnold, you're eating our report!
Oh, sorry. I forgot.
Arnold, we've got to figure out the connection
between my sandwich and your scum.
beep, beep
Ready to explore this environment in a bit more depth?
Huh? Now?
But we just got here.
Uh-oh! I'm getting that old field-trip feeling again!
Come on, Arnold.
I know we can figure it out if we try.
Seat belts, everyone!
H-2-O, here we go!
Ha ha ha!
Mmm! How refreshing!
♪ Anchors aweigh, my class, anchors aweigh ♪
♪ Dum, dum, dum, dum, dum, dum, dum ♪
♪ dum, dum, dum, dum, dum, dum, dum, dum ♪
♪ Dum ♪
Think, Arnold! Think!
I can't! I hate it when my socks get wet.
Can I have my shoe back?
No way. We need it for our report!
Oh, look!
There's some seaweed!
What are those? They're beautiful.
Those are sea urchins, Tim.
They eat seaweed.
And sea otters eat them!
Do you really think they ought-er [otter]?
Bad, Carlos.
Are you looking, Arnold?
What do you see down there?
Well, I'm trying hard to look for connections, just as you said,
but I can't see past all that green stuff.
Yuck. It's gone all scummy.
Did you say scummy? That's it!
Look, Keesha! Scum!
Excellent observation, Arnold.
This scum is called phytoplankton.
Phytoplankton?
Phytoplankton!
Phy-to-plankton!
Yes. Little, tiny plants.
Wait a second.
Does that mean the scum on Arnold's shoe
is some kind of phytoplankton?
Care to try my marvelous megamagnifier, mayhaps?
Sea scum...
Shoe scum...
Not exactly the same,
but not far off.
What do you think, Keesha?
Should we take a closer look?
Sure. Why not?
No, Keesha, you don't know what you're saying.
I know that tone of voice.
It means something weird is going to happen!
Wa-hoo!
Did we just shrink?
We did.
We are now as tiny as phytoplankton.
And that's seriously tiny.
Class, you will notice that the bus is equipping each of us
with a specially designed underwater breathing mask.
So get messy! Make mistakes!
Get out there and explore!
(Wanda) I'll go first!
(Ralphie) This is so cool!
(Arnold) And so wet!
(Tim) Wow!
And remember, look for connections!
Got it.
I don't get it.
How are we supposed to find a tuna fish sandwich
in the middle of the ocean
when we're the size of phytoplankton?
Who knows? Maybe there's teeny-tiny,
phytoplankton-operated sandwich stands!
And to think that when we're big,
all this just looks like green scum.
Amazing, isn't it?
Arnold, what are you doing?
Who, me?
Arnold, we have to figure out what all this has got to do
with my tuna fish sandwich!
And we have to figure it out now!
Hey, Keesha! Look at me!
Whoa-ho!
Is it my imagination, or do they look hungry?
(both) Aah!
(Ms. Frizzle) It's not just you, Ralphie.
These bigger creatures are eating the phytoplankton.
So as I always say, "It's better to be in the bus."
(kids) Whoa!
(Ms. Frizzle) Than to be in something else.
Nature never ceases to amaze me.
Whoa!
Whew. We were nearly lunch at first sight.
Just your average day at the beach with the Frizz.
(Ms. Frizzle) OK, bus, do your stuff.
Congratulations!
We are now the size of zooplankton.
Zooplankton? I wonder if that's what just tried to eat us.
(Ms. Frizzle) Very good, Keesha!
Zooplankton eat phytoplankton.
Zooplankton are tiny animals that live in the water.
This way, class.
We've got to take chances! Get messy!
Get eaten.
(Ms. Frizzle) And don't forget to look for connections!
But, Ms. Frizzle, this is a big ocean.
I'll never find a connection
between scum and a tuna fish sandwich.
Of course you will, Keesha. Stay with your partner.
But--
Hey, Keesha, we thought
phytoplankton looked weird!
Get a load of these guys!
They are not guys, Carlos. They are zooplankton.
There don't seem to be as many of them
as there were of the phytoplankton.
Good observation, Tim. What else do you notice? Anyone?
Those giant things.
Very good, Phoebe.
Those giant things are anchovies.
They're a kind of fish.
Anchovies? You mean the salty things
my dad puts on his pizza when he doesn't want me to eat it?
You may not like anchovies, Ralphie,
but they might like you.
I wonder if that's because we're the size of zooplankton.
Keesha's right, class.
As you can see, anchovies eat zooplankton.
Can anyone guess where this is leading?
To lunch?
Precisely.
All right, everyone! Back in the bus!
(kids) Aah!
(Ms. Frizzle) Ready, bus?
(kids) Whee! (Ms. Frizzle) Well done.
We are now the size of an anchovy.
I suggest we stay in the bus while we have our lunch.
But there's so much to see out there!
Excellent observation, Wanda.
At my old school, we always had to stay on the bus
if we ate lunch in the ocean.
Since we can't eat our report,
do you want some organic potato chips?
No, thanks. I had some phytoplankton earlier.
You did?
Listen, Arnold, time is running out,
and we don't have our report yet.
Scum--tuna fish sandwich. Scum--tuna fish sandwich!
What's in a tuna sandwich, anyway?
Mayonnaise, tuna fish, maybe a little vinegar,
some chopped celery--
Did you say tuna fish?
Um, yeah.
Arnold, you may accidentally be a genius.
What does a tuna fish look like?
I don't know. I never saw one without mayonnaise.
D.A., quick. There's got to be a picture of a tuna fish
in one of your books.
Here! An albacore tuna!
I got it!
I got the connection!
What eats phytoplankton? Zooplankton!
And what eats zooplankton? Little fish, like anchovies.
And what eats little fish, like anchovies?
Well...
(kids) Tuna fish!
Aah!
(Arnold) I knew I should have stayed home today.
(Ms. Frizzle) Class, we are now inside an albacore tuna.
Cheer up, Arnold. We're off the hook.
We know how your scum and my tuna fish sandwich are connected.
You know, it's a tuna-eat-scum world out there.
No, no, no. Listen. Tuna don't eat scum.
Scum gets eaten by zooplankton,
which get eaten by little fish, like anchovies,
which get eaten by tuna.
Our report's in the bag.
But the bag's in a tuna's tummy.
Who knows what you call something that's connected? Linked together?
You mean like a chain?
Very good, Tim!
Tuna are linked to phytoplankton by what they eat.
Tuna and phytoplankton
belong to the same food chain.
Food chain? A chain of food? I could get into that!
Me, too.
Phytoplankton, zooplankton, fish, and people, too.
We're all in a food chain-- scum, this fish, and you.
Humans are usually at the very top of the food chain.
But for once, we're actually inside it.
We are also in the perfect position
to study a tuna's digestive system.
What? Now?
Ms. Frizzle, do you think we could go back to school now?
Arnold and I need to do our report.
Well, if you insist.
I guess we could leave the tuna's digestive system for another day.
Whew. Way to go.
Close one.
(Ms. Frizzle) Hmm...
Yes. Very good.
Ok, class. Take your seats!
Here we go!
(kids) Help!
Yeeooww!
Nope.
Already have a bus.
(kids) Look out!
Look out! Whoa!
(Wanda) This is it, Ralphie! The wave of our dreams!
When we get back to the classroom,
we will discuss our observations.
Surf's up!
Arnold, do you observe what I observe?
She's hanging ten.
There really is more to Ms. Frizzle than meets the eye.
(Keesha) So to wrap up our report,
allow us to show you the artwork we've commissioned--
An original Tim.
Here we have our recent experience--
the ocean food chain.
It works like this.
Scum, or phytoplankton, are eaten by zooplankton,
which are eaten by small fish, like anchovies,
which are eaten by big fish, like tuna.
It's so "ef-fish-ient." [efficient]
(kids) Carlos! [laughter]
And this, class, is a land food chain.
(Tim) Yeah. A mouse eats grass seed...
(Wanda) Snake eats the mouse...
(Carlos) And the hawk eats the snake.
The hawk is at the top of this food chain.
What's at the bottom? Hmm?
[whispering]
Grass!
So what's at the bottom of the ocean food chain?
Well, I think-- Phytoplankton!
And what do phytoplankton and grass have in common?
You step on them both.
(kids) Arnold! [laughter]
They're both plants.
(Keesha) Hey, wait a minute!
Do all food chains begin with plants?
Yes, they do!
Each and every one of them!
(all) Yay!
Well, if scum and a tuna fish sandwich are connected,
I guess just about everything must be connected somehow, huh?
Hey! Where's my shoe?
burp
[squawks]
Nature never ceases to amaze me.
As I always say, "If the shoe is clean, wear it."
[laughter]
Is this the Magic School Bus?
Magic School Bus? Magic School Bus?
Magic School Bus?
I want the Magic School Bus.
(children) I want the Magic School Bus!
[telephone ringing]
Hello.
(boy) Hi. Is this Big Al's Total Pig-Out Emporium?
I'd like to order a toasted Big Al special with--
Whoa, whoa. Wait a second. Wrong number.
This the Magic School Bus show.
No way! I was just watching it.
That's why I was so hungry.
Maybe you can clear up a few things.
I'll try.
People are on top of the food chain, right?
Except I don't eat just tuna.
I eat lots of things, so am I on top of lots of food chains?
You are.
So, what do you call a lot of chains put together?
A pile? Am I at the top of a food pile?
A lot of different chains mixed together are called a food web.
I get it! So if things are connected in a chain,
what if something happens to one part of the chain?
Well, it'll make something happen
to everything else in the chain.
It's all connected.
OK, but you know, it's not true
that all food chains start with plants.
I read about some plants and animals
living deep in the ocean
that get their energy from chemicals.
Yes, but they're weird.
Weird? You say they're weird?
Since when does a tuna eat a school bus?
Well, it could if the bus were small enough
and looked like a delicious anchovy.
Yes, but you and I both know
school buses don't shrink
and they don't go in the ocean.
Magic school buses do.
Being magic can make all the difference.
And Ms. Frizzle must be magic.
Why do you say that?
Because somehow she can hang ten
between math lessons and report marking.
[laughs]
Yeah, I guess you're right.
Thanks for calling. Bye.
Why, thank you, Liz! This looks del--
[stomach growls]
Uh. Oh. Rats.
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♪ Swinging through the stars ♪
♪ Take a left at your intestine ♪
♪ Take your second right past Mars ♪
♪ On the Magic School Bus... ♪
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♪ On the Magic School Bus ♪
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