beep beep
Seat belts, everyone!
Please let this be a normal field trip.
With the Frizz? No way!
♪ 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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♪ 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!
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beep beep
I told them I'd have an idea for broadcast day--
[coughing]
so I'll have an idea for broadcast day.
[coughing]
Why don't I have an idea for broadcast day?
(Mom) Ralphie!
Get up, Ralphie.
You're going to be late for school.
Oh, no.
[cough]
Ralphie, what are you doing?
Our class is broadcasting
two hours of live television today,
and I said I'd have a show for them to do,
and I don't yet...
[coughing]
but I will.
No, you won't.
What?!
It's my opinion as your mother
and as a doctor that you have a fever,
which means you are sick,
which means you are going back to bed.
But--but, Mom!
No buts about it, Ralphie.
I'm sure your class
can do broadcast day without you.
We can't do it without him!
And we go on in an hour!
Where is he?
[telephone ringing]
I'll get it.
[telephone ringing]
I was wondering where you got to.
Hello. Yes, Dr. Tinelli.
Dr. Tinelli--
that's Ralphie's mom.
Uh-huh. Yes, I see. Uh-huh, uh-huh.
Yes. He's sick? Oh, poor Ralphie.
Why aren't I surprised?
Of course. He must stay in bed.
What?
In bed?
What about broadcast day?
Yes, Dr. Tinelli. Thank you for calling. Bye-bye.
Is Ralphie staying home
from school today, Ms. Frizzle?
Yes, I'm afraid so, Arnold.
What are we gonna do? What are we gonna do? What are we gonna do?
Why, we're taking school to him, of course!
To the bus.
beep beep
(Dorothy Ann) Are we doing broadcast day
from Ralphie's room, Ms. Frizzle?
What better place to take chances, make mistakes?
And it sure is messy.
Ms. Frizzle, are you sure this visit isn't a field trip?
What do you think, Arnold?
I think Ralphie shouldn't have stayed home today.
How can anything that smells like grape shoe polish
help my body get well? Echh.
It will if you take one teaspoon three times a day.
And don't forget to shake well before using.
Like this?
Even your jokes are sick.
Open.
Ugh...oh, boy, I feel great!
Mom, you are a miracle doctor.
Can I go to school now?
Forget it, Ralphie.
I've got to go see another patient,
but Grandpa's downstairs if you need anything.
I'll check in later.
[door closes]
If I get an idea,
I'll still have time to phone it in.
That's it--a phone-in.
beep beep
Ha ha ha!
Hi. We're here.
Hello!
Ralphie, we're here.
I must be hallucinating.
Maybe I'm sicker than I thought.
Hi, Ralphie.
How you doing?
Gee, you look terrible.
Don't worry. I'll have you camera-ready
in no time.
[coughing]
Is it just me,
or is my entire class standing in my room?
Aren't you glad to see us?
We came to do broadcast day.
Really? What a great idea.
Now and then, I do have them, Ralphie.
Speaking of great ideas, what's yours, Ralphie?
Mine? Oh, you mean for broadcast day?
[coughing]
Oh, you'd better take it easy, Ralphie.
Your body is telling you to slow down.
But, Ms. Frizzle, I can't!
We have a show to do.
What does my body know anyway?
Oh, it knows a lot about the detection
and rejection of infection, Ralphie.
Whoa!
Inside you, at this moment,
there is action, excitement, adventure.
Exactly what we need for our show.
So what's your idea, Ralphie?
Uh...well...um.
[coughing]
Oh, what's going on with my body, anyway?
That's an excellent question, Ralphie.
Class, everyone back to the bus.
Huh? Huh? Huh?
But, Ms. Frizzle,
we just got here.
Mm-hmm. Single file, please.
Wait! Where are you going?
You can't go on a field trip now,
and I can't do broadcast day all by myself.
[coughing]
I'm sick.
[whirring]
Huh? Wait a minute!
Wh-what's going on?
It was your idea, Ralphie.
We're here to get the inside story.
Inside story? Inside what?
What about broadcast day?
Think, Ralphie.
Where is all the action right now?
The action? Liz, what are you doing?
Hang on a second.
The action is all inside me. What a great idea.
Broadcast day could be about
what's going on inside me.
Excellent, Ralphie. R-r-roll tape!
This is FNN. Good afternoon.
I'm Ralphie, and this is the Frizzle News Network.
Welcome to our live on-the-scene coverage
of a natural disaster of major proportions--
my poor, sick body.
Over to you, Keesha.
Thanks, Ralphie.
One disturbing question remains unanswered at this hour--
what's making Ralphie sick?
The FNN news team hopes to find out.
And to do that they will go straight to the troubled zone--
my sore throat.
Seat belts, everyone.
Ralphie, say, "Ahh."
Ahh.
Aah!
gulp
splat
[lisping] Cool! I've never seen that from the outside before.
(Keesha) The FNN news team
is nearing the disaster area.
In a moment, we will have live footage.
(Ralphie) See anything yet?
Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!
Get a shot
of those vocal cords, class.
(Tim) Look how red and swollen his throat is.
No wonder it hurts.
The question is, Why is it red and swollen,
and why does it...
[coughing]
(kids) Yeow!
Aah!
Whoa!
Hey, where'd they go? Where's the bus?
Huh?
Ralphie, did you have to cough?
Sorry. I couldn't help it.
At this rate, we'll never get the inside story
of what's making Ralphie sick.
We've got to find
another way in.
Mm-hmm. It's not as easy for us or germs
to get inside the body as you might think.
Yeah. Skin pretty much covers it.
How are you gonna get the inside story
if you can't get inside?
Wait a second. I've got it!
Look at this! Is it just me,
or does this say, "This way in?"
It's a shortcut. Get it? Shortcut.
Carlos, yuck!
Excellent observation, Carlos.
Seat belts, everyone!
Wow!
You saw it first on FNN News.
Hey, you guys!
The whole world wants to know
now that you found a way in,
how are you gonna get to my throat?
Ralphie's right! We're all the way down at the knee.
Let's see if I can put you in the picture.
As I always say,
"For every trip, there's a road map."
(Keesha) That's Ralphie's bloodstream.
Could we travel through his bloodstream
to get to his throat?
Absolutely, Dorothy Ann.
♪ We'll take the Trans-Ralphie Highway System ♪
And here we go! Wahoo!
This is Ralphie for FNN News.
My entire class has just dived deep into my cut,
and it doesn't even hurt!
(Tim) What are those?
Those are tiny, tiny blood vessels.
They're all part of the bloodstream.
Eenie-meenie-miney-mo!
(Ms. Frizzle humming)
♪ Red river valley ♪
[hums]
Head north, Ms. Frizzle.
Yee-haw!
Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!
Is that my blood?
But I thought blood was red.
That stuff is clear.
(Ms. Frizzle) That's right, Ralphie.
The liquid part of the blood is clear.
So what are those red things?
Are they what make blood look red?
Scintillating surmise, Ralphie.
(Dorothy Ann) According to my research,
they're called red blood cells.
And the white ones arewhite blood cells.
(Ralphie) But what are those jaggedy things?
(Ms. Frizzle) Those are platelets.
(Keesha) They help the body heal scrapes and cuts.
But we still don't know what's making me feel sick,
and, boy, do I feel sick.
(Mom) Ralphie! I'm home!
gasp
There. Uh!
Oh!
Quick, hide, Liz!
Hello, sweetheart. Feeling any better?
Yeah, fine. Great.
It, um, looks as if you've been busy.
Just a...er, game I was playing.
So, Mom, I think I'll get some sleep now.
Hey, what's that you're watching?
What, this? It's, um...nothing.
Just some movie.
You wouldn't like it.
Oh, I don't know about that.
It's remarkably realistic.
Look--red blood cells.
And those look exactly like white blood cells.
Nah. Are you kidding?
Those are just cheap special effects.
Look. You can even see the wires.
(Ms. Frizzle) We're here.
(Phoebe) We are?
(Carlos) We're in Ralphie's throat?
(Dorothy Ann) There are a lot more white blood cells here.
(Keesha) Where are they going?
(Tim) Looks like they're after something.
Follow the white blood cells!
Sorry, Ralphie. What did you say?
Me? Did I say something?
Look. That truck thing
is following the white blood cells
through the blood vessel wall
to the place where the infection is.
Yes! They're getting the inside story!
Heh heh. [coughing]
(Ms. Frizzle) Whoa! Ahh.
Now that we're inside Ralphie's throat tissue,
time for some on-the-spot reporting, up close and personal.
Keesha, Carlos-- Camera One.
The trick here is not to make eye contact.
[whistling]
Phoebe and Arnold, you take Camera Two.
I'm the one who should have stayed home today.
Way to go, guys. Take chances. Get messy.
Get out there. Get the story.
Just don't mention my name, OK?
Ralphie, are you talking to yourself?
Not exactly, Mom.
(Wanda) Now over to Keesha and Carlos,
live from the throat.
Ralphie, that little girl
looks just like your friend, Wanda.
Who, her? No, no, no.
Wanda's much shorter.
Carlos here. We're out here in the throat tissue,
trying to find out what's going on,
and--hey, what's that?
Look at that, folks! Whoa!
Have we got us some action here.
Those yellow green balls are destroying that wall.
What are those green things?
Those are bacterial cells.
They're actually not unlike the bacteria that are making you sick.
That's bacteria, and it's making me sick?
This just in, folks.
That's bacteria, and it's making Ralphie sick.
And according to my research, bacteria are germs.
Once inside our bodies, they can make us sick.
Ralphie has a bacterial infection!
This is it-- the inside story--
bacteria invade throat.
Is it just me, or did they say "Ralphie"?
No, no. It says here this show's
about a guy named Alphie.
Ix-nay on my ame-nay.
The bacteria from Ralphie's throat infection are everywhere!
And they're destroying his throat cells.
Look! Look! Here come some white blood cells.
Whoa! Wow!
It's throwing stuff at the bacteria.
That...that was incredible!
That white blood cell just ate those bacteria.
That huge battle
is going on inside me--
[coughing]
I mean, inside Alphie?
[coughing]
This battle is raging! Who's going to win?
No wonder I'm sick.
Arnold here, on location with the infection.
I'm going to try to get an exclusive interview with these two bacteria.
I mean, four bacteria.
I mean, eight bacteria.
Hey, guys, they're multiplying!
Help!
(Carlos) Bad news, guys.
The bacteria from the infection are multiplying faster
than the white blood cells can gobble them up!
We're losing!
(all) Let's get out of here!
How could my body lose?
Ralphie, are you all right?
I don't think you should be watching this.
No! I mean-- heh heh heh--
please don't turn it off, Mom.
I want to see how it ends.
I'll tape it for us downstairs.
But you don't understand.
What I understand is that your body needs to save its strength
so it can use its energy to battle those bacteria.
You have to rest, sweetheart. It's not just me, Ralphie.
Any good doctor knows the best cure
is complete rest.
[door closes]
Over to me--Dorothy Ann.
Right now the white blood cells are losing!
Certainly looks that way, Dorothy Ann.
They need help! They need backup support!
Ralphie, did you hear me?
Where's our backup support?
B-backup support? Where do I get that?
Not to worry, Ralphie. It's already on its way.
Cue the medicine!
Is that the medicine Mom gave me earlier?
It sure is, Ralphie.
Look what it's doing!
(Phoebe) It's destroying more bacteria!
The medicine is giving
the white blood cells another chance.
(Arnold) And they're throwing out even more of those stick things.
(Ms. Frizzle) Oh, those stick things are antibodies.
The white blood cells use them
to mark the bacteria.
♪ Dum dee dum dum ♪
I hope this doesn't mean what I think it means.
Oh, no! Ralphie's antibodies have marked the bus as bacteria.
But we're not bacteria. We're Ralphie's friends.
But his white blood cells are doing such a good job.
They now recognize us as enemies, too.
Enemies? But we know what white blood cells
do to enemies.
That's right, Arnold. They'll try to destroy us.
Destroy us?
Ah, the wonder of the human body.
(Arnold) Ralphie, do something!
Ralphie!
You've got to help us!
[screaming]
Ralphie, help!
Ralphie!
(Ms. Frizzle) Don't worry, class.
In order to destroy us,
Ralphie's white blood cells will have to catch us first.
[ring]
We've got to get out of Ralphie's throat!
(Ms. Frizzle) Good thinking, Keesha.
When the spot is tight,
hang a right!
gong
Broadcast day! The story! Where is everybody?
Ms. Frizzle here with an update on the Ralphie story.
To escape the white blood cells,
we left Ralphie's throat
and are now heading up his nasopharyngeal passages.
The what?
According to my research, that means...his nose?
We're up Ralphie's nose?
Eew! Eew! Eew!
That's the inside of my nose? Weird.
ahchoo
Bless you.
Of course, there's no telling
how long we'll have to stay here
or how long we can stay here.
Liz, I'm trying to think here.
I get it. I've got to sneeze them out,
but I don't feel like sneezing.
Ah...ah...ah...ah...ah--
ahchoo!
(kids) Whee!
Ha ha ha!
(Ms. Frizzle) Second floor-- boys' socks.
Going up!
All right!
Way to go, Ralphie!
Yeah!
This is Keesha, still reporting to you live for FNN.
We are now back in Ralphie's room.
So Ralphie, what do you have to say
about today's amazing adventure?
Well, I'm sorry that my body made such a mess of it.
Wait a minute do you really think
your body's been working against you?
Sure, and against you, too.
You almost didn't get in, remember?
Only because your body's built to keep out things
like a bunch of germs or a bus full of kids.
And my throat is so sore I can barely talk.
Only because your body is sending extra blood there
to help fight the infection.
OK. But what about when you almost got gobbled up by my white blood cells?
Only because your body thought we were bacteria.
Your body was only trying to protect you.
I guess you're right. My body was just trying to get rid of germs,
like you.
[laughter]
[whispering] Come along, class.
Good old body.
So that's the inside story, isn't it, Ms. Frizzle?
That's the inside story, Ralphie.
Pretty amazing, don't you think?
Well, we may have won the battle, class,
but he's still fighting the war.
(Wanda) Hey, guys. How's this for a concept?
Inside Ralphie, The Series.
Week One, he gets a charley horse.
Week Two, tennis elbow.
Week Three, the final episode-- athlete's foot.
[laughter]
[beeping]
Is this the Magic School Bus?
Magic School Bus?
(both) Magic School Bus?
(kids) I want the Magic School Bus!
Sorry, Liz, but I can't hear a thing.
[telephone ringing]
[gasps] Liz,
your heart sounds like a--telephone.
[chuckles] Hello?
(caller) Hello. Is this the Magic School Bus?
Yes, and you're talking to the producer. Can I help you?
Yeah. What were those kids doing visiting
Ralphie when he was so sick and tired?
Oh, don't worry. He wasn't infectious.
Thanks for calling. Bye.
[telephone ringing]
Hello. Magic School Bus.
(caller) You know, Ralphie shouldn't go around picking scabs.
If the Magic School Bus got in, so could germs.
Good point. Bandages, like skin,
are there to keep germs out of your body.
Bacteria aren't the only things
that can make you sick.
There are viruses, parasites, fungi, and--
Right, and some sickness isn't caused by infection
but by the body's own systems not working right.
Thanks for calling. Bye.
Whew.
[telephone ringing]
Hello. Magic School Bus.
(caller) Well, I think that somebody should say
that medicine can be dangerous
and kids should never take medicines
without an adult in charge.
You just did. Thank you.
Um, did Ralphie ever get better?
He sure did. His body did a great job
of getting rid of all those germs,
and he got just as healthy as he was before.
And they should also say that your body's
always trying to be healthy.
You're absolutely right,
and there's a lot you can do to help it out.
I know. Like eating properly,
getting enough sleep, and exercising.
Getting all your shots is another way to keep healthy.
Shots help your body be prepared
for some of the really tough germs.
I don't like getting shots.
They sometimes hurt.
Me, neither, but I also don't like getting sick.
And I'd rather get a shot now
than get sick later.
Me, too, I guess.
Hey, does Ms. Frizzle ever get sick?
No way!
She takes good care of herself,
gets all of her shots, and she's magic.
[kiss]
♪ Surfin' on a sound wave ♪
♪ Swingin' through the stars ♪
♪ Take a left at your intestine ♪
♪ Take your second right past Mars ♪
♪ On the Magic School Bus ♪
♪ Navigate a nostril ♪
♪ Climb on the Magic School Bus... ♪
♪ Raft a river of lava ♪
♪ On the Magic School Bus ♪
♪ So strap your bones right to the seat ♪
♪ Come on in and don't be shy... ♪
♪ Step inside, it's a wilder ride! ♪
♪ Come on ♪
♪ Ride on the Magic School Bus ♪
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