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An eccentric schoolteacher takes her class on wondrous educational field trips with the help of a magical school bus.
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Checked Jul 22, 2026
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An eccentric schoolteacher takes her class on wondrous educational field trips with the help of a magical school bus.
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Episode 1
Tim’s beekeeper Grandfather has the sweetest honey in town. Ms. Frizzle turns her class into bees so they can visit a hive and learn how raw honey is processed firsthand.
Written by Doug BoothGuest stars Don Dickinson, Ashley Brown
Episode 2
“Where did the hot go?” wonders Arnold when his hot cocoa cools off. So, Ms. Frizzle whisks the class to the Arctic!
Written by Brian MeehlGuest stars Amos Crawley, Lance Paton, Ashley Taylor
Episode 3
Ms. Frizzle transports the class into a 1950s horror movie, where a 50-foot praying mantis is wreaking havoc on the town. Ed Asner stars as the film’s power-mad protagonist, General Araneus.
Written by Robert SchechterGuest stars Ed Asner
Episode 4
Two inches tall and trapped in a bathroom at Wanda’s house, the kids must use what they’ve learned about structures to escape before Wanda’s mother discovers them.
Written by Libby HinsonGuest stars Rosalind Chao
Episode 5
The light show at Walkerville’s old theater is illuminating, but Arnold’s bossy cousin Janet claims she could put on a much better show—if there wasn’t a ghost living in the theater!
Written by Ronnie Krauss
Episode 6
Arnold brings in a webbed hoop for the International Show-and-Tell Competition, left behind by his great-aunt, a famous archaeologist, but he has no idea what it is! Can the kids find out what it is before he takes the stage? With Alex Trebek as the “Sportscaster.”
Written by John MayGuest stars Alex Trebek
Episode 7
The class finds Ms. Frizzle inside her closet—playing a pinball machine she created with light pulses instead of steel balls. With time and the light pulses running out, the kids must discover the secrets of color—before the principal, Mr. Ruhle, discovers them!
Written by Jocelyn Stevenson, George Arthur BloomGuest stars Paul Winfield
Episode 8
Ralphie wants to serve salmon at the annual school picnic, but he can’t find any at his favorite fishing spot. But when the kids are “Frizzled” inside a salmon-bus they have an uncontrollable urge to head upriver.
Written by Ronnie Krauss
Episode 9
Is Mr. Sinew any match for the Friz? At this year’s “Teacher-athlon,” the kids fear Ms. Frizzle doesn’t stand a chance against the muscle-bound gym teacher from another school, so the class travels inside her body for a closer look.
Written by Jocelyn Stevenson, Robert Schechter, George Arthur BloomGuest stars Dan Marino
Episode 10
Phoebe tries to grow a vine for the school play, Jack and the Beanstalk. But her plant is more like a beansprout than a beanstalk! With the opening curtain only moments away, Ms. Frizzle turns Phoebe into a bean plant so she’ll grow into the star of the show!
Written by Ronnie Krauss
Episode 11
The kids rent a rainforest cocoa tree as an Earth Day present for Ms. Frizzle. But when the harvest arrives, there’s only one shrivelled cocoa bean! Ms. Frizzle takes the class to the rainforest to meet the impeccable Inspector 47 who keeps a tidy, mud-free cocoa grove. What has he done to the rainforest's intricate ecology web?
Written by Brian MeehlGuest stars Matt Frewer
Episode 12
To celebrate the founding of Walkerville, Ms. Frizzle’s class sculpts a stone likeness of its founding father, Captain Walker. As they add the finishing touches, the statue tumbles down the mountain. Ms. Frizzle turns the Bus into a huge boulder and the kids into rocks while bumping down the mountain in a desperate attempt to save the statue.
Written by Jocelyn Stevenson, Robert Schechter, George Arthur BloomGuest stars Jessica Walter
Episode 13
Wanda plans to see The Nutcracker ballet, but during a trip to Murph’s recycling plant, the toy soldier she needs to get into the theater accidentally becomes a plastic pellet! Ms. Frizzle activates the Bus’s Un-Recycler, taking the class and Murph on a song-filled field trip, where they learn how everyday items are made from recycled trash.
Written by Brian Meehl, John MayGuest stars Dolly Parton
Episode information updated Jul 24, 2026
Lily TomlinMs. Frizzle (voice)
Max BeckfordTim (voice)
Daniel DeSantoCarlos (voice)
Stuart StoneRalphie (voice)
Erica LuttrellKeesha (voice)
Lisa YamanakaWanda (voice)
Tara MeyerDorothy Ann (voice)
Maia FilarPhoebe (voice)
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