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The Magic School Bus Season 3 Episodes
Season 3 Episode Guide
13 Episodes 1996 - 1996
Episode 1
In a Beehive
Sat, Sep 14, 199626 mins
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.
Episode 2
In the Arctic
Sat, Sep 21, 199626 mins
"Where did the hot go?" wonders Arnold when his hot cocoa cools off. So, Ms. Frizzle whisks the class to the Arctic.
Episode 3
Spins a Web
Sat, Sep 28, 199626 mins
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.
Episode 4
Under Construction
26 mins
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.
Episode 5
Gets a Bright Idea
Sat, Oct 12, 199626 mins
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.
Episode 6
Shows and Tells
Sat, Oct 19, 199626 mins
It's the International Show-and-Tell Competition and Arnold and D. A. are representing Ms. Frizzle's class. Arnold brings in a webbed hoop, 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 Arnold and D. A. take the stage? With Alex Trebek as the "Sportscaster."
Episode 7
Makes a Rainbow
Sat, Oct 26, 199626 mins
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 (Paul Winfield), discovers them!
Episode 8
Goes Upstream
Sat, Nov 2, 199626 mins
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.
Episode 9
Works Out
26 mins
Is Mr. Sinew (Dan Marino) any match for Ms. Frizzle? At this year's Teacherathalon, the class fears that she doesn't stand a chance against the muscle-bound gym teacher from another school, so, thinking she might be out of shape, they travel inside her body for a closer look.
Episode 10
Gets Planted
Sat, Nov 16, 199626 mins
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!
Episode 11
In the Rainforest
26 mins
The kids rent a rain forest cocoa tree as an Earth Day present for Ms. Frizzle. But when the harvest arrives, there's only one shriveled cocoa bean! Ms. Frizzle takes the class to the rain forest to meet the impeccable Inspector 47, Matt Frewer, who keeps a tidy, mud-free cocoa grove. What has Inspector 47 done to the rain forest's intricate ecology web?
Episode 12
Rocks and Rolls
26 mins
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.
Episode 13
The Family Holiday Special / Behind the Wheel of the Magic School Bus
26 mins
It's the last day of school before the winter holidays and Wanda plans to see The Nutcracker ballet. But during a trip to Murph's (Dolly Parton) 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.
