Ms. Frizzle's kid sister Fiona takes the wheel at Walkerville Elementary, leading the class on wild adventures packed with science-fueled fun.
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00:00You're relaxed and feeling good. Next thing that you know, you're seeing
00:18You're relaxed and feeling good. Next thing that you know, you're seeing
00:24Octopus in the neighborhood
00:26Surfing on a sound wave
00:28Swinging through the stars
00:30Take a left at your intestine
00:32Take your second right past Mars
00:34I'm the Magic Scuba
00:36Navigate a nostril
00:38Climb on the Magic Scuba
00:40Spank a fainting tooth
00:42I'm Magic Scuba
00:44Raft a river of lava
00:46I'm the Magic Scuba
00:48Such a fine thing to do
00:50So strap your bones right to the seat
00:52Come on in and don't be shy
00:54Just to make your day complete
00:56You might get baked into a pie
00:58I'm the Magic Scuba
01:00Step inside, it's a wild ride
01:02Come on, ride on the Magic Scuba
01:04Ride on the Magic Scuba
01:06Ride on the Magic Scuba
01:08Ride on the Magic Scuba
01:10Ride on the Magic Scuba
01:12Ride on the Magic Scuba
01:14Go! Spike that!
01:18Not at me! I'm on your side!
01:20Sorry, Ralphie.
01:22We're still practicing.
01:24And we'll get better before the game starts.
01:26Yay, Warthogs!
01:28We got tusked!
01:30Can barely see! Haven't won since
01:32Ninety-three!
01:34Sad but true.
01:36Come to watch the big game, Ralphie?
01:38Watch? Nuh-uh.
01:40I'm here to make sure
01:42our losing streak is over.
01:44Meet Walkerville Warthog's
01:46secret weapon.
01:48Ha!
01:50I'll whip up such a frenzy,
01:52our opponents won't know what hit them.
01:54It's a foam hand.
01:56I think they'll figure that out.
01:58Who are we playing against, anyway?
02:02Janet!
02:04No!
02:06Anything but her team!
02:08Hi, guys. Thought I'd check out your team
02:10but looks like
02:12we've got nothing to worry about here.
02:14Unless this is a tripping contest.
02:16What? How dare you say-
02:18Ugh! Are you kidding?
02:20We're a lean, mean-
02:22Ugh!
02:24This is gimme a B-A-D
02:26bad.
02:28What's wrong with Ralphie?
02:30Last time we competed against Janet's team,
02:32we were trounced, clobbered, crushed,
02:34decimated, and vanquished!
02:36Also, we lost.
02:38This time, Pep Dude's not going to let
02:40Janet the Soul Crusher's team
02:42crush our souls.
02:44But how can I help my team totally
02:46annihilate her?
02:48Even our cheerleading squad is better than yours.
02:54Which I couldn't help but notice
02:56doesn't exist.
03:00Nothing inspires a winning team
03:02better than the roars of the fans
03:04led by an awesome Pep Squad.
03:08Can you believe that?
03:10Distressing, but I think
03:12she's right.
03:14Wait a minute. If a cheerleading squad can help spur
03:16a team to victory, imagine what would
03:18happen if we had-
03:20A bigger cheerleading squad?
03:22A louder cheerleading squad?
03:24Come on, you guys. It's so obvious.
03:26What if we had
03:28a giant cheerleader robot?
03:30Huh? That's nuts.
03:32That's crazy.
03:34That's the most fantastic idea I've ever heard.
03:36It'll bring a huge crowd for sure.
03:38Only, how do we get one?
03:40Sorry!
03:42Did I just
03:44hear my class wants to build a giant
03:46cheerleading robot?
03:48Actually, I want a hot dog.
03:50Then today is everybody's lucky day!
03:52Except Arnold's. No hot dogs
03:54here, bud.
03:56I know of the finest robot
03:58lab in the world, operated by
04:00my dear colleague, Dr. Sarah Bellum.
04:02She's very brainy.
04:04Who's got an inclination for some automation
04:06inspiration?
04:08Let's go! Robots! Robots!
04:10Robots! Robots!
04:12Tim, you coming?
04:14It's almost game time. I'll stay here with the team.
04:16Good idea. Keep practicing.
04:18It's gonna be awesome.
04:20Robots! Robots!
04:22Bus, do your stuff.
04:24This is
04:26roborific!
04:32Kids,
04:34I present to you the finest robot lab
04:36in the world!
04:38Wow!
04:40Cool!
04:42Wow!
04:44Cool!
04:46Cool!
04:48Cool!
04:50Cool!
04:52Cool!
04:54Unbelievable!
05:02Give me five, RoboBuddy!
05:06This is Dr. Sarah Bellum.
05:08Welcome to
05:10Roboland, where your robotic
05:12dreams come true. Home of
05:14the Robo-Obo.
05:16So cool!
05:18The Robo-Dodo.
05:22And
05:24Robo-Froyo.
05:28Now, what can I
05:30automate for you? Hi, Dr. Bellum.
05:32We need this. A giant
05:34cheerleading robot?
05:36Well, this is right up my Robo-Alley.
05:38Meet Ra-Ra-Robot,
05:40version 1.0.
05:42Wow!
05:44Gorgeous work, my class.
05:46Absolutely kinematic.
05:48Now, to see it in action.
05:50Okay, guys, listen up.
05:52I've got your Robo positions right here.
05:54I'm the brains of this operation,
05:56so I'll be inside the head.
05:58Wonderful.
06:00Now, let's see it in action.
06:02I'm the brains of this operation,
06:04so I'll be inside the head.
06:06Wonder.
06:08You'll control the left hand. Carlos? Right hand.
06:10Keisha? Left foot. On it!
06:12See?
06:14Good job. DA, you're
06:16on trunk rotation. And Arnold, the right
06:18foot's all yours.
06:36Chochi, remove cables!
06:43Okay guys, let's rock and robot!
06:48Go robot go!
06:51Alright team, test run is a go! Commence clapping and marching!
06:56Time to pedal up!
07:02Swinging right hand for clap.
07:05Swinging left hand for clap.
07:10Left foot forward.
07:14Right foot forward.
07:18I can't see a thing from in here!
07:20Ralphie, what are we supposed to do?
07:22Woah! This isn't my mega move, this thing's a giant robot klutz!
07:27What's happening?
07:28What should we do?
07:29What do we do?
07:31We're falling!
07:40What a mess!
07:43What happened? Is everybody okay?
07:47My ra ra robot, doomed!
07:49Our team, doomed!
07:51And the mighty pep dude will forever be known as pep dad.
07:59Why can't I control my robot? I was the brains, it should have worked!
08:03Unexpected, when my brain wants my body to do something, it just does it, like this!
08:09Yeah, well we did move our body parts, we just couldn't coordinate with each other.
08:14That's right, Arnold moved his foot at the same time I did, instead of taking turns!
08:19How was I supposed to know when you were going? It's not like we could read minds in there!
08:23Now that's a brainstorm worthy of the name!
08:25What do you mean?
08:26We storm inside Jodi's brain and read her mind!
08:30Huh?
08:31It's simple, since her brain knows what she wants to do, we'll see how it coordinates with the rest of the body!
08:35You're going inside my brain?
08:38Like my great aunt Madula used to say, no brain, no game. She was in the theater.
08:48Bus, do your stuff!
08:56Ahhh!
09:04Whoa, Jodi's brain looks like electric spaghetti!
09:07I know, doesn't it just make you want to go for Italian?
09:10See, those glowing signals are orders from Jodi's brain.
09:13It sends them through these noodle-like neurons to parts of her body and then they do what they're told!
09:18There's like a gazillion of them!
09:20There are one hundred billion in the brain alone!
09:25Wanna see how many we can light up?
09:29Whoa!
09:30Cool!
09:31Behold, the Brain-o-meter! Designed it myself with a little help from my brain.
09:36Here, why don't we talk to the Temporal Lobe, the place where she interprets sounds.
09:41Jodi, I dare you to bust your biggest move!
09:44You got it, Ralphie!
09:56Whoa, Jodi's brain lit up almost the whole Brain-o-meter!
10:00According to my research, it takes a lot of different parts of the brain to do a move like that.
10:04It has to think about the move, plan what muscles to use, and then actually control the move!
10:12Wow, a lot of stuff just happened really fast!
10:15Mind-bogglingly fast. But how about we break it down with a way simpler motion?
10:26What about me? Why do I need a feather? And where are we going?
10:29You know, like my cousin Nasal Hazel used to say,
10:32Take no rest, take no pause, we're on our way to Jodi's schnoz!
10:44Welcome, speed geeks, to the Jodi Relay Rumble!
10:48Where messages zoom from one part of her body all the way to the brain and back,
10:52to the niftiest nervous system in the nation!
10:55It's sensational, literally!
10:58It's a signal relay race!
11:02Ready, Keisha?
11:03Roger that!
11:05Okay, Arnold, ready?
11:08Set, tickle!
11:14The feather triggers the tickle receptors on the neuron!
11:17An electrical impulse rockets away from the neuron's dendrites!
11:23The message then races along the axon,
11:27where the message is delivered to the next neuron!
11:31Amazing! A seamless chemical handoff from Keisha's axon terminal to Carlos' dendrites!
11:38And there goes Carlos speeding towards the brainstem straightaway!
11:43Another perfect message transfer!
11:45Another perfect message transfer, and now DA is off and racing!
11:49Whoa, talk about speedy delivery!
11:52Yet another perfect transfer!
11:55Next stop, the brain!
11:58Here you go, brain!
12:00And the message goes up the brainstem, where Jodi's brain finds out that...
12:05Hehe, my nose tickles!
12:07Now she needs to scratch that itch!
12:11So she sends a message to the brain,
12:14so she sends a message back to the muscles in her arm,
12:18hand and finger like this,
12:20and message received! Job completed!
12:23Itch scratched!
12:29That was so cool! I need a better word than cool!
12:32Unbelievable! The neurons carry the tickle message from the nose to the brain!
12:36And then the brain sent messages back to the body parts to tell them what to do!
12:40A two-way communication system!
12:43So what we need to do is set up a two-way communication system in the Ra-Ra robot!
12:48That way you guys can send me messages about what's going on,
12:51and I can send instructions back about what to do!
12:54Let's do it!
12:55Whatever you say, brain!
13:00Looking good, Jodi!
13:02That should do it! Now we can write down messages and send them back and forth so everyone knows what to do!
13:07Good work! You're number one! You're number one!
13:11Disconcerting. Please refrain.
13:14Where are those guys? The game is about to start!
13:18Here goes nothing!
13:21Make that one nothing!
13:29Good to go! Thanks guys! Reading you loud and clear! Time for the Ra-Ra reboot!
13:38Right foot forward! Now!
13:40Left foot forward! Now!
13:42Commence thruster ignition! Now!
13:49It's working! It's working!
13:51Now bring on the show-stopping, team-inspiring Janet shutting up and mega-move!
13:55Prepare toe-touch jump!
13:57Ready!
13:58Go!
13:59Go!
14:00Go!
14:01Go!
14:02Go!
14:03Go!
14:04Go!
14:05Go!
14:06Prepare toe-touch jump!
14:08Engage pom-poms!
14:11Initiate cartwheel!
14:15Toe-touch jump? That's a double-thrust move! I'll need more power!
14:21More power? Okay, more blaster juice coming up!
14:26Hang on, I'm kind of busy!
14:32No, right hand you, Hokie! Left hand you, Pokie!
14:35And Torso, time to turn yourself around!
14:44Warning! Warning! Robot unstable!
14:48Okay, right foot, initiate thrusters!
14:54Decrease air pressure, increase hydraulic speed! Both hands, raise the roof!
14:58Or was it increase air pressure and decrease hydraulic speed?
15:01Ah, so much to do!
15:06Help me! Help me!
15:09Left foot out of control!
15:11Direct impact to right hand!
15:13Right foot losing balance!
15:14Left hand locked!
15:18Pokie, reverse! Reverse!
15:23Guys, I can't do everything! I need a break!
15:29Warning! Warning!
15:36Help me! Help me!
15:40That's no giant cheerleading robot! It's a giant cheerleading deathtrap!
15:44What happened?
15:45It appears our robot's brain went to sleep?
15:55Cleanup will take forever!
15:57We're back to square one!
15:59Ralphy, wake up! Our big game's on the line! Do something!
16:06Inconceivable! He's not doing anything!
16:09Are you sure? Take a closer look!
16:12I can see him breathing!
16:14I can hear his stomach gurgle!
16:17And I can never unsee that!
16:20I don't get it! Ralphy's asleep!
16:22So how can his brain be telling all those body parts what to do?
16:26Hmm...
16:27To the bus?
16:28Wanda, you read my mind!
16:35Jodi, the game is really starting to take!
16:38We need Rara Robot and you!
16:40The game's on, and the Rara Robot is all over the lab!
16:44And one express ride to Synapse City, coming up!
16:52Where are we?
16:54The stomach? What are we doing here?
16:57I thought we needed to get to Ralphy's brain instead!
17:00True, true, but you might figure out something important here.
17:04Just a gut feeling.
17:08My gut feeling says we're about to get digested!
17:15That's a signal from the brain! Something must be happening even while Ralphy's asleep!
17:19Only what?
17:20According to my calculations, the fastest way to find out is to follow that signal!
17:31We're getting closer!
17:34Stop!
17:35Whoa!
17:36Cool!
17:37Ah yes, the medulla oblongata!
17:40The part of the brain that controls our vital functions, the automatic stuff like breathing.
17:45Check it out!
17:46It's sending a message back!
17:49Even when Ralphy isn't awake to tell it what to do!
17:53According to my research, it handles a lot of information on its own without anyone being aware of it!
17:58Kind of reminds me of me!
18:01So it totally frees up our waking brain to do all the important somatic stuff!
18:04Ralphy, you're awake?
18:06Yeah, I thought I was dreaming, but it was just you guys.
18:09So that means my brain can multitask whether I'm awake or asleep?
18:13Yep! There are two systems working together.
18:15A conscious system that handles things like movement and bodily functions,
18:19and an automatic behind-the-scenes system.
18:24That's it! We can build a double system for the Rah-Rah robot!
18:28That way my brain can concentrate on the conscious stuff,
18:31and not get tired out trying to do everything else too!
18:34Good idea!
18:35Let's do it!
18:36Go team!
18:41Uh-oh! Tim says the game's about to finish and we're getting trounced!
18:45We'll never make it in time!
18:46Wait, that's not the kind of thing I usually say!
18:49We'll never make it in time!
18:50That's better!
18:52Oh yes we will, cause...
18:54We got heart, we got drive, we can keep this game alive,
18:57but there is one more thing we got...
18:59A giant cheerleading robot!
19:01We did it!
19:02We built a second command center!
19:04But who's gonna operate it?
19:06The one kid among us with mad smarts, mad skills,
19:10and who hates being told what to do.
19:13Keisha!
19:14So, on it!
19:17So, while I pump the power and keep us steady...
19:20I'll coordinate the limbs for the big cheer.
19:22Let's robo-go!
19:24Although...
19:26Maybe we should tidy up first.
19:28You got that robo right.
19:36We're so far behind, and now Janet's up to serve!
19:40Pep Dude, where are you?
19:43Okay, Warthogs, get ready to snort goodbye!
19:53I'm back!
19:54Missed me?
19:55Go Warthogs!
19:58So they've got a giant cheerleading robot.
20:00Big whoop!
20:01Use your muscles, use your brains, move as fast as Hurricane!
20:22Sorry, Janet, but the Hogs are back!
20:36Jump it, bump it, spike it!
20:38That's the way we like it!
20:40Serve and block, you got it!
20:41Time to ra-ra-robot it!
20:44We got this, guys!
20:45We only need one more point!
20:47This can't be happening!
20:48This was supposed to be a no-brainer!
20:52Ha! Hold that pity party!
20:54Tim's serving!
20:55He hasn't hit one over yet!
20:59Don't sweat it, Tim!
21:00The ra-ra-robots got your back!
21:03Time for the mega move!
21:05Okay, all together!
21:06I've got the autonomic functions!
21:11Carlos, engage pom-poms!
21:13TA, prepare 360!
21:23I got servos and giant feet!
21:25Now come on, Tim!
21:26Serve up some heat!
21:28Go, Tim, go!
21:29Go, Tim, go!
21:30Go, Tim, go!
21:31Go, Tim, go!
21:36Mine, mine, mine!
21:39Didn't you hear me?
21:40That was totally yours!
21:47We just won!
21:48Believe it or not,
21:50we just won!
21:51Believe it or not,
21:52thanks to Ralphie!
21:53And a ra-ra-robot!
21:55Go, Warthogs!
21:56Go, Warthogs!
21:58Go, Warthogs!
21:59Go, Warthogs!
22:00Yeah!
22:11Hi, I'm looking for the magic school bus!
22:13Is this the magic school bus?
22:15Magic school bus?
22:16Is this the magic school bus?
22:17Hi, I'm looking for the magic school bus!
22:21Magic school bus?
22:22Magic school bus?
22:23Magic school bus?
22:24Magic school bus?
22:25Is this the magic school bus?
22:26Bonjour, je cherche l'autobus magique.
22:29I'd like to speak to the magic school bus, please.
22:37Professor Frizzle,
22:38PhD devotee of scary movies.
22:43Hi, I liked the show today,
22:44but you messed up the color of the brain.
22:46It's called gray matter,
22:47but it looked more like spaghetti.
22:49Well, the outer layer of the brain
22:50is called gray matter,
22:52with folded ridges
22:53to help it squeeze into the skull.
22:55But this is underneath.
22:57This is the brain's white matter.
22:59It's loaded with connected neurons,
23:01so axon spaghetti
23:03is a pretty good description.
23:05And I was wondering about those neurons.
23:07They don't really light up inside your brain,
23:09do they?
23:11No, not really.
23:12The lights were a little bus magic,
23:14so we could see how the messages move.
23:16Brain messages called nerve impulses
23:19travel along neurons as invisible electricity.
23:23Cool. Thanks, Professor.
23:25Last question.
23:26Um, what are you doing right now anyway?
23:29Oh, just getting ready for the next episode.
23:31It's going to be a monster.
23:33Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!
23:35Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!
24:14You
24:44You
25:14You