The Magic School Bus Rides Again Information

The Magic School Bus Rides Again is a Canadian-American animated children's television series, based on the book series of the same name by Joanna Cole and Bruce Degen. It also serves as a continuation of the 1994 PBS Kids series The Magic School Bus with Lily Tomlin reprising her voice role from the previous series. The series premiered on Netflix on September 29, 2017.

Plot

In a sequel to the original 1994 series, Miss Frizzle (Lily Tomlin reprise) passes the keys of the Magic School Bus over to her younger sister, Fiona Felicity Frizzle (Kate McKinnon), to embark on new adventures with her class. As they journey on their exciting new field-trips, they discover new locations, creatures, time periods and more to learn about the wonders of science, educating young viewers along the way.

Cast

See List of The Magic School Bus characters for more information

• Kate McKinnon as Miss Fiona Felicity Frizzle
• Lily Tomlin as Professor Valerie Felicity Frizzle
• Miles Koseleci-Vieira as Arnold Perlstein
• Lynsey Pham as Wanda Li
• Mikaela Blake as Keesha Franklin
• Gabby Clarke as Dorothy Ann
• Leke Maceda-Rustecki as Carlos Ramon
• Matthew Mintz as Ralphie Tennelli
• Kaden Stephen as Timothy "Tim"
• Birva Pandya as Jyoti
• Will Arnett as Galapagos Gil
• Sandra Oh as Dr. Sarah Bellum
• Mae Jemison as Kathy K. Kuiper
• Lilly Bartlam
• Amos Crawley
• Annelise Forbes
• Lisa Jai
• Julie Lemieux
• Ana Sani
• Stuart Stone
• Jamie Watson

Episodes

| ShortSummary = Change is good for everyone except Arnold, who's worried that a new teacher -- Ms. Frizzle's younger sister -- will alter the class's "ecosystem." | LineColor = 990404 }}

| ShortSummary = A field trip to the world's windiest mountain helps Keesha and the class strengthen a set piece for a sequel to "The Three Little Pigs." | LineColor = 990404 }}

| ShortSummary = Ms. Frizzle takes the class to Hawaii, where an overprotective Wanda gets schooled when she's forced to think like a tiny little fish. | LineColor = 990404 }}

| ShortSummary = Tim pens an original comic book for the school's upcoming time capsule ceremony that pits Weatherman against Captain Rock Man. But who will win? | LineColor = 990404 }}

| ShortSummary = While visiting a mountain made of magnetite, Ralphie and the class shrink to subatomic size to get some hot tips for their disorganized dance troupe. | LineColor = 990404 }}

| ShortSummary = Carlos plans to convince the principal to let the students keep a pet rat in the classroom. But first, he'll have to stop sneezing. | LineColor = 990404 }}

| ShortSummary = Determined to outwit an old rival, DA applies the art of animal camouflage to a schoolwide game of extreme hide-and-seek. | LineColor = 990404 }}

| ShortSummary = A lesson on water and its three basic forms -- solid, liquid and gas -- inspires Jyoti's submission for a "3-in-1 Gizmo That Goes" contest. | LineColor = 990404 }}

| ShortSummary = An out-of-this world class trip takes the students up into space, where a selfie-obsessed Keesha accidentally sparks disaster. | LineColor = 990404 }}

| OriginalAirDate = | ShortSummary = An icy glacier's eye-opening birth story helps a data-driven DA -- who's not one for public speaking -- deliver a talk to a sold-out crowd. | LineColor = 990404 }}

| ShortSummary = The class constructs a giant robot with help from brainy scientist Dr. Sarah Bellum, then takes a look inside Ralphie's nervous system. | LineColor = 990404 }}

| ShortSummary = A skittish Arnold looks to alternative energy sources to help keep his fears at bay while camping outdoors with Ms. Frizzle and the class. | LineColor = 990404 }}

| ShortSummary = Ms. Frizzle turns the Magic School Bus into a submarine to take the class into the ocean's darkest depths and retrieve Jyoti's high-tech locket. | LineColor = 990404 }} }}

Production

In 2014, the series was first announced by Netflix and Scholastic Media, and was entitled The Magic School Bus 360. The new iteration of the franchise features a modernized Ms. Frizzle and a high-tech bus that stresses modern inventions such as robotics, wearables and camera technology. The hope is to captivate children's imaginations and motivate their interest in the sciences. It will be produced by 9 Story Media Group. Producer Stuart Stone, who voiced Ralphie in the original series, stated that The Magic School Bus 360 will feature some of the original voice actors in different roles. The show's voice cast is based in Los Angeles, California, United States and Toronto, Ontario, Canada with Susan Blu as the Los Angeles voice director and Alyson Court as the Toronto voice director. In February 2017, Netflix announced that Kate McKinnon was cast in the role of Fiona Felicity Frizzle, the younger sister of Ms. Frizzle, now Professor Frizzle (voiced once again by Tomlin). The series then changed its name to The Magic School Bus Rides Again. Lin-Manuel Miranda of Hamilton fame sings the theme song. Phoebe Terese, a character from the original series, is replaced by a new student named Jyoti, as it was revealed that Phoebe moved back to her old school. The series was released on Netflix on September 29, 2017.