The Magic School Bus (1994)

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Seat belts, everyone!

An eccentric schoolteacher takes her class on wondrous educational field trips with the help of a magical school bus.

• Released: 1994-09-10
• Genres: Animation, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Family, Action & Adventure, Kids
• Seasons: 4, 52 episodes
• Episode length: 25m
• Network: PBS Kids
• Status: Ended
• TMDB rating: 7.7/10 from 140 votes

Created by Bruce Degen, Joanna Cole.

Top cast

• Lily Tomlin as Ms. Frizzle (voice)
• Max Beckford as Tim (voice)
• Daniel DeSanto as Carlos (voice)
• Stuart Stone as Ralphie (voice)
• Amos Crawley as Arnold (voice)
• Erica Luttrell as Keesha (voice)
• Lisa Yamanaka as Wanda (voice)
• Tara Meyer as Dorothy Ann (voice)
• Maia Filar as Phoebe (voice)
• Malcolm-Jamal Warner as The Producer (voice)

Full cast & crew

Where to watch The Magic School Bus

• United States: stream on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential, Peacock Premium, Paramount Plus Apple TV channel, Paramount+ Amazon Channel, Netflix Kids, Netflix Standard with Ads, Amazon Prime Video with Ads; watch free on The Roku Channel, Tubi TV; buy on Amazon Video
• Canada: stream on Netflix, Netflix Kids, Netflix Standard with Ads; watch free on Hoopla, Tubi TV
• Australia: watch free on Hoopla, Tubi TV

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