Arnold (in protest against her desire for proof) demonstrates to Janet what would happen to her if she remains on Pluto by removing his space helmet. Janet refuses to go home without her possessions, while Arnold refuses to go home without her. The ending is changed too, with all of Janet's possessions ("proof") falling out of the bus on Pluto and her refusing to leave without it. She, of course, turns out to be on Pluto. Frizzle uses her jet pack to fly off to another planet and provides the kids with clues as to her location via the radio on the bus. Also in this one Arnold surprisingly suggests going to outer space himself to prove to Janet the truth.Īlso, instead of remaining in the asteroid belt, Ms. Most notably, in the episode, Janet's bragging about herself does not appear to be empty bragging and she constantly raves about how "proof" is needed for all extraordinary claims, prompting her to force Arnold to collect "proof" from every planet in the solar system, so she can prove to the students in her class that she actually traveled to all the planets. (He also mentions that they've gone to the bottom of the ocean, but they never did that until the 4th episode of the first season The Magic School Bus Gets Eaten and the second-season episode The Magic School Bus Blows Its Top.) The episode is infamous for its third act in which it unintentionally teaches that one could survive without a helmet in the vacuum of space if brought back into an oxygen-filled environment quickly.įor the most part, the episode remains faithful to the book. the pilot episode) since Arnold at one point mentions that the class went on a field trip inside a rotten log, probably referring to the events of the episode The Magic School Bus Meets The Rot Squad. It is likely not the first episode produced (i.e.
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The book was adapted into the first episode of the Magic School Bus television series to be broadcast. Michele Landsberg of Entertainment Weekly gave a very positive review of the book, saying that, "The fun is irresistible and the information substantial ".
The children tell various adults about their trips, but unfortunately they don't believe them, thinking that instead it was all their imagination - perhaps some kind of game they played with their friends. Frizzle.Īfter they rescue the Friz, they return to Earth.
Janet then flips through the book and finds the instructions for the autopilot, so they can fly back to the asteroid belt and rescue Ms. Frizzle's lesson book, which documents the information she is supposed to tell the kids during the field trip (complete with "Arnold, are you listening?" written into it.) Janet reads through the book as they pass the outer planets and until they pass Pluto, leaving the solar system. Janet looks through the Friz's things and finds Ms. Frizzle's tether line and leaving her stranded in the asteroid belt. However, the bus's autopilot malfunctions, causing the bus to fly off, breaking Ms. However, while in the belt, one of the bus's tail lights is damaged by an asteroid and the Friz flies out to fix the tail light with a tether line connecting her to the bus. Frizzle then takes them to the Sun and then Mercury, Venus and Mars before flying into the asteroid belt. Once in outer space, the bus flies to Earth's Moon, where the kids make the most of the lesser gravity. Frizzle pushes a button that makes the bus transform into a rocket and blast off into outer space. But once they get there, they find the planetarium is closed for repairs. The Friz decides to take the kids on a field trip to the planetarium. Frizzle's class is learning about the Solar System and Arnold's unpleasant cousin Janet, who constantly raves about herself, has joined them.