History for Headscratchers/TheMagicSchoolBus

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**The show is a foundational lesson. They are presenting that the food chains don't just begin with plants. They're just presenting it during the producer's closing section.

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** In the Producer segment at the end of the show, a caller points out that kids shouldn't hang out around their sick friends, and the producer assures them that "Ralphie wasn't contagious." Given that his symptoms were mainly a sore throat and fever, and the disease was specifically caused by bacteria and not viruses, it's likely that Ralphie had [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streptococcal_pharyngitis strep]], which isn't as contagious as a cold. Ms. Frizzle might have recognized the early warning signs of the illness and made the necessary arrangements.

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** We might have to chalk this one up to EarlyInstallmentWeirdness, since "Inside Ralphie" was the third episode produced. It's also worth noting that the class never films the bus itself transforming, instead focusing on Ralphie's body and the cells inside.
** As an above poster mentions, it's possible that Miss Frizzle's bizarre class trips are an OpenSecret in the town, given that one episode features a student who had Miss Frizzle the previous year and is fully aware of her field trips.

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* In the episode "Plays Ball" the class gets trapped inside the book after the wind blows the pages and cover on top of them. While, yes, this does tie into the lesson about friction, why didn't they just make the bus big again if their first focus was to get out? The pressure of the book doesn't prevent the bus from getting bigger.

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* In the episode "Plays Ball" the class gets trapped inside the book after the wind blows the pages and cover on top of them. While, yes, this does tie into the lesson about friction, why didn't they just make the bus big again if their first focus was to get out? The pressure of the book doesn't prevent the bus from getting ~~bigger.~~ bigger.
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** It's not called "The Magic School Bus" for nothing.

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** There is also the possibility of basic psychology in that as an adult working with children, you are taught to always remain calm so you don't alarm them. If a child sees that you are calm, then they are less likely to panic. Admittedly, this isn't done with travelling to space or the inside of a planet in mind, but it can still apply.

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** There is also the possibility of basic psychology in that as an adult working with children, you are taught to always remain calm (at least in behaviour regardless of actual emotional state) so you don't alarm them. If a child sees that you are calm, then they are less likely to panic. Admittedly, this isn't done with travelling to space or the inside of a planet in mind, but it can still apply.

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* Speaking of which, what sense does it make that Arnold gets a cold from the Pluto incident? There are no germs in space and it's a scientific fact that you can't catch a cold from being cold. Did they just violate a scientific fact on a ''science show''?

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* Speaking of which, what sense does it make that Arnold gets a cold from the Pluto incident? There are no germs in space and it's a scientific fact that you can't [[CatchYourDeathOfCold catch a cold from being ~~cold.~~cold]]. Did they just violate a scientific fact on a ''science show''?

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** As I recall, cold viruses are "hidden" viruses that await in your body until a large dose of stress (like cold temperature or lack of sleep) tells them to activate. I imagine being frozen solid would count.

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** As I recall, cold viruses are "hidden" viruses that await in your body until a large dose of stress (like cold temperature or [[SleepDeprivation lack of ~~sleep)~~ sleep]]) tells them to activate. I imagine being frozen solid would count. This could mean he caught the disease on Earth, but Pluto brought it out of its incubation period.

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** They're the only ones who survived/didn't go insane.
** The original book series had more kids; they just picked out the ones with the most personality for the show.

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** They're the only ones who survived/didn't go insane.
** The original book series had more kids; they just [[AdaptedOut picked out the ones with the most personality for the ~~show.~~show]].

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*** Because: [[EpilepticTrees There are only eight kids because]] [[FridgeHorror the rest of them didn't make it through her deadly field trips.]]

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*** Because: [[EpilepticTrees There are only eight ~~kids because]]~~ kids]] because [[FridgeHorror the rest of them didn't make it through her deadly field trips.]]]] Or alternatively, the others [[SanitySlippage went insane]].

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** The reason magic contradicts science in reality is because it doesn't exist. But in ''The Magic School Bus'', magic ''does'' exist and thus there wouldn't be a contradiction.
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* So are Wanda and Tim supposed to be the Producers' kids, or self-insert characters?

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* So are Wanda and Tim supposed to be the Producers' kids, or [[AuthorAvatar self-insert ~~characters?~~characters]]?

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** Also, look at the fact that in Series/DoctorWho the known time lords are named "The Master" and "The Doctor." What is the nickname Ms. Frizzle has? "The Frizz."

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** Also, look at the fact that in ~~Series/DoctorWho~~ ''Series/DoctorWho'' the known time lords are named "The Master" and "The Doctor." What is the nickname Ms. Frizzle has? "The Frizz."

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** If all they were doing was being close without actually attacking, the mother dinosaurs might have let it slide.
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