History Trivia / TheMagicSchoolBus

** In ''VideoGame/IWasATeenageExoclonist'', the Creativity skill check for your first time working at the bar says, "Take chances and make mistakes!"

* ActorAllusion: Creator/LilyTomlin gets to show off her talent in the fine art of drag as [[CrossCastRole Ms. Frizzle as Archibald Dauntless]] in the live-action wraparound segments of "A Magic School Bus Halloween".

* IWantYouToMeetAnOldFriendOfMine: Both Lily Tomlin and Dolly Parton previously appeared together in ''Film/NineToFive''. Dabney Coleman, whom also co-starred with them in ''9 to 5'', also made a guest appearance, but not with Parton.

** In the ''Ocean'' computer game, the sailfish is described as being able to swim faster than a cheetah runs fast. It is now believed to swim 35 mph, though it's still the fastest animal in the sea.

* ActingForTwo: The European Spanish dub has Carlos and Ralphie with the same actor.

** Keesha is African-American, just like her VA Creator/EricaLuttrell.

* ChildrenVoicingChildren: All four of the boys are voiced by real boys, and all of their voices break over the course of the series.

* CrossRegionalVoiceActing: The series uses voice actors from both Canada and America, due to its status as an InternationalCoproduction (see that trope below).

* EditedForSyndication: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egmmYxXhScQ The original PBS version of the theme song]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2a_-z83a2dw and the edited syndicated version]].

* FakeBrit: Downplayed. British-American Dorothy Ann Hudson is voiced by Canadian Tara Meyer, but her British accent is more subtle than anything.

* InternationalCoproduction: The original show was one between the American companies Scholastic and South Carolina ETV and the Canadian studio Creator/{{Nelvana}}.

* CrossRegionalVoiceActing: The series uses voice actors from both Canada and America.

* InternationalCoproduction: The original show was one between the American companies Scholastic and South Carolina ETV and the Canadian studio Creator/Nelvana.

* VoicesInOneRoom: All of the children in the voice cast recorded together in Toronto, even after Arnold was re-cast with American Danny Tamberelli (who was especially flown in from New York). This caused no shortage of headaches for the voice directors, as the kids would very often crack each other up and drag out the recording sessions.

* ActorSharedBackground: Creator/DomDeLuise's character in "Gets Ready, Set, Dough!" is a baker, a reference to his second career as a gourmet cook.

** In ''Webcomic/AndShineHeavenNow'', the kids and Ms. Frizzle were planned to cameo during the '99 storyline. The kids had grown up, gone their separate ways and went to college. However, Ms. Frizzle calls them up, one by one to help defend London and one by one, they all agree and they would have piloted the bus as a giant mecha. The webcomic would have also revealed that Ms. Frizzle had multiple classes over the years but the one from the cartoon would have been the one to be called because they had the most experience with the bus and they knew that the day when Ms. Frizzle would call them would come.

* NowWhichOneWasThatVoice: The ending credits list the voice actors, but not which characters they played.

* TheWikiRule: [[http://magicschoolbus.wikia.com/wiki/The_Magic_School_Bus_Wiki The Magic School Bus Wiki]].