History Trivia / TheMagicSchoolBusRidesAgain

** Story editors and writers Suzanne Bolch and John May also previously worked on ''WesternAnimation/BlazingDragons'', ''WesternAnimation/StickinAround'', ''WesternAnimation/YvonOfTheYukon'' and ''WesternAnimation/JimmyTwoShoes'' (John only), as well for co-creating ''Series/ConnorUndercover'' and ''WesternAnimation/CaptainFlamingo''. May also worked on the original ''Magic School Bus'' as one of the show's original writers.

* HeAlsoDid: Writer George Arthur Bloom not only worked on the original ''Magic School Bus'', but also served as head writer for ''WesternAnimation/{{Cyberchase}}'' and a slew of 80s cartoons, including the specials, movie, and the first 14 episodes of G1 ''Franchise/MyLittlePony'' and the [[FiveEpisodePilot first three episodes]] of ''WesternAnimation/TheTransformers''.

* RemakeCameo:
** Amos Crawley voiced Arnold Perlstein in the first season of ''The Magic School Bus'', before appearing as Mr. Hudson in "The Tales Glaciers Tell" and the elderly Arnold in "In the Zone".
** Stuart Stone voiced Ralphie Tennelli on ''The Magic School Bus'' before playing minor voices in ''Rides Again''.
** Lisa Jai previously voiced Wanda Li before playing Mrs. Li here.

* YouSoundFamiliar:
** Amos Crawley voiced Arnold Perlstein in the first season of ''The Magic School Bus'', before appearing as Mr. Hudson in "The Tales Glaciers Tell" and the elderly Arnold in "In the Zone".
** Stuart Stone voiced Ralphie Tennelli on ''The Magic School Bus'' before playing minor voices in ''Rides Again''.
** Lisa Jai previously voiced Wanda Li before playing Mrs. Li here.

* ChildrenVoicingChildren: As with the original series, the child characters in ''Rides Again'' are voiced by real children.

* CelebrityVoiceActor: Along with Creator/LilyTomlin reprising her role as Professor Frizzle, Creator/WillArnett and Creator/SandraOh guest star in the first season. Creator/JayBaruchel, Creator/NathanFillion, Creator/CatherineOHara and Creator/MartinShort also appear in the second season.

** Stuart Stone voiced Ralphie Tennelli, before playing minor roles in ''Rides Again''.

* CelebrityVoiceActor: Creator/WillArnett and Creator/SandraOh guest star in the first season. Creator/JayBaruchel, Creator/NathanFillion, Creator/CatherineOHara and Creator/MartinShort also appear in the second season.

* EditedForSyndication: Averted with the Qubo airings, wherein the Netflix VanityPlate is ''kept intact''.

* RelationshipVoiceActor: Greek dub: Creator/SofiaKapsambeli (Sumi) and Creator/VoulaKosta (Riki) have also worked together on ''WesternAnimation/PAWPatrol'', ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirls'', ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyTheMovie2017'', ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsonsMovie'', ''WesternAnimation/JetsonsTheMovie'', ''WesternAnimation/AlvinnnAndTheChipmunks'', ''Series/BarneyAndFriends'', ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'', ''Toys/{{Lalaloopsy}}'', ''WesternAnimation/TheLifeAndTimesOfJuniperLee'', ''WesternAnimation/LittleBill'', ''Anime/BDamanCrossfire'', ''Manga/OnePiece'', ''Anime/SailorMoon'', and ''WesternAnimation/SuperRobotMonkeyTeamHyperforceGo''.

** Also played straight in almost every dub. The Latin Spanish dub moved from Mexico to Colombia; the Italian dub moved from Milan to Rome (Tim's original voice actress, Monica Bonetto, died in May 2017); and the German dub moved from Berlin (redub) to Hamburg.

** Concept art shows that Wanda originally had a SkunkStripe.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The show dates itself by virtue of being an EdutainmentShow. Science dates quickly, which is a large reason why a reboot was made in the first place.

** The series was originally planned to be named ''The Magic School Bus 360°'' and [[ShiftedToCGI be animated in CGI]]. The shift to [=ToonBoom=] was presumably due to most of the budget being blown on Kate [=McKinnon=] and Lin-Manuel Miranda, though the bus itself is still CGI.

* AuthorExistenceFailure: Joanna Cole, author of the original ''Magic School Bus'' books, died in July 2020.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The series references blogging and superheroes, which were both popular at the time of release. It also dates itself by virtue of being an EdutainmentShow. Science dates quickly, which is a large reason why a reboot was made in the first place.

* HeAlsoDid: Writer George Arthur Bloom not only worked on the original ''Magic School Bus'', but also served as head writer for ''WesternAnimation/{{Cyberchase}}'' and a slew of 80s cartoons, including the specials, movie, and the first 14 episodes of G1 ''Franchise/MyLittlePony''.

* HeAlsoDid: Writer George Arthur Bloom not only worked on the original ''Magic School Bus'', but also served as head writer for ''WesternAnimation/{{Cyberchase}}'' and a slew of 80s cartoons.

* PlayingAgainstType: The perpetually upbeat Galapagos Gil is one of the few characters Creator/WillArnett has played who's even remotely friendly.

* AuthorExistenceFailure: Joanna Cole's death from idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis in July 2020 was first announced by Creator/NineStoryEntertainment themselves with a picture of this show, meaning that she passed while a possible third season was being planned.

* EditedForSyndication: Averted with the Qubo airings, wherein the Netflix VanityPlace is ''kept intact''.

* RoleReprise: Creator/LilyTomlin reprises her role of Ms. Frizzle, now ''Professor'' Frizzle.
** In the European Spanish dub, Cristina Yuste returns as Dorothy Ann.
** In the Brazilian Portuguese dub, everyone returned from the Netflix redub of season 1 except Arnold.
** In the Hungarian dub, Dániel Hamvas (Tim), Levente Molnár (Carlos), Ilona Molnár (Keesha), and Kati Zsurzs (Professor Frizzle) reprise their roles from the original series.