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* CallBack: While inspecting the Bus, Mr. Junkett points out damage from several past episodes.

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* CallBack: While inspecting the Bus, Mr. Junkett points out damage from several past episodes.episodes: among other things, [[Recap/TheMagicSchoolBusS1E1GetsLostInSpace "the roof looks like it got hit with a meteorite"]].

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* ArtisticLicenseCars: Granted, it's far from the most outlandish thing about Ms. Frizzle's bus, but US school buses are almost uniformly diesels, not gasoline-powered as depicted in this episode. Also, at time of airing, carburetors had been phased out of the US car industry in favor of fuel injection for nearly five years (the last carbureted four-wheel vehicle sold in the US was the 1994 Isuzu Pickup). Additionally, the bus seems to have no air filter between the outside world and the carburetor, and fouling a single spark plug, even with peanut butter, wouldn't realistically do much more than trigger a "check engine" light due to a misfiring cylinder (unless the bus only ''has'' one cylinder, an absurdity for any large-vehicle engine).

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* ArtisticLicenseCars: Granted, it's far from ArtisticLicenseCars:
** The episode uses
the most outlandish thing bus to teach about Ms. Frizzle's bus, but the workings of gasoline engines, even though US school buses are almost uniformly diesels, not gasoline-powered as diesels: there's a scene set in the cylinder where they have to clean peanut butter off one of the spark plugs, where a school bus would almost certainly have a glowplug instead (diesels ignite their fuel by compressing preheated fuel rather than active ignition).
** Speaking of the cylinder, the bus is
depicted as having a one-cylinder engine, something unheard-of in this episode. Also, anything bigger than a motorcycle. This one is likely intended as a simplification for the audience, but it bears mentioning that a misfire in one cylinder is more likely to just make the engine run rougher, not stop it running altogether.
** The culprit behind the bus's engine problems turns out to be the inspector being sloppy with his peanut butter sandwich. Leaving aside the questionable hygiene of eating while messing about with an engine, it's theoretically possible for him to have gotten peanut butter on a spark plug after removing it for inspection, but how exactly did he manage to get peanut butter '''inside the fuel line?'''
** Carburetors are generally not open-topped, but rather take in outside air through a scoop and pass it through an air filter and therefore would not be affected by the inspector leaving his sandwich on top of them. In addition, even
at time of airing, carburetors had mostly been phased out of the US car industry in favor of fuel injection for nearly five years (the last carbureted four-wheel vehicle sold in the US was the 1994 Isuzu Pickup). Additionally, the bus seems to have no air filter between the outside world of motorcycle and the carburetor, and fouling a single spark plug, even with peanut butter, wouldn't realistically do much more than trigger a "check engine" light due to a misfiring cylinder (unless the bus only ''has'' one cylinder, an absurdity for any large-vehicle engine).yard engines.
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* GrumpyBear: Mr. Junkett, especially when the Bus clonks out in the mountains.

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* BananaInTheTailpipe: The Bus clonks out thanks to the peanut butter from Mr. Junkett's sandwich getting caught in the engine in three separate places.

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* ArtisticLicenseCars: Granted, it's far from the most outlandish thing about Ms. Frizzle's bus, but US school buses are almost uniformly diesels, not gasoline-powered as depicted in this episode. Also, at time of airing, carburetors had been phased out of the US car industry in favor of fuel injection for nearly five years (the last carbureted four-wheel vehicle sold in the US was the 1994 Isuzu Pickup). Additionally, the bus seems to have no air filter between the outside world and the carburetor, and fouling a single spark plug, even with peanut butter, wouldn't realistically do much more than trigger a "check engine" light due to a misfiring cylinder (unless the bus only ''has'' one cylinder, an absurdity for any large-vehicle engine).
* BananaInTheTailpipe: The Bus clonks out thanks to the peanut butter from Mr. Junkett's sandwich getting caught in the engine in three two separate places.places, and half the sandwich itself being on top of the carburetor.



* RuleOfThree: The class finds peanut butter in the gasoline tank, a sandwich blocking air flow, and peanut butter clogging the spark plugs.

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* RuleOfDrama: Leaving an uneaten half-sandwich obstructing a top-intake carburetor is one thing (although why the bus doesn't have an air filter is an open question), and Junkett could ''possibly'' have gotten peanut butter on a spark plug he removed to check, but how in the heck he got peanut butter ''inside the fuel line'' is anyone's guess.
* RuleOfThree: The class finds peanut butter in the gasoline tank, fuel line, a sandwich blocking air flow, and peanut butter clogging the spark plugs.
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Car mechanic Mr. Junkett is inspecting the Bus, and wants to send it to the junkyard. When Ms. Frizzle tries to prove him wrong by going on a ride through the mountains, the Bus clonks out, and he labels it with a condemned side.

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Car mechanic Mr. Junkett is inspecting the Bus, and wants to send it to the junkyard. When Ms. Frizzle tries to prove him wrong by going on a ride through the mountains, the Bus clonks out, and he labels it with a condemned side. sign.
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* InkSuitActor: Mr. Junkett's face closely resembles that of Sherman Hemsley.
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* MeaningfulName: Mr. Junkett is a vehicle inspector who wants to see the bus condemned and scrapped. As stated InUniverse, "Junkett wants to junk it!"
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* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Mr. Junkett's condemnation of the bus was the result of his own sloppiness during the inspection at the start.

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He apologizes at the end; he might not have realized that it was his sandwich, but he does acknowledge that the bus functions just fine and shouldn't have been junked.


* JerkassRealization: After being rescued by Ms. Frizzle and her class, Mr. Junkett apologizes for his hasty condemnation of the bus.



* NeverMyFault: Mr. Junkett never seems to realize that it was his peanut butter that caused the Bus engine to clonk out.


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* WeNeedADistraction: In order to hide the fact that the bus is magic at the end, the students crowd around Mr. Junkett and pretend to fuss over him, including "fixing his hat" (pulling it over his eyes), so he doesn't see the bus transform from tow truck to its default form.
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* LiteralCliffhanger: Mr. Junkett dangles off the edge of a cliff... just before the commercial break.

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* DidntThinkThisThrough: Mr. Junkett walking away from the Bus while it was on the mountains, on narrow and winding roads. He ends up falling off the road and dangles from a cliff, over a large drop.

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* DidntThinkThisThrough: Mr. Junkett walking away from the Bus while it was on the mountains, on narrow and winding roads. He ends up falling off the road road, and dangles from a cliff, over a large drop.


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* JustInTime: The class only just saves the bus from being crushed.


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* SayMyName: Upon realizing that Mr. Junkett is responsible for the peanut butter clogs, the class shouts his name in a unified expression of outrage.
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->Original airdate: October 28th, 1995
->Subject: Engines
->Focus Student(s): N/A

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->Original airdate: ->'''Original airdate:''' October 28th, 1995
->Subject: ->'''Subject:''' Engines
->Focus Student(s): ->'''Focus Student(s):''' N/A
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->Original airdate: October 28th, 1995
->Subject: Engines
->Focus Student(s): N/A
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* LaserGuidedKarma: Mr. Junkett, the instigator for the plot, ends up dangling off the edge of a cliff.
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* RuleOfThree: The class finds peanut butter in the gasoline tank, a sandwich blocking air flow, and peanut butter clogging the spark plugs.

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* RuleOfThree: The class finds peanut butter in the gasoline tank, a sandwich blocking air flow, and peanut butter clogging the spark plugs.plugs.
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* CallBack: While inspecting the Bus, Mr. Junkett points out damage from several past episodes.

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Car mechanic Mr. Junkett is inspecting the Bus, and wants to send it to the junkyard. When Ms. Frizzle tries to prove him wrong by going on a ride through the mountains, the Bus clonks out, and he labels it with a condemned side.



* BananaInTheTailpipe: The Bus clonks out thanks to the peanut butter from Mr. Junkett's sandwich getting caught in the engine.

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* BananaInTheTailpipe: The Bus clonks out thanks to the peanut butter from Mr. Junkett's sandwich getting caught in the engine.engine in three separate places.
* BigDamnHeroes: The class fixes the bus in time for them to escape the giant crusher from the junkyard.
* ButtMonkey: Arnold gets separated from the class and witnesses the Bus nearly getting crushed. He also remains small until falling into the engine by accident, and getting reverted back to normal.
* DidntThinkThisThrough: Mr. Junkett walking away from the Bus while it was on the mountains, on narrow and winding roads. He ends up falling off the road and dangles from a cliff, over a large drop.
* GrumpyBear: Mr. Junkett, especially when the Bus clonks out in the mountains.
* NeverMyFault: Mr. Junkett never seems to realize that it was his peanut butter that caused the Bus engine to clonk out.
* RuleOfThree: The class finds peanut butter in the gasoline tank, a sandwich blocking air flow, and peanut butter clogging the spark plugs.
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