02x04 - Going Batty

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Please let this be
a normal field trip.

With the frizz?
All: no way!

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And keesha said,
"let there be night."

[Crickets chirping]

And I say let there be
ms. Frizzle.

Where is she, anyway?

Yeah. Our parents
will be here any minute.

Oh, I hope they like

Our display
of nocturnal animals.

Animals that come
out at night

Are my personal
favorites.

I don't know
about you guys,

But parent-teacher
conferences

Make me nervous.

I vant to suck
your blood!

Aaahh!

Chill out, arnold.
It's just me--

Your ordinary creature
of the night.

Knock it off, ralphie.

There are no vampires.

They only exist
in your imagination.

That's
what you think.

Bats are just vampires
in disguise.

Come on, guys.

The frizz wants us to
set up the attic, too.

"The vampire
looked around the room

"Of half-humans,
half-bats, and said,

"attention,
my beloved children.

"at last, the moment
I've been waiting for

is here! Hah hah hah!"

[Gulp]

Wow, it's dark
up here.

Uh...heh. W-why don't I
get a flashlight?

What's the matter,
mr. Vampire expert?

Afraid of the dark?

No, I'm not afraid.

I just can't see,
that's all.

Maybe you can't,
ralphie, but that can.

Wanda: oh, a bat!
A real creature of the night.

Euhh! It sure
is creepy.

I don't know. I think
it's kind of cute.

Creepy or cute,
this is one animal

Of the night we know
very little about.

Maybe that's why
we're afraid of them.

We don't really know
much about them.

[Bat squeaks]

Whoa!

Don't hurt it!

Don't let it get me!

I don't want to be turned
into a--a vampire!

Relax, ralphie.
This is real life,

Not some made-up story.
That little bat

Has as much chance
of being a vampire as--

[Creak]
[gasps]

What was that?

[All gasp]

Yikes!
Yikes!

Ms. Frizzle?
Ms. Frizzle?

[Dracula accent]
good evening, class.

Ah! I see you found
my animal of the night.

So dark of wing
and keen of craft,

Of all night fliers,
the master's a bat.

[Gulp]

That's just the kind of thing
a vampire would say.

Ha ha ha ha!

Come on, ralphie,
you've been reading

Too many
comic books.

Oh, come, come,
don't be afraid.

Let me show you the secrets
of being nocturnal.

When you're
a creature of the night,

You wear
the color of night

So you won't be seen
by your enemies.

You stay hidden
until the sun has set.

The darker the night,
the safer the flight.

And of course,
being nocturnal,

You feed
only during the night.

Yikes!

Ralphie?
Is something wrong?

Wrong? No, uh...heh.
Uh, nothing. Heh. No.

[Cars approaching]

Ah, the parents
have arrived.

This is my grandmother,
ms. Frizzle.

Oh, how nice
to finally meet you.

Keesha has told me
so much about you,

I could just...
Eat you up.

Did you hear that?

Ms. Frizzle wants
to eat keesha's grandmother!

Ralphie dear, are we going
to say hello to ms. Frizzle?

Actually, mom,
i, uh...

She, uh...she's kind
of busy right now.

Oh, ralphie, stop being
a pain in the neck.

You think I'm a pain
in the neck? Just wait.

Ah, dr. Tennelli, how
good to see you again.

And you, ms. Frizzle.

Ralphie's been raving
about your field trips.

Yes, well,
I do so enjoy

Taking him
under my wing.

Ha ha! Um,
excuse me, please.

You gotta believe me!

The frizz must be
a vampire!

The frizz can't be
a vampire.

She's our teacher.

Maybe during the day. But
what about at night, huh?

Didn't she say,

"The darker the night,
the safer the flight"?

She was talking
about bats.

If it's dark,
they blend in,

And their enemies
can't see them.

It says so right
here in my book.

Vampires like
the dark, too,

And night
is when they strike,

Which is exactly
why ms. Frizzle

Wanted our parents here
after dark.

Stop it, ralphie.

Our parents are here
at night

Because they're too busy
during the day, and that's all.

Your attention,
please!

Before we all visit
the classroom,

I thought for the
parents-only portion

Of the evening,

We might go someplace
more, uh...suitable,

More, um...
Breathtaking.

Heh heh heh!

Well, come along.
I won't bite.

Now do you
believe me?

Is this a field trip,
ms. Frizzle?

It is, indeed, mr. Perlstein.
Arnold adores them.

At phoebe's old school,
we never had field trips.

This is gonna be fun.

What about
the children?

Aren't they coming
with us?

Don't you worry about
the children, mrs. Franklin.

They'll be taken care of.

Yikes!
We're next!

Wonder where
ms. Frizzle's taking them.

[Vroom]

[Tires screeching]

Ralphie: I don't know.

But we have to find out.
Follow that bus!

We've gone too far,
ralphie.

There's no reason for us
to spy on their meeting.

Stay here if you want, keesh.

But how are you
gonna feel

If your grandmother
starts sleeping

In a box in the basement?

That's absolutely
ridiculous!

[Sighs] but I guess there's
no harm in making sure.

Hit it, liz!

[Bats squeaking]

♪ We're here! ♪

I bid you welcome.

Bats!
Bats!

Night fliers,
we used to call 'em.

Why would ms. Frizzle

Bring our parents
to a place full of bats?

And
mosquitoes!

Because she's
a vampire, that's why!

What more proof
do you need?

Ralphie, ms. Frizzle
can't be a vampire

Because vampires
don't exist!

I'm sure there's a perfectly
logical explanation

For all this, and
I'm going to find out

What it is.

Well, go ahead, ralphie,
open the door.

It was your idea.

Move aside,
you weaselly wimps!

I'll do it!

Now what?

Ok. We can go back
to school now.

No, we can't, arnold.
We've got parents to save.

C-come on. There's
a window over there.

Admit it, ralphie.

This vampire thing
is a bunch of junk.

You're making it up.

Oh, yeah? Then explain
why ms. Frizzle

Is making our parents
drink blood!

To the creatures
of the night.

Long may we fly
together.

[Thunder]

Eee-eew!
Eee-eew!

Hold it! They're not
drinking blood!

It's tomato juice,
like ms. Frizzle served

At the class picnic.

Oh, yeah?

The only way to stop
a teacher vampire

Is to drive a textbook
through her heart!

Let's go!

Carlos: get away,
you bloodsuckers!

Vampires?

No. Mosquitoes.

[Squeaking]
[gasp]

More bats!

We're gonna be
eaten alive!

Wait a minute. Hey.

The bats don't
want to eat us.

They want to eat
the mosquitoes. Look!

Which proves
they aren't vampires.

Right. And give me
back my book.

It's rough.
Good place to hang from.

If you've got claws.
How dark is it in here?

Dark enough to sleep
in, night or day.

[Sniff sniff]

What is that smell?

Bat poop,
mr. Perlstein.

Get used to it.

Eew!
Eew!

Bat guano, to be
more exact, mr. Ramon.

It makes
excellent fertilizer.

Walk this way, please.

It certainly
is stuffy in here.

It's the breath
of a billion bats,

Dr. Tennelli.

Well, you know
what they say--

Bat breath is better
than no breath at all.

Ha ha!

Mr. Ramon!
Mr. Ramon!

Oh, good. Oh, good.
Little pink babies.

Ah, yes. The children
of the night.

Phoebe: oh, aren't
those bat babies cute?

See, ralphie? Bats
are mammals, not vampires.

Their babies drink
milk, not blood.

Get down!
The frizz is coming!

I can look
if I want to!

Can not!

Can so!

Can not!

You know...
I didn't know

That bats take care
of their young.

Oh, indeed they do,
mrs. Franklin.

Bats make
excellent mothers.

Even on a wall
full of pups,

They recognize the sound
of their own.

Oh, just like me.

I'd know the sound
of my keesha anywhere.

Can so!

Can not!

Keesha?

Mmm, no one out there.

Only some juicy
tidbits for the bats.

Kidbits? She's
talking about us!

She's gonna feed us
to the bats!

We've gotta
get help!

She said "tidbits,"
not "kidbits"!

Uhhhhh!

Wanda: ralphie, what
are you trying to do?

Get us outta here

Before she turns us
all into vampires!

Wonder what this does.

Keesha: nice one, ralphie.

You turned the bus
into a bat.

And this is turning
into a field trip.

[Ping]

[Ping]

Where are we going?

I don't know!
It's too dark to tell.

Is it just me,

Or does everything
look really weird?

Well, what
do you expect?

The bus is
a bat, remember?

What if we crash
into something?

[Ping]

[Ping]

[Ping]

[Ping]

Tim:
whew! That was close!

Look out! Look out!

Bats! Bats everywhere!

And they're making
so much noise.

I didn't hear that before
the bus turned into a bat.

Ralphie: awesome!
How does the bus

Keep from running
into stuff?

It must be because
it's a bat, that's how.

The bat bus knows how to get
around in the dark, like them.

But how?

I think it's got something
to do with that pinging sound.

[Ping]

I don't know
about you guys,

But that pinging
is k*lling my ears.

[Sighing]
ah.

I can tell you this--

Every time the bat
opens its mouth,

I hear a ping.

[Ping ping]

Yeah! And then
its ears wiggle.

I think it's listening
to the echo of each ping.

Ralphie: I hope the bat bus
is listening now,

Or we're gonna crash!

Wow! That's it!

When the sounds
echo back,

The bat bus knows
something's there

And doesn't bump into it.

That must be what
the bats are doing.

When they make
that funny sound.

They're using echoes
to locate things.

Echoes to locate--

Echolocation!

Bats don't need
to see with their eyes.

They can see
with their ears.

Weird...but cool!

Bats use sound
to get around.

[Ping]

Moths, dead ahead!

Arnold: oh, no. Don't tell
me that the bus is hungry!

Carlos: ecch!
At least we know

How bats grab
a bite to eat.

Wanda: eew! Yuck!
Disgusto!

Keesha: and night is
a good time for bats to eat

Because they're experts
at finding food in the dark,

Not because they like
to scare people, ralphie.

Yeah? Well, we don't have
time for midnight snacks.

We have to get back
to the castle!

Come on, ralphie,
admit it--

Bats are cool. And if you
were a night animal,

You'd want to be one.

I would not!

Or would i?

A bat could fly back
to the castle in the dark,

Find a way inside,
and save his parents

From count frizzula!

Ralphie,
what are you doing?

Winging this thing
back to the castle.

Whoa!
Whoa!

Yep, ralphie, you sure
know how to wing it.

This wasn't exactly
what I had in mind.

Hey, I love
being a bat!

Bet I can do 0 to 60
in 3 seconds flat!

Watch me, tim!
I can turn on a dime!

It's not bad
being a bat.

You can catch a drink on the fly
and a fly on the drink.

Mmm! Not bad.

Or snag a moth on the wing
with your wing.

I wish I could
turn off the moon.

That light gives me
the creeps.

Yeah, me, too.
Wonder why.

Owl alert!

Owl alert?

[Screech]

Yikes!

That's why
we avoid light--

Our enemies
can see us in it.

The darker the night,
the safer the flight,

Just like
ms. Frizzle said.

And she ought to know.

She's the queen of the night!

Right now
our parents could be...

What if ralphie's
right?

What if ms. Frizzle
is a vampire?

No way. It's not true.
Ralphie's never right.

Ms. Frizzle:
attention,

Parents
of my dear beloved children!

It's the frizz!

At last the moment
I've been waiting for has come.

That's exactly
what the vampire

In my comic book said.

To the castle!

Wait for me!

I don't want to believe it,
but...i'm beginning to.

Ms. Frizzle: prepare yourselves,
for your time has come.

[Parents making
exclamations]

Something terrible's
happening!

And who would like to be
my first victim?

I told you
she was a vampire!

Mrs. Franklin:
take me, ms. Frizzle.

Take me.

[Gasps] grandma!

Don't you dare bite
my grandmother!

Wanda:
the darker the night,

The more I think
ralphie's right.

The frizz
could be a vampire!

Yeah! And I don't
want my dad

To have nose flaps.

So what are we waiting
for? Let's go!

It's really, really
dark down here.

Yeah. We'll never
find ms. Frizzle.

We're bats, guys,
remember?

To find a location,
use echolocation.

[Ping]

[Ping]

Follow me.

[Ping]

[Ping]

[Ping]

More bats!

There must be millions
and millions of them!

Yeah, millions of parents
turned into bats!

[Ping ping]

This way!

Bat or no bat,
I just don't like the dark.

Wait for me, guys!

Ooh!

What...
What happened?

You forgot.
If a bat can't hear,

It can't tell
where it's going.

Come on!

Hold on, grandma!

Ralphie: I heard keesha!
Let's go!

There she is!

They're in the next room.

Listen!

Ms. Frizzle:
what do you think

Of our field trip now?

Grandmother:
I can't believe

I'd let you
do this to me.

[Gasps]

Mother: my neck
will be sore for a week.

That's my mom! Let's go!

Father: maybe we should've
stayed home tonight.

Dad...you took the words
right out of my mouth!

Father: what about
the kids, ms. Frizzle?

[Gasp]

Are they gonna suffer
the same fate as us?

Of course. They're mine,
too, aren't they?

Ha ha ha!
Ha ha ha!

I love you anyway,
daddy.

I'll love you forever.

We can't let the frizz
get away with this!

What are we gonna do?
What are we gonna do?

What are we gonna do?!

Make sure she never
does this again.

Charge!

Whoo!

Huh?

Enough blood
rushing to the head.

Everyone, down now.

Time to get back to school
to see the class project.

Uh, do we have to?

I could hang around here
for another hour.

Ha ha ha!

Mr. Ramon.
Mr. Ramon.

That was incredible.
I really felt like a bat.

Me, too. I used to be
afraid of bats,

But not anymore.

As I always say,

To be a bat
is to love a bat.

It's no wonder
phoebe loves

Your field trips,
ms. Frizzle.

I'm so glad
we transferred her

From that other school.

Ha ha! As keesha says,
there's simply magic!

She doesn't know
the half of it.

Nice going, ralphie.

More bats! They
must be coming home

From night school.
Ha ha!

Is it just me,

Or do those bats
look like our kids?

Oh, why, so they do.
[Chuckles]

What a wonderful
co-inky-dink.

[Chuckles]

Phoebe: how could you
ever think

Ms. Frizzle was
a vampire?

I can't believe
we listened to you!

Hey, sh-she looked
like a vampire,

Moved like a vampire,

A-and talked
like a vampire.

In any decent movie,
she would have been a vampire.

Ehh! Not good
enough, ralphie.

It was only
your imagination.

I-i'm sorry. I was wrong
about the frizz.

She's really
a good teacher

Who just gets wrapped up
in her work!

Hoo hah hah hah hah!

And you were wrong
about bats, too.

Ok, they're not vampires.

They're nocturnal animals
that use echolocation

To fly at night.

And why do they
come out at night?

They come out at night
to feed. Ok?

And what do they
feed on?

Come on, say it.

Ok, ok, ok!
They feed on insects,

Not human blood.
You happy now?

Keesha may be happy,

But the bat news is,
we're still bats!

Thanks for reminding us,
carlos. Ha ha ha!

Phoebe! Ha ha!
Phoebe! Ha ha!

[Beep]

Yay, liz!
Yay, liz!

Let's go home.

Hey! What do you know!
It's our kids!

Keesha! What are you
doing here?

Ralphie, I know
that guilty look.

What's going on?

Uh, heh...nothing,
mom. Really.

Oh, I'm sure
they were just...

Hanging around,

Right, ralphie?

Right, ms. Frizzle,
and bat's all!

Ha ha ha!
Ha ha ha!

[Squeak]

Is this
the magic school bus?

Is this the magic
school bus?

Is this
the magic school bus?

magic school bus?

magic school bus?

Both: magic school bus?

I want the magic school bus!

♪ I want
the magic school bus ♪

[Telephone rings]

[Ring]

Good evening.

Uh, is this
the magic school bus?

You found us.

We're just wrapping up things
here at the castle.

I'm the producer.
How can I help you?

Cool. I have some questions
about your show on bats.

I'm hung up
on a few things.

You're not the only one.
What's on your mind?

First of all,
if vampires aren't real,

How come everybody's
always talking about them

And putting them
in books, movies,

And tv shows
like yours?

Because the idea
of vampires is scary,

And people like to be scared
by make-believe monsters.

Ok. Next question.
How come there was

Only one kind of bat
on your show?

There are almost
1,000 different kinds,

You know.

You're right.

More than almost
any other kind of mammal,

And they live
all over the world.

And though most
of them eat insects,

Some eat pollen,
nectar, fruit, frogs,

Fish, other bats,
and even lizards.

Bet no one
told liz that, huh?

Uh, well, those kind of bats
were banned from the set,

And we had
very tight security.

Yeah. Another thing.

The only bat sounds
we can hear

Are the squeaks bats make
when they communicate.

And we really can't hear

The sounds bats use
to echolocate.

They're too high-pitched
for us to hear.

Hey, give us a break.
You know,

If we didn't use
a little movie magic,

You wouldn't have understood
how they worked.

Ok, I'll give you
that one.

But here's something
I don't think

You wanted to mention.
There are 3 kinds of bats

That do feed on blood.

Yes, but they're only
called vampire bats

Because the people
who named them

Had heard make-believe
vampire stories.

Not only that, vampire bats
don't even suck blood.

They make a tiny cut
in the animal

And lap up the blood
that comes out.

Well, that's true. But bats
don't really bother people.

How come you know so much
about bats, anyway?

[As vampire]
vell, what do you think?

You're think you're
the only ones

Who know anything about
the creatures of the night?

[Gasps]

I'm just kidding.
Did I scare you?

[Chuckling]
who, me? Oh, no!

Tv producers don't fall
for that kind of stuff.

Thanks for callin'.

Hee hee hee
hee hee hee!

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♪ Surfin' on a sound wave ♪

♪ Swingin' through the stars ♪

♪ Take a left
at your intestine ♪

♪ Take your second right
past mars ♪

♪ On the magic school bus ♪

Navigate a nostril!

♪ Climb on the magic
school bus ♪

♪ Spank a plankton, too ♪

Take that!

♪ Climb on the magic
school bus ♪

Raft a river of lava!

♪ On the magic school bus ♪

Such a fine thing to do.

Ohhh!

♪ So strap your bones
right to the seat ♪

♪ Come on in
and don't be shy ♪

♪ Just to make
your day complete ♪

♪ You might get baked
into a pie ♪

♪ On the magic school bus ♪

Step inside,
it's a wilder ride.

Come on!

♪ Ride on the magic school bus ♪

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