03x03 - Spins a Web

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Please let this be
a normal field trip.

With the frizz?
All: no way!

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Man: it was a day...

Like any other day.

Woman: ok, kids.

Supper!

Mmm! Those look
wonderful, darling.

[Gasps]

[Screeching]

Keesha:
a praying mantis!

Wanda: it's not the mantis
who should be praying.

It's the mom and dad.

Aah!

Carlos: that bug is so bogus.
No way I'd be scared.

Aaahh!
Aaahh!

Dorothy ann: according
to my research,

stand by your mantis
came out in 1953.

Yeah, and the critics
probably said,

"Get the exterminator."

Ha ha ha!
Ha ha ha!

You know, liz,

This is my idea
of a field trip.

Phoebe: that is
totally unrealistic.

You don't catch an insect
by blindfolding it,

And besides,
there's no such thing

As a 50-foot praying mantis,

And even if there were,
you could trap it

Instead of trying
to destroy it.

What's the matter, carlos,
not into insects?

They're not my favorite
thing in the world, ok?

And what I really hate
are...spiders!

Aah!

Wait! Wait! Spiders
aren't insects, you know.

They have 8 legs,
and insects only have 6.

Here, I'll show you.

Gotcha!

See?
It's an orb spider.

Yuck!

Just because
you love spiders

Doesn't mean
everyone does.

[Sighs]

Hey, carlos, I thought you
weren't scared of anything--

Yikes! What is that?

Is it just me,
or is it...

All: ms. Frizzle!

Popcorn,
anyone?

Shh! Look! The giant
mantis is back!

Man: honey, we just can't
afford a skylight right now.

Never mind.

Tim: awesome!

This is general aranius.
Let's get this son of a bug.

Prepare operation
bug spray.

Aah!
Aah!

Fire!

Keesha: ewww!

Carlos: disgusting!

Yeah!
Yeah! Ha ha!

I guess that didn't work.

That was mean. Surely
there's a better way

To catch a praying
mantis than that.

There is no better way,
and don't call me shirley.

All: huh?

If I were
in that movie,

I'd trap the mantis,

Take it somewhere safe,
and let it go.

You'd trap it?
Sounds like a plan to me.

Wait a minute.

I thought coming to this
movie was our field trip.

♪ Correctamundo ♪

Ms. Frizzle:
all set, everyone?

Wa-hoo!

Where are we going,
ms. Frizzle?

Next stop--
the silver screen.

Ralphie: now, this is
what I call a drive-in movie.

Hey!

This is the same street
the mantis was on.

And here's a piece
of the blindfold.

We're in the movie?

We're in the movie.

Then we've got to find
general aranius.

According to
my film guide,

The first place
we should look

Is the military
command center.

Man: as command centers go,
mine was pretty rare.

Make that medium rare.

Nevertheless, it was
the nerve center of operation

"Wash that mantis
right out of my hair

And send it on its way."

General?

Call it instinct,
call it sixth sense,

Call it
women's intuition.

General,
where are you?

General where are you
has been reassigned.

I'm in control here.

[Feedback]

You can't k*ll
the praying mantis.

Don't be so negative.
I'll get it.

[Thumping]

What's going on?

Hey!
What's happening?

All: aah!

Calm down, mantis.

You know you don't really
want to hurt anyone.

[Crunch]

I guess it wanted onions
on that burger.

Whoa!

Oh, bad! Oh, bad!
Oh, bad, bad, bad!

Do something, phoebe.

Yeah, phoeb.
Start trapping.

Well, uh, anyone have
a 50-foot plastic cup?

Phoebe, come on!

You said you knew how
to trap the mantis!

I think what we need
is a professional bug trapper.

Well,
as I always say,

Look to mother nature
for the best of everything.

Good idea. Where is she?

Mom!

All: aah!

Ms. Frizzle:
to the bus!

I hate to do this,
madam,

But I'm commandeering
this bus.

Yes, sir!

Now, how do we
start this thing?

Does military
intelligence

Know about this bus?

What does
this button do?

Oh, I wouldn't press

That button, general,
if I were you.

How about this one?

Uh-uh.

What about this one?

Well...

Wa-hoo!

Kids: aah!

Whoa! We're falling
out of the movie!

Uhh!

Gotcha!

Dorothy ann: oh, no!
Liz and the bus

Are trapped
in the movie!

They're not the only ones
who are trapped.

Both: so are we!

Keesha: what are
we gonna do?

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

Get us out of here!

This stuff
is all sticky.

Wanda: these
lines down here

Aren't sticky,

But they sure
are strong.

Uhh!

Come on, carlos.
Give us a hand.

I know what makes
a web like this:

A spider!

M-ms. Frizzle, I thought
we were gonna find

A professional trapper,
not a trap.

Where is ms. Frizzle,
anyway?

Here I am, class.

You know,
where I come from,

The best way
to tap into a trapper

Is to get wrapped
in her trap.

Phoebe: if that fly
isn't careful,

It's gonna get wrapped
in the trap, too.

Shoo, fly!

Doesn't it see
the web?

No, it doesn't.

It's headed
right for it!

Whoa! That fly
never knew

The web was there!

That's because the web
is nearly invisible.

Bet that fly wishes
he had stayed home today.

All: arnold!

I wonder where
this line goes.

I wouldn't tug
on that, keesha.

Spider!

An orb spider,
actually.

You pulled on
its signal line

And told it
dinner was ready.

Trapper trick
number one--

Stay out of sight

Till your meal
is stuck tight.

You mean spiders are
the professional trappers?

I don't want to be
spider food. Help!

I'll cut some of
these anchor lines.

Whoa!

That spider
came out of nowhere.

Pretty amazing,
if you ask me.

It has a built-in
fly alarm.

And some web lines
that aren't sticky

So the spider
doesn't get zapped

By its own trap.

Ms. Frizzle: as my old
trapper friend

Jean-paul labyrinth
used to say...

[French accent]
ze spider that snares ze best

Fares ze best.

P.a.: This is
your general speaking.

I'm inside some sort
of magical school bus

Headed for our
top-secret location.

Prepare operation swat.

Come on. We've gotta
get back to the movie

And save liz.

Tim: what's liz doing?

Ms. Frizzle: that button
will get us back in again.

Come on!
You can do it!

Hit the button!

All I need to get
that overblown bug

Is a little bait.

Wanda: what does
he mean by "bait"?

Ralphie:
what kind of bait?

Praying mantis bait.

Kids: liz!

Ralphie: what is
that thing?

It's only
a centipede.

Aaahh!
Aaahh!

only a centipede?

That's like saying,
"oh, it's only godzilla."

Wow! That centipede
didn't have a chance!

A spider in hiding--
another trapping technique.

Look! There's some
kind of trap-door

Hidden here.

Which could be why
the critter who made it

Is called
a trap-door spider.

I get it.

The trap-door spider
hides inside here

Until something juicy
comes along.

Then she opens the door,
and...gotcha!

Carlos! According
to my research,

You're never more
than 3 feet away

From a spider.

Yikes!

All: aah!

We keep running into spiders!
They're everywhere!

But don't you see,
arnold?

Spiders
are trappers.

The best
in the business.

Beetle at 6 o'clock!

Look out, spider!

The spider
won't let him in.

I wouldn't
let him in, either.

[Kids gasp]

Uh-oh!

Run!

Wa-hoo!

Quick! Over here!
Nobody's home!

This sure is a nice
safe place to hide.

[Rumbling]

That's right,
wanda.

Trapper trick
number 2--

The trapper that knows
when to run and hide

Lives to trap
another day.

All clear.

General aranius:
uh, ashley bait shop?

What does a 50-foot
praying mantis eat?

Uh-huh. Uh-huh.
"Anything she wants."

Everyone's a comedian.

Kids: liz!

Phoebe: we've got to get back
in the movie.

Let's go! We've got
a bus to catch!

Carlos: and
a lizard to save!

Eee!

Now, this is what I call
an all-encompassing experience.

Oh, class?

Ha ha ha!
Oh, that tickles!

All: ms. Frizzle!

Say hello
to the dinopus spider--

Trapper extraordinaire.

She doesn't wait for the food
to come to her trap.

She takes her trap
to the food.

Oh, look! I've been
invited to dinner.

You mean you're going
to be dinner!

Not if we have anything
to say about it.

Wanda: ok, dinopus.
Just let go of ms. Frizzle.

Uhh!

Thank you.

Oh, well, I guess
we'll just have to study

How a trapper eats
what she's trapped

Some other day.

General aranius:
well, well.

What do we have here?
A lizard.

Or should I say
praying mantis bait?

♪ I don't know, but... ♪

Oh, no!
Aranius has got liz!

We've got to get
back in there

And trap
that general.

Prepare
operation spider.

Ms. Frizzle: oh, liz?
Get us in, please.

Push the button.

♪ Catchin' a bug
is mighty bold ♪

All: whoa!

Kids: uhh!

What was that?

You again!

Yike!

Ohh!

Where'd my bait go?

Hang on, liz.
I'm making a web,

And I'm gonna trap
that general.

Aha!

There she is!

Wait a second!
I'm almost finished!

Oh, rats!

[Horns honking]

Sorry we can't
stick around, kids.

We got places to go,
mantises to feed.

You can't take liz!
Come back!

Uhh!

Spinning a web
is harder than it looks.

Take me to the park!
And step on it!

[Gasps]

All: liz!

[Horns honking]

Phoebe: we've got
to get to that park

Before the praying
mantis does!

Don't feel bad, phoebe.

Only a giant spider
could trap that general.

Yes! Arnold,
you're a genius!

Isn't he,
ms. Frizzle?

His idea
certainly has legs.

But...i was
just kidding.

Come on, bus!
Do your stuff!

I was just kidding!

[People screaming]

Ms. Frizzle: 8 legs.

Phoebe: check.

Ms. Frizzle:
spider silk spinners.

Phoebe: check.

Buckle up, class.

Trapping season
has just begun.

That mantis is a k*ller,
son.

"Dangerous"
is its middle name.

Praying "dangerous" mantis.

Up this ladder.
To the park!

Here he comes.

Phoebe: the trap worked!

Keesha: not exactly.
The general wasn't in the car.

Wanda: ok, ok. What
did we learn from this?

Never order mushrooms
and anchovies on the same pizza.

All: carlos!

What we learned is,
for prey on the ground,

Use a trap
on the ground.

Except our prey
wasn't on the ground.

Is it just me, or is that
the general up there?

Phoebe: and liz!

For prey in the air,
use a trap in the air.

All: a spider web!

Prepare operation
orb spider bus.

Ms. Frizzle:
let the spinnerets fly.

Dorothy ann: at my old school,
the bus never made a web.

Ralphie: I think
I'm gonna be sick.

There's no time
to be sick.

We've got
to be ready

For the general.

Begin the radial spokes.

Wanda: whoa!

Tim: hang on!

Ralphie: spin that web!

[Screeching]

Aah!
Aah!

General aranius:
there it is!

Get your lizard here!
Red-hot lizard!

Hurry up, ms. Frizzle!
He's comin' this way!

Ms. Frizzle:
switching spinnerets.

Get ready
for the sticky stuff.

[Kids laughing]

Web almost complete.

Phoebe: and just in time!

Ralphie: here comes
the general!

Ms. Frizzle:
hit the signal line!

Lizard here!
Get it now!

Get it free!

What the...
Is that a spider web?

Whoa!

Kids: gotcha!

Bet you'd hate to be
in my shoes, huh, kids?

Me, too.

Wanda: oh, no! The general's
getting away again!

Forget the general.
Our only chance

To save liz now
is to stop the mantis.

But the mantis is too big
for a trap-door.

And we can't wait for it
to fly into our web.

♪ Oh, someone's
in the kitchen with dino ♪

♪ Someone's in the kitchen
with dinopus ♪

That's it! Take the trap
to the mantis!

Prepare for operation
trapper extraordinaire!

I think she's got it.

General aranius: I'm gonna
get that creature--

Ow! Ooch! Aah! Ooh!

If it's the last thing I do!
Ouch! Ooh! Ooh! Ooh!

Don't go away, pal.

Welcome to your new and
final destination, lizzie!

Step right up and get
your free lizard!

No waiting. No refund.

[Screeching]

The lizard's all yours,
big boy.

This isn't gonna
be pretty.

What? No! No! No! No!

Phoebe: now!

Tim: we got it!

Wanda: more silk!

I hereby declare
this mantis trapped.

Keesha: you guys get liz.
We'll take care of the general.

Careful, liz.
Easy. That's it.

Halt! I order you

To return my bait
this instant!

Tsk tsk tsk.

Sorry, general.
Liz belongs with us.

I want my bait!

But here's something
you can have.

You knew this would happen,
didn't you?

Another happy ending.
Good work, class.

Hit it, liz!

You're safe now,
my little friend.

No more getting giant,
understand?

Our work here is done.
We can go home now.

I tell you, that was one
of the best field trips ever!

So I guess you don't
hate spiders anymore,

Huh, carlos?

No way. I mean,
the way they use traps

So they stay safe while
they catch their prey--

It's too much.

Well, as my great
uncle arachnid used to say,

"There's nothin'
like a spider

To teach you everything
you need to know."

[Kids laughing]

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 ringing]

[Whistling]

Magic school bus.
Producer speaking.

Are those giant bugs
in the movies real?

Actually,
the bugs are real.

They just aren't giants.

Movie magic just
makes them look big

By putting
a regular size bug

Into a tiny toy town
and sh**ting close in.

Any more questions?

I've got some.

You!

My agent told me this
show was supposed to be

About spiders--
all spiders,

But you just showed 3.

We, uh...

We focused on
the orb, trap-door,

And dinopus spiders

Because the kinds
of traps they make

Were important
to the story.

Understood, but there
are more than 100,000

Different kinds
of spiders

And hundreds of ways
they hunt and trap.

In fact, although
most spiders make silk,

Only some of them
spin webs.

We know that,

And we showed as much
as we could

While still giving you

As much screen time
as possible.

Then what about
the ending?

What about it?
We wanted to show

That spiders are skilled
at trapping insects.

Yes, but you stopped
one step short.

Spiders prey
on other insects.

You know
what that means?

That means
they eat them!

Well, of course.

Spiders have to eat,
too, you know.

I know, and they're
pest control specialists.

They keep
flies and gnats

From becoming
a problem.

I even heard
of one spider

Who lures bugs with
a sweet perfume,

Then lassos them
like a cowboy.

But spinning a web
can take hours.

You had it happening
in minutes.

Well, we could have
taken more time

On the webs,

But that
would have meant

Cutting back
your role.

Cutting back my role?

Uh, I think you made
the right decision.

In fact,
the show was great.

My wife and kids
are big fans.

That time you went
inside ralphie--

We still talk about it.

Keep up the good work.
Ciao.

Forget the web, liz.

You need to work
on your timing.

[Beep beep beep-beep-beep]

♪ 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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