the magic school bus? not real. miss frizzle’s field trips? all in your head.
eight kids on a school bus field trip get into a crash on their way to their destination and fall into a nine month coma — or so they’re told. they don’t question it when they wake up in the hospital and are told as such.
years later, these kids start realizing their stories are matching up, their teacher is reappearing in town, and perhaps the magic school bus is real. the questions now are what really happened that day, who’s trying to keep the truth from them, and why.
hey so who would be cool if i bombed ur DMs with an invite to a totally all inclusive MAGIC SCHOOL BUS disdird server? plz bother me to the fullest of your abilities if yas
ya kno,, you’d only get these if you’ve seen the episode
credit to @hereidinathoreauwrites for giving me the idea !!!
Season 1:
Episode 1 (Gets Lost in Space): awkward crotch shot + arnolds suicide
Episode 2 (For Lunch): THE OLIVE FANTASY
Episode 3 (Inside Ralphie): “ my poor sick body “ SMOL RALPHIE
Episode 4 (Gets Eaten): take a shot every time you hear “tuna fish sandwhich” or “scum”
Episode 5 (Hops Home): ASDFGGGHJ BELLA AND HERMAN
Episode 6 (Meets the Rot Squad): l a r r y = d a d d y,, OH and keesha + arnolds rap
Episode 7 (All Dried Up): field trip survival guide
Episode 8 (In the Haunted House): “ HELLOOOOO “ + “ HIGH DEE HIGH DEE HIGH DEE HIGH LOW DEE LOW DEE LOW DEE LOW “
Episode 9 (Gets Ready, Set, Dough): he said the cake was ruined,,something about a moth?
Episode 10 (Plays Ball): ralphie is thicc [proof]
Episode 11 (Goes to Seed): PHOEBES OLD SCHOOL. oh and mr seedplot
Episode 12 (Gets Ants in its Pants): deodorANT
Episode 13 (Kicks Up a Storm): SHIKA SHIKA KABOOM
Season 2:
Episode 14 (Blows its Top): DA AND CARLOS. NO, CARLOS AND DA. DA AND CARLOS.
Episode 15 (Flexes its Muscles): ralphiebot
Episode 16 (The Busasaurus): arnolds karate moves B)
Episode 17 (Goes Batty): MR RAMON
Episode 18 (Butterfly and the Bog Beast): janet is actually insane this ep.
Episode 19 (Wet All Over): tiffany ?!
Episode 20 (In A Pickle): the frizz’s private passion for pickles
Episode 21 (Revving Up): peanut butter and jelly sandwiches are not your friend Episode 22 (Taking Flight): yo arnold almost dies,,,again
Episode 23 (Getting Energized): yeah because throwing boulders at kids is safe
Episode 24 (Out of This World): STAR TREK
Episode 25 (Cold Feet): we all thought liz died
Episode 26 (Ups and Downs): gerri poveri is actually the devil
Season 3:
Episode 27 (In a Beehive): TIM ACTUALLY EXISTS
Episode 28 (In the Arctic): harry arm
Episode 29 (Spins a Web): YO THIS EPISODE WAS SO GOOD
Episode 30 (Under Construction): damn it william
Episode 31 (Gets a Bright Idea): janet is an asshole,,,again.
Episode 32 (Shows and Tells): THE ANXIETY THIS EPISODE GAVE ME
Episode 33 (Makes a Rainbow): the frizz comes out of the closet
Episode 34 (Goes Upstream): s t o p p u t t i n g h u m a n f a c e s o n f i s h
Episode 35 (Works Out): absolute proof that ms frizzle is a god herself
Episode 36 (Gets Planted): lol green plant phoebe
Episode 37 (In the Rainforest): that accent
Episode 38 (Rocks and Rolls): too many rock puns
Episode 39 (The Family Holiday Special): wanda sacrifices the one show she’s been looking forward to seeing all year just to make arnold’s holiday special. THATS SO SWEET
Season 4:
Episode 40 (Meets Molly Cule): babe you know i love ya down to the very last bit
Episode 41 (Cracks a Yolk): arnold’s chicken suit.. 500% done
Episode 42 (Goes to Mussel Beach): mussels have jet packs ??? ok???
Episode 43 (Goes on Air): jfc stop arguing keesha and ralphie
Episode 44 (Gets Swamped): i really wanted to see a walkerville shopping mall..
Episode 45 (Goes Cell-ular): ORANGE SKIN
Episode 46: (Sees Stars) horace scope is a bad bad man
Episode 47 (Gains Weight): basketball court in space?? fuck yea
Episode 48 (Makes a Stink): okay im sorry but this episode was disgusting
Episode 49 (Gets Charged): wanda and tim are nosey little bitches
Episode 50 (Gets Programmed): Hi, how are ya? Nice to see ya! Thanks for comin' to school and...enjoy your day!
Episode 51 (In the City): because animals with human faces is totally normal for the city..but tbh i loved this episode
Episode 52 (Takes a Dive): the frizz is a timelord
Phoebe finds a drawing of Tim’s she hasn’t seen before.
Phoebe hated picking favorites among her friends, especially considering how long they had stuck together. But she couldn’t help it when she just gravitated to some more than others. She was closest to Keesha, that much was obvious. The two practically told each other everything. But even with Keesha, who had helped to pull her up off her knees and gain some confidence in herself, Phoebe still felt like she had to puff out her chest and choose her words carefully.
That was never the case with Tim. He just had this presence...this warmth to him. Phoebe didn’t feel the pressure she usually did with him around. Not that a little pressure now and then from her friends was a bad thing. Everyday she found herself coming out of her shell more and more. But if she just wanted to be quiet for a day, without pushing any of her own boundaries, Tim let her do that. She was more comfortable with him than anyone else - even Keesha. Maybe even her father, just because of the age difference. They just clicked.
Today in particular, Phoebe came over to his house after school to study. His mother let her in, explaining that Tim was busy on the back porch spraying down a newly finished piece with sealant, and that she was more than welcome to wait in his bedroom.
On his desk was a stack of works in progress. Phoebe knew she shouldn’t have been flipping through them, but hers was an innocent curiosity. Since he had started to get serious with his art, he seemed to be working at it nonstop, and Phoebe only saw perhaps a tenth of his work compared to all those years ago.
Sketches of the view from his bedroom window, school projects, swatches of watercolors he kept meaning to use but never did. It amazed her that Tim had a comfort zone when it came to his art; he seemed like the type of artist who could do something spectacular with just about anything you set in front of him. Then, at the bottom of the stack, Phoebe found something that made her jaw drop. A big sheet of heavy drawing paper with an almost finished portrait splayed across. Her portrait. He was drawing her.
The photo he used for reference was proudly displayed on the corner of his desk: a group picture all of them had taken over their summer trip to the lake. Arms thrown around each other like one eight-headed organism, they were all pulling some sort of silly face, except for Phoebe, who was too busy laughing at something someone said. Her eyes were pinched closed and her stringy wet hair was floating at awkward angles.
Tim and his magic touch had copied every single detail about her and brought it to the page with a softness Phoebe had never seen in the photo before. The crinkles in her eyelids and her laugh lines. The way the hair at her temples curled around. The angle of her collarbone and the shape of her lips as she laughed a good, honest laugh. Tim was meticulous about his details - Phoebe thought most of his work belonged in a science textbook - but that didn’t mean his pieces were cold and structured. Particularly this one. If she dare say so herself, Phoebe had never seen herself look so...lovely. And clearly that’s what Tim saw or he wouldn’t have chosen to draw her in the first place.
There was a smaller piece of the same thick paper clipped to the corner of the drawing with swatches of color - pastels, from the look of it. She could see it had taken him several attempts to reach her skin tone and the exact reddish brown of her hair, as well as appropriate shadows and highlights. For a brief moment, she wondered how he would have planned to color her eyes had they been open.
Footsteps echoed down the hall and that’s when Phoebe remembered the bedroom door was wide open. She drew back her hand as if electrocuted, allowing the stack of projects to fall back where it was and remove all evidence of her spying.
Tim flashed her a brilliant white smile the moment he caught her. His hair was getting longer, and the wind had blown it into a new unique shape. He smelled like chemicals and fresh cut grass.
“Hey, Phoebs. Sorry, I didn’t mean to make you wait.”
Phoebe shook her head, explained that she didn’t mind at all. For a brief, selfish second, she wondered how she looked to him right now. If he still thought she was worth drawing outside of that one serendipitous moment.
