Butterfly & the Bog Beast | Spins a Web | Full Episodes | The Magic School Bus | Scholastic Classic

Added: 2026-05-07

[00:00:00]Ride on the magic school bus.

[00:00:11]Broccoli? You got to be kidding. Whoever heard of a broccoli mascot?

[00:00:16]According to my research, broccoli is a very healthy vegetable. Besides, all the animal mascots have been [music] done already. Get serious. Our soccer team can't be called the Walker Elementary School Broccolis. Why can't we just use the old mascot? Because it's so old, no one knows what it is anymore.

[00:00:37]Ugh, it's even got moths.

[00:00:40]Tim, no. How could you? It's just a bug.

[00:00:44]>> Look at it.

[00:00:45]It's more than a bug. For your information, it says in this book that this moth is one of over a hundred thousand different kinds of moths and butterflies. And scientists are still finding new ones. And by the way, there are about [music] eight times as many kinds of moths as there are butterflies.

[00:01:02]Excuse me, Phoebe. In exactly six hours, we're playing the biggest soccer game of the year, for which we need a new mascot. And you've got your head buried in A BUTTERFLY BOOK.

[00:01:14]ACTUALLY, RALPHIE, it's a butterfly and moth book.

[00:01:22]There's not a lot of difference, but there's definitely Phoebe, we need a mascot that's different. It's got to be so exciting, the other team won't know what hit them. I got it. I got it. What?

[00:01:36]The Walker Elementary School Butterflies.

[00:01:40]Huh? You want to name our soccer team the Butterflies?

[00:01:45]And have a mascot that's small?

[00:01:47]Swattable? And pretty. The butterflies are full of surprises. Like what? Yeah, LIKE WHAT?

[00:01:57]JANET'S THE one and only Arnie's favorite cousin.

[00:02:03]I am your favorite cousin, right, Arnold? You're my only cousin, Janet.

[00:02:09]You're so cute.

[00:02:12]We know the real reason you want to make a complete wimp like a butterfly the mascot.

[00:02:17]You do? We do? Isn't today's soccer game against your old school?

[00:02:27]Janet's right. The Bulldogs are Phoebe's old team.

[00:02:31]Whose side are you on, Phoebe? I'm on our side. I just thought Listen, you're looking [music] for a new mascot, right?

[00:02:41]Right. You want a mascot that's totally different, right? Right.

[00:02:47]Then get this. How about the Walker Elementary School um um Walker Elementary School Bog Beasts. YAY!

[00:02:57]>> [screaming] >> IT'S NEW. IT'S DIFFERENT. It's so surprising, they won't know what hit them.

[00:03:05]Um, what's a bog beast?

[00:03:08]>> Woohoo!

[00:03:17]Crafty question, Arnold. What's a Miss Frizzle? Anyone know what a bog beast looks like? Hmm, let's see. How about you, Janet?

[00:03:29]Well, it's a uh uh probably like a a a a friend told me about one. According to my research, a bog is wet, soggy ground, like a swamp. Ah, seems to me then a swamp's the place to go to find a bog beast. But what about our soccer game? What's a game without a mascot? To the swamp.

[00:03:53]Not another field trip. Cheer up, Arnold. A famous poet once said, "All the world's a field trip, and all the kids in our class merely guinea pigs."

[00:04:03]Or did Miss Frizzle say that? [music] Miss Frizzle, does the swamp have butterflies, too? The swamp has all sorts of surprises, [music] Phoebe.

[00:04:30]I knew she'd say that.

[00:04:37]Everyone on the lookout for a bog beast.

[00:04:40]Excuse me, Miss Frizzle, but we're driving right [music] into the swamp.

[00:04:45]Not to worry, Ralphie. Where the road ends, adventure begins.

[00:04:57]What is this place, Miss Frizzle?

[00:04:59]>> [music] >> It's called Butterfly Bog.

[00:05:10]Wow, I thought those butterflies were flowers. Looks can [music] be deceiving, Wanda. Often times, what is isn't, and what isn't is.

[00:05:22]Aren't they magnificent?

[00:05:26]>> [music] >> Some mascot. A blue jay's can do that.

[00:05:33]What are the Bulldogs going to do to your soccer team?

[00:05:36]Or is that what you want to happen, huh, Phoebe? No. Seems to me butterflies [music] are so pretty, every animal can spot them from a mile around.

[00:05:46]>> Yeah, especially bog beasts.

[00:05:49]>> [laughter] >> Well, oh, come here, little butterfly.

[00:05:56]Forget about it, Liz.

[00:06:00]Hey, do you think a butterfly is beautiful just to be beautiful?

[00:06:05]Or is there another reason? I think there's more [music] to butterflies than you know. I just wish it would hold still. I'll get it to hold still.

[00:06:13]That'll prove what a wimp it is.

[00:06:21]I think this is going to be one of those memorable field trips.

[00:06:29]Here we are, Bog Beast Landing.

[00:06:34]Now what? We camouflage the boat so it blends in with the environment. Then we wait for the bog beast. There's no time to waste. We have to catch one now.

[00:06:44]According to my research, [music] the best way to catch something is to use some kind of bait. Like the biggest, juiciest butterfly in the bog.

[00:06:55]Come on, Liz. Let's bag us a butterfly.

[00:06:59]Janet, no.

[00:07:02]Yes.

[00:07:04]Why don't you pick on somebody your own size? An idea worth expressing, Phoebe.

[00:07:10]Or compressing.

[00:07:12]I'll shrink them with the Porta-shrinker.

[00:07:14]The Porta-shrinker?

[00:07:26]Oh, no.

[00:07:31]Well, what a surprise. We're a different size. Oh, no, we've shrunk.

[00:07:38]And look over there, the Porta-shrinker zapped out.

[00:07:41]Well, I don't care how small I am. I've got butterflies to save.

[00:07:47]Phoebe, come back. Fly for your lives, butterflies. Fly away. Fly for your >> [screaming and crying] >> Phoebe, what is it? What happened?

[00:08:06]Bog beast. [screaming] Okay, we've seen the bog beast. Let's get out of here. Uh oh, not so fast, Ralphie. Since you've never seen a bog beast, how can you be sure this is a bog beast?

[00:08:32]Huh? It looks more like a snake to me.

[00:08:36]Then it's not a bog beast. It's just a snake.

[00:08:42]>> [screaming] >> Except it doesn't move like a snake. It moves like a caterpillar.

[00:08:51]Hey, it is a caterpillar. A caterpillar pretending to be a snake. Got a little nervous, eh, Ralphie? Hey, it fooled me, too.

[00:09:01]Gee, I remember when I was bigger than a caterpillar.

[00:09:13]I'm bigger than a praying mantis, too.

[00:09:15]>> Don't praying mantises eat caterpillars?

[00:09:21]Not if they think they're snakes.

[00:09:25]>> [screaming] >> Ah, exactly, Tim. A delightfully deceitful deception. I get it. It's called tricking your enemy by pretending to be something you're not. I'd call it good acting. I'd call it a swallowtail caterpillar. Hey, what if we call our team the Walker Elementary School Swallowtail Caterpillars? Caterpillars?

[00:09:49]We'll get laughed out of the game.

[00:09:51]Besides, if we don't get back soon, there won't be any game. Caterpillars are tougher than you think, Ralphie.

[00:09:57]They're survivors. [music] They live by the rule, fool or be food.

[00:10:02]>> [laughter] >> And if it keeps fooling them and keeps feeding itself, someday it'll turn into a chrysalis, [music] then it'll turn into a big, beautiful butterfly.

[00:10:19]I see one, Liz.

[00:10:25]Shoo, butterfly, shoo. Come on, fly away.

[00:10:30]Come along now, Phoebe.

[00:10:36]Oh, it's not fair, Ms. Frizzle. Oh, I know.

[00:10:39]>> [music] >> Janet doesn't stand a chance. Huh?

[00:10:44]This one's a real juicy one.

[00:10:49]Where'd it go? Where is it?

[00:10:54]Okay, wise guy, where are you?

[00:10:57]There it is, I think. Wow, what a disappearing act.

[00:11:03]It's camouflaged, so you can't see it against the log. Ah, another illustrious illusion, Tim. As I always say, if they can't see you they can't eat you.

[00:11:20]All in class.

[00:11:25]So, there you are. The bog beast is going to love you.

[00:11:31]Oh, no, Janet's going to catch that butterfly. You're mine now, wimp.

[00:11:41]Swarm, swarm.

[00:11:46]Yes, the butterfly got away.

[00:11:50]A little mud can't stop us now. Come on, Liz, we can't catch a bog beast with that a butterfly. Okay, that's it. I'm unshrinking us all right now before Jumbo Janet crushes us into pieces.

[00:12:05]What's [bell] that? The doodinger. The doodinger?

[00:12:09]Yes, the doodinger dings when the Porta-Shrinker is too wet to work. So, we're stuck this size until until the Porta-Shrinker dries out. So, Arnold start blowing. Why couldn't Janet shrink instead of me? Life would be so much easier. Hurry, Arnold. If we don't get bigger by game time, the other team won't have to crush us, the ball will.

[00:12:33]This is all your fault, Phoebe. You and your butterflies. Maybe Janet was right.

[00:12:39]Maybe you do want your old school to win the game. I do not, and I'm not wrong about a butterfly. It would make a great mascot.

[00:12:50]For a place called Butterfly Bog, it's not exactly bursting with butterflies.

[00:12:57]One, I only need one.

[00:13:00]Go away, I can't see.

[00:13:02]GET YOUR HANDS OFF.

[00:13:04]>> [screaming] >> JANET, I know that scream anywhere. Come on, let's go. Yeah, right. Um let's go.

[00:13:21]Bog beast.

[00:13:24]WOW.

[00:13:25]COOL.

[00:13:27]IT'S NOT A BOG BEAST, it's a zebra butterfly.

[00:13:32]So, Ralphie, how does it feel to be the boy who cried bog beast? Well, it um just startled me with all its colors, that's all.

[00:13:42]See, even though butterflies are small and pretty, they're not wimps.

[00:13:48]They trick you, hide from you, even scare you.

[00:13:53]That's how they stay alive. Sounds like [music] the perfect mascot to me. All in favor of the Walker Elementary School Butterflies. Never.

[00:14:01]I'll play for the other team before anyone calls me a butterfly.

[00:14:09]>> [screaming] >> It is a Yeah, we know, Ralphie, bog beast.

[00:14:21]Bog beast.

[00:14:23]That's not a bog beast, and those eyes aren't real. They just look like eyes to fool the enemy.

[00:14:33]Oh, an insightful observation, Phoebe.

[00:14:37]And the ideal name, bug eye. You know, I'm beginning to think Phoebe's onto something.

[00:14:45]Butterflies are new and exciting. And they're tricky. And boy, are they surprising. All the things we want our soccer team to be. Okay, Phoebe, you win.

[00:14:55]Maybe there's more to butterflies than meets the eye. Especially if they can scare a tough guy like you, right? Uh well, the Walker Elementary School Butterflies it is. Let's take our team to the sky.

[00:15:11]Let's be Walker ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BUTTERFLIES.

[00:15:15]UM IF you insist.

[00:15:25]WOW.

[00:15:32]THE BIGGEST, JUICIEST butterfly yet.

[00:15:38]YAHOO.

[00:15:41]SO, what do you think, class? Well, it's certainly a new sensational, right? It's different. It's surprising.

[00:15:51]It's Janet.

[00:16:00]Do something, Ms. Frizzle.

[00:16:02]Hmm.

[00:16:04]Still wet.

[00:16:05]Oh, no. This butterfly is not only a wimp, it's dingy. Janet's going to feed us to the bog beast.

[00:16:16]You won't get away this time.

[00:16:22]She's gaining on us.

[00:16:23]What should we do? What should we do?

[00:16:25]What should we do?

[00:16:27]>> Well, as I always say, when you're a butterfly, do as the butterflies do.

[00:16:32]Wait a second. Is there a button on this thing that'll make us blend in like real butterflies do? You might check the camouflage box.

[00:16:40]>> [music] >> Oh, no, which button is it? Hurry, Phoebe.

[00:16:47]According to my research No time for research, Dorothy [music] Ann.

[00:16:52]Only time for getting messy, taking chances, and making mistakes.

[00:17:00]With all due respect, Ms. Frizzle, here's hoping this isn't a mistake.

[00:17:12]Hey, where'd it go? It just [music] disappeared.

[00:17:18]She's going to see us. Everybody quiet.

[00:17:25]The Porta-Shrinker must be dry by now.

[00:17:28]Come on, come on, make us big. Arnold, wait. If it's not dry, the doodinger >> [bell and music] >> What WAS THAT?

[00:17:41]AHA, GOTCHA. OH, NO, SHE GOT US. Just keep trying. Come on, Phoebe, you're our last hope. Think butterfly. Think butterfly.

[00:17:52]That's it, I'll surprise her with colors.

[00:17:57]Red, more red.

[00:17:59]Yellow, more yellow. Orange, more orange. Blue.

[00:18:06]And now to trick her with eye spots.

[00:18:11]Big.

[00:18:12]Bigger.

[00:18:14]Biggest.

[00:18:15]At last, you're mine.

[00:18:19]Not yet, Janet.

[00:18:22]Hit it, Phoebe.

[00:18:24]>> [screaming] >> All right, Phoebe, way to go.

[00:18:35]Nice plan. We're safe.

[00:18:38]Hmm, now that deception [music] got a real reception. Butterflies hide, trick, surprise. I guess they really can take care of themselves. What a field trip.

[00:18:59]>> [screaming] >> Gee, Janet. What happened to you? You almost lost a cousin, Arnold. It was jump in the swamp or go head-to-head with the bog beast. Oh, really? Yeah, and you're not going to believe what it looked like. Was it anything like this butterfly?

[00:19:23]Huh?

[00:19:24]That's it.

[00:19:29]Oh, I thought cousin Janet saw the bog beast and Did you say butterfly? Uh-huh.

[00:19:35]You mean there's no such thing as a bog beast? A bog beast can be anything that lives in the swamp, Janet. In this case, it turned out to be [music] a butterfly.

[00:19:45]Well, I um I sort of knew that, yeah. If I um yeah.

[00:19:50]Janet, you've got it, the best possible mascot, the Bug Beast Butterflies. Yeah, why not? I guess we were both right. Hi Phoebe.

[00:20:05]>> [cheering] >> The score is tied. Only 30 seconds remain. The Butterflies have the ball.

[00:20:11]Phoebe is dribbling it towards the BULLDOGS GOAL.

[00:20:16]BULLDOGS, BULLDOGS, easy easy, we're going to beat you. Easy easy, Phoebe Phoebe, break the tie. Be a WINNING BUTTERFLY.

[00:20:25]OH [screaming] MY. OH NO, THE Bulldogs steal the ball.

[00:20:29]Come on Phoebe, get up.

[00:20:32]Remember, butterflies are new and exciting and we never give up.

[00:20:42]Oh, it looks bad for the butter Wait, wait.

[00:20:46]Keisha steals the ball back.

[00:20:50]Carlos kicks the ball to Tim.

[00:20:52]Tim kicks the ball to Phoebe. Oh, time is running out. Five, four, three, two, >> [screaming] >> The Butterflies win.

[00:21:11]The Bug Beast Butterflies win.

[00:21:14]Yes.

[00:21:15]Way to go Phoebe. Way to go Janet. As I always say, there's no surprise like butterflies.

[00:21:24]>> [screaming] [cheering] [music] >> Is this the Magic School Bus?

[00:21:44]>> Is this the Magic School Bus?

[00:22:08]Hello? Hello?

[00:22:15]Is this the Magic School Bus? Yes, this is the producer speaking.

[00:22:21]Well, I'm from GMM and I'm steamed. GMM?

[00:22:25]The Great Moth Majority. I just saw your butterfly show.

[00:22:29]And from what I saw, you don't seem to know that there are more different kinds of moths than butterflies. I do know that.

[00:22:35]But you didn't give them equal time.

[00:22:38]We'd hardly had time to cover butterflies properly. Well, moths and butterflies don't just have eye spots for surprise, you know. If you say so.

[00:22:46]When a bird tries to catch a moth or a butterfly, it goes for the eyes. And if it goes for the eye spots, ah, all it gets is a big full of wing.

[00:22:55]Believe me, I put a moth in the show.

[00:23:01]If I could only catch one.

[00:23:04]Catch one? That reminds me. Janet running around trying to catch a butterfly with a net was insensitive and inappropriate field study. Yes, but that's Janet's character, insensitive and inappropriate.

[00:23:17]>> [music] >> That doesn't excuse improper behavior.

[00:23:20]Moths and butterflies should be left alone.

[00:23:22]You're right. By the way, butterflies aren't only found in the swamp. You can find them almost anywhere. Right again.

[00:23:30]You can find them in the forest, [music] the desert, the mountains, in a shoe.

[00:23:36]In a shoe?

[00:23:38]I don't know about a shoe, but I do know when the Great Moth Majority is done with you, you'll probably be looking for another job.

[00:23:49]Funny you should mention that. I'm trying out for another job right now.

[00:23:53]And what would that be?

[00:23:55]Network producer.

[00:23:57]>> [laughter] >> Got you.

[00:24:04]>> [music] >> It was a day like any other day.

[00:24:14]Okay, kids.

[00:24:18]Supper.

[00:24:20]Those look wonderful, darling.

[00:24:26]A praying mantis. It's not the mantis who should be praying, it's the mom and dad.

[00:24:32]>> [screaming] >> That bug is so bogus. No way I'd be scared.

[00:24:42]>> [screaming] >> According to my research, Stand by Your Mantis came out in 1953.

[00:24:48]Yeah, and the critics probably said, "Get the exterminator."

[00:24:52]>> [laughter] >> You know, Liz, this is my idea of a field trip.

[00:25:00]That is totally unrealistic. You don't catch an insect by blindfolding it.

[00:25:05]And besides, there's no such thing as a 50-ft praying mantis. And even if there were, you could trap it instead of trying to destroy it.

[00:25:22]What's the matter, Carlos? Not into insects? They're not my favorite thing in the world, okay?

[00:25:28]And what I really HATE ARE SPIDERS.

[00:25:34]WAIT, WAIT. SPIDERS aren't insects, you know. They have eight legs and insects only have six.

[00:25:42]Here, I'll show you.

[00:25:44]Got you.

[00:25:47]See? It's an orb spider. Yuck.

[00:25:51][screaming] Just because you love spiders doesn't mean everyone does.

[00:25:59]Hey Carlos, I thought you weren't scared of anything. Yikes, what is that? Is it just me or is it Miss Frizzle. Popcorn, anyone?

[00:26:17]Look, the giant [laughter] mantis is back.

[00:26:19]I We just have a Ford Skylight right now.

[00:26:25]Never mind. Awesome.

[00:26:32]This is General Uranious. Let's get this son of a bug.

[00:26:36]Prepare Operation Bug Spray.

[00:26:40]>> [screaming] >> Disgusting.

[00:26:51]>> [screaming] >> I guess that didn't work. That was mean.

[00:27:02]Surely there's a better way to catch a praying mantis than that. There is no better way. Don't call me Shirley. Huh?

[00:27:11]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.

[00:27:20]Wait a minute. I thought coming to this movie was our field trip.

[00:27:24]>> Correctamundo.

[00:27:27]All set, everyone?

[00:27:34]Where are we going, Miss Frizzle? Next stop, the silver screen.

[00:27:42]Now, this is what I call a drive-in movie.

[00:27:47]Hey.

[00:27:48]This is the same street the mantis was on.

[00:27:52]And here's a piece of the blindfold.

[00:27:54]We're in the movie?

[00:27:57]We're in the movie. Then we've got to find General Uranious.

[00:28:02]According to my film guide, the first place we should look is the military command center.

[00:28:10]As command centers go, mine was pretty rare. Make that medium rare.

[00:28:19]Nevertheless, it was my center of operation wash that mantis right out of my hair and send it on its way.

[00:28:26]General?

[00:28:27]Call it instinct. Call it sixth sense.

[00:28:31]Call it woman's intuition.

[00:28:33]General, where are you?

[00:28:35]General, where are you has been reassigned. I'm in control here.

[00:28:40]YOU CAN'T KILL THE PRAYING MANTIS. Don't be so negative. I'll get it.

[00:28:49]What's going on? Hey, what's happening?

[00:29:00]Calm down, mantis. You know you don't really want to hurt anyone.

[00:29:09]I guess it wanted onions on that burger.

[00:29:12]Whoa.

[00:29:15]Oh bad. Oh bad bad bad. Do something, Phoebe. Yep, yep, start trapping. Well, uh Anyone have a 50-ft plastic cup? Phoebe, come on. You said you knew how to trap the mantis.

[00:29:31]I think what we need is a professional bug trapper.

[00:29:35]Well, as I always say, look to Mother Nature for the best of everything. Good idea. Where is she?

[00:29:43]I'M >> [screaming] >> TO BUS.

[00:29:55]I HATE to do this, MADAM, BUT I'M COMMANDEERING THIS BUS. YES, SIR.

[00:30:02]NOW, HOW DO WE START this thing?

[00:30:18]Does military intelligence know about this bus?

[00:30:21]What does this button do? Oh, I wouldn't press that button, General, if I were you. How about this one? UH-UH.

[00:30:28]NOW, WHAT ABOUT THIS ONE? WELL.

[00:30:41]>> [screaming] >> WHOA, we're falling out of the movie.

[00:30:45]Ow.

[00:30:45]OW. GOT YOU.

[00:30:50]OH, NO.

[00:30:51]LOOK, THE BUS IS TRAPPED IN THE MOVIE.

[00:30:53]They're not the only ones who are trapped.

[00:30:56]So are we.

[00:31:07]What are we going to do? What are we going to do? What are we going to do?

[00:31:11]Get us out of here. This stuff is all sticky.

[00:31:16]These lines down here aren't sticky, but they sure are strong.

[00:31:22]Come on, Carlos. Give us a hand. I know what makes a web like this. A spider.

[00:31:29]Ms. Frizzle, I thought we were going to find a professional trapper, not a trap.

[00:31:36]Where is Ms. Frizzle, anyway?

[00:31:41]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. If that fly isn't careful, it's going to get wrapped in a trap, too. Shoo, fly.

[00:31:54]Doesn't it see the web? No, it doesn't.

[00:31:56]It's headed RIGHT FOR IT.

[00:32:00]WHOA, that fly never knew the web was there. That's because the web is nearly invisible. Bet that fly wishes he'd stayed home today. Arnold.

[00:32:10]I wonder where this line goes. I wouldn't tug on that, Keesha.

[00:32:16]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 [music] till your meal is stuck tight. You mean spiders are the professional trappers?

[00:32:33]I don't want to be spider food. Help.

[00:32:36]Help, get some of these anchor lines.

[00:32:41]Whoa.

[00:32:42]>> [screaming] >> 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. As my old trapper friend Jean-Paul Labyrinth used to say, "Is the spider that snares the best fears the best."

[00:33:09]THIS IS YOUR GENERAL SPEAKING.

[00:33:11]I'M INSIDE SOME SORT OF magical school bus headed for our top secret location.

[00:33:17]Prepare operation SWAT. Come on. We've got to get back to the movie and save Liz.

[00:33:23]What's Liz doing? That button will get us back in again. Come on. You can do it. Hit the button. All I need to get that overgrown bug is a little bait.

[00:33:34]What does he mean by bait? What kind of bait? PRAYING MANTIS BAIT. PRAYING WHAT IS THAT THING? It's only a centipede.

[00:33:48]>> [screaming] >> Only a centipede? That's like saying, "Oh, it's only Godzilla."

[00:33:58]Whoa, that centipede didn't have a chance.

[00:34:02]A spider in hiding. Another trapping technique.

[00:34:07]Look, there's some kind of trapdoor hidden here. Which could be why the creature who made it is called a trapdoor spider. I get it. The trapdoor spider hides inside here until something juicy comes along. Then she opens the door and gotcha.

[00:34:25]Carlos, according to my research, you're never more than 3 ft away from A SPIDER.

[00:34:31]YIKES.

[00:34:33]>> [screaming] >> WE KEEP RUNNING INTO SPIDERS. They're everywhere. But don't you see, Arnold?

[00:34:40]Spiders are trappers. The best in the business.

[00:34:44]Beetle at 6:00. Look out, spider. The spider won't let him in. I wouldn't let him in, either.

[00:34:55]Uh-oh.

[00:34:56]RUN.

[00:35:00]WOOHOO.

[00:35:02]QUICK, over here. Nobody's home.

[00:35:08]This sure is a nice, safe place to hide.

[00:35:12]That's right, Wanda. Trapper trick number two, the trapper that knows when to run and hide lives to trap another day.

[00:35:28]All clear. Oh, ask me, "Ben Shah, what does a 50-ft praying mantis eat?"

[00:35:35]Uh-huh. Uh-huh. Anything she wants.

[00:35:40]Everyone's a comedian.

[00:35:44]Liz.

[00:35:45]We've got to get back in the movie.

[00:35:48]Let's go. We've got a bus to catch. And a lizard to save.

[00:36:03]Now, this is what I'd call an all-encompassing experience. All class.

[00:36:09]>> [laughter] >> That tickles.

[00:36:11]Ms. Frizzle.

[00:36:13]Say hello to the dinopus spider, trapper extraordinaire.

[00:36:17]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.

[00:36:29]Not if we have anything to say about it.

[00:36:32]Okay, Ms. Frizzle. Just let go, Ms. Frizzle.

[00:36:37]Thank you.

[00:36:39]Oh, well. I guess we'll just have to study how a trapper eats what she's trapped some other day. Well, well.

[00:36:47]What do we have here?

[00:36:50]A lizard.

[00:36:52]Or should I say praying mantis bait?

[00:36:55]I don't know, but I know Oh, no. URANUS HAS GOT LIZ. WE'VE GOT TO GET BACK in there AND TRAP THAT GENERAL. Prepare operation spider.

[00:37:05]Oh, Liz, get us in, please. Push the button. A tall catching a bug is mighty food.

[00:37:28]WHAT WAS THAT? YOU AGAIN.

[00:37:35]WHERE'D MY BAIT GO? HANG ON, LIZ. I'm making a web and I'm going to trap THAT GENERAL.

[00:37:41]NAH-HA.

[00:37:44]THERE SHE IS. WAIT A SECOND, I'M ALMOST FINISHED.

[00:37:47]OH, RATS.

[00:37:51]SORRY, we can't stick around, kids. We got places to go, mantises to feed. You can't take Liz. Come back.

[00:38:03]Spinning a web is harder than it looks.

[00:38:07]Take me to the park and step on it.

[00:38:14]Liz.

[00:38:21]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.

[00:38:32]Yes. Arnold, you're a genius. Isn't he, Ms. Frizzle? His idea certainly has legs. But I was just kidding.

[00:38:43]Come on, bus. DO YOUR STUFF. I WAS JUST KIDDING.

[00:38:57]EIGHT LEGS?

[00:39:01]CHECK.

[00:39:05]SPIDER silk [music] spinners?

[00:39:07]Check. Buckle up, class.

[00:39:10]Trapping season has just begun.

[00:39:40]That mantis is a killer, son. Dangerous is its middle name.

[00:39:49]Praying dangerous mantis.

[00:39:54]I think it's Liz.

[00:39:56]To the park.

[00:40:04]Here he comes.

[00:40:10]The trap worked.

[00:40:12]Not exact.

[00:40:14]The general wasn't in the car. Okay, okay. What did we learn from this?

[00:40:20]Never order mushrooms and anchovies on the same pizza. Carlos.

[00:40:25]What we learned is for prey on the ground, use a trap on the ground. Except our prey wasn't on the ground.

[00:40:34]Is it just me or is that the general up there?

[00:40:37]And Liz.

[00:40:40]Prey in the air, use a trap in the air.

[00:40:43]A spider web.

[00:40:45]Prepare operation orb spider bus.

[00:40:54]Let the spinnerets fly.

[00:41:03]At my old school, the best never made a web. I think I'm going to be sick.

[00:41:10]There's no time to be sick. We've got to be ready for the general. Begin the radio spokes.

[00:41:18]Woah. Hang on.

[00:41:20]Spin that web.

[00:41:35]There it is.

[00:41:41]Get your lizard here.

[00:41:43]FREE HOT LIZARD.

[00:41:45]Hurry up, Ms. Frizzle. He's coming this way.

[00:41:49]Switching spinnerets. Get ready for the sticky stuff.

[00:42:02]Web almost complete.

[00:42:04]And just in time. Here comes the general. Hit the signal line.

[00:42:11]LIZARD HERE.

[00:42:12]GET IT NOW, get it free.

[00:42:15]What the Is THAT A SPIDER WEB?

[00:42:20]WOAH.

[00:42:22]GOTCHA.

[00:42:28]BET YOU'D HATE TO BE IN MY SHOES, HUH, KIDS?

[00:42:31]ME, TOO.

[00:42:37]OH, NO.

[00:42:38]The general's getting away again.

[00:42:41]Forget the general. Our only chance to save Liz now is to stop the mantis. But the mantis is too big for a trapdoor.

[00:42:50]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.

[00:42:58]That's it. Take the trap to the mantis.

[00:43:01]Prepare for operation trap-extraordinaire.

[00:43:04]I think she's got it. I'm going to get that creature.

[00:43:10]If it's the last thing I do.

[00:43:16]Don't go away, pal.

[00:43:19]Welcome to your new and final destination, Lizzie.

[00:43:24]Step right up and get your free lizard.

[00:43:27]No waiting, no refund.

[00:43:37]A lizard's all yours, big boy.

[00:43:42]This isn't going to be pretty.

[00:43:45]WHAT? NO. NO, NO, NO. NOW.

[00:43:49]WE GOT IT.

[00:43:51]More silk.

[00:43:53]I hereby declare this mantis trapped.

[00:44:00]You guys get Liz. We'll take care of the general. Careful, Liz. Easy. That's it.

[00:44:08]I ORDER YOU TO RETURN MY BAIT this instant.

[00:44:13]Sorry, general. Liz belongs with us. I WANT MY BAIT. BUT HERE'S something you can have.

[00:44:27]You knew this would happen, didn't you?

[00:44:31]Another happy ending. Good work, class.

[00:44:34]Hit it, Liz.

[00:44:51]You're safe now, my little friend.

[00:44:53]No more getting giant. Understand?

[00:44:57]Our work here is done. We can go home now.

[00:45:08]I tell you, that was one of the best field trips ever. So, I guess you don't hate spiders [music] 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 NOTHING LIKE A SPIDER TO TEACH you everything you need to know."

[00:45:45]Is this the Magic School Bus? Is this the Magic School Bus?

[00:46:05]Magic School Bus, producer speaking. Are those giant bugs in the movies real?

[00:46:09]Actually, the bugs are real. They just aren't giants. Movie magic just makes them look big by putting a regular-sized bug into a tiny toy town and shooting close in. Any more questions?

[00:46:22]I've got some.

[00:46:24]You? My agent told me this show was supposed to be about spiders. All spiders. But you just showed three. We uh we focused on the orb, trapdoor, and Deinopis spiders because the kinds [music] of traps they make were important to the story. Understood. But there are more than a hundred thousand 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?

[00:46:59]What about it? We wanted to show that spiders are skilled at trapping insects.

[00:47:03]Yes, but you stopped one step short.

[00:47:06]Spiders prey on other insects. You know what that means? THAT MEANS THEY EAT THEM.

[00:47:13]WELL, of course uh 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.

[00:47:32]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?

[00:47:44]I I think you made the right decision. In fact, the show was great. My wife and kids are big fans.

[00:47:53]He That that time you went inside Ralphie. He We still talk about it.

[00:47:59]Keep up the good work.

[00:48:01]Ciao.

[00:48:03]Forget the web, Liz. You need to work on your timing.