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MelonRinds
Topic: Episodes
I'm not sure if this is needed or not, but I thought a forum for episode discussion might be interesting.

Eg. what's your favorite shippy episode, you favorite non shippy episode, your least favorite shippy episode (like for a ship you're strongly against)...or, what was the first episode you saw, or questions you might have about episodes you haven't seen in a long time. That sort of thing.

I was reading through MSB trivia on TV.com and found this interesting tidbit:

Daniel Tamberelli who does the voice of Arnold, provided the voice of Ralphie for two lines. Stuart Stone is the voice of Ralphie.

I haven't seen the episode in ages, is it noticeable if true? And why did they do something like that anyway...?

#1 May 02nd 2007, 5:37pm
the ultimateSora
Favorite shippy episode: "The Busasaurus"

Favorite non-shippy episode: "Goes to Seed"

Least favorite shippy episode: "Cracks A Yolk" (that's just least favorite, over all)

I was reading through MSB trivia on TV.com and found this interesting tidbit:

Daniel Tamberelli who does the voice of Arnold, provided the voice of Ralphie for two lines. Stuart Stone is the voice of Ralphie.

I haven't seen the episode in ages, is it noticeable if true? And why did they do something like that anyway...?

It was from "Makes a Stink", I do believe, and it was a mistake in animation, I'm sure, that Ralphie spoke with Arnold's voice. It also happened in "Goes to Seed", again to Ralphie, but it was Phoebe's voice.

#2 May 02nd 2007, 5:54pm
EverAfter153
Favorite shippy episode: Makes a Rainbow

Favorite non-shippy episode: The one where they learn about partnerships...forgot what it was called...

Least favorite episode: Tie between Cracks a Yolk and Gets Ants in Pants

Favorite Arnold episode: Blows its Top/the Haunted House one, because I love it when Arnold freaks out on the raft. And the line where he says "If they torture you, don't tell them anything! I'll become a lawyer, and meet you back here when we're grown up!"

#3 May 02nd 2007, 6:02pm
the ultimateSora
Hehe, if we're going to do favorite Arnold episode, mine is "Goes Cellular" (...which is also my second favorite shippy episode). Nothing like a loveable nerdy boy who's orange.

But I also loved him in "In the Arctic" and "The Busasaurus" when he was brave!Arnold.

#4 May 02nd 2007, 6:13pm
MelonRinds
Favorite shippy episode: it's a tie between "Bakes a Cake" "In the Haunted house" and "Blows it's top" - I can't think of that last title normally anymore after my sister made a really dirty connection with it last night... Hey so Carlos/DA have an episode with a really sexually suggestive title, and an episode about CHEMISTRY. Coincidence? - I wish not!

Err.. anyways... it's sooo hard to choose between the shippy episodes... Maybe haunted house... or blow's it's top - dammit again, stupid episode title... :p

Favorite non-shippy episode: I liked "Out if this world" (which was also my first episode ever)

Least favorite episode: the rainforest one i think. It was kind of boring. Plus it had DA and Tim as partners in crimesolving..

#5 May 02nd 2007, 6:29pm
MelonRinds
Favorite non-shippy episode: I liked "Out if this world" (which was also my first episode ever)

Wait, i meant gets lost in space, sorry! :p

And i also forget to mention "goes to seed" which was a cool episode too. (and it had a little Carlos/DA bickering in the beginning, but not enough to have it count as a shippy episode)

Notes on it from wikipedia (just because):

Mr. Seedplot, Phoebe's old teacher, is the first person to have a previous encounter with Ms. Frizzle. - what did that previous encounter consist of i wonder....?

Carlos shows his bossy side for the first time. - anyone remember quotes to strengthen this tidbit? I just remember him really wanting them to get back to school to get on the cover of plant it magazine.

The sign at Pheobe's old school literally says "Pheobe's Old School"(not in Pheobe's imagination, revealed when Pheobe and the entire class leaves the school on a seed) - this i find amusing:p

We know that Arnold is allergic to pollen - completely forgot about that for a second

#6 May 02nd 2007, 6:55pm
the ultimateSora
I, too, also love "Gets Lost in Space". :D

what did that previous encounter consist of i wonder....?

i think we would ALL like to know that xD

anyone remember quotes to strengthen this tidbit?

I don't have quotes, but I just know he kept getting mad at Phoebe.

We know that Arnold is allergic to pollen.

And pepper also makes him sneeze...and he also eats organic potato chips...don't know why I remembered that, lol.

#7 May 02nd 2007, 7:11pm
EverAfter153
Oh, I love Gets Lost in Space!!! When I was younger, I was always so scared of when Arnold took off his helmet...like seriously, I would run out of the room.

Out of all of Ms. Frizzle's "conquests", my vote goes to Mr. Seedplot. I love how bumbling he is.... and Carlos is actually quite bossy. But whatever, I think it's hot, so I don't care. I am such a shameless Carlos fangirl...

I always thought the Rainforest episode was blah. I didn't like the whole "Tim and Dorothy Ann running around learning about the circle of life in the rainforest" or whatever it was. It's probably one of my least favorite episodes.

I also kind of liked the one with the Bus-igator (the name has escaped). Because one of my favorite Arnold-isms is in that episode, as follows. This was found at the all knowing and magical IMDB.com

Arnold: It's too cold.

Dorothy Ann: I guess there's no heater in a bus-igator because it's a reptile.

Arnold: Then move the bus-igator to where it's warmer.

Dorothy Ann: [Engine won't turn over] I can't do that either. The bus-igator isn't working.

Arnold: It's probably too cold, that's why.

I don't know...I can just imagine him saying that in his Arnold way.

#8 May 02nd 2007, 8:43pm
the ultimateSora
I also kind of liked the one with the Bus-igator (the name has escaped)

"Gets Cold Feet", and yeah, that was a great episode, hehe. Arnold and Dorothy Ann makes for a great friend-ship, I think...hmm, maybe I should do a fic with more of their friendship interactions...OMG, A PLOT BUNNY HAS JUST FORMED IN ME HEAD.

Also gotta love Phoebe's "OMG, they don't feed the animals enough!".

#9 May 02nd 2007, 9:45pm
MelonRinds
Any episodes you think SHOULD have been made? I heard the reason the show was taken off the air was because of different shows they wanted to put in, not because they had run out of sciency things to teach kids.

I think it would have been cool if they did one under the earth. Sedimentary, metamorphic, igneous rocks (arnold would have liked that). Yes, it's a bit similar to "Blows it's top," but they could go more in depth with stalactites or stalagmites or whatever, and how precious gems are made.

Or I dunno... and DEFINITELY a socials series.

#10 May 04th 2007, 6:02pm
EverAfter153
If they had an MSB high school version, they would HAVE to learn about hormones. And I would totally watch a Social Studies one...you could do so much with that, there are so many things to learn about.
#11 May 04th 2007, 6:25pm
quirky cricket
*ahem* FYI, everyone, I have hit gold.

Go to www.unitedstreaming.com.

Sign up for a 30-day trial.

Search for Magic School Bus.

They have ALL the episodes. Enjoy :)

#12 Jun 25th 2007, 4:29pm
MelonRinds
*Love* to that site :D I'm so happy I finally got C/DA framegrabs:)

meme (for seaon finale's and premires, go to http://www.tv.com/the-magic-school-bus/show/1352/episode.html). Has episode questions, and character questions:

Favorite Season:

Favorite Episode:

Favorite Season Finale:

Favorite Season Premiere:

Favorite Male Character:

Favorite Female Character

Favorite Adult Character:

Favorite Recurring Character:

Favorite Quote:

Favorite Season:

first

Favorite Episode:

either the haunted house one, Lost in Space, or the volcano one I think...

Favorite Season Finale:

So it's between Kicks Up A Storm, Ups And Downs, Holiday Special, and Takes A Dive. I'll have to say Kicks up a storm, definitely.

Favorite Season Premiere:

It's between Meets Molly Cule, In A Beehive, Blows Its Top, and Get's lost in Space. I'd say Blows it's top, but I do love Get's lost in Space too, it's what got me into msb after all.

Favorite Male Character:

Carlos! Definitely. He's got it all.

Favorite Female Character:

Phoebe or DA....

Favorite Adult Character:

The Friz, though Seedplot's awesome too

Favorite Recurring Character:

Janet, needed waaay more of her

Favorite Quote:

Hard one..

Wanda Li: Cheer up, Arnold. A famous poet once said, "All the world's a field trip, and all the kids in our class are merely guinea pigs"... or did Ms. Frizzle say that?

and maybe:

Tim: Anybody have a good plan B?

Wanda Li: There aren't any good plan B's, Tim! If they were good, they'd be plan A's!

I can't really remember all, those kind of stuck out to me.

#13 Jul 05th 2007, 5:52pm
the ultimateSora
Favorite Season:

Second, def.

Favorite Episode:

Shippy - "The Busasaurus"

Non-Shippy - "Getting Energized"

Favorite Season Finale:

"Takes a Dive"

Favorite Season Premiere:

"Gets Lost in Space"

Favorite Male Character:

It's a tie between Arnold and Ralphie

Favorite Female Character:

Pheebso, def. By far.

Favorite Adult Character:

Mr. Archibald "I'm a hot nerd boy" Seedplot

Favorite Recurring Character:

Janet

Favorite Quote:

Tim: "Patience, Wanda, fishing is an art."

D.A.: "So is tightrope walking, but we don't have time to learn it."

AND

Phoebe: "If only I could just do it once, just to see what it feels like!"

#14 Jul 05th 2007, 5:57pm
EverAfter153
Favorite Season: Ooohh....I don't really know. the last one is probably my least favorite, though.

Favorite Episode: tie between Blows Its Top, Makes a Rainbow, Gets Lost in Space, and the Haunted House one.

Favorite Season Finale: Takes a Dive! I think it's hilarious...

Favorite Season Premiere: Blows Its Top, definitely.

Favorite Male Character: Carlos!! He's the smexiest...but Arnold's second place.

Favorite Female Character: Dorothy Ann...

Favorite Adult Character: Ms. Frizzle!!!!

Favorite Recurring Character: Janet! She's hilarious....

Favorite Quote:

D.A: Like you and me, they have nothing in common.

Carlos: Says who?

Arnold: I knew I should've ...

Ralphie: Don't say it, Arnold.

#15 Jul 06th 2007, 4:38pm
quirky cricket
Favorite Season: Uh, I don't know

Favorite Episode: I like the Haunted House one, the Arctic one is delightfully disgusting, and I like all of them except the chicken naughty bits one.

Favorite Season Finale: not the Holiday Special. Singing = not good.

Favorite Season Premiere: Lost in Space - EFFING CLASSIC

Favorite Male Character: Ralphie. He will make you an offer you can't refuse

Favorite Female Character: Phoebe

Favorite Adult Character: Dr. T and the Friz

Favorite Recurring Character: Dr. Tennelli

Favorite Quote: There are so many...

Keesha: they both have, um...

Arnold: adjectives...?

Wanda: I am but an innocent schoolchild who has innocently lost my innocent ball over your fence. May I innocently come in and innocently get it back?

Ralphie: WEATHER MAN! SHIKA SHIKA KA-BOOM!

(it kills me every time)

#16 Jul 10th 2007, 12:16pm
the ultimateSora
HAY, I'M STEALING YER THUNDER AGAIN AND REPLYING.

Favorite Male Character: Ralphie. He will make you an offer you can't refuse

He's really a Corleone. We need to stop pretending he's a Tennelli.

Favorite Recurring Character: Dr. Tennelli

She hates the 14 asses that think they live in her house, so...yeah, she's awesome.

Ralphie: WEATHER MAN! SHIKA SHIKA KA-BOOM!

(it kills me every time)

"WEATHER MAN WILL NOW PROCEED TO MAKE OUT WITH EVERYONE AT THIS PARTY. OH YEEEAH!"

#17 Jul 10th 2007, 12:21pm
the ultimateSora
Y I HAS ANOTHER MEME:

Something you would have liked to see as an alternate title sequence:

Something you would have liked to see as an ending to an episode:

Something you would have liked to have heard before an episode:

Something you would have liked to see happen between your OTP:

Something you would have liked to hear someone say:

Musical guest you wish had guest starred:

Here're my answers:

Something you would have liked to see as an alternate title sequence:

- Uh, need to ask? A "Dallas"-like beginning. Duh.

Something you would have liked to see as an ending to an episode:

- Victoria Principal and Patrick Duffy guest starred in the "Holiday Special" episode as Bobby and Pam Ewing [see: "Dallas" episode "Blast From The Past"...or end of "Family Guy" episode "Da Boom" (http://youtube.com/watch?v=5XbyQwsDAf8)]:

[Bus is attached to the back of the train, and as everyone continues to sing, the scene fades to...

SOUTHFORK RANCH

BOBBY AND PAM'S ROOM

[PAM wakes up and rubs her eyes. She hears the shower, and she gets up to open the shower door to find BOBBY]

BOBBY: Morning. [he steps out and puts a towel on]

PAM: Oh, Bobby! I just had the weirdest dream! "Magic School Bus" had a musical episode with Dolly Parton, and the kids were singing about recycling, and Wanda said something about cracking nuts! And oh, Bobby!

BOBBY: [pulls PAM into a hug] Shh, shh, Pam, it's okay. It was just a dream. It'll be okay. Wait...what's "Magic School Bus"?

[BOBBY and PAM looking into camera. Scene fades to credits]

Something you would have liked to have heard before an episode:

- "Today...on a very special episode of 'Magic School Bus', the class holds an intervention for Phoebe."

Something you would have liked to see happen between your OTP:

- Well, considering they are eight/nine, I wouldn't want to see Arnold and Phoebe make out. Maybe just Phoebe making a complete butt of herself in front of Arnold because of her crush.

Something you would have liked to hear someone say:

- I have a few:

[Carlos makes a joke] "Carlos, I swear to God..."

"WEATHER MAN SAYS A LOT OF THINGS. OH YEEAH!"

"Ms. Frizzle, I'm gonna scissor kick you in the back of the head!"

"'Wanda Li'? She's got two first names!"

Musical guest you wish had guest starred:

Well, the first season was a good 10 years before Franz Ferdinand debuted their first album, so maybe Green Day, because in 1994, they were actually awesome.

#18 Jul 12th 2007, 6:36am
MelonRinds
Something you would have liked to see as an alternate title sequence:

- I don't know, because i liked their opening sequence a lot. (I mean, they even had DA and Carlos fall into the same seat after the volcano explosion and smile at each other! :p)

Something you would have liked to see as an ending to an episode:

- Another ending like the Haunted House episode, where either Carlos or DA throws themselves on the other and congradulates them, then we have that cute, cute aftermath.. :D

Something you would have liked to have heard before an episode:

- Heard before an episode...? I dunno...

Something you would have liked to see happen between your OTP:

- DA giving Carlos a kiss on the cheek, then having Carlos looking slightly embarrassed, but slightly proud, and touching the place she kissed him wondering if it really happened.... :p Though when it comes to Carlos/DA, I love any interaction with them, even if they're just sitting in the same seat on the bus. Oh, I would have also liked them to get stuck alone somewhere... The closest we got was 'in the city' though it was awesome :D

Something you would have liked to hear someone say:

- I dunno... nothing's coming to mind now... I would have liked someone to confront Arnold about his crush on Wanda. And any arguing between Carlos and DA is always nice.. :p

Musical guest you wish had guest starred:

- I don't know... I don't really care for guest stars that much, it doesn't matter to me at all, as long as their character doesn't sing... (ala holiday special...)

#19 Jul 12th 2007, 10:23am
quirky cricket
Something you would have liked to see as an alternate title sequence:

THE TITLE SEQUENCE FROM THE SPACE GAME RULED

Something you would have liked to see as an ending to an episode:

Arnold in psychotherapy - OOOH THE MAGIC SCHOOL BUS DISCUSSES ITS CHILDHOOD NEUROSES would be awesome

Something you would have liked to have heard before an episode:

"PREVIOUSLY, ON MAGIC SCHOOL BUS..." - because then it would be a soap opera and that would be hilarious. Or "the story you're about to hear is true. The names have been changed to protect the innocent..." or whatever it was. Dragnet meets MSB = WIN. Actually, MSB would make for a great mystery show/CSI ep... OMG I'M SUCH A DORK

Something you would have liked to see happen between your OTP:

A Friz/Seedplot moment would be so cute! By "moment" I mean hug or something.

Something you would have liked to hear someone say:

any of the kids have an A/W (in Arnold's imagination-esque) "OH TIM!" moment... that would make me smile... or any Back to the Future reference.

Musical guest you wish had guest starred:

well, Keith Richards would have been HILARIOUS. They could've done a "just say no to drugs" ep guest-starring Ozzy Ozbourne and Keith Richards.

#20 Jul 12th 2007, 11:08am
the ultimateSora
KEITH RICHARDS ON MSB FTW.
#21 Jul 12th 2007, 11:09am
quirky cricket
After watching it again, I really like "Gets Ants in its Pants." I have always liked it, because making movies for school is so fun. That sounds like a fic idea...

I also love "Kicks up a Storm" (obviously) and "Flexes its Muscles." Ralphie is immensely amusing. The fact that theultimateSora has instilled the picture in my mind of a hot grown-up Ralphie doesn't really help either.

http://www.tv.com/rob-mcelhenney/person/28695/summary.html

#22 Aug 08th 2007, 10:17am
MelonRinds
Heh, I always found ants incrediably boring. Even as a child. Maybe it was just due to the fact that it was shown so often. Now i found it boring, and shippyly frustrating.

Flexes it's muscles also bored me as a child and still now. The best part is when Ralphie grabs a hold of wanda's hand :p ;)

the storm one is awesome.

#23 Aug 09th 2007, 5:05am
EverAfter153
I never liked the ant episode either, mostly because Carlos ran around with Keesha the whole time, and also because it was ALWYAS on. I did like Flexes it Muscles, though, even though the robot kind of freaked me out. And THE STORM ONE ROCKS!!!!
#24 Aug 09th 2007, 11:03am
EverAfter153
This is my response to a meme that came out a while ago, while I was on vacation and sadly absent from these lovely forums...

Something you would have liked to see as an alternate title sequence:

- I do like the opening sequence also... I think that it would be pretty easy to take "I'll Be There For You" and make into the theme song if the show was about the kids in high school.

Something you would have liked to see as an ending to an episode:

- Hmmmm, I've always had an extra ending in mind to "Blows Its Top" where they go home on the bus all covered in soot and sulfur, and they argue and talk a little bit more.

Something you would have liked to have heard before an episode:

- Once upon a time, in a galaxy far far away... I just think it would be really random, and then it could zoom out to have Ralphie watching Star Wars, or something.

Something you would have liked to see happen between your OTP:

- Um, Carlos and D.A of them sharing a book, I think would make a really cute framegrab.

Something you would have liked to hear someone say:

- "Carlos, you are a childish, idiotic, hormonal wreck." It's just an insult I've always especially kept for D.A to yell sometime at Carlos. Or, if D.A snapped at Carlos "You are a child", then he would say right back "Well, you're younger than I am..." I

Musical guest you wish had guest starred:

- Ehhh, I don't really know....

#25 Aug 09th 2007, 11:55am
quirky cricket
Once upon a time, in a galaxy far far away... I just think it would be really random, and then it could zoom out to have Ralphie watching Star Wars, or something.

I'd LOVE it!

#26 Aug 09th 2007, 6:53pm
MelonRinds
- Once upon a time, in a galaxy far far away... I just think it would be really random, and then it could zoom out to have Ralphie watching Star Wars, or something.

Ralphie is totally a huge star wars fan ;)

Something you would have liked to see happen between your OTP:

- Um, Carlos and D.A of them sharing a book, I think would make a really cute framegrab.

OMG! It so would! It'd be so so so perfect! =sigh= it sucks how there is no such thing...

Or, if D.A snapped at Carlos "You are a child", then he would say right back "Well, you're younger than I am..."

I do love c/DA bickering of course ;), but for some reason I feel like DA should be the older one.. I dunno, thats how i see it in my personal canon. Maybe it has something to do with the whole maturity thing and my mind subconsciously put it that way or something..

And seeing as how this is a "something you would have liked in an episode" meme, Id also like to add that I wish there was an episode with no field trip, because then we would have gotten some more insight with what the kids do in their spare time. Plus there is almost a certainty that we would have gotten more wanda+arnold moments and wanda+ralphie. Im not sure about carlos and DA moments. In the pickle episode i did note that the two of them arrived to school together... but.. its not as obvious as wandaarnold or wandaralphie as in how much time spent together outside of school..

#27 Aug 12th 2007, 3:25am
EverAfter153
I did catch one framegrab in the episode In the City, when the two of them are up looking at the eagles (all by themselves too... I have many fic ideas about how they got up there), and she has her book open and his hand is kind on hers... it's very cute, but I like to see them actually sitting down and her reading to him, or something.

I just imagined Carlos older because I thought it would seem the kind of thing that would get D.A really mad because he always lorded it over her, at least in elementary school. And as for Carlos and D.A arriving at school together... I like to imagine that their families are close enough to initiate a carpool of some kind, and so they spend most of their elementary years driving to school together. I get many many fic ideas from random things like that:P

#28 Aug 12th 2007, 11:59am
MelonRinds
At first my Carlos was older than DA simply because I was following astrology signs (though i was going by my school calendar at the time, so i guess by yours a carlos born in july would be the very youngest because i refuse to believe any teacher thinking him not ready to pass kindergarden for his year and be held back slightly, but then I liked the idea of her being older better and better.

I think it'd bug a younger Carlos more if DA was older than him. He'd try to get back at her with 'yeah, at least i'm taller' or something. I don't think a younger DA would be bugged too much because she probably thinks, 'yeah at least i'm smarter and more mature' or something like that.

i dunno...

#29 Aug 13th 2007, 12:13am
EverAfter153
Ah well. It's all just "fanon", anyway, so you can have whatever you want in your fics.

A few tiny C/DA moments.... in the Mussle Beach once, they're lying next to each other on the towel. And then in Takes a Dive, when D.A and Wanda are charging ahead, Carlos says "Not if we get there first!" and D.A (not Wanda, who's pretty competitive herself) says "Oh yeah? Hold on, Wanda." I don't know. I thought it was cute:P

#30 Aug 13th 2007, 5:56am
MelonRinds
I totally noticed them lying next to each other on the towel too! But i forget the challenge thing... Ah how i love those little c/da hints. I love how when Phoebe makes a bad joke, everyone including Carlos just says, 'pheebee..' and groans, but when DA did it, carlos complimented her and gave her a high five.. :p ;)

Though this probably belongs in the OTP moments thread... we should just randomly post framegrabs of awesome shippy moments there, i would now, but i'm on a different computer now and won't get back to mine for several days.

#31 Aug 13th 2007, 12:37pm
quirky cricket
In case anyone ever wanted "Holiday Special" to be a little better, I bring you my personal "improvement" upon it:

LOLiday special.

http://community.livejournal.com/magicschoolbus/13286.html

If you're unfamiliar with cat macros, see http://www.icanhascheezburger.com/ You'll probably understand me lots better. If you can leave lj comments on it, please do. I appreciate knowing when/where I fail and when/where I win. :)

#32 Aug 19th 2007, 10:32pm
apikale-wahine
Okay, my favorite shippy episode: Probably where Carlos has DA's books and DA does not have DA's books, and each has to figure out how to learn from the other's style: reading vs. interactive. Not very shippy in and of itself, but I think each grew to respect each other more after that, and I think respect is an aspect of relationships that is often neglected. But it seems that in that one episode with the friction-free world, DA and Carlos were arguing about SOMETHING... I forget what, I haven't seen it since I was like seven.. but I've got a funny feeling that if I were to see it again I would find it shippy, or at least funny. Or I could be remembering something that never happened. Anyone care to awaken my subconscious?
#33 Aug 25th 2007, 7:12pm
MelonRinds
But it seems that in that one episode with the friction-free world, DA and Carlos were arguing about SOMETHING... I forget what, I haven't seen it since I was like seven.. but I've got a funny feeling that if I were to see it again I would find it shippy, or at least funny. Or I could be remembering something that never happened. Anyone care to awaken my subconscious?

Unfortunately for us C/DA shippers, the episode was more DA and Ralphie based. DA wanted to get the class interested in physics, and Ralphie didn't care about anything but the baseball game. All I remember for C/DA moments is DA hit a home run baseball and Carlos had to go chasing off after it :p

The main C/DA ones (other than the volcano one you mentioned) are:

Bakes a Cake:

http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l46/Eggyolks99/framegrabs/huggless-1.jpg

In the Haunted House:

http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l46/Eggyolks99/framegrabs/sslove.jpg

and the colour/light one:

http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l46/Eggyolks99/framegrabs/3bicker-1.jpg

The spider episode also has an awesome C/DA moment where he grabs her leg.

http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l46/Eggyolks99/framegrabs/003.jpg

Do they have frigging chemistry or what?!

Okay, my favorite shippy episode: Probably where Carlos has DA's books and DA does not have DA's books, and each has to figure out how to learn from the other's style: reading vs. interactive. Not very shippy in and of itself, but I think each grew to respect each other more after that, and I think respect is an aspect of relationships that is often neglected.

I LOVE that episode. The end of that episode is pure OTP love. I never really thought about that. Them each gaining respect and understanding of how the other can function they way they do with how they get their information. I love it.

And just a random C/DA observation:

http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l46/Eggyolks99/framegrabs/handclose.jpg

Man is Carlos' hand small compared to DA's ginourmous one.. :p

#34 Aug 25th 2007, 8:01pm . Edited Aug 25th 2007, 8:03pm
EverAfter153
Blows Its Top is one of my all time favorite episodes...I love the arguing in it, and also Arnold just cracks me up the whole time he's in the raft with Carlos.

I have this totally cute framegrab in the asteroid one, where D.A is moving around the asteroid on that big map, and Carlos puts his hand over hers to move the piece...it's SO cute...

#35 Aug 26th 2007, 8:03am
apikale-wahine
Aw, cute. Could you help me find that image?
#36 Aug 26th 2007, 9:56am
EverAfter153
I could send it to you, if you'd like. It's not made into an official icon, or anything, just a framegrab. Just PM me your email, or whatever.
#37 Aug 26th 2007, 10:39am
MelonRinds
Here's the hand touching grab (I loved that moment too!):

http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l46/Eggyolks99/framegrabs/smalltouch.jpg

He also gave her the thumbs up in that episode (which i thought was really cute:p) :

http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l46/Eggyolks99/framegrabs/thumbsup.jpg

Plus I love how Carlos is skeptical of her idea at first. They always find something to disagree on :p

And another moment in the asteroid one that could have turned into an awesome shipping one only it had to be ruined:

(when Carlos is about to go in the space pod for two so that he can attempt to move the asteroid with a magnet)

Carlos: You coming Arn?

Arnold: Um.. actually I was thinking of.. Dorothy Ann! This whole thing was her idea.

DA: Fine! I want to go!

Wanda: No way DA!

Ralphie: We need you here!

Keesha: You're the expert!

And I used to think Wanda, Ralphie, and Keesha were cool... Dammit you guys! :p And Arnold now gets bonus points in my book for the suggestion.

Oh and Everafter, I found a shippish framegrab that looks like they're reading a book together:

http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l46/Eggyolks99/framegrabs/worried.jpg

I love the Haunted House episode..

#38 Aug 26th 2007, 1:14pm . Edited Aug 26th 2007, 1:33pm
apikale-wahine
Aw, cute pics... the last was kind of dark and hard to see, though. You're right, though, there was a lot of potential ship the producers missed out on. Arnold could be very cute playing cupid for his friends, you know that? Or maybe all he was doing was avoiding something he was afraid of. Either way, though, I think the fact that Carlos and Dorothy Ann were both brave enough to want to go is a similarity that will go far ship-wise (maybe not until they're adults and haven't spoken in years and all of a sudden run into each other as they take the same sky-diving course).

What's funny about the Carlos/DA ship is that even people who don't particularly enjoy ship recognize it immediately. Take my dad. He's NEVER been on fanfiction.net in his life. But I was telling him about the Magic Scool Bus fanfic, and before I really even mentioned the ship he's like, "So Carlos and Dorothy Ann wind up together a lot, don't they?" I'm guessing that he caught all the subtle hints that six-year-olds watching the show don't understand, the stuff that went completely over my head when I first saw the cartoon and only now am I remembering. Now I want to rewatch everything. Unfortunately, all those neat little VHS recordings we made when we were little are pretty much obsolete. I actually wish they started making new episodes again-- I'D watch them!

#39 Aug 26th 2007, 5:03pm
MelonRinds
What's funny about the Carlos/DA ship is that even people who don't particularly enjoy ship recognize it immediately.

I know! I've talked to my friends who haven't seen MSB in YEARS and they're like, "oh yeah, C/DA was definite." It's funny how everyone recognizes the more subtle (well... maybe more than subtle i guess) C/DA, while the very obvious A/W is forgotten. I wonder why it works out that way but it does.

Now I want to rewatch everything. Unfortunately, all those neat little VHS recordings we made when we were little are pretty much obsolete. I actually wish they started making new episodes again-- I'D watch them!

Go to Unitedstreaming.com and sign up for a free 30 day trial. It has all the episodes. It's where I got all my framegrabs. Though I've had troubles with the search engine.

#40 Aug 26th 2007, 7:39pm
MelonRinds
Random meme:

Favorite Arnold episode:

Favorite Carlos episode:

Favorite Ralphie episode:

Favorite Tim episode:

Favorite Keesha episode:

Favorite Phoebe episode:

Favorite Dorothy Ann episode:

Favorite Wanda episode:

Favorite episode or just favorite moment really...

My answers:

Favorite Arnold episode:

"Blows it's Top" 'cause he was just too funny in the raft with Carlos. Especially when he starts freaking out and seeing Carlos turning into DA.

Favorite Carlos episode:

He's pretty awesome in pretty much all of them.. I like him best when he's interacting with DA though. The colour/light one comes to mind. Though i loved him in 'Getting energized' too.

Favorite Ralphie episode:

WEATHERMAN, SHIKA SHIKA, KA BOOM!

Favorite Tim episode:

My favorite Tim moment is when he tells a joke to Ralphie in 'get's energized' and Ralphie just gives him this, 'why are you talking to me?' look. Haha Tim, tries so hard.

Favorite Keesha episode:

Keesha bugs me sometimes... i found her extremely annoying in the pickle one, but also amusing... hmm.. Maybe the weather episode too?

Favorite Phoebe episode:

Phoebe's awesome in every episode.. I liked her when she was all, SADS. But i also liked her a lot in the dinosaur episode.

Favorite Dorothy Ann episode:

She's best when she interacts with Carlos.. I loved her in the colour/light episode, and the haunted house episode. My favorite might just be the haunted house episode, because she hugs Carlos in front of everyone.

Favorite Wanda episode:

I liked her at the end of the holiday special. When she was all cute and 'aww, arnold can't come to the ballet.. :('. I liked how she missed the ballet that she had been looking forward too all year, so that she could spend the time with Arnold instead. It helps show that she is a good friend.

#41 Aug 30th 2007, 8:33pm . Edited Aug 30th 2007, 8:48pm
the ultimateSora
Favorite Arnold episode:

Oh, jeebs, this is a tough one. I loved "I SHALL GET US OUTTA HERE!"!Arnold in the Arctic ep and orange!Arnold in the skin cells ep. It's a toss up. OH, and brave!Arnold in "The Busasaurus"...maybe "The Busasaurus".

Favorite Carlos episode:

Hmm, I'll have to think more on this one. I don't think I really have one.

Favorite Ralphie episode:

WEATHER MAN SAYS A LOT OF THINGS! OH YEEAH!

Favorite Tim episode:

Beehive because, c'mon...bee dance FTW.

Favorite Keesha episode:

Ants was pretty amusing, but Air was good too.

Favorite Phoebe episode:

GUH, DON'T MAKE ME CHOOSE. D: "The Busasaurus", "Gains Weight", "Gets Planted", "Gets Cold Feet", "Spins a Web", "All Dried Up", and "Goes To Seed" are all my fave Phoebe-eps...okay, basically any ep Phoebe-centric.

Favorite Dorothy Ann episode:

CRACKS A YOLK! :D After watching it with an A/DA mindset, I loved it oh-so-much more.

Favorite Wanda episode:

Oh jeebs, most of the time, Wanda-centric eps annoy me, but I loved her in "Gets Cold Feet".

#42 Aug 30th 2007, 8:55pm
EverAfter153
Favorite Arnold episode: A lot of my favorite Arnold moments are just little random things he says. Two of them are in very C/DA centric eps - the Blows Its' Top, when he's in the raft and just freaking out. And also one of my fav Arnold quotes from the Haunted House ep "If they torture you, don't tell them anything! I'll learn to be a lawyer, and meet you back here when we're grown ups!" It cracks me up everytime.

Favorite Carlos episode: Oh, he's just smexy all the time:P Sometimes, though, I think he can get too bossy and cross, like in Gets Planted. BUT I DIGRESS. I do like him in Blows Its Top, and also in Get's Ready, Set Dough, because I found the smexiest framegrab of him there. And the asteroid episode, because he's all brave and gets into the shuttle thing.

Favorite Ralphie episode: I really like the Ralphie in the Arctic episode, just because he's all panicked and stuff. But he's also hilariously cowardly as Weatherman. And I like it when they go inside Ralphie, because he's all sick and into the "movie" that he's watching of his body.

Favorite Tim episode: Blech. Probably the beehive one, because he shows the most personality in that one.

Favorite Keesha episode: The Weatherman episode... I like how she comes through for Ralphie at the end. It's cute:P

Favorite Phoebe episode: I do like the desert one...mostly because Carlos comes up with the name "Pheebolino", though...

Favorite Dorothy Ann episode: Oh, don't make me choose! Erm...I like her best in the Gets Ready Set Dough one, because I like how she's all "I am a chemist and I don't cook!". And I also like her best in Blows Its Top, because I found the best "I am a model student" framegrab of her there.

Favorite Wanda episode: Eh. My favorite Wanda centric would probably be the one about partnerships, or maybe the one about the construction building. But that doesn't mean I particularly adore any of those episodes. Oh! I like how in the salmon episode she always like "What's your plan, RALPHIE?" "I hope it's better than the last one, RALPHIE!"

#43 Aug 30th 2007, 9:51pm
quirky cricket
I'm going with episodes and moments here... I'm going to finish the series this weekend and come up with more, so look for updates :)

Arnold:

"For Lunch" is effing classic - and so is "Gets Lost in Space." I do love him in "All Dried Up," because he looks hilarious with all his gear on. I also love "don't tell them anything!" That's an awesome Arnold line. Arnold is one of my favorites, obviously. :) He's really funny in "Makes a Rainbow" as well, because he's kind of flustered/bumbling. But chickensuit!Arnold in "Cracks a Yolk" wins the hilarious award for me.

Carlos:

Hmm... Carlos is kind of evil in "All Dried Up," and I like "In the Haunted House" for some reason. Probably because they had a sleepover and I saw their parents, and I like seeing "things that you don't usually see." I actually thought they wore pajamas when I was little, and was pissed that they didn't spend too much time on that, but then I found out they sleep in their clothes and was disappointed. I wanted to see Phoebe in a flannel nightie, because COME ON. And I like "Makes a Stink," because I have good screenies that make Carlos look like he does drugs. He also smells like mothballs :)

Dorothy Ann:

I have a picture of her looking like she's about to punt a chicken in "Cracks a Yolk." That's my favorite DA moment. Her exchange with Arnold in "Cold Feet" was also fun. :) I liked watching her distract the Friz in "Gets Ready, Set, Dough," but my favorite DA moments are when she's describing friction and Arnold suggests Napoleon... that's awesome, and when she says "According to my research, bacteria are germs," in "Inside Ralphie."

Keesha:

I love Keesha in "Gets Ants in its Pants," and in general. She's another of my favorites. I love her in "Gets Eaten" as well, and her fights with Ralphie are quite amusing.

Phoebe:

I love animal rights!Phoebe in "Cold Feet" and "All Dried Up," and "Oh Phoebe, at your old school you were never such a butterfingers," in "Gets Ready, Set, Dough." She says some of the awesomest things sometimes...

Ralphie:

Don't get me started. I love pretty much everything Ralphie does, especially his interactions with Arnold.

A: This is tough when you're half the size of a hot dog!

R: It could be worse...

Oh, the innuendo! And obviously, Weatherman has a special place in my heart. "I salute myself! I salute my updraft!" and "Weatherman has just made a cloud" always make me laugh. Ralphie and Phoebe jumping up and down covered in blubber in "In the Arctic" is probably the funniest cap I have (besides jetpack-mussel!Wanda), and Ralphie's "I'm really awesome" cute thumbs up picture is another favorite. I LOVE RALPHIE. Ralphie:me::Arnold:theultimateSora::Carlos:MelonRinds & EverAfter. Put it that way.

Tim:

By FAR, my favorite Tim moment is when he and Carlos gang up on DA in "Plays Ball." He's got a lot more to him than some give him credit for, IMO.

Wanda:

WANDA AS A MUSSEL WITH JETPACKS WINS LIFE.

Also, Wanda in "Cold Feet" is one of the best things ever. Other than that, she gets kind of annoying sometimes. "Ups and Downs" was totally overplayed, so it's annoying. Cute, but annoying.

#44 Aug 31st 2007, 11:56am
the ultimateSora
Ralphie:me::Arnold:theultimateSora::Carlos:MelonRinds & EverAfter.

PRETTY MUCH. :D

#45 Aug 31st 2007, 12:00pm
quirky cricket
Speaking of how awesome the guys are, check out this site posted by someone over at the magicschoolbus lj community (WHICH ALL Y'ALL SHOULD JOIN, BTW.)

http://www.veoh.com/videos/v1383900qwNAwBPc

Now get screenshots! :)

#46 Nov 26th 2007, 8:52pm

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