Episode
The Magic School Bus: Ups and Downs
Overview
There’s a monster in Walkerville Lake! Wanda competes with Gerri Poveri, a TV reporter whose ratings are sinking, to be the first one underwater.
Details
- Series
- The Magic School Bus
- Season
- Season 2
- Episode
- Episode 13
- Air date
- 1995-12-02
- Runtime
- 25 min
Episode context
Ups and Downs is Episode 13 in Season 2 of The Magic School Bus. It aired on 1995-12-02. The runtime is 25 min.
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Episode 9: Taking Flight
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Episode 8: Revving Up
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Episode 7: In a Pickle
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Episode 6: Wet All Over
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Episode 4: Going Batty
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Episode 3: The Busasaurus
Ms. Frizzle takes the class on a dinosaur dig, courtesy of her old school chum, paleontologist Dr. Carmina Skeledon, and travels 67 million years back in time!
Episode 2: Flexes Its Muscles
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