Magic School Bus Rides Again Germs

"Every good doctor knows: The best cure is consummate residue."

—Dr. Tennelli

The Magic School Bus: Inside Ralphie is the third episode of the offset flavor. It is near germs.

Contents

• 1 Recap
  • 1.1 Inside Ralphie
  • 1.2 Producer Says
• 2 Trivia
• three Extras

Epitomize

Inside Ralphie

It'due south Broadcast Day and the class is counting on Ralphie to help them come up with an idea for the two hours of alive television they're doing. The trouble is that he'southward ill, indicated by his coughing, and then his mother, Dr. Tennelli, tells him that he can't go to school. And so she calls Ms. Frizzle to tell her he won't be able to come, and Ms. Frizzle takes her form to Ralphie's house.

When Ms. Frizzle says that there is an amazing battle going on inside him, the grade decides Broadcast Day should exist nearly whatever is making him ill, prompting Arnold to say "I think Ralphie shouldn't have stayed home today." They go dorsum to The Magic Schoolhouse Jitney, making him believe they are leaving him. Information technology later returns as a shrunken helicopter through his window. Ms. Frizzle tells him to say, "Ahh!," and it enters his mouth, approaching his cherry and swollen vocal cords, but he coughs, sending it flying out. Subsequently, it enters via a cutting on his leg, to which Carlos jokingly says "It's a shortcut! Go it? Curt cut?" causing the other students to groan "Carlos, yuck!". The Magic School Bus travels up his bloodstream to his throat. While watching a video of his bloodstream, he notices that the blood within is articulate rather than reddish and that the cells and ruddy and white blood cells and the jagged cells are called platelets, which help the torso heal scrapes and cuts. Meanwhile, Dr. Tennelli returns and notices the television. She remarks that the stuff on it is "remarkably realistic".

As The Magic Schoolhouse Bus enters the throat tissue, the students attempt to do the report. Ralphie and his mother spotter this on television and notice that leaner are destroying his throat cells, making him sick. Ralphie doesn't desire her to know that the Magic School Bus and the students are inside him. But then, the white blood cells come up effectually and try to swallow the Motorcoach. Unfortunately, they multiply and begin chasing the students. Dr. Tennelli so turns off the television set and tells Ralphie that the best cure for a bacterial infection is complete residuum. As she leaves, Liz turns it dorsum on and the inside story continues, where the medicine Dr. Tennelli gave Ralphie earlier destroys the bacteria. The white blood cells also run into the motorcoach as a threat since information technology's covered with antibodies and attempt to devour it. The others call for help, merely Ralphie doesn't notice since he's sound asleep. The motorbus barely manages to escape from the white blood cells' grip and ride off, with the white claret cells chasing later it. They make it to Ralphie's nose, and thanks to Liz banging a gong, he wakes up merely in time to mind to the report on television.

The charabanc travels up his nose and Ralphie says "That'southward the inside of my nose?" in surprise and adds "Weird". Later on Liz tries tickling his nose with a feather, Ralphie initially tells her angrily that he's trying to think, but so says, "I get it — I got to sneeze them out" simply then looks puzzled while adding "But I don't feel like sneezing."

Liz solves that problem by sprinkling black pepper in his face. The students, still minor, are at present back in his room and interview him. They tell him that his body is built to keep out things such every bit germs, his throat is sore considering of his body sending extra blood at that place to fight off the infection, and the white blood cells almost ate the bus because his body thought it was bacteria. They as well tell him that his trunk was doing all this to protect him.

Equally he finally gets some rest, the other students hop on the bus and leave through the window.

Producer Says

At the function, the male producer is using a stethoscope to listen to Liz'due south heartbeat, only to tell the cadger he tin can't hear anything. Just so, he gets a call from a girl who was wondering why the students would take a trip inside Ralphie's ill trunk, to which the producer responds he wasn't infectious. The producer then gets a telephone call from a boy who reminds him that if the schoolhouse passenger vehicle could find its manner through Ralphie'southward scab, so so could more germs. The producer agrees and states bandages are made not only to heal cuts and wounds, but to too keep germs out of the torso as well. The boy also adds that viruses, parasites, and fungi are other diseases that could make a person sick. The producer also adds that some sickness is non only acquired by infections, merely likewise due to the body not working correctly. The producer afterwards gets a telephone call from the girl again, who informs that viruses tin can be unsafe and children should never have medicines unsupervised. The producer too informs that Ralphie became robust sometime after the episode. The girl so adds that keeping the body healthy should include things like eating improve and exercising. The producer as well adds that getting shots is another way to keep good for you, as they are to assistance the person exist prepared for tougher germs. When asked if Mrs. Frizzle ever gets sick, the producer replies "no" and says Mrs. Frizzle takes care of her body and is magic. When she is shown through the reckoner screen, Liz reaches over and gives the screen a kiss.

Trivia

• Ralphie's illness and the medicine his mother gives him are not specified in the episode, however the illness may very well be strep throat, with the bacteria being streptococcus ("coccus" means "brawl" and "strep" means a long chain). The medicine is most probable an antibiotic.
• Music from the Producer Segment is reused in Works Out.
• This episode and "Flexes Its Muscles" are the basis for "Ralphie Strikes a Nerve", equally they travel inside the human torso (former) equally they struggle to build a robot (latter)
• The white blood cells' would-be consumption of the Bus is a reference to Fantastic Voyage.
• Ralphie's last name is revealed when the Friz talks to Ralphie's mom when she answers the telephone. His middle proper name is revealed in "Kids in Space". This makes Ralphie'south full name Ralphie Alessandro Giuseppe Tennelli.
• This is the second episode to have a field trip inside a human torso and the first episode to practise so other than Arnold'southward which was outset seen in For Lunch.
• Ralphie is the commencement of Ms. Frizzle's students to become sick. The second is Dorothy Ann in "Sees Stars"., and the third is Carlos in "Carlos Gets the Sneezes". Withal, Ralphie'due south illness is more prominent, equally this episode is well-nigh the immune system and germs while "Sees Stars" is about stars, and it wasn't explained how Dorothy Ann was sick. In the latter episode, Carlos has an allergy to pollen and does not take an illness.
• This is the just episode in which the grade (except for Ralphie and Liz) doesn't render to normal size at the end (non shown).
• This is the second time the motorbus shrinks, but the commencement where it shrinks with Arnold and without Ralphie or Liz.
• The William Tell Overture plays in 1 scene where Ralphie'south medicine destroys the bacteria. This song also plays during "In the Haunted Business firm" as the concerto for Carlos' invented musical instrument.
• The Ride of the Valkyries plays when the bus flies through Ralphie'due south window and into his bedroom.
• The song that plays while Arnold is whistling to himself is Ed Haley's "The Fountain in the Park", famously sung by Schmitt and Cernan on the Moon during the Apollo 17 mission.
• Kevin Zegers who would subsequently voice Mikey is heard as i of the callers in the Producer Says.
• The FNN station is a parody of CNN (Central News Network).

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