The Magic School Bus Rides Again s02e11
Ms. Frizzle's kid sister Fiona takes the wheel at Walkerville Elementary, leading the class on wild adventures packed with science-fueled fun.
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00:00You're relaxed and feeling good. Next thing that you know, you're seeing
00:20Octopus in the neighborhood. Surfing on a sound wave. Swinging through the stars.
00:26Take a left at your intestine. Take your second right past Mars. I'm the magic school bus.
00:32Navigate a nostril. Watch out! Climb on the magic school bus.
00:36Spank a plant in two. Take that! I'm our magic school bus.
00:40Raft a river of lava. I'm the magic school bus.
00:44Raft a river of lava. I'm the magic school bus.
00:48Such a fine thing to do. So be strong. So strap your bones right to the seat.
00:53Come on in and don't be shy. Just to make your day complete.
00:57You might get baked into a pie on the magic school bus.
01:01Step inside. It's a wild ride. Come on. Ride on the magic school bus.
01:07Flower Power! Rock Opera! Flower Power! Rock Opera!
01:18And now, the moment you've been waiting for. The theme for this year's class musical is...
01:29Flower Power!
01:33Flower Power!
01:35Flower Power? You mean I bought this wig for nothing?
01:39Come on, Arnold. It'll be fun. The flowers, the dancing, the singing.
01:43Nuh-uh. I'll rock, but I don't sing.
01:46So, how are we decorating the stage?
01:48Easy. With my favorite flowers, Vanta Orchids.
01:52Aren't Vanta Orchids really hard to grow?
01:54Yes, but I've been growing some test orchids already in my dad's greenhouse.
01:58All they need is water, nutrients, soil, carbon dioxide...
02:01We're working on a musical, D.A. Why say it when you can sing it?
02:07Maybe I did get this wig for something.
02:10Okay.
02:11Oh, what a beautiful orchid. There's no secret to making them bloom.
02:19With soil, sun, water, and CO2, the flowers will light up the room.
02:27Every plant needs the same thing for growing. Every plant needs the same thing.
02:35Just give them it, and they'll blossom for you.
02:39And you know they will make our stage look awesome, too.
02:43Oh, what a beautiful orchid. There's no secret to making them bloom.
02:51With soil, sun, water, and CO2, the flowers will make our hearts zoom.
02:59Those flowers sound amazing. Can we go see them?
03:02Is a photon a light traveler?
03:04To the bus!
03:06May I present to you the most beautiful flowers in the world.
03:10Are they behind those super nasty ones?
03:16My orchid! What happened?
03:20Plenty of water, no sign of disease.
03:23Wow, that's the cleanest soil I've ever seen.
03:26Triple distilled water and ultra-hygienic soil. Only the best for my blossoms.
03:31So, what's wrong?
03:33What's wrong is that we picked flower power as our theme.
03:35Now, who's up for a rock opera?
03:39Not so fast, Arnold. We can't give up on the theme or my flowers. Yet.
03:43We just need to fix them.
03:45Okay, but where do we start?
03:47Do you know who could help? Uncle Axel.
03:49Huh?
03:50Dr. Axel Valvestuck.
03:52Axel Valvestuck is your uncle?
03:54House, elevated, people stylated.
03:57I'm fangirling out.
03:58Um, anyone know why I'm holding a pile of joti?
04:02Dr. Axel Valvestuck is what we call in the science biz, all that and a bag of microchips.
04:06He's an inventor, spokesmodel, model model. He's got it all going.
04:12If anyone knows how to fix my flowers, it'll be him.
04:15To the bus!
04:16Oh yeah!
04:20Triple distilled water and ultra-hygienic soil.
04:24Unless I'm wrong, shocking, but possible, this is catastrophic nutrient loss.
04:29Nutrient, as in nutritious?
04:32But how do I feed my flowers? They don't have mouths.
04:35But they do have roots, which draw nutrients from the soil, right?
04:38Your soil is so clean, you wash the nutrients right out of it.
04:41All you need to do is add the right food.
04:44This should do the trick.
04:46I call it the corporal converter.
04:48Huh?
04:49It's so amazing, just like its inventor.
04:54What does it do?
04:56What doesn't it do?
04:58Lots of things, actually.
04:59But it does make brown gold, the most nutrient-dense plant food out there.
05:03Awesome! So give me some brown gold and let's go!
05:07I will, after I get the raw material to make it first.
05:10Shouldn't be too hard, people are constantly wasting the stuff.
05:13It's like they can't get rid of it fast enough.
05:15And that raw material is...
05:17A trade secret. So come back later for all the brown gold you can handle.
05:21Okay, great!
05:22Uncle Axel, is everything okay?
05:25Sure, yeah, it's fine, I just...
05:27I need a lot of raw material for the corporal converter and I don't know where to start.
05:32And since you're in a hurry...
05:34Maybe my class can help, we're good like that.
05:36What is brown gold anyway?
05:39Well, brown gold is...
05:44Still think you guys can help?
05:46I guess I'll find out.
05:49Of course we'll help.
05:50Affirmative.
05:51I'll carry the raw material in with my bare hands if I have to.
05:55What does the corporal converter need?
05:57About that. How do I say this?
05:59Why say it when you can sing it?
06:01Okay, I'll try.
06:03You know, after you've had a big meal, your tummy gets all full.
06:07And then when your tummy isn't done with the food, you get this feeling and you need to go to a certain room of the house.
06:13A certain room of the house?
06:15The one with the sink.
06:16Usually. Sometimes the bathtub's in there too.
06:18The bathtub's in there too?
06:20Well, the stuff you go in there to, you know, get rid of.
06:23That's the raw ingredient that makes the brown gold.
06:27That, um, stuff.
06:29That, um, stuff?
06:31You've got to be kidding me.
06:33That stuff is...
06:34Poop?
06:39Guys, wait. It won't be so bad. Come back, please.
06:44I think I speak for everyone, D.A., when I say brown gold stinks.
06:48But...
06:49No, no buts. That's where it comes from.
06:51Only my orchids.
06:52Flower power? Can't we figure this out?
06:57Sorry, Yunk. Looks like my orchids and your brown gold are doomed to the dump.
07:02Brown gold is genius. And like most geniuses, it's misunderstood.
07:05It's not misunderstood. It's just gross.
07:07Really? How could it be so bad if every animal doesn't?
07:10Wait a sec. Every animal does, doesn't it?
07:22Every dog and cat must do its duty.
07:25Every monkey, chipmunk, and poodle too.
07:29Let me tell you, we're not being rude.
07:32It's just what happens to our food.
07:36Call it waste or call it poo.
07:40What's its name to you?
07:42At my house we call it...
07:43At my house we call it...
07:44At my house we call it...
07:45At my house we call it...
07:46Then let's put them all together and sing it.
07:48Oo-oo-poo-ka-dum-ba-doody.
07:51Oo-oo-poo-ka-dum-ba-doody.
07:55Yeah!
07:57Okay, maybe it is natural, and maybe everybody does do it.
08:01But we don't have to like it.
08:03Hmm.
08:04Consensus. Nobody likes poo-ka-dum-ba-doody.
08:07I wouldn't be so sure about that.
08:08You wouldn't?
08:09In fact, I know just the place to get the scoop. Who's in?
08:14Yes!
08:15Let the record show, I'm only coming along because I don't know how to get home from here.
08:21Buster, do your stuff!
08:27How could anybody like poo-ka-dum-ba-doody?
08:29I mean, what is there to like?
08:31Ralphie, what do you like about your sandwich?
08:33That it's delicious?
08:34Yes, because of what it's made of.
08:37Hey!
08:40Oh, magical compoundificating analytifier!
08:43Tell us what's inside that sandwich.
08:45Processing.
08:48Fifty percent whole wheat.
08:50Thirty percent bacon.
08:51Thirteen percent tomato sauce.
08:53Fifty percent whole wheat.
08:54Thirty percent bacon.
08:55Thirteen percent tomato.
08:56Seven percent mayo.
08:58And one hundred percent yam.
09:00So it's brimming with proteins, fats, vitamins, minerals, and carbohydrates.
09:04Which are all nutrients.
09:06Yes, and doesn't knowing your sandwich is cram-full of nutrients make you wonder if that is too?
09:12Huh?
09:13Yes! We want a closer look, right?
09:15No!
09:16It's settled then.
09:17Buster, do do your stuff.
09:24Okay, magical compoundificating analytifier, what do you see?
09:31Fascinating.
09:32The elephant wastes sixty-six percent water.
09:34Ten percent bacteria.
09:36Twelve percent fiber.
09:37And eleven percent nutrients.
09:40So Pukadumpadoody is full of good stuff?
09:42That's great news!
09:43Then why did the elephant get rid of it?
09:45I'm glad you asked, my stupendous students.
09:48It's the wonderful, marvelous cycle of nutrients.
09:53Not every nutrient that's eaten is absorbed by the body.
09:56There are always leftovers for others.
09:58But how is that a cycle?
10:00Nutrients in, nutrients out, fine.
10:02But who wants to get nutrients from that?
10:04Butterflies!
10:08What are they doing?
10:10Having lunch.
10:11What?
10:12This is the hottest, steamiest table in town class.
10:16Good thing I made reservations.
10:18Whoa, what are those?
10:20Meet the dung beetles, Tim.
10:22Like the butterflies, dung beetles are detritivores.
10:25Let me break it down.
10:27While they break that down.
10:29Everything eats, but not everything.
10:31It's the exact same thing.
10:33These scores of detritivores ingest the rest of the nutrients this dung brings.
10:37Making haste with all the waste.
10:39Waste not, want not, that's their jam.
10:41Their nature's cleanest.
10:43Devouring our waste by the pound, a kilogram.
10:46You can see them break it down.
10:48Moving round and round.
10:50As they plow it to the ground.
10:52These feces-eating species.
10:54And the nutrients they have found.
10:57Watch them hang around.
10:59On their feeding ground.
11:01Breaking up the mound.
11:03So you mean they eat it?
11:05Some do, and some dig into it to lay eggs.
11:08It all breaks it down so it doesn't lie around.
11:10So animals eat nutritious food.
11:12And detritivores eat their nutritious droppings?
11:15I know the nutrient cycle is supposed to be a cycle.
11:18But then it's gone.
11:20That's gotta be where it ends, right?
11:22We haven't come full circle yet.
11:24Yeah, according to my research.
11:26There are tons of microscopic detritivores in the soil.
11:28Breaking down the pukadumpadoody even more.
11:30Tons? I'd like to see that.
11:33Even better.
11:35Let's be what we see.
11:37Really?
11:40Yeah.
11:51Whoa, cool!
11:53Intriguing.
11:55Food detected nearby.
11:57The signal's coming from that.
12:04Ow! My dashboard says it's food.
12:06But it's not like you could take a bite out of it.
12:09What is it, Ms. Frizzle?
12:11Eh, just a big old biopolymer.
12:13Is that a fancy word for tiny piece of pukadumpadoody?
12:16It's actually a fancy word for any large molecule.
12:18But yes, this one does come from a pukadumpadoody.
12:21Something's going to eat that?
12:23When does this nutrient cycle end?
12:29According to my research,
12:31the fungus released an enzyme that broke the biopolymer
12:33into smaller pieces it can absorb.
12:35It is food.
12:37What's that?
12:39That is an indication of fermentation.
12:41The microorganisms give off carbon dioxide
12:44and vitamins and minerals
12:46that dissolve into the soil.
12:49And lightning, the nutrients from the soil
12:51get used by the plants.
12:53And once the nutritious stuff is back in the plants,
12:58they get eaten by animals.
13:00Plants to animals to soil,
13:02and back to plants.
13:04Turn around.
13:06The cycle part of the nutrient cycle.
13:08Circle closed.
13:10Pukadumpadoody is amazing!
13:12So let's cram the bus full of it.
13:14Floor to ceiling. Come on, guys.
13:16D.A., newsflash.
13:18Sure, that stuff might be valuable,
13:20but there's no way we're piling that stuff in here.
13:23But didn't we just see how nutritious it is for plants?
13:26Let's grab a few handfuls and...
13:28No way! Forget it.
13:30We've been told our whole lives,
13:32we can't touch that stuff.
13:34We do wash our hands after we use the bathroom,
13:36and then we flush so we don't have to touch it.
13:38Besides, nature is using that pukadumpadoody.
13:41We should only use the stuff nature doesn't need,
13:44like the stuff we flush away.
13:46Then that's what we'll do.
13:48Only, where does it go?
13:50If only there was a way to find out.
13:52Oh, wait. Magic bus. Duh.
13:54Bus, let's get flushed!
13:56Oh, no.
14:03Aah!
14:09Unsettling.
14:11Where's all this water coming from?
14:13According to this, the water from every draining town
14:15ends up down here in the sewer.
14:17You mean like kitchens, laundry rooms, storm drains,
14:19all that water?
14:21And everything in it.
14:23Good eye, Arnold. Follow that pukadumpadoody.
14:27Following ways, now on we go.
14:29It's kind of gross. We have to, though.
14:31Following ways to see where it goes
14:33through miles and miles of sewer.
14:35Following ways, we float along.
14:37Flushed and flowing, we sing our song.
14:39Following ways to where it comes out.
14:41But where does it come out?
14:43The sewage treatment plant, of course. That's where we're headed.
14:45We'll follow ways down beneath the ground
14:47through sewers where tunnels and pipes abound.
14:49But waste isn't bad.
14:51I know that it's good.
14:53Following ways, now on we go.
14:55It's kind of gross. We have to, though.
14:57Following ways to see where it goes
14:59through miles and miles of sewer.
15:01Do you know what other plant
15:03needs pukadumpadoody?
15:05The sewage treatment plant.
15:07Looks like this screen keeps the trash out.
15:09What's on the other side, anyway?
15:11Let's get small and find out.
15:21We're not the only things to get through.
15:23Check out all that grit.
15:25Isn't it super? Isn't it grand?
15:27That grit is pobbles, rubble, and sand!
15:31And the whirlpool!
15:33It's sucking all the grit
15:35to the bottom, along with us!
15:37We'll just have to use all our grit
15:39to get out. Come on, class!
15:49Relief. We're almost out.
15:51I see clearer waters ahead.
15:53That's the water separated for cleaning
15:55and disinfecting before it's released back into nature.
15:59Cool. Dirty water in,
16:01clean water out.
16:03But what about the raw material for the brown coals?
16:05Where did that all go?
16:13I think we found it.
16:15Don't tell me all this stuff is...
16:17100% pure
16:19sludge.
16:21Also known as concentrated
16:23hookah dumper duty.
16:25Sensible. The solid waste's all stored here
16:27until it can be safely disposed of.
16:29There's tons of it! No wonder we flush it away!
16:31We'd be buried under it all
16:33if we didn't!
16:35It's perfect! Miss Frizzle, can the bus help us get it
16:37all to the lab?
16:39You bet your scarab it can.
16:41D.A., what's the...
16:53A direct line to all the raw material
16:55you need, Uncle Axel!
17:01Whoa!
17:03There's a lot coming through.
17:05Which means a lot of flower foods.
17:07See? More orchid food!
17:09D.A., we don't know how much the corporate converter can...
17:13My machine!
17:15It's destroyed!
17:19So, let's talk rock opera.
17:21No? Too soon?
17:23I can't believe this!
17:25I've wrecked everything!
17:27I'm in deep, deep hookah dumper duty!
17:35I'm so sorry, Uncle Axel.
17:37It's okay, D.A.
17:39It's not like I worked on this half my life or anything.
17:41Oh, wait. Yes, I did.
17:43Luckily, I have another half left.
17:45It's not the end of the world, D.A.
17:47Just the end of your orchids.
17:49We can't give up. We're so close!
17:51Agreed. We have all the raw material we need.
17:53We just have to make it into brown gold.
17:55Only how?
17:57How do we get what the orchid prefers?
17:59Out of these sludgy biopolymers.
18:01By remembering that when it comes to sludge,
18:03bacteria think it's fudge!
18:05Exactly!
18:07The treatment plant sludge is already broken down.
18:09All we need to do is feed it to a bunch of bacteria.
18:11Sludge in, nutrients out.
18:13That solves so much, D.A.
18:15Except for the whole turning it into usable fertilizer thing.
18:17Oh, well. Too bad.
18:19With my machine broken,
18:21I guess that won't happen for a long, long, long,
18:23long, long, long, long, long, long,
18:25long, long time.
18:27Hmm. Hmm.
18:29All right, bus.
18:31Time for some light aerobics.
18:33Five, six, seven, eight,
18:35and pipe, pipe, pipe, pipe,
18:37suck in that sludge.
18:39Now ferment, ferment, ferment, ferment.
18:41Digest that sludge into gas.
18:43Bacteria's hard at work.
18:45Whoa, excuse you, bus.
18:49Behold!
18:51A beautiful bounty of biosolids!
18:53According to my research,
18:55biosolids are clean sludge.
18:57No more germs, but full of nutrients.
18:59That's right.
19:01No more germs, but full of nutrients.
19:03Maybe, but there's still no way I'm touching that.
19:05Me neither.
19:07If we try it, will you try it?
19:23Big, beautiful bags of clean pellets
19:25filled with orchid-growing nutrients.
19:27Huh?
19:29Looks like the stuff we use on our lawn.
19:31Pretty close.
19:33Now that's what I call real flower power.
19:35So let's spread the love.
19:39Animals, they eat
19:41the plants.
19:43Digest them
19:45and get rid of their waste.
19:49Detritivores
19:51chow through the dung heaves
19:53cause there's no
19:55accounting for taste.
19:57Then their waste
19:59is consumed by microbes.
20:01A bacteria
20:03breakfast buffet.
20:07The fungi come around
20:09breaking polymers down
20:11leaving lunchtime
20:13for plants every day.
20:17The nutrient cycle
20:19of life.
20:23This is amazing!
20:25And moving.
20:27I think I feel a song coming on.
20:29Save it for the musical, Arnold.
20:31We've got a boogie.
20:43The nutrient cycle
20:45of life.
20:47The nutrient cycle.
20:49It's what feeds the soil.
20:51The nutrient cycle.
20:53It's what makes plants strong.
20:55The nutrient cycle.
20:57The nutrient cycle.
20:59As detritivores toil.
21:01The nutrient cycle.
21:03It's what feeds the soil.
21:05The nutrient cycle.
21:07How we feed each other.
21:09The nutrient cycle.
21:11It's the cycle.
21:13The nutrient cycle.
21:15The nutrient cycle of life.
21:23That was pure brown gold, class!
21:25Thanks, Miss Frizzle.
21:27I'm just sorry I had to break
21:29Uncle Axel's copro-converter
21:31to make it happen.
21:33Oh, that.
21:35Turns out it was old tech anyway.
21:37People are already turning waste
21:39into biosolid fertilizers
21:41at treatment plants all over the world.
21:43See?
21:45Fascinating.
21:47So you don't need a magic bus
21:49to make this?
21:51The nutrient cycle
21:53of life.
22:21School bus?
22:23Bonjour.
22:25Je cherche l'autobus magique.
22:27I'd like to speak to the magic school bus, please.
22:31Professor Frizzle,
22:33Ph.D. into digging.
22:35Hi, Professor.
22:37I thought plants made their own food
22:39from sun, water, and air.
22:41They do, but they still need minerals
22:43like magnesium to make the chlorophyll
22:45they use to produce that food,
22:47plus nutrients like nitrogen
22:49to make those ingredients from the soil.
22:51Then the nutrients
22:53that healthy plants make
22:55become food for animals
22:57that eat the plant.
22:59That's so awesome!
23:01To speed things up,
23:03can I just skip the toilet
23:05and go right in the backyard?
23:07Not a good idea.
23:09Sure, there's lots of very good stuff
23:11in your dew,
23:13but it also has harmful bacteria, too.
23:15That's why we leave making fertilizer
23:17The power of processing.
23:19After the good bacteria
23:21break the sludge down,
23:23it's heat-treated to kill off harmful ones
23:25until they're all gone.
23:27Cool. Thanks, Professor.
23:29Only one more question. What's next?
23:31I'd tell you, but that would let the
23:33genie out of the bottle.
23:35Wahoo!
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