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| date = June 13, 2011 | | date = June 13, 2011 | ||
| title = Magic School Bus | | title = Magic School Bus | ||
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| titletext = At my OLD school, we used Microsoft Encarta 2005. | | titletext = At my OLD school, we used Microsoft Encarta 2005. | ||
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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | + | "{{w|The Magic School Bus}}" is a series of educational children's books that was adapted in the mid-nineties into an animated television show. The series centers on a class of children whose teacher {{w|Ms. Frizzle}} makes use of the titular magic school bus to take her students on a variety of magical field trips that allow them to experience various scientific topics first hand, such as the inner anatomy of the human body, the effects of friction, what goes on inside a beehive, and many others. | |
− | In this comic, however, Ms. Frizzle initially takes the students onto the bus apparently for one of these field trips to explore the way batteries work, but then for whatever reason, she has the students get off the bus again and simply resorts to looking up the {{w|Wikipedia}} article about {{w|Battery (electricity)|batteries}} | + | In this comic, however, Ms. Frizzle initially takes the students onto the bus apparently for one of these field trips to explore the way batteries work, but then for whatever reason, she has the students get off the bus again and simply resorts to looking up the {{w|Wikipedia}} article about {{w|Battery (electricity)|batteries}}. |
− | The | + | The title text is a reference to Phoebe, one of the students in Ms. Frizzle's class, who would regularly make a remark beginning with "at my old school..." to express wonder at how unusual were the events of Ms. Frizzle's field trips (e.g. "At my old school, we never rode on bees!"). |
− | + | {{w|Encarta|Microsoft Encarta 2005}} was a digital encyclopedia that was often used in school settings for learning with the aid of computers. | |
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− | {{w|Encarta|Microsoft Encarta 2005}} was a digital encyclopedia that was often used in school settings for learning with the aid of computers | ||
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
− | + | [A girl sits at a desk in a classroom, and the teacher stands before her. The teacher has a blue dress and blonde hair piled on her head in a bun. The girl raises her hand, the teacher raises both arms above her head, a pointer in one hand.] | |
− | + | Girl: Ms. Frizzle, how do batteries work? | |
− | + | Ms. Frizzle: To the bus! | |
− | + | [Ms. Frizzle and the children are shown getting onto the bus.] | |
− | + | ((This panel is larger than the other three, and is set behind them.)) | |
+ | [The bus, with Ms. Frizzle at the helm and a child's face in every window, soars through a rainbow void filled with a giant amoeba, a rocket, a big gear, a planet with rings, and a Feynman diagram.] | ||
− | + | [The bus is parked, and the occupants have gotten out. The children stand around Ms. Frizzle, and she stands at a desk with a computer on it, typing.] | |
− | + | Computer: WIKIPEDIA -- BATTERIES | |
{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
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[[Category:Comics with color]] | [[Category:Comics with color]] | ||
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