''Down to the very last bit...''
Hey, Wanda£¡
l said l love ya, down to the very last bit£¡''
Wanda?
Forget it Arnold.
You know how Wanda gets during a Molly Cule song.
l know, l know...
l just want to ask her one thing...
Heelllllooo£¡
Down to the very, last bit£¡''
Huh?
Wanda£¡
l know you love Molly Cule,
and she's performing in WalkeRVille tonight,
but why does that mean we have to have a car wash??
Because that's how l'll get to meet Molly£¡£¡
She always has her car washed before a concert...
Ms. Frizzle£¡
Hellooo, class£¡
Ready to swish and dab?
Swipe and wipe?
Take chances, meet Molly, and clean something messy?
Climb aboard class£¡
Wanda, look at these car washes.
They're incredible£¡
Yeah - too incredible.
What if Molly doesn't notice ours?
Oh... she will...
Way to go bus£¡£¡
Here she comes£¡
l've waited all my life for this moment£¡
Let's start cleaning£¡
Nope...uh, uh...no way...
Hmm. Now that's my kinda car wash£¡
She's stopping...£¡
Val Gal£¡ ls that you?£¡
Huh? Val Gal???
Good golly, Miss Molly£¡
lt's been a long time£¡
l get the blues just thinkin' about it£¡
Class, meet Molly£¡
She toured with me in my band.
She toured with you in your band£¡
That's right£¡
l was one of the original Frizzle-ettes£¡
Well, Wanda here is your biggest fan£¡
Aren't you, Wanda?
That's right, Miss Cule.
l just love your music.
l know all your songs...
and think you're the greatest£¡
Why, thanks a heap, gumdrop.
That's really sweet.
Uh-oh, l'm late£¡
My concert starts in one hour,
and ugggh£¡ my car's still a mess£¡
And you know how l luuuuv my car to be clean£¡
Please let us clean it£¡
Please?
Please£¡
We'll clean it...
''down to the very last bit£¡''
That's music to my ears£¡
The job's yours£¡
Yayy£¡£¡£¡£¡
Oh, but there's just one little thing, sweetie.
Whatever you do, do get my hood ornament wet.
As you can see - it's a crystal£¡
Wow£¡
And my new song is dedicated to it,
so l need it for my show.
What's it made of, Miss Cule?
That's my little secret, sugar£¡
ls it just me,
or did one of the hottest music stars around just call you ''sugar''?
l'm countin' on you kids to make it clean with a sheen£¡
Right, Val Gal?
Consider it done, Mol£¡
Time to find the rest of the band.
Be back in a few£¡
Clean, clean, clean...
clean, clean, clean...
Not clean, not clean, not clean£¡
Hmmph£¡ You can say that again£¡
Not clean£¡
l keep wetting the tires down, but nothing happens.
Where's the soap?
Soap? l didn't use any.
Don't you listen to ''Mr. Soapy'' commercials, Ralphie?
''You need water and soap to lift the dirt away£¡''
Okay, slip me some soap.
Slipping you soap, Ralphie£¡
WHEEE£¡
Check it out£¡ The soap makes suds...
...and when you add water...
...all the dirt slips away£¡
AH£¡ A spotless discovery, Ralphie£¡
lt's the slipperiness of soap that lets suds clean duds£¡
Then pass me a ton of suds...
...'cause there's tar all over this hood£¡
We've gotta get it off£¡
Molly tar£¡
Oh don't you know l want you to go,
but you're stickin' to me like tar£¡''
That oughta do it£¡
l pronounce this car clean, clean, clean£¡
Down to the very last bit?
l think so, Miss Cule.
As my old pal Val Gal would say,
''Sometimes, to see it all, you just have to see it small...''
Oh why, Molly.
You still have the megamagnifier l gave you£¡
Good...good...
Not good£¡
There's still a spec of tar on my car.
There is??
Listen, sweets - since you're new at this,
l'll give you another chance.
But the concert starts in half an hour
and l need my car by then.
Right£¡ No problem£¡
Gotta go do a sound check.
Later, Val Gal£¡
l don't see any tar£¡
lf Molly says there's tar, there's tar£¡
''Sometimes to see it all,
you just have to get quite small.''
To the bus£¡
We can't go on a field trip now£¡
What if Molly comes back and we're not here?
Good thinking, Arnold.
You stay here and stall her£¡
Me? Why me?
Because she's sweet on you...sugar£¡
Don't worry, Arnold - we won't be far away.
You'll hear us...
And we'll hear you...right, Liz?
But...
Boogy on down, Bus -
to the very last bit£¡
l don't see any tar£¡
We have to get smaller£¡
You see the tar now, Wanda?
Not yet.
Whoa£¡
We're so small, the threads in that rag look like trees£¡
We need to get smaller--We still can't see any tar£¡
Then hyper-hyper-small it is£¡
Wah-ha-hoooooooo£¡£¡
Where'd they go??
l don't know, Liz,
the bus has never been this small.
Where are you guys?£¡
lt looks like we're in ''Tile-land''.
These aren't tiles, Ralphie£¡
lt's the paint on Molly's car£¡
No way£¡
These things don't look like the paint on Molly's car£¡
They're all hard red pieces.
That's because when you shrink really really small
and see paint really really close...
it is in pieces£¡
But we've been tiny before,
And things never looked like this.
Maybe we've never been quite this small.
How much did we shrink?
According to the shrinkerscope...
...we shrank down one millionth our normal size£¡
That's small£¡
So when you shrink about as small as you can shrink,
and get down to the very last bit...
You can see that everything is made up of tiny little bits£¡
Amazing, isn't it?
And the little bits are called ''molecules.''
Then molecules must be like...
...building blocks£¡
Each one by itself is too small a piece to look
like what you're building.
But put them together, and there it is£¡
A smashing discovery, don't you think?
And...everything in the world is made up of molecules£¡
Well...if everything is made of molecules,
wouldn't the tar be made up of molecules, too?
Right on tar-get, Phoebe£¡
Hey, look over there£¡ ls that tar?
Here they are£¡ Cool£¡
Hold it, these can't be tar molecules.
lf you could lift tar this easily,
tar wouldn't stick to things and be so hard to clean off£¡
Keesha's right.
These molecules are long and limp.
Tar isn't limp.
lf this isn't tar, then what is it?
Long, limp, loose...
l know£¡
Maybe these are molecules from that rag l left on the car£¡
Oh cunningly concluded, Keesha£¡
lt's the properties of the molecules that make things what they are -
be they a rag or a bag£¡
So if tar molecules make tar what it is...
...then the molecules we're looking for should be dark and sticky.
Yeah£¡
Tar molecules - dead ahead£¡
They found the tar£¡
Come on, guys£¡
Let's pick up those molecules£¡
Careful, Liz, you might step on somebody.
Step on who, sugar?
Molly£¡
Where is everybody?
You kids are supposed to be cleaning up that tar.
We're just taking a...'small' break.
Yeah, that's it.
Well, it better be small.
We're runnin' outa time.
l'm sure they won't be much longer, Miss Cule£¡
l read you, sugar.
Now l'm headin' back to my hotel to get ready...
..then l'll be back for my car,
And l expect it to be clean...clean...clean£¡
Hear me?
Yes Ma'am£¡
Come on you guys, get rid of that tar£¡£¡
We hear you, Arnold.
Come on, guys, pull£¡
We're pulling£¡
But these tar molecules are really stuck.
Yuck£¡
Where's 'Mr. Soapy' when you need him?
That's it, DA£¡
''You need water and soap to lift the dirt away...''
Hey, if it works in the big world, why not here?
Sounds like a plan - but where do we get soap and water NOW?
Well, we just used soap and water to wash this car...
maybe there's still some around?
Yeah but how are we gonna get over there?
All aboard£¡
Hey£¡ Where are you guys going?
Where no kid has gone before, Arnold£¡
Well, hurry up. Molly could be back any minute£¡
Molecules on the left£¡
Molecules on the right£¡
But are they soap and are they water?
Why guess when you can make a mess?
Bail out£¡
Whoa£¡ These molecules are splashy£¡
And hard to hold on to.
Then these must be water molecules£¡
And how about these molecules over here?
Whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh£¡£¡£¡£¡
l'd say these yellow things are soap molecule-ule-ule-ules£¡
Soap acts just like they do - slipperyyyyyyyyyyyy!
Look at how the soap molecules latch onto the water molecules£¡
But how will we carry them all the way back to the tar?
Maybe the bus can lend a hand.
...a big one£¡
All right£¡ Let's clean some tar£¡
Whatever you do, just do it NOW£¡
Okay, Bus - spill your stuff£¡
Wow£¡ The soap molecules are grabbing onto the tar molecules£¡
Awesome£¡
They're peeling the tar right off the car£¡
lt's just like the commercial says.
Soap and water really do lift the dirt away£¡
And it's the action of the molecules that make it happen£¡
Man, talk about action£¡ How's that for a grabber?
Now what? We don't have any water left£¡
Not a problem, Wanda. Who needs water when you've got...
...a major collection of cotton cellulose fibres.
Huh?
A rag£¡
But aren't we a little too small to drag that thing all the way over here?
We're not all small. Oh, Arrrr-nold£¡
Can you hear me, Arnold?
Loud and clear, Ms Frizzle.
What's happening? l heard you say something about a rag.
lt's on the hood see it?
We see it£¡
Could you give the hood a little wipe?
lf you say so...Ready or not...
...here it comes£¡
Watch out£¡
RUNNNNNNN£¡£¡£¡£¡£¡£¡
Did it work?
Perfect, Arnold£¡ The tar's all gone.
l now declare this car clean down to the very last bit...and ready for Molly£¡
All aboard, class. We're movin' out£¡
We did it. Every last bit of the tar is gone£¡
Thanks to you, Arn...
...that rag came down and before we knew it,
the soap and water and tar molecules...
...were history£¡
Noooo£¡
Where's Molly's crystal hood ornament?
Oh no£¡ lt disappeared£¡
Are you sure you saw the ornament go in the bucket?
Yes£¡
Then...where is it?
Well, as my sweet Aunt Confection says,
when things disappear in water, there must be a solution£¡
Wait a minute£¡
What's it made of, Miss Cule?
That's my little secret, sugar.
What? What?
lt's made of sugar£¡
Of course£¡ Molly even dedicated her song to it£¡
''l love ya down to the very last bit£¡''
Yum£¡ The sugar's here all right£¡
We'll have to find another sugar crystal to replace Molly's ornament.
We don't have time£¡
Wait wait wait...
since all the sugar molecules are in there,
why don't we put them back together into the crystal they came from?
You mean rebuild it?
But how?
We'll just get small again and go in there and round up the sugar molecules£¡
A honey of an idea, Wanda.
ln fact, it's delicious£¡ To the sweetest bus in town£¡
Hey£¡ Not again£¡
Keep Molly busy£¡
And don't drop the bucket£¡£¡£¡
Look at those long skinny guys£¡
They're sugar molecules alright.
This bucket's full of sugar molecules.
Look at them all£¡
Please hurry.
Oh, l will£¡
Uhhh£¡
Cause if l don't drive on stage soon...
my fans'll disappear, faster than sugar in water£¡
Er, hi£¡ We...ah... just need one more little minute.
No you don't, sugar pie£¡
Yeah, that nasty tar is gone, ...
So it's time for me to rock and roll£¡ Thanks sugar, oh l owe you one.
Oh look£¡ You smudged the handle£¡
lf only there was some way...
...to get rid of these water molecules£¡
How about saturation separation via vehicular inteRVention?
Huh????
One water-ridder-gripper, coming right up£¡
Cool£¡ The bus is getting rid of the water£¡
Start stacking£¡
That's fine, sugar. But now l gotta go£¡
l can't even wait for my pal Val Gal and the other kids to get back.
l take it my crystal hood ornament's all right?
lt's ... fine£¡
Wait£¡ You can't take that guitar on stage£¡
l can't? Why not?
lt's filthy£¡
We've got twenty sugar molecules piled up.
And only a million quadrillion to go£¡
Wait a minute,
it looks like the sugar molecules are starting to stack by themselves.
They are indeed, Ralphie£¡ They're crystallizing - forming a crystal£¡
''lt's the big rock candy mountain...''
l guess sugar molecules stack themselves together
when there's nothing in the way to stop them£¡
Who knew?
Then let's get out of the way - and let this crystal make my day£¡
How's that?
l've never had a guitar so shiny.
Now l've really got to go...
NO£¡ l mean...just one more spot.
Arnold, sweetie, your gonna polish the strings clean off that thing£¡
Molly£¡ You still here?
Don't you have places to go,
concerts to give?
You know l do, Val Gal...
but Arnie here was just doin' a little extra detailin'. Right, sugar?
So, Miss Cule what do you think?
Why, Wanda, my car looks fantastic£¡
Better than ever£¡ And you did it all...
..without hurting my beautiful crystal one little bit£¡
That's us£¡ Real pros£¡
lt's showtime£¡
Hey, all you sweet things out there£¡ This song is ...
dedicated to Ms. Frizzle's class£¡
lt's called ''Down to the Very Last Bit'', and l'd like to perform this song ...
with a little help from my friends.
Well l can see my eyes are acting like a pair of crazy fools
Cause when l look at you l see a bunch of molecules, yeah
So many micro-mega-molecules l see
A million zillion trillion twenty billion and three.
And baby l love you down to the very last bit
Oh there are molecules, inside a teeny tiny grain of rice
Grain of rice
A hundred billion Eighty million ...
Seven thousand, nine to be precise.
You go£¡ There in the mighty ocean and in the air we breathe
l've got a couple trillion of them up my sleeve.
And baby l love you down to the very last bit
Down to the very last bit...
l'm going Down, down, down...
They're the iddy bitty teeny teeny tiny building blocks of life Blocks of life.
Blocks of life.
And you can find them in a dog Or a cat Or a fork Or a knife
Oh Yeah£¡
lt's really hard to see them but for what it's worth
They're everything that's on or off the planet Earth
And babe you know l love you
Down to the very...
And babe you know l love you down to the very...
And babe you know l love you down to the very last bit.
Hooray£¡ For Molly Cule...and for molecules£¡
Ohh, Water's a simple molecule Sugar forms crystals as a rule
There's also sugar and water you see
That blend together like you and me.
Hello, Molly School Bus.
l mean, Magic School Bus£¡
Hello£¡ l have a little ''bitty'' question about the molecule show.
Well...l'm listening to the concert£¡ Can l call you back when it's over?
l'll be quick£¡
No buts about it£¡ And no real bits, either.
Your show was wrong, wrong, wrong£¡
What do you mean?
You said when you get down to the very last bit, you end up with molecules.
But molecules aren't the smallest bits there are£¡
Atoms are smaller. Molecules are made up of atoms.
That's exactly right.
Atoms are smaller than molecules and molecules are made up of atoms.
But...
...molecules are the smallest bits that give things their basic properties.
You mean, like water molecules make water flow and pour?
Yes...and soap molecules...
...make soap slip and slide around in water.
So a thing's molecules give it its characteristics. lts personality£¡
Correct.
Molecules are cool - they totally rule£¡ Bye£¡
Magic School Bus£¡
ls everything in the whole world really made of molecules?
Yes£¡ Everything is made of molecules and atoms.
Your shoes, your friends, your toothpaste,
your...
...popcorn.
Thanks for calling. Good-bye.
The building blocks are there and then the earth...
Molecule is a little bit of the universe.