Where is Arnold anyway?
You'd think winning this humungo award would get him here on time.
Maybe he ran out of Seawheedies and had to go to the store for more.
l can't believe he actually eats those things.
He hasn't been able to eat anything else since he heard he was getting the Rocky Award.
Can you believe it? Arnold is the first kid ever to win one of these£¡
He's also the first kid ever to know enough about rocks to be a member of GRANlTE.
Look£¡ There's Jasper C. Grit£¡
Wow£¡ Who's Jasper C. Grit?
Carlos£¡ He's the President of GRANlTE -
''The Great Rock Admirers National lnstitute of Tectonics Experts''.
And he doesn't look like the kind of guy you'd want to keep waiting.
Ms Frizzle£¡
Good evening class.
Arnold's not here yet, Ms Frizzle£¡
Why don't l try to call our rock star on my cell phone?
The WalkeRVille Hotel welcomes you to the annual GRANlTE awards,
honoring the world's rock experts.
Please make your way into the ballroom.
lt's too late£¡
We can't go in without Arnold£¡
Pssst£¡
Ralphie£¡
lt wasn't me£¡
PSSST£¡£¡
lt's coming from behind there£¡
PSSSST£¡£¡ lt's me£¡£¡
Arnold?
Yes£¡
What are you doing behind the curtain? Come on out£¡
l can't£¡
Why not?
ls it just me or are you totally orange?
lt's not just you - but it is just me£¡ l'M ORANGE£¡£¡£¡
Arnold? Come on£¡ Now stop eating those things£¡
l can't£¡
Dinner is about to be seRVed.
Please find your tables and be seated£¡
Oh no£¡ l can't go in there looking like a carrot£¡
No point panicking, Arnold£¡ As my great Aunt Selma used to say, ...
''When there's a problem staring you in the face, hit it with a question£¡''
A question??
Yes£¡ Such as...
''When did you first notice you were orange, Arnold?''
l didn't really notice until l got up this morning and looked in the mirror...
Today's the day...
Arnold? What color are your pajamas?
Huh?
What color are your pajamas?
Orange. lt's my favorite color...
except when it's on my skin...
That's it£¡ Maybe something from your pajamas rubbed off on your skin£¡
But why now? l've been wearing those pajamas forever.
Who knows? Let's just try to wash it off£¡
To the bathroom£¡
No£¡ Someone might see me£¡
Well then... to the Bus£¡
Ow£¡ Ouch£¡ That hurts£¡
Do you have to rub so hard?
Sorry, Arnold. But you want it to come off, don't you?
Of course l want it to come off£¡
ls it off???£¡£¡£¡£¡£¡£¡£¡
Nope£¡
So if the orange isn't ON your skin, ...maybe it's lN your skin.
Daringly deduced, DA£¡
But how did it get there?
How's my skin different from, say...Phoebe's?
Good question, Arnold£¡
Give me some skin£¡
No, l mean really.
You want Arnold's skin?
Mmmm...the perfect place to begin the investigation£¡
Um, you're not suggesting a field trip, are you, Ms Frizzle?
lt might be the only way to find out what's making you so orange.
l couldn't have said it better myself, Wanda. Let the celebration begin£¡
But Ms Frizzle...£¡
What happened?£¡
Where'd everybody go?
Do l still have all my skin?
Where's the bus?
Wait a second. Don't move Arnold.
Yiikes£¡
Arnold, we are being frizzled, big time.
We are? How?
See for yourself.
Whoa£¡ Carlos, DA and Tim are checking out the skin above your left eyebrow£¡£¡£¡
Mmm-hmmm. And Ralphie, Keesha and Liz are sitting on your glasses.
No way£¡£¡
Yes way£¡
Just don't move too quickly or we'll fall off£¡
l don't believe this£¡
Ms Frizzle£¡ What kind of field trip is this?
The kind that answers your excellent question, Arnold.
What question??£¡
What's the difference between your skin and Phoebe's?
Care to take a closer look Wanda?
Keesha£¡ You guys find anything on Arnold's skin yet?
We're just trying to find a way not to fall off£¡
Us too£¡
Well class you're going to have to get really small if you don't want to fall£¡
What happened?
Ms. Frizzle??? Where's the rest of the class?
They're still there, Wanda--
We're just not looking close enough to see them...
yet...
There they are£¡
Tim£¡ Carlos£¡ DA£¡ Are you all right?
l think so...£¡
Are we still on Phoebe's skin?
That you are£¡ Only double shrunk£¡
Amazing£¡ l always thought skin was smooth and plain, but it's not£¡
lt's made up of flat pieces of stuff all stuck together£¡
And Phoebe's flat pieces flake off like ...like cornflakes£¡
And there are lots more underneath£¡
Wow£¡£¡£¡ ls that a hair?
Hair-raising, isn't it, Carlos£¡
Well Arnold's pretty hairy, too£¡
And his skin is made of flat pieces just like Phoebe's -
only his are all orange£¡
Those flakes are Arnold's skin cells, Ralphie£¡
Skin cells? l've heard of red blood cells - but skin cells?
What are cells anyway?
Cells are the building blocks of life, Wanda£¡
All living things are made of cells - and that includes you£¡
Your whole body is made up of different kinds of cells -
each with a different job to do£¡
So Arnold and Wanda's skin are both made of millions of skin cells -
but for some reason, Arnold's cells are orange£¡
l'm about to accept the most important award in my life...
...and what happens? l'm completely orange and half my class is on my forehead£¡
But they're only trying to help£¡
Meanwhile, l guess all l can do is wait out here in the dark
where no one can see me and eat my-
Oh no£¡£¡ My Seawheedies£¡£¡£¡
l don't believe it£¡ That dog is eating my Seawheedies£¡
Let's get him£¡
Hold it£¡ What if somebody sees me?
Maybe l should've stayed home today.
Hey, Wanda£¡ Have you found out why l'm orange yet?
No, Arn, but believe me, we're working on it.
What's taking so long?
Patience, Arnold. As a former Miss America once said,
Beauty may be skin deep,
but orange isn't.
You know, Arnold, you aren't really all that orange
lf we just covered it up a little, maybe no one would notice.
Covered it up???? With what?
l have an idea£¡ C'mon£¡
How does that jingle go?
You can get the greedy-greedies when eating Sea-wheedies.
Something something something in a seaweed coat so thin
Huh?
Ralphie£¡ Keesha£¡ Have you found out what's making Arnold's cells orange?
Not yet£¡ But when the cells on top flake off...
...there are even more orange ones underneath£¡
Now l can see how skin keeps germs from getting in your body.
What could get past all these cells?
Hey£¡ What's going on??
There£¡ You don't look nearly so orange now£¡
Phoe-be£¡ l can't go out there covered in flour£¡ l look like a pumpkin pie£¡
You know what? l just thought of something -
Janet came to stay with us a few weeks ago -
l bet she made me orange£¡
lt's just the kind of thing she would do. Phoebe£¡£¡ Look£¡£¡£¡
Over there£¡ Seawheedies£¡
l wonder how far down in Arnold's skin the orange goes.
Class, time to get under Arnold and Phoebe's skin£¡
But how? There's no way in through the skin£¡
Uh£¡ Try going in where a hair comes out£¡
Well, if you say so...
Go for it, Ralphie£¡ We haven't much time£¡
DA£¡ Carlos£¡ Tim£¡ Where are you now?
Under Phoebe's skin£¡ And the going is NOT easy£¡
Yeah, but once you get past that top layer of cells,
it's not quite as hard. Phoebe's cells down here are wetter and fatter
And none of them are orange. What about Arnold?
l'm working my way through Arnold's skin.
His cells are getting wetter and fatter just like Phoebe's... but they're still orange£¡
A colorful conclusion, Keesha£¡
Now why can't l remember that jingle?
You can get the greedy-greedies, when eating Sea-wheedies
something something- May day£¡ May day£¡
What is it Ralphie?
One of Arnold's cells is splitting in two£¡ lt's alive£¡ His cells are alive£¡
Phoebe's cells are doing the same thing£¡
They're multiplying like crazy - making more new cells£¡
Well noticed, Wanda£¡
Your body's made of living cells that just grow and divide
grow and divide, grow and divide, grow and divide
But Arnold's new cells are just as orange as the old ones were£¡
And there's not an orange cell anywhere in Phoebe's skin£¡
So why are Arnold's skin cells orange?
Whoa£¡ lt's hard to stay down here£¡
New cells are pushing us back up to the top£¡
But we haven't gotten to the bottom of Arnold's problem yet£¡
Ms Frizzle£¡
Have you figured out what's making my skin orange yet?
Your skin is orange because your skin cells are orange, Arnold.
We just don't know why£¡
Ladies and gentlemen,
dessert is ready to be seRVed£¡
Dessert??£¡? But after dessert it's award time£¡
To the dining room£¡
Oh, no£¡ They're taking us away£¡
Now what do we do?
Arnold£¡ Shhhh£¡
Keesha£¡ Ralphie£¡ Where are you guys?
What have you found out?
All we know is that Arnold's cells are orange and we still can't figure out why.
You guys aren't giving up are you?
We have no choice, Pheebs. The cells pushed us out.
There's nothing else we can do.
Bring us up, Ms Frizzle.
l'm doooomed£¡
...And l'm down to my last Seeweedie.
We've gotta do something, Ms Frizzle£¡
Well, Wanda, l think it's time to take chances,
make mistakes and get the inside story£¡
On your marks... get set...
This is it, Phoebe -
my last Seawheedie before l humiliate myself in front of my fellow rock lovers.
Go-o-o-o-o-o£¡
Wa-ha-hoooooo£¡£¡£¡£¡
Arnold£¡ No£¡
You say something, Phoebe?
Arnold... whatever you do don't...
...swallow£¡ The bus was on that Seawheedie. You just ate our class£¡
Oh no£¡ Not again...£¡£¡£¡£¡£¡£¡
l can't believe l just did that£¡
Tell me l didn't just do that£¡
You just did that, Arnold.
You swallowed the whole class and the bus.
l can't believe we're in Arnold's stomach again.
lt's just as l remember it... only oranger.
Hey, wait a minute£¡ Where is all that orange mush coming from anyway?
The only thing Arnold's eating for weeks, except us, is Seawheedies -
and they're GREEN£¡
Green on the outside, Wan - but orange on the inside£¡
Of course
You can get the greedy-greedies when eating Sea-wheedies...
chewy, GOOEY CARROT£¡ - in a seaweed coat so thin£¡
Eat a Sea-wheedie and give yourself a GRlN£¡£¡
Ooof£¡
So all that orange stuff out there is coming from the carrot in Seawheedies?
Wait wait wait£¡ lf Arnold's stomach is full of carrots -
and carrots are orange - maybe that's why Arnold's cells are orange, too£¡
Yeah...but how could the orange in Arnold's stomach get to his skin cells?
The question we've all been waiting for, Keesha£¡
Prepare to dive£¡
Whoooaaa£¡£¡£¡
l wonder where they are now?
l don't want to think about it. l just want to stop being orange.
Ahh£¡
lsn't he the kid who's winning the award?
Oh no.
Where are we?
We're in the small intestine£¡
l recognize it from the last time we were here.
Right you are, Carlos£¡
This is the place where all the good things from the food we eat get into the bloodstream£¡
And those things out there are the villi.
Remember? They move the food into the bloodstream£¡
Are they made up of cells, too...like Arnold's skin?
Dynamic deduction Wanda£¡
Voila...
...villi cells£¡ You also have blood cells, skin cells, stomach cells,
heart cells, muscle cells, bones cells -
your body is made up of billions and billions of cells,
each with a job to do£¡
So what's the job of these villi cells?
Right now, they're sucking up the orange stuff£¡
Their job must be to suck up food£¡
Wonder where it goes from here?
ln the words of my old friend Carotina, ''Follow the orange stuff£¡''
Yeee-haaa£¡
Where are we going, Ms Frizzle?
We've followed the orange stuff through the villi,
and now we're heading for the bloodstream£¡
Well, we're in Arnold's bloodstream, and there are cells all around us£¡
And orange stuff too£¡
So where is the orange stuff going, Ms Frizzle?
And can we get there fast? Arnold's in trouble out there£¡
We're going back to where we started...
...and it's only a few heartbeats away£¡
...this award has never been presented to a child before.
But as you now know, Arnold Perlstein is no ordinary child.
l'm so neRVous... my heart's beating like crazy.
Okay... we're heading for Arnold's forehead...
Now what?
Look£¡
The orange stuff is disappearing through that wall£¡
What's on the other side?
That's my kind of question, Keesha£¡
Hang a louie, Liz£¡
We're he-re£¡
Yeah, we're back where we started£¡
These are Arnold's skin cells£¡
Cool£¡ That means we've reached Arnold's skin from the inside£¡
And we did it by following the orange stuff£¡
And get this£¡
Arnold's skin cells are drinking up the orange stuff from the Seawheedies.
Of course£¡
Since cells are alive - they have to have food to live and grow.
Even if the food is orange£¡
Oh capably concluded, class.
You might even say, 'we are what we eat£¡'
and now l am very proud to present this award to... Arnold Perlstein£¡
He said my name£¡ l'm going up for the award£¡ Now£¡
And l'm still orange£¡£¡£¡
Poor Arnold£¡ He got himself into this by eating all those Seawheedies,
but he doesn't even know it.
And even if he stopped eating Seawheedies now,
It would take about thIrty days for new cells that aren't orange to reach the surface of hIs skIn.
Thirty days??£¡? He doesn't even have thirty seconds£¡
lsn't there some way we could just suck all the orange stuff up£¡
Well asked, Wanda£¡
What do you think, Bus?
Coming, class?
Wahoo£¡
A villi bus£¡
Go, bus£¡£¡£¡ You can do it£¡
l can't do this£¡
Mr. Grit's going to see that l'm orange.
Everyone will laugh. l'll get Janet for this...
Congratulations, son£¡
l'm not orange anymore£¡
l beg your pardon?
l mean thank you, sir. This is an honor£¡
And l'd also like to thank my class and my teacher Ms Frizzle
without whom l would never have been able to accept this award tonight.
Ready to have your picture taken?
Yes, sirr...
You all right, son?
l am now.
You mean it wasn't Janet? lt was me???
That's right, Arnold - you've only got yourself to blame.
But how did l do it?
Hey£¡
Simple, look£¡
So...Seawheedies are orange inside...l know that...
Arnold, your entire body is made of cells.
And your cells are alive.
Which means they need food£¡
And where do your cells get their food?
From what l eat?
Exactly. So do your cells a favor and eat something besides Seawheedies.
As l always say,
''Take care of your cells and your cells will take care of you£¡''
Hey, Arn - Orange you glad you're not orange anymore...?
CAR-LOS£¡£¡£¡
Come in£¡
Oh, you managed to get me some food£¡ l'm staRVing.
Magic School Bus, the producer speaking.
l don't see what's wrong with eating Seawheedies.
Aren't carrots and seaweed really good for you?
You bet£¡ l love Seawheedies.
The thing is, that's all Arnold was eating.
Your cells need lots of different things to stay healthy.
So how come Arnold went orange and not green from the seaweed?
lf he'd been eating only grapes, would he have turned purple?
No. And that's because the orange in carrots is different from other food colors.
lt's a substance called carotene that your body
can't get rid of as fast as other food colors.
So you mean,
if l ate too much food with carotene l would turn orange like Arnold?
Yup£¡ But you'd have to eat an awful lot - for a really long time. Bye.
Mmm£¡ Time to eat£¡
Magic School Bus.
...you know it's not just what we eat and drink that affects our body cells.
lt's not?
lt's also the air we breathe and how much rest and exercise we get.
As Ms Frizzle says...
...''Take care of your cells and your cells will take care of you£¡'' Bye.
Man, my cells are getting mighty hungry.
Magic School Bus.
Do new skin cells really divide and rise to the surface that quickly?
No. No. No.
A skin cell takes about a day to divide and thirty days to get to the surface.
Meanwhile, the old cells dry out and flake off.
l guess you had to speed it up to tell the whole story in half an hour, huh?
You got it£¡ Thanks for calling£¡ Bye£¡
That's it£¡ l'm putting on the answering machine.
So, what's for dinner, Liz?
Urp. Well, uh... this food might be what a lizard's cells need,
but l'm going out for a pizza and a salad.
Coming?
Enjoy£¡