MSB S5E02: Pigs in the Wind

Hope you enjoyed my review on the first episode of The Magic School Bus Rides Again. This review on the 2nd episode will blow you away! Literally! Blog, do your stuff!

54. Pigs in the Wind.
Topic: Wind.
Written by: Mike McPhaden.
Released: 29 September 2017.

A field trip to the world's windiest mountain helps Keesha and the class strengthen a set piece for a sequel to "The Three Little Pigs” after getting a nasty comment and possible threat from Janet.

Here's a nod to the old series. Keesha being a director. Like she was in Gets Ants in its Pants. 

This here, is the made-up sequel to the fairy tale, The 3 Little Pigs, like how this series is a sequel to the original Magic School Bus TV show.

And this sty in the sky is pretty odd. Bricks, straw, and sticks. And we have Ralphie as the wolf, and we have Wanda, Arnold and Carlos as the 3 pigs.

Oh boy. Here's the girl you all love to hate. Arnold's know-it-all cousin, Janet. Criticising the play.

Funny that Liz was on top of these fake bricks that fell.

"You expect us to use real bricks?"

"You used real straw and real sticks, didn't you?"

If they did use real bricks, the whole stage would've smashed to the ground. 

"She didn't like the bricks, but talking pigs didn't bother her?"

How about a talking wolf? How about a magical shape-shifting anthropomorphic bus? How about a lizard who acts like a person in a few ways? 

"How do we do that, jingle jingle jingle of the keys?"

This looks like a field trip. 

We also get some expansion of Dorothy Ann's friendship with Wanda. Judging by this selfie of the 2.

Here's another reason this bus is called "The Magic School Bus". It can make anything, like how it made a clone of an artifact.

Here we go. The new sty in the sky. It's more realistic than the ones for the play.

But there's a problem. The bricks aren't stuck together and the sty is falling apart.

And this is why. There was no cement or concrete holding them together. And the roof is made of shingles.

"I'm so tired, my eyelashes hurt."
"I'm so tired, my shoelaces hurt."
"I'm so talk, I can't tired right." 

These quotes made me laugh for some reason.

Here's a demonstration on how wind works, and how we can tell how strong it can be.

And this here is Liz. A little nod to the Producer Segment for Taking Flight. 

But the sty in the sky broke due to the wind being too strong.

Come on! Ride on The Magic School Tree!

Now the whole class, except Keesha, are trees.

Look how wind blows around trees. And trees stay rooted to the ground.

Keesha makes a pretty.....interesting leaf. She can float through the gust.

"Hey, Carlos! I'm a sugar maple. What kind of tree are you?"

"I'm not sure! But thanks for aspen!"
"Carlos!"

Carlos has still got it. Making all these puns. 

Fiona makes another interesting leaf.

Here's a little nod to The Magic School Bus Inside the Earth book. He's turned into a digger.

Liz is a funny brick.

Here's something that raises a specific headscratcher I have with this series. Keesha, believe it or not, has 2 mothers.

Even Janet is terrified of this wind. She's blown away! Literally!

"And the 3rd Little Pig's building, inspired by nature, withstood the Wolf's hurricane wind, and kept everyone safe. Including Janet. The end! 

As it turns out, Janet still gave this play 1 star out of 5. Because she was blown away by it! Literally!

And this is the real Professor Frizzle segment. She's underwater answering the questions.

Goldie's little tree is pretty funny.

Get this! In every Professor Frizzle segment, she foreshadows the next episode to build suspense for the audiences.

Considering she's Arnold's cousin, we had to expect Janet to appear in this series every now and again. And she even has a blog like yours truly.

There's something else about wind they forgot to cover. Wind can unroot a tree if it's strong enough. That's why trees can flatten things when the wind's too strong, and why telephone poles fall over.

I take it this episode was partially made to link to that Captain Planet Magic School Bus conspiracy. Dorothy Ann and Wanda took a selfie, and the people who made this conspiracy say Dorothy Ann grew up to be Linka, and Wanda grew up to be Gi, and both Linka and Gi are the best of friends. This could possibly be the reason Dorothy Ann has her hair in a tomboyish ponytail in this series.

Onto my headscratcher. Keesha is shown with two mothers in this episode, yet in the original series, she lived with her grandmother. Why doesn't Keesha live with her grandmother anymore?

Did Keesha's mother regain custody to her daughter?
Did Keesha's grandma die?

And what about Keesha's dad? Where is he?

But even so, this episode blew me away! Literally. It gave a great lesson about how wind blows around things, and Keesha's play blew me away! Literally! But Janet gave a negative rating for a pretty silly reason, don't you think? But oh well. Keesha was still satisfied with the review.

My rating: 9/10.

Season 5 scorecard:

1. Frizzle of the Future: 8/10.

2. Pigs in the Wind: 9/10.

Season 5 so far: 8.5/10.