The Good Old Days

**The Magic School Bus Rides Again the Good Old Days** is a crossover between The Magic School Bus (1994), The Magic School Bus Rides Again (2017), and Rides Again's 2020 reboot, made by MegaSceptile001. It released on Netflix as a Special in 2021.

## Plot

After a strange thunderstorm hits a satellite at Walkerville Elementary at the same time in three different *Magic School Bus* universes, time itself goes haywire, causing the 2020 and 2017 versions of Ms. Frizzle's class, Jyoti, and Phoebe to warp to the original-series universe in Walkerville, wasting the 2020 and 2017 Bus's magic. With the help of fourth grade Jyoti and fifth grade Phoebe, and of course, the 1994 Bus (the only one with magic), the kids must find out how to reinstall MagBatts on the *Rides Again* Magic School Buses so all three Buses together can transport the 2017 and 2020 classes to their respective years before 3:00 - when every trace of Arnold, Ralphie, etc. and Ms. Frizzle is gone for good.

## Trivia

* It is revealed that Jyoti was in Janet's class before she moved to Ms. Fiona Frizzle's class.
* 90s Valerie's dress pattern is clocks (to reflect the theme of time). 1994, 2017, and 2020 Fiona's dress patterns are the same as 90s Valerie's.
* Professor Frizzle, Phoebe, the Motorbike, Goldie, and Mr. Ruhle get 2020 designs.
* Phoebe gets a 2017 design.
* Jyoti, the Motorbike, Fiona Frizzle, and Goldie get 1994 designs.
* In the 1994 world, the character designs appear more tweaked than usual.
	+ 1994 Arnold's glasses lenses are transparent instead of faux-glass blue.
	+ Jyoti's 1994 design is modeled after Keesha's. 90s Jyoti has her hair down and her sweater unzipped, revealing her undershirt with a circuitboard pattern.
	+ 90s Fiona's design is based off of Murph, but her hairstyle and clothes have changed to be more like the Friz. She keeps her clothes from 2017 and 2020.
* To distinguish the 2017 and 2020 characters apart during the parts in the 2017 universe, the 2020 characters are darker in color. Most notably the skin colors of Keesha, Jyoti, and Tim are darker in 2020.
	+ The 2020 Bus has white headlights in the 2017 world, and blue headlights on the 2017 bus in the 2020 world.

## Continuity (Original Series)

* The original cast reprises their roles as the 90s students, even though they are older and have deeper voices.
* The time period the Rides Again students travel to is the opening to the episode, "Gets Lost in Space".
* Ralphie's catchphrase returns - each of the three Ralphie's say it a few times in this episode.
* 2020 Ralphie says, "I think I'm gonna be sick."
* The 2020 students say "We've been Ruhled" at the end and hi-five before the producer segment with The 1990s Producer, referencing the "Frizzled" quote from A Magic School Bus Halloween.
* The Producer returns. 1994, 2017, and 2020 Liz appear in the segment.

## Continuity (2020 Series)

* 2020 Ralphie often sleeps a lot, like in "In the Zone"'s trailer.
* 90s Valerie Frizzle is split into Fragments for five seconds when the Bus Remote is downloading a Portaware update, while 2020 Fiona Frizzle is attempting to shrink the team. (The Frizz Connection)
* In the Producer segment, the Lizzes play with the Bus Remote and Portashrinker, turning him into bugs and other animals, and even changing his size. At one point, they split the Producer into Producer Fragments - Malcolm, Jamal, and Warner. They eventually fuse him back to normal when he takes another call.

## Continuity (Fanon)

* 90s Jyoti is in Carlos's brother Mikey's class, referencing "Cracks the Code".