THE MAGIC SCHOOL BUS: Doppelgänger Theory

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0:00 - Intro
4:17 - Part I
8:33 - Part II
16:02 - Part III
23:11 - Part IV
28:23 - Conclusion
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Philosophy of a knife - Andrey Iskanov · Alexander Shevchenko
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Time Suspended - Alibi Music
Stretching Board - Alibi Music
Locked Away - Alibi Music
Systematic Envelopment - Alibi Music
Searching the Lake - Alibi Music
Reprimands - Alibi Music
Fade - OMORI
Hierarchy of Sin - Alibi Music
Respite - OMORI
Kagiri Naku Toumei na Sonzai - The World God Only Knows
Suffocation - Devs
Closer - Nine Inch Nails
Blinding Light - Alibi Music
Darkness Comes - Alibi Music
Truth in Lies - Alibi Music
Hypnotic Vein - Alibi Music
Junction - Final Fantasy VIII
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[@AlexBaleFilms]

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[@CrispyDucky2.0]

Oh hi alex

[@lolkillermoon]

Thanks spongeybob guy!

[@blipblopperton]

okay 😊😊😊

[@ItsJade2030]

Ooo

[@Gosh..]

Ight

[@zacimpaired9797]

Okay, hear me out. Mrs. Frizzle is the grown-up version of Arnold's cousin from the episode he keeps referencing. She becomes so obsessed with the magic school bus and the field trips and all, that she grows up to find the magic school bus and becomes Mrs. Frizzle. She then recreates the field trips that she'd heard so much about but never got to experience for herself

[@aaronmonterroso9734]

Fr I was thinking the same thing

[@PlumblobBee]

This! This is the comment I was looking for.

[@zacimpaired9797]

Adding to this, what if instead of cloning the kids, she traveled back in time and snatched them up from the past or something. And she brought the previous people from the show [the producers] to help recreate the field trips to make them more accurate. idk

[@HeyThatsAlex855]

Esther: That's a good one!

[@blindedjourneyman]

now that I can believe still like the idea of it being low risk, most likely clones cant quite remember the trips they died in. but remember enough not to make the same mistake.

[@leelayams8549]

Imagine being a 90s animator waking up in cold sweat after a nightmare that Alex Bale made a video about a show you worked on

[@jaz_drawsandsings]

I just realised this has 69 likes- 🤨📸

[@jaz_drawsandsings]

Ok.

[@YoutubeUpdatesOfficial]

@@jaz_drawsandsings Ok.

[@0verlove]

@@jaz_drawsandsings Ok.

[@xender6533]

@@jaz_drawsandsingsOk.

[@WhatTheScallopReal]

Alex, I have another 2nd arnold thing. But it's in the sequel. In the first episode of The Magic School bus rides again, Arnold leaves the class and gets the new Mrs frizzles plant, and in the next few seconds, I see another arnold with the class. I don't think it's a coincidence anymore. And you were right.

[@kingmac6638]

Whattttttt

[@SkyWolfStreams]

Yea cause he went back in time to prevent what happened In the episode

[@_AtwJEFF]

about the "the kids are *clones* of the adults" part, I find it more likely that they are *future* versions of the kids, since, we are shown that the time travel IS real, so what's to stop them from going back in time? also I know it causes a paradox but hear me out on this one

[@jeromedinmawia]

Absolute Masterpiece lol -Ruined my childhood -Shocked me -Gave me Facts -Doesn’t bother me too much -The phrase “HOW THE $#&% IS ARNOLD INSIDE OF ARNOLD” made my day

[@raymondhoule1274]

I agree

[@chichianimatez1790]

LITERALLY I BUSTED OUT CACKLING

[@happyheartstv1431]

That last one is so relatable tho

[@can0cringe]

that whole section was gold 😭 he sounds so fed up lmao

[@Crystalnebula]

SAME

[@leosailor2514]

Mrs. Frizzle is also suspiciously calm when everyone is in mortal danger and her class is freaking out

[@vindisirisena7441]

Yup I actually thought it was a good feature of Ms. Frizzle to withstand fear when it was a life or death situation

[@robertbennett2796]

You gotta have someone calm and collected

[@Brittany_Fan]

Fr it's all like Arnold: *literally freezes his head* Ms. Frizzle: 😄 Class: 😨 Janet:😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@Bobtherapper12908_]

@@Brittany_Fanfax

[@_AtwJEFF]

she knows that they'll live

[@michaelc908]

Imagine if in some alternate universe the magic school bus isn’t a fun, educational show for kids but instead a true crime documentary about all of the children who have died and been cloned due to Mrs. Frizzle’s negligence. Also sidenote imagine being one of the parents and finding out that your kid isn’t your kid but is actually a clone that was created after Mrs. Frizzle killed them.

[@Andieisverycool]

ITS HOW LOUD I LAUGHED AT “that’s exactly what the magic school bus wants us to think” 😭I’m dead I’m deceased 💀💀

[@xceedpressesstart3818]

Fun fact: When Arnold took his helmet off, he shouldn't have frozen. He should have exploded. It removed all external pressure when you release the helmet, causing the internal pressure to push out. There is not enough mass of the body to hold it together, so, it simply explodes.

[@ltericdavis2237]

Well not quite explode. Blood vessels would burst and anything in your digestive system would come rushing out whatever end was closer. It’d suck and you’d go unconscious pretty quick from the lack of air, but there is a fair chance you might survive with maybe some blindness from the eye bleeding. Well, according to our best guess. We would need some “volunteers “ to actually find out how long you’d live in space

[@WinVisten]

@@ltericdavis2237 You would swell up a bit too. VSauce made a video about it.

[@sarahale7984]

He. Can't explodde inlets he holds his breath

[@jellybeangamer4228]

@HorridCaesar well, it’s not exclusively the oxygen. Thankfully, you wouldn’t explode. You’d only slowly suffocate! Yay!

[@testerwulf3357]

Not exactly...you don't just freeze and explode upon removing it like the movies..your blood vessels would surely expand and stuff and if you didn't hold your breathe whilst removing it your lungs should likely be fine and it'll buy you more time; you will have a killer headache though! You have roughly 10 seconds to get it back on and repressurized before too much damage is done, at 15 you'll black out, and at roughly 1 minute you die because at that point you have 0 oxygen your organs and they'd all die. We're not 100% you up and explode eventually because it's never happened before as that's something we can't really test, but you would eventually freeze due to the temperatures

[@tiarymer1376]

I feel like Arnold is the most sane person in the show. In every episode’s intros he begs to actually go on a normal “field trip” instead of going on those bizarre risky trips, I also believe that when Arnold froze himself to show his cousin "proof" I think he was also foreshadowing on what will happen TO HER if she did in fact bring evidence

[@Marcosfrrr]

Great theory

[@_melodyx]

agreed. maybe he really wanted to avoid those trips bc he was _aware_ of the bus’ ability to clone anyone who dies and didnt want to bare witness to his friends inevitably dying over and over again

[@locinolacolino1302]

Yeah, as @xceedpressesstart3818 mentioned we should really expect his head to explode in the vacuum of space.

[@Vivi_doesgrwms]

Guys let’s make him notice this It’s a really good

[@khalidnoel7276]

Jojo reference

[@user-bg1ci9bb8k]

22:42 actually in one of the episodes she talks about the previous frizlles being pirates this would explain that

[@kingmac6638]

But that would fit into the theory, if we actually said that the producers didn’t clone themselves and actually had children, that would make the male producer that kids grandpa who has a bee farm, this would mean it’s Pheasible one or more of the past frizzles were the same ms frizzle who had taken kids on an adventure

[@Aquarius8794]

NEW THEORY: The body parts scattered around the classroom aren’t the body parts were being stored. They ARE the body parts, just from Miss Frizzle‘s OLD school. This clearly hasn’t been the first time she’s done this with kids at a school, and since this process is working quite well this time, I’m going to guess Miss Frizzle had something bad happen to the kids at her old school, but they were going to spread rumors about her and the field trip, so she killed the kids and the skeleton and eyes we see in the current classroom are the body parts of those kids she originally taught.

[@Sonic.exe_uwu666]

Whao

[@simonrobson6353]

He wanted to make a theory on this show so badly he stopped being dead, that’s some commitment.

[@Misto_deVito6009]

Either that or Fake Alex is taking over the channel Can't believe I have to edit this but it's a joke guys a joke.

[@theblurryblackcat]

The magic school bus must've cloned him. Gotta make content lmao

[@superdupercomputer6392]

The magic school bus ran over fake alex before it could eat real alex

[@yokun1885]

@@theblurryblackcat It's a red herring. He put clues in the video. At 23:00, those silhouettes resemble the censored dudes in the HR. And don't feed the muse is all about cloning.

[@cloudydreams6138]

ai alex will forever haunt my dreams

[@Colorfulheart_]

The fact that ms frizzle is the only one smiling even when they are in DANGER

[@stray777]

Why????? Why do she smile when they are in danger????

[@nyan880]

It’s because she enjoys putting the other kids in danger..

[@angelikaerdelyiova1609]

@@stray777 She's a pyshopath

[@38eu]

TRUE ö

[@_sunchildd]

tell em poopyfart !

[@michaelc908]

My theory on how they clone the doppelgängers is that they take a part of the dead kids body while it’s still fresh, put it in a petri dish or something, and grow them back from scratch as the bus speeds up the process or something (I assume the bus would be able to do so since it can time travel so there’s a possibility it might be able to control time too). That’s maybe why they rushed Arnold home so quickly, because they needed his fresh body to make a new doppelgänger. It would also explain why the doppelgänger has no memories of their other field trips. Or they use the parts in Mrs. Frizzles classroom and build a new one.

[@_Pomni_Tadc_]

BUILD-A-KID

[@michaelc908]

Lol

[@ImNotGoofball16]

My guy made the magic school bus scary. I never noticed any of this when I watched the show.

[@Sureburt]

this gives Arnold in the intro seemingly praying,saying"please,let this be a normal field trip."a whole new meaning

[@yeeyeejuiceman-pk1qn]

Damn, it really does. That never crossed my mind.

[@yepe9045]

Explain?

[@Sureburt]

@@yepe9045 It shows that Arnold is probably aware of the fact he is a clone and doesn't want to die. And since the producers probably only made the intro once,It's not too crazy to assume he is the lost clone,the "Arnold inside of Arnold" guy,which would make sense if clones are just like the original children,they would probably want to escape if they find out whats going to happen to them.

[@yepe9045]

@@Sureburt preciate it mate. Have a blessed one

[@GFODT562]

Or like in kids next door all those kids that are cloned. And the whole premise is basically the kids trying to fight to protect other kids

[@blueberrymikusoda]

no matter how scary this theory is, the magic school bus opening is still a bop.

[@aahanabhattarai2090]

Yas i agree

[@SiisuMC]

Facts bruh 😂💀

[@M4angie]

Real

[@checosa9202]

Please be a normal field trip

[@CEO_of_kenillie]

@@checosa9202with ms frizzle? NO WAY.

[@Squirrel-zi6ww]

You should make a theory on curios George and how the whole world is a setup

[@michaelc908]

Or like a Truman show situation

[@Sunflowerbeca]

wait, please elaborate

[@Hootowlsonly]

Dude, Arnold removing his helmet on Pluto *STUCK* with me as a kid. 7 year old me could not stop thinking about the real world consequences of removing one's helmet in space so much so that that scene has vividly stuck in my head TO THIS DAY as an adult.

[@alyxlocke1284]

Honestly, I’ve always wondered how the hell Ms. Frizzle managed to get away with everything. It’s also weird how many field trips she went on with her kids. Most schools have 1 maybe 2 field trips at the most.

[@darthestar8791]

Yeah but if these fieldtrips are unauthorized WITH MAGIC, then it would make sense that they'd be able to do so many of them. Especially if the Kids aren't saying anything about them on a regular basis..

[@alyxlocke1284]

@@darthestar8791 True. But most schools also require students to hand in a specific amount of physical work to ensure the school stays operational. How many times has Frizzle assigned actual school work to be turned in to the district?

[@EssexAggiegrad2011]

@@alyxlocke1284 There's a theory the kids are special needs and they imagine it all

[@HeyThatsAlex855]

Esther: ikr?

[@iverlade2010]

Is it a private school?

[@EndermanPierce]

I had no clue that the magic schoolbus even HAD lore. The clips of Arnold appearing and disappearing had me in shock, it’s cool to see old childhood shows have these plausible theories that really make you think deeper into it’s content.

[@Lasagna69]

Next do Bill Nye 🤣👌🏻

[@QUBIQUBED]

Well, I don’t think that it’s proof. These weird quirky animation mistakes happen in production all the time. For example, in the first episode of season four of LEGO Ninjago:Masters of Spinjitzu, Cole is animated speaking a line in the voice actor of Jay’s voice. Implying that it was Jay’s line, but it got screwed somehow. This same thing happens several times in the older seasons, does that mean Jay and Cole are in some convoluted dual personality quirk? Probably not, I think the theory was semi solid until the double Arnolds appeared.

[@SNG4622]

Everything has lore

[@SNG4622]

@Shi-Ni tha creator sure, a magic book brought Disney cookies into cookie run kingdom (A video game). Creating the profile pic

[@SNG4622]

@Shi-Ni tha creator truly is epik

[@Definitely_Maxwell]

“Please let this be a normal field trip!” *you are the field trip*

[@joshuameadows4922]

I mean Arnold took his helmet and was then immediately rushed into the bus. He would more likely than not survive in real life too. Space isnt "instant death" like Hollywood likes to pretend. With that being said though, I love the theory!

[@justwhatido6058]

he would probably explode 😭

[@joshuameadows4922]

@justwhatido6058 You can survive in space for over a minute, although you would almost certainly pass out within 20-30 seconds. What can be dangerous though is if you don't exhale all the oxygen from your lungs first.

[@cheeseandcrackers8765]

this makes me want to make an entire ANIMATED series for kids as simplistic as this just so it can have a crazy dark backstory for theories like this to pop up and be 100% legit

[@W01FG04T]

Bro I feel the same way

[@moderninc.5295]

And make it so twisted & strange that when Mat Pat makes a video on Film theory on it no one will believe him & will continue to think he’s insane. But little does anyone know it’s the first theory he got right.

[@caseycampbell4787]

I love your username. Those are good.

[@matthewgabbana5021]

Bro it’s just a theory stop believing everything you see on the internet

[@rouxbywest2546]

Please do this

[@CandyThePuppy]

The fact that Ms. Frizzle was somehow related to almost every other adult on the show was also kinda quirky but strange while watching as a kid.

[@DJDarling]

The show is in Alabama ofc

[@CandyThePuppy]

@@DJDarling PFFFF

[@Da-choppa]

@@DJDarling accurate

[@Da-choppa]

@@DJDarling can’t even have different bloodlines in Ohio 💀

[@JackyThaParrot]

as a Tennessee resident, I can confirm our neighbors down south are weird

[@ethanmoon3925]

I think that the doppelgangers are the ones who are sent into dangerous situations and die. None of the original kids are in danger, which is why Frizzle isn't worried.

[@lps_pinky1457]

Honestly your theorys are atleast 10x better than anyone elses you put so much effort in theese that its hard to enjoy anyone elses theorys cus yours are so much better and the research and old clips you find AMAZING😍👏🏼

[@ShadowsReal]

I like to imagine Alex researching the video by just staring down every episode of the magic school bus in the dark taking notes on each episode Edit: thank you for internet points, this is most internet points I have ever got.

[@NoNameJester]

Seems like something he would do

[@StupidIdiotBug]

Lol

[@Anon_Spartan]

That sounds like MatPat trying to figure out what level Pikachu was.

[@imnotcrazy7108]

Isn’t that how everyone watches things?

[@Shadow_Blox]

Your names almost similar to mine lol

[@gunargundarson1626]

Let’s be honest, the fact no one is punishing Ms. Frizzle for going inside children truly shows how unfair the justice system is.

[@heathermcnally7686]

this is a gross and creepy comment

[@seashells1509]

That sounds sus

[@moppycat2669]

@@seashells1509 maybe a bit too sus

[@justacookie918]

@@moppycat2669 just imagine going inside at a different body part...

[@JomokFelasco]

@@heathermcnally7686 Relax Thats not what they mean So if thats what really happen Then Ms frizzle still has a D...?!

[@MC-from-Hell]

Random headcanon: The disappearing arnold, that shows up in impossible places, is actually previous arnold's ghost, due to how he A: can't seem to interact with anyone and/or contribute anything, and B: disappears immediately in the next scene.

[@me-myself-i787]

14:45 He didn't promise not to miss field trips because they went inside him. He promised because Liz was such a pain.

[@Bryce-vo2gy]

there is no way the “thing” gave up on spongebob theories and now he’s giving the magic school bus theories.

[@tonypeppermint5329]

Yeah, no way, there has to be more. Hell, the opening can be a clue.

[@KingdomHeartsFan-mu9cf]

Did you even read the description lol

[@emeraldkoala2543]

Yeah, the start of the video and the description says this isn't related to the Muse story. That's finishing next year, but Alex is still going to do theory videos on the side.

[@saddictive]

what if that statement at the beginning is a cover up just like how the theory is talking about

[@kmac291]

@Dagon Frazer Just like you’ve been waiting so long for your dad to come back with the milk

[@amyescobar6739]

Arnold is the only one that is self aware of the things that go on the show and what they have to do in order for that to happen and with a sanity

[@delfinclaro4338]

#matpat

[@ThatWeirdThing]

@@delfinclaro4338 True 😂

[@youtubeguy5454]

Dude Arnold was fine afterwards bro I still remember that episode

[@nahhthatscr9zybro1]

The principal looks related to tim

[@prestontheruler9332]

arnold is the only sane one

[@bird-hd1uq]

arnold: gets freezed by the vaccum of space: "yeah i have a slight cold"

[@Bubbadj]

This is the only KZbin advertisement on a video I didn’t skip

[@ablendukwe6710]

The producers are the survivors. that explains why they make a show about it and try to cover it up anytime the audience ask questions about it. They are the only ones that know that there really is a magic school bus

[@blossom_kawaii]

Dang that’s crazy

[@user-co7my2zv7b]

Jesus I thought I was the only one who knew the producers are the kids grown up and they was tired of the kids education

[@kellymcginnis8744]

I always thought they were the og kids!!

[@Robloxblossombloom]

I have a theory branch. The original Mrs frizzle was lonely as a child so she wished upon a star to have a twin just like her. That created fiona, her sister from the reboot. Unfortunately, she needed other people’s lives to live as she couldn’t survive as just stardust. They decided to create a bus that would take kids to the most dangerous places. It even tells people in the reboot that Mrs frizzle and her “sister” made the bus as kids. Then mrs frizzle got a job as a science teacher and threatened to take people to perish from their greatest fears if they told the secret. She didn’t want to do this, but she needed a few bodies to keep her sister alive. Eventually, she got all the bodies she needed and came back to her sister. She also used stardust from her sister and magic from the bus to clone them. One student made a deal with the teacher to become a lizard, three survived and the others perished. She also had to clone herself so her parents wouldn’t get suspicious , and grow herself up with the bus,explaining arnold. Eventually, her sister turned on her, threatening to harm her if she didn’t bring more bodies, as she had a newfound craving for them. She had to time travel for the original survivors to grow up. After this she cloned everyone who didn’t make it and started repeatedly doing this, even risking her own life for her sisters cravings so she doesn’t become lunch , without being cloned back to life again.eventually, she gave up and she had to tell the students her sister was taking over before she was eaten. Her sister eventually started harvesting kids herself, and having someone ré-clone her every time she didn’t make it back. People made this a show to prevent other kids from facing this as they already know all the science they need to, and also hiding messages in it.

[@MiaDeSanto]

I just looked this up. The og cast had three more kids so what happened to them. Mini fan theory, originally there was a crazy teacher who made the bus and the two producers and miss frizzle are the og tim wanda and Arnold plus the fair guy who might be raphi. A field trip then went so wrong it killed the teacher plus the other three. Because of their grief they keep going back in time making clones of everyone and watching them missing their dead friends. Also because of the grief they will do anything to keep these field trips going.

[@Rey_Palpatine]

The part about the class skeleton being from the most recent dead student has me absolutely mindfucked

[@hackman669]

Thought, every year the students graduate to the next grade. Every year a new class of unsuspecting 4th graders has to attend Ms. Frizzes Field trips

[@grimmking7613]

@@hackman669 ya a a kid from a past grade appears in a episode

[@hirohito935]

On an episode of space adventure Miss frizzle go to Pluto and then she Made a kid took off his mask and froze his head

[@saltysara3525]

what the- 18:06. HOW IN THE NAME OF ALL THATS HOLY?! -Top Gear

[@haonsanion8851]

And different Arnold smile picture 18:38

[@MuTe818]

This is the first time I’ve seen advertising for anything be entertaining and funny. Every advertisement people do is just a memorized script they read but you made that actually entertaining to stick through it instead of skipping it.

[@peggsnbacon]

fun fact: in the depths of the feed the muse arg I was so thoroughly engrossed in the secret hunting that I fully believed the Raid sponsorship was part of it and I proceeded to almost actually download Raid. Scariest time of my life

[@novakolbe7676]

carefull, they almost got you

[@evagarcia865]

I feel like the muse would like raid shadow legends

[@microwavable_human7204]

It got me it's too late for me

[@moonyandpadfoot6838]

Isn’t the muse a doppleganger

[@tonypeppermint5329]

Damn.

[@charlottefuller1340]

Another person who looks a lot like a child version of Ms. Frizzle is Arnold's cousin Janet. She could be a grown up version of Janet which would also explain why Ms. Frizzle seems to single out Arnold and why she's so comfortable with Janet randomly joining on their field trips. Janet also has a more adventurous personality like Ms. Frizzle while Arnold is more timid. Sure traits like that can change over time but I think there's equal if not more likeliness that Ms. Frizzle is grown up Janet.

[@panniguin862]

I'm behind the 'Ms. Frizzle is a grown up Janet' 100%, it makes a lot more sense then the other theory being bandied about in my honest opinion.

[@RallzBa11z]

agreed

[@psychott6]

This makes a lot more sense.

[@Oakgreenninja11]

Agreed

[@celinaborgeling6027]

thats what i thought

[@me-myself-i787]

12:50 You're leaving out context. He does it because the sister refused to come back without the proof, but the proof couldn't fit on the bus. He wanted to show his sister what would happen if he stayed on Pluto forever. And he did it because he loves his sister.

[@what_huh.0]

0:40 I SWEAR THAT EPISODE TERRIFIED ME AS A KID OML-

[@jacobw618]

Considering the fact that the previous ‘SpongeBob Guy' episode was based around Dopplegangers, getting an actual doppelgänger theory feels oddly self fulfilling. And I love it!

[@maxwellquipey2716]

It's like Invasion of the Body Snatchers.

[@king_ace1129]

And he himself has a “fake Alex”… or is it really a ALEX DOPPELGÄNGER with the real one being killed by the MUSE

[@idkmyass3140]

.

[@LittleVictorMinecraft]

Interesting

[@spenpinner]

The episode with Arnold taking off his helmet always stuck with me the most because I knew how messed up that actually should have been. Now I know I wasn't wrong.

[@C.L.G._Artisa]

Same, honestly. Like, holy crap, dude.

[@alexmcdonald2111]

Mf just got a cold 😂

[@fluffycloud5391]

Same bro.

[@kitty3wolf]

That still comes up to haunt me randomly 25 years later

[@Crystalnebula]

like seriously, every time i rewatched the show i skipped the first episode

[@user-lb3uh1gt6z]

Magic School Bus creators: he's onto us

[@foxyonfire]

18:43 it is even more clear that this is not an animation mistake, because he has much different expressions and is animated with multiple frames. They didnt even reuse the same shot

[@KhellVR]

Holy shit.. The Arnold Being inside Arnold thing gave me actual chills (Thanks for the likes and bro istg the part when he showed mrs frizzles pic of herself that pic scared the absolute shit out of me. Y’all notice that too?)

[@Vxnby]

Ong

[@ecbailey2544]

HUH?

[@ogYukiNazi]

It makes me laugh WITH chills

[@battlestargalactica9881]

Gay

[@KhellVR]

@@battlestargalactica9881 ?

[@vonhatred3826]

Okay but I get the feeling that Janet basically being Arnold's twin and yet is referred to as his cousin is suspicious, and I feel like she could be linked to frizzle as well. On top of that, doesn't it seem like Arnold is picked on more than the others in the show? It gets really unsettling when you look at the context of what Arnold is basically telling Janet: "You wanna bring back evidence about our trip to space, here's what will happen! *proceeds to off himself*" - it's less of him wanting to die over exposing the show and more of him killing himself before Frizzle can enact whatever terrifying punishment she has for Arnold after he exposed the field trips to Janet and Janet turned out to be unloyal to the school bus, and Arnold was simultaneously warning her that if she does expose the secrets of the field trips she'll die too.

[@squeaktheswan2007]

Old TV shows do this all the time to show that characters are related.

[@siblingstrytoplaynice-comm9029]

I feel like it would be more likely that Janet has a connection to Mrs. Frizzle, since she basically is a female Arnold and is someone who wasn’t punished after breaking the rules, or atleast not directly. If she is Frizzle, then that would show why she forces children to do these field trips and why she had her students make it into a show, because it was her ‘PROOF’, since she originally wanted proof that she had been in space, but this desire could have grown over time to wanting proof for being to all these strange and impossible places. I feel this would make more sense than a female Arnold.

[@juliaj376]

I 100% agree. I wonder why he said Arnold. I understand the stuff he went over, but then she would just be going over past field trips she went on as a kid. It makes more sense if it is Janet and the reason she picks on Arnold is because he refused to let her get evidence.

[@colbystarr9149]

Ya I agree to

[@colbystarr9149]

Because Janet was the only one who didint die

[@user-sj7fk9zy8i]

When he was talking abt the pickle theory, and was talking abt how Arnold and Ms. frizzled are different genders, I say out loud "what about his cousin?"

[@Sonic.exe_uwu666]

4:28 THEY MASICERD MY GURL

[@sumejjaselimovic8694]

That's her cousin or sister idk, but it's not her

[@nikkit7922]

@@sumejjaselimovic8694what happened to ms. Frizzle😰😰

[@sumejjaselimovic8694]

@nikkit7922 she's around. I know she shows up in at least one episode, but she doesn't teach the class anymore

[@nikkit7922]

@@sumejjaselimovic8694 thank god i thought i was gonna lose my pookie

[@ave7084]

Always felt like Mrs Frizzle had more magic than the bus tbh, she's always the one in control

[@KitsuneGod28]

To be fair I agree I say she is a real witch and just conbinded her magic energy with the Bus.

[@LavaCreeperPeople]

26:10 stopped watching and disliked

[@alexsanders1337]

@@LavaCreeperPeople who cares

[@TheBroTurps]

@@LavaCreeperPeople because of fact?

[@LavaCreeperPeople]

@@alexsanders1337 ywnbaw lol

[@jakeiabyrd5]

He pointed out some good points.. especially how the kids are afraid of her

[@Bi.Panic.]

Fr I always thought it was weird

[@azeeata]

@@Bi.Panic.same..

[@melodyperalta8176]

8:46

[@trevorlowen6232]

@@melodyperalta8176 what is this supposed to mean?

[@user-tl9kq4jr5d]

You just ruined my childhood but you would make a good lawyer you had so much evidence to back this dark theory up

[@BrowhothefuckamI]

Man that sponsor was so long, I forgot this video was about the magic school bus💀

[@Th3DiamondKing]

Alex Bale is literally the only person to make me sit through an ad and enjoy it

[@Purpleguy87]

RAID shadow legends is cool, but you can get all the rare and epic monsters in the shop in my singing monsters for a limited time only right now

[@Ihatebasketballpeople445]

@@Purpleguy87 are u being forced at gun point to say this?

[@GoofyAhhBoxy]

@@Ihatebasketballpeople445 most likely 😟

[@shutp_1675]

@@Purpleguy87 blink twice if you're being held at gunpoint

[@Th3DiamondKing]

@shutp_1 No I’m just very aMUSEd by the advertisement

[@nube5652]

I always thought the producers were the kids that had grown up and were showing their adventures they went on as kids

[@Mrfootballeditor]

😂

[@diegoluna6034]

Fr

[@diegoluna6034]

@@Mrfootballeditor npc ahhh comment

[@codiesinclair7940]

Me too

[@Mrfootballeditor]

I’m not an npc

[@VerifiedSillyBoi]

I forgot about this show, I watched every episode all the time as a kid, I loved it, and this makes it so much cooler because I love mystery :)

[@ediblechicken671]

Maybe the “original kids that survived” escaped the school and hid from Ms.frizzle. Then Mrs. Frizzle just made clones of them to stay on the field trips and die

[@whyme7544]

That moment with Arnold in space actually traumatized me as a kid and I wouldn’t watch the magic school bus for years

[@theyotemstrikesback1537]

Same here. I remember being terrified of this moment and even though I loved the show, whenever an episode started I remember checking which episode it was and if it was this one I would immediately turn the TV off. Watching it here in the video after so many years of actively avoiding this moment gave me chills over and over again. Also, when I saw he made a theory involving the magic school bus, I instantaneously knew this episode was gonna be a big part of it.

[@lollipoplemur5073]

Same!!

[@You-ud2fp]

I thought i was alone in feeling this way...

[@qaassimmahmood548]

I vaguely remember it .

[@oliviahope7738]

same! I just commented this too

[@Wretched3ggg]

This man could convince me of anything I swear I never find loopholes in these videos

[@kkrup5395]

If they created kids, who are the parents? Who are the other kids that don't resemble producers?

[@RogelioALoya]

Also for the theory that pearls mom is the secret krabby patty ingredient, we actually see it in one episode, and it actually seems to be a liquid in a bottle

[@hpdagreat]

U are truly gullible

[@girlpower_gacha]

@@RogelioALoya it’s blood maybe 😳?

[@telumire]

All of this can be explained by children having actual magic adventures with the school bus, then growing up some of them hired look alike children to make a show and share their story. This way they can safely show the magic bus and everyone think it's just SFX, but it's real. The children WE see tho are actors on a set, or actors that might go on adventures with the real bus, who know.

[@BruhYT69T]

Ms frizzles: how do they know... The whole entire classroom: hell no

[@Kinsee]

Bro this theory got me shivering in my boots

[@noodboy4633]

in the immune system episode, wasn't there a subtle hint that the Friz never gets sick? I was surprised you left that out, that is...superhuman to say the least

[@EdraIzzo]

I hated that episode honestly and I remember really not liking Mrs. frizzle when I learned that. Then the next thing I remember is I started liking her.. super interesting

[@matthewgabbana5021]

There’s an episode where she gets an common cold.

[@juliaj376]

Yeah, but is it the magic school bus that resurrects her or is it the producers that make her a clone? Also, there has to be multiple magic school busses if there are ones that are discarded, right? How are they made?

[@AceDaLoaf]

That sponsorship is so good, it shows that you still love comedy but with the theories there is not much to put in. Great job throughout!

[@breadm8101]

The advertisement can be a video of itself

[@ajflink]

Also, how painfully annoying and scripted said sponser requires people to be as long as they say very specific sentences.

[@sukiuki]

It's funny that RAID in my country is the biggest brand of pesticide for home use. Maybe it's an no intentional nod to the muse?

[@AceDaLoaf]

@@sukiukino way…

[@sukiuki]

@@AceDaLoaf So it's a funny coincidence.

[@s0lidl3m0nadedotorg4]

This was crazy, normally I hate watching theories, but this made my jaw drop and vocals audibly gasp. I didn't know my favourite cartoon had LORE.

[@HazelVsTheWrld]

The episode where Arnold takes off his helmet in space could've been much darker. Instead of freezing his head would've exploded due to the intense pressure change.

[@babrdiddle]

This theory is way more involved than mine was. I just always assume that Wanda and Tim were the grown up producers that created the magic school bus based off of the real trips they took in Miss frizzles (possibly a made-up name) class when they were kids. They always got nervous because those field trips actually happened but they are trying to play it off like it's impossible

[@edelfelix7333]

I wonder why nobody mentioned the grand father paradox we have seen the school bus go back in time and we have seen the Producers doing stuff they loved as a kid. And what if tims grandfathers bee farm is just his bee farm he is his grandfather. That would explain it. And what if ms frizzle is Arnolds daughter trying to save her father. But she always fails so she has to make clones of him. What if she first came there to just safe Arnold from Lifting his Helmet and what if she needs the Kids to stabilize time.

[@adammartinez8061]

If you watched the Magic School bus reboot. Phoebe is the first kid to have escaped and gotten away from Ms Frizzle and her manipulations…….that’s if this theory is true.

[@ernestocamacho5224]

393 like.

[@johnnygoodman2003]

I WANT YOU TO ADD SOMETHING TO THIS THEORY.... There is a show from the 70s called the Kingdom Of Could Be You... there is an old man on this show called The Wizard. The Wizard also uses magic to take children on a trip for learning. JUST LIKE MS FRIZZLE and the MAGIC SCHOOL BUS.... I think the Wizard of COULD BE YOU is the father or grand father of MS FRIZZLE.

[@rowan404]

Honestly, your theory is much less of a stretch and probably what the actual producers of the show were going for.

[@pokabewrastlin]

I always thought that the producers were like... Older versions of the kids who were actually on the bus. Primarily because they each seem to have a younger counterpart that was part of the bus cast

[@QUBIQUBED]

I always thought they were uncles or aunties or siblings.

[@LoraleiMartin-yz6ow]

OMG I'M SO GLAD YOU BROUGHT THE ARNOLD SPACE SCENE UP IT HAUNTS ME TO THIS DAY

[@dracocrusher]

Even though the Doppelganger theory is just held together with a few animation mistakes, it genuinely is pretty cool that the direct implication is that two of the students grew up and made the show to share their childhood experiences learning about science with the world. That's way more wholesome than I was expecting, and it seems pretty plausible that that's actually the actual intent of the series. Cool stuff!

[@minnion2871]

As for the "Doppleganger"s well I mean the buss CAN time travel.... Would it be much of a stretch for the buss to go back to just before Arnold took off his helmet and grab him? It's not a clone its just Arnold from a different timeline....

[@dracocrusher]

@@minnion2871 "You're coming on this field trip one way or another!" "B- But Frizzle, it's a Sunday!" "IT'S CALLED MAKE UP WORK!!!"

[@minnion2871]

@@dracocrusher More like: "You're coming on this field trip one way or another!" "B-But Miss Frizzle, it's a Sunday!" "Great! I'll pick you up for today's field-trip tomorrow morning." "Wha-?" *Miss Fizzle in a sing song voice* TIME TRAAVAAALLLL!" (The buss then teliports one day into the future to pick him up for the Sunday field trip... When it re-materializes in front of his house he sees his future self looking out the window at him....)

[@Cdlawrence]

But what if it was deliberate, and the writers actually WERE trying to hint at the show's dark secret?

[@minnion2871]

@@Cdlawrence Or what if it was just time travel shenanigans this whole time.... The bus can canonically travel through time and space.... Temporal duplicates created through time praradox's wouldn't be a big stretch... (Arnold maybe died, they went back in time to prevent his death, and brought back the Arnold from the alternate timeline he didn't die in....) This is of course assuming that his space suit didn't have some sort of cryogenic fail-safe built in.... (From what I understand he should have been literally boiling before freezing because of waters low boiling point in low pressure environments such as space...)

[@CorneliusCob]

Kinda terrifying to consider that ep1 Arnold is haunting the class after he died and was replaced

[@Hellmagus]

I alway knew it was weird. Mostly the fact that they are scared of miss Frizzle well it is proven by the fact that arnold, in every time the theme song play, arnold say this "please let this be a normal field trip." Wich prove that they are putted in dangerous situations by miss Frizzel. But it is weird that miss Frizzle doesn't seem to care about the kids. Take example of Arnold freezing to death in space, but strangely miss Frizzle don't seem to be around to stop him from doing that.

[@Starpotion]

I love how this very dark theory ends up having a wholesome ending

[@crystalcat1002]

Alex Bale never seizes to amaze me with how batshit insane his theories are.

[@ciyfiy]

SEIZES 😭

[@redactedx64]

Ceases*

[@redactedx64]

Lol

[@xjiji]

LMFAO "SEIZES" 😭😭🤣😭🤣😭😭🤣🤣😭

[@exist_E]

seizure vs cessation

[@Valentinaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa]

Did anyone else notice that at 22:21 next to the bus there’s shoes that look like Ralphies? This also proves the doppelgänger theory with there being reminisce of the dead children, (like shoes or clothes) but somehow the children appear again, unharmed, and not missing anything.

[@Mrcrzytornado1]

😳

[@Isabelplayz214]

😮😳 uhm yea

[@Arealteamplayer_]

the same thing applies to the boat part because ms frizzle or liz couldve died

[@ShotoTodoroki14423]

They look like the shoes on the skeleton

[@samuelvelasco2749]

😮😮😮

[@pandalion342]

I love how you say in the video that "in the fictional universe of the magic schoolbus its a popular educational show" meanwhile a good 15 years after I was no longer in the age range for the show I still on occasion think about multiple episodes from it. particularly the one about the smelling competition where they destroy bad smell molecules. I think about it every time I think about smells, which is a lot more often than you'd think

[@dynamiteguy2011]

3:36 All most got me to download it

[@levilamontagne9837]

The idea of doppelgängers in the show reminds me of that one episode where there were copies of the kids that were made out of light when they went inside some kind of pinball machine

[@Heydenater8]

wait what? like the magic school bus show? holy heck

[@yeetone4960]

I remember that lmao

[@levilamontagne9837]

I believe the episode I referred to is the 7th episode of season 3: “Makes a Rainbow”

[@yeetone4960]

@@levilamontagne9837 i saw it in school

[@gabrielkawa3477]

I was thinking that as well but that's light. Not the bus doing it.

[@fartlord6917]

he actually showed us his feelings with the DON'T FEED THE MUSE series, true chad.

[@Ross_muirhead2373]

How would you pronounce Gaiomeioamioeamioeameaioimo?

[@loganclarkson4478]

@@Ross_muirhead2373 Nice, liking your own comment lol

[@Ross_muirhead2373]

@@loganclarkson4478 I didnt?

[@AwesomeGuy123]

@@loganclarkson4478 Not like you didn’t do the same.

[@loganclarkson4478]

@@AwesomeGuy123 says the guy with the mario or whatever profile picture

[@Sussyhubmemes]

“I have a private and powerful passion for pickles!”💀💀

[@guzichi]

What the fu-

[@thekennydancing2420]

This is the only man that can make chills go down my spine so hard that I can't even fathom how much evidence there really is

[@WillowTree1033]

Hello my gamer lad

[@thekennydancing2420]

A

[@superboyeditz]

@@thekennydancing2420 same

[@iliabee1663]

same

[@IsmailK-mw6fg]

I was like: HOLY SHIT IM NEVER WATCHING THIS AGAIN

[@SketchaV]

That scene where Arnold takes off his helmet scared me as a kid. I was telling my family about it recently and thought I was the only one who remembered this weirdly dark part of the show haha

[@yellowstarproductions6743]

So did I

[@camillehessel7037]

I watched it in class lmao

[@sparkygaming4496]

facts

[@PolyPolyPloy]

I love how you used sound parts of the intro for each part of the video

[@FluffehStuff274]

I love how the reality of episodes being produced out of order etc leads to wild theories being created.

[@moogledoodles]

Honestly... this gives a whole new definition of “eerie” to my childhood. So many teachers just nonchalantly put this on but deep down I felt something was off about the show, shit was like a bad trip. Thank you for your intellectuality and capability to figure out these sort of things hidden by the writers. Thank you for continually blowing my mind.

[@MrPaper..]

bro stole the film theory catch phrase ngl

[@sonnydee3421]

@@MrPaper.. from who what source

[@speak-the-red-letters]

At 3:13 when he says all you got to do. Well I was skipping waiting for the video to start and then I hear SHUT UP!

[@tiamystic]

Same

[@canadiangovernmentproblems767]

I love how so many innocent kid's shows like this accidentally leave implications of horrific things

[@_melodyx]

really makes you wonder if its _truly_ accidental

[@iBenjamin1000]

and it is.

[@Josh-nj9on]

I honestly felt so confused all the time when I used to watch the endings of the magic school bus episodes. Now, I feel like it wasn't even a show, it feels surreal, it feels scary to watch it not gonna lie.

[@zoie12345]

My theory: In the animated universe, the Magic School Bus is a reality science TV show, every single character is an actor. All the strange stuff we see in the show are just special effects.

[@user-ln9jf9cm5d]

Yup, correct

[@UnidentifiedOG]

This man rose from dead to give a compelling and entertaining theory about a show I’ve only ever seen once before.

[@brittneywyatt4910]

i know im a bit late but this isnt related to dont feed the muse

[@ChubbyBxnny]

same

[@joekerr5418]

​@@brittneywyatt4910 that's what they'd like you to think

[@peshboutbiz]

Wow.

[@RekRakJat]

@@joekerr5418 When you think about it, it honestly could be. I just find it a bit suspicious that the very next theory after "Don't Feed the Muse", is about doppelgängers replacing groups of people that fear a powerful entity that they have no choice but to accept, and disguising it as a fictional TV show or film as to not draw too much attention to it.

[@lil_superfurioustnt50]

I had a nightmare on the magic school bus where the students faces were hollow and mis frizzle was constantly singing "this is my personal tomb" over and over non stop and I was terrified

[@esprero]

Lmao

[@mckennademaray]

but why did i also have a dream ab magic school bus

[@greatulcer2117]

I love nightmares like that

[@ChillyOutside]

@@greatulcer2117 BRO WHAT

[@ultimareality1859]

@@mckennademaray Same, even my self still remember the scene when arnold die until now lols..

[@mathijsfrank9268]

I have another explanation of how these doppelgangers get created. Let's say that the magic school bus can only change living things, but not create them. Then it could be, for example, that it can change one living thing into a new Arnold. So by that logic, all the doppelgangers and living things in the background used to be other living things that are changed into something else. . . . Where do these living things come from

[@me-myself-i787]

Probably bugs or something. But also, there's no evidence that it can't make new living things.

[@jaedynstjuste1708]

The amount of existential fear i got from hearing “if you miss the Field Trip you become the Field Trip”

[@rizkiramadhan9266]

I laughed at that sentence

[@ms.craftycapricorn9475]

@@rizkiramadhan9266same 😂😂😂

[@crystalnickles2007]

​​@@rizkiramadhan9266 Same

[@Supreme-Fishy]

Arnold dying of freezing by removing his helmet hands-down is like the darkest moment in a magic school bus

[@Myiaiscool123]

I hated that scene as a kid

[@sinister29483]

I have a feeling that Miss Frizzle is completely aware, just like the kids, that she’s being filmed. It was her whole idea in the first place to spread this propaganda of kids “being replaced” or “brainwashed” to promote a solution that would make bad behaved kids obedient and abiding teachers’ every word in the classroom in particular. She wants to show this to the world, and is testing out her subtle messages that she implies in each episode of her constantly manipulating these kids.

[@georgecabe4004]

I do remember this show being in certain spots for no reason and always wondered why? Thanks for explaining it to a degree

[@letstalkfiction5187]

The magic school bus was shockingly morbid if you actually pay attention to the danger level miss frizz puts her kids in

[@alyxlocke1284]

Definitely. Like, those kids probably never signed any waivers or anything

[@HeyThatsAlex855]

Esther: ikr? That's crazy!

[@speak-the-red-letters]

Arnold took one for the team

[@HeyThatsAlex855]

@@speak-the-red-letters yep!

[@speak-the-red-letters]

Just saying 18:05 has got to be my favorite part