and is considered the brain of the class. She is usually called "D.A." by the others. She always carries her pink satchel, which holds her books. In the episode "Blows Its Top", Dorothy Ann loses her books, but realizes she does not need them to learn about things. She appears to love astronomy, especially in "Out of This World" and "Sees Stars", where she is seen to have a telescope. In "Sees Stars", Dorothy Ann is celebrating her birthday, but she is sick and stays home that day, making her the second and last student after Ralphie to be sick in an episode. She appears to enjoy physics too, as she is seen with a physics book in "Plays Ball". She usually wears her blonde hair in pigtails tied in red hair ties, and in the episode "Goes On Air", she takes off her hair ties, her pigtails staying in place (as pointed out by Arnold). In the beginning of "Out of this World", she has a nightmare about an asteroid crashing into her school and in the climax, she is the captain of the ship and she has her own ideas to save our planet. Dorothy Ann's last name is never mentioned in the books or the original TV show; however, her last name is mentioned to be "Hudson" in the sequel series, The Magic School Bus Rides Again. Its also revealed that she has a younger sister, named Evan. She is one of three kids known to have siblings, the other two being Carlos and Wanda. When reading about different facts, D.A. usually begins by saying, "According to my research the" In the original series, she had a slight British accent and pronounced "research" with the accent on the second syllable. In The Magic School Bus Rides Again, she pronounces it with the accent on the first syllable, as it is usually pronounced in the United States. In The Magic School Bus Rides Again, her book satchel is replaced by a purple tablet computer. Jyoti Kaur Voiced by Birva Pandya Jyoti Kaur is an Indian-American girl who enrolls at Walker Elementary during the events of The Magic School Bus Rides Again. An expert on technology, she can create 3D holograms of herself, and she has even built a sentient robot named Naniben. Similar to Wanda, she opts to go where no one has gone before, and she is