skilled in martial arts. For her catchphrase, she describes her feelings using gerunds. Keesha Franklin Voiced by Erica Luttrell (original series), Mikaela Blake (Rides Again). Keesha Franklin is an African-American girl, who is considered to be the most level-headed and realistic student in the class. She is usually the most sarcastic one as well. Because of her skepticism, she often argues with Ralphie, who tends to live in his imagination more than in real life. She is the only person to participate in every single field trip. When a situation went poorly, Keesha would often say, "Oh bad. Oh bad. Oh bad, bad, bad!" Her other catchphrase is, "Let's get the facts!" Keesha takes dance lessons. Phoebe Terese Voiced by Maia Filar Phoebe Terese is a French-Canadian student of in Ms. Frizzle's class, who often refers to how things were at her old school (now her current school). The caring soul of the class, Phoebe is sweet, gentle, kind, and a little bit shy as her biggest fear is stage fright, shown in the episode "Gets Planted." Phoebe is an animal activist, as seen in "All Dried Up," "Cold Feet," "Spins a Web," "Goes Upstream," "Ups and Downs," and "Getting Energized." Her love of animals also includes bugs ("Butterfly and Bog Beast," "Spins a Web"). She has shown a poor ability in growing plants (not growing one herself in "Goes to Seed" and growing a pitiful bean plant in "Gets Planted"). Her father is blind as seen in "Going Batty," and like her, he makes references to her old school. Phoebe's mother is never seen or mentioned in the show. Phoebe is usually paired up with Arnold the most out of all the other classmates in various situations. In the original books, her parents are never mentioned or seen, and its implied she's being raised by her grandparents (The Magic School Bus In the Time of the Dinosaurs and The Magic School Bus and the Electric Field Trip). It is revealed in The Magic School Bus Rides Again that she transferred back to her old school. Ralphie Tennelli Voiced by Stuart Stone (original series), Matthew Mintz (Rides Again (2017)), Matthew Mucci (Rides Again (2020)) Ralph Alessandro Giuseppe "Ralphie" Tennelli is the Italian-American class athlete. While in class, he likes to daydream. Ralphie is dark and mysterious, often staring off into the distance. His classmates often have to bring him back