Ralphie: Ms. Frizzle, are you sure that THIS guy needs to come along with us?
Ms. Frizzle: He may not look like much, but he's definitely a crucial part of the mission!
Keesha: So if we don't get this guy on the bus, the world's gonna end?
Tim: Yep. Man, this looks like a pretty nice town. It's a shame it has to go down like this.
Ms. Frizzle: Alright, class! We're going to go out of our invisibility mode, so buckle up!
Greg: So you see, Rowley, I'm just trying to help you when I say that ball pits are for little kids.
Rowley: But... didn't that one grown-up come into the ball pit?
Greg: That was when that one kid was stuck in there.
Rowley: Oh yeah...
Ms. Frizzle: Alright, Wanda! You know what to do!
Wanda: Hey, can you come here for a second?
Rowley: Wait, Greg! We don't even know these people... why should we trust them?
Greg: Maybe we could ask them for a ride home. It's better than riding home in Rodrick's trunk.
Rowley: Yeah, maybe you're right.
Wanda: Look, this town is in really big trouble. You need to come with us if you want to save... uh... what was her name again?
Tim: *whispers* Holly Hills!
Wanda: If you want to save Holly Hills!
Greg: *looks at Rowley and back at the bus* Uh... no thanks, we're good. Come on, Rowley, let's go.
Ralphie: Plainview is going to be nuked any minute now!
Greg: What?
Carlos: You heard him, Plainview is going to be blown to smithereens!
Greg: Prove it.
Ralphie: See that plane over there?
Greg: Alright, I'm convinced. Come on, Rowley, you want to be nuked?
Rowley: No... but what about our parents?
Greg: It's too late to save them if the plane is right there. Plus, they would've WANTED us to escape the plane.
Rowley: Well, I don't know about THAT...
*Greg and Rowley are now on the bus*
Greg: So, how are we going to escape the nuke if the plane is right there?
Carlos: You want the short version or the long version?
Liz: *desperately trying to point to the plane*
Ms. Frizzle: What is it, Liz?
Liz: *wide-eyed, jumping up and down, and trying to point to the plane*
Tim: It's the bomb! It's falling out of the plane!
Rodrick: WHAT BOMB?!
Arnold: I knew I should've stayed home tod-
Rodrick: CAN IT, FREGLEY! WHERE is the bomb?! Who are you guys? What are you doing here, Greg, when you could be coming home with me? Greg, I want those Mom Bucks!
Greg: Rodrick, do you even know how powerful one of these bombs are?
Rodrick: Well, it's pretty small, so probably not very, right?
Greg: NO, RODRICK! Everything is going to blow up!
Dorothy Ann: According to my research, the blast radius is going to annihilate this entire city and possibly the entire county!
Ms. Frizzle: But it won't blow us up if we leave the blast radius first!
Greg: How in the world are we going to get out of here in time?! The city is like, a million miles wide!
Carlos: You might want to buckle up.
Ms. Frizzle: Alright class, buckle up!
*Everyone is now putting their seat belts on*
Phoebe: At my old school, we never tried to escape an atomic bomb before it exploded.
Greg: You must be joking. We can't get out of here in time. There's no way.
Ralphie: Wanna bet?
Ms. Frizzle: Superspeed initiated!
Greg: Superspeed? What kind of bus is thi- WHOA!
Dorothy Ann: Elevation is 50 meters... 75 meters...
Rodrick: How is this school bus flying?! Greg, explain yourself right now!
Greg: Rodrick, I have no idea what's happening or who these people are!
Rodrick: Then why did you get on the bus?!
Dorothy Ann: 250 meters...
Ralphie: We're not gonna make it! The bomb is like, halfway down!
Dorothy Ann: At the rate we're driving at, we won't be able to escape the explosion! We're only 1 mile away!
Carlos: Well guys, this is the end!
Ms. Frizzle: Not if we teleport away from the explosion!
Wanda: Ms. Frizzle, the teleportation device installed in the bus is exhausted, remember?
Tim: What other choice do we have?!
Ms. Frizzle: Okay kids, teleporting in 10 seconds!
Carlos: 9... 8... 7... 6... 5...
Tim: 4…
Dorothy Ann: 3...
Ralphie: TWO!
Rowley: ZOO WEE MA-
Ms. Frizzle: ONE! *presses the teleport button*
End of Chapter One