Wanda Magic School Bus Rides Again

"What kind of storm happens in the mouth? A tongue twister!"

—Wanda in the CD-ROM, Explores the Human Body

Wanda Li (Simp. Chinese: 李万达 Li Wanda) is a student in the Frizzle class. She was voiced by Lisa Yamanaka in the original serial and currently by Lynsey Pham in The Magic School Bus Rides Again.

Contents

• 1 Biography/Family unit
• ii In the books
  • 2.1 Appearances
• three In the TV Serial
  • 3.1 Personality
  • 3.two Appearance
• iv Tv Storyline
  • iv.1 The Magic School Bus
  • 4.2 The Magic Schoolhouse Coach Rides Again
• five Relatives
• 6 Devices
• 7 Trivia
• eight References

Biography/Family

Wanda has three siblings^[one]. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Li, the younger sis of Henry Li (Ms. Frizzle's Adventures: Imperial China), cousin of Li Bo (from Explores Human Development) and the older sister of William Li (from Under Construction). Her other sibling is unmentioned.

In the books

Appearances

Wanda is a Chinese-American girl with pale pare, black eyes, and short black hair. In older books like At the Waterworks, she has worn a pink short-sleeved shirt with magenta overalls (dotted with the rose-shaped "Due west" logo). Since In the Time of the Dinosaurs, she wears a pink shirt, a maroon vest with 2 yellow flowers (representing the "Westward" in her name), red-rinse blackness jeans, white socks, and black Mary Jane shoes.

In the TV Series

Personality

Wanda is a Chinese-American tomboy, and the near audacious member in the course. Ever ready to jump into adventure and going where "no kid has gone before," she serves equally a foil to Arnold. She wants to solve all bug that face her, even an animal in demand of rescue.

Appearance

For normal wear in the original serial, she wears her same outfit as her book canon's attire in In the Time of the Dinosaurs. In Rides Once more, it is replaced with a blue push button-downwardly jacket, and she rolls up her jeans to her ankles. She then replaces her Mary Janes with sockless sneakers.

She has long black hair, which is held by a hairband in Rides Once more. In later episodes of the aforementioned series, the lighting makes information technology dark dark-brown.

For winter wearable, she wears a xanthous and green hat, a green jacket with a pink collar, red-rinse black jeans, and yellow boots.

For swimwear, she wears a maroon and pinkish two-piece bikini with a yellow blossom and a yellow spot on the back on the top. The revival replaces it with a white jumpsuit swimsuit the is dark blue from under the breast and armpits all the mode down.

For rain habiliment, she wears a xanthous pelting hat, a yellowish raincoat, and pink gumboots.

For formal wear, she wears a white long-sleeved shirt, a pink belong, a pink neck slice, bluish trousers, and dark pink shoes.

For sports habiliment, she wears a pink basketball shirt, maroon trousers, pink socks and pinkish sneakers.

Wanda, every bit she appeared in the first two seasons of The Magic School Bus Rides Once again.

Goggle box Storyline

The Magic Schoolhouse Bus

Despite having told her he is not adept nether pressure, Wanda has Arnold attempt to suspension a glue chewing record for her in "For Lunch". Since she has a new filling, she can't do it herself, merely she wants the prize for breaking the record: ii gratis tickets to Activeness Mountain. She has a pet bullfrog named Bella that she seems to spoil in "Hops Home", but Bella gets loose, and when Wanda finds that she'due south happy in her natural habitat, she leaves her at that place. She wins a class rot competition in "Meets the Rot Squad", which her prize was a baby tree. She wants to plant it on an abandoned lot (which she plans to turn into a park called "Wanda World"), but after touring the rotted log, she regrets calling Larry'due south Log Abroad.

Wanda'southward love of flying and dream of being a pilot is shown in "Taking Flight". After hearing about a bounding main monster at the bottom of Walker Lake, she decides she must dive in to find information technology ("Ups and Downs"). Every bit it turns out, it's a hoax created by local TV reporter, Gerri Poveri, much to her thwarting.

In "In the Arctic", she mentions her hatred for the common cold weather. Instead of going on a field trip to a span being built, the form ends up shrunk in her house in "Nether Construction" when her younger brother, William, gets a concur of the Porta-Shrinker. She wishes recycling had never been invented in "Holiday Special" later her favorite toy soldier is accidentally recycled.

When Wanda'southward favorite rock vocalizer, Molly Cule, is in boondocks, she proposes the grade fix a car wash, equally Molly gets her car cleaned before every show ("Meets Molly Cule"). She'due south thrilled to notice out Molly and Ms. Frizzle are old friends. She wants to help Arnold find out why he'due south orange in "Goes Cellular", and in "Takes a Dive", she refuses to work in partners, wanting to become solo every bit a pirate during a treasure hunt, much to Dorothy Ann's dismay.

The Magic School Bus Rides Again

Wanda spent her summer at the animal rescue and it started to develop her love for animals, just like her former classmate, Phoebe (Frizzle of the Future). She befriended a fish whom she calls Becca Blueish (a reference to her erstwhile pet, Bella) on a field trip to Hawaii (In the Swim). She and Carlos prefer Ratney from the creature shelter (Carlos Gets the Sneezes), but Carlos keeps it after he struggles to convince Mr. Ruhle that she should be an official class pet due to sneezing and allergies.

In "Hook and Social club", she tries to convince everyone that Marty (a magpie she befriended) did non wreck the classroom and works to clear his name only for her classmates to turn on her, except for Arnold who was the first to believe Wanda'southward story when the classroom gets wrecked again, and since Marty was in the Magic School Courthouse when it happens.

In "Kids in Space", she meets a tardigrade she calls "Pinky". Later Ralphie accidentally grows it with the PortaShrinker (and loses the Shrinker), it's upward to her and the others to find the device and shrink Pinky. In "The Frizz Connection", Wanda appeared in Peru with Tim, Jyoti, and Fiona.

Relatives

• Her female parent makes her start appearance in "Going Derailed" but she doesn't take whatever lines. She returns in "Ups and Downs", "Nether Construction", and "The Magnetic Mambo". She is a science journalist and has a habit of keeping reptiles in the house, such as an alligator in the bathtub or a Gila monster in the sandbox. The Lis' father is neither seen nor mentioned.
• She has a infant brother named William. While he can walk and (somewhat) talk, he is also beingness potty-trained and uses a baby bottle. He appears in "Ups and Downs", "Under Construction", "Meets Molly Cule" (cameo in a fantasy), "The Magnetic Mambo", and in a cameo during "The Tales Glaciers Tell".
• She also has a pet canis familiaris who is a Cocker Spaniel.
• Her former pets were Bella the bullfrog (she jumped out a window) and Ratney the rat (whom she gave to Carlos)
• In the volume, Explores Human Evolution, she has a cousin named Bo.

Devices

• Babe Blueish MSB phone
• Baby Blue MSB tablet
• Baby Bluish MSB laptop

Trivia

Any mentionings of various episodes

• Wanda is the only student in the Telly serial class with black hair. Nevertheless, it is oftentimes lightened to brown. In the volume series, she, Molly, and Michael have this hair color.
• Wanda is the only student whose father was never mentioned.
• She is officially the happiest in the class. For example, in Moisture All Over, she is charmed that she'll stay in the water bike forever. In "In the Swim", she is excited to read most diverse endangered species that need saving.
• Wanda can jump the highest in the course. ^[2]
• Her almost well-known catchphrases are "Wahoo!", similar the Frizzle sisters, when she's feeling extremely happy (as heard in "Wet All Over"), "What are we going to do? What are nosotros going to do? What are we going to do?" when she doesn't know what to do, and "Come up on, you weaselly wimps!" when she'southward showing her aggressive side. She is the only student to share a catchphrase with Valerie Frizzle and Fiona Frizzle (that being "Wahoo!")
• Wanda enjoys flying with her jetpack. ^[3]
• Wanda's favorite rock star is Molly Cule. ^[4]
• Wanda has many pets at domicile.
• Wanda prefers hot weather over cold weather ^[5]
  • Arnold prefers the common cold.
• Wanda's favorite season is Summertime. ^[6]
• Due to being the strongest fellow member of the class, Wanda tin pull handles off of very large doors, such as in the bat castle. ^[7]
• Wanda shares some physical characteristics with Jyoti, as they both take aggressive sides and are very strong, she also shares some of Phoebe's views on animate being welfare.
• Wanda has aspirations of becoming a pilot and an extra. ^[eight]
• Wanda's favorite colour is red.^{[9] [10]}
• Wanda's favorite sport is basketball. ^[11]
• Wanda'south favorite foods are bananas ^[12] and tomatoes. ^[13]
• Wanda is the first main character to cry. ^[14]
• Wanda does not like working with partners. ^[fifteen]
• Although Wanda and her family are Chinese-American, her original vocalization extra, Lisa Yamanaka, is Japanese-Canadian, while her Rides Again voice actress, Lynsey Pham, is Vietnamese-Canadian.
  • Lisa Yamanaka fifty-fifty admits to being naught similar her. ^[16]
• Wanda's voice extra, Lisa Yamanaka (at present Lisa Jai), prior to the show had vocalism Isabelle from Babar, and would later vocalisation Yoko in some other Nelvana/PBS series, Timothy Goes to School. She would besides voice Sherry Birkin in the video game Resident Evil ii.
• In the German language dub, Wanda name is Connie. In French, she is known as Veronique.
• It is very heavily unsaid that Wanda has a crush on Arnold. In "For Dejeuner" (Arnold was the best field trip she'south ever been on), "Meets the Rot Squad" (She fantasized herself sitting under a tree with Arnold), "Holiday Special" (She was Arnold'southward clandestine Santa), "Hops Home", and "Gets Charged" (At the cease of the Producer Says segment, Arnold and Wanda are both dressed as Cupid/Eros and endeavour to shoot love spells at each other).
• In Carlos Gets the Sneezes, it is unsaid that Wanda has a vanquish on Carlos.
• Wanda is a center child of 3 siblings. ^[17]
• Wanda has quoted Mahatma Gandhi. ^[18]
• Wanda is the third educatee in the class whose siblings were revealed. ^[xix] The offset and second were Carlos and Dorothy Ann in Getting Energized and its successor, Out of This World.
• Wanda never gives upwards, on her instructor and her classmates.
• Wanda plays the trombone. ^[twenty]
• Out of all of the females in the TV form, Wanda is the tallest female student ^[21].
• Along with Keesha, Wanda is i of the simply students in the class to have whatsoever experience with ballet. ^[22]
• Wanda is one of few students to never be subjected to the "Carlos!" gag despite making at least one pun in the form of the series. ^[23]
  • Wanda'southward sole pun has a universally positive reaction.
  • Wanda does end up on the receiving stop once, merely for an inappropriate remark. ^[24]
• As of 2017 and onwards, Wanda is now the tallest kid in the grade, after Carlos.
• Wanda is the first Asian American student to enroll in the class. She is from Communist china. The second is a new student Jyoti, who is from somewhere effectually Bharat.
• Wanda'southward most often shown to be the shortest in the grade in the books and 1994 TV series. In the Rides Again series, she is now just every bit tall if not taller than Carlos.
• Wanda has a true cat that has parasites. ^[25]
• She, Ralphie, Carlos and Phoebe are the only students who accept pets.
• Wanda has ii brothers, William from the Goggle box series (younger) and Henry from Ms. Frizzle'south Adventures (older).
• Wanda's field trip suits are baby blue and dark-green in Rides Once again.
• Her known dear interests are Carlos and Arnold.
• Wanda is virtually likely a vegetarian. Because she has shown her beloved for vegetables. ^[26]

References

1. ↑ Mentioned in TMSB: Run across the Class, on the second page of Wanda's bio
2. ↑ Gains Weight
3. ↑ Goes to Mussel Embankment)
4. ↑ Meets Molly Cule
5. ↑ In the Arctic
6. ↑ In the Arctic
7. ↑ Going Batty
8. ↑ Taking Flight
9. ↑ Makes a Rainbow]
10. ↑ Ghost Farm
11. ↑ Gains Weight
12. ↑ Makes a Stink
13. ↑ Ghost Farm
14. ↑ Holiday Special
15. ↑ Takes a Dive
16. ↑ Vacation Special
17. ↑ Run across the Course
18. ↑ Run across the Class
19. ↑ Ups and Downs
20. ↑ In the Haunted House
21. ↑ [Equally of Rides Once again, Wanda is the tallest female person student, the second being Keesha]
22. ↑ Holiday Special
23. ↑ Out of This Globe
24. ↑ For Lunch
25. ↑ Janet's Mystery Cistron
26. ↑ Ghost Farm

Li Family
Wanda • Mrs. Li • Henry • William • Bo

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