Magic School Bus/Wild Kratts crossover masterpost
Basically, @daiohficblog and I have been coming up with lots of headcanons that cross over the shows.
WARNING: This post is by no means organized.
How does everyone know each other?
First of all, Ms. Frizzle knows everyone. So of course she would know the Kratt brothers and the rest of the WK team (Aviva, Koki, and Jimmy).
The MSB kids are introduced to the Wild Kratts team during a whale-watching trip off the New England coast.
Phoebe's uncle, Dr. Cecil Byrd, is a traveling ornithologist from Australia and often bumps into the WK team.
Creature powers:
The kids all have their own creature power suits (which Aviva made them for Christmas one year).
Color schemes:
Phoebe: Red
D.A.: Violet (different from purple!!!)
Carlos: Dark blue
Tim: Cerulean
Ralphie: Green
Arnold: Yellow
Wanda: Pink
Keesha: Fuchsia/Magenta
Other hc's
Carlos and Mikey's sibling dynamic parallels Martin and Chris's dynamic. You have the older sibling who likes to goof off and the younger bro with slightly more brain cells.
First creature power the kids used:
Carlos and DA: Peregrine falcon
Ralphie, Arnold, and Phoebe: Red fox
Tim: Pine marten
Keesha: Rattlesnake
Wanda: Bullfrog
Family/pets/whatnot.
Phoebe and Ralphie are step-siblings in this universe. They also have the most pets:
Brandy (a grumpy old tortoiseshell cat). Dr. Tennelli (Ralphie's mom) adopted her before Ralphie was born. Former stray.
Joxter, a black-and-white tomcat. Brandy's son. Adventurous, but also lazy (rather like his namesake from the Moomin books). Good swimmer.
Renee and Megan: Two red foxes, rescued from a fur farm. Renee has the "normal" reddish-orange coat, and Megan is leucistic.
Jeanette: An old border collie (female). Another rescue.
Loretta: A black-and-white Newfoundland dog. 6 years old.
Charlie: a piebald ball python. (Not sure whether Charlie should be a boy or a girl.)
Fang: a male red-kneed tarantula belonging to Ralphie.
HC's continued (not in any particular order)
Carlos is very arachnophobic-- so he tries to avoid spiders at all costs. However, most other "scary" animals (sharks, crocodilians, snakes, bats, etc...) don't frighten him.
Martin and Chris have become somewhat of "elder sibling figures" for the kids.
Wanda is the water-lover of the MSB gang. She brings her snorkeling/scuba gear WHEREVER she goes.
Phoebe and Ralphie (AKA the Terese-Tennelli siblings) like to visit Ralphie's uncle Brian at the lake to go fishing. It's the same lake where the "Bass Class" fishing contest took place.
Uncle Brian (Dr. Tennelli's younger brother) is an expert fisherman.
In the fishing contest before the events of "Bass Class," Brian won first place in the local fishing contest, and Gavin came in third. Fortunately, Brian is a lot nicer about winning and losing than a certain cheater named Zach.
The WK kids of Frogwater Pond (Gavin, Ronan, Jenny, Katie, Aidan, and Nolan) are in this AU, and they know the MSB kids. (Since they know Phoebe and Ralphie, who come to their forest every summer).
Carlos has two younger siblings: Mikey (one year younger) and Maria (three years younger).
Mikey is a computer/tech prodigy, and as such, often helps Aviva with her inventions. He also makes his own inventions (for which Carlos is usually the test subject). He uses a wheelchair to get around.
Maria is the math expert of her siblings. She is also deaf and uses American Sign Language (ASL) to communicate.
Mikey might not be able to walk, but he's good at a lot of things: fishing, kayaking/canoeing, playing the piano, and more.
Phoebe and Carlos (the most avid birdwatchers of the MSB gang) have developed a "secret language" composed entirely of birdcalls. One key part of this language is that anyone using it has a birdcall that stands in for their name.
For instance, Phoebe's bird name is the eastern phoebe's song, while Carlos uses the northern cardinal's song for his name.
They also teach the birdcall language to Martin and Chris, who use the calls of the purple martin and pileated woodpecker, respectively. It does not go well.
Phoebe might seem harmless, but she isn't. She's been taking karate classes since she was little, and if you hurt any animals around her, RUN. In fact, she's rather like her avian namesake: small and unassuming, but a fighter through and through.
Wanda is even more of a fighter-- leading to the bird nerds in both crews comparing her to a kingbird.
The Ice Cream Run is a time-honored tradition of both the MSB gang and the Wild Kratts team. Some details:
The best Ice Cream Runs are at night. Everyone get in the car/bus/Tortuga and head for the ice cream store.
You do not want to interrupt the Ice Cream Run. Under ANY circumstances. (The WK villains learned this the hard way.)
Phoebe and Martin bond over the fact that they share their names with birds. (The eastern phoebe and purple martin, respectively.
Any time either of them sees one of those birds, they'll send each other a picture of said bird with the caption "this you?"
Wanda can pilot the Cheetah Racer and the Amphisub and the Buzz Bikes. She is not allowed in the Tortuga's cockpit.
Carlos can pilot most of the underwater vehicles (the Amphisub and the Manta sleds), but he always crashes the hoverbikes.
Mikey usually helps Koki with system maintenance of the Tortuga. (At least in the early days, when he's still learning how to make computer programs without any bugs.)
How each of the kids handles being captured by any of the WK villains:
Arnold: Carlos shows up and frees him. (The two of them are rock bros, and rock bros always have each others' backs.)
Carlos: Annoying them with horrible puns and messing with their tech.
DA: Smacks the villains with her books.
Keesha: Also resorts to punching.
Phoebe: Fury of the bird she's named after.
Ralphie: Smacks the villains with his baseball bat.
Tim: Escape artist.
Wanda: Crowbar to the face. (Nobody knows where she got the crowbar.)
Wanda has only been captured once. After that time, none of the villains dare to capture her again.
Pretty much all the MSB kids (Arnold included) will resort to violence or trickery if they're captured.
Carlos might be the goofball of the MSB gang, but he can switch into serious mode very quickly-- especially when one of his younger siblings or friends is in danger.
MSB kids from oldest to youngest: Carlos, D.A., Wanda, Tim, Keesha, Arnold, Ralphie, and Phoebe.
There is a 6-month age gap between Carlos (born in October) and Phoebe (born in April).
By contrast, the shortest age gap is between D.A. and Wanda, who were born one week apart in November.
Carlos's favorite creature power to use is peregrine falcon power-- to the point where he always keeps a falcon feather with him.
Tim is the climbing expert of the MSB gang. Wanda is the swimming expert.
Tim is also the only person in the "I Injured Myself Falling Out of a Tree" club (which comprises himself, Phoebe, Wanda, Carlos, and Chris) who has never broken a bone.
Every now and then, Carlos (dinosaur nerd) will contact the Tortuga to tell them he's seen a dinosaur. They know full well that he means birds.
Wanda rescues her pet bullfrog Bella from a shady pet store while Bella is still a tadpole.
As in the "Hopes Home" MSB episode, Bella escapes and goes off to live in the wild. However, Wanda can't help but worry about her.
HC that Bella escaped to Frogwater Pond, and the kids there keep an eye on her.
The "Gets Swamped" episode of MSB is also canon to this AU. After the events of that episode, the swamp Carlos helped save is made a nature preserve in his honor.
Carlos and Wanda are practically adopted twins, and they share a brain cell.
Wanda technically has two brothers, but she doesn't get along with them very well. She argues a lot with her older brother Henry (they both get on each others' nerves), and there isn't a lot she can do with her younger brother William.
Martin and Chris have substitute-taught Ms. Frizzle's class a few times. It ends up being just as chaotic (if not more so) than the days when the Friz is there.
This is all I have. Will post more headcanons if I think of more.
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Hi Author, I wanted to ask for some advice.
I am a very introverted person, but once you really get to know me, I am a really fun, and a bit of a silly person. I really love affection too, especially hugs.
However due to me introverted, I can come across as a cold and aloof person.
So, there is this guy in my class, and I have to say, he looks so huggable. He looks like a big teddy bear. I often feel this need inside of me to hug him, and squish him, but I obviously don't.
He is also a very friendly guy, and I know we could be great friends, but I don't know how to approach him.
Hello dear!
To be honest, I am not so sure I am the right person to answer this because you and I are very similar, anon! Irl, I can come off as a very stoic and even irritable person, but I am just quiet when I first meet people and I have a resting bitch face lmao.
So, I hope you don't mind, but I am going to open this up to anyone who has some good advice.
I am afraid I am terrible when it comes to these matters because I struggle with them as well.
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