#Dorothy Ann Hudson

[lilnuggettboi]

Been watching Magic School Bus and had a vision

[messofcontradictions01]

i’ve always had a headcanon that all the students from Ms.Frizzle’s class go into careers in the sciences due to her influence, but here’s my actually breakdown of what i think they would each go into —

Arnold: Geology

Carlos: Secondary Science Education

DA: Chemistry

Keesha: Meteorology

Phoebe: Animal Biology / Zoology

Ralphie: Sports and Exercise Science

Tim: Botany

Wanda: Engineering (Civil or Aeronautical)

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[kanalovesthomas]

Happy Birthday to Dorothy Ann Hudson from The Magic School Bus + Rides Again!!!

[keepofkandrakar]

a crazy msb idea hear me out:

the magic school bus? not real. miss frizzle’s field trips? all in your head.

eight kids on a school bus field trip get into a crash on their way to their destination and fall into a nine month coma — or so they’re told. they don’t question it when they wake up in the hospital and are told as such.

years later, these kids start realizing their stories are matching up, their teacher is reappearing in town, and perhaps the magic school bus is real. the questions now are what really happened that day, who’s trying to keep the truth from them, and why.

god why this fandom lol

[animated-character-of-the-day]

Today’s character of the day is: Dorothy Ann "D.A." Hudson from The Magic School Bus

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[horroraceman93]

Magic School Bus Fans: Who Would You Ship Dorothy Ann Hudson? by kTd1993

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WE'RE NOW BEGINNING THE THIRD PHASE OF THE GROUP STAGE! In this phase, we have FIVE NEWCOMERS and ELEVEN VETERANS!

Speaking of VETERANS, one of our matches tonight is NONE OTHER than a GRUDGE MATCH between TWO QUARTER-FINALISTS from LAST SEASON!

THAT'S RIGHT, IT'S THE RETURN OF POPUKO VS EASY-BAKE OVEN! POPUKO went all the way to the SEMI FINALS and suffered EMBARRASSING LOSSES to BUGS BUNNY and MIKU HATSUNE. Will she AVENGE HERSELF? Or will EASY-BAKE, THE PEOPLE'S CHAMPION, DO WHAT IT PREVIOUSLY COULD NOT?!

IT'S ANYONE'S GAME TONIGHT!

NOW LET'S SEE THOSE MATCHES!

ONE MILLION LIONS vs BETTY BOOP

EASY-BAKE OVEN vs POPUKO

COUNT D vs JESSE PINKMAN

QUEEN TITANIA vs ICHIGO KUROSAKI

AUDREY II vs LIVE-ACTION SIMBA

THE CALIFORNIA RAISINS vs KIRBY

XENOMORPH QUEEN vs DOROTHY-ANN HUDSON

SAYAKA KANAMORI vs SWIPER THE FOX

THIS IS TRUE LOVE WE'RE MAKING! FIGHT!!!

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The brackets are finally here!

(sorry for the poor quality of the bracket images lol it’s the best i could do)

Two quick propaganda rules:

1. Propaganda is good and encouraged, just don’t send any negative propaganda. This tournament is for fun, and anti-propaganda kinda ruins that.

2. If you do make propaganda, you can either send it through my ask box, or you can reblog the post with your propaganda. Either is fine!

These 6 brackets will go on until there’s only one character left in each. Once the six semi-finalists are chosen, there will be two battles of 3, and then the winners of that will go against each other in the finals! Each poll will last for one day, but the finals and semifinals will be a week each. The posting schedule will be one bracket a day, meaning that day 1 will be bracket 1 round 1, day 2 will be bracket 2 round 1, and so on. The first set of polls will drop tomorrow (March 30) at roughly 4:00 PM EST. Now, onto the actual matchups!

Bracket 1:

Cam (Rhythm Heaven) VS. Casey (Deca Sports)

Grover (Sesame Street) VS. Rosita (Sesame Street)

Cookie Monster (Sesame Street) VS. Gonzo (The Muppets)

Blue (Blue’s Clues) VS. Flippy Doggenbottom (Toontown)

Bluey Heeler (Bluey) VS. Bandit Heeler (Bluey)

The Tesseract (Marvel) VS. Captain America (Marvel)

Blue (Overly Sarcastic Productions) VS. Blue (Animator VS Animation)

13th Doctor (Doctor Who) VS. The TARDIS (Doctor Who)

Lancer (Deltarune) VS. Lance McClain (Voltron)

Link (Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild) VS. Zelda (Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild)

Navi (Legend of Zelda) VS. Fi (Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword)

Phoenix Wright (Ace Attorney) VS. Trucy Wright (Ace Attorney)

Mega Man (Mega Man) VS. Megamind (Megamind)

MePhone4 (Inanimate Insanity) VS. Four (Battle for BFDI)

Teardrop (Battle for Dream Island) VS. Sadness (Inside Out)

Blue Album (Weezer) VS. Blue Meanie (Yellow Submarine)

Bracket 2:

Scott Wozniak (Scott the Woz) VS. Jacob (Alpharad)

Big Pauly (Papa Louie) VS. Watergirl (Fireboy and Watergirl)

Abby (Wii Sports) VS. Saburo (Wii Sports)

Kris (Deltarune) VS. Berdly (Deltarune)

Powerade VS. Gatorade

Percy Jackson (Percy Jackson) VS. Luka Couffaine (Miraculous Ladybug)

Gooey (Kirby) VS. Goo (Inanimate Insanity)

Benrey (HLVRAI) VS. Bubby (HLVRAI)

Gus Porter (The Owl House) VS. Anne Boonchuy (Amphibia)

Agent (Penguinronpa) VS. Gary the Gadget Guy (Club Penguin)

Mordecai (Regular Show) VS. Blue-footed Booby (Real Life)

Wish Bear (Care Bears) VS. Grumpy Bear (Care Bears)

The ocean (Real Life) VS. Elsa (Frozen)

Cinderella (Cinderella) VS. Alice (Alice in Wonderland)

Doc Hudson (Cars) VS. Sally Carrera (Cars)

Mudkip (Pokémon) VS. Squirtle (Pokémon)

Bracket 3:

Marth (Fire Emblem) VS. Lucina (Fire Emblem)

Chrom (Fire Emblem) VS. Dimitri (Fire Emblem)

Donald Duck (Disney) VS. Dewey Duck (Ducktales)

Sonic the Hedgehog (Sonic the Hedgehog) VS. Leonardo (Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)

Sans (Undertale) VS. Queen (Deltarune)

Dipper Pines (Gravity Falls) VS. Finn the Human (Adventure Time)

Gumball Watterson (The Amazing World of Gumball) VS. Perry the Platypus (Phineas and Ferb)

Squidward Tentacles (SpongeBob Squarepants) VS. Inkling Boy (Splatoon)

Bubbles Utonium (Powerpuff Girls) VS. Bloo (Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends)

Logan Sanders (Sanders Sides) VS. Patton Sanders (Sanders Sides)

Jay Walker (Ninjago) VS. Nya (Ninjago)

Tom (Eddsworld) VS. Thomas the Tank Engine (Thomas and Friends)

Sokka (Avatar: The Last Airbender) VS. Katara (Avatar: The Last Airbender)

Sapphire (Steven Universe) VS. Lapis Lazuli (Steven Universe)

Nightwing (DC Comics) VS. Superman (DC Comics)

Wendy Darling (Peter Pan) VS. Dorothy Gale (The Wizard of Oz)

Bracket 4:

Craig Tucker (South Park) VS. Goombario (Paper Mario)

Hatsune Miku (Vocaloid) VS. Kaito (Vocaloid)

Michael J. Caboose (Red vs Blue) VS. Leonard Church (Red vs Blue)

John Egbert (Homestuck) VS. Vriska Serket (Homestuck)

James P. Sullivan (Monsters, Inc.) VS. The Genie (Aladdin)

Wheatley (Portal) VS. V1 (Ultrakill)

Frosta (She-Ra) VS. Mermista (She-Ra)

Falco Lombardi (Star Fox) VS. Blu (Rio)

R2-D2 (Star Wars) VS. Bo-Katan (Star Wars)

Mountain Dew Voltage VS. Blue Gushers

Pablo (The Backyardigans) VS. Tuxedo Sam (Sanrio)

Crackle (Rice Krispies) VS. Blueberry Muffin (Strawberry Shortcake)

Blue (Pokémon) VS. Piplup (Pokémon)

Nightcrawler (X-Men) VS. Mystique (X-Men)

Sayaka Miki (Puella Magi Madoka Magica) VS. Tsumugi Shirogane (Danganronpa V3)

Shun Kaido (Saiki K.) VS. Teruhashi Kokomi (Saiki K.)

Bracket 5:

Soundwave (Transformers) VS. Optimus Prime (Transformers)

Frankie Stein (Monster High) VS. Lagoona Blue (Monster High)

Stitch (Lilo & Stitch) VS. Roadrunner (Looney Toons)

Merryweather (Sleeping Beauty) VS. Hades (Hercules)

Zazu (Lion King) VS. Benny the Bull (Dora the Explorer)

Samus (Metroid) VS. Shovel Knight (Shovel Knight)

Toy Bonnie (Five Nights at Freddy’s) VS. Spheal (Pokémon)

Lucy van Pelt (Peanuts) VS. Numbuh 2 (Codename: Kids Next Door)

Nebula (Marvel) VS. Steve (Minecraft)

Blue Alien (I’m Blue by Eiffel 65) VS. Shiver (Splatoon 3)

Barney Calhoun (Half-Life) VS. Blue Beetle (DC Comics)

Vivi Yukino (Mystery Skulls Animated) VS. Naoto Shirogane (Persona 4)

Ciel Soleil (RWBY) VS. Bloom (Winx Club)

Jack Harkness (Doctor Who) VS. Spock (Star Trek)

Gwen (Total Drama) VS. Rosalina (Super Mario)

Mugman (Cuphead) VS. Sea Fairy Cookie (Cookie Run)

Bracket 6:

Teddy (Bob’s Burgers) VS. Blue M&M (M&M’s)

Sailor Mercury (Sailor Moon) VS. Silvermist (Disney Fairies)

Bibble (Barbie) VS. Sylvie (Wander Over Yonder)

Simon Seville (Alvin and the Chipmunks) VS. Dory (Finding Nemo)

Tsunami (Wings of Fire) VS. Bluestar (Warrior Cats)

Rainbow Dash (My Little Pony) VS. Metal Sonic (Sonic the Hedgehog)

Beauregard Lionett (Critical Role) VS. Jester Lavorre (Critical Role)

Veronica Sawyer (Heathers) VS. Smurfette (The Smurfs)

Undine Wells (Sleepless Domain) VS. Idia Shroud (Twisted Wonderland)

Lan Wangji (The Untamed) VS. Korra (Legend of Korra)

Pokotho (Hatchetfield) VS. Langa (Sk8 the Infinity)

B.O.B. (Monsters vs Aliens) VS. Vergil (Devil May Cry)

Vault Boy (Fallout) VS. Jake Sully (Avatar)

Phantasma (Scooby-Doo) VS. Jack Frost (Rise of the Guardians)

Tutter (Bear and the Big Blue House) VS. Oswald the Lucky Rabbit (Disney)

Spy (Team Fortress 2) VS. Baljeet Tjinder (Phineas and Ferb)

As stated previously, the first round of polls, which will be Bracket 1 Round 1, will begin on March 30, at approximately 4:00 PM EST. See you then!

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Glee OCs Masterlist [A-K]

Name: Alaska Devon

Pronouns: she/her

Story: Untitled

LI: Noah Puckerman

Quote: And you know damn well, for you I would ruin myself a million little times.

Pinterest: TBD

FC: Madison Iseman

Name: Audrey Clay

Pronouns: she/her

Story: The Band And I

LI: TBD

Quote: Love yourself, girl, or nobody will.

Pinterest: TBD

FC: Barbie Ferreira

Name: Benjamin Evans

Pronouns: he/him

Story: Untitled

LI: TBD

Quote: Any you've got a smile that can light up this whole town.

Pinterest: TBD

FC: Kit Connor

Name: Carina Fabray

Pronouns: she/her

Story: Untitled

LI: Rachel Berry

Quote: The very idea that you're too kind, too sensitive, too emotional, too enthusiastic, too loving is bat-shit preposterous.

Pinterest: TBD

FC: Aimee Lou Wood

Name: Chrissy Chamberlain

Pronouns: she/her

Story: Untitled

LI: Tina Cohen-Chang

Quote: I've been so lucky, I am the girl with golden hair.

Pinterest: TBD

FC: Peyton List

Name: Christine Schuester

Pronouns: she/her

Story: Coming Of Age

LI: Finn Hudson; Quinn Fabray; eventual Quinn Fabray & Sam Evans

Quote: I am holding my loneliness and she is a teenage girl with puffy eyes, and I love her more than I have ever loved anyone.

Pinterest: TBD

FC: Maisie Peters

Name: Connie Sanchez

Pronouns: she/her

Story: Edge Of Great

LI: Marley Rose

Quote: It's not what you lost, it's what you'll gain, raising your voice to the rain.

Pinterest: TBD

FC: Madison Reyes

Name: Cosette Chamberlain

Pronouns: she/her

Story: Untitled

LI: Cooper Anderson

Quote: Please don't ever become a stranger whose laugh I could recognize everywhere.

Pinterest: TBD

FC: Tilly Keeper

Name: Dahlia Jones

Pronouns: she/her

Story: Untitled

LI: Brittany Pierce

Quote: She was sunshine, I was midnight rain.

Pinterest: TBD

FC: China Anne Mcclain

Name: Dorothy Berry

Pronouns: she/her

Story: Untitled

LI: Mercedes Jones

Quote: I'm so tired of being the girl I am.

Pinterest: TBD

FC: Emma Mackey

Name: Dulcie Klempt

Pronouns: she/her

Story: Untitled

LI: TBD

Quote: The seats are empty, the theatre is dark. Why do you keep acting?

Pinterest: TBD

FC: Kristine Froseth

Name: Ellie Duke

Pronouns: she/her

Story: Coming Of Age; [Multi]

LI: N/A

Quote: When you grow up, you should be just like you.

Pinterest: TBD

FC: Abby Ryder Fortson

Name: Elliott Walker

Pronouns: he/him

Story: True Colors

LI: Rory Flanagan

Quote: I want to be great or nothing.

Pinterest: X

FC: Tom Holland

Dance Team: Charlie Fenlon - Duncan Dayrell - Gigi Collier - Hannah Gloss - Lau Reed - Louis Aster - Midge Beryl - Rosamund Gaulett

Name: Emmett Dove

Pronouns: he/him

Story: Untitled

LI: Waverly Jones

Quote: Even in my worst times you could see the best of me.

Pinterest: TBD

FC: Nicholas Galitzine

Name: Garreth Duke

Pronouns: he/him

Story: Coming Of Age; [Multi]

LI: Emma Pillsbury

Quote: Be the reason someone feels welcomed, seen, heard, valued, loved and supported.

Pinterest: TBD

FC: Paul Rudd

Name: Honey Hayes

Pronouns: she/her & they/them

Story: The Band And I

LI: TBD

Quote: I am bitter. I am seventeen. I am searching for the exit.

Pinterest: TBD

FC: Sophie Thatcher

Name: Jake Berry

Pronouns: he/him

Story: Untitled

LI: Blaine Anderson

Quote: Be gentle with me. I'm more delicate than I look.

Pinterest: TBD

FC: Felix Mallard

Name: Jean St James

Pronouns: she/her

Story: The Rose Song

LI: TBD

Quote: How silly of me to forget that I am the love of my life.

Pinterest: TBD

FC: Olivia Rodrigo

Name: Jennifer Glynn

Pronouns: she/her

Story: Untitled

LI: Linda Berry

Quote: How can I ask anyone to love me when all I do is beg to be left alone?

Pinterest: TBD

FC: Liz Gillies

Name: Kathleen Bao

Pronouns: she/her

Story: Untitled

LI: Artie Abrams

Quote: Just because my dreams are different than yours doesn't mean they're unimportant.

Pinterest: TBD

FC: Lana Condor

Name: Kaylee Hummel

Pronouns: she/her

Story: Untitled

LI: Sam Evans

Quote: Gonna find the strength, find the melody, 'cause you showed me how to do it.

Pinterest: TBD

FC: Danielle Rose Russell

Name: Kipp Hudson

Pronouns: he/him

Story: Untitled

LI: Noah Puckerman; Brittany Pierce; endgame Mike Chang

Quote: Mother says I was a dancer before I could walk. She says I began to sing long before I could talk.

Pinterest: TBD

FC: Milo Manheim

[messofcontradictions01]

some instagram bios i designed for the msb gang in my high school au fic (The Magic School Bus Goes to Prom) ft my headcanons

[dancingsunflowers-ocs]

𝙂𝙡𝙚𝙚 𝙊𝘾 ✸ 𝘊𝘭𝘢𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘢 𝘎𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘯

Claudia moved to Lima, Ohio going into the fifth grade. Her father had recently passed away due to a car accident and her mother couldn’t handle being in the same state anymore. So, one day when Claudia came home from school she saw all of their things packed in a moving truck. She never got to say goodbye to her friends or her family— they just left. For a long time, Claudia was confused why they would leave everything and everyone behind. Her first day in fifth grade she met Finn Hudson, a boy who was a lot like her. They quickly became best friends and bonded over the loss of their fathers. Even into high school Claudia and Finn were inseparable and no one could accept that they were just friends. When Finn got popular, he didn’t leave Claudia behind. Though, when he wasn’t around she would get picked on and slushied in the halls of McKinley. And then she found Glee club, it still didn’t change the fact that she would get slushied, but Glee made her happy.

G͏E͏N͏E͏R͏A͏L͏ I͏N͏F͏O͏R͏M͏A͏T͏I͏O͏N͏:

F͏u͏l͏l͏ N͏a͏m͏e͏: Claudia Anne Green

A͏l͏i͏a͏s͏: Claud, Miss-Goody-Two-Shoes

S͏e͏r͏i͏e͏s͏: Live, Love, Sing

L͏o͏v͏e͏ i͏n͏t͏e͏r͏e͏s͏t͏: Finn Hudson

A͏g͏e͏: 16-21

S͏e͏x͏u͏a͏l͏i͏t͏y͏: Hetroromantic, Greysexual

P͏r͏o͏n͏o͏u͏n͏s͏: She/her

O͏c͏c͏u͏p͏a͏t͏i͏o͏n͏: Student at McKinley High School

F͏a͏m͏i͏l͏y͏: Gayle Green (mother) Eric Green (father - deceased) Dorothy Green  (paternal grandmother) Joan Harris  (maternal grandmother) Luke Green -(paternal cousin)

A͏P͏P͏E͏A͏R͏A͏N͏C͏E͏:

E͏t͏h͏n͏i͏c͏i͏t͏y͏: W͏h͏i͏t͏e͏

N͏a͏t͏i͏o͏n͏a͏l͏i͏t͏y͏: American

S͏p͏e͏c͏i͏e͏s͏: H͏u͏m͏a͏n͏

F͏a͏c͏e͏c͏l͏a͏i͏m͏: Alexis Bledel

H͏a͏i͏r͏ C͏o͏l͏o͏u͏r͏: Dark Brown

E͏y͏e͏ C͏o͏l͏o͏u͏r͏: B͏l͏u͏e͏

P͏E͏R͏S͏O͏N͏A͏L͏I͏T͏Y͏:

Q͏u͏a͏l͏i͏t͏i͏e͏s͏: Dreamer. Easy Going. Talkative. Funny. Smart. Kind. Friendly. Humorous. Compassionate. Wholesome. Playful.

M͏o͏r͏a͏l͏ A͏l͏i͏g͏n͏m͏e͏n͏t͏: Chaotic good

M͏y͏e͏r͏s͏ B͏r͏i͏g͏g͏s͏ T͏y͏p͏e͏: ISFJ

H͏o͏g͏w͏a͏r͏t͏s͏ H͏o͏u͏s͏e͏: Hufflepuff

L͏I͏K͏E͏S͏:

↳ song-writing and playing her acoustic guitar

↳ classic hollywood films (especially films with Audrey Hepburn)

↳ chocolate chip cookies

↳ her ginger cat named Georgie (named after George Harrison)

↳ hot chocolate with marshmallows

↳ sewing and knitting

↳ strawberry ice cream

↳ wrapping presents

↳ checking the mailbox is sometimes the highlight of her day

D͏I͏S͏L͏I͏K͏E͏S͏:

↳ gossiping

↳ being the centre of attention

↳ spiders

↳ sexism

↳ confrontation

↳ fighting

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[ask-the-magic-schoolbus]

Hello! Welcome to our humble blog!

My name is Phoebe, and I’m one of the moderators here. Feel free to ask me and my friends anything! (As long as it’s appropriate, of course!)

Now, here’s some intros to the gang:

Phoebe Terese (That’s me!)

Pronouns: She/her

Favorite colors: Red, yellow, and purple

Things I like: Nature — mostly birds, plants, and insects.

Dorothy Ann Hudson (D.A. for short)

Pronouns: She/her

Favorite colors: Teal, magenta, and violet (for the last time, Carlos, it’s violet. Not purple. They’re different colors.)

Things I like: Science! All kinds of science! I also love reading books any chance I get.

Carlos Ramon

Pronouns: He/him

Favorite colors: Blue, yellow, and red

Things I like: Bad puns… that’s how eye roll. Besides that, I like engineering, computer science, and geology.

Tim Jamal-Wright

Pronouns: He/him

Favorite colors: Green, dark blue, and cerulean

Things I like: Drawing and painting. I also like taking pictures and videos. You’ll never catch me outside without my sketchbook.

Wanda Li

Pronouns: She/her

Favorite colors: Pink, yellow, and maroon

Things I like: Adventure! Reptiles! Amphibians! Roller coasters! What are you waiting for, you weaselly wimps?

Keesha Franklin

Pronouns: She/her

Favorite colors: Fuschia, purple, and light blue

Things I like: Insects, cinematography, dancing, mystery-solving.

Ralphie Tennelli

Pronouns: He/him

Favorite colors: Red and green (No, it is NOT Christmas colors!)

Things I like: Sports! All kinds of sports, but baseball is my favorite. I also like comics, sci-fi movies, and photography.

Arnold Perlstein

Pronouns: He/him

Favorite colors: Orange and yellow.

Things I like: Mostly rocks. I know all about rocks!

BLOG RULES (set up by Mods Phoebe and Carlos)

Keep it PG-13. Nothing inappropriate for kids and teenagers like us.

No discrimination of any kind. This means no racism, homophobia, transphobia, antisemitism, sexism, and anything else we might have forgotten.

Please be kind.

No hate asks, please.

HAVE FUN!!!

Occasionally our family members and/or friends will visit this blog. Please be nice to them.

Last but not least, here’s a picture of all of us!

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Gene Tierney and Vincent Price in Dragonwyck (Joseph L. Mankiewicz, 1946)

Cast: Gene Tierney, Vincent Price, Walter Huston, Glenn Langan, Anne Revere, Spring Byington, Connie Marshall, Harry Morgan, Jessica Tandy. Screenplay: Joseph L. Mankiewicz, based on a novel by Anya Seton. Cinematography: Arthur C. Miller. Art direction: J. Russell Spencer, Lyle R. Wheeler. Film editing: Dorothy Spencer. Music: Alfred Newman. 

Dragonwyck both courts and suffers from comparison to those other paradigmatic gloomy old house movies of the 1940s, Alfred Hitchcock's Rebecca (1941) and Robert Stevenson's Jane Eyre (1943). As the imperious master of the titular gloomy old house, Vincent Price can hardly compete with Laurence Olivier in the former or Orson Welles in the latter. Price had an aura of camp, present not only today after his many horror movies, but apparent even then, after playing Shelby Carpenter in Laura (Otto Preminger, 1944). Gene Tierney, on the other hand, holds up well in a comparison with Joan Fontaine, the heroine of both of the other two movies. There's also some distinguished supporting work from first-rate actors like Walter Huston, Anne Revere, and Jessica Tandy, and solid contributions by familiar character actors Spring Byington and Harry Morgan. So Dragonwyck isn't a total loss. Where it falls apart is in adapting Any Seton's hefty novel, which concentrates as much on history as on gothic romance. The historical element in both novel and film centers on the overthrow of the semi-feudal patroon system that was established in the Hudson River Valley by the Dutch in the 17th century and persisted through the mid-1840s. In adapting the novel, even the gifted screenwriter Joseph L. Mankiewicz can't do much to stuff the history into the confines of his movie, which was also his debut as a director. But I got the feeling that he was stymied by the demands of the characters as well: We get only an outline of the backstory of his heroine, Miranda Wells (Tierney), in an opening scene with her stern, puritanical father (Huston) and her more understanding mother (Revere), before she is carried off to Dragonwyck to serve as governess to Katrine Van Ryn (Connie Marshall) and companion to the invalid Mrs. Van Ryn (Vivienne Osborne). The mystery of how and why Miranda's distant cousin-by-marriage, Nicholas Van Ryn (Price), decided to hire Miranda is never explained. The faithful Van Ryn housekeeper (Byington) shows her the house and tells her its creepy history, and then warns her, "One day you'll wish with all your heart you'd never come to Dragonwyck." But there's also a handsome young doctor (the forgettable Glenn Langan) to suggest alternative possibilities. The spook factor consists of a portrait of an ill-fated ancestor and her harpsichord, whose ghost can be heard singing and playing at ominous moments, such as the death of Mrs. Van Ryn. Mankiewicz has some trouble putting all of these pieces into play: For example, little Katrine disappears from the story entirely in mid-film, even after Miranda nominally becomes Katrine's stepmother. The best way to watch a movie like Dragonwyck is to disengage all expectations of logical character development and plot structure and just go with the mood supplied by the sets and Arthur C. Miller's cinematography.  

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Side characters in the MSB show

(This includes any characters besides Ms. Frizzle, her eight students, and Liz. Characters are listed in order of their first appearance.)

Janet Perlstein (Arnold's cousin)

Dr. Tennelli

Ralphie's grandfather (mentioned only)

Bella the Bullfrog

Log-away Larry

Dr. Cornelia C. Contralto II

Mr. Ramon (Carlos's father)

Mr. Seedplot

Mr. Cud (mentioned only; his class did a project on cows)

R.U. Humerus

Dr. Carmina Skeledon

Mrs. Franklin (Keesha's grandmother)

Mr. Terese (Phoebe's father)

Mr. and Mrs. Pearlstein (Arnold's parents)

Mr. and Mrs. Hudson (Dorothy Ann's parents)

Mr. and Mrs. Wright (Tim's parents)

Tiffany

Mr. Junkett

Mikey Ramon (Carlos's younger brother)

Evan Hudson (D.A.'s younger sister)

Harry Herp

Gerry Poveri

Tim's grandfather (mentioned only)

Mr. Drone

Harry Arm

General Aranius

General Where-Are-You (mentioned only)

William Li (Wanda's younger brother)

"Arizona" Joan (Arnold's great aunt)

Ralphie's uncle Ed (mentioned only)

Mr. Ruhle

Garth Sinew

Inspector 47/Inspector 22

Ashley Walker-Club-Dupree

Murph (full name: Katrina Eloise Murphy)

Molly Cule

Giblets (Mr. Ruhle's pet rooster)

Arnold Jr. (a Rhode Island Red chick)

Dr. Shelby

Mert the Mussel

Ms. River (mentioned only; her students made the water project in Goes on Air)

Mr. Popple (Town hall chairman in Gets Swamped)

Jasper C. Grit

Horace Cope

Flora Whiff

Mr. Ampere (an electrician. Not a secret admirer.)

Mr. McClean

Notes:

Mr. Ramon first appears in "In the Haunted House," but does not have a speaking role until "Going Batty."

Similarly, Mrs. Hudson first appears in "Going Batty" but does not have a speaking role until "Out of This World."

D.A.'s father, both of Tim's parents, and Evan all appear in the show, but never have speaking lines.

Dr. Tennelli is the first parent to be introduced in the show.