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The male producer answers the questions about the episode from the castle while being stalked by a bat, which turns out to be Liz in costume.
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* BorrowedCatchphrase: Phoebe says a bad pun that sounds like Carlos's kind of joke.[[note]] Fangs for reminding us Carlos.[[/note]]

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* BorrowedCatchphrase: Phoebe says a bad pun that sounds like Carlos's kind of joke.[[note]] Fangs [[note]]"Fangs for reminding us Carlos.[[/note]]"[[/note]]



* EverybodyLaughsEnding: [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]]. The episode ends on Ralphie and Ms. Frizzle sharing a hearty chortle as his mother looks at them, puzzled.

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* EverybodyLaughsEnding: [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]].{{Lampshade|Hanging}}d. The episode ends on Ralphie and Ms. Frizzle sharing a hearty chortle as his mother looks at them, puzzled.



* ExtremelyProtectiveChild: Keesha finally believes Ralphie when she thinks that Ms. Frizzle is going to bite her grandmother. She then swoops into the dark and charges.
-->'''[[LeeroyJenkins Keesha]]''': DON'T YOU DARE BITE MY GRANDMOTHER!



* FriendlyScheming: See BatmanGambit and TricksterMentor; it is strongly implied that she deliberately led Ralphie to believe that she was a vampire as a pretext for another field trip.

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* FriendlyScheming: See BatmanGambit and TricksterMentor; it is strongly implied that she Ms. Frizzle deliberately led Ralphie to believe that she was a vampire as a pretext for another field trip.



* MamaBear: [[ExtremelyProtectiveChild Inverted]]; Keesha finally believes Ralphie when she thinks that Ms. Frizzle is going to bite her grandmother. She then swoops into the dark and charges.
-->'''[[LeeroyJenkins Keesha]]''': DON'T YOU DARE BITE MY GRANDMOTHER!



* NotHelpingYourCase: As Ralphie points out, Ms. Frizzle didn't just wear TheCape. She took the parents to a deserted castle, proposed a toast with a drink that resembled blood, and was talking very much like Dracula. Ms. Frizzle doesn't seem to mind the accusation, though, and implies that it was a BatmanGambit.

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* NotHelpingYourCase: As Ralphie points out, Ms. Frizzle didn't just wear TheCape.a cape. She took the parents to a deserted castle, proposed a toast with a drink that resembled blood, and was talking very much like Dracula. Ms. Frizzle doesn't seem to mind the accusation, though, and implies that it was a BatmanGambit.
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* MamaBear: Inverted; Keesha finally believes Ralphie when she thinks that Ms. Frizzle is going to bite her grandmother. She then swoops into the dark and charges.

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* MamaBear: Inverted; [[ExtremelyProtectiveChild Inverted]]; Keesha finally believes Ralphie when she thinks that Ms. Frizzle is going to bite her grandmother. She then swoops into the dark and charges.
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* TricksterMentor: Ms. Frizzle. Given Bat!Liz lands on her shoulder and they share a wink, she likely knew that Ralphie would inadvertently allow the class to learn about bats.

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* TricksterMentor: Ms. Frizzle. Given Bat!Liz Bat Liz lands on her shoulder and they share a wink, she likely knew that Ralphie would inadvertently allow the class to learn about bats.

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* BalefulPolymorph: Ralphie turns himself and the entire class into bats. He thinks this will happen to their parents, but they're just wearing costumes.


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* ForcedTransformation: Ralphie turns himself and the entire class into bats. He thinks this will happen to their parents, but they're just wearing costumes.
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* SayMyName: The rest of the parents react to Mr. Ramon's corny puns and jokes, very similar to the FirstNameUltimatum reactions his son Carlos gets.

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* SayMyName: The This is how the rest of the parents react to Mr. Ramon's corny puns and jokes, very similar to the FirstNameUltimatum reactions his son Carlos gets.

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* LoudLastName: This is how the rest of the parents react to Mr. Ramon's corny puns and jokes, very similar to the FirstNameUltimatum reactions his son Carlos gets.


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* SayMyName: The rest of the parents react to Mr. Ramon's corny puns and jokes, very similar to the FirstNameUltimatum reactions his son Carlos gets.
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* {{Fainting}}: Seeing Ralphie in a vampire mask horrifies Arnold, causing him to faint.

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* {{Fainting}}: FaintInShock: Seeing Ralphie in a vampire mask horrifies Arnold, causing him to faint.
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* FrothyMugsOfWater: In one scene, the kids see Ms. Frizzle and the parents drinking a red beverage from what are clearly wine glasses. Ralphie is led to believe that Ms. Frizzle is drinking blood. Keesha in turn [[ChildrenAreInnocent deduces that the drink is actually tomato juice]]. [[SarcasmMode Yeah, right]].

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* FrothyMugsOfWater: In one scene, the kids see Ms. Frizzle and the parents drinking a red beverage from what are clearly wine glasses. Ralphie is led to believe that Ms. Frizzle is drinking blood. Keesha in turn [[ChildrenAreInnocent deduces that the drink is actually tomato juice]]. [[SarcasmMode Yeah, right]]. Of course, taking the meta-nature of the producer characters into account, it could actually just be tomato juice.

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* FrothyMugsOfWater: In one scene, the kids see Ms. Frizzle and the parents drinking a red beverage from what are clearly wine glasses. Ralphie is led to believe that Ms. Frizzle is drinking blood. Keesha in turn [[ChildrenAreInnocent deduces that the drink is actually tomato juice]]. [[SarcasmMode Yeah, right]].



* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: In one scene, the kids see Ms. Frizzle and the parents drinking a red beverage from what are clearly wine glasses. Ralphie is led to believe that Ms. Frizzle is drinking blood. Keesha in turn [[ChildrenAreInnocent deduces that the drink is actually tomato juice]]. [[SarcasmMode Yeah, right]].

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* LikeParentLikeChild: Most of the parents (at least the ones with speaking roles) share their kids' catchphrases: Dr. Tennelli opens a statement with "Is it just me, or...?", Mr. Perlstein remarks that maybe they should have stayed home that night, Mr. Ramon makes corny puns and is [[PhraseCatcher groaned at by the other parents]], and Mr. Terese compares the parent-teacher activities to how things were done "at Phoebe's old school."


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* SharedFamilyQuirks: Most of the parents (at least the ones with speaking roles) share their kids' catchphrases: Dr. Tennelli opens a statement with "Is it just me, or...?", Mr. Perlstein remarks that maybe they should have stayed home that night, Mr. Ramon makes corny puns and is [[PhraseCatcher groaned at by the other parents]], and Mr. Terese compares the parent-teacher activities to how things were done "at Phoebe's old school."
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* WhatMeasureIsANonCute: When the class find a live bat in their attic, Carlos say it's creepy, but Phoebe say it looks kind of cute.

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* WhatMeasureIsANonCute: When the class find a live bat in their attic, Carlos say says it's creepy, but Phoebe say says it looks kind of cute.
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* VampireEpisode: In this episode, Ralphie suspects that Miss Frizzle may be a vampire, thanks in part to a series of [[ContrivedCoincidence contrived coincidences]].

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