Carlos Ramon

Carlos Ramon is a fictional character on the animated children's series The Magic School Bus. He is voiced by Daniel DeSanto in the original TV series and by Leke Maceda-Rustecki in The Magic School Bus Rides Again.

Background[]

Carlos is the class clown who is always known for making a pun or joke about the situation they are in. He is a hands-on learner, preferring to invent different devices rather than learn from a book, making him something of a foil to Dorothy Ann. He tends to tell bad jokes and puns, which causes the class to groan "Carlos!" in annoyance.

Appearance[]

Carlos wears a yellow T-shirt, a blue hooded sweater, red trousers and black and dark blue converse sneakers.

His signature colors are blue and red.

He has a surprisingly well-built physique for his age, as shown in “Goes to Mussel Beach”, and that is likely because of him briefly taking up weight lifting, as shown in “Gains Weight”

For winter wear, he wears a green and orange hooded jacket in place of his regular blue hoodie.

For beach wear, he wears blue trunks with red and yellow patterns.

For rain wear, he wears a blue rain hat, blue raincoat and red gumboots.

For formal wear, he wears a white shirt, a dark green tux, a red tie and brown casual shoes.

For basketball wear, he wears a dark blue basketball shirt, red shorts, blue socks and red converse sneakers.

In the new series, Carlos' hair is a dark brown, and the colours of his hoodie and trousers are swapped, and he wears navy sneakers. His new signature colours are red and yellow.

Storyline[]

Season One[]

Carlos unintentionally drives Phoebe in to start her own activist group called Students Against Desert Scarcity in "All Dried Up" after he goes on about how any animals in the desert would be suffering in the heat and from a lack of food and water. He tries to convince her through the whole trip that the animals are doing fine without her, but it's not until after a flood that she realizes he was right. In "In the Haunted House," he builds an instrument for the class' concert at the Sound Museum, but unfortunately, it sounds "ploopy." Once he figures out what's making it sound that way, he makes it sound right. He leads the rest of the class in baking a cake for Ms. Frizzle in "Gets Ready, Set, Dough." He and Phoebe butt heads once again, somewhat, in "Goes to Seed." He's irritated with her for not having a plant in her class garden plot, as they're supposed to get their photo taken to be on the cover of Plant It! magazine (and "get famous").

Season Two[]

Upon hearing that there's a new island that had yet to be discovered, Carlos and Dorothy Ann race to see who can discover it first ("Blows Its Top"). He's convinced in "The Busasaurus" that dinosaurs are "the biggest and meanest animals that ever lived!" He'd love to see the "fighting and slaughtering," but he changes his tune when Arnold and Phoebe are missing, now paranoid that "the dinos did them in!" his brother Mikey makes his first appearance in "Getting Energized" when he calls him to help the class get their ride at the fair to work.

Season Three[]

Carlos reveals he has arachnophobia in "Spins a Web," which Phoebe helps him overcome. He butts heads with Dorothy Ann (again) in "Makes a Rainbow" when they get into a fight over color.

Season Four[]

Carlos gets the opportunity to debate in town hall over the proposal of a new mega mall in "Gets Swamped." He wants to argue for the mall, but he loses a coin toss to Janet, so now he has to argue against the mall. In "Makes a Stink," he tries to find the perfect scent for the class to present to Flora Whiff, a smell expert, but the mothball he brings is accidentally crushed by Janet. Mikey makes his second appearance in "Gets Programed" when Carlos asks for his help getting Mr. Rhule's new computer set up.

Season One (Rides Again)[]

In "Carlos Gets the Sneezes", Carlos adopts Ratney the rat from the animal shelter. He is planning to convince Mr. Ruhle that Ratney is perfect for a class pet, but he starts sneezing. He thinks it was a cold, but the class discovers that the things that make Carlos sneeze was allergens. Carlos becomes worried when he thinks he is allergic to Ratney and takes her back to the animal shelter. But when Wanda takes him to a flower garden where she found Ratney earlier that day, Carlos starts sneezing again. This makes them realize that Carlos is not allergic to Ratney, but he is in fact allergic to the pollen that stuck to Ratney's fur.

Season Two (Rides Again)[]

In "Janet's Mystery Gene", Carlos worries about being partnered with Janet to read to the kindergarteners.

Relatives[]

His father is shown in "In the Haunted House" and "Going Batty." Much like his son, he makes terrible puns, which cause the other parents to groan, "Mr. Ramon!"
His mother and appears in "Gets Charged" and "The Magnetic Mambo." He mentions him in "Meet the Class" and "The Good, the Bad, and the Gnocchi."
Mikey is his paraplegic younger brother. He's shown to be something of a genius, building inventions and contraptions much like Carlos. He appears in "Getting Energized", "Gets Programmed" and "The Good, the Bad, and the Gnocchi." He mentions him in "Meet the Class" and "Kids in Space."
His pet rat Ratney and appears in "Carlos Gets the Sneezes" and "I Spy with My Animal Eyes."

Trivia[]

His first appearance is in the 1994 book The Magic School Bus in the Time of Dinosaurs. He and Keesha are the only two of the TV series' class not to have been introduced in the first two books.
He and his antics became the subject of an internet meme, with screencaps, image macros and/or photoshopped images from the show being used in association with word play humor on 4chan and several other sites.
Carlos did not say any puns in "Revving Up " or in "In The Arctic".
He has arachnophobia.
He speaks Spanish.
His favorite color is blue.
His favorite food is spaghetti.
His favorite frozen yogurt is a banana split.
He hates mushrooms.
He is left-handed.
He loves Dinosaurs