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Magic Bus

‘Magic Bus’

Season 6, Episode 3 -  Aired November 12, 2003

Eric has mixed emotions on his eighteenth birthday as Donna is set to leave for college. Meanwhile, Kitty is excited that she and Red can finally be intimate together after his heart attack.

Quote from Eric

Eric: Oh, man, Casablanca. This is the part where Humphrey Bogart tells Ingrid Bergman they'll always have Paris.
Hyde: What's his problem? The guy owns a bar, man. I'd be beating those French sluts off with a stick. How'd it go with Donna?
Eric: I ruined it. And I knew I was ruining it while I was ruining it. I just kept on ruining it. Now, Bogey. You know, that... That guy knows how to let a woman go. "Here's looking at you, kid." I threw a toaster.

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Quote from Eric

Hyde: Hey, if you wanna be like Bogey, you gotta let her go. Only Bogey'll get another hot girl. You, I see Star Wars conventions and fat chicks.
Eric: Hey, Bogey and I have more in common than you think.
[black-and-white fantasy:]
Eric: Of all the teenage burger hangouts in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine, only to walk right back out again. Play it, Fez.
Fez: Well, it'll cost you a Baby Ruth. [plays keyboard and sings] Hold the line Love isn't always on time Oh, no, no Hold the line Love isn't always on time Love isn't always on time Hold the line Love isn't always on time
[reality:]
Hyde: Now I want a Baby Ruth.

Quote from Eric

Hyde: Hey, let's go to The Hub.
Eric: I can't.
Hyde: Let me see that. Forman, I think there's a rule that when you turn 18 you can't let Scooby tell you the time anymore.
Eric: Shows what you know, Hyde. That's Deputy Dawg.

Quote from Jackie

[circle:]
Donna: I can't wait until all of Donna's giant clothes are out of the closet. I don't even go in there now. I'm afraid I'll fall into one of her shoes and never be heard from again.
Kelso: Well, I guess I must be Eric's best friend, because I'm the only one went to the trouble of getting him a birthday cake. [eats] It's good, too.
Fez: Maybe we should think about getting him something else. What do you think, Pudding Pop?
Hyde: [chuckles] Why does everybody keep calling me that? My name's not Pudding Pop, never heard that name before in my life. Forman's dead.
Jackie: Hey, if you guys think that's funny, you should hear what Steven calls me. He calls me his... [Hyde smushes cake into Jackie's mouth] Hey! Oh, hey, that's some good cake.

Quote from Eric

Eric: Hey. Donna, I've been looking all over for you. I'm so sorry I was such a jerk earlier. It's your last day, and it's my birthday, I just... I wanna spend it together.
Donna: Eric, it's okay, I know you don't care about the toaster. You're sad I'm leaving and I'm sad, too.
Fez: Hey, don't take him back. He threw a toaster!
Eric: Hey, shouldn't my surprise party have started already?
Hyde: We keep telling you there's no party, man. It's like you're deaf.
Kelso: [signs] Eric, there is no party.

Quote from Eric

Eric: I can't fricking believe that my mom didn't plan a fricking party on my 18th fricking birthday. The only party going on in this house is in their bedroom and that's all... [shudders]
Hyde: Forman, you hate it when your mom does stuff for your birthday. Remember two years ago?
[flashback:]
Eric: I'm 16.
Red: Hey, your mother worked very hard on this party. Now, you be nice to her or we're canceling the puppet show.
Kitty: Oh, oh, sit on the tiny horse, so I can take a picture.
Eric: I can't, Mom. I'll kill it.

Quote from Kelso

Eric: Yeah, okay, fine, but she should have done something for me.
Hyde: Well, we're here for you. We scraped together a few bucks and got you something you can actually use.
Eric: What is it?
Hyde: It's a knob for your new stereo.
Eric: Wait, did you guys just take this off while I wasn't looking?
Fez: Eric, there's an old saying. "Don't look a gift horse in the knob."
Eric: And what happened to my Led Zeppelin eight-track?
Kelso: You mean gift number two.

Quote from Donna

Donna: So... I'm really gonna miss you.
Eric: Yeah, me, too. Look, Donna, I'm really happy for you. [they hug]
Donna: [sighs] Well, bye, I guess.
Eric: Donna, wait!
[black-and-white fantasy:]
Eric: Donna, you have to stay.
Donna: Stay? You're supposed to tell me to go.
Eric: No, if you leave you'll regret it. Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but in a couple of weeks or... You know, at least by Christmas.
Donna: Oh, my God, you're such a loser.
Eric: Donna.
Donna: Here's looking at you, dork.
[reality:]
Donna: What did you wanna tell me?
Eric: Have a safe trip.
Donna: Thanks.
[After the bus departs, Eric sees Donna standing there]
Eric: Donna, what...
Donna: I couldn't do it. I couldn't do it. This whole time I was thinking I was supposed to leave, and then when the time came to get on the bus, I couldn't do it. I'll figure college out later, all I know is I wanna stay here with you.
Eric: Oh, my God. Donna, that's what I wished for.

Quote from Eric

Eric: And midnight. So long, 17. In the words of Alice Cooper, I'm 18 and I like it.
Hyde: Happy birthday, man.
Kelso: Let's give him his present. A case of 23 beers.
Hyde: Kelso?
Kelso: I deserved one, I carried it.
Eric: [drinks] Yeah, that tastes like 18.

Quote from Jackie

Jackie: So, I heard Eric threw a toaster.
Hyde: It's almost as bad as the time he called you a poodle head.
Eric: Which he brought up again today.
Kelso: He's not good.
Jackie: Well, I'm just surprised Eric was able to lift a toaster.

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