The following episodes of Bill Nye the Science Guy are listed in the order of their original airing.
Season One[]
Episode number | Episode name | "Soundtrack of Science" Parody song |
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1 | Flight (series premiere) | Nyevana – "Smells Like Air Pressure" Parody of "Smells Like Teen Spirit" by Nirvana |
2 | Earth's Crust | Magmadonna – "Crust" Parody of "Vogue" by Madonna |
3 | Dinosaurs | J.C. – "Mr. Dino" Parody of "Mr. Wendal" by Arrested Development |
4 | Skin | No music video |
5 | Buoyancy | Sure Floats-a lot – "Bill's Got Boat" Parody of "Baby Got Back" by Sir Mix-a-Lot |
6 | Gravity | Attraction Action – "G-R-A-V-I-T-Y" Parody of "Twilight Zone" by 2 Unlimited |
7 | Digestion | Dy Gestion – "Can't Eat This" Parody of "Can't Truss It" by Public Enemy |
8 | Phases of Matter | Phaze Change – "Solid Liquid Gas" Parody of "Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat)" by Digable Planets |
9 | Biodiversity | Bio Di Versity – "We're All Connected" Parody of "Connected" by Stereo MC's |
10 | Simple Machines | The Pulley Ramp Five – "ABC's of Machinery" Parody of "ABC" by The Jackson 5 |
11 | The Moon | The Lunatics – "Moon Cycle" Parody of "Bicycle Race" by Queen |
12 | Sound | Gloria Wavelength and the Vibrations – "Sound is a VIBE" Parody of "I Will Survive" by Gloria Gaynor |
13 | Garbage | Trash E. Trash – "R.E.C.Y.C.L.E." Parody of "Respect" by Aretha Franklin; artist name is a parody of Doug E. Fresh |
14 | Structure | Stress N' Tension – "Let's Talk About Stress" Parody of "Let's Talk About Sex" by Salt-N-Pepa |
15 | Earth's Seasons | A Tilted Development – "Rhyme and Season"; artist name is a parody of Arrested Development |
16 | Light & Color | The Bent Wavelengths – "Light and Color" Parody of "Sweating Bullets" by Megadeth |
17 | Cells | Mighty Chondria – "Cellular Haze" Parody of "Purple Haze" by Jimi Hendrix |
18 | Electrical Current | Billy Ray Cyrcuits – "AC/DC Charge" Parody of "Achy Breaky Heart" by Billy Ray Cyrus |
19 | Outer Space | Elve Centuri – "Celestial Hotel" Parody of "Heartbreak Hotel" by Elvis Presley |
20 | Eyeball | The Eye Doctors – "Two Eyes" Parody of "Two Princes" by The Spin Doctors |
Season Two[]
Episode number | Episode name | "Soundtrack of Science" Parody song |
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21 | Magnetism | N.S. Cool J. – "Opposites Attract" Parody of "Jump" by Kriss Kross; artist name is a parody of LL Cool J |
22 | Wind | Wind Dee – "Wind is in Your Hair" Parody of "Groove is in the Heart" by Deee-Lite |
23 | Blood and Circulation | AB+ – "Blood Stream" Parody of "Love Shack" by The B-52's |
24 | Chemical Reactions | Chemical Reactions – "Don't Try This at Home" Parody of "State of Attraction" by Paula Abdul |
25 | Static Electricity | The Sticky Socks – "Static Electricity" Parody of "Turning Japanese" by The Vapors |
26 | Food Web | Food Webby Web – "(It's the) Food Web" Parody of "Who Am I (What's My Name)?" by Snoop Doggy Dogg |
27 | Light Optics | Queen Lighteefa – "B.E.N.T." Parody of "U.N.I.T.Y." by Queen Latifah |
28 | Bones and Muscles | Steppenbone – "Bones in My Body" Parody of "Born to Be Wild" by Steppenwolf |
29 | Oceanography | Gulfstream Girls – "Deep Ocean Currents" Parody of "California Girls" by The Beach Boys |
30 | Heat | LeHot – "LeHeat" Parody of "Le Freak" by Chic |
31 | Insects | UB Buggy – "Jah Mon, Insects Rule" Style Parody of UB40 |
32 | Balance | Torquer – "Balance This" Parody of "Get Off This" by Cracker |
33 | The Sun | Deep Yellow – "My Favorite Star" Parody of "Highway Star" by Deep Purple |
34 | Brain | En Lobe – "Whatta Brain" Parody of "Whatta Man" by En Vogue with Salt-N-Pepa |
35 | Forests | John Cougar Loggincamp – "Second Growth" Style Parody of John Mellencamp |
36 | Communication | Mary Chapin Communicator – "How Can We Communicate" Parody of "He Thinks He'll Keep Her" by Mary Chapin Carpenter |
37 | Momentum | Momentisey – "The Faster You Push Me" Parody of "The More You Ignore Me, the Closer I Get" by Morrissey |
38 | Reptiles | No music video – the commercial-free PBS version of the episode, however, had a brief spoof entitled "Cold Blooded". Parody of "Hot Blooded" by Foreigner |
39 | Atmosphere | Warm -n- Wetta – "Fresh Aire"; artist name is a parody of Salt-N-Pepa |
40 | Respiration | Ali Veoli – "What a Pair" Style Parody of Tatyana Ali |
Season Three[]
Episode number | Episode name | "Soundtrack of Science" Parody song |
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41 | The Planets | No music video |
42 | Pressure | PSI Garden – "Pressure" Parody of "Spoonman" by Soundgarden |
43 | Plants | Rhoda Dendron – "Cross Pollination" Parody of "Human Behaviour" by Björk |
44 | Rocks and Soil | Sedimentary Fools – "Rocks Rock Harder" Parody of "Basket Case" by Green Day |
45 | Energy | The ERG's – "N-R-G" Sabotage Parody of the Beastie Boys |
46 | Evolution | Evolver – "Survival" Style Parody of Veruca Salt |
47 | Water Cycle | J.A.C. – "Water Cycle Jump" Parody of "Jump" by Kris Kross |
48 | Friction | Grace Slip – "Friction Happens"; artist name is a parody of Grace Slick |
49 | Germs | Dose of Soap – "Just Wash Your Hands" Parody of "Don't Turn Around" by Ace of Base |
50 | Climates | Climate Report – "Whether the Weather" Parody of "Lucas with the Lid Off" by Lucas Secon |
51 | Waves | Big Amplitude – "Baby I Love Your Wave" Parody of "Baby, I Love Your Way" by Big Mountain (originally by Peter Frampton) |
52 | Ocean Life | James Baleen – "Power to the Plankton" Style Parody of James Brown |
53 | Mammals | Fake Fur – "Jennifer's a Mammal" Parody of "Institutionalized" by Suicidal Tendencies |
54 | Spinning Things | House of Spin – "Spin Around" Parody of "Jump Around" by House of Pain |
55 | Fish | Salmon Dave – "I'm a Sole Man" Parody of "Soul Man" by Sam & Dave |
56 | Human Transportation | Carpoolio – "Move Groove" Parody of "Fantastic Voyage" by Coolio |
57 | Wetlands | Maria and the Mudflats – "Where the Land is Wet" |
58 | Birds | LL Bloo J. – "Talkin' Bout Birds"; artist name is a parody of LL Cool J |
59 | Populations | Shirell Crow – "All We Need to Do" Parody of "All I Wanna Do" by Sheryl Crow |
60 | Animal Locomotion | Bjorn Turun – "Loco Motion" Parody of "Everything Zen" by Bush |
Season Four[]
Episode number | Episode name | "Soundtrack of Science" Parody song |
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61 | Rivers and Streams | Talking Headwaters – "Take Me to the River" Parody of "Take Me to the River" by Talking Heads |
62 | Nutrition | Knute Trishan – "Good Food" |
63 | Marine Mammals | Marina Cesealia – "Breathe Like Me" Parody of "I Know" by Dionne Farris |
64 | Earthquakes | Mistah Richter – "Earthquake Rumble" |
65 | NTV Top 11 Video Countdown | Mudhoney – "Bill Nye The Science Guy Theme" |
66 | Spiders | Foo Spighters – "This is a Spiders Life" Parody of "This is a Call" by Foo Fighters |
67 | Pollution Solutions | No music video |
68 | Probability | Steven Odd – "50 Fifty" Parody of "Loser" by Beck |
69 | Pseudoscience | Dare L. Pseudo – "Pure Proof" Parody of "100% Pure Love" by Crystal Waters |
70 | Flowers | Daisy Birdsenbees – "So Many Flowers" |
71 | Archaeology | Mob Barley – "Diggin'" Parody of "Jamming" by Bob Marley |
72 | Deserts | Deserette – "Always Dry" Parody of "You Oughta Know" by Alanis Morissette |
73 | Amphibians | P-Swamp All Stars with DJ Hoppy – "The Amphidelic Mothership Metamorphisis" Style Parody of George Clinton the P-Funk All Stars |
74 | Volcanoes | Volcanque – "Lavaflows" Parody of "Waterfalls" by TLC |
75 | Invertebrates | S. Khar Go – "Crawl Away" Parody of "Runaway" by Janet Jackson |
76 | Heart | Vinny Vein and the Pumpers – "Gimme Back My Heart" |
77 | Inventions | En Vent and the Process – "It's An 'ing Thing" |
78 | Computers | La Binary – "One Zero 001" Parody of "Be My Lover" by La Bouche |
79 | Fossils | Etchton Stone – "Fossil Man" Parody of "Rocket Man" by Elton John |
80 | Time | The Tim E. Zone Experience – "Time Time Time Time Time..." Parody of "Time Has Come Today" by The Chambers Brothers |
Season Five[]
Episode number | Episode name | "Soundtrack of Science" Parody song |
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81 | Forensics | Krime Seen – "We Will Find You" Parody of "We Will Rock You/We Are the Champions" by Queen |
82 | Space Exploration | The Space Princess of Galactic Grooviness – "Planets All" Parody of "Set You Free" by Planet Soul |
83 | Genes | Alice in Genes – "It's Called Genetics" Parody of "Killing in the Name" by Rage Against the Machine; artist name is a parody of Alice In Chains |
84 | Architecture | The Artist Formerly Known as Archie T. – "Makin' Plans" Parody of "All Mixed Up" by 311; artist name is a parody of The Artist Formerly Known as Prince |
85 | Farming | Chris Ballew – "Farm Food" Parody of "Peaches" by The Presidents of the United States of America, of which Ballew himself is a member |
86 | Life Cycles | Roberta Fungi – "Everything Has a Life Cycle" Parody of "Killing Me Softly" by Roberta Flack |
87 | Do-It-Yourself Science | Nye & The Family Crust – "Do It Yourself Science" Parody of "Hell" by Squirrel Nut Zippers; artist name is a parody of Sly and the Family Stone |
88 | Atoms | Third Nye Blind – "Atoms in My Life" Parody of "Semi Charmed Life" by Third Eye Blind |
89 | Ocean Exploration | The Posies – "Voyage of the Aquanauts"; The Posies are an alternative rock group from Bellingham, Washington. |
90 | Lakes and Ponds | The Foggy Boyz – "Fond of Lakes and Ponds" Parody of "Tha Crossroads" by Bone Thugs-n-Harmony |
91 | Smell | Turbinator Two – "Come On Use Your Brain (Smell This)" Parody of "C'mon N' Ride It (The Train)" by Quad City DJ's; artist name is a parody of Terminator 2 |
92 | Caves | Batilda & Guano – "Cave Thing" Parody of "Shake Your Groove Thing" by Peaches & Herb |
93 | Fluids | Weflo – "Drip it" Parody of "Whip It" by Devo |
94 | Erosion | Earth, Wind & Ice – "Causing the Erosion" Style Parody of No Doubt; artist name is a parody of Earth, Wind & Fire |
95 | Comets and Meteors | Halley Comet – "Got Me Looking" Parody of "Shadowboxer" by Fiona Apple |
96 | Storms | Mighty Mighty Thundertones – "Stormin'" Style Parody of The Mighty Mighty Bosstones |
97 | Measurement | The Meter Men – "Every Measurement You Make" Parody of "Every Breath You Take" by The Police |
98 | Patterns | Downward Spiral – "Patterns of Joy" Style Parody of The Prodigy; artist name reference to Nine Inch Nails |
99 | Science of music | "There's Science in Music" Parody of "The Time Warp" by Richard O'Brien |
100 | Motion (series finale) | Slow Moe – "All in Motion" Parody of "Hot for Teacher" by Van Halen |