Recess

E1

1. The Break In

13 Sep 1997 · 11m

The main kids try to get all the other kids to help rescue T.J. when Miss Finster punishes him by making him miss recess.

E2

2. The New Kid

13 Sep 1997 · 11m

New kid Gus arrives at Third Street Elementary, but has to endure the indignities that a new kid must undergo.

E3

3. The Experiment

20 Sep 1997 · 11m

The kids carry out a crucial experiment to see if it's really true that kissing each other is an inevitable part of their future.

E4

4. The Great Jungle Gym Stand Off

20 Sep 1997 · 11m

The kids stage a protest when Principal Prickly plans to tear down Ol' Rusty to replace it with a new jungle gym.

E5

5. Jinxed

27 Sep 1997 · 11m

The Ashleys jinx Gus according to the playground rules so that he can't talk until his friends say his name.

E6

6. Officer Mikey

27 Sep 1997 · 11m

The others try to help out when Mikey wants to be a safety ranger.

E7

7. First Name Ashley

4 Oct 1997 · 11m

The Ashleys try to force Spinelli to be just like them when Spinelli's first name is revealed.

E8

8. To Finster with Love

4 Oct 1997 · 11m

The kids help bring Miss Finster together with Hank the janitor when they find out she has a crush on him.

E9

9. King Gus

11 Oct 1997 · 11m

Bob installs Gus as a substitute king while he has a tonsilectomy, figuring Gus will be easy to control - but Gus turns into a despot instead.

E10

10. Big Brother Chad

11 Oct 1997 · 11m

The kids, and Vince himself, come to the awful realization that Vince's once popular older brother Chad has grown up into a geek.

E11

11. My Fair Gretchen

18 Oct 1997 · 11m

The kids come up with a plan to keep Gretchen from being transferred to Oppenheimer Elementary for the Incredibly Extremely Gifted.

E12

12. Speedy, We Hardly Knew Ye

18 Oct 1997 · 11m

The kids stage an elaborate funeral for the 4th grade class's beloved hamster, wherein they learn about how many lives the hamster has touched.

E13

13. I Will Kick No More Forever

25 Oct 1997 · 11m

Vince completely loses his confidence at playing kickball when Ashley Q. beats him in a game.

E14

14. The Kid Came Back

25 Oct 1997 · 11m

A weird little boy keeps tagging along behind the kids, apparently causing a streak of bad luck.

E15

15. The Pest

1 Nov 1997 · 11m

Jeffrey, an annoying jerk of a boy, insists that Gretchen will be his girlfriend.

E16

16. The Legend of Big Kid

1 Nov 1997 · 11m

What do the kindergarteners have planned for T.J. when they capture him?

E17

17. The Box

8 Nov 1997 · 11m

Miss Finster comes up with a new punishment that reduces T.J. to a vegetable.

E18

18. The Trial

8 Nov 1997 · 11m

Randall accuses Spinelli of hitting him with a rock during a dirt clod war so the kids put her on trial.

E19

19. Teachers Lounge

15 Nov 1997 · 11m

The kids dream about what the teachers' lounge must be like.

E20

20. Randall's Reform

15 Nov 1997 · 11m

Loneliness compels Randall to want to make friends with the other kids.

E21

21. Rainy Days

22 Nov 1997 · 11m

The kids grow increasingly frustrated when rain keeps then indoors for recess days on end.

E22

22. The Great Can Drive

22 Nov 1997 · 11m

At first only Mikey wants to participate in the Thanksgiving can drive competition against the unbeatable Ashleys. But then the other kids join in to beat the Ashleys.

E23

23. The Voice

10 Jan 1998 · 11m

Principal Prickly needs Mikey to sing the National Anthem at the PTA Spring Fling, but Mikey only sings well in the bathroom. So he brings in a music teacher to bring the Robert Goulet out of Mikey.

E24

24. Kids in the Mist

10 Jan 1998 · 11m

The kids deal with a pompous expert on child research who wants to study them as they play.

E25

25. Parents' Night

17 Jan 1998 · 11m

Spinelli will do anything to keep her parents from attending parents' night and meeting the others.

E26

26. Swing on Thru to the Other Side

17 Jan 1998 · 11m

Spinelli is inspired to form a cult based on the Swinger Girl when she thinks she's seen her swing over the top into another dimension.

E1

1. The Break-Up

12 Sep 1998 · 11m

The gang breaks up when they are forced to choose a best friend to write about.

E2

2. The Hypnotist

12 Sep 1998 · 11m

A hypnotist performing for the kids inadvertantly hypnotizes Principal Prickly into thinking he's six years old.

E3

3. Mama's Girl

19 Sep 1998 · 11m

Spinelli gets labelled a mama's girl when she inadvertantly calls Ms. Grotke ""Mama.""

E4

4. Outcast Ashley

19 Sep 1998 · 11m

Ashley A. hooks up with Gretchen when she sins against the clique so gravely as to get thrown out.

E5

5. The Game

26 Sep 1998 · 11m

Gus finds a tile from the game Ajimbo and soon the entire student body gets caught in its evil grasp.

E6

6. The Lost Ball

26 Sep 1998 · 11m

Gus has to go to the Yard of No Return when he kicks a good kickball over the fence.

E7

7. Gus' Last Stand

3 Oct 1998 · 11m

Gus winds up the new target of the school bully's wrath.

E8

8. Operation Field Trip

3 Oct 1998 · 11m

All the kids go on a big field trip to MISOOE (The Museum of Industry, Science, Oceanography, Oddities and Energy). But Ol' Smokey, the beloved school bus, breaks down in the middle of nowhere.

E9

9. The Challenge

10 Oct 1998 · 11m

A visit from Principal Prickly's brother Paul leads to a challenge between 3rd Street and 98th Street kickball teams.

E10

10. Wild Child

10 Oct 1998 · 11m

In the "Pee Wee Pals" program, the main kids each have to take care of a kindergartner during recess.

E11

11. The Substitute

31 Oct 1998 · 11m

Substitute teacher Mr. E. captivates all the kids with his command of authority, except T.J.

E12

12. Gretchen and the Secret of Yo

31 Oct 1998 · 11m

Gretchen turns to former yo-yo champ Tommy Tate to learn how to master the yo-yo.

E13

13. The Girl Was Trouble

7 Nov 1998 · 11m

Gretchen's search for her stolen laptop leads her on a journey among the school's delinquents that ultimately brings about her downfall.

E14

14. Copycat Kid

7 Nov 1998 · 11m

Mikey wants to be exactly like Vince when Vince saves his life.

E15

15. Operation Stuart

14 Nov 1998 · 11m

The kids take in a really ratty stray cat that they find near the dumpster, naming it Stuart.

E16

16. Pharaoh Bob

14 Nov 1998 · 11m

King Bob orders the kids to build him a pyramid so that all future classes will remember him.

E17

17. The Story of Whomps

9 Jan 1999 · 11m

Principal Prickly and Miss Finster deem T.J.'s word "whomps" as a cuss and punish him for it, starting a scandal that leads all the way to the board of education.

E18

18. Weekend at Muriel's

9 Jan 1999 · 11m

Miss Finster agrees to babysit Spinelli for the weekend while her parents are away.

E19

19. Economics of Recess

12 Dec 1998 · 11m

When the playground goes on the monsticker standard T.J. goes down the path from poverty to wealth.

E20

20. Omega Kids

12 Dec 1998 · 11m

The main kids wish they could have the overcrowded school to themselves, then surprisingly get their wish.

E21

21. Yes, Mikey, Santa Does Shave

26 Dec 1998 · 22m

Mikey is the only fourth grader who still believes in Santa Claus. He tries to convince the others Santa exists.

E22

22. Bad Hair Day

16 Jan 1999 · 11m

T.J. and Vince manage to convince everyone that the bad haircut they gave Mikey is actually cool.

E23

23. Dance Lessons

16 Jan 1999 · 11m

Spinelli's parents put her in Mlle. Povlova's dance school, where she teams up with Mikey.

E24

24. Principal for a Day

27 Feb 1999 · 11m

Principal Prickly and Miss Finster plot to turn T.J. over to their own side by making him principal for a day.

E25

25. The Beauty Contest

27 Feb 1999 · 11m

The Ashleys get back at Spinelli by entering her into the Kiddie Cosmetics Little Miss Blush Beauty Pageant. But her friends talk Spinelli into trying to beat the Ashleys in the pageant.

E1

1. One Stayed Clean

11 Sep 1999 · 11m

On class picture day, the kids vow to keep Gus clean as he's never had a class picture of him taken.

E2

2. A Genius Among Us

11 Sep 1999 · 11m

Someone else besides Gretchen is a math genius, and through math, Gretchen starts a close relationship with this person.

E3

3. Dodgeball City

18 Sep 1999 · 11m

The main kids discover that Gus was once a notorious dodgeball player who went by the name of El Diablo.

E4

4. A Career to Remember

18 Sep 1999 · 11m

A career day assembly gets all the kids to decide their future careers. That is all except Spinelli.

E5

5. Kindergarten Derby

25 Sep 1999 · 11m

Every year the older kids pick kindergarteners to race in the Kindergarten Derby. This year an eager Tubby gets an unwilling Mikey to sponsor him in the race.

E6

6. The Bet

25 Sep 1999 · 11m

Fed up with Vince's ego, the kids bet Vince that he can't go one whole day without beating someone in a sport.

E7

7. Space Cadet

2 Oct 1999 · 11m

T.J. takes charge when Gretchen seems to achieve a dream that T.J.'s always had, to be an astronaut on the space shuttle.

E8

8. Stand Up Randall

2 Oct 1999 · 11m

Randall becomes popular when he uses a joke book to make himself a standup comedian.

E9

9. The Shiner

6 Nov 1999 · 11m

T.J. shows up in school with a black eye. Everyone makes up wild stories about the heroic acts T.J. must have done to get the shiner.

E10

10. Lord of the Nerds

6 Nov 1999 · 11m

T.J. breaks his clavicle and now has to spend recess with the ""pale kids"" in Room 51.

E11

11. That Stinking Feeling

13 Nov 1999 · 11m

Spinelli gets a crush on a fifth grader and has to get over it to save her reputation.

E12

12. My Funny Valentines

13 Nov 1999 · 11m

In his hatred of Valentine's Day, T.J. sends a ""funny"" valentine to every single girl on the playground to show them how stupid Valentine's Day is, but his plan soon backfires when the girls mistake them for ""real"" valentine cards.

E13

13. The Barnaby Boys

15 Jan 2000 · 11m

T.J. and Vince are so into the "Barnaby Boys" books that they dress up like the Barnaby Boys and try to solve the mystery of the suspicious substitute janitor, Earl Raymond.

E14

14. Buried Treasure

15 Jan 2000 · 11m

TJ receives an old history textbook with a treasure map that leads the gang, Randall, and the Ashleys out to get the treasure. But as they get closer, greed arises and the 4th graders fight for the treasure.

E15

15. The Library Kid

22 Jan 2000 · 11m

When the gang catches the mysterious ""Libray Kid"", they take her out to recess where she becomes obssessed with the playground.

E16

16. The Ratings Game

22 Jan 2000 · 11m

Everyone is segregrated once the Ashley's start giving ratings to everyone on the playground.

E1

1. The First Picture Show

12 Sep 1999 · 11m

Señor Fusion: the Movie finally opens and T.J. vows to be there at its first screening.

E2

2. The Big Prank

12 Sep 1999 · 11m

The kids rope T.J. into a challenge to play a prank on King Bob before the end of the school day.

E3

3. Hustler's Apprentice

13 Sep 1999 · 11m

Gus winds up working for the Hustler Kid to pay off a debt, and soon he himself becomes the biggest hustler in the playground.

E4

4. The Spy Who Came In from the Playground

13 Sep 1999 · 11m

The main kids make a friend of new kid James Stone and show him all their little schemes, but soon regret that.

E5

5. Gus' Fortune

19 Sep 1999 · 11m

The kids find a paper fortune teller on the ground that predicts doom for Gus.

E6

6. Rumor Mill

19 Sep 1999 · 11m

The kids want to find out who started a rumor that a boy knocked over Mikey's popcorn at the movies and Mikey then threw the boy into the girl's bathroom.

E7

7. Recess is Cancelled

22 Sep 1999 · 11m

Secretary of Schools Garrison chooses 3rd Street School as the place to test his program to bring test scores up by cancelling recess.

E8

8. Tattletale Heart

22 Sep 1999 · 11m

The kids warn Gus not to break the code by telling Miss Finster who started a food fight.

E9

9. The Madness of King Bob

26 Sep 1999 · 11m

King Bob abandons his throne in his obsessive pursuit of pulling a prank on T.J. in this sequel to The Big Prank

E10

10. Call Me Guy

26 Sep 1999 · 11m

Gus takes a new identity when he discovers that people think he's a different cool kid when he doesn't wear them. Too bad "Guy" can't see a thing.

E11

11. Prickly is Leaving

3 Oct 1999 · 11m

Prickly finally gets his appointment to Spiro T. Agnew Middle School. But the kids try to make him stay after they meet the new Principal Slicer.

E12

12. Randall's Friends

3 Oct 1999 · 11m

Randall gets the main kids to pretend that they're his friends when his father, Leonard, visits the school on Randall's birthday.

E13

13. The Biggest Trouble Ever

7 Nov 1999 · 11m

The gang gets busted when they accidentally break a statue of a famous hero.

E14

14. The Rules

7 Nov 1999 · 11m

The original 1935 edition of The Rules of the Playground is discovered in the library.

E15

15. Gus and Misdemeanors

8 Nov 1999 · 11m

The bad kids from The Girl was Trouble trick Gus into shoplifting candy from Kelso's.

E16

16. A Science Fair to Remember

8 Nov 1999 · 11m

Second grade prodigy Becky Benson befriends Gretchen to get help for her science fair project. But she has an ulterior motive.

E17

17. Mikey's Pants

14 Nov 1999 · 11m

The gang tries to cover up Mikey's ripped pants so Finster won't catch him.

E18

18. Here Comes Mr. Perfect

14 Nov 1999 · 11m

Jared, the new student, appears to be perfect, making the rest of the school very jealous.

E19

19. Good Luck Charm

19 Nov 1999 · 11m

Spinelli gets too attached to the lucky marble that Vince loans her.

E20

20. Diggers Split Up

19 Nov 1999 · 11m

Digger Dave quits digging and then bosses everyone around.

E21

21. Schoolworld

21 Nov 1999 · 11m

The school gets a new technology system installed called the SAL 3000 which controls everything.

E22

22. Bachelor Gus

21 Nov 1999 · 11m

Thinking his family is moving away again, Gus moves under the jungle gym to avoid leaving his friends and school

E23

23. The Dude

28 Nov 1999 · 11m

T.J. and the gang meet Mr. Dudicoff, a student teacher who was a legend at 3rd Street School back in the day.

E24

24. Partners in Crime

28 Nov 1999 · 11m

Menlo and Randall team up to manipulate the entire playground.

E25

25. The Candidates

29 Nov 1999 · 11m

Gretchen and Vince both run for president.

E26

26. This Brain for Hire

29 Nov 1999 · 11m

People start paying Gretchen for doing their homework so she can buy herself a new bike

E27

27. Spinelli's Masterpiece

6 Feb 2000 · 11m

Spinelli channels her anger into a playground chalk drawing.

E28

28. Nobody Doesn't Like T.J.

6 Feb 2000 · 11m

T.J. can't figure out why Gordy doesn't like him.

E29

29. Yope from Norway

20 Feb 2000 · 11m

When a new kid from Norway comes to 3rd Street School, Gus befriends the kid by making him think that Gus is the hottest kid in the school.

E30

30. Bonky Fever

20 Feb 2000 · 11m

Scared of turning 10 on his soon-to-be bithday, Mikey develops an obssession of becoming a little kid again so he won't have to grow up.

E31

31. Don't Ask Me

21 Feb 2000 · 11m

Spinelli becomes popular as an advice giver when she sits in for Guru Kid.

E32

32. The Secret Life of Grotke

21 Feb 2000 · 11m

Ms. Grotke's strange behavior makes the kids think that she's a spy.

E33

33. The Fuss Over Finster

27 Feb 2000 · 11m

Miss Finster hurts her leg and can't keep up with the kids during recess.

E34

34. Soccer Boy

27 Feb 2000 · 11m

Mikey makes the other kids regret not letting them play on their team for the playground's soccer tourney.

E35

35. Fort Tender

29 Feb 2000 · 11m

The bored main kids build their own fort. But then Lawson takes it over.

E36

36. Germ Warfare

29 Feb 2000 · 11m

Gus starts an obsessive crusade to kill all the germs in the world, while Mikey will do anything to save them.

E37

37. More Like Gretchen

1 Mar 2000 · 11m

Spinelli gets peeved with her parents heap so much praise for Gretchen at her expense.

E38

38. Prince Randall

1 Mar 2000 · 11m

Randall uses an embarrassing photo to blackmail King Bob into making him Playground Prince.

E39

39. Me No Know

30 Apr 2000 · 11m

Vince feels like an outsider after he misses the must-see movie of the weekend.

E40

40. Good Ole T.J.

30 Apr 2000 · 11m

Gretchen is worried when she's partnered with T.J. on a class project.

E41

41. Chez Vince

7 May 2000 · 11m

Disgusted by the horrible cafeteria food, Vince becomes the new school cook when the other kids try his cooking.

E42

42. Tucked In Mikey

7 May 2000 · 11m

Needing to prepare himself for a poet laureate ceremony, Mikey decides to listen to Menlo to learn how to organize himself.

E43

43. Old Folks Home

17 Jul 2000 · 11m

Mikey badgers the gang into a trip to senior citizens home.

E44

44. Some Friend

17 Jul 2000 · 11m

T.J. has a mysterious new friend.

E1

1. The Coolest Heatwave Ever

9 Sep 2000 · 11m

During a burning hot day, the gang attempts to make it across the playground to the otherside where there is a water pump.

E2

2. No Strings Attached

9 Sep 2000 · 11m

The gang is suspicious when the Ashleys give Spinelli six wrestling tickets.

E3

3. Beyond a Reasonable Scout

16 Sep 2000 · 11m

Mikey and Gus want to join the Woodchuck Scouts.

E4

4. The C Note

16 Sep 2000 · 11m

T.J. finds a $100 bill and along with the gang try to find out who lost it.

E5

5. The Army Navy Game

23 Sep 2000 · 11m

Gus and Theresa (Cornchip Girl) have a hard time becoming friends due to their rivaling fathers.

E6

6. Big Ol' Mikey

23 Sep 2000 · 11m

After Mikey helps Cornchip Girl off the climbing frame after she gets stuck, the gang wonder how big he will be. Gretchen and Galileo conduct a test to find out how big everyone will be when they are older, and Mikey's test says he will be 50 feet tall! The others find this cool and wonder what 50 foot Mikey could do, but Mikey isn't so sure that being 50 feet tall will be that great.

E7

7. A Great State Fair

14 Oct 2000 · 11m

Gus must stay behind from the fair because he forgot his permission slip, while the rest of the gang try to figure out a way to get Gus to the fair.

E8

8. The A.V. Kid

14 Oct 2000 · 11m

Vince and T.J. compete for the job as A.V. Kid, but their competition leads to a broken-up friendship between them.

E9

9. The Principals of Golf

4 Nov 2000 · 11m

The kids think Vince is getting special treatment when he becomes Prickly's golf partner.

E10

10. All the Principal's Men

4 Nov 2000 · 11m

The gang tries to find out who removed all the balls from the playground.

E11

11. Lawson and His Crew

6 Jan 2001 · 22m

Tired of TJ and his friends getting all the glory from King Bob, Lawson decides to get a gang of his own together. He recruits Randall, Menlow, Swinger Girl, Skeenes and Kurst the Worst and together the six start solving the playground's problems and getting the glory. Of course TJ and his friends now have nothing to do, so they are left just talking and eventually realise that just being friends is much better than getting all the glory they used to have. Friends being something that Lawson and his crew are definitely not ...

E1

1. Terrifying Tales of Recess

21 Aug 2001 · 22m

In this Hallowe'en episode, Butch tells us three terrifying tales of Recess. Children of the Cornchip: Cornchip Girl eats some untested cornchips and turns into a werekid! The gang have to save her. When Bikes Attack!: The bikes that the kids ride to school everyday become alive and turn against their riders. Night of the Living Finsters: Lawson challenges Vince to spend the night in the graveyard, only for the gang to discover that the school is built on the Finster family graveyard.

E2

2. Kurst the Not So Bad

4 Nov 2001 · 11m

Mikey's new friendship with Kurst the Worst doesn't sit well with their friends.

E3

3. League of Randalls

4 Nov 2001 · 11m

Randal recruits the Tylers, the Ashleys' little brothers, to help him snitch.

E4

4. Mundy, Mundy

4 Nov 2001 · 11m

Bad-guy Mundy becomes very poular after he prevents a ball from hitting a little kid.

E5

5. Lost Leader

4 Nov 2001 · 11m

When one of T.J.s plans goes wrong and Gus breaks his leg he won't make another plan. It's up to the others to get T.J. back to his old self