Recess

Name: Recess
Genre: Adventure, Animation, Children, Comedy, Family
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Genres: Adventure Animation Children Comedy Family

First Aired: 1997-08-31Length: 15 MinStatus: Ended

Six brave fourth-graders at Third Street School make it their mission to protect the other kids on the playground. Despite the rule of King Bob and his minions, who enforce his unwritten laws, T.J, Ashley, Vince, Gus, Gretchen and Mikey seek a rational balance between conformity and individuality. (Source: thetvdb.com)

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Season 6 (show/hide)
5	Lost Leader	2001-11-05
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
4	Mundy, Mundy	2001-11-05
Bad-guy Mundy becomes very poular after he prevents a ball from hitting a little kid.
3	League of Randalls	2001-11-04
Randal recruits the Tylers, the Ashleys' little brothers, to help him snitch.
2	Kurst the Not So Bad	2001-11-04
Mikey's new friendship with Kurst the Worst doesn't sit well with their friends.
1	Terrifying Tales of Recess	2001-10-31
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.

Season 5 (show/hide)
9	Lawson and His Crew	2001-01-06
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 ...
8	All the Principal's Men	2000-11-04
The gang tries to find out who removed all the balls from the playground.
7	The Principals of Golf	2000-11-04
The kids think Vince is getting special treatment when he becomes Prickly's golf partner.
6	Big Ol' Mikey	2000-09-23
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.
5	The Army Navy Game	2000-09-23
Gus and Theresa (Cornchip Girl) have a hard time becoming friends due to their rivaling fathers.
4	The C Note	2000-09-16
T.J. finds a $100 bill and along with the gang try to find out who lost it.
3	Beyond a Reasonable Scout	2000-09-16
Mikey and Gus want to join the Woodchuck Scouts.
2	No Strings Attached	2000-09-09
The gang is suspicious when the Ashleys give Spinelli six wrestling tickets.
1	The Coolest Heatwave Ever	2000-09-09
During a burning hot day, the gang attempts to make it across the playground to the otherside where there is a water pump.

Season 4 (show/hide)
46	Some Friend	2000-07-17
T.J. has a mysterious friend who appears to be Menlo.
45	Old Folks Home	2000-07-17
The Recess Gang take a visit to the Old Folks' Home, only to be surprised.
44	Tucked in Mikey	2000-05-07
Menlo teaches Mikey to be more "organized", and mikey starts changing
43	Chez Vince	2000-05-07
Vince becomes one of the greatest chefs in the history of the playground and making 'Chez Vince' and possibly even the world.
42	Good Ole T.J.	2000-04-30
T.J. and Gretchen are finally partners for a project. Will it work?
41	Me No Know	2000-04-30
Vince feels left out of the loop when everyone on the playground begins quoting lines from the latest screwball comedy, Me No Know and sets out to see the film, but Vince's parents refuse to let their son see the movie because it's too immature, so Vince decides to sneak out and see the movie anyway.
40	Prince Randall	2000-03-01
Randall blackmails King Bob into giving him the throne.
39	More Like Gretchen	2000-03-01
After a visit to a beauty museum with Gretchen, Spinelli's parents seem to be a little "unsatisfied" with their daughter.
38	Germ Warfare	2000-02-29
Gus starts an obsessive crusade to kill all the germs in the world, while Mikey will do anything to save them.
37	Fort Tender	2000-02-29
T.J. and the gang make a fort, only to have Lawson ruin their plans.
36	Soccer Boy	2000-02-27
Vince refuses to let Mikey join his five-a-side soccer team for the King Bob Classic, so Mikey becomes the goalkeeper for Lawson's team.
35	The Fuss Over Finster	2000-02-27
Miss Finster hurts her leg and can't keep up with the kids during recess.
34	The Secret Life of Grotke	2000-02-21
The gang believe that Miss Grotke is a spy. But is she spying for or against America?
33	Don't Ask Me	2000-02-21
Spinelli takes the place of the Guru Kid.
32	Bonky Fever	2000-02-20
Worried over growing older, Mikey decides to regress by becoming obsessed with Bonky the Dinosaur.
31	Yope from Norway	2000-02-20
Gus becomes jealous of Yope, a Norwegian transfer student.
30	The A.V. Kid	2000-02-13
A.V. Kid must choose a successor because he's leaving Third Street for Portugal. T.J. and Vince would both like the position.
29	A Great State Fair	2000-02-13
Gus gets left behind, along with Gelman and Finster when Gus's dad forgets to give him his permission slip to his first great state fair.
28	Nobody Doesn't Like T.J.	2000-02-06
T.J. can't figure out why Gordy doesn't like him.
27	Spinelli's Masterpiece	2000-02-06
Spinelli channels her anger into a playground chalk drawing.
26	This Brain for Hire	1999-11-29
People start paying Gretchen for doing their homework so she can buy herself a new bike
25	The Candidates	1999-11-29
Gretchen and Vince both run for president.
24	Partners in Crime	1999-11-08
Menlo and Randall team up to manipulate the entire playground.
23	The Dude	1999-11-28
T.J. and the gang meet Mr. Dudicoff, a student teacher who was a legend at 3rd Street School back in the day.
22	Bachelor Gus	1999-11-21
Thinking his family is moving away again, Gus moves under the jungle gym to avoid leaving his friends and school
21	Schoolworld	1999-11-21
The school gets a new technology system installed called the SAL 3000 which controls everything.
20	Diggers Split Up	1999-11-19
Digger Dave quits digging and then bosses everyone around.
19	Good Luck Charm	1999-11-19
Spinelli gets too attached to the lucky marble that Vince loans her.
18	Here Comes Mr. Perfect	1999-11-14
Jared, the new student, appears to be perfect, making the rest of the school very jealous.
17	Mikey's Pants	1999-11-14
The gang tries to cover up Mikey's ripped pants so Finster won't catch him.
16	A Science Fair to Remember	1999-11-08
Second grade prodigy Becky Benson befriends Gretchen to get help for her science fair project. But she has an ulterior motive.
15	Gus and Misdemeanors	1999-11-08
The bad kids from The Girl was Trouble trick Gus into shoplifting candy from Kelso's.
14	The Rules	1999-11-07
The original 1935 edition of The Rules of the Playground is discovered in the library.
13	The Biggest Trouble Ever	1999-11-07
The gang gets busted when they accidentally break a statue of a famous hero.
12	Randall's Friends	1999-10-03
Randall gets the main kids to pretend that they're his friends when his father, Leonard, visits the school on Randall's birthday.
11	Prickly is Leaving	1999-10-03
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.
10	Call Me Guy	1999-09-26
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.
9	The Madness of King Bob	1999-09-26
King Bob abandons his throne in his obsessive pursuit of pulling a prank on T.J. in this sequel to The Big Prank
8	Tattletale Heart	1999-09-22
The kids warn Gus not to break the code by telling Miss Finster who started a food fight.
7	Recess is Cancelled	1999-09-22
Secretary of Schools Garrison chooses 3rd Street School as the place to test his program to bring test scores up by cancelling recess.
6	Rumor Mill	1999-09-19
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.
5	Gus' Fortune	1999-09-19
The kids find a paper fortune teller on the ground that predicts doom for Gus.
4	The Spy Who Came in from the Playground	1999-09-13
The main kids make a friend of new kid James Stone and show him all their little schemes, but soon regret that.
3	Hustler's Apprentice	1999-09-13
Gus winds up working for the Hustler Kid to pay off a debt, and soon he himself becomes the biggest hustler in the playground.
2	The Big Prank	1999-09-12
The kids rope T.J. into a challenge to play a prank on King Bob before the end of the school day.
1	The First Picture Show	1999-09-12
SeÃ±or Fusion: The Movie finally opens and T.J. vows to be there at its first screening. Guest stars: Frank Welker

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16	The Ratings Game	2000-01-22
Everyone is segregated once the Ashley's start giving ratings to everyone on the playground.
15	The Library Kid	2000-01-22
When the gang catches the mysterious "Library Kid", they take her out to recess where she becomes obsessed with the playground.
14	Buried Treasure	2000-01-15
T.J. 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.
13	The Barnaby Boys	2000-01-15
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.
12	My Funny Valentines	1999-11-13
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.
11	That Stinking Feeling	1999-11-13
Spinelli gets a crush on a fifth grader and has to get over it to save her reputation.
10	Lord of the Nerds	1999-11-06
T.J. breaks his clavicle and now has to spend recess with the "pale kids" in Room 51.
9	The Shiner	1999-11-06
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.
8	Stand Up Randall	1999-10-02
Randall becomes popular when he uses a joke book to make himself a standup comedian. Guest stars: David L. Lander
7	Space Cadet	1999-10-02
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.
6	The Bet	1999-09-25
Fed up with Vince's ego, the kids bet Vince that he can't go one whole day without beating someone in a sport.
5	Kindergarten Derby	1999-09-25
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.
4	A Career to Remember	1999-09-18
A career day assembly gets all the kids to decide their future careers. That is all except Spinelli.
3	Dodgeball City	1999-09-18
The main kids discover that Gus was once a notorious dodgeball player who went by the name of El Diablo.
2	A Genius Among Us	1999-09-11
Someone else besides Gretchen is a math genius, and through math, Gretchen starts a close relationship with this person.
1	One Stayed Clean	1999-09-11
On class picture day, the kids vow to keep Gus clean as he's never had a class picture of him taken.

Season 2 (show/hide)
25	The Beauty Contest	1999-02-27
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.
24	Principal for a Day	1999-02-27
Principal Prickly and Miss Finster plot to turn T.J. over to their own side by making him principal for a day.
23	Dance Lessons	1999-01-16
Spinelli's parents put her in Mlle. Povlova's dance school, where she teams up with Mikey.
22	Bad Hair Day	1999-01-16
T.J. and Vince manage to convince everyone that the bad haircut they gave Mikey is actually cool.
21	Weekend at Muriel's	1999-01-09
Miss Finster agrees to babysit Spinelli for the weekend while her parents are away.
20	The Story of Whomps	1999-01-09
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.
19	Yes, Mikey, Santa Does Shave	1998-12-26
Mikey is the only fourth grader who still believes in Santa Claus. He tries to convince the others Santa exists. Guest stars: Dick Clark, James Earl Jones, Michael McKean, Robert Goulet
18	Omega Kids	1998-12-12
The main kids wish they could have the overcrowded school to themselves, then surprisingly get their wish.
17	Economics of Recess	1998-12-12
When the playground goes on the monsticker standard T.J. goes down the path from poverty to wealth.
16	Pharaoh Bob	1998-11-14
King Bob orders the kids to build him a pyramid so that all future classes will remember him.
15	Operation Stuart	1998-11-14
The kids take in a really ratty stray cat that they find near the dumpster, naming it Stuart.
14	Copycat Kid	1998-11-07
Mikey wants to be exactly like Vince when Vince saves his life.
13	The Girl Was Trouble	1998-11-07
Gretchen's search for her stolen handheld computer leads her on a journey among the school's delinquents that ultimately brings about her downfall.
12	Gretchen and the Secret of Yo	1998-10-31
Gretchen turns to former yo-yo champ Tommy Tate to learn how to master the yo-yo.
11	The Substitute	1998-10-31
Substitute teacher Mr. E. captivates all the kids with his command of authority, except T.J.
10	Wild Child	1998-10-10
In the "Pee Wee Pals" program, the main kids each have to take care of a kindergartner during recess.
9	The Challenge	1998-10-10
A visit from Principal Prickly's brother Paul leads to a challenge between 3rd Street and 98th Street kickball teams.
8	Operation Field Trip	1998-10-03
All the kids go on a big field trip to MISOOE (The Museum of Industry, Science, Oceanography, Oddities and Energy). But Ol' Smokey, the bus with the main kids, breaks down in the middle of nowhere.
7	Gus' Last Stand	1998-10-03
Gus winds up the new victim of bully Gelman's wrath.
6	The Lost Ball	1998-09-26
Gus has to go to the Yard of No Return when he kicks a good kickball over the fence.
5	The Game	1998-09-26
Gus finds a tile from the game Ajimbo and soon the entire student body gets caught in its evil grasp.
4	Outcast Ashley	1998-09-19
Ashley A. hooks up with Gretchen when she sins against the clique so gravely as to get thrown out.
3	Mama's Girl	1998-09-19
Spinelli gets labelled a mama's girl when she inadvertently calls Ms. Grotke "Mama."
2	The Hypnotist	1998-09-12
A hypnotist performing for the kids inadvertently hypnotizes Principal Prickly into thinking he's six years old.
1	The Break-Up	1998-09-12
The gang breaks up when they are forced to choose a best friend to write about.

Season 1 (show/hide)
26	Swing on Thru to the Other Side	1998-01-17
Spinelli is inspired to form a cult based on the Swinger Girl then she thinks she's seen her swing over the top into another dimension.
25	Parents' Night	1998-01-17
Spinelli will do anything to keep her parents from attending parents' night and meeting the others.
24	Kids in the Mist	1998-01-10
The kids deal with a pompous expert on child research who wants to study them as they play.
23	The Voice	1998-01-10
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.
22	The Great Can Drive	1997-11-22
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.
21	Rainy Days	1997-11-22
The kids grow increasingly frustrated when rain keeps then indoors for recess for days.
20	Randall's Reform	1997-11-15
Loneliness compels Randall to want to make friends with the other kids.
19	Teacher's Lounge	1997-11-15
The kids dream about what the teachers' lounge must be like.
18	The Trial	1997-11-08
Randall accuses Spinelli of hitting him with a rock during a dirt clod war, so the kids put her on trial.
17	The Box	1997-11-08
Miss Finster comes up with a new punishment that reduces T.J. to a vegetable.
16	The Legend of Big Kid	1997-11-01
What do the kindergarteners have planned for T.J. when they capture him?
15	The Pest	1997-11-01
Jeffrey, an annoying jerk of a boy, insists that Gretchen will be his girlfriend.
14	The Kid Came Back	1997-10-25
A weird little boy keeps tagging along behind the kids, apparently causing a streak of bad luck.
13	I Will Kick No More Forever	1997-10-25
Vince completely loses his confidence at playing kickball when Ashley Q. beats him in a game.
12	Speedy, We Hardly Knew Ye	1997-10-18
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.
11	My Fair Gretchen	1997-10-18
The kids come up with a plan to keep Gretchen from being transferred to Oppenheimer Elementary for the Incredibly Extremely Gifted.
10	Big Brother Chad	1997-10-11
The kids, and Vince himself, come to the awful realization that Vince's once popular older brother Chad has grown up into a geek.
9	King Gus	1997-10-11
Bob installs Gus as a substitute king while he has a tonsillectomy, figuring Gus will be easy to control. But Gus turns into a despot instead.
8	To Finster with Love	1997-10-04
The kids bring Miss Finster together with Hank when they find out she has a crush on him.
7	First Name Ashley	1997-10-04
The Ashleys try to force Spinelli to be just like them when Spinelli's first name is revealed.
6	Officer Mikey	1997-09-27
The others try to help out when Mikey wants to be a safety ranger.
5	Jinxed	1997-09-27
The Ashleys jinx Gus according to the playground rules so that he can't talk until his friends say his name.
4	The Great Jungle Gym Stand Off	1997-09-20
The kids stage a protest when Prickly plans to tear down Ol' Rusty to replace it with a new jungle gym.
3	The Experiment	1997-09-20
The kids carry out a crucial experiment to see if it's really true that their future will be boys kissing girls and girls kissing boys.
2	The New Kid	1997-08-31
New kid Gus arrives at Third Street Elementary, but has to endure the indignities that a new kid must undergo. Guest stars: Sam McMurray
1	The Break In	1997-08-31
The main kids try to get all the other kids to help rescue T.J. when Miss Finster punishes him by making him have no recess.

Season 0 (show/hide)
4	Recess: All Growed Down	2003-12-09
Recess: All Growed Down is a Disney direct-to-video animated film released on December 9, 2003. In this movie, the Recess gang remembers how they all met back in Kindergarten.
3	Recess: Taking the Fifth Grade	2003-12-09
Recess: Taking the Fifth Grade is a Disney direct-to-video animated film released on December 9, 2003. It is considered the series finale to the show.
2	Recess Christmas: Miracle on Third Street	2001-11-06
Recess Christmas: Miracle on Third Street is a Disney direct-to-video animated film, released on November 6, 2001. The movie shows the last day of school before Christmas break, as Mr. Prickley, Mrs. Finster and Mrs. Grokee remember the times that they've had with the children. The movie is compiled from four unrelated episodes including the series' Christmas special "Yes Mikey, Santa Does Shave".
1	Recess: School's Out	2001-01-27
TJ and company must save summer vacation from disappearing forever.

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