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Recess

Comic tales of a group of good friends, four boys and two girls, during breaks in primary school, as they grow up, relate to each other, and have brushes with authority.

11 Votes (7.5)

1997 HD 11min TV-G United States English Ended
Adventure Animation
elementary school playground

Credits:

Paul Germain

director

Andrew Lawrence

TJ Detweiler (voice)

Pamela Adlon

Ashley Spinelli (voice)

Rickey D'Shon Collins

Vince LaSalle (voice)

Courtland Mead

Gus Griswald (voice)

Ashley Johnson

Gretchen Grundler (voice)

Jason Davis

Mikey Blumberg (voice)

S1E1 - The Break In 1997-09-13

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.

S1E2 - The New Kid 1997-09-13

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

S1E3 - Parents' Night 1997-09-27

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

S1E4 - Swing on Thru to the Other Side 1997-09-27

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

S1E5 - First Name Ashley 1997-10-04

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

S1E6 - 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.

S1E7 - King Gus 1997-10-11

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.

S1E8 - Big Brother Chad 1997-10-11

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

S1E9 - 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.

S1E10 - Speedy, We Hardly Knew Ye 1997-10-18

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

S1E11 - 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.

S1E12 - The Kid Came Back 1997-10-25

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

S1E13 - The Pest 1997-11-01

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

S1E14 - The Legend of Big Kid 1997-11-01

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

S1E15 - The Box 1997-11-08

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

S1E16 - 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.

S1E17 - Teachers Lounge 1997-11-15

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

S1E18 - Randall's Reform 1997-11-15

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

S1E19 - Rainy Days 1997-11-22

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

S1E20 - 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.

S1E21 - The Great Jungle Gym Stand Off 1997-12-13

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

S1E22 - Jinxed 1997-12-13

The Ashleys jinx Gus according to the playground rules so that he cant talk until his friends say his name.

S1E23 - The Experiment 1998-11-28

The kids carry out a crucial experiment to see if its really true that their future will be boys kissing girls and girls kissing boys.

S1E24 - Officer Mikey 1997-12-20

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

S1E25 - 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.

S1E26 - 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.

S2E1 - 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.

S2E2 - 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.

S2E3 - Gus' Last Stand 1998-10-03

Gus winds up the new victim of bully Gelmans wrath.

S2E4 - 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.

S2E5 - The Challenge 1998-10-10

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

S2E6 - Wild Child 1998-10-10

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

S2E7 - The Substitute 1998-10-31

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

S2E8 - 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.

S2E9 - The Girl Was Trouble 1998-11-07

Gretchens search for her stolen laptop leads her on a journey among the schools delinquents that ultimately brings about her downfall.

S2E10 - Copycat Kid 1998-11-07

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

S2E11 - Operation Stuart 1998-11-14

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

S2E12 - Pharaoh Bob 1998-11-14

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

S2E13 - The Hypnotist 1998-12-05

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

S2E14 - Mama's Girl 1998-12-05

Spinelli gets labelled a mamas girl when she inadvertantly calls Ms. Grotke ""Mama.""

S2E15 - Economics of Recess 1998-12-12

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

S2E16 - Omega Kids 1998-12-12

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

S2E17 - 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.

S2E18 - Weekend at Muriel's 1999-01-09

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

S2E19 - Weekend at Muriel's 1999-01-09

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

S2E20 - Bad Hair Day 1999-01-16

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

S2E21 - Dance Lessons 1999-01-16

Spinellis parents put her in Mlle. Povlovas dance school, where she teams up with Mikey.

S2E22 - 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.

S2E23 - 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.

S2E24 - The Break-Up 1999-04-03

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

S2E25 - Outcast Ashley 1999-04-10

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

S3E1 - One Stayed Clean 1999-09-11

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

S3E2 - 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.

S3E3 - 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.

S3E4 - 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.

S3E5 - 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.

S3E6 - The Bet 1999-09-25

Fed up with Vinces ego, the kids bet Vince that he cant go one whole day without beating someone in a sport.

S3E7 - 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.

S3E8 - Stand Up Randall 1999-10-02

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

S3E9 - 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.

S3E10 - 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.

S3E11 - That Stinking Feeling 1999-11-13

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

S3E12 - My Funny Valentines 1999-11-13

In his hatred of Valentines Day, T.J. sends a ""funny"" valentine to every single girl on the playground to show them how stupid Valentines Day is, but his plan soon backfires when the girls mistake them for ""real"" valentine cards.

S3E13 - 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.

S3E14 - Buried Treasure 2000-01-15

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.

S3E15 - The Library Kid 2000-01-22

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

S3E16 - The Ratings Game 2000-01-22

Everyone is segregrated once the Ashleys start giving ratings to everyone on the playground.

S4E1 - The First Picture Show 1999-09-12

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

S4E2 - 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.

S4E3 - 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.

S4E4 - 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.

S4E5 - Gus' Fortune 1999-09-19

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

S4E6 - Rumor Mill 1999-09-19

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

S4E7 - 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.

S4E8 - Tattletale Heart 1999-09-22

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

S4E9 - 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

S4E10 - Call Me Guy 1999-09-26

Gus takes a new identity when he discovers that people think hes a different cool kid when he doesnt wear them. Too bad "Guy" cant see a thing.

S4E11 - 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.

S4E12 - Randall's Friends 1999-10-03

Randall gets the main kids to pretend that theyre his friends when his father, Leonard, visits the school on Randalls birthday.

S4E13 - The Biggest Trouble Ever 1999-11-07

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

S4E14 - The Rules 1999-11-07

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

S4E15 - Gus and Misdemeanors 1999-11-08

The bad kids from The Girl was Trouble trick Gus into shoplifting candy from Kelsos.

S4E16 - 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.

S4E17 - Mikey's Pants 1999-11-14

The gang tries to cover up Mikeys ripped pants so Finster wont catch him.

S4E18 - Here Comes Mr. Perfect 1999-11-14

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

S4E19 - Good Luck Charm 1999-11-19

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

S4E20 - Diggers Split Up 1999-11-19

Digger Dave quits digging and then bosses everyone around.

S4E21 - Schoolworld 1999-11-21

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

S4E22 - 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

S4E23 - 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.

S4E24 - Partners in Crime 1999-11-28

Menlo and Randall team up to manipulate the entire playground.

S4E25 - The Candidates 1999-11-29

Gretchen and Vince both run for president.

S4E26 - This Brain for Hire 1999-11-29

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

S4E27 - Spinelli's Masterpiece 2000-02-06

Spinelli channels her anger into a playground chalk drawing.

S4E28 - Nobody Doesn't Like T.J. 2000-02-06

T.J. cant figure out why Gordy doesnt like him.

S4E29 - Yope from Norway 2000-02-20

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.

S4E30 - Bonky Fever 2000-02-20

Scared of turning 10 on his soon-to-be bithday, Mikey develops an obssession of becoming a little kid again so he wont have to grow up.

S4E31 - Don't Ask Me 2000-02-21

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

S4E32 - The Secret Life of Grotke 2000-02-21

Ms. Grotkes strange behavior makes the kids think that shes a spy.

S4E33 - The Fuss Over Finster 2000-02-27

Miss Finster hurts her leg and cant keep up with the kids during recess.

S4E34 - Soccer Boy 2000-02-27

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

S4E35 - Fort Tender 2000-02-29

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

S4E36 - 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.

S4E37 - More Like Gretchen 2000-03-01

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

S4E38 - Prince Randall 2000-03-01

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

S4E39 - Me No Know 2000-04-30

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

S4E40 - Good Ole T.J. 2000-04-30

Gretchen is worried when shes partnered with T.J. on a class project.

S4E41 - Chez Vince 2000-05-07

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

S4E42 - Tucked In Mikey 2000-05-07

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

S4E43 - Old Folks Home 2000-07-17

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

S4E44 - Some Friend 2000-07-17

T.J. has a mysterious new friend.

S4E45 - Season 4, Episode 45

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S4E46 - Season 4, Episode 46

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S5E1 - 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.

S5E2 - No Strings Attached 2000-09-09

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

S5E3 - Beyond a Reasonable Scout 2000-09-16

Mikey and Gus want to join the Woodchuck Scouts.

S5E4 - The C Note 2000-09-16

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

S5E5 - The Army Navy Game 2000-09-23

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

S5E6 - 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 Mikeys test says he will be 50 feet tall! The others find this cool and wonder what 50 foot Mikey could do, but Mikey isnt so sure that being 50 feet tall will be that great.

S5E7 - A Great State Fair 2000-10-14

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.

S5E8 - The A.V. Kid 2000-10-14

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

S5E9 - The Principals of Golf 2000-11-04

The kids think Vince is getting special treatment when he becomes Pricklys golf partner.

S5E10 - All the Principal's Men 2000-11-04

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

S5E11 - 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 playgrounds 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 ...

S6E1 - Terrifying Tales of Recess 2001-08-21

In this Halloween 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.