Recess (1997)
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Howy Parkins — Director
Episodes 50
Economics of Recess
When the playground goes on the monsticker standard T.J. goes down the path from poverty to wealth.
Read MoreDodgeball City
The main kids discover that Gus was once a notorious dodgeball player who went by the name of El Diablo.
Read MoreGus' Fortune
The kids find a paper fortune teller on the ground that predicts doom for Gus.
Read MoreSpace Cadet
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.
Read MoreRandall's Friends
Randall gets the main kids to pretend that they're his friends when his father, Leonard, visits the school on Randall's birthday.
Read MoreLord of the Nerds
T.J. breaks his clavicle and now has to spend recess with the ""pale kids"" in Room 51.
Read MoreThe Biggest Trouble Ever
The gang gets busted when they accidentally break a statue of a famous hero.
Read MoreA Science Fair to Remember
Second grade prodigy Becky Benson befriends Gretchen to get help for her science fair project. But she has an ulterior motive.
Read MoreThat Stinking Feeling
Spinelli gets a crush on a fifth grader and has to get over it to save her reputation.
Read MoreMy Funny Valentines
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.
Read MoreMikey's Pants
The gang tries to cover up Mikey's ripped pants so Finster won't catch him.
Read MoreSchoolworld
The school gets a new technology system installed called the SAL 3000 which controls everything.
Read MoreThe Candidates
Gretchen and Vince both run for president.
Read MoreThe Barnaby Boys
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.
Read MoreThe Library Kid
When the gang catches the mysterious ""Libray Kid"", they take her out to recess where she becomes obssessed with the playground.
Read MoreThe Ratings Game
Everyone is segregrated once the Ashley's start giving ratings to everyone on the playground.
Read MoreNobody Doesn't Like T.J.
T.J. can't figure out why Gordy doesn't like him.
Read MoreYope from Norway
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.
Read MoreDon't Ask Me
Spinelli becomes popular as an advice giver when she sits in for Guru Kid.
Read MoreThe Secret Life of Grotke
Ms. Grotke's strange behavior makes the kids think that she's a spy.
Read MoreThe Fuss Over Finster
Miss Finster hurts her leg and can't keep up with the kids during recess.
Read MoreSoccer Boy
Mikey makes the other kids regret not letting them play on their team for the playground's soccer tourney.
Read MoreFort Tender
The bored main kids build their own fort. But then Lawson takes it over.
Read MoreGerm Warfare
Gus starts an obsessive crusade to kill all the germs in the world, while Mikey will do anything to save them.
Read MoreMore Like Gretchen
Spinelli gets peeved with her parents heap so much praise for Gretchen at her expense.
Read MorePrince Randall
Randall uses an embarrassing photo to blackmail King Bob into making him Playground Prince.
Read MoreMe No Know
Vince feels like an outsider after he misses the must-see movie of the weekend.
Read MoreGood Ole T.J.
Gretchen is worried when she's partnered with T.J. on a class project.
Read MoreChez Vince
Disgusted by the horrible cafeteria food, Vince becomes the new school cook when the other kids try his cooking.
Read MoreTucked In Mikey
Needing to prepare himself for a poet laureate ceremony, Mikey decides to listen to Menlo to learn how to organize himself.
Read MoreOld Folks Home
Mikey badgers the gang into a trip to senior citizens home.
Read MoreSome Friend
T.J. has a mysterious new friend.
Read MoreThe Coolest Heatwave Ever
During a burning hot day, the gang attempts to make it across the playground to the otherside where there is a water pump.
Read MoreNo Strings Attached
The gang is suspicious when the Ashleys give Spinelli six wrestling tickets.
Read MoreBeyond a Reasonable Scout
Mikey and Gus want to join the Woodchuck Scouts.
Read MoreThe C Note
T.J. finds a $100 bill and along with the gang try to find out who lost it.
Read MoreThe Army Navy Game
Gus and Theresa (Cornchip Girl) have a hard time becoming friends due to their rivaling fathers.
Read MoreBig Ol' Mikey
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.
Read MoreA Great State Fair
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.
Read MoreThe A.V. Kid
Vince and T.J. compete for the job as A.V. Kid, but their competition leads to a broken-up friendship between them.
Read MoreThe Principals of Golf
The kids think Vince is getting special treatment when he becomes Prickly's golf partner.
Read MoreAll the Principal's Men
The gang tries to find out who removed all the balls from the playground.
Read MoreLawson and His Crew
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 ...
Read MoreTerrifying Tales of Recess
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.
Read MoreKurst the Not So Bad
Mikey's new friendship with Kurst the Worst doesn't sit well with their friends.
Read MoreLeague of Randalls
Randal recruits the Tylers, the Ashleys' little brothers, to help him snitch.
Read MoreMundy, Mundy
Bad-guy Mundy becomes very poular after he prevents a ball from hitting a little kid.
Read MoreLost Leader
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
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