List of Recess episodes
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The following is a episode list for the Disney Channel animated series Recess.
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[edit] Season 1: 1997-1998
| # | Title | Original airdate |
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| 1a | "The Break In" | September 13, 1997 |
| When TJ finds himself in detention, the other kids form a plan to break him out. | ||
| 1b | "The New Kid" | September 13, 1997 |
| Gus, the new kid, arrives at Third Street School. | ||
| 2a | "Parents' Night" | September 27, 1997 |
| Spinelli is apprehensive about her parents attending Parent's Night because they embarrass her. | ||
| 2b | "Swing on Thru to the Other Side" | September 27, 1997 |
| Spinelli tries to impersonate popular fourth grader Swinger Girl, making her friends concerned. | ||
| 3a | "First Name Ashley" | October 4, 1997 |
| After Randell reveals that Spinelli's first name is Ashley, she is forced to join 'The Ashleys' who humiliate her and make her work as a servant. | ||
| 3b | "To Finster with Love" | October 4, 1997 |
| Miss Finster is attracted to Hank the janitor, and starts being nice to everyone, concerning the children. | ||
| 4a | "King Gus" | October 11, 1997 |
| When King Bob comes down with tonsilitis, he appoints Gus as the new King Of The Playground. The power goes to Gus's head, and he starts ordering people about. | ||
| 4b | "Big Brother Chad" | October 11, 1997 |
| Vince is concerned about whether his 'cool' big brother Chad really is a geek. | ||
| 5 a | "My Fair Gretchen" | October 18, 1997 |
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After being told Principal Prickly plans to move her to Oppenheimer, Gretchen worries she might not see TJ and the others again. Second Appearance of Principal Prickly Third Appearance of Miss Finster (April Winchell) |
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| 5b | "Speedy, We Hardly Knew Ye" | October 18, 1997 |
| Speedy, the class hamster, dies, so the kids decide to throw a funeral. But it doesn't go as expected. | ||
| 6a | "I Will Kick No More Forever" | October 25, 1997 |
| After getting outplayed in a kickball game by Ashley Q, Vince decides he will never play kickball again. | ||
| 6b | "The Kid Came Back" | October 25, 1997 |
| A stranger called the Peanut Butter Kid tries to follow the gang everywhere, and it drives them crazy. | ||
| 7a | "The Pest" | November 1, 1997 |
| Gretchen is being bugged by Geoffrey who has fallen in love with her. | ||
| 7b | "The Legend of Big Kid" | November 1, 1997 |
| After a bizarre kidnapping incident, T.J. lives among the younger children for a while. | ||
| 8a | "The Box" | November 8, 1997 |
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After getting tired of everyone disobeying playground rules, Miss Finster plans to put anyone who breaks playground rules into 'The Box,' starting with TJ. He goes crazy and is terrified of anything in a square. Fourth Appearance of Miss Finster (April Winnchell) |
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| 8b | "The Trial" | November 8, 1997 |
| In a parody of a court trial, Spinelli and Randall battle it out in court after Randall accuses her of throwing a rock. | ||
| 9a | "Teachers Lounge" | November 15, 1997 |
| Intrigued by its secrecy, the kids try and find out what the teacher's lounge is really about. | ||
| 9b | "Randall's Reform" | November 15, 1997 |
| TJ and the gang finally accept Randall into the group, but it doesn't go well when Miss Finster becomes involved. | ||
| 10a | "Rainy Days" | November 22, 1997 |
| It's a rainy day and recess is canceled. When the rain won't seem to stop after day three, the kids start to get on each other's nerves. Will the kids survive five days of indoor recesses? | ||
| 10b | "The Great Can Drive" | November 22, 1997 |
| Mikey is the only one of his group who decides to raise money for the annual Can Drive after the other kids drop out, not wanting to lose against the Ashleys again. | ||
| 11a | "Jinxed" | December 13, 1997 |
| After Gus is jinxed by the Ashleys, Principal Prickly attempts to transfer him. The gang fight the transfer. | ||
| 11b | "Officer Mikey" | December 13, 1997 |
| Mikey wants to become a safety ranger which causes the gang to get help from others students needs. | ||
| 12a | "The Experiment" | December 20, 1997 |
| The gang hear a chilling story of what older students like to do with their time, and the only solution is for two of them to disprove it in the world's most 'unusual' experiment. | ||
| 12b | "The Great Jungle Gym Standoff" | December 20, 1997 |
| Principal Prickly wants to tear down Ol Rusty, but not if TJ can help it. | ||
| 13a | "The Voice" | January 10, 1998 |
| When Principal Prickly discovers that Mikey sings like Robert Goulet (who portrays Mikey's singing voice), he appoints a beautiful, young music teacher. Mikey becomes attracted to her. | ||
| 13b | "Kids in the Mist" | January 10, 1998 |
| A researcher is fascinated by what the Third Street kids do outside of lessons. But is she really all she seems? | ||
[edit] Season 2: 1998-1999
| # | Title | Original airdate |
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| 14a | "The Game" | September 9, 1998 |
| A new craze called 'Ajimbo' sweeps the playground. | ||
| 14b | "The Lost Ball" | September 9, 1998 |
| A Kickball falls into a mysterious back garden of a mansion and its up to the Gang to retrieve it. | ||
| 15a | "Gus' Last Stand" | October 3, 1998 |
| Gus Stands up to Gelman the Bully. | ||
| 15b | "Operation Field Trip" | October 3, 1998 |
| The School is going on a field trip, but T.J.'s class bus breaks down, leaving them stranded. | ||
| 16a | "The Challenge" | October 10, 1998 |
| The two Mr. Prickly men (as it is revealed in this episode that Principal Prickly of 3rd Street has an older brother, also a principal of an elementary school) square off on a bet based on a game of 4th grade kickball. | ||
| 16b | "Wild Child" | October 10, 1998 |
| In the "Pee Wee Pals" program, the main kids each have to take care of a kindergartener during recess | ||
| 17a | "The Substitute" | October 31, 1998 |
| A Mysterious Substitute by the name of Mr. E takes over Miss Grotke's class while she is away. | ||
| 17b | "Gretchen and the Secret of Yo" | October 31, 1998 |
| Gretchen discovers a new talent in yo-yos. | ||
| 18a | "The Girl was Trouble" | November 7, 1998 |
| Gretchen loses her good name after trying to win back her computer, Galileo. | ||
| 18b | "Copycat Kid" | November 7, 1998 |
| Mikey starts to copy Vince after Vince saves Mikey's life. | ||
| 19a | "Operation Stuart" | November 14, 1998 |
| Stuart, a stray cat, wreaks havoc at 3rd Street School. | ||
| 19b | "Pharaoh Bob" | November 14, 1998 |
| King Bob orders the Kids of the Playground to make a monument in his name. | ||
| 20a | "Mama's Girl" | December 5, 1998 |
| Spinelli calls Miss Grotke "Mama" in front of the whole playground. | ||
| 20b | "The Hypnotist" | December 5, 1998 |
| Principal Prickly is hypnotised to think he is a little kid again. | ||
| 21a | "Economics of Recess" | December 12, 1998 |
| T.J. discovers that while he was away, the School has undergone a currency implementation. | ||
| 21b | "Omega Kids" | December 12, 1998 |
| All the kids at 3rd Street School have fallen ill after eating Tuna Fish Tacos, leaving T.J. and the gang as the only students in school. | ||
| 22 | "Yes, Mikey, Santa Does Shave" | December 26, 1998 |
| (Christmas Special: One half-hour episode) Mikey still believes in Santa Claus. | ||
| 23a | "The Story of Whomps" | January 9, 1999 |
| This follows the origins of the word "Whomps" and the trouble it causes. | ||
| 23b | "Weekend at Muriel's" | January 9, 1999 |
| Spinelli is forced to spend a weekend with Miss Finster. | ||
| 24a | "Bad Hair Day" | January 16, 1999 |
| Mikey is given a bad hair cut, and a hair cut craze soon follows. | ||
| 24b | "Dance Lessons" | January 16, 1999 |
| Spinelli is forced to take dance lessons. | ||
| 25a | "Principal for a Day" | February 27, 1999 |
| T.J. is made Principal for a day but all is not well. | ||
| 25b | "The Beauty Contest" | February 27, 1999 |
| Spinelli is entered into a beauty contest by the Ashleys. | ||
| 26a | "The Break Up" | April 3, 1999 |
| All 6 members of the recess gang are no longer friends. | ||
| 26b | "Outcast Ashley" | April 10, 1999 |
| One of the Ashleys is thrown out for breaking a rule. | ||
[edit] Season 3: 1999-2000
| # | Title | Original airdate |
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| 27a | "One Stayed Clean" | September 11, 1999 |
| It's Gus's first-ever Picture Day, but can his friends help him stay clean until the end of the day? | ||
| 27b | "A Genius Among Us" | September 11, 1999 |
| The person who solved Gretchen's complicated mathematical problem after school...turns out to be Hank the janitor. | ||
| 28a | "Dodgeball City" | September 18, 1999 |
| T.J. and the gang discover something shocking from Gus's past. | ||
| 28b | "A Career to Remember" | September 18, 1999 |
| The Gang ponder on what they want to be when they grow up. | ||
| 29a | "Kindergarten Derby" | September 25, 1999 |
| The Kindergarteners compete in a race to win a wish from King Bob... Who wins? | ||
| 29b | "The Bet" | September 25, 1999 |
| T.J bets Vince his 60 best Senior Fusion comics for 10 of Vinces's mystery books that he cannot go without winning every game he plays for one day. | ||
| 30a | "Space Cadet" | September 25, 1999 |
| Gretchen gets a letter from NASA, telling her that she will be involved in the next space shuttle mission. | ||
| 30b | "Stand Up Randall" | September 25, 1999 |
| Randall discovers a joke book and soon begins displaying his jokes to the playground. | ||
| 33a | "The Shiner" | |
| T.J. gets a black eye and claims he is a hero. | ||
| 32b | "Lord of the Nerds" | |
| T.J. breaks his collarbone playing kickball, and has to spend recess with the "pale" kids. | ||
| 32a | "That Stinking Feeling" | |
| Johnny "Baby Tooth" V. leaves an imprint on Spinelli's heart. | ||
| 33b | "My Funny Valentines" | |
| T.J. creates prank valentines and complications ensue. | ||
| 34a | "The Barnaby Boys" | |
| T.J. and Vince try to uncover the mystery of the temporary janitor. | ||
| 34b | "Buried Treasure" | |
| The Gang find a treasure map, and go on a quest to find the treasure. | ||
| 35a | "The Library Kid" | January 22, 2000 |
| The gang investigates an urban legend - is there a kid who stays in the library and does not come out to recess? I think not. | ||
| 35b | "The Ratings Game" | January 22, 2000 |
| The Ashleys instigate a ratings system.... But soon it wreaks havoc on the social structure of the playground. | ||
[edit] Season 4: 1999-2000
| # | Title | Original airdate |
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| 36a | "The First Picture Show" | September 12, 1999 |
| T.J. finds out about the first Senior Fusion movie and vows to see the first show, ending up against Principal Prickly. | ||
| 36b | "The Big Prank" | September 12, 1999 |
| T.J. tries to prank King Bob so he can win the king's old title of Prankster Prince. | ||
| 37a | "Hustler's Apprentice" | |
| Gus joins the Hustler Kid. | ||
| 37b | "The Spy Who Came In from the Playground" | |
| There is a mole in the children's midst, who is ratting everybody out. | ||
| 38a | "Gus's Fortune" | |
| After playing with a "Stinky Peterson" fortune telling device, Gus is told he will die the next day | ||
| 38b | "Rumor Mill" | |
| Mikey is the subject of a vicious rumour that terrifies the whole school, but who started it? | ||
| 39a | "Recess is Canceled" | |
| The Government officially cancels recess. | ||
| 39b | "Tattletale Heart" | |
| Gus knows who started a savage food fight and refuses to tell Miss Finster. But will she break him in two like hank???? | ||
| 40a | "The Madness of King Bob" | |
| Continuing from "The Big Prank". King Bob becomes obsessed with getting revenge on T.J. | ||
| 40b | "Call Me Guy" | |
| Gus loses his glasses and becomes cool. | ||
| 41a | "Prickly Is Leaving" | |
| Principal Prickly gets an offer of a job at a middle school that he just can't refuse... | ||
| 41b | "Randall's Friends" | |
| Randall gets T.J. and his friends to act as his friends after lying to his father about his friendships, and his father later visits in honor of Randall's birthday. | ||
| 42a | "The Biggest Trouble Ever" | |
| T.J. and the gang are deemed criminals because of an accident involving a head | ||
| 42b | "The Rules" | |
| The old King Morty's rules are reinstated after Vince and Lawson have a disagreement regarding a kickball landing in a dumpster. | ||
| 43a | "Gus and Misdemeanors" | |
| The bad kids from "The Girl was Trouble" trick Gus into shoplifting candy from Kelso's. | ||
| 43b | "A Science Fair to Remember" | |
| Little Becky Benson idolizes Gretchen... Or does she? | ||
| 44a | "Mikey's Pants" | |
| Mikey's pants split, but will the gang be able to help him avoid Finster and her needle? | ||
| 44b | "Here Comes Mr. Perfect" | |
| A new kid comes to Third Street and isn't as average as the gang hopes... | ||
| 45a | "Good Luck Charm" | |
| Spinelli borrows Vince's lucky marble to pass a math test on the day Vince needs it most... | ||
| 45b | "Diggers Split Up" | |
| The diggers have a fight and split up. Can the gang get them back together? | ||
| 46a | "Schoolworld" | |
| The school gets a new technology system installed called the SAL 3000 which controls everything. | ||
| 46b | "Bachelor Gus" | |
| Gus moves into Old Rusty at school after overhearing his parents' unfortunate plans. | ||
| 47a | "The Dude" | |
| A school legend, T.J.'s idol comes back as a... Teacher? | ||
| 47b | "Partners in Crime" | |
| Menlo and Randall team up to trouble the whole school. | ||
| 48a | "The Candidates" | |
| Vince and Gretchen run against each other for class president. | ||
| 48b | "This Brain for Hire" | |
| Gretchen does other people's homework to get the money for a new bike. | ||
| 49a | "Spinelli's Masterpiece" | |
| Spinelli lets off some steam by creating a chalk drawing. | ||
| 49b | "Nobody Doesn't Like T.J." | |
| T.J. does everything he can to get one kid to like him. | ||
| 50a | "Yope from Norway" | |
| Gus becomes jealous of a Norwegian transfer student. | ||
| 50b | "Bonkey Fever" | |
| Mikey has problems turning the big 1-0. | ||
| 51a | "Don't Ask Me" | |
| Spinelli takes the place of the Guru Kid. | ||
| 51b | "The Secret Life of Grotke" | |
| The gang believe that Miss Grotke is a spy. But is she spying for or against America? | ||
| 52a | "The Fuss Over Finster" | |
| Miss Finster hurts her leg and can't keep up with the kids during recess. | ||
| 52b | "Soccer Boy" | |
| Vince refuses to let Mikey join his five-a-side soccer team for the King Bob Classic, so Mikey become the goalkeeper for Lawson's team. | ||
| 53a | "Fort Tender" | |
| T.J. and the gang make a fort, only to have Lawson ruin their plans. | ||
| 53b | "Germ Warfare" | |
| Gus and Mikey are at war after Gretchen catches a cold. | ||
| 54a | "More Like Gretchen" | |
| After a visit to a beauty museum with Gretchen, Spinelli's parents seem to be a little "unsatisfied" with their daughter. | ||
| 54b | "Prince Randall" | |
| Randall blackmails King Bob into giving him the throne. | ||
| 55a | "Me No Know" | |
| Vince is left out from seeing a really good movie and feels the brunt of not understanding what is going on throughout the city, more importantly... The school. | ||
| 55b | "Good Ole T.J." | |
| Good ol' T.J. and Gretchen are finally partners for a project... Will it work? | ||
| 56a | "Chez Vince" | |
| Vince becomes one of the greatest chefs in the history of the playground and making 'Chez Vince' And possibly even the world. | ||
| 56b | "Tucked In Mikey" | |
| Menlow teaches Mikey to be more "organized", only to surprise the whole school. | ||
| 57a | "Old Folks Home" | July 17, 2000 |
| The gang take a visit to the Old Folks' Home, only to be surprised. | ||
| 57b | "Some Friend" | July 17, 2000 |
| T.J. has a mysterious friend that appears to be Menlow. | ||
[edit] Season 5: 2000 - 2001
| # | Title | Original airdate |
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| 58a | "The Coolest Heatwave Ever" | September 9, 2000 |
| The gang try to find the school's back-up water valve on the hottest day of the year. | ||
| 58b | "No Strings Attached" | September 9, 2000 |
| The gang is suspicious when the Ashleys give Spinelli six wrestling tickets. | ||
| 59a | "Beyond a Reasonable Scout" | September 16, 2000 |
| Mikey and Gus want to join the Woodchuck Scouts. | ||
| 59b | "The C Note" | September 16, 2000 |
| T.J. finds a $100 bill. He wants to give it back. | ||
| 60a | "The Army-Navy Game" | September 23, 2000 |
| Cornchip Girl and Gus share a secret friendship. | ||
| 60b | "Big Ol' Mikey" | September 23, 2000 |
| 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! | ||
| 61a | "A Great State Fair" | September 16, 2000 |
| 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. | ||
| 61b | "The A.V. Kid" | September 16, 2000 |
| A.V. Kid must choose a successor because he's leaving Third Street. T.J. and Vince would both like the position. | ||
| 62a | "The Principals of Golf" | October 14, 2000 |
| The kids think Vince is getting special treatment when he becomes Prickly's golf partner. | ||
| 62b | "All the Principal's Men" | October 14, 2000 |
| The gang tries to find out who removed all the balls from the playground. | ||
| 63 | "Lawson and his Crew" | January 6, 2001 |
| Lawson organizes a gang to take over solving everyone's problems. | ||
[edit] Season 6: 2001
| # | Title | Original airdate |
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| 64 | "Terrifying Tales of Recess" | August 21, 2001 |
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In this episode, Butch tells us three terrifying tales of Recess. Children of the Cornchip: Cornchip Girl tests some untested chips, and turns into a monster When Bikes Attack!: On a stormy day, Mikey's bike comes to life after being struck by lightning. Night of the Living Finsters: Lawson dares Vince to spend the night beneath the Diggers' hole. |
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| 65a | "Kurst the Not So Bad" | November 4, 2001 |
| Mikey's new friendship with Kurst the Worst doesn't sit well with their friends. | ||
| 65b | "League of Randalls" | November 4, 2001 |
| Randall recruits the Tylers, the Ashleys' little brothers, to help him snitch. | ||
| 66a | "Mundy, Mundy" | November 21, 2001 |
| Bad-guy Mundy becomes very popular after he prevents a ball from hitting a little kid. | ||
| 66b | "Lost Leader" | November 21, 2001 |
| T.J. goes "missing" after a series of failed plans. | ||
[edit] Season 7: 2003
Season Seven consisted of only 3 episodes making a TV Movie, Recess: Taking The Fifth Grade
1. The Beginning of Fifth Grade
2. The Fifth and Sixth Graders Club
3. Halloween
