Recess
Follow six best friends at Third Street Elementary School as they navigate everyday playground adventures in fourth grade. Between authority battles, avoiding a school snitch, and trying to win kick-ball, they face the ups and downs of growing up while sticking together.
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E1
The Break-Up
The gang breaks up when they are forced to choose a best friend to write about.
Sep 12, 1998 -
2
E2
The Hypnotist
A hypnotist performing for the kids inadvertantly hypnotizes Principal Prickly into thinking he's six years old.
Sep 12, 1998 -
3
E3
Mama's Girl
Spinelli gets labelled a mama's girl when she inadvertantly calls Ms. Grotke ""Mama.""
Sep 19, 1998 -
4
E4
Outcast Ashley
Ashley A. hooks up with Gretchen when she sins against the clique so gravely as to get thrown out.
Sep 19, 1998 -
5
E5
The Game
Gus finds a tile from the game Ajimbo and soon the entire student body gets caught in its evil grasp.
Sep 26, 1998 -
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E6
The Lost Ball
Gus has to go to the Yard of No Return when he kicks a good kickball over the fence.
Sep 26, 1998 -
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E7
Gus' Last Stand
Gus winds up the new target of the school bully's wrath.
Oct 3, 1998 -
8
E8
Operation Field Trip
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.
Oct 3, 1998 -
9
E9
The Challenge
A visit from Principal Prickly's brother Paul leads to a challenge between 3rd Street and 98th Street kickball teams.
Oct 10, 1998 -
10
E10
Wild Child
In the "Pee Wee Pals" program, the main kids each have to take care of a kindergartner during recess.
Oct 10, 1998 -
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E11
The Substitute
Substitute teacher Mr. E. captivates all the kids with his command of authority, except T.J.
Oct 31, 1998 -
12
E12
Gretchen and the Secret of Yo
Gretchen turns to former yo-yo champ Tommy Tate to learn how to master the yo-yo.
Oct 31, 1998 -
13
E13
The Girl Was Trouble
Gretchen's search for her stolen laptop leads her on a journey among the school's delinquents that ultimately brings about her downfall.
Nov 7, 1998 -
14
E14
Copycat Kid
Mikey wants to be exactly like Vince when Vince saves his life.
Nov 7, 1998 -
15
E15
Operation Stuart
The kids take in a really ratty stray cat that they find near the dumpster, naming it Stuart.
Nov 14, 1998 -
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E16
Pharaoh Bob
King Bob orders the kids to build him a pyramid so that all future classes will remember him.
Nov 14, 1998 -
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E17
The Story of Whomps
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.
Jan 9, 1999 -
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E18
Weekend at Muriel's
Miss Finster agrees to babysit Spinelli for the weekend while her parents are away.
Jan 9, 1999 -
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E19
Economics of Recess
When the playground goes on the monsticker standard T.J. goes down the path from poverty to wealth.
Dec 12, 1998 -
20
E20
Omega Kids
The main kids wish they could have the overcrowded school to themselves, then surprisingly get their wish.
Dec 12, 1998 -
21
E21
Yes, Mikey, Santa Does Shave
Mikey is the only fourth grader who still believes in Santa Claus. He tries to convince the others Santa exists.
Dec 26, 1998 -
22
E22
Bad Hair Day
T.J. and Vince manage to convince everyone that the bad haircut they gave Mikey is actually cool.
Jan 16, 1999 -
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E23
Dance Lessons
Spinelli's parents put her in Mlle. Povlova's dance school, where she teams up with Mikey.
Jan 16, 1999 -
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E24
Principal for a Day
Principal Prickly and Miss Finster plot to turn T.J. over to their own side by making him principal for a day.
Feb 27, 1999 -
25
E25
The Beauty Contest
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.
Feb 27, 1999