Recess (1997)
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.
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Episode 1 - The First Picture Show
Release Date: 1999-09-12Señor Fusion: the Movie finally opens and T.J. vows to be there at its first screening.
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Episode 2 - The Big Prank
Release Date: 1999-09-12The kids rope T.J. into a challenge to play a prank on King Bob before the end of the school day.
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Episode 3 - Hustler's Apprentice
Release Date: 1999-09-13Gus winds up working for the Hustler Kid to pay off a debt, and soon he himself becomes the biggest hustler in the playground.
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Episode 4 - The Spy Who Came In from the Playground
Release Date: 1999-09-13The main kids make a friend of new kid James Stone and show him all their little schemes, but soon regret that.
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Episode 5 - Gus' Fortune
Release Date: 1999-09-19The kids find a paper fortune teller on the ground that predicts doom for Gus.
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Episode 6 - Rumor Mill
Release Date: 1999-09-19The 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.
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Episode 7 - Recess is Cancelled
Release Date: 1999-09-22Secretary of Schools Garrison chooses 3rd Street School as the place to test his program to bring test scores up by cancelling recess.
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Episode 8 - Tattletale Heart
Release Date: 1999-09-22The kids warn Gus not to break the code by telling Miss Finster who started a food fight.
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Episode 9 - The Madness of King Bob
Release Date: 1999-09-26King Bob abandons his throne in his obsessive pursuit of pulling a prank on T.J. in this sequel to The Big Prank
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Episode 10 - Call Me Guy
Release Date: 1999-09-26Gus 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.
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Episode 11 - Prickly is Leaving
Release Date: 1999-10-03Prickly 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.
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Episode 12 - Randall's Friends
Release Date: 1999-10-03Randall gets the main kids to pretend that they're his friends when his father, Leonard, visits the school on Randall's birthday.
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Episode 13 - The Biggest Trouble Ever
Release Date: 1999-11-07The gang gets busted when they accidentally break a statue of a famous hero.
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Episode 14 - The Rules
Release Date: 1999-11-07The original 1935 edition of The Rules of the Playground is discovered in the library.
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Episode 15 - Gus and Misdemeanors
Release Date: 1999-11-08The bad kids from The Girl was Trouble trick Gus into shoplifting candy from Kelso's.
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Episode 16 - A Science Fair to Remember
Release Date: 1999-11-08Second grade prodigy Becky Benson befriends Gretchen to get help for her science fair project. But she has an ulterior motive.
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Episode 17 - Mikey's Pants
Release Date: 1999-11-14The gang tries to cover up Mikey's ripped pants so Finster won't catch him.
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Episode 18 - Here Comes Mr. Perfect
Release Date: 1999-11-14Jared, the new student, appears to be perfect, making the rest of the school very jealous.
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Episode 19 - Good Luck Charm
Release Date: 1999-11-19Spinelli gets too attached to the lucky marble that Vince loans her.
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Episode 20 - Diggers Split Up
Release Date: 1999-11-19Digger Dave quits digging and then bosses everyone around.
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Episode 21 - Schoolworld
Release Date: 1999-11-21The school gets a new technology system installed called the SAL 3000 which controls everything.
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Episode 22 - Bachelor Gus
Release Date: 1999-11-21Thinking his family is moving away again, Gus moves under the jungle gym to avoid leaving his friends and school
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Episode 23 - The Dude
Release Date: 1999-11-28T.J. and the gang meet Mr. Dudicoff, a student teacher who was a legend at 3rd Street School back in the day.
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Episode 24 - Partners in Crime
Release Date: 1999-11-28Menlo and Randall team up to manipulate the entire playground.
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Episode 25 - The Candidates
Release Date: 1999-11-29Gretchen and Vince both run for president.
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Episode 26 - This Brain for Hire
Release Date: 1999-11-29People start paying Gretchen for doing their homework so she can buy herself a new bike
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Episode 27 - Spinelli's Masterpiece
Release Date: 2000-02-06Spinelli channels her anger into a playground chalk drawing.
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Episode 28 - Nobody Doesn't Like T.J.
Release Date: 2000-02-06T.J. can't figure out why Gordy doesn't like him.
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Episode 29 - Yope from Norway
Release Date: 2000-02-20When 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.
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Episode 30 - Bonky Fever
Release Date: 2000-02-20Scared of turning 10 on his soon-to-be bithday, Mikey develops an obssession of becoming a little kid again so he won't have to grow up.
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Episode 31 - Don't Ask Me
Release Date: 2000-02-21Spinelli becomes popular as an advice giver when she sits in for Guru Kid.
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Episode 32 - The Secret Life of Grotke
Release Date: 2000-02-21Ms. Grotke's strange behavior makes the kids think that she's a spy.
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Episode 33 - The Fuss Over Finster
Release Date: 2000-02-27Miss Finster hurts her leg and can't keep up with the kids during recess.
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Episode 34 - Soccer Boy
Release Date: 2000-02-27Mikey makes the other kids regret not letting them play on their team for the playground's soccer tourney.
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Episode 35 - Fort Tender
Release Date: 2000-02-29The bored main kids build their own fort. But then Lawson takes it over.
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Episode 36 - Germ Warfare
Release Date: 2000-02-29Gus starts an obsessive crusade to kill all the germs in the world, while Mikey will do anything to save them.
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Episode 37 - More Like Gretchen
Release Date: 2000-03-01Spinelli gets peeved with her parents heap so much praise for Gretchen at her expense.
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Episode 38 - Prince Randall
Release Date: 2000-03-01Randall uses an embarrassing photo to blackmail King Bob into making him Playground Prince.
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Episode 39 - Me No Know
Release Date: 2000-04-30Vince feels like an outsider after he misses the must-see movie of the weekend.
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Episode 40 - Good Ole T.J.
Release Date: 2000-04-30Gretchen is worried when she's partnered with T.J. on a class project.
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Episode 41 - Chez Vince
Release Date: 2000-05-07Disgusted by the horrible cafeteria food, Vince becomes the new school cook when the other kids try his cooking.
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Episode 42 - Tucked In Mikey
Release Date: 2000-05-07Needing to prepare himself for a poet laureate ceremony, Mikey decides to listen to Menlo to learn how to organize himself.
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Episode 43 - Old Folks Home
Release Date: 2000-07-17Mikey badgers the gang into a trip to senior citizens home.
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Episode 44 - Some Friend
Release Date: 2000-07-17T.J. has a mysterious new friend.
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Episode 50 - The First Picture Show
Release Date: 1999-09-12Señor Fusion: the Movie finally opens and T.J. vows to be there at its first screening.
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Episode 54 - The Spy Who Came In from the Playground
Release Date: 1999-09-13The main kids make a friend of new kid James Stone and show him all their little schemes, but soon regret that.
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Episode 55 - Gus' Fortune
Release Date: 1999-09-19The kids find a paper fortune teller on the ground that predicts doom for Gus.
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Episode 56 - Rumor Mill
Release Date: 1999-09-19The 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.