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Recess
Join a group of six fourth-grade best friends at Third Street Elementary School on their fun-filled adventures in their school playground. Through the ups-and-downs of adolescence, they must wrestle with authority, avoid the school snitch, and try their best to win at kick-ball.
- Created by:
- Paul Germain, Joe Ansolabehere
- Cast:
- Andrew Lawrence, Rickey D'Shon Collins, Pamela Adlon, Ashley Johnson
- Language:
- English
- Country:
- United States of America
- Network:
- ABC, UPN
Episode guide
Seasons
Season 2
Episodes
E01
Episode 1
The Break-Up
1998-09-12 · 11mThe gang breaks up when they are forced to choose a best friend to write about.
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E02
Episode 2
The Hypnotist
1998-09-12 · 11mA hypnotist performing for the kids inadvertantly hypnotizes Principal Prickly into thinking he's six years old.
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E03
Episode 3
Mama's Girl
1998-09-19 · 11mSpinelli gets labelled a mama's girl when she inadvertantly calls Ms. Grotke ""Mama.""
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E04
Episode 4
Outcast Ashley
1998-09-19 · 11mAshley A. hooks up with Gretchen when she sins against the clique so gravely as to get thrown out.
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E05
Episode 5
The Game
1998-09-26 · 11mGus finds a tile from the game Ajimbo and soon the entire student body gets caught in its evil grasp.
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E06
Episode 6
The Lost Ball
1998-09-26 · 11mGus has to go to the Yard of No Return when he kicks a good kickball over the fence.
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E07
Episode 7
Gus' Last Stand
1998-10-03 · 11mGus winds up the new target of the school bully's wrath.
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E08
Episode 8
Operation Field Trip
1998-10-03 · 11mAll 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.
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E09
Episode 9
The Challenge
1998-10-10 · 11mA visit from Principal Prickly's brother Paul leads to a challenge between 3rd Street and 98th Street kickball teams.
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E10
Episode 10
Wild Child
1998-10-10 · 11mIn the "Pee Wee Pals" program, the main kids each have to take care of a kindergartner during recess.
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E11
Episode 11
The Substitute
1998-10-31 · 11mSubstitute teacher Mr. E. captivates all the kids with his command of authority, except T.J.
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E12
Episode 12
Gretchen and the Secret of Yo
1998-10-31 · 11mGretchen turns to former yo-yo champ Tommy Tate to learn how to master the yo-yo.
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E13
Episode 13
The Girl Was Trouble
1998-11-07 · 11mGretchen's search for her stolen laptop leads her on a journey among the school's delinquents that ultimately brings about her downfall.
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E14
Episode 14
Copycat Kid
1998-11-07 · 11mMikey wants to be exactly like Vince when Vince saves his life.
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E15
Episode 15
Operation Stuart
1998-11-14 · 11mThe kids take in a really ratty stray cat that they find near the dumpster, naming it Stuart.
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E16
Episode 16
Pharaoh Bob
1998-11-14 · 11mKing Bob orders the kids to build him a pyramid so that all future classes will remember him.
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E17
Episode 17
The Story of Whomps
1999-01-09 · 11mPrincipal 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.
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E18
Episode 18
Weekend at Muriel's
1999-01-09 · 11mMiss Finster agrees to babysit Spinelli for the weekend while her parents are away.
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E19
Episode 19
Economics of Recess
1998-12-12 · 11mWhen the playground goes on the monsticker standard T.J. goes down the path from poverty to wealth.
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E20
Episode 20
Omega Kids
1998-12-12 · 11mThe main kids wish they could have the overcrowded school to themselves, then surprisingly get their wish.
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E21
Episode 21
Yes, Mikey, Santa Does Shave
1998-12-26 · 22mMikey is the only fourth grader who still believes in Santa Claus. He tries to convince the others Santa exists.
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E22
Episode 22
Bad Hair Day
1999-01-16 · 11mT.J. and Vince manage to convince everyone that the bad haircut they gave Mikey is actually cool.
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E23
Episode 23
Dance Lessons
1999-01-16 · 11mSpinelli's parents put her in Mlle. Povlova's dance school, where she teams up with Mikey.
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E24
Episode 24
★ 7.0Principal for a Day
1999-02-27 · 11mPrincipal Prickly and Miss Finster plot to turn T.J. over to their own side by making him principal for a day.
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E25
Episode 25
The Beauty Contest
1999-02-27 · 11mThe 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.
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Andrew Lawrence
TJ Detweiler (voice)
Rickey D'Shon Collins
Vince LaSalle (voice)
Pamela Adlon
Ashley Spinelli (voice)
Ashley Johnson
Gretchen Grundler (voice)
Jason Davis
Mikey Blumberg (voice)
Courtland Mead
Gus Griswald (voice)