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Recess

7.8/10 547 votes
AnimationKidsComedy

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

7 available

Season 2

Episodes

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Episode 1

The Break-Up

1998-09-12 · 11m

The gang breaks up when they are forced to choose a best friend to write about.

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Episode 2

The Hypnotist

1998-09-12 · 11m

A hypnotist performing for the kids inadvertantly hypnotizes Principal Prickly into thinking he's six years old.

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Episode 3

Mama's Girl

1998-09-19 · 11m

Spinelli gets labelled a mama's girl when she inadvertantly calls Ms. Grotke ""Mama.""

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Episode 4

Outcast Ashley

1998-09-19 · 11m

Ashley A. hooks up with Gretchen when she sins against the clique so gravely as to get thrown out.

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Episode 5

The Game

1998-09-26 · 11m

Gus finds a tile from the game Ajimbo and soon the entire student body gets caught in its evil grasp.

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Episode 6

The Lost Ball

1998-09-26 · 11m

Gus has to go to the Yard of No Return when he kicks a good kickball over the fence.

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Episode 7

Gus' Last Stand

1998-10-03 · 11m

Gus winds up the new target of the school bully's wrath.

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Episode 8

Operation Field Trip

1998-10-03 · 11m

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.

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Episode 9

The Challenge

1998-10-10 · 11m

A visit from Principal Prickly's brother Paul leads to a challenge between 3rd Street and 98th Street kickball teams.

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Episode 10

Wild Child

1998-10-10 · 11m

In the "Pee Wee Pals" program, the main kids each have to take care of a kindergartner during recess.

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Episode 11

The Substitute

1998-10-31 · 11m

Substitute teacher Mr. E. captivates all the kids with his command of authority, except T.J.

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Episode 12

Gretchen and the Secret of Yo

1998-10-31 · 11m

Gretchen turns to former yo-yo champ Tommy Tate to learn how to master the yo-yo.

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Episode 13

The Girl Was Trouble

1998-11-07 · 11m

Gretchen'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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Episode 14

Copycat Kid

1998-11-07 · 11m

Mikey wants to be exactly like Vince when Vince saves his life.

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Episode 15

Operation Stuart

1998-11-14 · 11m

The kids take in a really ratty stray cat that they find near the dumpster, naming it Stuart.

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Episode 16

Pharaoh Bob

1998-11-14 · 11m

King Bob orders the kids to build him a pyramid so that all future classes will remember him.

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Episode 17

The Story of Whomps

1999-01-09 · 11m

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.

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Episode 18

Weekend at Muriel's

1999-01-09 · 11m

Miss Finster agrees to babysit Spinelli for the weekend while her parents are away.

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Episode 19

Economics of Recess

1998-12-12 · 11m

When the playground goes on the monsticker standard T.J. goes down the path from poverty to wealth.

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Episode 20

Omega Kids

1998-12-12 · 11m

The main kids wish they could have the overcrowded school to themselves, then surprisingly get their wish.

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Episode 21

Yes, Mikey, Santa Does Shave

1998-12-26 · 22m

Mikey is the only fourth grader who still believes in Santa Claus. He tries to convince the others Santa exists.

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Episode 22

Bad Hair Day

1999-01-16 · 11m

T.J. and Vince manage to convince everyone that the bad haircut they gave Mikey is actually cool.

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Episode 23

Dance Lessons

1999-01-16 · 11m

Spinelli's parents put her in Mlle. Povlova's dance school, where she teams up with Mikey.

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Episode 24

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Principal for a Day

1999-02-27 · 11m

Principal 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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Episode 25

The Beauty Contest

1999-02-27 · 11m

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.

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Cast

Andrew Lawrence

Andrew Lawrence

TJ Detweiler (voice)

Rickey D'Shon Collins

Rickey D'Shon Collins

Vince LaSalle (voice)

Pamela Adlon

Pamela Adlon

Ashley Spinelli (voice)

Ashley Johnson

Ashley Johnson

Gretchen Grundler (voice)

Jason Davis

Jason Davis

Mikey Blumberg (voice)

Courtland Mead

Courtland Mead

Gus Griswald (voice)

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