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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 4

Episodes

Episode 1 selected
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Episode 1

The First Picture Show

1999-09-12 · 11m

Señor 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

1999-09-12 · 11m

The 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

★ 7.0

Hustler's Apprentice

1999-09-13 · 11m

Gus 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

1999-09-13 · 11m

The 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

★ 7.0

Gus' Fortune

1999-09-19 · 11m

The kids find a paper fortune teller on the ground that predicts doom for Gus.

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Episode 6

Rumor Mill

1999-09-19 · 11m

The 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

1999-09-22 · 11m

Secretary 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

1999-09-22 · 11m

The kids warn Gus not to break the code by telling Miss Finster who started a food fight.

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Episode 9

★ 7.0

The Madness of King Bob

1999-09-26 · 11m

King 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

1999-09-26 · 11m

Gus 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

1999-10-03 · 11m

Prickly 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

1999-10-03 · 11m

Randall 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

★ 7.0

The Biggest Trouble Ever

1999-11-07 · 11m

The gang gets busted when they accidentally break a statue of a famous hero.

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Episode 14

The Rules

1999-11-07 · 11m

The original 1935 edition of The Rules of the Playground is discovered in the library.

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Episode 15

Gus and Misdemeanors

1999-11-08 · 11m

The 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

1999-11-08 · 11m

Second 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

★ 8.0

Mikey's Pants

1999-11-14 · 11m

The 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

1999-11-14 · 11m

Jared, the new student, appears to be perfect, making the rest of the school very jealous.

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Episode 19

Good Luck Charm

1999-11-19 · 11m

Spinelli gets too attached to the lucky marble that Vince loans her.

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Episode 20

★ 7.0

Diggers Split Up

1999-11-19 · 11m

Digger Dave quits digging and then bosses everyone around.

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Episode 21

Schoolworld

1999-11-21 · 11m

The school gets a new technology system installed called the SAL 3000 which controls everything.

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Episode 22

Bachelor Gus

1999-11-21 · 11m

Thinking 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

1999-11-28 · 11m

T.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

1999-11-28 · 11m

Menlo and Randall team up to manipulate the entire playground.

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Episode 25

★ 7.0

The Candidates

1999-11-29 · 11m

Gretchen and Vince both run for president.

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Episode 26

★ 7.0

This Brain for Hire

1999-11-29 · 11m

People start paying Gretchen for doing their homework so she can buy herself a new bike

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Episode 27

★ 7.0

Spinelli's Masterpiece

2000-02-06 · 11m

Spinelli channels her anger into a playground chalk drawing.

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Episode 28

★ 8.0

Nobody Doesn't Like T.J.

2000-02-06 · 11m

T.J. can't figure out why Gordy doesn't like him.

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Episode 29

Yope from Norway

2000-02-20 · 11m

When 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

★ 8.0

Bonky Fever

2000-02-20 · 11m

Scared 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

★ 7.0

Don't Ask Me

2000-02-21 · 11m

Spinelli becomes popular as an advice giver when she sits in for Guru Kid.

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Episode 32

The Secret Life of Grotke

2000-02-21 · 11m

Ms. Grotke's strange behavior makes the kids think that she's a spy.

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Episode 33

★ 7.0

The Fuss Over Finster

2000-02-27 · 11m

Miss Finster hurts her leg and can't keep up with the kids during recess.

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Episode 34

Soccer Boy

2000-02-27 · 11m

Mikey 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

2000-02-29 · 11m

The bored main kids build their own fort. But then Lawson takes it over.

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Episode 36

Germ Warfare

2000-02-29 · 11m

Gus 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

2000-03-01 · 11m

Spinelli gets peeved with her parents heap so much praise for Gretchen at her expense.

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Episode 38

Prince Randall

2000-03-01 · 11m

Randall uses an embarrassing photo to blackmail King Bob into making him Playground Prince.

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Episode 39

Me No Know

2000-04-30 · 11m

Vince feels like an outsider after he misses the must-see movie of the weekend.

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Episode 40

Good Ole T.J.

2000-04-30 · 11m

Gretchen is worried when she's partnered with T.J. on a class project.

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Episode 41

Chez Vince

2000-05-07 · 11m

Disgusted 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

2000-05-07 · 11m

Needing 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

2000-07-17 · 11m

Mikey badgers the gang into a trip to senior citizens home.

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Episode 44

Some Friend

2000-07-17 · 11m

T.J. has a mysterious new friend.

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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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