Recess

1The Break-Up

11 minSep 12, 1998

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

2The Hypnotist

11 minSep 12, 1998

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

3Mama's Girl

11 minSep 19, 1998

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

4Outcast Ashley

11 minSep 19, 1998

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

5The Game

11 minSep 26, 1998

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

6The Lost Ball

11 minSep 26, 1998

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

7Gus' Last Stand

11 minOct 3, 1998

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

8Operation Field Trip

11 minOct 3, 1998

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.

9The Challenge

11 minOct 10, 1998

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

10Wild Child

11 minOct 10, 1998

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

11The Substitute

11 minOct 31, 1998

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

12Gretchen and the Secret of Yo

11 minOct 31, 1998

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

13The Girl Was Trouble

11 minNov 7, 1998

Gretchen's search for her stolen laptop leads her on a journey among the school's delinquents that ultimately brings about her downfall.

14Copycat Kid

11 minNov 7, 1998

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

15Operation Stuart

11 minNov 14, 1998

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

16Pharaoh Bob

11 minNov 14, 1998

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

17The Story of Whomps

11 minJan 9, 1999

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.

18Weekend at Muriel's

11 minJan 9, 1999

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

19Economics of Recess

11 minDec 12, 1998

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

20Omega Kids

11 minDec 12, 1998

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

21Yes, Mikey, Santa Does Shave

22 minDec 26, 1998

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

22Bad Hair Day

11 minJan 16, 1999

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

23Dance Lessons

11 minJan 16, 1999

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

24Principal for a Day

11 minFeb 27, 1999

Principal Prickly and Miss Finster plot to turn T.J. over to their own side by making him principal for a day.

25The Beauty Contest

11 minFeb 27, 1999

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.