Recess

Recess

1997
7.7
7 Seasons
Animation Kids Comedy

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.

Season

Episodes

Episode 1
Ep 1

The Break In

The main kids try to get all the other kids to help rescue T.J. when Miss Finster punishes him by making him miss recess.

Episode 2
Ep 2

The New Kid

New kid Gus arrives at Third Street Elementary, but has to endure the indignities that a new kid must undergo.

Episode 3
Ep 3

The Experiment

The kids carry out a crucial experiment to see if it's really true that kissing each other is an inevitable part of their future.

Episode 4
Ep 4

The Great Jungle Gym Stand Off

The kids stage a protest when Principal Prickly plans to tear down Ol' Rusty to replace it with a new jungle gym.

Episode 5
Ep 5

Jinxed

The Ashleys jinx Gus according to the playground rules so that he can't talk until his friends say his name.

Episode 6
Ep 6

Officer Mikey

The others try to help out when Mikey wants to be a safety ranger.

Episode 7
Ep 7

First Name Ashley

The Ashleys try to force Spinelli to be just like them when Spinelli's first name is revealed.

Episode 8
Ep 8

To Finster with Love

The kids help bring Miss Finster together with Hank the janitor when they find out she has a crush on him.

Episode 9
Ep 9

King Gus

Bob installs Gus as a substitute king while he has a tonsilectomy, figuring Gus will be easy to control - but Gus turns into a despot instead.

Episode 10
Ep 10

Big Brother Chad

The kids, and Vince himself, come to the awful realization that Vince's once popular older brother Chad has grown up into a geek.

Episode 11
Ep 11

My Fair Gretchen

The kids come up with a plan to keep Gretchen from being transferred to Oppenheimer Elementary for the Incredibly Extremely Gifted.

Episode 12
Ep 12

Speedy, We Hardly Knew Ye

The kids stage an elaborate funeral for the 4th grade class's beloved hamster, wherein they learn about how many lives the hamster has touched.

Episode 13
Ep 13

I Will Kick No More Forever

Vince completely loses his confidence at playing kickball when Ashley Q. beats him in a game.

Episode 14
Ep 14

The Kid Came Back

A weird little boy keeps tagging along behind the kids, apparently causing a streak of bad luck.

Episode 15
Ep 15

The Pest

Jeffrey, an annoying jerk of a boy, insists that Gretchen will be his girlfriend.

Episode 16
Ep 16

The Legend of Big Kid

What do the kindergarteners have planned for T.J. when they capture him?

Episode 17
Ep 17

The Box

Miss Finster comes up with a new punishment that reduces T.J. to a vegetable.

Episode 18
Ep 18

The Trial

Randall accuses Spinelli of hitting him with a rock during a dirt clod war so the kids put her on trial.

Episode 19
Ep 19

Teachers Lounge

The kids dream about what the teachers' lounge must be like.

Episode 20
Ep 20

Randall's Reform

Loneliness compels Randall to want to make friends with the other kids.

Episode 21
Ep 21

Rainy Days

The kids grow increasingly frustrated when rain keeps then indoors for recess days on end.

Episode 22
Ep 22

The Great Can Drive

At first only Mikey wants to participate in the Thanksgiving can drive competition against the unbeatable Ashleys. But then the other kids join in to beat the Ashleys.

Episode 23
Ep 23

The Voice

Principal Prickly needs Mikey to sing the National Anthem at the PTA Spring Fling, but Mikey only sings well in the bathroom. So he brings in a music teacher to bring the Robert Goulet out of Mikey.

Episode 24
Ep 24

Kids in the Mist

The kids deal with a pompous expert on child research who wants to study them as they play.

Episode 25
Ep 25

Parents' Night

Spinelli will do anything to keep her parents from attending parents' night and meeting the others.

Episode 26
Ep 26

Swing on Thru to the Other Side

Spinelli is inspired to form a cult based on the Swinger Girl when she thinks she's seen her swing over the top into another dimension.

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)