• Air date: 26 Sep '98 25 episodes
      Recess is an American animated television series created by Paul Germain and Joe Ansolabehere and produced by Walt Disney Television Animation. The series focuses on six elementary school students and their interaction with other classmates and teachers. The title refers to the period of time during the school day in which children are not in lessons and are outside in the schoolyard, in North American society. One of the main features of the series is how the children form their own society, complete with government and a class structure, set against the backdrop of a regular school. Recess first aired on ABC from 1997 through to 2001, and reruns aired on Disney Channel in the United States. The success of the series saw it being distributed to numerous countries around the world, notably the United Kingdom, where it aired on multiple channels including Toon Disney and Disney Channel UK. In 2001, Walt Disney Pictures released the first of two films based on the series, Recess: School's Out,...
  • List of Episodes (25)
    • 1. The Game

      26 Sep '98
      Gus finds a tile from the game Ajimbo and soon the entire student body gets caught in its evil grasp.
    • 2. The Lost Ball

      26 Sep '98
      Gus has to go to the Yard of No Return when he kicks a good kickball over the fence.
    • 3. Gus' Last Stand

      03 Oct '98
      Gus winds up the new victim of bully Gelman's wrath.
    • 4. Operation Field Trip

      03 Oct '98
      All the kids go on a big field trip to MISOOE (The Museum of Industry, Science, Oceanography, Oddities and Energy). But Ol' Smokey, the bus with the main kids, breaks down in the middle of nowhere.
    • 5. The Challenge

      10 Oct '98
      A visit from Principal Prickly's brother Paul leads to a challenge between 3rd Street and 98th Street kickball teams.
    • 6. Wild Child

      10 Oct '98
      In the ""Pee Wee Pals"" program, the main kids each have to take care of a kindergartener during recess.
    • 7. The Substitute

      31 Oct '98
      Substitute teacher Mr. E. captivates all the kids with his command of authority, except T.J.
    • 8. Gretchen and the Secret of Yo

      31 Oct '98
      Gretchen turns to former yo-yo champ Tommy Tate to learn how to master the yo-yo.
    • 9. The Girl was Trouble

      07 Nov '98
      Gretchen's search for her stolen laptop leads her on a journey among the school's delinquents that ultimately brings about her downfall.
    • 10. Copycat Kid

      07 Nov '98
      Mikey wants to be exactly like Vince when Vince saves his life.
    • 11. Operation Stuart

      14 Nov '98
      The kids take in a really ratty stray cat that they find near the dumpster, naming it Stuart.
    • 12. Pharaoh Bob

      14 Nov '98
      King Bob orders the kids to build him a pyramid so that all future classes will remember him.
    • 13. The Hypnotist

      05 Dec '98
      A hypnotist performing for the kids inadvertantly hypnotizes Principal Prickly into thinking he's six years old.
    • 14. Mama's Girl

      05 Dec '98
      Spinelli gets labelled a mama's girl when she inadvertantly calls Ms. Grotke ""Mama.""
    • 15. Economics of Recess

      12 Dec '98
      When the playground goes on the monsticker standard T.J. goes down the path from poverty to wealth.
    • 16. Omega Kids

      12 Dec '98
      The main kids wish they could have the overcrowded school to themselves, then surprisingly get their wish.
    • 17. Yes, Mikey, Santa Does Shave

      26 Dec '98
      Mikey is the only fourth grader who still believes in Santa Claus. He tries to convince the others Santa exists.
    • 18. The Story of Whomps

      09 Jan '99
      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.
    • 19. Weekend at Muriel's

      09 Jan '99
      Miss Finster agrees to babysit Spinelli for the weekend while her parents are away.
    • 20. Bad Hair Day

      16 Jan '99
      T.J. and Vince manage to convince everyone that the bad haircut they gave Mikey is actually cool.
    • 21. Dance Lessons

      16 Jan '99
      Spinelli's parents put her in Mlle. Povlova's dance school, where she teams up with Mikey.
    • 22. Principal for a Day

      27 Feb '99
      Principal Prickly and Miss Finster plot to turn T.J. over to their own side by making him principal for a day.
    • 23. The Beauty Contest

      27 Feb '99
      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.
    • 24. The Break-Up

      03 Apr '99
      The gang breaks up when they are forced to choose a best friend to write about.
    • 25. Outcast Ashley

      10 Apr '99
      Ashley A. hooks up with Gretchen when she sins against the clique so gravely as to get thrown out.