• Air date: 12 Sep '99 44 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 (44)
    • 1. The First Picture Show

      12 Sep '99
      Señor Fusion: the Movie finally opens and T.J. vows to be there at its first screening.
    • 2. The Big Prank

      12 Sep '99
      The kids rope T.J. into a challenge to play a prank on King Bob before the end of the school day.
    • 3. Hustler's Apprentice

      13 Sep '99
      Gus winds up working for the Hustler Kid to pay off a debt, and soon he himself becomes the biggest hustler in the playground.
    • 4. The Spy Who Came In from the Playground

      13 Sep '99
      The main kids make a friend of new kid James Stone and show him all their little schemes, but soon regret that.
    • 5. Gus' Fortune

      19 Sep '99
      The kids find a paper fortune teller on the ground that predicts doom for Gus.
    • 6. Rumor Mill

      19 Sep '99
      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.
    • 7. Recess is Cancelled

      22 Sep '99
      Secretary of Schools Garrison chooses 3rd Street School as the place to test his program to bring test scores up by cancelling recess.
    • 8. Tattletale Heart

      22 Sep '99
      The kids warn Gus not to break the code by telling Miss Finster who started a food fight.
    • 9. The Madness of King Bob

      26 Sep '99
      King Bob abandons his throne in his obsessive pursuit of pulling a prank on T.J. in this sequel to The Big Prank
    • 10. Call Me Guy

      26 Sep '99
      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.
    • 11. Prickly is Leaving

      03 Oct '99
      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.
    • 12. Randall's Friends

      03 Oct '99
      Randall gets the main kids to pretend that they're his friends when his father, Leonard, visits the school on Randall's birthday.
    • 13. The Biggest Trouble Ever

      07 Nov '99
      The gang gets busted when they accidentally break a statue of a famous hero.
    • 14. The Rules

      07 Nov '99
      The original 1935 edition of The Rules of the Playground is discovered in the library.
    • 15. Gus and Misdemeanors

      08 Nov '99
      The bad kids from The Girl was Trouble trick Gus into shoplifting candy from Kelso's.
    • 16. A Science Fair to Remember

      08 Nov '99
      Second grade prodigy Becky Benson befriends Gretchen to get help for her science fair project. But she has an ulterior motive.
    • 17. Mikey's Pants

      14 Nov '99
      The gang tries to cover up Mikey's ripped pants so Finster won't catch him.
    • 18. Here Comes Mr. Perfect

      14 Nov '99
      Jared, the new student, appears to be perfect, making the rest of the school very jealous.
    • 19. Good Luck Charm

      19 Nov '99
      Spinelli gets too attached to the lucky marble that Vince loans her.
    • 20. Diggers Split Up

      19 Nov '99
      Digger Dave quits digging and then bosses everyone around.
    • 21. Schoolworld

      21 Nov '99
      The school gets a new technology system installed called the SAL 3000 which controls everything.
    • 22. Bachelor Gus

      21 Nov '99
      Thinking his family is moving away again, Gus moves under the jungle gym to avoid leaving his friends and school
    • 23. The Dude

      28 Nov '99
      T.J. and the gang meet Mr. Dudicoff, a student teacher who was a legend at 3rd Street School back in the day.
    • 24. Partners in Crime

      28 Nov '99
      Menlo and Randall team up to manipulate the entire playground.
    • 25. The Candidates

      29 Nov '99
      Gretchen and Vince both run for president.