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Recess

It's Gus's first ever class Picture Day, but can his friends help him to stay clean until the end of the day? His friends have promised to help out, but they also have to look after themselves. It will be quite a challenge, because the children who have already had their pictures taken are busy t...

TJ comes into school with a black eye and can't resist insinuating that he got it while he was doing something brave. The other children treat him like a hero, showering him with gifts, and eventually he decides to tell the truth - he bumped into someone at a dance party that his mother took him ...

Spinelli loses her heart to the lisping fifth year, Johnny 'Baby Tooth' V. She's distraught, but then Miss Finster gives her a pep talk, telling her that it won’t be long before all the other children start having feelings like that too. Miss Finster goes on to explain that it is a good thing to ...

Full of disdain for Valentines Day, and after Mr Kelso tells him that Valentines were hand made back in his day, TJ creates a load of 'funny' Valentines in order to annoy all the fourth year girls at Third Street School. Unfortunately this backfires on him and even the Ashleys decide to include h...

Tired of being ignored by the rest of the children, who are fed up with their mean behaviour, Menlo and Randall plot to take over Third Street School. But there's a fly in the ointment - Menlo isn't as keen as Randall is to break all the school rules. And then Gus and TJ come up with a plan to di...

Spinelli gets angry playing basketball and quits. She finds herself helping Cornchip Girl with her chalk drawing on the playground. Spinelli keeps on drawing everywhere and the gang try and save her masterpieces from the other kids. Then Finster tries to wash the pictures away. TJ gets detention ...

Gus volunteers to befriend Yope, a newcomer from Norway. Yope admires Gus and Gus jealously wants to keep his friend away from the others so that Yope does not realise that Gus is rather unpopular. Gus calls himself some new nicknames. The gang decide to find out if there is any truth in the urba...

Vince wants to see the latest film that everyone at school is talking about, but his parents say that he cannot. The kids at school keep quoting the film and teasing him. He sneaks into the film, pretending that Finster is his aunt. His parents spot him coming out of the cinema and he is grounded...

TJ plays a prank on Randall in the school canteen, and impresses King Bob, who, instead of punishing him as he expects, tells him that he has gained his everlasting respect. He then goes on to tell a story about the best prankster in the history of Third Street School - himself. TJ sees this as s...

Mundy, Skeens and Sleepy Kid trick Gus into stealing sweets from Kelso's, making him feel ashamed of himself. So he decides to own up to Mr Kelso and pay him for the sweets that he took. Mr Kelso is impressed, so he forgives Gus and asks him to help out in the shop every Saturday for a couple of ...

The friends get a new teacher, Mr. Dudikoff (The Dude), who is TJ's idol. But he turns out to be rather disappointing until he begins to regale the class with tales of his misspent youth. He can't please everyone, however, and now the teachers are unhappy with him! It's Mikey's 10th birthday on S...

TJ and Vince are into Barnaby Boys mystery books! Inspired by the thrilling tales, they try to solve the mystery of the temporary janitor. TJ finds a treasure map in an old history book, given to him by Miss Grotke. The friends go on a quest to find the treasure, led through the clues by Gretchen...

Gus is looking forward to a trip to the state fair when he forgets his permission slip, and has to stay behind. TJ catches a dove to take a message to Gus’s father to get the permission slip back. Gretchen then sends a telegraph which is intercepted by a Russian and passed onto Gus’ dad. A helico...

Mikey is about to enjoy a chocolate bar when Miss Finster pops up and takes it off him. She takes all the sweets and empties them into a sack. The gang make plans to retrieve the contraband when Miss Finster slips on a gumball and falls down. She appears to break her leg and now the gang feel sor...

Mikey asks the gang to visit a care home, but they would rather spend Saturday at the Señor Fusion Fest. Mikey convinces them that the old people need company. The kids expect to be bored, but are surprised to discover that one of the old people was the creator of the character Señor Fusion. The ...

The kindergarteners are being selected to take part in a race where the prize is a wish from King Bob, but Mikey doesn’t like the way they're being exploited. However, one of the kindergarteners, Tubby, turns to Mikey for help training for the race and Mikey cannot refuse him. After a presentatio...