Season 1
🎬 26 Episodes 📅 1997 ⏱ 11 min
When a mysterious new rule threatens to shrink their beloved recess time, the four-square champions must band together to uncover the truth behind the decision. Recess becomes their battleground, not for conquest, but for friendship—where every kickball game and jungle gym adventure teaches them that loyalty matters more than winning. Through laughter and genuine moments of vulnerability, these fourth-graders discover that growing up means standing up for what you love, even when the odds seem impossible.
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📊 Season Stats
26
Episodes
1997
Year
11
min / ep
4.8
Watch Hours
1/6
Season No.
🎬 Episodes 26 episodes
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.
🎬 Chuck Sheetz ✍️ Paul Germain
2
The New Kid
New kid Gus arrives at Third Street Elementary, but has to endure the indignities that a new kid must undergo.
🎬 Chuck Sheetz ✍️ Paul Germain
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.
🎬 Chuck Sheetz ✍️ Lesa Kite
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.
🎬 Chuck Sheetz ✍️ Joe Purdy
5
Jinxed
The Ashleys jinx Gus according to the playground rules so that he can't talk until his friends say his name.
🎬 Chuck Sheetz ✍️ Scott Shelley
6
Officer Mikey
The others try to help out when Mikey wants to be a safety ranger.
🎬 Chuck Sheetz ✍️ Lesa Kite
7
First Name Ashley
The Ashleys try to force Spinelli to be just like them when Spinelli's first name is revealed.
🎬 Chuck Sheetz ✍️ Holly Huckins
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.
🎬 Chuck Sheetz ✍️ Jeff Wright
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.
🎬 Chuck Sheetz ✍️ Peter Gaffney
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.
🎬 Chuck Sheetz ✍️ Jonathan Greenberg
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.
🎬 Chuck Sheetz ✍️ Holly Huckins
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.
🎬 Chuck Sheetz ✍️ Bruce Rubin
13
I Will Kick No More Forever
Vince completely loses his confidence at playing kickball when Ashley Q. beats him in a game.
🎬 Chuck Sheetz ✍️ Michael L. Kramer
14
The Kid Came Back
A weird little boy keeps tagging along behind the kids, apparently causing a streak of bad luck.
🎬 Chuck Sheetz ✍️ Holly Huckins
15
The Pest
Jeffrey, an annoying jerk of a boy, insists that Gretchen will be his girlfriend.
🎬 Chuck Sheetz ✍️ Rachel Lipman
16
The Legend of Big Kid
What do the kindergarteners have planned for T.J. when they capture him?
🎬 Chuck Sheetz ✍️ Peter Gaffney
17
The Box
Miss Finster comes up with a new punishment that reduces T.J. to a vegetable.
🎬 Susie Dietter ✍️ Jeff Wright
18
The Trial
Randall accuses Spinelli of hitting him with a rock during a dirt clod war so the kids put her on trial.
🎬 Chuck Sheetz ✍️ Scott Shelley
19
Teachers Lounge
The kids dream about what the teachers' lounge must be like.
🎬 Chuck Sheetz ✍️ Jonathan Greenberg
20
Randall's Reform
Loneliness compels Randall to want to make friends with the other kids.
🎬 Chuck Sheetz ✍️ Rachel Lipman
21
Rainy Days
The kids grow increasingly frustrated when rain keeps then indoors for recess days on end.
🎬 Chuck Sheetz ✍️ Lane Raichert
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.
🎬 Chuck Sheetz ✍️ Michael L. Kramer
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.
🎬 Susie Dietter ✍️ Jonathan Greenberg
24
Kids in the Mist
The kids deal with a pompous expert on child research who wants to study them as they play.
🎬 Chuck Sheetz ✍️ Holly Huckins
25
Parents' Night
Spinelli will do anything to keep her parents from attending parents' night and meeting the others.
🎬 Chuck Sheetz ✍️ Holly Huckins
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.
🎬 Chuck Sheetz ✍️ Joe Ansolabehere