Season 4
🎬 44 Episodes 📅 1999 ⏱ 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
44
Episodes
1999
Year
11
min / ep
8.1
Watch Hours
4/6
Season No.
🎬 Episodes 44 episodes
1
The First Picture Show
Señor Fusion: the Movie finally opens and T.J. vows to be there at its first screening.
🎬 Chuck Sheetz ✍️ Richard Whitley
2
The Big Prank
The kids rope T.J. into a challenge to play a prank on King Bob before the end of the school day.
🎬 Chuck Sheetz ✍️ Gregg Taylor
3
Hustler's Apprentice
Gus winds up working for the Hustler Kid to pay off a debt, and soon he himself becomes the biggest hustler in the playground.
🎬 Chuck Sheetz ✍️ Ned Teitelbaum
4
The Spy Who Came In from the Playground
The main kids make a friend of new kid James Stone and show him all their little schemes, but soon regret that.
🎬 Chuck Sheetz ✍️ Michael L. Kramer
5
Gus' Fortune
The kids find a paper fortune teller on the ground that predicts doom for Gus.
🎬 Howy Parkins ✍️ Phil Walsh
6
Rumor Mill
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.
🎬 Chuck Sheetz ✍️ David Pitlik
7
Recess is Cancelled
Secretary of Schools Garrison chooses 3rd Street School as the place to test his program to bring test scores up by cancelling recess.
🎬 Chuck Sheetz ✍️ Mark Drop
8
Tattletale Heart
The kids warn Gus not to break the code by telling Miss Finster who started a food fight.
🎬 Brenda Piluso ✍️ Matt Rosenberg
9
The Madness of King Bob
King Bob abandons his throne in his obsessive pursuit of pulling a prank on T.J. in this sequel to The Big Prank
🎬 Chuck Sheetz ✍️ Gregg Taylor
10
Call Me Guy
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.
🎬 Brenda Piluso ✍️ Ford Riley
11
Prickly is Leaving
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.
🎬 Chuck Sheetz ✍️ Bart Jennett
12
Randall's Friends
Randall gets the main kids to pretend that they're his friends when his father, Leonard, visits the school on Randall's birthday.
🎬 Howy Parkins ✍️ Milton Chassman
13
The Biggest Trouble Ever
The gang gets busted when they accidentally break a statue of a famous hero.
🎬 Howy Parkins ✍️ Steve Bannos
14
The Rules
The original 1935 edition of The Rules of the Playground is discovered in the library.
🎬 Howy Parkins ✍️ Etan Cohen
15
Gus and Misdemeanors
The bad kids from The Girl was Trouble trick Gus into shoplifting candy from Kelso's.
🎬 Chuck Sheetz ✍️ Holly Huckins
16
A Science Fair to Remember
Second grade prodigy Becky Benson befriends Gretchen to get help for her science fair project. But she has an ulterior motive.
🎬 Howy Parkins ✍️ Sandy Adomaitis
17
Mikey's Pants
The gang tries to cover up Mikey's ripped pants so Finster won't catch him.
🎬 Chuck Sheetz ✍️ Phil Walsh
18
Here Comes Mr. Perfect
Jared, the new student, appears to be perfect, making the rest of the school very jealous.
🎬 Chuck Sheetz ✍️ Phil Walsh
19
Good Luck Charm
Spinelli gets too attached to the lucky marble that Vince loans her.
🎬 Chuck Sheetz ✍️ David Pitlik
20
Diggers Split Up
Digger Dave quits digging and then bosses everyone around.
🎬 Chuck Sheetz ✍️ Cary Okmin
21
Schoolworld
The school gets a new technology system installed called the SAL 3000 which controls everything.
🎬 Howy Parkins ✍️ Scott Shelley
22
Bachelor Gus
Thinking his family is moving away again, Gus moves under the jungle gym to avoid leaving his friends and school
🎬 Chuck Sheetz ✍️ Sandy Adomaitis
23
The Dude
T.J. and the gang meet Mr. Dudicoff, a student teacher who was a legend at 3rd Street School back in the day.
🎬 Howy Parkins ✍️ Richard Whitley
24
Partners in Crime
Menlo and Randall team up to manipulate the entire playground.
🎬 Chuck Sheetz ✍️ Bart Jennett
25
The Candidates
Gretchen and Vince both run for president.
🎬 Chuck Sheetz ✍️ Etan Cohen
26
This Brain for Hire
People start paying Gretchen for doing their homework so she can buy herself a new bike
🎬 Chuck Sheetz ✍️ Phil Walsh
27
Spinelli's Masterpiece
Spinelli channels her anger into a playground chalk drawing.
🎬 Brenda Piluso ✍️ Ford Riley
28
Nobody Doesn't Like T.J.
T.J. can't figure out why Gordy doesn't like him.
🎬 Howy Parkins ✍️ Phil Walsh
29
Yope from Norway
When a new kid from Norway comes to 3rd Street School, Gus befriends the kid by making him think that Gus is the hottest kid in the school.
🎬 Howy Parkins ✍️ Bob Illes
30
Bonky Fever
Scared of turning 10 on his soon-to-be bithday, Mikey develops an obssession of becoming a little kid again so he won't have to grow up.
🎬 Chuck Sheetz ✍️ Bart Jennett
31
Don't Ask Me
Spinelli becomes popular as an advice giver when she sits in for Guru Kid.
🎬 Howy Parkins ✍️ Sandy Adomaitis
32
The Secret Life of Grotke
Ms. Grotke's strange behavior makes the kids think that she's a spy.
🎬 Howy Parkins ✍️ Ford Riley
33
The Fuss Over Finster
Miss Finster hurts her leg and can't keep up with the kids during recess.
🎬 Howy Parkins ✍️ Milton Chassman
34
Soccer Boy
Mikey makes the other kids regret not letting them play on their team for the playground's soccer tourney.
🎬 Howy Parkins ✍️ Bart Jennett
35
Fort Tender
The bored main kids build their own fort. But then Lawson takes it over.
🎬 Howy Parkins ✍️ Nick DuBois
36
Germ Warfare
Gus starts an obsessive crusade to kill all the germs in the world, while Mikey will do anything to save them.
🎬 Howy Parkins ✍️ Phil Walsh
37
More Like Gretchen
Spinelli gets peeved with her parents heap so much praise for Gretchen at her expense.
🎬 Howy Parkins ✍️ Bart Jennett
38
Prince Randall
Randall uses an embarrassing photo to blackmail King Bob into making him Playground Prince.
🎬 Howy Parkins ✍️ Phil Walsh
39
Me No Know
Vince feels like an outsider after he misses the must-see movie of the weekend.
🎬 Howy Parkins ✍️ Ford Riley
40
Good Ole T.J.
Gretchen is worried when she's partnered with T.J. on a class project.
🎬 Howy Parkins ✍️ Sandy Adomaitis
41
Chez Vince
Disgusted by the horrible cafeteria food, Vince becomes the new school cook when the other kids try his cooking.
🎬 Howy Parkins ✍️ Milton Chassman
42
Tucked In Mikey
Needing to prepare himself for a poet laureate ceremony, Mikey decides to listen to Menlo to learn how to organize himself.
🎬 Howy Parkins ✍️ Jack Monaco
43
Old Folks Home
Mikey badgers the gang into a trip to senior citizens home.
🎬 Howy Parkins ✍️ Ford Riley
44
Some Friend
T.J. has a mysterious new friend.
🎬 Howy Parkins ✍️ Mark Archuleta