Recess

September 12, 1998

The gang breaks up when they are forced to choose a best friend to write about.

September 12, 1998

A hypnotist performing for the kids inadvertantly hypnotizes Principal Prickly into thinking he's six years old.

September 19, 1998

Spinelli gets labelled a mama's girl when she inadvertantly calls Ms. Grotke ""Mama.""

September 19, 1998

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

September 26, 1998

Gus finds a tile from the game Ajimbo and soon the entire student body gets caught in its evil grasp.

September 26, 1998

Gus has to go to the Yard of No Return when he kicks a good kickball over the fence.

October 3, 1998

Gus winds up the new target of the school bully's wrath.

October 3, 1998

All the kids go on a big field trip to MISOOE (The Museum of Industry, Science, Oceanography, Oddities and Energy). But Ol' Smokey, the beloved school bus, breaks down in the middle of nowhere.

October 10, 1998

A visit from Principal Prickly's brother Paul leads to a challenge between 3rd Street and 98th Street kickball teams.

October 10, 1998

In the "Pee Wee Pals" program, the main kids each have to take care of a kindergartner during recess.

October 31, 1998

Substitute teacher Mr. E. captivates all the kids with his command of authority, except T.J.

October 31, 1998

Gretchen turns to former yo-yo champ Tommy Tate to learn how to master the yo-yo.

November 7, 1998

Gretchen's search for her stolen laptop leads her on a journey among the school's delinquents that ultimately brings about her downfall.

November 7, 1998

Mikey wants to be exactly like Vince when Vince saves his life.

November 14, 1998

The kids take in a really ratty stray cat that they find near the dumpster, naming it Stuart.

November 14, 1998

King Bob orders the kids to build him a pyramid so that all future classes will remember him.

January 9, 1999

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.

January 9, 1999

Miss Finster agrees to babysit Spinelli for the weekend while her parents are away.

December 12, 1998

When the playground goes on the monsticker standard T.J. goes down the path from poverty to wealth.

December 12, 1998

The main kids wish they could have the overcrowded school to themselves, then surprisingly get their wish.

December 26, 1998

Mikey is the only fourth grader who still believes in Santa Claus. He tries to convince the others Santa exists.

January 16, 1999

T.J. and Vince manage to convince everyone that the bad haircut they gave Mikey is actually cool.

January 16, 1999

Spinelli's parents put her in Mlle. Povlova's dance school, where she teams up with Mikey.

February 27, 1999

Principal Prickly and Miss Finster plot to turn T.J. over to their own side by making him principal for a day.

February 27, 1999

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.