Recess: Season 4
Season 4 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Recess Season 3.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 4 Progress Shield
The First Picture Show
Sep 12, 1999
Señor Fusion: the Movie finally opens and T.J. vows to be there at its first screening.
The Big Prank
Sep 12, 1999
The kids rope T.J. into a challenge to play a prank on King Bob before the end of the school day.
Hustler's Apprentice
Sep 13, 1999
Gus winds up working for the Hustler Kid to pay off a debt, and soon he himself becomes the biggest hustler in the playground.
The Spy Who Came In from the Playground
Sep 13, 1999
The main kids make a friend of new kid James Stone and show him all their little schemes, but soon regret that.
Gus' Fortune
Sep 19, 1999
The kids find a paper fortune teller on the ground that predicts doom for Gus.
Rumor Mill
Sep 19, 1999
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.
Recess is Cancelled
Sep 22, 1999
Secretary of Schools Garrison chooses 3rd Street School as the place to test his program to bring test scores up by cancelling recess.
Tattletale Heart
Sep 22, 1999
The kids warn Gus not to break the code by telling Miss Finster who started a food fight.
The Madness of King Bob
Sep 26, 1999
King Bob abandons his throne in his obsessive pursuit of pulling a prank on T.J. in this sequel to The Big Prank
Call Me Guy
Sep 26, 1999
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.
Prickly is Leaving
Oct 3, 1999
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.
Randall's Friends
Oct 3, 1999
Randall gets the main kids to pretend that they're his friends when his father, Leonard, visits the school on Randall's birthday.
The Biggest Trouble Ever
Nov 7, 1999
The gang gets busted when they accidentally break a statue of a famous hero.
The Rules
Nov 7, 1999
The original 1935 edition of The Rules of the Playground is discovered in the library.
Gus and Misdemeanors
Nov 8, 1999
The bad kids from The Girl was Trouble trick Gus into shoplifting candy from Kelso's.
A Science Fair to Remember
Nov 8, 1999
Second grade prodigy Becky Benson befriends Gretchen to get help for her science fair project. But she has an ulterior motive.
Mikey's Pants
Nov 14, 1999
The gang tries to cover up Mikey's ripped pants so Finster won't catch him.
Here Comes Mr. Perfect
Nov 14, 1999
Jared, the new student, appears to be perfect, making the rest of the school very jealous.
Good Luck Charm
Nov 19, 1999
Spinelli gets too attached to the lucky marble that Vince loans her.
Diggers Split Up
Nov 19, 1999
Digger Dave quits digging and then bosses everyone around.
Schoolworld
Nov 21, 1999
The school gets a new technology system installed called the SAL 3000 which controls everything.
Bachelor Gus
Nov 21, 1999
Thinking his family is moving away again, Gus moves under the jungle gym to avoid leaving his friends and school
The Dude
Nov 28, 1999
T.J. and the gang meet Mr. Dudicoff, a student teacher who was a legend at 3rd Street School back in the day.
Partners in Crime
Nov 28, 1999
Menlo and Randall team up to manipulate the entire playground.
This Brain for Hire
Nov 29, 1999
People start paying Gretchen for doing their homework so she can buy herself a new bike
Spinelli's Masterpiece
Feb 6, 2000
Spinelli channels her anger into a playground chalk drawing.
Yope from Norway
Feb 20, 2000
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.
Bonky Fever
Feb 20, 2000
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.
Don't Ask Me
Feb 21, 2000
Spinelli becomes popular as an advice giver when she sits in for Guru Kid.
The Secret Life of Grotke
Feb 21, 2000
Ms. Grotke's strange behavior makes the kids think that she's a spy.
The Fuss Over Finster
Feb 27, 2000
Miss Finster hurts her leg and can't keep up with the kids during recess.
Soccer Boy
Feb 27, 2000
Mikey makes the other kids regret not letting them play on their team for the playground's soccer tourney.
Fort Tender
Feb 29, 2000
The bored main kids build their own fort. But then Lawson takes it over.
Germ Warfare
Feb 29, 2000
Gus starts an obsessive crusade to kill all the germs in the world, while Mikey will do anything to save them.
More Like Gretchen
Mar 1, 2000
Spinelli gets peeved with her parents heap so much praise for Gretchen at her expense.
Prince Randall
Mar 1, 2000
Randall uses an embarrassing photo to blackmail King Bob into making him Playground Prince.
Me No Know
Apr 30, 2000
Vince feels like an outsider after he misses the must-see movie of the weekend.
Good Ole T.J.
Apr 30, 2000
Gretchen is worried when she's partnered with T.J. on a class project.
Chez Vince
May 7, 2000
Disgusted by the horrible cafeteria food, Vince becomes the new school cook when the other kids try his cooking.
Tucked In Mikey
May 7, 2000
Needing to prepare himself for a poet laureate ceremony, Mikey decides to listen to Menlo to learn how to organize himself.
Old Folks Home
Jul 17, 2000
Mikey badgers the gang into a trip to senior citizens home.