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The Kids from Room 402: Season 1

22 episodes Premiered Aug 29, 2000 Updated Sep 30, 2026
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Mytharc (3): Crucial lore & season climaxes
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S1·E1 Mytharc

Son of Einstein

Aug 29, 2000 · 22 min

Jesse gets the math book with the answers to the tests by mistake and it helps him become "smart". Because of this, he wins a prize at the math competition, but finds out that he h

S1·E2 Core

Welcome to Safety Corner

Sep 2, 2000 · 22 min

Nancy returns from her trip to Mexico ready to show off her tan and her new charm bracelet, but when class starts the kids are more interested in the choosing of the new crossing g

S1·E3 Core

The Used Gum Chewer

Sep 3, 2000 · 22 min

Jesse becomes an outcast after Freddie tells everyone that Jesse ate a piece of chewed gum that he found under his desk. Meanwhile, the kids try to watch a part of a documentary na

S1·E4 Core

The One Man Committee

Sep 5, 2000 · 22 min

Jesse is thrilled when he is teamed up with Freddie and Polly (the smartest students of the class) to present a committee report, because he figures they'll do all of the work and

S1·E5 Core

The Half Wit

Sep 9, 2000 · 22 min

Arthur loses his ring, but when he goes to the lost and found office to try and find it he finds himself up against Polly who insists on him filling out sheet after sheet of paperw

S1·E6 Core

Shy Kidney

Sep 10, 2000 · 22 min

Nancy is excited when she is partnered with a new boy on a trip to a museum, only to learn that he doesn't speak any English. Arthur and Freddie try to find the vacancy toilet arou

S1·E7 Core

Is Your Refrigerator Running?

Sep 12, 2000 · 22 min

Vinnie and Jessie find a list of teachers' phone numbers and decide to prank their teachers, however after Jessie calls Miss Graves, Vinnie is caught pranking Mr Besser and is forc

S1·E8 Core

The Arthur Kenneth Vanderwall Library

Sep 16, 2000 · 22 min

Polly becomes a junior librarian and is determined to reclaim all of the library's overdue books, driving everyone crazy in the process. Arthur collects the books from his friends

S1·E9 Core

Free Lunch

Sep 17, 2000 · 30 min

Arthur pretends to leave his lunch at home when he learns that the cafeteria workers give great free meals to kids who forget their lunches. Meanwhile, in order to get revenge on Z

S1·E10 Core

The Moocher

Sep 19, 2000 · 22 min

Nancy arrives at school and immediately begins bragging about her new boyfriend Jeremy, and while the other girls are impressed to begin with, they quickly become bored of Nancy's

S1·E11 Core

The Girl in the Plastic Bubble

Sep 23, 2000 · 22 min

As Sports Day approaches, Nancy is sure that she will win all the events she enters, but as the flu season hits she becomes increasingly concerned about falling ill and missing the

S1·E12 Core

Over the River and Through the Swamp

Sep 24, 2000 · 22 min

During practice for the Chorus recital, the music teacher starts to give birth and practice ends before Arthur can rehearse his solo, and when Mr Besser becomes the new music teach

S1·E13 Core

Pretty as a Picture

Sep 26, 2000 · 22 min

Picture Day arrives and Freddie is really proud of his cowboy shirt until he finds out that Polly is wearing one just like it, but his attempts to hide the fact quickly fail and th

S1·E15 Core

All Polly All the Day

Oct 1, 2000 · 22 min

Polly takes over reading the announcements over the school's public address system and soon starts to broadcast everyone's misdeeds. Meanwhile, Jesse stays at home for few weeks du

S1·E16 Core

Spoons, Spiders and Space Beasts

Oct 3, 2000 · 22 min

Jesse and Vinnie enter a science fair when they learn that the winners get to go to Space Camp, but they are caught cheating. Nancy and Penny do a project about bugs for the scienc

S1·E17 Core

Mercury in Retrograde

Oct 7, 2000 · 22 min

Nancy has a lot of bad luck and learns that Mercury is in Retrograde. This means she might miss a baseball game, but at 2.15 PM everything will be the same again. And poor Freddie

S1·E18 Core

Bad Seed

Oct 8, 2000 · 22 min

The kids are very thrilled to see a new car during their baseball game, until they realize the new car is Mr. Besser's car. He doesn't want the kids to mess with his car. But when

S1·E19 Core

There Must Be a Pony

Oct 10, 2000 · 22 min

Polly becomes popular when she gets a pony, but as the kids all take turns to meet Snowball they find out that it's not as great as they thought as Polly forces them to answer ques

S1·E20 Core

Mrs McCoy's Baby Boy

Oct 14, 2000 · 22 min

Jessie's mom finds out that the other boys are bullying him and tries to help him out, but only ends up embarrasing him further. Meanwhile Nancy finds out that Jordan is really ric

S1·E21 Mytharc

Eenie Meenie

Oct 15, 2000 · 22 min

The girls get excited when a new ping-pong table is introduced to the playground, but deciding who gets to play first causes problems as each method of choosing meets with conflict

S1·E22 Mytharc

Bing, Bing, Bing and a Shot

Oct 17, 2000 · 22 min

The Squirrel Girls hold their annual cookie-selling contest for two girls to win places at Squirrel Camp, but Nancy's ruthless tactics to go on camp with Penny end up forcing Penny

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