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Recess Season 3 Episodes
Season 3 Episode Guide
16 Episodes 1999 - 2000
Episode 1
One Stayed Clean
Sat, Sep 11, 1999
It's Picture Day at 3rd Street and Gus has never had one due to moving around so much. When the 4th Graders are made to go last the gang have to try and stay clean all day. The episode opens and ends with Lt. Griswald reading a letter from TJ explaining what happened.
Episode 2
A Genius Among Us
Sat, Sep 11, 1999
Gretchen finds herself stumped by a tough math problem and leaves it on the blackboard; when it is solved overnight, the Gang has a stakeout and discovers that Hank the Janitor is secretly a mathematical genius.
Episode 3
Dodgeball City
Sat, Sep 18, 1999
A second grader reveals Gus' past as a terror on the dodgeball court, a fact of his life he thought he could put behind him.
Episode 4
A Career to Remember
Sat, Sep 18, 1999
After Career Day at school, all the kids plan out what they're going to do when they grow up except for Spinelli, who can't decide what she wants to do and fears it means she won't have a career.
Episode 5
Kindergarten Derby
Sat, Sep 25, 1999
The Kindergartners compete in a race to win a wish from King Bob, which Mikey objects to because of how exploitative it is to the kindergartners.
Episode 6
The Bet
Sat, Sep 25, 1999
T.J bets Vince that he can't go without winning every game he plays for one day.
Episode 7
Space Cadet
Sat, Oct 2, 1999
Gretchen gets a letter from NASA, telling her that she will be involved in the next space shuttle mission, which makes T.J. jealous because he wants to go into space.
Episode 8
Stand Up Randall
Sat, Oct 2, 1999
Randall finds a joke book and memorizes the jokes to become funny at school, but T.J. seeks revenge after Randall starts making jokes about Mikey being fat.
Episode 9
The Shiner
Sat, Nov 6, 1999
T.J. comes to school with a black eye and refuses to say how he got it; leading all the kids to believe he got it doing something heroic, and T.J. revels in the perks of being a hero, until the story grows too much.
Episode 10
Lord of the Nerds
Sat, Nov 6, 1999
When TJ breaks his collar bone he is forced to miss recess for five weeks. Finster banishes him to room 51; home of the infamous pale kids. The pale kids are a group of rejects who stay inside during recess to do absurdly nerdy things.
Episode 11
That Stinking Feeling
Sat, Nov 13, 1999
Spinelli discovers horrifically she's got a crush on a boy.
Episode 12
My Funny Valentines
Sat, Nov 13, 1999
T.J. is vehemently opposed to Valentine's Day. So much so, that when he makes a collection of grotesque and vile anti-Valentine cards for all female pupils at 3rd Street School, they interpret them as unique love notes individually for them... until they realize he sent them to everybody, and vow to make him pay!
Episode 13
The Barnaby Boys
Sat, Jan 15, 2000
T.J. and Vince become fans of "The Barnaby Boys" and get in over their heads when they try to uncover the mystery of the temporary janitor.
Episode 14
Buried Treasure
Sat, Jan 15, 2000
T.J. discovers an old treasure map in an outdated history book, leading the Gang on a merry chase across the playground to find the mysterious valuables left behind by the map's writers.
Episode 15
The Library Kid
Sat, Jan 22, 2000
It's book report time and TJ and the gang are in the library. They encounter the mythical library kid. She is the palest of the pale and the nerdiest of the nerds. They decide to educate her on the finer points of having recess fun.
Episode 16
The Ratings Game
Sat, Jan 22, 2000
The Ashleys make up a ratings system to crush the self-esteem of the kids on the playground, leading to chaos.
