The WORST episodes of Recess
Every episode of Recess ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Recess!
Six brave fourth-graders at Third Street School make it their mission to protect the other kids on the playground. Despite the rule of King Bob and his minions, who enforce his unwritten laws, T.J, Ashley, Vince, Gus, Gretchen and Mikey seek a rational balance between conformity and individuality.
#1 - More Like Gretchen
Season 4 - Episode 39 - Aired 2/13/2000
After a visit to a beauty museum with Gretchen, Spinelli's parents seem to be a little "unsatisfied" with their daughter.
#2 - Schoolworld
Season 4 - Episode 21 - Aired 11/4/2000
The school gets a new technology system installed called the SAL 3000 which controls everything.
#3 - Yope from Norway
Season 4 - Episode 31 - Aired 11/21/1999
Gus becomes jealous of Yope, a Norwegian transfer student.
#4 - That Stinking Feeling
Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/13/1999
Spinelli gets a crush on a fifth grader and has to get over it to save her reputation.
#5 - The Beauty Contest
Season 2 - Episode 25 - Aired 2/27/1999
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.
#6 - The Library Kid
Season 3 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/22/2000
When the gang catches the mysterious "Library Kid", they take her out to recess where she becomes obsessed with the playground.
#7 - Gus and Misdemeanors
Season 4 - Episode 15 - Aired 9/16/2000
The bad kids from The Girl was Trouble trick Gus into shoplifting candy from Kelso's.
#8 - The Bet
Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 9/25/1999
Fed up with Vince's ego, the kids bet Vince that he can't go one whole day without beating someone in a sport.
#9 - The Lost Ball
Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 9/26/1998
Gus has to go to the Yard of No Return when he kicks a good kickball over the fence.
#10 - Big Ol' Mikey
Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 4/30/2000
Mikey begins to fear for his future when Gretchen's hand-held PC Galileo makes a gross miscalculation about his future height.
#11 - Diggers Split Up
Season 4 - Episode 20 - Aired 11/4/2000
Digger Dave quits digging and then bosses everyone around.
#12 - Tucked in Mikey
Season 4 - Episode 44 - Aired 2/21/2000
Menlo teaches Mikey to be more "organized", and Mikey starts changing
#13 - Tattletale Heart
Season 4 - Episode 8 - Aired 9/22/1999
The kids warn Gus not to break the code by telling Miss Finster who started a food fight.
#14 - All the Principal's Men
Season 5 - Episode 8 - Aired 5/7/2000
The gang tries to find out who removed all the balls from the playground.
#15 - Good Luck Charm
Season 4 - Episode 19 - Aired 9/23/2000
Spinelli gets too attached to the lucky marble that Vince loans her.
#16 - Recess is Cancelled
Season 4 - Episode 7 - Aired 9/9/2000
Secretary of Schools Garrison chooses 3rd Street School as the place to test his program to bring test scores up by cancelling recess.
#17 - My Funny Valentines
Season 3 - Episode 12 - Aired 11/13/1999
In his hatred of Valentine's Day, T.J. sends a "funny" valentine to every single girl on the playground to show them how stupid Valentine's Day is, but his plan soon backfires when the girls mistake them for "real" valentine cards.
#18 - The Fuss Over Finster
Season 4 - Episode 35 - Aired 11/29/1999
Miss Finster hurts her leg and can't keep up with the kids during recess.
#19 - Prince Randall
Season 4 - Episode 40 - Aired 2/13/2000
Randall blackmails King Bob into giving him the throne.
#20 - This Brain for Hire
Season 4 - Episode 26 - Aired 1/6/2001
People start paying Gretchen for doing their homework so she can buy herself a new bike
#21 - A Career to Remember
Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/18/1999
A career day assembly gets all the kids to decide their future careers. That is all except Spinelli.
#22 - Outcast Ashley
Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 4/10/1999
Ashley A. hooks up with Gretchen when she sins against the clique so gravely as to get thrown out.
#23 - I Will Kick No More Forever
Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 10/25/1997
Vince completely loses his confidence at playing kickball when Ashley Q. beats him in a game.
#24 - The Candidates
Season 4 - Episode 25 - Aired 11/14/1999
Gretchen and Vince both run for president.
#25 - Operation Stuart
Season 2 - Episode 15 - Aired 11/14/1998
The kids take in a really ratty stray cat that they find near the dumpster, naming it Stuart.