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First Aired: September 13rd, 1997

Status: Ended

Network: ABC

Summary: 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.

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Season 4

Episode 1: The First Picture Show

Air Date: September 12nd, 1999

Summary: Señor Fusion: the Movie finally opens and T.J. vows to be there at its first screening.

Episode 2: The Big Prank

Air Date: September 12nd, 1999

Summary: The kids rope T.J. into a challenge to play a prank on King Bob before the end of the school day.

Episode 3: Hustler's Apprentice

Air Date: September 13rd, 1999

Summary: Gus winds up working for the Hustler Kid to pay off a debt, and soon he himself becomes the biggest hustler in the playground.

Episode 4: The Spy Who Came In from the Playground

Air Date: September 13rd, 1999

Summary: The main kids make a friend of new kid James Stone and show him all their little schemes, but soon regret that.

Episode 5: Gus' Fortune

Air Date: September 19th, 1999

Summary: The kids find a paper fortune teller on the ground that predicts doom for Gus.

Episode 6: Rumor Mill

Air Date: September 19th, 1999

Summary: 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.

Episode 7: Recess is Cancelled

Air Date: September 22nd, 1999

Summary: Secretary of Schools Garrison chooses 3rd Street School as the place to test his program to bring test scores up by cancelling recess.

Episode 8: Tattletale Heart

Air Date: September 22nd, 1999

Summary: The kids warn Gus not to break the code by telling Miss Finster who started a food fight.

Episode 9: The Madness of King Bob

Air Date: September 26th, 1999

Summary: King Bob abandons his throne in his obsessive pursuit of pulling a prank on T.J. in this sequel to The Big Prank

Episode 10: Call Me Guy

Air Date: September 26th, 1999

Summary: 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.

Episode 11: Prickly is Leaving

Air Date: October 3rd, 1999

Summary: 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.

Episode 12: Randall's Friends

Air Date: October 3rd, 1999

Summary: Randall gets the main kids to pretend that they're his friends when his father, Leonard, visits the school on Randall's birthday.

Episode 13: The Biggest Trouble Ever

Air Date: November 7th, 1999

Summary: The gang gets busted when they accidentally break a statue of a famous hero.

Episode 14: The Rules

Air Date: November 7th, 1999

Summary: The original 1935 edition of The Rules of the Playground is discovered in the library.

Episode 15: Gus and Misdemeanors

Air Date: November 8th, 1999

Summary: The bad kids from The Girl was Trouble trick Gus into shoplifting candy from Kelso's.

Episode 16: A Science Fair to Remember

Air Date: November 8th, 1999

Summary: Second grade prodigy Becky Benson befriends Gretchen to get help for her science fair project. But she has an ulterior motive.

Episode 17: Mikey's Pants

Air Date: November 14th, 1999

Summary: The gang tries to cover up Mikey's ripped pants so Finster won't catch him.

Episode 18: Here Comes Mr. Perfect

Air Date: November 14th, 1999

Summary: Jared, the new student, appears to be perfect, making the rest of the school very jealous.

Episode 19: Good Luck Charm

Air Date: November 19th, 1999

Summary: Spinelli gets too attached to the lucky marble that Vince loans her.

Episode 20: Diggers Split Up

Air Date: November 19th, 1999

Summary: Digger Dave quits digging and then bosses everyone around.

Episode 21: Schoolworld

Air Date: November 21st, 1999

Summary: The school gets a new technology system installed called the SAL 3000 which controls everything.

Episode 22: Bachelor Gus

Air Date: November 21st, 1999

Summary: Thinking his family is moving away again, Gus moves under the jungle gym to avoid leaving his friends and school

Episode 23: The Dude

Air Date: November 28th, 1999

Summary: T.J. and the gang meet Mr. Dudicoff, a student teacher who was a legend at 3rd Street School back in the day.

Episode 24: Partners in Crime

Air Date: November 28th, 1999

Summary: Menlo and Randall team up to manipulate the entire playground.

Episode 25: The Candidates

Air Date: November 29th, 1999

Summary: Gretchen and Vince both run for president.

Episode 26: This Brain for Hire

Air Date: November 29th, 1999

Summary: People start paying Gretchen for doing their homework so she can buy herself a new bike

Episode 27: Spinelli's Masterpiece

Air Date: February 6th, 2000

Summary: Spinelli channels her anger into a playground chalk drawing.

Episode 28: Nobody Doesn't Like T.J.

Air Date: February 6th, 2000

Summary: T.J. can't figure out why Gordy doesn't like him.

Episode 29: Yope from Norway

Air Date: February 20th, 2000

Summary: 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.

Episode 30: Bonky Fever

Air Date: February 20th, 2000

Summary: 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.

Episode 31: Don't Ask Me

Air Date: February 21st, 2000

Summary: Spinelli becomes popular as an advice giver when she sits in for Guru Kid.

Episode 32: The Secret Life of Grotke

Air Date: February 21st, 2000

Summary: Ms. Grotke's strange behavior makes the kids think that she's a spy.

Episode 33: The Fuss Over Finster

Air Date: February 27th, 2000

Summary: Miss Finster hurts her leg and can't keep up with the kids during recess.

Episode 34: Soccer Boy

Air Date: February 27th, 2000

Summary: Mikey makes the other kids regret not letting them play on their team for the playground's soccer tourney.

Episode 35: Fort Tender

Air Date: February 29th, 2000

Summary: The bored main kids build their own fort. But then Lawson takes it over.

Episode 36: Germ Warfare

Air Date: February 29th, 2000

Summary: Gus starts an obsessive crusade to kill all the germs in the world, while Mikey will do anything to save them.

Episode 37: More Like Gretchen

Air Date: March 1st, 2000

Summary: Spinelli gets peeved with her parents heap so much praise for Gretchen at her expense.

Episode 38: Prince Randall

Air Date: March 1st, 2000

Summary: Randall uses an embarrassing photo to blackmail King Bob into making him Playground Prince.

Episode 39: Me No Know

Air Date: April 30th, 2000

Summary: Vince feels like an outsider after he misses the must-see movie of the weekend.

Episode 40: Good Ole T.J.

Air Date: April 30th, 2000

Summary: Gretchen is worried when she's partnered with T.J. on a class project.

Episode 41: Chez Vince

Air Date: May 7th, 2000

Summary: Disgusted by the horrible cafeteria food, Vince becomes the new school cook when the other kids try his cooking.

Episode 42: Tucked In Mikey

Air Date: May 7th, 2000

Summary: Needing to prepare himself for a poet laureate ceremony, Mikey decides to listen to Menlo to learn how to organize himself.

Episode 43: Old Folks Home

Air Date: July 17th, 2000

Summary: Mikey badgers the gang into a trip to senior citizens home.

Episode 44: Some Friend

Air Date: July 17th, 2000

Summary: T.J. has a mysterious new friend.

Episode 45: Old Folks Home

Air Date: July 17th, 2000

Summary: The Recess Gang take a visit to the Old Folks' Home, only to be surprised.

Episode 46: Some Friend

Air Date: July 17th, 2000

Summary: T.J. has a mysterious friend who appears to be Menlo.

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