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Recess(TV show/series, 1997-2001)

FSK: 0+ years
| 11min per episode | Genres: Animation, Kids & Family, Comedy

Scripted Reality in 6 seasons with 127 episodes

RecessRating: 3.9/5 (with 222 votes)
Recess is an American animated television series created by Paul Germain and Joe Ansolabehere (credited on marketing materials and late-series title cards as "Paul and Joe") and produced by Walt Disney Television Animation, with animation done by Grimsaem, Anivision, Plus One Animation, Sunwoo Animation, and Toon City. The series focuses on six elementary school students and their interaction with other classmates and teachers. The title refers to the recess period during the daily schedule, in the North American tradition of educational schooling, when students are not in lessons and are outside in the schoolyard. During recess, the children form their own society, complete with government and a class structure, set against the backdrop of a regular school. Recess premiered on September 13, 1997, on ABC, as part of Disney's One Saturday Morning block (later known as ABC Kids). The series ended on November 5, 2001, with 65 half-hour episodes and six seasons in total. The success and lasting appeal of the series saw it being syndicated to numerous channels, including ABC's sister channels Toon Disney, which later became Disney XD, and Disney Channel. In 2001, Walt Disney Pictures released a theatrical film based on the series, Recess: School's Out. It was followed by a direct-t... ()
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About 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.

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Recess Seasons and Episodes

08/21/2001Season 6 - 5 episodes
#1 | 08/21/2001Terrifying Tales of Recess
4.0/5 (with 1 vote)
In this Hallowe'en episode, Butch tells us three terrifying tales of Recess. Children of the Cornchip: Cornchip Girl eats some untested cornchips and turns into a werekid! The gang have to save her. When Bikes Attack!: The bikes that the kids ride to school everyday become alive and turn against their riders. Night of the Living Finsters: Lawson challenges Vince to spend the night in the graveyard, only for the gang to discover that the school is built on the Finster family graveyard.
#2 | 11/04/2001Episode 2
#2 | 11/04/2001Kurst the Not So Bad
Mikey's new friendship with Kurst the Worst doesn't sit well with their friends.
#3 | 11/04/2001Episode 3
#3 | 11/04/2001League of Randalls
Randal recruits the Tylers, the Ashleys' little brothers, to help him snitch.
#4 | 11/04/2001Mundy, Mundy
Bad-guy Mundy becomes very poular after he prevents a ball from hitting a little kid.
#5 | 11/04/2001Lost Leader
When one of T.J.s plans goes wrong and Gus breaks his leg he won't make another plan. It's up to the others to get T.J. back to his old self
09/09/2000Season 5 - 11 episodes
09/12/1999Season 4 - 44 episodes
09/11/1999Season 3 - 16 episodes
09/26/1998Season 2 - 25 episodes
09/13/1997Season 1 - 26 episodes
02/16/2001Specials - 4 episodes

Additional Information

Official websites:
Production country: United States of America (USA)
Plays in: Unnamed city
Derivative works/Adaptions: "Recess: School's Out" (movie, 2001)
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: German (DE), English (EN)
Translated into 19 languages: Arabic (AR), Czech (CS), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Finnish (FI), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Slovak (SK), Swedish (SV), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Ended
First episode released on: 09/13/1997
Last episode released on: 11/04/2001
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"下课后"
"Disneys Große Pause"
"La Banda el Patio"
"Recreo"

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WatchPlayStream ID: SHOWS:2150, Added: 05/11/2018, Last updated: 03/21/2024