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When Ashley A. forgets "Purple Day" (a holiday that commemorates the day the Ashleys first met), the other girls kick her out of their group. The lonely Ashley A. befriends Gretchen, who's been neglected by the Gang lately; the two actually develop a positive relationship, which makes both the Gang and the other Ashleys upset. Gretchen is soon caught between both the warring cliques and her own longing to be a "popular girl" for once in her life.

A new craze called 'Ajimbo' sweeps across the playground, brainwashing all the kids at recess. Can T.J. resist and bring back his friends, or will he be swept in as well?

Vince feels left out of the loop when everyone on the playground begins quoting lines from the latest screwball comedy, Nitwits 3, and sets out to see the film, despite Vince's parents forbidding him because of how crude and immature it is.

In this tribute to Tales from the Crypt, Butch tells viewers three terrifying tales of Recess.

• "Children of the Cornchip": Cornchip Girl eats some untested potato chips and finds herself turning into a werewolf at will. Gus leads the Gang on an investigation to track down the mysterious beast, who plans to transform the whole school into werewolves as well. Can the group protect Third Street from this monstrous fate?
• "When Bikes Attack!": In a homage to Maximum Overdrive, Mikey's bike Pegasus comes to life when he leaves it out during a thunderstorm. Pegasus soon begins a reign of terror against the school, and the Gang goes through all manner of traps to try to stop the crazed two-wheeler. When they finally free themselves, they discover that all of their bikes have become sentient, and flee onto a passing school bus, which may not be the safest place after all.
• "Night of the Living Finsters": Lawson dares Vince to spend the night in the Diggers' latest hole, and the rest of the Gang tags along. While underground, they discover a secret passage that leads to the "Finster Family Crypt", where all of Miss Finster's ancestors are buried. They get a terrifying surprise when the ancient Finsters rise from the dead to hunt them down, and flee to the school in an effort to battle the evil teachers.
  NOTE: This is the series' third and final half-hour special.

It's the end of the school year, and the kids are on summer vacation. But boredom quickly sets in for T.J. as his friends are headed for various summer camps, which means that he has no one to play with all summer. However, when T.J. discovers ex-principal Phillium Benedict's (James Woods) plans to get rid of summer vacation, he assembles his friends in an effort to defeat Benedict, find Principal Prickly, and save their summer vacations.

When Principal Prickly, Miss Grotke and Miss Finster get stuck in a snowbank during a snowstorm, they tell stories about their experiences with T.J. and the gang.

When the gang are captured by the kindergarteners, they discover their new leader, Chief Stinky. In order to escape, they tell the kindergarteners stories of how they used to get along with each other.

In the series finale, T.J. and the gang enter fifth grade. The film is divided into three different sections. In the first part, T.J. goes up against the Board of Education after they implement new changes to the school. The second part follows the gang being introduced to the fifth and sixth graders' club. The third and final part deals with Spinelli, who thinks she is getting too old for trick-or-treating on Halloween with the gang.

The cast of Recess visits Kauaʻi so Gretchen can use a telescope to examine what she believes is a new planet. Meanwhile, an experiment designed to make people stop working zaps Stitch, Jumba, and Pleakley with its lazy beam. Lilo and her new friends try to catch the experiment while Stitch takes a vacation.

• Notes:
  • This Lilo & Stitch: The Series episode (season 2, episode 21) is a crossover between that series and Recess.
  • The events of this crossover episode take place before Recess: School's Out.