Some Friend

Andrew Lawrence

Rickey D'Shon Collins

Pamela Adlon

Ashley Johnson

Jason Davis

Courtland Mead

Howy Parkins

Mark Archuleta

Season 5

Old Folks Home

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

The First Picture Show

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

The Big Prank

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

Hustler's Apprentice

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

The Spy Who Came In from the Playground

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

Gus' Fortune

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.

Rumor Mill

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

Recess is Cancelled

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

Tattletale Heart

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

The Madness of King Bob

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.

Call Me Guy

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.

Prickly is Leaving

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

Randall's Friends

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

The Biggest Trouble Ever

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

The Rules

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

Gus and Misdemeanors

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

A Science Fair to Remember

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

Mikey's Pants

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

Here Comes Mr. Perfect

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

Good Luck Charm

Digger Dave quits digging and then bosses everyone around.

Diggers Split Up

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

Schoolworld

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

Bachelor Gus

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

The Dude

Menlo and Randall team up to manipulate the entire playground.

Partners in Crime

Gretchen and Vince both run for president.

The Candidates

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

This Brain for Hire

Spinelli channels her anger into a playground chalk drawing.

Spinelli's Masterpiece

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

Nobody Doesn't Like T.J.

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.

Yope from Norway

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.

Bonky Fever

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

Don't Ask Me

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

The Secret Life of Grotke

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

The Fuss Over Finster

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

Soccer Boy

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

Fort Tender

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

Germ Warfare

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

More Like Gretchen

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

Prince Randall

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

Me No Know

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

Good Ole T.J.

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

Chez Vince

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

Tucked In Mikey

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

Join a group of six fourth-grade best friends at Third Street Elementary School on their fun-filled adventures in their school playground. Through the ups-and-downs of adolescence, they must wrestle with authority, avoid the school snitch, and try their best to win at kick-ball.

Some Friend

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