The main kids try to get all the other kids to help rescue T.J. when Miss Finster punishes him by making him miss recess.

New kid Gus arrives at Third Street Elementary, but has to endure the indignities that a new kid must undergo.

The kids carry out a crucial experiment to see if it's really true that kissing each other is an inevitable part of their future.

The kids stage a protest when Principal Prickly plans to tear down Ol' Rusty to replace it with a new jungle gym.

The Ashleys jinx Gus according to the playground rules so that he can't talk until his friends say his name.

The others try to help out when Mikey wants to be a safety ranger.

The Ashleys try to force Spinelli to be just like them when Spinelli's first name is revealed.

The kids help bring Miss Finster together with Hank the janitor when they find out she has a crush on him.

The kids come up with a plan to keep Gretchen from being transferred to Oppenheimer Elementary for the Incredibly Extremely Gifted.

The kids stage an elaborate funeral for the 4th grade class's beloved hamster, wherein they learn about how many lives the hamster has touched.

Miss Finster comes up with a new punishment that reduces T.J. to a vegetable.

Randall accuses Spinelli of hitting him with a rock during a dirt clod war so the kids put her on trial.

The kids dream about what the teachers' lounge must be like.

Loneliness compels Randall to want to make friends with the other kids.

The kids grow increasingly frustrated when rain keeps then indoors for recess days on end.

At first only Mikey wants to participate in the Thanksgiving can drive competition against the unbeatable Ashleys. But then the other kids join in to beat the Ashleys.

Spinelli will do anything to keep her parents from attending parents' night and meeting the others.

Spinelli is inspired to form a cult based on the Swinger Girl when she thinks she's seen her swing over the top into another dimension.

The gang breaks up when they are forced to choose a best friend to write about.

A hypnotist performing for the kids inadvertantly hypnotizes Principal Prickly into thinking he's six years old.

Gretchen's search for her stolen laptop leads her on a journey among the school's delinquents that ultimately brings about her downfall.

Mikey wants to be exactly like Vince when Vince saves his life.

On class picture day, the kids vow to keep Gus clean as he's never had a class picture of him taken.

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

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

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