Recess

Principal for a Day - S2-E23

Continuity mistake: After T.J. has become principle for a day, it shows him chewing out a kid for running in the halls. He throws down a manilla folder onto his desk in anger. However, when the shot changes, the folder has disappeared.

One Stayed Clean - S3-E1

Continuity mistake: Near the end, Gus is standing between the two handball walls. He is looking back at TJ and Lawson, who are near the first wall. But as the camera pans out, TJ and Lawson have moved to the other handball wall.

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Stand Up Randall - S3-E8

Continuity mistake: When Menlo tells the crew about Randall's joke book, he loosens his tie, and it's still loose when he says "Indeed." But half-a-second later, as he walks away, his tie is back to normal.

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The Big Prank - S4-E2

Continuity mistake: When TJ's friends climb on the jungle gym to try and take TJ's place, we see that Gretchen is the last one up and there is no-one on the bars behind her. But in the next long shot, Mikey is right behind her. Then when it shows a close-up of them, Mikey is gone again; then he reappears a moment later.

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The Big Prank - S4-E2

Continuity mistake: In the time before King Bob tells his story about being the Prankster Prince, no one is on the jungle gym except TJ and his friends. But after Bob finishes, around 20 kids are on the jungle gym, plus TJ and co. There was not enough time for ALL those kids to get on top of the jungle gym from the time King Bob started his story to the time he finished.

The Spy Who Came In from the Playground - S4-E4

Continuity mistake: When the superintendent arrives at the school, he looks towards Stone who gives him a thumbs up. When he does this, Stone and the group around him are on the steps right in front of the entrance to the school. A couple of shots later, the entire group has suddenly appeared in front of the window without time for all of them to have moved.

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Recess is Cancelled - S4-E7

Continuity mistake: When Agents Barnes and Noble are passing out the test, there is a boy in a green hat sitting in front of a girl with long hair. The next shot is of the same boy asking if he can use a pen, but now there is another boy with blond hair right behind him.

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Randall's Friends - S4-E12

Continuity mistake: When Randall's dad is talking to the gang about what Randall has been telling him about them (when they are outside, in front of the bouncy thing), his moustache disappears mid-sentence (in a close-up of him) and reappears when he is shown again.

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The Rules - S4-E14

Continuity mistake: When Spinelli gets the ball to play in the field behind the trees, you can see lines that would indicate that the ball was a basketball. However, when the kids are playing kickball, it's obviously a kickball.

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Theodore J. 'T.J.' Detweiler: Never kid a kid who hasn't had his recess.

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