released on December 9, 2003. It is a compilation of "No More School", "Grade Five Club", and "A Recess Halloween", three new stories that involve the main characters in fifth grade. Home media DVD Video-on-demand Every episode of Recess is available on Disney+ in several countries, including the US and UK, along with most of the direct-to-video films. Critical reception Television critics Alan Sepinwall and Matt Zoller Seitz wrote favorably about Recess in their 2016 book TV (The Book), stating that the series is "Easily one of the smartest, most prankishly playful adult cartoons ever passed off as children's entertainment.... Recess is a highly ritualized bit of entertainment that strikes the same notes over and over again, but always in infinite variation and with a surprising eye for psychological grace notes, especially when characters you thought of as brusque and one-dimensional reveal their fears and dreams to one another." Parodies and references Recess made references or parodies in other medias; such as Family Guy, The Simpsons, Beavis and Butt-Head, SpongeBob SquarePants, Robot Chicken, King of the Hill, Fillmore!, BoJack Horseman, and Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers film. Notes References External links Recess at Don Markstein's Toonopedia. 1997 American television series debuts 1990s American animated television series 1990s American school television series 2001 American television series endings 2000s American animated television series 2000s American school television series ABC Kids (TV programming block) American Broadcasting Company original programming American children's animated comedy television series Animated television series about children Disney Channel original programming Disney XD original programming Disney's One Too English-language television shows Elementary school television series First-run syndicated television programs in the United States Jetix original programming Television shows adapted into films Television series by Disney Television Animation Television series created by Paul Germain Toon Disney original programming UPN original programming