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Characters from ''[[{{TOPLEVELPAGE}}]]'' include:
== The Main Six ==
=== T.J. Detweiler ===
{{quote|'''Voiced by:''' Ross Malinger (Season one and first two episodes of season two), Andrew Lawrence (Season two to the end of the series), Myles Jeffrey (Direct-to-video movies), Axel Alba (''Lilo & Stitch'' crossover), Randy Crenshaw (Singing (Credits of movie only))}}
* [[Accidental Hero]]: In the episode "The Shiner", T.J. gets a black eye and everyone thinks he did a heroic act to get it. However, he told everyone at the end of the episode why he got it, and that he was too
* [[Acrofatic]]: He's a more subtle example. While he's not "huge", he's
* [[Adorkable]]: While not as much as Gretchen or Gus, his optimistic nature mixed with his ditzy moments and sweetness comes out as this. And in kindergarten, he was a [[Shrinking Violet]].
* [[Ambiguously Jewish]]: TJ has a nebbishy father and an overprotective mother, and once played "Harvey Hanukkah" in the school holiday pageant.
* [[Arch Enemy]]: He's this to Principal Prickly. He doesn't actually hate him, he just likes making fun of him.
* [[Art Evolution]]: In season one, he was a lot chubbier (and moreso in the more [[Off-Model]] episodes of the season) and had highlights in his eyes, which were gone by season two for unknown reasons (either because he was the only character that had them and it looked weird, or because the artists forgot to draw them 50% of the time anyway so they were removed)
* [[Badass Adorable]]
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* [[Big Man on Campus]]: Oh, yes. He's cool, street-smart, somewhat athletic, and rather cute.
* [[Blue Eyes]]: He has bright baby-blue eyes according to [[Word of God]].
* [[Book Dumb]]: He got a C- on a book report because he used the book's cover blurb, thinks "spy" is spelled S-P-I, gets a 10.1% on a test, however, on the playground, he can pull of elaborate schemes (
* [[Break the Cutie]]: Happens after seeing one of his plans go wrong, hurting Gus in the process.
* [[Brilliant but Lazy]]
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* [[Heroic Blue Screen of Death]]: In "Lost Leader" (the final episode aired before the DTV movies)
* [[High School Hustler|Elementary School Hustler]]
* [[Idiot Hero]]: Though again, his idiocy comes out of laziness instead of actual stupidity.
* [[Ink Suit Actor]]: Subverted, as it wasn't intended, but he does look a lot like his second voice actor, Andy Lawrence. [[Ashley Johnson]] lampshades this in the bonus features on the DVD of [[The Movie]].
* [[It's Personal]]: He decides it's personal when he discovers that Dr. Phillium Benedict wishes to abolish recess. Even more so when he discovers that Benedict plans to destroy summer vacation.
* [[Keet]]: He has some shades of this.
* [[Kindhearted Simpleton]]: He may be a bit ditzy, but he's got a huge heart
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* [[The Messiah]]
* [[Moe Stare]]: He's able to give this to Gretchen to urge her to help him with his plan in "A Great State Fair".
* [[Nice Hat]]: He's hardly ever seen without it.
* [[Nice Jewish Boy]]: While slightly ambiguous given the events of the [[Christmas Episode]], he's a sweetie
* [[Only Known by Initials]]
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* [[The Slacker]]
* [[Snooping Little Kid]]: In [[The Movie]]
* [[Sweet Tooth]]: He enjoys candy.
* [[Tareme Eyes]]
* [[Took a Level In Dumbass]]: He went from being slightly [[Book Dumb]] to ditzy in the later episodes.
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{{quote|'''Voiced by:''' Pamela Segall-Aldon}}
* [[Action Girl]]: She's very strong.
* [[Ambiguously Brown]]: Spinelli's ethnic background has been called into question. Since she has almond-shaped eyes found on Asian girls in cartoons and light brown skin, many viewers have assumed that Spinelli was originally from somewhere in South Asia and was adopted by Caucasian parents. On the other hand, Spinelli's skin tone is also found on Southern Italians (
* [[Badass Adorable]]: She may look cute...but she shouldn't be underestimated because of that.
* [[Badass Normal]]
* [[Berserk Button]]: Don't
**
* [[The Big Guy|The Big]] [[The Chick|Chick]] : Not in terms of size, but in terms of character, yes.
* [[Brown Eyes]]: According to [[Word of God]]
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* [[The Cutie]]: Rather redundant to point out, but it's true!
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]
* [[Do Not Call Me "Paul"|Do Not Call Me Ashley]]: She refers to herself by her last name, as her first name is Ashley...like the mean girls at school.
** [[Embarrassing First Name]]
** [[Embarrassing Middle Name]]: Ashley ''Funicello''... hence why she goes by [[Last-Name Basis| Spinelli]]
* [[Dub Name Change]]: "Patricia" in the Portuguese dub.
* [[Hair Decorations]]: She wears two red bands (sometimes bows for special occasions) in her hair to keep her pigtails up.
* [[Hidden Depths]]: Occasionally, such as the episode that reveals her first name is Ashley.
** Though she's not the most feminine girl in the world, she's actually a ''good'' artist.
** Her personality traits (as well as the boots that she wears, since they protect her feet) make her an ideal partner for Mikey in ballet. For example, she enjoys spinning.
* [[Gasshole]]: At times.
* [[Girlish Pigtails]]: Subverted, as when it comes to "girlish", she's anything but.
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* [[Hollywood Tone Deaf]]: According to the other kids.
* [[Intergenerational Friendship]]: With Miss Grotke
* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]: Despite being quick tempered and violent, she's always rooting for the underdog and protecting her friends.
* [[Last-Name Basis]]: Justified in that her first name carries a stigma on the playground.
* [[Little Miss Badass]]: The toughest kid at her school.
* [[Little Miss Snarker]]
* [[Masculine Girl, Feminine Boy]]: Definitely more masculine than Mikey. She's also manlier than TJ, though TTJ himself isn't terribly girly.
* [[Older Than They Look]]: In the pilot, as she looked like she never left kindergarten...which is ironic considering that she does act a bit like the kindergartners do in this series.
* [[One of the Boys]]: One of her friends IS a girl though.
* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]: The red to Gretchen's blue.
* [[She Cleans Up Nicely]]: As seen in "The Beauty Contest".
* [[Star-Making Role]]: Along with [[King of the Hill|Bobby Hill]], Spinelli was this for Pamela Segall-Aldon (in terms of voice acting).
* [[Tomboy and Girly Girl]]: Tomboy to Gretchen's (relative) Girly Girl.
* [[Tsundere]]
* [[Tsurime Eyes]]
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* [[Hair Decorations]]: She wears two pink baubles in her hair to keep her pigtails up.
* [[Gadgeteer Genius]]
* [[Geek Physiques]]: Of the really skinny
* [[Girlish Pigtails]]
* [[Hollywood Nerd]]: Type A
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* [[Specs of Awesome]]
* [[Team Mom]]: At times, especially towards T.J. and Gus.
* [[Tomboy and Girly Girl]]: Girly Girl to Spinelli's Tomboy, even if Gretchen isn't ''that'' girly. (She was considerably
* [[Took a Level in Jerkass]]: "Pharaoh Bob" shows this too well.
* [[True-Blue Femininity]]: Her signature baby-blue dress.
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* [[Badass Pacifist]]: With some help from the diggers, he successfully lures several of Benedict's men into a trap.
* [[Berserk Button]]: Believe it or not, Mikey has one -- don't ever mistake his kindness for weakness (as seen in the episode in which he becomes a goalie for Lawson and his soccer team).
** [[Beware
* [[Big Eater]]: In the opening credits, he eats a Dagwood sandwich in one bite.
* [[Big Fun]]:
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* [[Foil]]: To Spinelli in appearance and behavior.
* [[Gentle Giant]]: He's one of the most likable members of the cast.
* [[Incorruptible Pure Pureness]]: Probably the nicest kid on the playground, followed by Gretchen. (Though Gretchen ''has'' gotten in trouble at school before.)
* [[Kindhearted Simpleton]]
* [[Large Ham]]: Almost all the time. Comes with the fact that he's into poetry and art.
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* [[Cowardly Lion]]
* [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass]]: He's a one-kid army at dodgeball.
* [[Cute Shotaro Boy]]: His broken base aside, Gus is probably one of the most adorable characters in the show. Doesn't hurt that his voice actor, Courtland Mead, was one.
* [[Dumb Blonde]]: He's not really "dumb", just ''very'' gullible.
* [[Friendless Background]]: Having moved from town to town all the time, not to mention being shy and somewhat dweeby, poor Gus hardly had any friends before moving to town, and meeting the main five.
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* [[Catch Phrase]]: "Moist"
* [[The Dragon]]: To Miss Finster.
* [[Elmuh Fudd Syndwome]]: As a
* [[Even Evil Has Standards| Even Randall Has Standards]]: He may be a snitch, but he won't do so to any student at a higher grade level than him, such as King Bob because he feels that's just naughty. In the film, he calls out on one of Benedict's henchmen for snitching.
* [[Friendly Enemy]]: When the plot calls for it.
* [[Gonk]]: He pretty much resembles a human/lizard hybrid..which is probably intentional.
* [[Hate Sink]]: He's not exactly the favorite kid on the playground. This makes him the opposite of TJ, since (almost) everyone likes him.
* [[I Just Want to Have Friends]]: In the episode "Randall's Reform"
* [[Insult Comic]]: In "Stand-Up Randall"
* [[Jerkass]]/[[Jerk with a Heart of Jerk]]
** [[Jerk with a Heart of Jerk]] part is debatable, because a lot of times he was shown as [[Friendly Enemy]] of
* [[Redheaded Bully]]: Though not in the normal way, as he has authority figures do his bullying work for him as he's too weak to do it himself.
* [[The Stool Pigeon]]: He's even called this in one episode.
* [[Teacher's Pet]]: Mrs. Finster's pet.
=== Menlo ===
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* [[No Indoor Voice]]: At times.
* [[The Psycho Rangers]]: In the episode "Lawson and his Crew" (the last episode before the movie was released), he forms his own gang similar to the main six.
** In fact, he pretty much contrasts T.J. in
* [[Rica Matsumoto]]: In the Japanese dub.
* [[The Rival]]: To both T.J. and Vince.
* [[Sitcom Arch Nemesis]]
=== The
{{quote|'''Voiced by:''' E.G. Daily (Captain Sticky, Spencer, and Hector (In "Dodgeball City" and "Call Me Guy")), [[Kath Soucie]] (Hector ("Wild Child" and direct-to-video movies, Cindy, and Gilbert), Jason Davis (Tubby), Francesca Smith (Emma), Pamela Segall-Aldon, and Christine Cavanaugh}}
* [[Acrofatic]]: Tubby
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* [[Competence Zone]]: They usually act like wild savages.
* [[Cute Shotaro Boy]]: Hector
* [[Expy]]: In-universe, Captain Sticky is the
* [[Fan of Underdog]]: Hector looks up to [[Unlucky Everydude|Gus]] like a big brother, even calling him "Safety Man"
* [[Friendly Enemy]]: Captain Sticky, Spencer, Emma, Zedd, Jake, Tubby, Hector, and Cindy are all on good terms with the other kids (for a good 75% of the time)
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** Hector was voiced by Kath Soucie in "Wild Child", then he was played by E.G. Daily after that, until ''Recess: All Growed Down'', when he was played by Kath Soucie again.
* [[Talking to Himself]]: Tubby with Mikey in "Kindergarten Derby", as both were voiced by Jason Davis.
** All of the other
* [[Tribal Face Paint]]
* [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair]]: Gilbert has blue hair while Zedd has pink hair.
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* [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin]]
* [[Heterosexual Life Partners]]
* [[Identical Twin ID Tag|Identical Friend ID Tag]]: Sam wears a red
* [[Jerkass]]: Dave turns out to be one if Sam isn't around to balance him out.
* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]: Dave is the red oni to Sam's blue oni.
* [[Talking to Himself]]: Dave and Randall in any scene together, as both are voiced by Ryan O`Donohue
** Sam ends up getting Dave's voice actor in ''Taking the Fifth Grade'' as well, due to his
* [[Those Two Guys]]
* [[Tunnel King
=== The Ashleys ===
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** [[Lovable Alpha Bitch]]: Ashley A. shows hints of this sometimes, and on occasion they all can be this (like "The Great Can Drive" and "League of Randalls").
* [[Blonde, Brunette, Redhead]]: Ashley A. (blonde), Ashley B. and Ashley T. (brunette), and Ashley Q. (redhead)
* [[Catch Phrase]]: "
* [[Color
* [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass]]: Ashey Q. is surprisingly ''really'' good at kickball.
* [[The Danza]]: Ashley Johnson as Ashley T. is a bit of a subversion, as she [[The Other Darrin|replaced Rachel Crane]] as her voice actress.
* [[Deadpan Snarker|Deadpan Snarkers]]
* [[Dub Name Change]]: Their first names are changed to Patricia in the Portuguese dub. Their last names remain the same.
* [[Hair Decorations]]: Ashley A. wears a pink headband and Ashley B. wears two yellow
* [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin]]: They're all named Ashley.
* [[Even Evil Has Standards| Even The Ashleys
* [[Fiery Redhead]]: Ashley Q.
* [[Five-Man Band|Four
** [[The Hero|The Heroine]]: Ashley A
** [[The Lancer]]: Ashley B
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* [[Hair of Gold]]: Ashley A.
* [[Jerkass]]: Pretty much all of them, but Ashley Q. is by far one of the meaner Ashleys.
* [[One Steve Limit]]: Completely averted (and Spinelli
* [[The Other Darrin]]: Ashley Johnson played Ashley T. from season two
* [[Pink Means Feminine]]: Ashley A.'s signature color is pink.
* [[The Quiet One]]: Ashley T. hardly gets any speaking lines on her own.
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* [[Embarrassing First Name]]: His real name is Francis.
* [[Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"|Everyone Calls Him Hustler Kid]]
** [[Do Not Call Me "Paul"| Do Not Call Me Francis]]: He prefers to called Hustler Kid.
* [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin]]: What do you think he does?
* [[Friend in the Black Market]]
* [[Everyone Has Standards| Hustler Kid Has Standards]]: Don't except him to sell anything that could get a kid in trouble despite being a
* [[High School Hustler|Elementary School Hustler]]
* [[Honest John's Dealership]]
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{{quote|'''Voiced by:''' [[Kath Soucie]]}}
* [[Bearer of Bad News]]
* [[Cross-Dressing Voices]]: He's one of the few boys in the show
* [[Disease Bleach]]: Said to get the white streak in his hair after seeing his brother make out with his girlfriend.
* [[The Eeyore]]
* [[Locked Into Strangeness]]: See [[Disease Bleach]].
* [[Only One Name]]: His last name is never given in the show
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{{quote|'''Voiced by:''' Mayim Bialik}}
* [[Big Eater]]
* [[Broken Bird]]: She actually
* [[Fat Bastard]]
* [[Fiery Redhead]]
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=== Upside-Down Girl ===
{{quote|'''Voiced by:''' Francesca Smith}}
* [[Berserk Button]]: Don't make her go
* [[Expy]]: Of [[Hey Arnold!|Helga Pataki]]
* [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin]]: Take a guess on why she's called that.
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=== Guru Kid ===
{{quote|'''Voiced by:''' Klee Bragger, Ryan O'Donohue (''Recess: Taking the Fifth Grade'')}}
* [[Does Not Like Shoes]]: In "Don't Ask Me", the kids find it unusual that he IS wearing shoes.
* [[Hermit Guru]]: Parodied.
* [[Walking Shirtless Scene]]: Lampshaded in "Don't Ask Me" when the kids realize how unusual it is for him to be wearing a shirt...much like he doesn't normally wear shoes.
=== Gordy ===
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{{quote|'''Voiced by:''' Klee Bragger}}
* [[Scout Out]]: He's a member of the Woodchuck Scouts
** [[Shout-Out]]: Which is most likely a
== Facuilty members ==
=== Miss Finster ===
{{quote|'''Voiced by:''' April Winchell}}
* [[Badass Teacher]]: She proves herself to be one in Recess: School's Out, though strangely enough Miss Grotke can apparently still hold her own against her.
* [[Breakout Character]]
* [[Characterization Marches On]]: In the first season, she actually enjoyed punishing kids. From the second season and onward, while still a [[Sadist Teacher]], she became a [[Sugar and Ice Personality]] [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]] and never went to the extremes she used to.
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* [[Fat Bastard]]
* [[Fiery Redhead]]: She was a redhead when she was younger, but still very fiery.
* [[The Dragon]]/ [[The Lancer]]: to Principal Prickly, though Prickly doesn't exactly share her sadistic streak.
* [[Hate Sink]]: Zigzagged...sometimes she's unlikable, but sometimes she shows that she has a better side. Weekend At Muriel's is a good example of this.
* [[I Was Quite a Looker]]: In ''[[Recess: School's Out]]'', she's proven to be this in the `60s (she has the same voice, however due to her voice actress using her "normal" voice for T.J.'s mom)
* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]: She's not always a sadist, believe it or not.
* [[Kujira]]: In the Japanese dub.
* [[Last-Name Basis]]: Justified… she’s a teacher, so it makes sense for students to call her Finster rather than Muriel, her first name.
* [[Misunderstood Loner with a Heart of Gold]]: She HAS been portrayed this way, as hard as it is to believe.
* [[Reasonable Authority Figure]]: Finster would only punish students at the school if she has a valid reason and evidence, like a rule violation. If you got done nothing wrong, she won’t bother.
* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]: The red to Miss Grotke's blue.
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=== Miss Grotke ===
{{quote|'''Voiced by:''' Allyce Beasley}}
* [[Adorkable]]: She's overly enthusiastic about almost everything she does, plus she's rather adorable
* [[Ambiguously Brown]]
* [[Ascended Extra]]: Only appeared in a few episodes of season one, and then appeared in just about every season two episode.
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* [[Foil]]: She's as affable as Ms. Finster is not.
* [[Foot Focus]]: She's usually shown wearing sandals
* [[Friend to All Children]]: Even the kindergartners.
* [[Genki Girl]]: Sometimes
* [[Granola Girl]]
* [[Hippie Teacher]]: Unlike Principal Prickly, she's still a hippie ''after'' the 60s.
* [[Hot Teacher]]: Arguably. She's more "cute" than "sexy". She's definitely better-looking than Miss Finster though.
* [[Intergenerational Friendship]]: With Spinelli
* [[Masako Katsuki]]: In the Japanese dub
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* [[Misplaced Kindergarten Teacher]]: She has the voice, but otherwise averts this. Granted, that's her voice actress' natural voice.
* [[No Name Given]]: Aside from numerous [[Fanon]] attempts (which have been going on since as long as the show premiered), she never got a first name.
** According to ''[http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/tv-shows/Disneys-Recess/ Behind the Voice Actors: Disney's Recess]'' her first name is Alordayne.
* [[Out of Focus]]: In the later episodes
* [[Perpetual Smiler]]
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* [[Sensei-chan]]: Has some hints of this (a rare example in western animation as well)
* [[Soapbox Sadie]]: In some of her lectures
* [[Token Good Teammate]]: Out of the four named
* [[Took a Level in Badass]]: In ''[[Recess: School's Out]]''
* [[Totally Radical]]: She like, totally speaks this way sometimes, cuz you know, it's way cool and far out!
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=== Dr. Slicer ===
* [[Knight of Cerebus]]: His episode is one of the darkest episodes of the series and every scene he appears in takes a darker turn. Not to mention, that unlike all other antagonists, his actions are played seriously and he is downright cruel (calling TJ sappy boy, just because he showed emotion and
* [[A Nazi by Any Other Name]]
* [[One-Scene Wonder]]: Despite appearing in one episode, he is the cruelest character in the entire series and is one of few antagonists of the series that can be called truly evil.
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* [[Non-Action Big Bad]]: He's not a fighter, that would be his lackey Kojak. He manipulates others to do his dirty work instead. He DOES arm himself with a gun that sedates his victims, however.
* [[Never My Fault]]: The plot of the movie (which was started by his animosity towards Principal Prickly) could be avoided if Dr. Phillium Benedict would face responsibility for his own actions.
* [[Talking
* [[Vile Villain, Saccharine Show]]: It's jarring that there's a villain in this
* [[We
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