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{{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 embarrassed to tell: {{spoiler|His parents put him in a youth group, and they had a square-dancing class, and during that, a girl accidentally punched him in the eye}}
* [[Acrofatic]]: He's a more subtle example. While he's not "huge", he's definitlydefinitely chubby, yet can pull off some awesome stunts.
* [[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.
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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 (literalyliterally) under his hat.
* [[Break the Cutie]]: Happens after seeing one of his plans go wrong, hurting Gus in the process.
* [[Brilliant but Lazy]]
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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 (SiliciansSicilians, specifically) and [[That Other Wiki]] has established that Spinelli's family (possibly her father's side, as he has really dark hair and almost the same skin tone as his daughter, and her mother looks like she could be white European) is Italian (right down to Spinelli's penchant for fighting, which comes from the stereotype of the hot-blooded Italian) so either Spinelli's mom isn't really her mom, Spinelli's mom being a redhead is an [[Actor Allusion]] to Katey Sagal [who played Peggy Bundy -- a redheaded housewife who wore tacky 1960s housewife clothes and has a big bouffant, like Spinelli's mom does -- on ''[[Married... with Children]]''], Spinelli's mom dyes her hair, or Spinelli takes after her father more than her mother (which further reinforces Spinelli's aversion to all things she thinks are for girly-girls).
* [[Badass Adorable]]: She may look cute...but she shouldn't be underestimated because of that.
* [[Badass Normal]]
* [[Berserk Button]]: Don't EVER''ever'' refer to her by her first name.
** Don’tDon't do what Prickly did and MESS''mess WITHwith HERher HAThat'', even if you was temporary hypnotizes into the mind of a child. Prickly got lucky because he’s the principal and Gretchen happened to be there.
* [[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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* [[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.
* [[One of the Boys]]: One of her friends IS a girl though.
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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 variatyvariety.
* [[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 moresomore so in the unaired pilot; as she's shown wearing some jewelry and lipstick)
* [[Took a Level in Jerkass]]: "Pharaoh Bob" shows this too well.
* [[True-Blue Femininity]]: Her signature baby-blue dress.
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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''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 kindergartenerkindergartner
* [[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
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* [[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 ReccessRecess Gang, genuinlygenuinely wanted to be friends with them and especially TJ in "Randall's Reform" and genuinlygenuinely respected Ms. Finster and looked up to her and had some [[Even Evil Has Standards]] moments. While he may be jerk and snitch, but deep down he is not that bad.
* [[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.
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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 appearenceappearance and personality. Unlike T.J., Lawson is tall, lanky, wears his baseball hat with the visor in the front, and is mean.
* [[Rica Matsumoto]]: In the Japanese dub.
* [[The Rival]]: To both T.J. and Vince.
* [[Sitcom Arch Nemesis]]
 
=== The KindergartenersKindergartners ===
{{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 kindergartenerkindergartners's expyExpy of King Bob
* [[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 kindergartenerskindergartners are voiced by E.G. Daily, Pamela Segal-Aldon, [[Ashley Johnson]] (sometimes), Francesca Smith (sometimes), and [[Kath Soucie]], which leads to this trope.
* [[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 bandanabandanna around his neck, while Dave wears a white mouth cover around his neck.
* [[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 originalyoriginal voice actor, Klee Bragger, going through puberty. He does return to voice him at the end of the movie, [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshading]] his voice change.
* [[Those Two Guys]]
* [[Tunnel King|Tunnel Kings]]s
 
=== 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]]: "SCANDALOUS''Scandalous!''"
* [[Color Coded For Your Convinience]]: Ashley A. (Pink), Ashley B. (Yellow), Ashley Q. (Blue), and Ashley T. (Green)
* [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass]]: Ashey Q. is surprisingly ''really'' good at kickball.
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* [[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 barretsbarrettes.
* [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin]]: They're all named Ashley.
* [[Even Evil Has Standards| Even The Ashleys HasHave Standards]]: Each of the Ashleys has a brother named Tyler. When each Tyler learned how to snitch and King Bob was among the targets, it was too scandalous, even for them since they were fair game.
* [[Fiery Redhead]]: Ashley Q.
* [[Five-Man Band|Four -Girl Band]]: All of them are [[The Chick|Chicks]].
** [[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's is also named Ashley, but she wants no association with them), as well as each one having a younger brother named Tyler ''and'' a little sister named Britney.
* [[The Other Darrin]]: Ashley Johnson played Ashley T. from season two onwardsonward, replacing Rachel Crane (who would conitunecontinue to do Ashley Q., however).
* [[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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* [[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 cheapsakecheapskate.
* [[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 donevoiced by a girlwoman.
* [[Disease Bleach]]: Said to get the white streak in his hair after seeing his brother make out with his girlfriend.
* [[The Eeyore]]
* [[Kath Soucie]]
* [[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 doensdoesn't take much pride into her mean acts and dislikes her nickname.
* [[Fat Bastard]]
* [[Fiery Redhead]]
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=== Upside-Down Girl ===
{{quote|'''Voiced by:''' Francesca Smith}}
* [[Berserk Button]]: Don't make her go rightsideright side-up.
* [[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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{{quote|'''Voiced by:''' Klee Bragger}}
* [[Scout Out]]: He's a member of the Woodchuck Scouts
** [[Shout-Out]]: Which is most likely a refrencereference to the [[Carl Barks]] ''[[Donald Duck]]'' comics, featuring the JuiorJunior Woodchucks.
 
 
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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 physicalyphysically.
* [[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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* [[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 facuiltyfaculty, she's the only one who's not an [[Apathetic Teacher]] or [[Sadistic Teacher]].
* [[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 humilliatedhumiliated him in front of the school) and every other characters fear him, even TJ, who normally stands up to evils of adults.
* [[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.