Recess/Characters: Difference between revisions

== The Main Six ==

=== T.J. Detweiler ===

* [[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 embaressed 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 definitly chubby, yet can pull off some awesome stunts.

 

=== Vince LaSalle ===

* [[The Ace]]

* [[Badass Adorable]]

 

=== Ashley Spinelli ===

* [[Action Girl]]

* [[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 (Silicians, 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).

 

=== Gretchen Grundler ===

* [[Adorkable]]

* [[Alliterative Name]]

 

=== Mikey Blumberg ===

* [[Accidental Athlete]]: In "Soccer Boy"

* [[Acrofatic]]

 

=== Gus Griswald ===

* [[Adorkable]]

* [[Alliterative Name]]

== Other Students ==

=== Randall Weems ===

* [[Bearer of Bad News]]: Sometimes

* [[Bratty Half-Pint]]

 

=== Menlo ===

* [[Control Freak]]

* [[Friendly Enemy]]: At times

 

=== King Bob ===

* [[Big Ol' Unibrow]]

* [[Estrogen Brigade Bait]]

 

=== Erwin Lawson ===

* [[The Bully]]

* [[Demoted to Extra]]: In [[The Movie]], he only has a brief cameo and doesn't speak (however, he's still credited, hinting that he was going to have a speaking role, but his scene was cut)

 

=== The Kindergarteners ===

* [[Acrofatic]]: Tubby

* [[Blinding Bangs]]: Zedd

 

=== The Diggers (Sam and Dave) ===

* [[Digging to China]]: Their main goal.

** And in the pilot (which was remade into the first episode), ''[[Crowning Moment of Funny|they actually do it]]''

 

=== The Ashleys ===

* [[Alpha Bitch]]

** [[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").

 

=== Hustler Kid ===

* [[Embarrassing First Name]]: His real name is Francis.

* [[Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"|Everyone Calls Him Hustler Kid]]

 

=== Cornchip Girl ===

* [[Ascended Extra]]: Started out as a nameless background character. Around season five, she became more prominent.

* [[Cheerful Child]]

 

=== Butch ===

* [[Bearer of Bad News]]

* [[Cross-Dressing Voices]]: He's one of the few boys in the show done by a girl

 

=== Gelman ===

* [[The Bully]]

* [[Bully and Wimp Pairing]]: With Gus on a few occasions

 

=== Kristen Kurst (Kurst The Worst) ===

* [[Big Eater]]

* [[Broken Bird]]: She actually doens't take much pride into her mean acts and dislikes her nickname.

 

=== The Pale Kids ===

* [[Adorkable]]: All of them.

* [[Brainy Brunette]]: Rodney and Steve

 

=== Swinger Girl ===

* [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin]]: She's always on the swings, to attempt to go over the bar

* [[Fiery Redhead]]

 

=== Upside-Down Girl ===

* [[Berserk Button]]: Don't make her go rightside-up.

* [[Expy]]: Of [[Hey Arnold|Helga Pataki]]

 

=== Guru Kid ===

* [[Hermit Guru]]: Parodied.

 

=== Gordy ===

* [[Early Installment Weirdness]]: In "Wild Child", his name is Freddy.

* [[Satellite Character]]: He usually only appears in the background, and "Nobody Doesn't Like T.J." was the only episode focusing on him.

 

=== Phil ===

* [[Scout Out]]: He's a member of the Woodchuck Scouts

** [[Shout-Out]]: Which is most likely a refrence to the [[Carl Barks]] ''[[Donald Duck]]'' comics, featuring the Juior Woodchucks.

== Facuilty members ==

=== Miss Finster ===

* [[Badass Teacher]]

* [[Breakout Character]]

 

=== Principal Prickly ===

* [[Apathetic Teacher]]: Most of the time

* [[Ascended Extra]]: He gets a bigger role in ''[[Recess: School's Out]]''

 

=== Miss Grotke ===

* [[Adorkable]]: She's overly enthusiastic about almost everything she does, plus she's rather adorable physicaly.

* [[Ambiguously Brown]]

 

=== Miss Lemon ===

* [[Apathetic Teacher]]

* [[Perpetual Frowner]]

== Other Characters ==

=== Aaron Kelso ===

* [[Cool Old Guy]]

* [[The Mentor]]: Can be this to the kids in various episodes.

 

=== Becky Detweiler ===

* [[Big Brother Bully|Big Sister Bully]]: Can be this way to T.J. sometimes, but to be fair, he doesn't make things easy for her.

* [[Bratty Teenage Daughter]]

 

=== Chad LaSalle ===

* [[Black and Nerdy]]

* [[Expy]]: Of [[Family Matters|Steve Urkel]]