History Headscratchers / Recess

** She's Italian according to TheOtherWiki, and on the episode where Spinelli joins the Ashleys after Randall reveals her true first name, she also had a great-grandmother who lived in Alaska and ran the Iditarod. Judging by her eye shape, lip shape, and AmbiguouslyBrown skin tone (which reminds me of the one from that Eskimo hunter on the 1949 Looney Tunes cartoon "Frigid Hare"), she probably could be Inuit (Eskimo) along with being Italian.

* Wait, where did I have [[HighSchoolMusical heard this similar part before?]]
** What does HighSchoolMusical have to do with anything? Speaking from experience, juniors and seniors in high school do have to worry about their futures. But to the original Headscratcher, I never noticed before how the kids do that.

Some examples would be not already seeing through the fact that sometimes it's okay to tell on people, and the fact that she still seems to believe that numbers like a gazillion exist. My only guess is that she's 9, so it's slightly excusable, or she knew the truth all along and, in an effort to fit in more, she just followed [[Main/SwordOfTruth Wizard's First Rule]].

** I...don't really know (and Naked Mole Rats aren't fantasy elements...[[KimPossible but of course, they don't act like Rufus in real life]]).

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** This troper feels that episode shows they're not completely different things her book smarts translate to the street.

* The Mayor was {{Jerkass}} and it was clear he was simply jealous that they sucsseded where he failed.

** Not to mention that Recess takes place in the late 90's (the show original air run being 1997-2001). Kids believed in those things back then before they started to wise p at earlier ages.
** One part Nostalgia Goggles, one part cultural drift; every generation grows up faster than the one before it. When Recess was on TV, it was aimed at kids around the same age as or younger than the main cast, which meant 6-10 year olds, with ParentalBonus gags. Kids that age today are exposed to much more adult media, and some of them have probably had MySpace/Facebook pages ''since they were born'', so the internet (and the.. uh, shall we say [[GreaterInternetFuckwadTheory social interaction unrestricted by traditional etiquette that comes with it)]] are a very basic part of their lives. Kids today aren't any more ''mature'', but they have access to a lot more information.

** As for the bus driver, it's possible she genially doesn't remember his name since he has only just started.

** I...don't really know (And Naked Mole Rats aren't fantasy elements...[[KimPossible but of course, they don't act like Rufus in real life]]).
** If recess takes place in the same world as Lilo and Stitch it takes place in a world where earth is a mosquito preserve and Hawaii has a decent number of genetic experiments. Seeing recess as taking place in a universe with all the crosovers in Lilo and Stitch has some awesome potential the kids having a future in a world even cooler than they believe it is now but is not nescasary for it taking place in the Lilo and Stitch universe. You can just pretend the other crossovers didn't happen, happened differently, and/or the people in the crossovers are similar but entierly different people who live in a different universe than the series they are from. If recess does not take place in the same universe as Lilo and Stitch either the crossover is only Lilo and Stitch canon but not recess canon or the kids in the Lilo and Stitch crossover are just simular to TJ and his group.
* Also related to the above. Recess seemed like a poor series to be crossed over with. Kim Possible and American Dragon have fantasy topics but Recess seemed fairly realistic. Plus Recess takes place in 97 and 98. Kim Possible and American Dragon are ''so'' not 90s, and Proud Family is more like New Millennium.

* Prickly and Finster seem to follow the out-of-touch teacher archetype. They used to genuinly love teaching and wanted to help children, but over the years they've become cynical and forgot why they ever wanted to go into teaching in the first place. Plus the show is very inconsistent with their levels of villainy. Sometimes Finster is just strict for a playground monitor and Prickly an ineffective principal, other times they want to ban recess and hate the idea of children having fun. It changes depending on the needs of the plot.

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** If recess takes place in the same world as Lilo and Stitch it takes place in a world where earth is a mosquito preserve and Hawaii has a decent number of genetic experiments. Seeing recess as taking place in a universe with all the crosovers in Lilo and Stitch has some awsome potential the kids having a future in a world even cooler than they believe it is now but is not nescasary for it taking place in the Lilo and Stitch universe.

** Not to mention it's been stated that Recess takes place in the 90s somewhere. Kids believed in those things back then before they started to wise p at earlier ages.
*** One part Nostalgia Goggles, one part cultural drift; every generation grows up faster than the one before it. When Recess was on TV, it was aimed at kids around the same age as or younger than the main cast, which meant 6-10 year olds, with ParentalBonus gags. Kids that age today are exposed to much more adult media, and some of them have probably had MySpace/Facebook pages ''since they were born'', so the internet (and the.. uh, shall we say [[GreaterInternetFuckwadTheory social interaction unrestricted by traditional etiquette that comes with it)]] are a very basic part of their lives. Kids today aren't any more ''mature'', but they have access to a lot more information.

** I...don't really know.

* If Recess co-exists in the same world as "Lilo and Stitch" the series, does that mean the realistic 3rd Street School students co-exist with fantasy elements like Aliens, Dragons, Naked Mole Rats, and a wish granting Al Roker?

*** One part Nostalgia Goggles, one part cultural drift; every generation grows up faster than the one before it. When Recess was on TV, it was aimed at kids around the same age as or younger than the main cast, which meant 6-10 year olds, with ParentalBonus gags. Kids that age today are exposed to much more adult media, and some of them have probably had MySpace/Facebook pages ''since they were born'', so the internet (and the.. uh, shall we say [[GreaterInternetFuckwadTheory social interaction unrestricted by traditional etiquette that comes with it)]] are a very basic part of their lives. Kids today aren't any more ''mature'', but they have access to a lot more information.

They have no legitimate concept of kissing or aging, and believe odd stuff. I know this is an exaggerated version of childhood innocence, but seriously? They just seem stupid and overly naive.

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* The Mayor was {{Jerkass}} and it was clear he was simply trying to make examples out of the kids.

* Because they're ''kids.'' Even though it's over-exaggerated for [[RuleOfFunny comedy's]] sake in real life, kids literally do have a "Follow the pact" mentality that they rarely question in fear of being the outsider.

* Same reason we have a democracy and follow the Constitution- it's been that way for years and things are decent enough this way that we don't need to change it.

* Kindergardeners can act like older kids. They choose not to. Its kind of their last chance to be savages before growing up.

** It's just the kids being stupid and exaggerating like they always did in the cartoons.

[[WMG: why didn't Gretchen by the "other dimension" explanation?]]
I realize the idea that Swinger Girl broke through a dimensional barrier is ridiculous but Gretchen(and the rest of the main cased except Mikey) seemed to act as if there is no such thing as an (AlternateDimension). it's especially jarring for Gretchen as she is privy to everything science related and I though stuff like this is actually taken seriously by the scientific community.