History Trivia / RecessSchoolsOut

* DirectToVideo: Like ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory2'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheTiggerMovie'', this film was originally planned in pre-production to be just a straight-to-home media release. However, due to the show's huge success, Disney bumped it up to a theatricalrelease instead. So the plot was expanded and got an AnimationBump. Unlike ''WesternAnimation/Dougs1stMovie'', which was intended for DTV but was released in theaters instead (at the very last minute), this one was much more sucessful. Though in Norway, the film was released direct-to-video.

* DirectToVideo: Like ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory2'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheTiggerMovie'', When in pre-production, this film was originally planned by the creators to be just a straight-to-home media release. However, due to the show's huge success, Disney bumped it up to a theatricalrelease instead. So the plot was expanded and got an AnimationBump. Unlike ''WesternAnimation/Dougs1stMovie'', which was intended for DTV but was released in theaters instead (at the very last minute), this one was much more sucessful. Though in Norway, the film was released direct-to-video.

* DirectToVideo: Like ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory2'' and ''WesternAnimatiom/TheTiggerMovie'', When in pre-production, this film was originally planned by the creators to be just a straight-to-home media release. However, due to the show's huge success, Disney bumped it up to a theatricalrelease instead. So the plot was expanded and got an AnimationBump. Unlike ''WesternAnimation/Dougs1stMovie'', which was intended for DTV but was released in theaters instead (at the very last minute), this one was much more sucessful. Though in Norway, the film was released direct-to-video.

* DirectToVideo: When in pre-production, this is what the creators were considering. But due to the show's huge success, Disney wanted it to be put in theaters. So the plot was expanded and got an AnimationBump. Unlike ''WesternAnimation/Dougs1stMovie'', which was intended for DTV but was released in theaters instead (at the very last minute), this one was much more sucessful. Kind of like how ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory2'' was going to be. Though in Norway, the film was released direct-to-video.

** In the ending credits, Mikey was going to sing [[Music/AbbeyRoad "Get Back"]], but it was too expensive to get the rights to a song by Music/TheBeatles. They used "Green Tambourine" instead.

** The DVD box stated that it would include some deleted scenes as bonus features, but they never showed up.

* CutSong: There was going to be a new song by Music/TheyMightBeGiants playing as T.J. rode his bike sadly after his friends left for camp. After the movie started using '60s songs for its soundtrack, the song was scrapped and replaced with "One" by Three Dog Night.

* TropeNamer:
** BlackBeltInOrigami

* CompletelyDifferentTitle: In Germany, it's (translated), ''Big Recess: The Secret Mission''.
** French: ''Recess: Give Me a Break!''
** Polish: ''Recess: Goodbye School''
** Swedish: ''Recess: Mission to Save Summer Vacation''
** Finnish: ''Recess: Save the Summer Holiday''
** Latin Spanish: ''Return to Recess''
** Norwegian: ''Recess: Free From School''

* DuelingMovies: Just '''''barely''''' averted. ''Recess: School's Out'' was slated to release in summer 2000, to coincide with the theme of the film. However, the still very lucrative ''Anime/{{Pokemon 2000}}'' was released during that time as well. Disney executives kept pushing it back until February 2001. This decision helped Disney in releasing the first of two financially successful animated films for 2001, as well as earn a good response from the critics.

* RoleReprise: Returning from the ''Recess'' TV series are Creator/AndrewLawrence as T.J. Detweiler, Rickey D'Shon Collins as Vince [=LaSalle=], Jason Davis as Mikey Blumberg, Creator/PamelaAdlon as Ashley Spinelli, Courtland Mead as Gus Griswald, Creator/AshleyJohnson as Gretchen Grundler, Creator/AprilWinchell as Ms. Muriel Finster, Ryan O'Donohue as Randall Weems, Erik von Detten as Erwin Lawson, Allyce Beasley as Ms. Alordayne Grotke, and Dabney Coleman as Principal Peter Prickly.

* ActingForTwo: Creator/AprilWinchell plays both Miss Finster ''and'' T.J.'s mom in the movie.

* PlayingAgainstType: Although the role he played was technically still a villain, Creator/TonyJay usually plays the role of intimidating villains (such as [[WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDameDisney Claude Frollo]], [[WesternAnimation/TheJungleBook1967 Shere Kahn]], [[WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast Monsieur D'Arque]], [[WesternAnimation/{{Reboot}} Megabyte]], and [[WesternAnimation/MightyDucksTheAnimatedSeries Wraith]]). However, he plays the role of the head scientist who [[YouHaveFailedMe ended up getting detention after the weather altering laser ended up shorting out again]]...who acts like a complete wuss as he his escorted off of the room.

** In the ending credits, Mikey was going to sing [[Music/AbbeyRoad "Get Back"]], but it was too expensive to get the rights to a song by Music/TheBeatles. They used "Green Tamborine" instead.

* PlayingAgainstType: Although the role he played was technically still a villain, Creator/TonyJay usually plays the role of intimidating villains (such as [[WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame Claude Frollo]], [[WesternAnimation/TheJungleBook1967 Shere Kahn]], [[WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast Monsieur D'Arque]], [[WesternAnimation/{{Reboot}} Megabyte]], and [[WesternAnimation/MightyDucksTheAnimatedSeries Wraith]]). However, he plays the role of the head scientist who [[YouHaveFailedMe ended up getting detention after the weather altering laser ended up shorting out again]]...who acts like a complete wuss as he his escorted off of the room.

* ActingForTwo: April Winchell plays both Miss Finster ''and'' T.J.'s mom in the movie.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: For a while, the movie was quite hard to find, as most stores stopped selling it when the show ended and its popularity dwindled, but due to the rise of online shopping and instant streaming--and the fact that the DVD never really went out of print--it's readily available from both Amazon and Netflix and most recently Creator/DisneyPlus.