History Characters / Recess

* BadassNormal

* TheFace

* FunPersonified

* MagneticHero

* YouthfulFreckles

* TheLancer
* LovableJock

* ExtravertedNerd

* TookALevelInBadass: It takes a lot bravery to stand up to someone like Krust The Worst.

* StoutStrength

* {{Expy}}: Of [[HeyArnold Helga Pataki]]

* BigEater

* WildChild: Yes, you read that right. It's revealed in "Principal for a day" that shortly before the events of the series, he was so out of control that Principal Prickly himself had to intervene. After being Principal for a day, Menlo became the guy he is now.
* Vocal Evolution: His voice is lower is lower in the final two Direct to Video Movies.

* KathSoucie

* ADayInTheLimelight: "Partners in Crime", "Tucked in Mikey", "Some Friend", and "All the Principal's Men"

* InkSuitActor: Subverted, as it wasn't intended, but he does look a lot like his second voice actor, Andy Lawrence. AshleyJohnson lampshades this in the bonus features on the DVD of TheMovie.
** TJ also quite strongly resembles his ''original'' voice actor, Ross Malinger, in his younger years (for visual reference, he played the kid in ''Film/SleeplessInSeattle'').

* [[MeetMyGoodFriendsLeftyAndRighty Meet My Good Friend, Madame Fist!]]

* {{Adorkable}}
* AlliterativeName

* BerserkButton: Never suggest that she's dumb. You may not be able to live to regret it. Teasing her about her PDA. Kristen Kurst learns this the hard way.

* ChildProdigy

* [[TheSmartGuy The Smart Girl]]

* NiceGuy

* ADayInTheLimelight: "Randall's Reform", "Stand Up Randall", "Randall's Friends", "Prince Randall", and "League of Randalls".

* {{Catchphrase}}: "Moist"
** Also "MISS FINSTER! MISS FINSTER!"

* ElmuhFuddSyndwome: As a kindergartener

* [[EvenEvilHasStandards Even Randall Has Standards]]: Randall is hated by the students for being a snitch, but there are some kids who have a high authority level, like King Bob, he would never snitch on because he believes that's naughty. In the film, he calls out on one of Benedict's followers for ratting him out.
** JerkassRealization: He's forced take blame when the Tylers, brothers of each member of the The Ashleys [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone after he trained them in the act of snitching]].

-->'''Debut:''' "The Break In"

* AmbiguouslyBrown

* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: When they have a huge fight in "The Diggers Split Up," they won't even speak to each other, but when the gang tell Sam that Dave got caught in a cave-in, he immediately runs to his aid shouting, "Sam! Sam, hang in there, ''I will find you''!" When Sam sees this, they make up almost straight away.
* DiggingToChina: Their main goal.
** And in the pilot (which was remade into the first episode), ''[[CrowningMomentOfFunny they actually do it]]''

* {{Acrofatic}}: Tubby

* BlindingBangs: Zedd

* {{Kawaiiko}}: Cindy
* {{Keet}}: Spencer and Hector

* ADayInTheLimelight: "Pharaoh Bob", "The Big Prank", "The Madness of King Bob", and "Prince Randall".

* TooImportantToWalk: Most of the time, he'll have his guards carry him around the playground on a chair attatched to two wooden poles.

* AbsenteeActor: In ''WesternAnimation/RecessSchoolsOut''

* MilitaryBrat: Like Gus, she's kind and sweet.
* MoeCouplet: With Gus.

* AlphaBitch
** LovableAlphaBitch: Ashley A. shows hints of this sometimes, and on occasion they all can be this (like "The Great Can Drive" and "League of Randalls").
* AnnoyingLaugh / EvilLaugh: And usually finished off with their catchprase.

** JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Ashley A. on her good days.

* ADayInTheLimelight: "Hustler's Apprentice".

* [[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep Everyone Calls Him Hustler Kid]]

* [[EvenEvilHasStandards Even Hustlers Have Standards]]: He's a bit of a cheapsake, but he won't sell things that could get a kid in trouble.

* [[HighSchoolHustler Elementary School Hustler]]

* TenMinuteRetirement: In "Hustler's Apprentice" when Gus turns out to be a better hustler than he is.
* YoungerThanTheyLook: He's a fourth grader, yet he looks like he's in high school

* ADayInTheLimelight: "The Terrifying Tales of Recess"

!!Johnny "Baby Tooth" V.]]

!!Dr. Slicer

* '''ChildHater''': During his temporary reign as the school principal, he turns it into a living hell for the children!

* '''SadistTeacher''': Put emphasis on sadist part. Actually, scratch that. It doesn't even '''''begin''''' to describe him...

!!Becky Benson

!!Franklin "The Dude" Dudikoff

* {{Expy}}: He was the "original" T.J. at Third Street School back in the `80s

!!Yope Halberson

!!Brock

!!Lance the Pants

* [[spoiler:DarkHorseVictory]]: [[spoiler:He eventually becomes the next A.V. Kid, because unlike T.J. and Vince, he works better on his own than with others]]

!!Becky Detweiler

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

!!Dr. Phillium Benedict

[[folder: The Main Six]]
!!Theodore Jasper "T.J." Detweiler

* TheAce: In the early season one episodes

* BigBrotherInstinct: Towards Gus (Despite being the same age)

* BreakTheCutie: Happens after seeing one of his plans go wrong, hurting Gus in the process in "[[SeriesFinale Lost Leader]]"

* IconicItem / IconicOutfit: His hat.

!!Vince [=LaSalle=]

!!Ashley Spinelli

** ButNotTooForeign: On the episode in which Randall discovers Spinelli's embarrassing first name ([[spoiler:Ashley]]), Spinelli reveals she was named after her great-aunt who was from Alaska and ran in the Iditarod, meaning that Spinelli could be Inuit (Alaskan Native) on her mom's side and Italian on her father's side.

** Harming her friends will set her off

* [[TheBigGuy The Big Girl]]: In terms of character, not her size.

* [[DoNotCallMePaul Do Not Call Me Ashley]]
** EmbarrassingFirstName

!!Gretchen Grundler

!!Mikey Blumberg

!!Gus Griswald

* BerserkButton: Don't hurt a little kid in front of him, '''ever'''.
** FriendToAllChildren

* BigBrotherInstinct: Towards Hector

* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Chocolate

[[folder:Other Students]]
!!Randall Weems

** JerkWithAHeartOfGold: A lot of times, he was shown as FriendlyEnemy of Reccess Gang, genuinly wanted to be friends with them and especially TJ in "Randall's Reform" and in "Randall's friends" where he performed a plan that the likes of T.J. would, just to spring him out of a level four detention because of a phony note accusing T.J. of throwing flip-flops on the roof, which Randall had forged, and genuinely respected Ms. Finster and looked up to her and had some EvenEvilHasStandards moments. While he may be jerk and snitch, but deep down he is not that bad.

!!Guru Kid

!!The Diggers (Sam and Dave)

* ADayInTheLimelight: "Diggers Split Up"

* [[IdenticalTwinIDTag Identical Friend ID Tag]]: Sam wears a red bandana around his neck, while Dave wears a white mouth cover around his neck.

!!Swinger Girl

!!The Kindergarteners

!!King Bob

* [[EveryoneHasStandards King Bob Has Standards]]: While he maybe a {{Jerkass}} ruler, but at time he also has ordered others to stop harassing other students, especially the Main Six.

!!Cornchip Girl

* MoeCouplet: With Gus
* MoeStare: Her default appearance

* [[SixthRanger Seventh Ranger]]: She's considered an unofficial member of the main six in the later episodes

!!Upside-Down Girl

!!The Ashleys

* [[DeadpanSnarker Deadpan Snarkers]]

* [[EvenEvilHasStandards Even The Ashleys Has Limits]]: While they may be alpha bitches, even for another Ashley, they were disgusted when each of their brother named Tyler became to snitch on everyone including King Bob.

* HiddenDepths: Ashley Q. is ''very'' good at kickball.

!!Hustler Kid

* ADayInTheLimelight: "Hustler's Apprentice"

!!Butch

!!Menlo

* (Former) WildChild: Yes, you read that right. It's revealed in "Principal for a day" that shortly before the events of the series, he was so out of control that Principal Prickly himself had to intervene. After being Principal for a day, Menlo became the guy he is now.

!!Jordan and Jerome

!!Brandon the Singer Kid

!!Gelman

* BullyAndWimpPairing: With Gus on a few occasions

* FreudianExcuse: Implied in "The Great State Fair"; he continously refuses to do the activities Finster provides by saying, "My old man don't believe in [x]." When Gus asks him why he's not at the fair, Gelman claims his old man "don't believe in fairs."

!!Sue Bob Murphy

!!Lazy Kid

!!Greg Skeens

!!Conrad Mundy

!!Kristen Kurst (Kurst The Worst)

* ADayInTheLimelight: "Kurst the Not So Bad"

* LastNameBasis: paired with the modifier "The Worst."

!!Erwin Lawson

!!The Pale Kids

!!Chucko Kowalski

* TheBully: Only in season one, really

!!Crier Kid

!!Gordy

!!Phil

!!Willy

* ThoseTwoGuys: With Gordy

!!Megan

* LovesMyAlterEgo / ShipTease: Seemed to have a brief thing for Gus as his brief tenure as "Guy" in the episode "Call Me Guy".

!!Tracey Logan

!!Douglas

[[folder:Faculty members]]
!! Miss Muriel P. Finster

* [[EvenEvilHasStandards Even Mean Teachers Has Standards]]: Finster doesn't have much of a problem coming with harsh but fair punishments, but she thought Phillip Fitzhugh's decision of separating the Main Six permanently in other schools was taking too far. She also was upset with Benedict in the film for wanting to banned recess. [[spoiler: It was revealed in the film, she once had a relationship Benedict but broke up with him for wanting to banned recess.]]

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: She's not the world's nicest person, but she ''does'' have a soft side.
** When she was younger, she broke up with Benedict because she didn't like the idea of taking recess from kids.

!!Principal Peter Prickly

!!Miss Grotke

!!Miss Lemon

[[folder:Other Characters (Characters who aren't students, one-shot characters, etc.)]]
!!Chad [=LaSalle=]

* {{Expy}}: Of [[FamilyMatters Steve Urkel]]

* HollywoodNerd: Type 1

!! Mayor Phillip Fitzhugh

!!Miss Salamone

!!Aaron Kelso

!!Johnny "Baby Tooth" V.

* '''ChildHater''': During his temporary reign as the school princible, he turns it into a living hell for the children!

* RicaMatsumoto: In the Japanese dub.

** JerkWithAHeartOfGold: A lot of times, he was shown as FriendlyEnemy of Reccess Gang, genuinly wanted to be friends with them and especially TJ in "Randall's Reform" and genuinely respected Ms. Finster and looked up to her and had some EvenEvilHasStandards moments. While he may be jerk and snitch, but deep down he is not that bad.

* FirstKiss: With Spinelli, but as [[TestKiss an experiment]].

* FirstKiss: With T.J., as [[TestKiss an experiment]].

* CoolTeacher

** King Bob even made a law, that inverts this trope completely: Alle children named Ashley ''must'' accept membership of the Ashleys if an Ashley invites them.

* HundredPercentAdorationRating: Just about everyone on the playground (Except Gordy) loves him.

* BrilliantButLazy
* TheCassandra: In the movie.

* [[DoNotCallMePaul Do Not Call Me Theodore Jasper]]: While the first name doesn't sound embarrassing when one thinks about [[TheodoreRoosevelt one tough leader]] with that name, he prefers to be called T.J., even the school administration does this.

* [[HighSchoolHustler Elementary School Hustler]]

* HeroicBSOD: In "Lost Leader" (the final episode aired before the DTV movies)

* TheAce

** TookALevelInBadass: It takes a lot bravery to stand up to someone like Krust The Worst.

* [[NiceGuy Nice Girl]]: Although not to the levels of T.J. and Mikey, she's very sweet, friendly, and easy-going.

* [[NoodlePeople Noodle Person]]

* {{Kujira}}: In the Japanese dub.

* MasakoKatsuki: In the Japanese dub.

* BlondeAreEvil: His hair was originally blond.

* TheDragon/ TheLancer: to Principal Prickly.

* IntergenerationalFriendship: With T.J. as the series goes on

* InsultingNickname: Dishes these out frequently, such as "[=LaStupid=]", "Dettwhiner", "Shrimpnelli", etc. He grudgingly calls TJ "Dettwinner" after he and the gang successfully steal their base back in "Fort Tender".
* JerkJock

* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Tomboy to Gretchen's Girly Girl.

* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Girly Girl to Spinelli's Tomboy, even if Gretchen isn't ''that'' girly. (She was considerably more so in the unaired pilot; as she's shown wearing some jewelry and lipstick)

* AlliterativeName: Ashley Armbruster

* AwesomeMccoolname: Ashley A's last name is 'Armbruster', which in German means ''crossbow''.

* BreakTheHaughty: Ashley A. in "Outcast Ashley" when Ashley B. kicks her out of the group for forgetting to wear purple on "Purple Day"- the anniversary of the day they all met.

* TheCheerleader: Not at school, but the girls go to cheerleading camp in the first movie.

* DubNameChange: Their first names are changed to Patricia in the Portuguese dub. Their last names remain the same.

** {{The Hero}}ine: Ashley A

** Ashley T. likes Senior Fusion- she gives TJ one of her comics to bribe him into giving them a good table in "Chez Vince".

* {{Jerkass}}: Pretty much all of them, but Ashley Q. is by far one of the meaner Ashleys.

* OneSteveLimit: Completely averted (and Spinelli's 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.

* {{Rich Bitch}}es

* TokenGoodTeammate: Ashley T. She's probably the least mean, anyway.

* YoungerThanHeLooks: He looks much older than eleven- he looks almost sixteen.

* AgeLift: She's twenty in the Italian dub, while she's sixteen/seventeen in the show.
* [[BigBrotherBully Big Sister Bully]]: Can be this way to T.J. sometimes, but to be fair, he doesn't make things easy for her.

* TheCheerleader: Hinted at- she has a pair of pom-poms on her dresser, hinting that she is (or was) a cheerleader
* CoolBigSis: When she helps the kids rescue T.J.. Also, T.J. considered her one when he was younger, "back when she was nice".

* EvilFormerFriend: [[spoiler: To Prickly]]

* IcyBlueEyes: Made especially unsettling as he's the ''only'' character in the franchise to be drawn with an eye color (Not counting T.J. in the pilot)

* CharacterTics: Adjusting her glasses

* SquishyWizard: She may be extremely smart for her age, but is probably the worst in the gang when it comes to anything athletic.

* BigGood: He has his bad moments, but looks after the good of the entire student body.

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* ItsAllAboutMe: Ashley A.'s general attitude