History Characters / RecessTheMainSix

* WhenSheSmiles: Spinelli's already adorable, but when she's in a good mood and isn't threatening or attacking someone, expect that to be taken UpToEleven.

* HeroicBSOD: In "I Will Kick No More Forever", a fluke kickball kick by Ashley A. that far surpasses his own sends Vince into such a shock he practically becomes a statue.

* NiceHat: His famous red baseball cap.

* NiceHat: Her orange ski cap.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: A mild example. Vince is a nice guy, but his superior athletic abilities compared to those of his friends often make him egoistic. However, deep down, he knows how important his friends are to him and will always choose their friendship over winning in the end.

** Grabs it tightly right at the end of "Bad Hair Day" when he refuses to help T.J. and Vince escape the angry mob after Gretchen and Spinelli accidentally ruin T.J. and Vince's hair-cutting "business". Not only did T.J. try to make the best of a bad situation that [[NeverMyFault Mikey himself created]] with his bubble gum, but he and Vince made his bad haircut a trend on the playground, to the point where everyone BUT the Main Six had the same look. Even though Mikey's haircut is terrible, T.J. and Vince market it so well that their friend won't have to go through it alone. Yet when the mob chases them, Mikey callously tells Gretchen and Spinelli to help "as soon as my hair grows back."

* {{Meganekko}}: She wears large circular NerdGlasses.

* SingingVoiceDissonance: His singing voice sounds absolutely nothing like his speaking voice - to be specific, it sounds like the rich baritone of Robert Goulet.

** Due to his father being an army officer, he's quite talented at military games and at times surprisingly quite athletic, as well as once helping his dad thwart a plan to ''crash the global economy'' while on a skiing trip. In addition, he often identifies civilian and military vehicles by name and designation on sight.

* MilitaryBrat: His dad is a career Soldier and they moved around a lot because of it (Gus was in at least six schools before he moved to Third Street). Subverted in that he's actually a nice kid, unlike most fictional military brats, who are depicted as being bullies.

* AlliterativeName: The first letters of her first and last name both begin with a "G".

* PrinceOfPranksters: TropeNamer. Prankster Prince is an actual title and TJ campaigns to win it by pulling a prank on King Bob (a former Prankster Prince himself). Bob comes out of retirement to try and prank TJ back.

** On the other hand, Spinelli's skin tone is also found on Southern Italians (Silicians, specifically) and Wiki/ThatOtherWiki 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 ActorAllusion 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 ''Series/MarriedWithChildren''], 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).

* TheFriendsWhoNeverHang: Gus and Vince hardly interact with each other, compared to them with the other members of the gang. The same goes with Mikey and Gretchen.

* {{Catchphrase}}: In the early episodes (and in a Creator/ToonDisney advertisement), he would often say "Sounds good to me", but this was later dropped. He also often says, "All my life, [insert something here]"

* GoshdangItToHeck: Invoked. He made the word "whomp" because he got in trouble for swearing.

* FriendshipFavoritism: [[DefiedTrope Defied]]. In the Season 2 episode "The Breakup", Ms. Grotke asks the class to write about their best friends. This causes problems for T.J., however: he can't choose a best friend. And while this strains his friendship with his friends and causes the gang to break up, he still can't choose a friend. In the end, T.J. writes a report about how all five of his friends are his bests friends, and how special they all are. This ends up reconciling the group.

[[caption-width-right:350:''Turns out, we don't care about glory, we're happy being friends.'']]

[[caption-width-right:350:''Never kid a kid who hasn't had his recess.'']]