History NightmareFuel / Recess

* Agent Stone from "The Spy Who Came In From the Playground". He's more of a dick than actually evil, since he works for the school superintendent, but what makes him this trope is that he's an adult who can almost effortlessly masquerade as a child. Despite being middle-aged, he can pass for a child due to his short height and ability to make himself sound younger, as long as he shaves daily, wears sunglasses to hide the wrinkles around his eyes, and hides his receding hairline. While Stone only uses this to spy on potential troublemakers, there are ''far'' more sinister implications for these skills.

* Another rather dark character is [[CorruptPolitician Mayor Fitzhugh]]. Most episodes mainly portray him as an unhelpful [[{{Jerkass}} asshole]] but the episode "The Biggest Trouble Ever" is where he ''really'' shows his evil side. T.J. and the gang accidentally broke the statue of Thaddeus T. Third III. Even though they genuinely felt bad for it and apologized, Fitzhugh didn't care and opted to ''[[MoralEventHorizon send them to six different schools as punishment]]''! He was more than willing to split up six friends and put them into different environments just because something that really wasn't all of their fault (the men who were putting up the statue didn't bolt it down properly). [[EveryoneHasStandards Even Prickly and Finster found this way too extreme with the former trying to defend then and the latter hoping that T.J. had a plan to get them out of it]]. And worst, Fitzhugh appointed himself the judge so he can ensure they receive that punishment; even when an angry Prickly attempts to protest at this, Fitzhugh angrily silences Prickly by threatening to have him work at the local city zoo. Thank goodness Thaddeus T. Third V came in and put Fitzhugh in his place or things would've been ''real'' bad for the gang.

* Another rather dark character is [[CorruptPolitician Mayor Fitzhugh]]. Most episodes mainly portray him as an unhelpful [[{{Jerkass}} asshole]] but the episode "The Biggest Trouble Ever" is where he ''really'' shows his evil side. T.J. and the gang accidentally broke the statue of Thaddeus T. Third III. Even though they genuinely felt bad for it and apologized, Fitzhugh didn't care and opted to ''[[MoralEventHorizon send them to six different schools as punishment]]''! He was more than willing to split up six friends and put them into different environments just because something that really wasn't all of their fault (the men who were putting up the statue didn't bolt it down properly). [[EvenEvilHasStandards Even Prickly and Finster found this way too extreme with the former trying to defend then and the latter hoping that T.J. had a plan to get them out of it]]. And worst, Fitzhugh appointed himself the judge so he can ensure they receive that punishment. Thank goodness Thaddeus T. Third V came in and put Fitzhugh in his place or things would've been ''real'' bad for the gang.

** All the kids' bikes becoming sentient and attacking them a la ''Film/MaximumOverdrive'', with the kids seemingly escaping on a bus, only for it to have no driver.

* Slicer. Just... ''[[KnightOfCerebus Slicer]]'' from the episode "Prickly is Leaving" is by far one of the most terrifying villains to appear in the series. Characters like Prickly and Finster are only villains when [[PunchClockVillain on the clock]] and actually show concern for the kids at times. However, Slicer has ''none'' of their redeeming qualities. He's a guy that wants things done his way and couldn't care less if anyone likes his methods or not. T.J. is normally not afraid of any adults, but Slicer is a rare case where T.J. is ''terrified'' of someone, even much more than he is with either Prickly or Finster. You ''know'' you're that evil when Finster of all people had to stand up for T.J. after Slicer unjustly punishes the boy for expressing everyone's feelinga for Prickly.

* Slicer. Just... ''[[KnightOfCerebus Slicer]]'' from the episode "Prickly is Leaving" is by far one of the most terrifying villains to appear in the series. Characters like Prickly and Finster are only villains when [[PunchClockVillain on the clock]] and actually show concern for the kids at times. However, Slicer has ''none'' of their redeeming qualities. He's a guy that wants things done his way and couldn't care less if anyone likes his methods or not. T.J. is normally not afraid of any adults but Slicer is a rare case where T.J. is ''terrified'' of someone. You ''know'' you're that evil when Finster of all people had to stand up for T.J. (which Slicer laughs at her for showing concern for a kid).

* Agent Stone from "The Spy Who Came In From the Playground". He's more of a dick than actually evil, since he works for the school superintendent, but what makes him this trope is that he's an adult who can almost effortlessly masquerade as a child. Despite being middle-aged, he can pass for a child due to his short height and ability to make himself sound younger, as long as he shaves daily and hides his receding hairline. While Stone only uses this to spy on potential troublemakers, there are ''far'' more sinister implications for these skills.