Recess is a Disney Channel animated series that aired for six seasons on the ABC network between 1997 and 2001, and spawned one theatrical film (Recess: School's Out, 2001) and two direct-to-video sequels (Recess: Taking the Fifth Grade and Recess: All Growed Down, both released in 2003).

The Break In [1.1]

TJ: Can't you see that I'm trapped in here? I've counted the ceiling tiles 10 times, guys. There's 1,678. You hear me? 1,678!

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King Bob: [Talking about T.J.] Kids of the playground. The dumb kid should be free!

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Kid next to King Bob: My mom called me some dumb kid this morning.

The New Kid [1.2]

Mikey: There are lots of people without names.

Gus: Like who?

Mikey: Like the Artist Formerly Known as Prince, the Unknown Soldier, and the other four guys in the Jackson Five.

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Gus: I've been to 12 schools in the last 6 years, I never met anyone so friendly, it's so - so beautiful!

First Name Ashley [1.5]

Spinelli: What's the matter? You got crayons in your ears? Get to the end of the line Randall before I give you the end of my fist!

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T.J.: We're all Ashley's, too.

Ashley A: But, you aren't even girls!

Gus: Hey, it's the nineties.

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Ashley A: By junior high we may be dating some guys named Paul or ... or Joe!

To Finster With Love [1.6]

Finster: [reading out grades] A... A... A... Ah, Randall, my trusted sidekick... A plus! A... A... A...

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Finster: F... F... F... Ah, Randall, my trusted sidekick... D minus. F... F... F...

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Hank the Janitor: Do you hear music?

Finster: Whenever I look at you.

King Gus [1.7]

Gus: [singing] Gus, Gus, O Mighty Gus, king of all the playground, Gus, Gus, O Shiny Gus, we're glad such a great king we found.

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Mikey: Madness! Madness!

Big Brother Chad [1.8]

Kindergartener: Vince. We give up to you our two front teeth. Worth 50 cents street value.

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Gretchen: Take it from someone who knows. Your brother is definitely a geek.

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Chad: Hey Vince! Check it out, I just beat myself at three-dimensional chess.

I Will Kick No More Forever [1.11]

Vince: [watching an old video of himself] Man, did you see that kick??? That was in my prime!

Gretchen: Vince, that was 2 weeks ago.

The Trial [1.16]

King Bob: (to Randall) You threw a dirt clod during a time out? She was right, you are a worm.

Teachers Lounge [1.17]

Principal Prickly: [telling a joke] So then I say to the superintendent, "That's no kindergartener, that's my wife!"

Randall's Reform [1.18]

T.J.: [reading] I did it. Signed, TJ?

Finster: AHA, a confession!!

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Finster: The criminal always returns to the scene of the crime.

T.J.: But Miss Finster, you dragged me here!

Jinxed [1.22]

Gretchen: The kids' unwritten code of honor is what makes us different from adults, different from animals. What would we be without it?

Gus: Adult animals?

Spinelli: Nothing, that's what!

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Spinelli: Hey! One of you drop five bucks?

Ashleys: Oooo...

Ashleys & T.J.'s Gang (together): Scandalous!

T.J.'s Gang: Jinx!

The Experiment [1.23]

Butch: The future is girls... and we're all going to like it!

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Spinelli: Boys kissing girls? Girls kissing boys?

Gretchen: Surely, there must be some mistake. I mean, this defies the rules of nature and physics. Besides that, it's disgusting!

T.J.: But Butch says it's the future. His brother Joey told him.

Spinelli: Oh, please! The day I stop caring about dodgeball is the day the Earth starts spinning around the sun.

Gretchen: Which explains the D minus you got in Science.

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(After Spinelli and TJ kiss)

Spinelli: Ack! Puke city!

T.J.: Quick, someone get me some mouthwash!

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T.J.: You realize we may have to get married after this.

Spinelli: You realize I may have to kill you after this.

Officer Mikey [1.24]

(looking for Ashley A's little sister, Britney)

Spinelli: We seek a formal sit-down by she who goes by the name Britney. (four Kindergartners come forward) Er... Britney A.

The Challenge [2.5]

Principal Prickly: [shouting] Not only is my reputation as an educator on the line but also my reputation as a man! So get out there and win, I tell you, win! (Kids stare at him) Oh, and have fun.

Wild Child [2.6]

Gretchen: Repeat after me. The rain...

Kindergartener: The rain...

Gretchen: In Spain...

Kindergartener: In Pain...

Gretchen: Falls mainly in the moist temperate zone northwest of the Pyranees mountains.

Kindergartener: Bloobidy bloo bloo bloo!

The Girl Was Trouble [2.9]

Gretchen: Menlo sang like an old guy in the shower when no one was home.

Gretchen: [To the Graffiti Kid] Nice work you're a regular Degas.

Graffiti Kid: Wha'd you call me?

Hustler's Apprentice [4.37a]

Hustler Kid: What do ya do in the morning?

Gus: Uh... Eating a well-balanced breakfast.

Hustler: Cancel the flap-jacks buddy we got bigger fish to fry.