Recess: School's Out
Release: February 16, 2001

It is the end of the school year at Third Street School, and T.J. is excited to be out of school and spend the whole summer with his friends. Unfortunately everybody else is going to various camps for the summer to look ahead at the future. Soon afterward, T.J. notices strange people hanging out inside the school performing weird experiments, and nobody believes him. After he gets all his friends back together they are initially skeptical, until they too see the strange goings on. They soon find Principal Prickly held hostage by a man named Dr. Phillium Benedict, former Third Street School principal, superintendent and U.S. Secretary of Education who lost his job and the love of his girlfriend Muriel Finster after trying to abolish recess in schools. Now he has a plan to change the orbit of the moon plunging the Earth into an eternal winter and forcing kids to stay indoors, so no Summer Vacation can occur. Now the kids of Third Street, friend and foe alike, must team up and stop Benedict's plan. with the voice talents of Rickey D'Shon Collins, Jason Davis [speaking]/Robert Goulet [singing], Ashley Johnson, Andy Lawrence, Courtland Mead, Pamela Segall Adlon, Dabney Coleman, Melissa Joan Hart, Peter MacNicol, April Winchell, and James Woods [among others]. Director: Chuck Sheetz. Screenplay by Jonathan Greenberg; Story by Joe Ansolabehere, Paul Germain & Greenberg; Based on Disney/ABC's animated One Saturday Morning show created by/Produced by Paul & Joe [Paul was also the dialogue director]. Producer: Stephen Swofford. Music Score by Denis M. Hannigan; featuring the end credits songs: the original "Green Tambourine", and "Dancing in the Street" - performed by Myra. Produced for Walt Disney Pictures by Walt Disney Television Animation. Animation Production by Sunwoo Animation [sk]. Released in Theaters on February 16, 2001 Approved [#36591]/rated G. Copyright ©2000 Disney Enterprises, Inc./Walt Disney Pictures and Television All Rights Reserved

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Gus: "This mission is bigger than any one of us. Bigger than T.J. Even bigger than Principal Prickly. This, my friends, is about the future."
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Gus: "Years from now when kids who aren't even born yet look back on this moment, they'll say, "They did it. Those kids saved Third Street School. They saved summer vacation. So, boys and girls, we're going in."
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Gus: "This mission is bigger than any one of us. Bigger than T.J. Even bigger than Principal Prickly. This, my friends, is about the future."
Vince: "Geez, he sounds like T.J."
Spinelli: "Shh. He's on a roll."
Gus: "Years from now when kids who aren't even born yet look back on this moment, they'll say, "They did it. Those kids saved Third Street School. They saved summer vacation. So, boys and girls, we're going in."
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Princpial Prickly: "Hey, it's a gorgeous summer day and your pals are waiting. Go have some fun while you can...... Teej!"
T.J.: "You got it.... Pete."
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Miss Finster: "C'mon, Grotke, I'll take you on. My boxing against your martial arts. East meets West, we'll see who wins."
Miss Grotke: "I don't know, Muriel. I'm only supposed to use it for self-defense."
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Vince: "Sorry, man, but we've gotta think about our futures. We can't spend all summer just fooling around like kids!"
T.J.: " But we ARE kids!"
Gretchen: "Actually, as of the completion of fourth grade, we are technically considered pre-young adults."
Gus: "And next year, we won't even be pre!"
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T.J.: " Are all of you guys going to camp?!"
Mikey: "Not me."
T.J.: "Thank goodness..."
Mikey: "The Young Voices Training Program doesn't like the word "camp"!"
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Spinelli: "Get off our planet, alien scum!"
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Randall: "Jeez, what a squealer!"
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Gretchen: "There must be something in here that'll explain what that Dr. Benedict is doing."
Spinelli: "I'll tell you one thing he's not doing— having lunch tomorrow at 12:22 with his little girlfriend. (Giggles and erases an entry)"
Mikey: "Spinelli, that's the man's personal date book!"
Spinelli: "Well, it's mine now, and I guess Miss Luna Pergum is gonna be at the restaurant all by herself."
Gretchen: "Who did you say?!"
Spinelli: "The girl whose name is in here— "Luna Pergum". Must be some Italian chick."
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Benedict: "A confiscated walkie-talkie... why do you do these things to me, Pete? Do you enjoy tormenting me? Do you hate me?"
Principal Prickly: "I don't hate you, Phil. I just think you're insane!"
Benedict: "Insane? Well, there you go again, Pete: insulting me, hurting my feelings, just like 30 years ago. Only this time, Petey.... I'm ready."
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Principal Prickly: "Why do you do this to me, Detweiler? Do you enjoy tormenting me? Do you hate me?"
T.J.: "On the contrary, sir, I have only the utmost respect for you."
Principal Prickly: "Don't play smart with me, boy. All year long, you've' been pushing me... testing me."
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Miss Finster: "Hey teacher, leave them kids alone!"
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Gus: "Ninjas. Why'd it have to be ninjas?"
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Miss Finster: "What the J. P. Morgan is going on around here?"
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Mr. Detwiler: "T.J, did you run into the sliding glass door again?"
T.J.: "Urg!"
Mr. Detwiler: "Come back, your mom's gonna wanna take your temperature!"
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T.J.: "There's guys at the school! They're doing some kind of evil experiment!"
Mrs. Detwiler: "That bonk on the head must have rattled your little brain!"
T.J.: "But mom!"
Mrs. Detwiler: "You're feverish! You wait right here. I'll go get the baby thermometer and the petroleum jelly!"
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Miss Finster: "I'm stuck! Curse these bodacious hips of mine!"
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Vince: "[Whilst looking out a telescope from the treehouse] Infrared night vision, 200-to-1 zoom. I gotta hand it to you, Gretch. You can see the whole school with this thing."
Gretchen: "You can make lots of handy devices out of the spare parts in a family's garage. I once fashioned a particle accelerator out of a broken hair dryer. and a four-slice toaster oven."
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Gretchen: "Excuse me, but aren't supposed to eat dinner before dessert? [pauses; then TJ, Vince, Spinelli, Mikey, and Gus laughs]"
Ashley: "Good one, Gretch."
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