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peppermintpapers · 10 months
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Time for a throwback to one of my favourite childhood shows! Here's the main six Recess characters in my style!
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ketto-art · 1 year
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| Art of Balance |
I absolutely love this ongoing Recess fanfiction by @dracoisalooker76 so I figured I’d draw a poster/cover for it.
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phantomstatistician · 6 months
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Fandom: Recess
Sample Size: 112 stories
Source: AO3
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principledstarfish · 1 year
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Few queer Recess headcanons:
1) Spinelli and Mikey are both gay (obviously.)
2) when she's in her early '20s and going to a nearby lesbian bar for the first time, Spinelli is shocked to find Miss Grotke there.
3) 40 years earlier Miss Grotke had the same exact experience with Miss Finster
4) Speaking of Miss Finster, she took part in some of the early Pride marches. One time the administration caught wind that she was still there and called her into the principal's office. Luckily Mr. Prickley was passing by and totally bulshitted something about her doing him a favor and getting pictures of the march for a current events assignment he was giving his students. Mind you he had no idea she was a lesbian until then. Next Pride he was marching right alongside her.
5) She also volunteered caring for AIDS patients in a nearby hospital in the '80s
6) In 2023 TJ is a high school history teacher and he keeps a safe space sticker on his door because two of his best friend are gay and he wants kids like them to know they're always welcome in his classroom.
7) Miss Grotke married her longtime partner soon after Obergerfell v Hodges.
8) Miss Finster was a bridesmaid. Never one to settle down, her current squeeze was her plus one.
9) Mikey is currently a member of a local gay men's choir and a regular at a bear bar in town. He's married and he and his husband are fostering queer teenagers who've been kicked out of their homes.
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princesssarisa · 2 months
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What are the clothing styles of T.J. Detweiler and his friends?
They almost always wear the same iconic outfits:
T.J.: His white t-shirt, blue jeans, gray leather jacket, red sneakers, and red baseball cap. Simple yet cool.
Spinelli: Her big red t-shirt (I'm pretty sure it's an oversized t-shirt and not a dress, since she can't stand anything girly), orange and brown striped leggings, gray jacket, big gray combat boots that used to belong to her brother Vito, and orange ski cap. The whole ensemble screams "tough girl."
Vince: His off-white, blue-trimmed t-shirt, bright green "1" jersey, gray shorts, and black and white high-tops. As sporty as can be.
Gretchen: Her old-fashioned blue dress with its white sleeves and pink sash, pink socks, and saddle shoes. Outdated and nerdy-looking yet cute.
Mikey: His cream-colored t-shirt, brown pants, and gray "tennies." Ultra-simple and comfortable, as suits a free-spirited bohemian soul.
Gus: His tucked-in, button-down, gray-green collared t-shirt, camo gray pants, white socks, brown loafers, and wristwatch. Disciplined, militaristic, and nerdy, in keeping with his upbringing.
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Recess - I will kick no more forever
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Today’s character of the day is: Michael “Mikey” Robert Blumberg from Recess
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therewillbekpop · 2 years
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sithvampiremaster27 · 3 months
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12 Disney TV Toons of Xmas II 02: Mikey Blumberg
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cuatrotrece · 2 years
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recreo es una MALA INFLUENCIA que me hace DIBUJAR en lugar de ESTUDIAR
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vampryn · 9 months
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ive been a baldy for like 3 days and I ALREADY HAVE ROOTS
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life-in-present-tense · 9 months
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Know what? Imma say it: Give us the Recess kids grown up
I've seen the rumors that they're gonna bring Recess back, and so long as they stick to the spirit of the original I think that's great and I'll probably watch it. But you know what I wanna see instead?
The Recess kids, All Grown Up style. But instead of trying to make it a whole series or a feature film, do it the way the Rugrats tested their backdoor pilot. Gear it toward the age that the original demographic is. Rugrats' audience was in their tween and early teen years when All Grown Up debuted, Recess's audience was late elementary school/middle school in 2001 when the show went off the air, so age the gang up to their 30s. Make it a single episode, one hour long.
Show me small business owner TJ who's taken over Kelso's after Mr. Kelso retired, and maybe even opened a second store
Show me environmentalist stay-at-home dad and published author/poet Mikey raising the six kindest, brightest, most curious kids you've ever met
Show me Gretchen who helped develop a vaccine during the pandemic and post-pandemic is focusing on teaching science literacy
Give me openly lesbian pro wrestler Spinelli showing girls like her that it's okay to like the things you like regardless of what people say
Let's see Gus running a martial arts studio teaching self-defense classes
Or Vince the retired pro-baller spending his time running a community program that focuses on making sports accessible to disabled adults
Give me President Bob and NSA intel agent Randall and librarian Menlo
Let me see Miss Grotke still getting arrested at BLM protests and protests for other progressive causes like climate change, Miss Finster still boxing at 85 and attending all of Spinelli's shows, Superintendent Prickly using his penchant for petty tyranny to improve the entire school system despite the ever-encroaching culture war
Recess was one of my favorite cartoons, and I was the same age group as the Third Street kids. It was actually pretty formative for me in terms of seeing kids my age standing up--against adults, even--for what they believed in. I think it's great that a new generation in that same age group will get to see these passionate, creative kids stand up against injustice and take care of each other. But I'd also love to see something that shows me that they never stopped being passionate and creative, they never stopped standing up against injustice and even as they took care of each other they expanded that to start taking care of their community.
The adults were usually portrayed through the eyes of the kids, and I'd love to see them being, well...adults. Being complex people who have a life outside of school and a realistic personality once they've taken off their teachersona. Although...let's be fair, Miss Grotke is probably the only one of those three who had an actual teachersona. lol But the episode where Miss Finster babysits Spinelli for a weekend was important for me because I wound up spending time outside of school with a teacher everyone else hated and it showed me that it's normal for hated teachers to have lives and people outside of school.
Give me an hour. Give me one single hour to watch the Third Street gang be passionate and standing up against injustice as adults. We lose so much of our passion as adults. We see unfairness and a lot of the times, if it's something small, we shrug and go "well, that's just the way life is. It's unfair." We don't think about why, we don't try to correct it, it just...is. But we need to. We need to have that kid's sense of "this isn't fair and I may be one person but by god I can try and do something about it." And sometimes, like when Old Rusty was slated for demolition, we fight and we lose. And that's disappointing but the important part is that we fight. And I think folks my age who saw the gang fight as kids need to see them fight as grownups just one more time.
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quinntamsin · 2 years
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 day*Sits in the Teacher’s Lounge and hears the bell ring.*
Hey everyone, Quinn the Loremistress of the Gay Canon here, and after a two month break due to depression I AM BACK! This time we’ll be doing a series of RETRO-Rewatches and thoughts on some old time favorite cartoons from my childhood! A quick disclaimer on this, I WILL BE tossing out QUEER / LGBTQIA* / GNC headcanons, story ideas and more. IF YOU DO NOT LIKE THIS then, um, whatever, go to another page :D
As this is my FIRST of the Retro-rewatches I’ll try to establish a frame here. First, I’ll go through about 5-7 episodes each with thoughts on each self-contained vingette. I’ll keep up my hottakes, and then lay out how I see a good fanfic or even fanon arising from this series. Since THIS SERIES deals with kids I want to emphasize that any and ALL story ideas I write will focus on College Age or more for things!
Anyway *Blows her Whistle* RECESS IS ON!
Episode 1
The Break In - We learn about the playground and the organizatino of its poli,tics and personalities. TJ, the leader of our gang, is captured after trying to get “The Good Food”. We get a good show off of the gang including Grethin’s intelligence Mikey’s drama, and Spinelli’s tenacity. Vince remains our sports star (which is perhaps a bit of an obvious racist stereotype here), and the one who refuses to just directly insult the King (Bob is himself pretty...over the top).
The New Kid - This episode speaks a lot to the school transfer experience. To me, it means a lot to see Gus standing up for himself and telling the kids his name. To me this sets up some nice ideas for some fae stories. Honestly, this story mostly focuses on how its important to deny erasure of yourself, and to rebel in the face of tyranny. That and how cool of a character every single member of the gang is!
Episode 2
The Experiment - We see the first example of the Jimmy Cratner stories and we learn how Butch got the white-streak in his hair. Of course, he gets the freak out from seeing his brother kiss a girl. This sets up our kiss experiment between Spinelli and TJ. Honestly, this is where I consider them a cute pair, but honestly not “destined” to date down the road. Plus, oh god, I do love the introduction of Randall as the evil little swindler.
The Great Jungle Gym Standoff - Old Rusty is going to replaced the iconic Jungle Gym must be replaced from years of slowly falling apart. The kids make a stand off and later their parents join them. I think ,this was one of the ones made before Gus’ arrival since he’s completely gone in this episode. It sets a nice tone though about how the kids see their playground and how their parents aren’t always against them.
Episode 3
Jinxed - Gus is introduced to the “KIds Unwritten Code of Honor” and the Jinx curse is dropped on him. The Ashley’s little dastardly intro is nicely done, as it shows how much these kids can be bullys. This episode really establishes Gus’ Lawful Good take on the Code. We’ll see this later during the Tattletale episode which makes it even far more interesting. Gotta love how Gus does a bad trade for a Harmonica and a bunch of music from the same instrument.
Officer Mikey - Wow Mikey sets his eyes on one of his silly hobbies (I say this because it’s part of the joke of the story). It does help that this is an example of how kids change their dreams on a whim at times. This is a typical trade and fetch quest story. The gang must bounce between various points so that they can make Mikey live his dream for a day. He immediately quits because it was too hard, almost unleashing the anger of Spinelli.
Episode 4
First Name Ashley - The eponymous “Ashleys” learn of Spinelli’s first name after Randall reveals it. The little snitch loses standing in Finster’s Outfit and thus begins the well known takeover of Spinelli into the Ashley’s. Luckily the gang manipulate the Clique rules of the playground to get her out. I like this story because it really builds the foundation for why the Ashley’s don’t the Gang. It also sets up one of the more interest dynamics between Ashley A and the others.
To Finster In Love - Finster finding love is an interesting story as while she’s seen a major antagonist along with Prickly in the series she really is a good person. Hank is a great character who really highlights the wonders of custodians in schools. It also shows how manipulative TJ and the kids can be. I think it really gives us a good idea that the playground has a pretty well established hierarchy and without it goes to hell, fast.
Episode 5
King Gus - King Bob is struck with laryngitis leading to us to see Gus become King. Originally a figurehead to the King’s advisors his head closely swells and he finds himself instituting a lot of tyrannical new decrees. The kids try to see King Gus and face the bereaucracy of the Playground. I do love how the Sixth Graders illustrate war via dodgeballs which is even more important with Gus’ background. Gus is quickly dethrone by King Bob and is sent back to being a nobody.
Big Brother Chad - Yes, we are introduce to geekdom, and we learn that Vince’s big bro is an Urkelesque geek. Honestly this particular episode really sets things up on how instead of being a toxic geek we need to be nice. Chad doesn’t look down on others he has fun with programming and playing 3D chess. He doesn’t see himself as anything bad. Vince’s werewolf dream of becoming a ageek is so over the top I fucking love it soooo much. NEATO!
Perhaps the best part of this particular vignette is how even Geeks should protect and can back their family.
Episode 6
My Fair Gretchin - A aptitude test shows Gretchin’s genius and she attempts her best to fail. This particular ep reveals Prickly’s focus on using achievements to become a Middle School Principal. Gretchin appears in the middle of a test dressed in a strange 80s / 90s styled outfit. Spouting weird dumb response such as Dennis Rodman is the President. What we learn later is she is allowed to stay while staying as a tutor to the rest of Third Street’s faculty.
Speedy We Hardly Knew Ye - The class hamster passes away and hte Gang decides to call for funeral. We learn an entire series of hamster generations has connected with a variety grades. Speedy the Hamster has been an icon of Third Street school extending their way all the way back to the current Bus Drivers which means people well into their forties knew Speedy. Hell, even the Mayor pops up.
The fact that they kept changing out the Hamsters and no one figured it out is just so bloody weird. It does make sense, if you want a long living pet for the Class for several years you’d do something like a Bearded Dragon or a Chinchilla. But Speedy himself like much in school represents a lot for kids even through the generations. The Canon - Thoughts!
So let’s begin Double Ashley aka Spinelli and Ashley A or Ashley B is perhaps one of my favorite possible pairings. Then there is Spinelli and Gretchin but honestly I prefer these two mixing up with the Ashleys since it shows nerd and preppy love!
Honestly, Recess has a lot of good opportunities for later life gay story telling. Kurst the Worst as a local baker dating Mikey would be adorbs. TJ and Laws as boyfriends and running their own game shop perhaps. Vince as a big time baller and supporting his friends while Gus is military veteran councilor. Skies are the limit here. So far I’ll focus on my favorite should be Gretchin and Spinelli, but nah and nope. I could easily seeing someone writing Gus or even Mikey as trans perhaps.
Who knows, I write Trans HP so who knows. I’ll have more thoughts once I sleep on these episodes and watch a few more!
Hottakes:
The intro of the New id wow those bring back memories of being singalled out in school.
Gus in the Jinx sitch is far more interesting when we see the Freudian expert show up.
Chad is a great non-creepy Geek and he has not obvious toxic masculinity.
Speedy was a nie hamster. Most Hamsters are not nice I say this as a bloody petcare specialist! Fuck those little devils!
Love how instead of Jesus Christ or God, the kids say “Mike”. I wonder who “MIKE” is.
The fact that nobody realize that Hamsters only live for two years is beyond fucking hilarious. Even the Mayor was foolish enough to believe the ruse!
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princesssarisa · 3 months
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I wonder... What are the favorite colors of T.J. Detweiler and his friends?
Yay, a Recess question! As I've probably mentioned in the past, this was one of my favorite childhood cartoons.
For the answers, lets' look at what they wear.
T.J.: Red, like his baseball cap and sneakers. A bold, bright, vibrant color, just like his personality.
Spinelli: Red too. It's bold and fiery, just like she is, and it aligns her with her best friend and possible future boyfriend T.J.
Vince: Bright green, like his jersey. It's the color of his favorite place, a sports field.
Gretchen: Sky blue, like her dress. Its scientifically-proven calming effect creates just the right atmosphere for academic studies.
Gus: Army green. It reminds him of his dad, and the sense of strength and stability he provides.
Mikey: Brown and cream. Their homeyness comforts his sensitive soul, and they remind him of chocolate and vanilla.
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Weekend at Muriel's Disney's Recess
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