masquerades as a Soviet spy to bring Gus and Theresa's military fathers to reconcile. Cold War themes are most seen in Episode 101, "The Secret Life of Grotke", where Miss Grotke is suspected by the Recess gang as an anti-American spy due to her mysterious after-school life, as well as Episode 118, "The Army Navy Game", where T.J. E demands a student write an essay on why it's wrong to bully people, "unless it's in the geopolitical interests of the United States". Perfect", Randall suggests blackmailing a student for being a supposed Communist, while in Episode 37, "The Substitute", Mr. Several references by the show's characters convey the fraught political realities of the Cold War period. The presence of government officials either confiscating objects for national security (Episode 37, "The Substitute") or removing persons for challenging authority (Episode 71, "The Spy Who Came in from the Playground"), serve as subtle reminders on the authority of the US government. For example, Miss Grotke's philosophical and activist attitudes (attributed to her belonging to the counterculture of the 1960s) are juxtaposed with the authoritarian and conservative views of her colleagues such as Miss Finster and Principal Prickly. This interpretation is confirmed by the Cold War motifs found throughout the show. Detweiler, tends to have the most complete vision of this struggle, though even he has times when he inadvertently leads the group too far toward an extreme of conformity or non-conformity, and needs to be drawn back to even ground by his friends. They are often defending their freedom against perceived threats by adults and school administration or social norms. Most episodes involve one or more of the main six characters seeking a rational balance between individuality and social order. Recess is illustrated to be a symbol of liberty-a time when children can express themselves and develop meaningful relationships. The society has a long list of rigid values and social norms that imposes a high expectation of conformity upon all the students. They are ruled by a monarch, a sixth grader named King Bob, who has various enforcers to make sure his decrees are carried out. A major satirical point of the show is that the community of students at school is a microcosm of traditional human society complete with its own government, class system, and set of unwritten laws. Recess portrays the lives of six fourth graders-cheeky and popular lovable rogue Theodore Jasper "T.J." Detweiler ( Ross Malinger, Andrew Lawrence), jock Vince LaSalle ( Rickey D'Shon Collins), tomboy Ashley Spinelli ( Pamela Adlon), wise fool Mikey Blumberg ( Jason Davis), nerdy child prodigy Gretchen Grundler ( Ashley Johnson), and awkward new kid Gus Griswald ( Courtland Mead)-as they go about their daily lives in a school environment at Third Street Elementary School. The characters made their final appearance on a 2006 episode of Lilo & Stitch: The Series. In 2003, two more direct-to-video films were released: Recess: All Growed Down and Recess: Taking the Fifth Grade. It was followed by a direct-to-video second film entitled Recess Christmas: Miracle on Third Street that same year. In 2001, Walt Disney Pictures released a theatrical film based on the series, Recess: School's Out.
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The success and lasting appeal of the series saw it being syndicated to numerous channels, includingĪBC's sister channels Toon Disney, which later became Disney XD, and Disney Channel. The series ended on November 5, 2001, with 65 half-hour episodes and six seasons in total. Recess premiered on September 13, 1997, on ABC, as part of Disney's One Saturday Morning block (later known as ABC Kids). During recess, the children form their own society, complete with government and a class structure, set against the backdrop of a regular school. The title refers to the recess period during the daily schedule, in the North American tradition of educational schooling, when students are not in lessons and are outside in the schoolyard. The series focuses on six elementary school students and their interaction with other classmates and teachers.
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Recess is an American animated television series created by Paul Germain and Joe Ansolabehere (credited on marketing materials and late-series title cards as "Paul and Joe") and produced by Walt Disney Television Animation, with animation done by Grimsaem, Anivision, Plus One Animation, Sunwoo Animation, and Toon City.
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