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"One Stayed Clean" is the first segment of the twenty-seventh episode of Recess.

Synopsis[]

It's Gus' first-ever Picture Day, but can his friends help him stay clean until the end of the day?

Plot[]

T.J. writes a letter to Lt. Griswald about his son, Gus. At recess, all the kids are preparing for picture day, but are concerned as they are trying to stay clean for the photo. Gus tells the Gang that getting his school picture taken is important to him because he has never stayed at one school for so long and thus has never had a proper school photo. The Gang agree to do everything they can to keep him clean. However, the group is horrified to learn that the fourth grade class will be getting their photos last due in part to Miss Grotke's misguided attempt at trying to be giving to the other grades, rather than simply letting the grades go in order.

The Recess Gang try to sit away from everyone and all ponder what they plan to do after they get their picture taken. This is interrupted when a football lands in Mikey's lap. Rather than get rid of it, he trips and falls and Vince rushes back to help him. It ends up being too late for the two of them and Vince orders the others to run. They get found by a bunch of other dirty kids who give chase. Gretchen's hair bow gets caught on a face and Spinelli rushes back to help her, only for the two of them to get caught. T.J. and Gus hide in the Diggers' hole along with Randall. T.J. promises that he will get Gus to get a good picture taken.

T.J. and Gus escape the hole, though the Diggers and Randall are not so lucky, and they manage to run all the way back to the photo area where all the other soiled fourth graders are. Just before they arrive, a dirtied Lawson shows up to threaten T.J., who orders Gus to get his picture taken. Before he can comply, the scene fades to white. Back in the present, Lt. Griswald reads the rest of the letter that T.J. sent to him and pulls out a photo to show to his fellow solider. It is revealed Gus sacrificed his clothes so that T.J. could remain clean for the photo, making Lt. Griswald proud.

Cast[]

Trivia[]

  • On Disney+ and outside the US, this episode is first next to "Rumor Mill".
  • The entire episode satirizes war films.

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Media
Recess (Videography) • Recess: School's Out (Soundtrack) • Recess: All Growed DownRecess: Taking the Fifth GradeRecess: Miracle on Third Street"Lax" (Lilo & Stitch: The Series crossover episode)"Codename: Electric Haircut" (Fillmore! crossover episode)
Characters
T.J. DetweilerVince LaSalleAshley SpinelliMikey BlumbergGretchen GrundlerGus GriswaldCaptain BradleyCornchip GirlThe KindergartnersThe DiggersHustler KidErwin LawsonMiss GrotkeMuriel FinsterBecky DetweilerDr. Phillium BenedictMenloBrockPeter PricklyKojakMiss SalamoneButchAshley ArmbrusterAshley BouletAshley QuinlanAshley TomassianFenwickBrandon the SingerGelmanKing BobChuckoJockoRandall WeemsKing Freddie IICheaySpencerThe MegansThe BrittanysThe TylersBob and Flo Spinelli
Episodes
Season One: "The Break In/The New Kid" • "The Experiment/The Great Jungle Gym Standoff" • "Jinxed/Officer Mikey" • "First Name Ashley/To Finster with Love" • "King Gus/Big Brother Chad" • "My Fair Gretchen/Speedy, We Hardly Knew Ye" • "I Will Kick No More Forever/The Kid Came Back" • "The Pest/The Legend of Big Kid" • "The Box/The Trial" • "Teacher's Lounge/Randall's Reform" • "Rainy Days/The Great Can Drive" • "The Voice/Kids in the Mist" • "Parents' Night/Swing on Thru to the Other Side"

Season Two: "The Break-up/The Hypnotist" • "Mama's Girl/Outcast Ashley" • "The Game/The Lost Ball" • "Gus' Last Stand/Operation Field Trip" • "The Challenge/Wild Child" • "The Substitute/Gretchen and the Secret of Yo" • "The Girl Was Trouble/Copycat Kid" • "Operation Stuart/Pharaoh Bob" • "The Story of Whomps/Weekend at Muriel's" • "Economics of Recess/Omega Kids" • "Yes, Mikey, Santa Does Shave" • "Bad Hair Day/Dance Lessons" • "Principal for a Day/The Beauty Contest"
Season Three: "The Big Prank/Hustler's Apprentice" • "Kindergarten Derby/A Career to Remember" • "A Genius Among Us/The Spy Who Came in from the Playground" • "Partners in Crime/The Bet" • "The First Picture Show/Gus' Fortune" • "Recess is Cancelled/Tattletale Heart" • "One Stayed Clean/Rumor Mill" • "The Madness of King Bob/Call Me Guy" • "Prickly is Leaving/Randall's Friends" • "Dodgeball City/Space Cadet" • "The Shiner/Stand Up Randall" • "The Biggest Trouble Ever/The Rules" • "Gus and Misdemeanors/A Science Fair to Remember" • "Mikey's Pants/Here Comes Mr. Perfect" • "Good Luck Charm/Diggers Split Up" • "That Stinking Feeling/Lord of the Nerds" • "Schoolworld/Bachelor Gus" • "The Dude/Bonky Fever" • "The Candidates/This Brain for Hire" • "The Barnaby Boys/Buried Treasure" • "My Funny Valentines/The Ratings Game" • "Yope from Norway/The Library Kid" • "Spinelli's Masterpiece/Nobody Doesn't Like T.J." • "A Great State Fair/The A.V. Kid" • "Don't Ask Me/The Secret Life of Grotke" • "The Fuss Over Finster/Soccer Boy"
Season Four: "Fort Tender/Germ Warfare" • "More Like Gretchen/Prince Randall" • "Me No Know/Good Ole T.J." • "Old Folks Home/Some Friend" • "Chez Vince/Tucked in Mikey" • "Beyond a Reasonable Scout/The Army/Navy Game" • "The C Note/Big Ol' Mikey" • "The Coolest Heatwave Ever/Mundy, Mundy" • "Lawson and his Crew" • "All the Principal's Men/No Strings Attached" • "The Principals of Golf/Kurst the Not So Bad" • "Lost Leader/League of Randalls" • "Terrifying Tales of Recess"

Locations
Third Street SchoolOld RustyFifth and Sixth Grader ClubAshley's ClubhouseKing's Jungle Gym
Songs
We Shall Not Be MovedBorn to Be WildGreen TambourineDancing in the Street