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"Teacher's Lounge" is the first segment of the tenth episode of Recess.

Synopsis[]

Intrigued by its secrecy, the kids try to find out what the teacher's lounge looks like, only to be astonished at what they find inside.

Plot[]

When noting that Spinelli's greeting to Gretchen was entirely out-of-context and her remarking with "[it's] the big day," Gus questioned what they meant but not before the boys could enter. T.J., Vince, and Mikey had all made special efforts with their grooming. Gus continued to ask Spinelli on what the boys had apparently remembered, until T.J. told Gus that today was the day that the teachers hand-in their annual budget requests and that one of the students had to deliver the requests to room 101 - the teachers' lounge - in person. After Gus stated that no kid in any school he is been in has ever seen the inside of the teachers' lounge, Spinelli says that it was the same story at Third Street - and that the opportunity would not be blown, again. Vince then tells his story of how he had the chance to see inside the teachers' lounge in the second grade, leading to a flashback of him and the rest of the gang at a young age. He recalls how he knocked on the door, only for a reluctant Mr. Yamashiro; he yanked the papers from Vince's hands from an opening he made in the doorway, not letting Vince take a peek inside the teachers' lounge.

During class, the whole of Miss Grotke's fourth grade class is trying to flatter Miss Grotke into being chosen to look inside the teachers' lounge. After which, she realizes that she needs to chose a student to deliver the budget request; Miss Lemon interrupts, when Miss Grotke answers her call she asks for "them budget requests." Miss Grotke states that normally she would send them down with a student, to which Lemon replies that she doesn't do that anymore because Principal Prickly wanted her to deliver them, "personal like." Trying to digest the news that they will never see inside the teachers' lounge, the gang takes turns to paint a mental picture on what the interior of teachers' lounge would look like - before coming to the conclusion that they needed to break-into there. After wanting to get pass Miss Finster, they attempt to employ The Cryer Kid's services. He offers the full service priced at two dollars, to which they reach a compromise of ninety-eight cents (the gang's total financial assets) and two of Mikey's winger dingers.

After the Cryer Kid begins sobbing, Miss Finster rushes to his aid - leaving the entrance to the school unattended. After they proceed down the hallway, Spinelli uses one of her hairpins on the door's lock mechanism. Unwittingly, they alert Mr. Yamashiro, who is in the lounge (and, according to Gretchen, must about just live in the teachers' lounge). T.J. tells enquires on Miss Grotke's location, stating that her lime-green convertible's on fire in the parking lot. To which, Yamashiro replies that she does not drive one of those cars... he does.

After Yamashiro left the lounge and down the hallway, the gang take that well-awaited look into the teachers' lounge. They were upset: it was barren; it looked unkempt; and the view from where they were standing was very uninspiring to say the least. They were very distraught and left soon after. Immediately, Yamashiro returns and curses the "pranksters" who said his car was on fire. He goes over to the coffee machine to activate a hidden room, revealing it to be one of luxury where the teachers are present.

Cast[]

Trivia[]

  • One of the gags during Gretchen's vision of the teacher's lounge is "the Donner Party did run out of condiments", in reference to the infamous settlers who resorted to cannibalism to survive a harsh winter.
  • The joke that Prickly tells the rest of the faculty in the ending of the episode is reused to an extent in the immediate next segment "Randall's Reform" where T.J. tells it at the beginning of the segment, with the only difference being that Prickly and his wife are the subject of the punchline.

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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: "One Stayed Clean" / "A Genius Among Us" • "Dodgeball City" / "A Career to Remember" • "Kindergarten Derby" / "The Bet" • "Space Cadet" / "Stand Up Randall" • "The Shiner" / "Lord of the Nerds" • "That Stinking Feeling" / "My Funny Valentines" • "The Barnaby Boys" / "Buried Treasure" • "The Library Kid" / "The Ratings Game"
Season Four: "The First Picture Show" / "The Big Prank" • "Hustler's Apprentice" / "The Spy Who Came in from the Playground" • "Gus' Fortune" / "Rumor Mill" • "Recess is Cancelled" / "Tattletale Heart" • "The Madness of King Bob" / "Call Me Guy" • "Prickly is Leaving" / "Randall's Friends" • "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" • "Schoolworld" / "Bachelor Gus" • "The Dude" / "Partners in Crime" • "The Candidates" / "This Brain for Hire" • "Spinelli's Masterpiece" / "Nobody Doesn't Like T.J." • "A Great State Fair" / "The A.V. Kid" • "Yope from Norway" / "Bonky Fever" • "Don't Ask Me" / "The Secret Life of Grotke" • "The Fuss Over Finster" / "Soccer Boy" • "Fort Tender" / "Germ Warfare" • "More Like Gretchen" / "Prince Randall" • "Me No Know" / "Good Ole T.J." • "Chez Vince" / "Tucked in Mikey" • "Old Folks Home" / "Some Friend"
Season Five: "The Coolest Heatwave Ever" / "No Strings Attached" • "Beyond a Reasonable Scout" / "The C Note" • "The Army Navy Game" / "Big Ol' Mikey" • "The Principals of Golf" / "All the Principal's Men" • "Lawson and his Crew"
Season Six: "Terrifying Tales of Recess" • "Kurst the Not So Bad" / "League of Randalls" • "Mundy, Mundy" / "Lost Leader"

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
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