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"The Girl Was Trouble" is the first segment of the twentieth episode of Recess.

Synopsis[]

When Gretchen is called into the principal's office for committing a string of offenses, she recounts the story of how she committed those crimes to get her Galileo handheld computer back.

Plot[]

Miss Finster lines up all the students at Third Street to root out a troublemaker who had apparently left a trail of vandalism in their wake before announcing that the culprit is Gretchen Grundler. The Gang is shocked, especially when Gretchen admits to the deed and is called away to wait by the principal's office. She sits next to Sue Bob Murphy, another noted troublemaker who is lightly amused that she is there and straight up asks what landed her in this situation. Gretchen reveals that on her birthday she received a handheld supercomputer called Galileo which features an AI of a frog character that interacts with her.

While playing kickball, Gretchen sets Galileo to the side, but upon returning to her seat finds that someone has stolen him. Panicked, the Gang search everywhere until Gretchen realizes that she never checked the lost and found. She approaches Menlo who has never seen her Galileo end up in the box, but did see graffiti artist Greg Skeens possessing an item that looked like it. Gretchen finds Skeens who admits to taking it, but swapped it. He refuses to say until Gretchen helps him come up with a nasty word to describe Finster. Gretchen seeks out Conrad Mundy who is in the bathroom trying to get paper to stick to the ceiling. Gretchen helps him and he tells her that he traded Galileo with Kurst the Worst.

Gretchen finds Kurst stealing food from the back of the cafeteria and tries to get answers, but she refuses. The two get into a fight, but Kurst escapes, leading to what has currently transpired. Miss Lemon reveals that Finster put the clues together to figure out that she was behind the recent messes. Feeling pity for her, Sue Bob reveals that she got Galileo back from Kurst and gives him back to Gretchen. She gets called in to see Principal Prickly who plans to cancel her recess until he begins to have trouble with his computer. Gretchen helps him out and he forgets about the recess punishment, though he does order her to clean up the messes she made.

Cast[]

Trivia[]

  • This episode is done in a film noir style.
  • This episode marks the first appearance of Galileo.
  • The other members of The Recess Gang did not play a major role in this episode
  • Spinelli only has one line of dialogue in this episode, which is "Tell [Miss Finster], Gretchen!"

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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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