History WesternAnimation / RecessSchoolsOut

'''Officer''': ''(sarcastically)'' Yeah, yeah, and I'm the 'former princess' of Morocco. ''(angrily shoves Benedict into the police car)'' Get in the car!!

** This even applies to Randall himself as even though he enjoys using his snitching skills on his fellow students (mostly T.J. and his gang), he too was horrified to see T.J.'s friends being threatened by several of Benedict's ninja henchmen. He is even more disgusted to witness Fenwick attempting to avoid arrest for his involvement in Benedict's plot by attempting to blame Benedict to save his skin, declaring this to be low even for an informant like himself.

* FanService: In-Universe only. The above-mentioned spandex is the only thing that makes Benedict halt his plan for even a moment.

* LaserGuidedKarma: For deludedly sticking to his pathetic beliefs of abolishing recess and summer vacation, and attempting to send the Earth to a terrible fate that will condemn billions of lives, all for the sake of satisfying his ego, Benedict ends up being arrested as he is last seen being escorted into a police car in handcuffs, implying that he and his cohorts will certainly face a lifetime sentence in prison for their crimes.

* VillainousBreakdown: Benedict falls into this upon seeing that all of the students, teacher, and staff have joined together to stop him from initiating his plot, so he furiously orders his men to beat them up. Does another one after his plot is foiled:
--->'''Benedict:''' ''(seeing that his plot is foiled)'' All my plans.... my hopes and dreams...... ruined..... '''RUINED!!!!'''

* FanDisservice: Ms. Finster showing up to the children's rescue ''in a lime-colored jumpsuit'', which leaves very little to the imagination. Dr. Benedict still finding her attractive doesn't help. However, the students (including T.J. and the gang) are extremely delighted to see Finster coming to their aid, so it's the thought that matters.

* FanDisservice: Ms. Finster showing up for the final battle ''in a lime-colored jumpsuit'', which leaves very little to the imagination. Dr. Benedict still finding her attractive doesn't help.

* MamaBear: Ms. Finster [[spoiler:confronts Benedict when he threatens the students.]] As she puts it, it's her job to protect her students; she even takes down the bald guy when the latter tried to beat up T.J. out of rage. Even Miss Grotke counts as she joins in the action to help the other teachers in aiding the students to foil Benedict's plot; she even managed to take down two of Benedict's men by socking them in the faces.
--> '''Finster''': ''(confronting Benedict)'' HEY, TEACHER!! LEAVE THEM KIDS ALONE!!

* PapaWolf: Prickly is giving a DeathGlare to Benedict when telling him to release T.J. from custody. Later, he takes on Benedict to protect his students during the fight in the auditorium.

* BadassTeacher: We already knew Ms. Finster was a badass, but she rallies all of the teachers to come help the students take down Benedict for good; she even managed to take down the Ugly Bald Guy with her fistcuffs in order to protect T.J. from harm. Some teachers don't do more than either knock out or wrestle with a few {{Mooks}}, but Ms. Grotke launches a CurbStompBattle against two of the {{Mooks}} without breaking a damn sweat; even Miss Finster herself compliments Ms. Grotke for this. Even Prickly himself has his moments as he helps rally the students earlier before the teachers' arrival; he even violently punches Benedict in the face in an attempt to thwart his plot.

* BeyondRedemption: Dr. Benedict is this to the students and teachers for his hateful beliefs towards recess as he stubbornly refuses to accept responsibility for his mistakes in the past and instead blames Prickly for it; even a disgusted Finster pointed this out as the main reason why she rightfully dumped Benedict in the first place. Even when some of the students tried to reason with Benedict before he was told by T.J. about the major flaws and serious consequences that Benedict's plot will bring to the world, Benedict doesn't give a damn by stating that he still wants to try accomplishing it, simply just to spite all the students and teachers.

** While some of the students (such as Lawson, Gelman, the Ashleys, and even T.J.'s older sister Becky) are at odds with T.J. and his gang, they make no hesitation to team up with the gang upon hearing the full scope of Benedict's plot; they even obliged to Gus' clever plan to take down several of Benedict's guards to break into the school. Even [[AccidentalHero Randall's snitching towards the gang already led Miss Finster to learn the truth and rallies up the teachers to help out the students for good]], [[EveryoneHasStandards given to his horrified reaction when Benedict's ninjas threatened T.J.'s friends, as well as his disgust towards Fenwick for trying to weasel his way out from being arrested]].

* BadassTeacher: We already knew Ms. Finster was a badass, but she rallies [[spoiler:''all of the teachers'' to come help the students take down Benedict for good; she even managed to take down the Ugly Bald Guy with her fistcuffs in order to protect T.J. from harm. Some teachers don't do more than either knock out or wrestle with a few {{Mooks}}, but Ms. Grotke launches a CurbStompBattle against two of the {{Mooks}} without breaking a damn sweat; even Miss Finster herself compliments Ms. Grotke for this. Even Prickly himself has his moments as he helps rally the students earlier before the teachers' arrival; he even violently punches Benedict in the face in an attempt to thwart his plot.

* ShabbyHeroesWellDressedVillains: Lampshaded on both ends by Dr. Benedict, who wears an Italian raw silk suit and calls T.J. a "rude and badly dressed little boy".

* BodyDouble: Although not willingly done by Prickly: Shortly after Prickly was dematerialized [[spoiler:and teleported inside the school and imprisoned by Benedict's goons]], Prickly apparently left the school when T.J. was trying to convince his friends that he was being genuinely honest about something up with the school (they found documents that they initially indicated that the staff were simply people restocking the supply room, to his friends' anger), although after they witnessed the weather altering laser in action, they then assumed that Prickly was behind the whole thing. It wasn't until T.J. did some more sleuthing the next morning where he stumbled upon Prickly's golf pants that the truth became even more insidious: [[spoiler:The "Prickly" that they earlier witnessed was actually the ugly bald guy incognito, presumably to keep the other people in the dark about what's really going on at the school, and that the real Prickly was being held hostage.]]

-->'''Prickly''': I can't believe you kids have been creeping around the around in these vents! They're school property!

* ComedicUnderwearExposure: Prickly is shown in his boxers and socks after getting kidnapped. His golf shoes were burned after Prickly was materialized into the school with Benedict's tractor beam, and Benedict had his golf pants removed and placed in the dumpster (which T.J. found when sleuthing around the school the morning after his friends spied on them at night) as a means of humiliating him before tying him to a chair and then gagging him with tape. Eventually, after being freed by T.J., Prickly compensated this by nabbing a pair of pants and shoes from one of Benedict's guards after punching them out; he even punches out Benedict in the face while trying to stop him from firing the beam to the moon.

* CoDragons: Dr. Benedict's two main assistants: Professor Fenwick (who happens to be Benedict's head scientist in charge of scientific tests and operations conducted by Benedict's other scientists) and the [[NoNameGiven Ugly Bald Guy]] (who is Benedict's lieutenant in charge of security composed of sweater-wearing agents and murderous ninjas).

* BadassTeacher: We already knew Ms. Finster was a badass, but she rallies [[spoiler:''all of the teachers'' to come help the students take down Benedict for good; she even managed to take down the Ugly Bald Guy with her fistcuffs. Some teachers don't do more than knock out a few {{Mooks}}, but Ms. Grotke launches a CurbStompBattle against them]]. Even Prickly himself has his moments as he helps rally the students earlier before the teachers' arrival; he even punches Benedict in the face in an attempt to thwart his plot.

** During the final battle, Benedict gets one of his scientists to fire up the tractor beam. The scientist does so by putting the machine into mid-power in order to warm up the beam, but Benedict (in an act of impatience) violently pushes the scientist away so that he can set the machine himself into full power.

* ComedicUnderwearExposure: Prickly is shown in his boxers and socks after getting kidnapped. His golf shoes were burned after Prickly was materialized into the school with Benedict's tractor beam, and Benedict had his golf pants removed and placed in the dumpster (which T.J. found when sleuthing around the school the morning after his friends spied on them at night) as a means of humiliating him before tying him to a chair and then gagging him with tape. Eventually, Prickly compensated this by nabbing a pair of pants and shoes from one of Benedict's guards after punching them out; he even punches out Benedict in the face while trying to stop him from firing the beam to the moon.

* TheDragon: [[NoNameGiven Ugly Bald Guy.]]

* AdultsAreUseless
** Completely [[SubvertedTrope subverted]] in this case. T.J. made the right call in going to Principal Prickly for help, and [[spoiler:Ms. Finster gathers an army of the other teachers to help the students stop Benedict and his forces.]]

* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking:
** King Bob passed on the crown to another fifth grader, but he dons it for the FinalBattle. To show why he became the king, King Bob leads a bombardment on Gus's signal, and throws himself into the fray when the teachers provide reinforcement.
** Principal Prickly decks Benedict in the face to stop him from switching on the tractor beam. It doesn't work, but the man has a mean left hook.

** It makes sense if [[EyeScream it got in his eyes.]]

-->'''Gus''': This mission is bigger than any one of us. Bigger than T.J. Even bigger than Principal Prickly. This, my friends, is about the future.
-->'''Vince''': Geez, he sounds like T.J .
-->'''Spinelli''': Shh. He’s on a roll.
-->'''Gus''': Years from now when kids who aren't even born yet look back on this moment, they'll say, "They did it. Those kids saved Third Street School. They saved summer vacation. So, boys and girls, we're going in.

* ShabbyHeroesWellDressedVillains: Lampshaded on both ends by Dr. Benedict, who wears an Italian raw silk suit and calls T.J. a “rude and badly dressed little boy”.

'''Benedict:''' But this time, Pete, I'm gonna humiliate you! This time, I'm gonna prove to the world that ''you'' were wrong, and ''I'' was right!\\

-->'''Benedict:''' You see, after all those years, no matter how big I got, no matter how successful, I always thought about ''you''. HOW YOU ''EMBARRASSED'' ME! HOW YOU ''HUMILIATED'' ME! HOW YOU ''DESTROYED'' MY RELATIONSHIP WITH MURIEL FINSTER, ''THE ONLY WOMAN I EVER LOVED!''\\
'''T.J.:''' That part still grosses me out, sir.\\

-->'''Finster:''' (to Benedict) HEY, TEACHER!!! LEAVE THEM KIDS ALONE!!\\
'''T.J.:''' (he and the other kids smile in relief) Miss Finster!

--->'''Randall:''' (disgusted by Fenwick's pleas for leniency) Jeez, what a squealer!

* PleaBargain: In the end as Benedict and his men are taken into custody, Fenwick (being arrested by a policeman) tries to weasel his way out from custody by putting the full blame on Benedict and offering to testify against him. However, being aware of Fenwick's involvement in Benedict's plot, the policeman silently refuses Fenwick's offer;[[EveryoneHasStandards even a disgusted Randall finds this to be low.]]

* PoliceAreUseless: {{Parodied|Trope}}. T.J. tells the police what's going on, but they don't believe him. When T.J.'s friends came by tell the same story, they don't believe them. Even when Miss Finster comes by with the same story, [[RuleOfThree they don't believe her, much to her anger]]. At the end of the movie they finally get with the program and arrest the villains, and they don't care if Benedict was a former Secretary of Education.

* {{Jerkass}}: When T.J. is heartbroken after his friends leave for camp, and he's all alone, his sister Becky comes downstairs and insults him. [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Eventually, Becky gets better after learning about Benedict's plot.]]
-->'''Becky:''' Bye, mom. Bye, dad. Bye, T.''Jerk''.\\
'''Mrs. Detweiller:''' Now Becky, be nice to your little brother! He's feeling a little S-A-D right now.\\
'''T.J.:''' I can spell, Mom.
** The two cops at the police station are no better. Upon T.J. trying to explain his story about what's going on with the school, [[HilarityEnsues they go into a big laugh while mocking T.J. about it]], much to the latter's fury. Even when T.J.'s friends and Miss Finster come over with the same story, the cops just laughed at them, angering both the kids and Miss Finster. Even when Benedict's plot is finally exposed and the cops are ordered to take Benedict and his men into custody, the cops [[NoSympathy angrily refused to care about Benedict's former career as a Secretary of Education]]; they even refused to [[PleaBargain accept Fenwick's offer to testify against Benedict.]]

** Randall comments that one of Dr. Benedict's goons is a squealer as he tries to weasel his way out of being arrested. Justified; Randall only informs on his fellow kids, and would never rat on his boss, Miss Finster.

* {{Jerkass}}: When T.J. is heartbroken after his friends leave for camp, and he's all alone, his sister Becky comes downstairs and insults him. [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold|Eventually, Becky gets better after learning about Benedict's plot.]]

* {{Jerkass}}: When T.J. is heartbroken after his friends leave for camp, and he's all alone, his sister comes downstairs and insults him; even their mother berates her for this.