Recess: Taking the Fifth Grade
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| Directed by | Howy Parkins |
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| Distributed by | Walt Disney Home Entertainment |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Recess: Taking the Fifth Grade is the third direct-to-video animated film produced by Walt Disney Television Animation released on December 9, 2003. The film is based on the Disney television series Recess, It is a direct-to-video compiliation of three episodes: No More School, Grade Five Club and A Recess Halloween. It was released simultaneously with another direct-to-video release, Recess: All Growed Down. It is considered the series finale to the show.
The movie is divided into three different episodes/sections. The first episode begins with the Recess gang starting the fifth grade. At first thought to be the best year ever, they soon discover otherwise. First, Ms. Finster becomes the fifth grade teacher instead of the desired Mrs. Milkie, who had transferred. This is combined with their lockers being taken away, the cafeteria food being substandard, and the playground being removed.
In response to these atrocities, T.J. goes to see Principal Prickly, who says that he couldn't do anything because it was the school board's decision. Consequently, T.J. claims that he would stay in his room and never go to school again. Word soon gets out, compelling every student at Third Street to gather at T.J.'s house. Prickly tries to compel T.J. to come down, but the school board finds out and dispatches Mr. White (from the episode "The Story About Whomps").
Mr. White claims that he'll allow T.J. to remain in his room, but promises that his friends will suffer for it. T.J. then seemingly concedes, allowing Mr. White in his room, only to find that T.J. climbed on top of the roof. Unfortunately, T.J. almost falls off the roof, but Prickly saves him. It is then that Prickly decides to join T.J.'s protest.
The board members find out that nobody likes the policies, but they were just things that the board members were too afraid to stand up to. They then vote to alleviate the policies, much to the dismay of Mr. White, having been beaten a second time not only by a kid, but by the same kid. Afterwards, things at Third Street are returned to normal, aside from having Ms. Finster as a teacher.
In the second episode of the movie, the gang is introduced to the fifth and sixth graders' club, where both grades can interact. At first T.J. and the gang think that they are going to like it (in part because Randall is banned for being a snitch), but they soon start getting sick of it. However, Mikey and Gus still like to hang out with the other fifth graders. T.J., Spinelli, Gretchen, and Vince start getting tired of the jokes everyone makes about the younger students. In response, they get King Bob (the former King) to get them into the fifth and sixth graders' club before everyone else arrives. But T.J. and the gang bring two first graders, Tubby and Hector, who were Mikey and Gus' respective friends. King Freddie II bans them from the Fifth and Sixth graders club, but they are glad that everything is back to normal.
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