Recess: School's Out Page #7

Every adultyouve ever known

was a kid some time in his life.

You thinkwe dont

remember summervacation ?

Riding bikes by the creek ?

Catching polliwogs in ajar ?

Camping out under the stars ?

Well, youre wrong.

Some days I sit in my office, looking

out atyou kids on the playground,

and I think, They dont know

how good theyve got it.

In a fewyears, theyre all

going to be grownups, like me,

and all those good times will

Just be memories for them too.

So go ahead, put a whoopee cushion in my

chair, cover my carpet with fake vomit,

make fun of

my big, saggy butt.

But dontyou ever say I dont care

about summervacation,

cause those memories are the last

part ofchildhood Ive got left.

Principal Prickly,

I had no idea.

Yeah, well, nowyou do.

- So lets stop messing around.

- How did you get those keys ?

Swiped em off Philliums desk

when he wasnt looking.

Now come on.

Weve got a summervacation to save.

[ All Chattering ]

People ! People !

Just quiet down for a moment !

Oh, man, nobodys listening.

Theyll listen to me, once I introduce

them to my good friend Madam Fist.

Come on, Spinelli.

Thats your answer for everything.

I dont seeyou coming up

with any great ideas, sports boy.

Listen to the two ofyou.

Youre not helping at all.

[ All Arguing ]

[Gus]

Quiet!

What we need is a leader.

A kid with

the right training.

A kid who knows strategy

and field tactics.

A kid who commands respect.

Yeah, but where we gonna

find a kid like that ?

Leave that to me.

- [ Chattering Continues ]

-[Gretchen Whistles]

Please !

We have to get organized.

Ah, whats the use ?

Ifwhatyou say is true,

all the fun ofbeing a kid

is, like, totally ruined anyway.

- Its like the whole worlds

been turned right side up.

- [ All Agreeing ]

Not necessarily. All we have to do is

work together and come up with a plan.

- Detweilers the one who always

comes up with the plans.

- Lets face it-- were doomed.

- [ All Agreeing ]

-[Spinelli] Thats what you thinK!

Kids ofthe playground, meet

your new commanding officer.

Griswald ? He couldnt

lead a glee club.

You find that funny,

Bradley ?

Well, Im not here to makejokes !

Im here to make history !

So ifyou wanna laugh,

take it somewhere else.

But ifyou wanna save the world, then

suck in your gut and stand at attention.

Now whos with me ?

[Kazoos Playing

RiverKwaiMarch]

[ Screams ]

Soda bomb ! Soda bomb !

[Gus] Vince, youandtheAshleys

willbein charge ofunit A.

Ill take unit B.

Spinelli, you get the special forces.

- Special forces ?

- The kindergartners.

- I oweyou for this, Griswald.

- Now theres one last thing

I need to say.

- [ Talking Ceases ]

- This mission is bigger than

any one ofus kids.

Bigger than T.J .

Even bigger than Principal Prickly.

This, my friends,

is about the future.

- Geez, he sounds like T.J .

- Shh. Hes on a roll.

Years from now when kids who arent

even born yet look back on this moment,

theyll say,

They did it.

Those kids saved

3rd Street School.

They saved summervacation.

So, boys and girls,

were goin in.

- Twenty-two minutes to perigee, sir.

- Very good, Fenwick.

[Men Chattering Indistinctly]

- Hello, boys.

- Hey !

[Men Groaning]

[Punches Landing]

- Where now ?

- The auditorium.

Check.

[ Inhales ]

Nessun dorma

[ All ]

Huh ?

Nessun dorma

[Man]

Is thataKid ?

- Ma il mio mistero e chiuso in me

- Hey, kid, get out ofhere !

Aah. Anderson, get rid

ofthat kid, will ya ?

Ilnomemio

nessunsapra

-[AndersonScreaming]

-No, no

- Smithson, Underhill.

- Sir.

Sulla tuaboca

-[MenScreaming]

-Lo diro

- Quando la luce

- Hanklin, Morrissey,

Goodman, get over here !

- Yes, sir.

- Right away, sir. On the double.

Well take care ofhim.

Dont worry about it.

You sure this is

gonna work, Detweiler ?

Come on, Principal Prickly.

Dontyou everwatch old spy movies ?

This trick is pure gold.

Uh, Dr. Benedict wanted to speak to

us about a very important matter.

Hey, you two

arent guards.

Run !

Im called little buttercup

Anderson, Morrissey, Underhill ?

Where is everybody ?

Aah, ifyou want something

done right, you gotta do ityourself.

- Poor little buttercup

- [ Screams ]

- Sweet little buttercup, I

- [ All Shouting ]

Boy, these space-age

power shovels sure do a greatjob.

Quick, in here.

This way !

Theyre inside.

We lost em.

Now what ?

Ammo.

[ Both ]

Tender.

Commence phase two.

Ready ?

- Hey, guards !

- Huh ?

[ Grunting ]

You little brats !

Now !

- Intruders !

- [ Shouting ]

[ All Screaming ]

Scandalous !

[ Shouting Indistinctly]

- Now !

- Huh ?

Bombard, men !

- Get em.

- [ All Shouting ]

[ Screaming ]

Lunch room, front office--

Here it is, auditorium.

[ Loud Hum Resonating ]

Uh, Fenwick,

why is the power off ?

Uh, perhaps

we blew a fuse, sir ?

Well, go fix it !

We must restore the power.

Quickly, here.

Hey, whathappened?

Letus out!

Plans working, Gus.

Good. Now we gotta stop that

laser beam before its too late.

Thats whatyou thinK, Kid.

Youbratsare done for.

[TJ. ]

Hey, baldy!

Sayyour prayers.

Its chowder time.

[ Screaming ]

- Bulls-eye !

- T.J. !

I knewyou guys would

come back for us.

- Ooh, thats gotta hurt.

- Six minutes to perigee !

Quick. To the auditorium.

And no running in the halls !

Emergency power system

is in place.

Switch on the global electrode.

Power up the photon channeler.

Activate the tractor beam, quickly !

Weve only got four minutes left.

[PricKly]

Youvegotnominutes left, Phil.

This is my school

and I want it back.

Sorry, Pete. Yourejust gonna

have to wait until I finish

making the world a better place.

- Now lets get this show on the road.

- Dont do it, Dr. Benedict !

[ Chuckles ] Dont do it ?

You think after all this planning,

all this work, you can get me to

stopjust by saying, Dont do it ?

- What ifwe add please ?

- [ Sighs ] You kids

Just dont get it, doyou ?

Well, let me explain this

in a wayyour little uneducated

brains will understand.

The American public think

test scores are too low.

But ifa person, say me,

could make test scores go up,

why, everybodyd feel better.

They might even elect that person...

President ofthe United States.

Now, doyou have any idea which

countries have the highest test scores ?

- Um,Japan ?

- Germany ?

- Tierra Del Fuego ?

Canada, Iceland, Norway !

And why ? Because its snowing

up there all the time.

Kids dont waste their summers playing

ball. Theyre inside studying.

And that is why Im getting

rid ofsummervacation once and for all.

You got it all wrong, old man.

Your plan will neverwork.

Sure, maybeyour crazy

laser beam can move the moon.

Maybe it can even make it

snow all summer.

Maybeyou can get rid

oflong afternoons playing baseball,

or sunny days down by the lake orwarm

nights camping out under the stars.

But that wont stop us.

Well ride our bikes through the snow.

Well play kick ball in the slush,

well camp out in igloos.

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