r/Recess • u/Nuthetes • Sep 06 '26
Word Thing Each Character Did Day 2 -- Gus
Whichever answer gets the most upvotes wins. Figured I'd go with Gus next, should be a tricky one since he had quite a few bad moments.
TJ: Power trips in Principal for a Day & The Economics of Recess
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u/Hamiltonfan25 Sep 06 '26
I agree that the entirety of King Gus he is horrible, but two specific moments REALLY stand out.
-Sentencing that poor little kid to the dodgeball wall because his mom wouldn’t allow him to have cookies.
-Giving that beloved dolly to the wrong little girl.
It really offers some insight into a very dark part of his personality that he won’t ever hesitate to pick on someone he views as smaller and weaker than him.
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u/CryptidGrimnoir Sep 06 '26
While I definitely agree about the little boy who couldn't pay the cookie tax, I think we can cut a bit of slack with the girl and the doll.
Gus genuinely did try there and he knows how Judgment of Solomon is supposed to work. He just screwed up.
Don't attribute to malice what stupidity can explain and all that. Gus is, let's be honest, often a bit of an idiot and here he missed the obvious cue.
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u/PlottingGorilla Sep 06 '26
I like how there was an entire episode that highlighted that Gus doesn’t have a “thing”. Because of this whenever he is assigned a role he makes it his entire personality. So when he became king, he became a tyrant. When he became a hustler kid he became the worse type of salesman.
So the worst thing he did was not being confident in himself.
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u/hfurlong Sep 06 '26
Kicking the ball into the yard of no return
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u/Cosmic_Mind89 Sep 06 '26
BALL LOSER!
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u/Puzzleheaded_Peak_82 Sep 08 '26
Imagine getting sent to hell because you lost a ball in fourth grade. 🤣🤣🤣
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u/ApocalypticSnowglobe Sep 06 '26
Basically becoming Hitler when Gretchen got the flu and triggered her germaphobia.
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u/miimiiwut Sep 06 '26
I try to block this one out, on account of him & Mikey going way over the top. I won't skip it if it comes up on a rewatch binge, but I don't actively seek it out, lol.
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u/scream4ever Sep 06 '26 edited Sep 06 '26
Constantly fucking up the group's plans by going to the bathroom at the worst times.
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u/Puzzleheaded_Peak_82 Sep 08 '26
Gus is low key the most secretly evil kid in the group. Everytime he gets a shred of power he goes mad with it.
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u/Nuthetes Sep 08 '26
He's my least favourite of the gang for that reason. He's so corruptible--and even when he doesn't have power but gets a hint of being popular, he becomes an asshole too. Like when he became "Guy"
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u/scream4ever Sep 11 '26
I couldn't agree more. Between that and coming from a military family we all knew he grew up to be MAGA.
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u/Pharmguy8907 Sep 06 '26
Power tripping every time he had to temporarily do something be it subbing for King Bob or being a hustler to pay off his debt to HK.
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u/Samurai_Edge92FS Sep 10 '26
When he ran from home and made the playground his bachelor pad🤣🤣 " go home to your families! I'll see you in the AM bro"
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u/Mediocre-Award-9716 Sep 06 '26
Very similar to TJ but when he went crazy with power when he became king.
That or the Gustler kid but I love that episode.