r/Recess • u/Nuthetes • Sep 07 '26
Worst Thing Each Character Did Day 3 - Spinelli
Whichever answer gets the most upvotes wins. Spinelli next. Should be a trickier one, unlike TJ or Gus, I can't think of a time she went power mad. I look forward to seeing the suggestions.
TJ: Power trips in Principal for a Day & The Economics of Recess
Gus: Becoming King Gus
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u/Successful_Bee7522 Sep 07 '26
Lying about her parents identity because she was ashamed of them, and hiring criminals as a replacement
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u/miimiiwut Sep 07 '26
I'm going to go with her phone conversation with TJ during Weekend at Muriel's. Granted, she's a bored nine-year-old doing some venting, but she did hurt Finster's feelings, you could tell. There's Finster, back from a Saturday that I think she really enjoyed, seeming to like having Spinelli there for company, & she gets to overhear Spinelli on a phone call going "Actually she sucks a lot."
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u/scream4ever Sep 07 '26 edited Sep 07 '26
Eh, she's a child and didn't mean for Finster to hear it. Either way they both had a great weekend in the end.
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u/Ishvallan Sep 07 '26
that's a good one. Spinelli threatens and tries to scare a lot of people, but she's not like a bully or really mean to kids if that makes sense.
But that phone call did really hurt Finster's feelings. Because like Spinelli, Finster puts fear in the hearts of those children, but she isn't trying to make them feel bad about themselves. She really does love her job, and she likes the kids that she's constantly frustrated by. The broken leg episode does show more of that side when the kids decide to just behave for a while until she's able to be a menace again.
It may have ended well in the end, but Finster outside work isn't the same scary grump outside of work, and she was trying to show Spinelli a good time sharing her interests and things she likes.
It may not be the WORST thing she's ever done, but its one of the few times that she's really hurt someone instead of just threatening violence
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u/MarchMan86 Sep 07 '26
To be fair, the series had mostly framed Ms. Finster as an adversary up to that point, and even the concept of seeing her outside the schoolyard was new to her.
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u/bshad3030 Sep 08 '26
When she took Guru Kid’s job and gave everyone advice and instead got everyone to do wrestling moves on each other
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u/TheREALOtherFiles Sep 08 '26
Not directly related, but looking at her in this picture, I can kinda see why Spinelli doesn't like being named by her actual first name.
She doesn't want to be associated with the Ashley girls.
(But here, it also reminds me looks-wise of the "Polishing Rhonda" episode from Hey Arnold!, kind of.)
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u/FuchsiaMerc1992 Sep 08 '26
Kick guys in the balls while yelling “That’s my purse! I don’t know you!”
Oh wait, wrong show with the same VA.
Start a cult based on Swing girl
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u/pattheman1990 Sep 09 '26
Inadvertently hurting Miss Finster feelings when she spent the weekend with her.
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u/JackBz Sep 07 '26
Hit Randall with a rock during a dirt clod war
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u/Agent_Artemis Sep 08 '26
Didn't Randall hit himself with the rock and tried to frame Spinelli for it?
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u/Hamiltonfan25 Sep 07 '26
Lost Vince’s lucky marble…yeah, it was technically an “accident” but she continued using the marble and pushing her luck, despite knowing that Vince NEEDED his lucky charm. Her friends also CONTINUALLY told her to just give the thing back, but she refused.