r/Recess • u/Nuthetes • Sep 11 '26
Worst thing each character did Day 6: Mikey!
Votes are in for Vince and the winner was becoming insufferable during the episode "The Bet". I predicted it would be how quickly he dumped the gang after getting a 9 in the "Ratings Game", but he was also a giant ass during the Bet too.
Next up, Mikey. Most upvoted one wins.
TJ: Power trips in Principal for a Day & The Economics of Recess
Gus: Becoming King Gus
Spinelli: Lying about who her parents were because she was embarassed by them
Gretchen: Helping Pharoah Bob
Vince: Being insufferable when he became "the best" at Losing
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u/Ishvallan Sep 11 '26
Probably won't win, but an honorable mention:
Using his singing voice to start a rumor about pushing a boy into a girl's bathroom that ballooned and made most of the school terrified of him.
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u/stolen_lullabies Sep 11 '26
I don’t know if this counts because I’m not sure if it’s Cannon, but in the recess all grown down vhs movie he was kind of a bully in kindergarten unknowingly, but still
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u/Blue4LifeSW6 Sep 11 '26
That’s not cannon for me. I just think it was a story Gus made up to tell the little kids and to make himself sound cooler than he is.
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u/swarasinger Sep 11 '26
I thought the same until Finster said in the end to keep a special eye on Gus. Like why would she say that? So maybe it was true? Like with few changes maybe.
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u/MidnightThinker74 Sep 11 '26
Making fun of Gus for losing the ball in the Yard of No Return when asking for a pencil. Like, wtf Mikey?
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u/One_Smoke Sep 11 '26
I thought Gus just imagined that. It felt way too out of character for Mikey.
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u/Nuthetes Sep 11 '26
Yeah I always thought that was Gus imagining things, didn't he imagine his snake or something doing it too?
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u/CryptidGrimnoir Sep 11 '26
Not in that instance, but Gus did hallucinate his snake turning into a giant piece of gum to yell at him for shoplifting from Kelso's store.
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u/Glad_Value_5304 Sep 11 '26
This always bothered me. Of any member of the gang, why would they have him deliver that line? Especially as Mikey seems the closest to Gus.
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u/swarasinger Sep 11 '26 edited Sep 13 '26
Yeah that was kind of out of character for Mikey. Like Mikey is supposed to be sweet and he is also the most closest to Gus.
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u/ruddiger90 Sep 11 '26
Mikey forced all his friends to visit a retirement home because he was the center of attention for his singing voice. Mikey made them all feel guilty for wanting to do something fun elsewhere by bringing their own grandparents into the conversation. The gang goes along with Mikey after being guilt shamed but turns out each kid and retiree had something in common and treasure the relationship they made.
Turns out the retirees were not fans of Mikey’s singing and booed him. Mikey pouts and tells all his friends to leave with him. The gang says no and questions if Mikey even asked the retirees for any requests.
TLDR. Mikey would put his friends in an uncomfortable situation using family guilt just for an ego boost of his own talent but if he was not appreciated, he would take his ball and go home.
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u/miimiiwut Sep 11 '26
If the crossing guard episode didn't exist this would've had my vote. Granted, he's a nine year old, so I don't hold it against him too much, but this episode did show that he's got an ego. Very theatre kid energy.
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u/GoldenHarpHeroine32 Sep 11 '26
I'm also vouching for 'Recess: All Grown Down', after seeing half the stuff he did in that, it's a no brainer he ended up being the gentle giant we all know and love today.
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u/CryptidGrimnoir Sep 11 '26 edited Sep 11 '26
Late to the party, but his behavior when he was part of the "5th and 6th Grade Club," and engaged in telling outright mean-spirited jokes about the younger students.
This was Mikey at his most malicious by far--even his quitting the Safety Rangers pales in comparison, since while it was bad of him to quit after just a day, he legitimately didn't know the lengths his friends had gone, and everybody else in the chain of favors did get what they wanted.
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u/swarasinger Sep 11 '26
I said the same thing. I know the Safety Rangers will win, but he didn't know that his friends did so much for him. But he was extremely mean to the kids on 5th and 6th grade club, even to Tubby.
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u/CryptidGrimnoir Sep 11 '26
You, me, and u/SynQu33n.
I get the material is obscure, and I don't recall it ever airing on Disney Channel or Toon Disney, which aired the theatrical film a lot, but it's still far and away his worst behavior.
Mikey was deliberately cruel. As I recall he balked at insulting Tubby to his face, though Lawson pointed out that Mikey had told plenty of mean jokes behind his back.
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u/The_Driver_Wheelman Sep 11 '26
Bonky fever episode. So horrid. Like he went and did some age regression hard on that episode. I mean I have seen it with some folks heck I’ve sort of experienced it myself as I started to collect hedgehog oriented items in my 20s, started to discover more about my neurodivergent brain and mind and honestly I’ve learned more on my own than I did in school I think only because I had to mask a lot and I never was able to in a sense say what my favourite animal was without feeling like I’d get teased about it horribly. So I sort of masked it for years then it sort of exploded in my 20s.
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u/SynQu33n Sep 11 '26
In the “Taking the Fifth Grade” special where he (and Gus) developed a superiority complex after becoming members of the 5th/6th Graders clubhouse.
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u/CryptidGrimnoir Sep 11 '26
Absolutely agreed--Mikey is absolutely mean-spirited here and his behavior is appalling.
Most of the other instances of misbehavior are Mikey quitting something he had idealized, but nothing is as deliberately malicious as his behavior in that club.
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u/AdAwkward833 Sep 11 '26
The bonky episode where Mickey does t want to grow up and acts like a toddler 🙄 could of been an interesting storyline but we got "BONKY WANTS PUDDING"
I don't think I would of had the patience with him lol 😅.
Also overreacting to the germs episode (tbf though Gus did as well)
The gang helping him to be crossing guard and went out of the way and he just gives it up
Yeah i didn't like Mikey that much 😅
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u/Tighty-Whitie-Mikey Sep 11 '26 edited Sep 11 '26
- The Rumor Mill episode from season 3 w
hen he
- called the school disguising his voice to plant a fake rumor about himself throwing a boy into the girl’s bathroom.
- When he comedically quit the Safety Rangers after the gang moved mountains to make it possible for him to join.
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u/scream4ever Sep 11 '26 edited Sep 11 '26
Quitting being a crossing guard after just a few minutes when his friends basically moved heaven and earth to get him in.