Recess: School's Out (2001)

Ashley Johnson: Gretchen

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• Gretchen : I've been studying the moon with the 200-inch telescope at the observatory, and I've discovered some peculiar eccentricities in it's orbit.

  Counselor : You know, Gretchen, maybe you should try out one of these neat anti-gravity harnesses. The other kids love 'em, and look - you can do backflips, just like real astronauts.

  Gretchen : But...

  [Counselor flips away. Gretchen sighs] 

  Gretchen : Why do I bother?

  TJ : [from space suit]  Because you're driven by a passionate desire for knowledge.

• Ashley : Hey, remember that summer after the second grade when we went down to the pond every day to catch minnows?

  Gretchen : Or how about that summer we all carved our initials in that big tree in the Wilson's backyard?

  Vince : And Spinelli spelled her's wrong.

  Ashley : Hey, I was seven. And "S's" are tricky.

  [Gus begins sobbing] 

  Ashley : What's your problem? This is the first summer you've lived here.

  Gus : I know, and I'll never have any of those memories.

• Gretchen : Excuse me, but aren't supposed to eat dinner before dessert?

  [pauses; then TJ, Vince, Spinelli, Mikey, and Gus laughs] 

  Ashley : Good one, Gretch.

• Vince : [Whilst looking out a telescope from the treehouse]  Infrared night vision, 200-to-1 zoom. I gotta hand it to you, Gretch. You can see the whole school with this thing.

  Gretchen : You can make lots of handy devices out of the spare parts in a family's garage. I once fashioned a particle accelerator out of a broken hair dryer. and a four-slice toaster oven.