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"Hey, did you see that kick? Back then I was in my prime!"
"Vince, that was two weeks ago."
"Yep! Time sure flies don't it?
"
Vince and Gretchen

"I Will Kick No More Forever" is the thirteenth episode of the first season of Recess, which was first broadcast on October 25th, 1997.

Plot[]



Summary[]

Vince completely loses his confidence at playing kickball when Ashley Q. beats him in a game.

Main Story []

Vince gets numerous accolades from his classmates for being a kickball champion. He successfully manages to kick the ball farther than anyone on his team. One day, the game is down and Ashley Q. is called up to kick. With absolutely zero effort, she manages to kick the ball farther than Vince (humorously depicted with the ball ending up in China). Ashley Q. is hailed as the new kickball champion, making Vince feel uncomfortable. When he tries to play in later games, his kicking ability falters and he becomes a joke. On the next kickball game, neither side wants to pick Vince and he gets fed up. He announces his retirement from kickball declaring, "I will kick no more forever!"

Vince becomes a slob, drinking root beer and eating donuts while watching video footage of him in his "glory days". The Gang stop by to try and get him to come back to school, but he refuses. T.J. suddenly recalls a project that Gretchen had worked on previously that could help Vince with his game and she concurs. In Gretchen's bedroom, which is full of unusual science equipment, she introduces glorp, a slushy, yet moldable red substance that can bounce off the walls easily. The Gang decide to create a fake kickball with it and get Vince to kick it so that he can regain his gumption to play again.

The players get together the next day and Mikey fakes an injury so that Vince can fill in. T.J. gives him a motivational heart to heart that pushes him to come back. Just as planned, he kicks the ball and it goes even higher than before (humorously depicted as it flying into space and hitting a space shuttle's antenna). Vince regains his fame and the Gang celebrate, but feel bad as it was not Vince's true prowess that kicked it. Gus suddenly arrives and reveals that Vince kicked the real ball as the glorp that he had suddenly disappeared. The Gang celebrate, but question where the glorp went. It is quickly revealed that Miss Finster took it and accidentally tosses it away with the other balls, creating a large chain reaction.

Goofs[]

  • Coloring/consistency error: In the recording of one of Vince's previous kickball games, Gordy's skin is white.
  • Coloring/continuity error: Right after Vince wins the kickball game at the end of the episode, the bow on Gretchen's dress is white.

Trivia[]

Regular[]

  • When Ashley Q. kicks the ball all the way to Communist China, the scene is sometimes altered in certain countries where she kicks the ball into a nearby dumpster, recycling footage from a previous episode.
  • When Vince is in his depression, the "1" on his jersey becomes a "0", to reflect his failure and subsequent loss of confidence.
  • Vince's last name is revealed to be LaSalle in this episode.
  • Clips of this episode were included in Toon Disney's "Weekend Bonus Stacks" promo from 2004 and a 2001 One Saturday Morning promo.
  • This episode aired as part of a One Saturday Morning "Super Soccer Saturday" edition.

Continuity[]

Allusions[]

  • The way Vince is binging out on donuts and root beer during his depression is an allusion to how someone in a depression begins to heavily consume alcoholic beverages. Many other shows, such as 101 Dalmatians: The Series, Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, SpongeBob SquarePants, and My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic also have the same allusion (replacing alcohol with ice cream, etc.).
  • "Houston, we have a problem" is a famous apocryphal quote from the Apollo 13 mission in 1970.

Parodies[]

  • Glorp is a parody of the substance, flubber, originally seen in the Disney film, The Absent-Minded Professor and its then upcoming 1997 remake, Flubber.

Foreign Dub Titles[]

  • Dutch: "Ik do nooit meer mee met trapbal" ("I'm Not Playing Kickball Again")
  • French: "Je ne toucherai plus au ballon" ("I Won't Touch A Ball Again")
  • German: "Der Versager" ("The Loser")
  • Italian: "Una sconfitta che brucia" ("A Burning Defeat")
  • Polish: "Już nigdy więcej nie będę kopał" ("I Will Never Kick Again")

Cast[]

Transcript[]

I Will Kick No More Forever/Transcript

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