- "I'm not a painted up doll, I'm a kid!"
- ―Spinelli
"The Beauty Contest" is the twenty-fifth and final episode of the second season of Recess, which was first broadcast on February 27th, 1999.
Summary
Spinelli is entered into a beauty contest by the Ashleys as a joke. With the help and encouragement of the rest of the gang Spinelli decides to beat the girls at their own game.
Timeline
- Spring 1998
- After "First Name Ashley"
Goofs
- Animation/dialogue error: During the end of one of the scenes, Gus says, "And speaking of run, Spinelli, take off your stockings." However, she is not shown wearing stockings in any scene at that time.
- Animation error: When Vince is reading the fifth step on the book, Spinelli's bangs are flopped up. However, when she says, "Ok, got it," her bangs are flopped down.
Trivia
Regular
- The last names of the Ashleys are revealed in this episode: Armbruster, Boulet, Quinlan, and Tomassian.
- When Ashley A. congratulates Spinelli on becoming a finalist and remarks "You're just like us!", this may be another attempt to woo her into joining the Ashleys.
Continuity
- This is the first time that the Ashleys are seen in their formal clothes; they wear their formal outfits again in "One Stayed Clean" and in Recess: School's Out.
- This is the first episode where Spinelli is shown with red lipstick on; the second being "Prickly Is Leaving", when she helped T.J. prevent Principal Prickly from leaving Third Street School by pretending to be a boy-crazy, magazine reading teenage girl.
International Information
- In the French dub, when Spinelli's musical armpits are brought up, she offers to do "Au Clair de la Lune" instead of "Swanee River".
Cast
- T.J. Detweiler - Andrew Lawrence
- Vince LaSalle - Rickey D'Shon Collins
- Ashley Spinelli - Pamela Segall-Adlon
- Gretchen Grundler - Ashley Johnson
- Mikey Blumberg - Jason Davis
- Gus Griswald - Courtland Mead
- Miss Grotke - Allyce Beasley
- Ashley Armbruster/Girl #1 - Anndi McAfee
- Ashley Boulet/Girl #2 - Francesca Smith
- Ashley Quinlan/Girl #3 - Rachel Crane
- Guy McMan - David Leisure
- Additional Dialogue - Etan Cohen