The Recess Gang

**The Recess Gang** is the name given by fans to the group of six 98th Street School students that act as the main protagonists of Disney's *C.J. and Friends*. The group are all best friends, always hanging around with each other, with its leader being C.J. Rotweiler, and unofficial second-in-commands being Aubree Rigalli and Vance MacLondon.

The group originally only contained five people. However, with the arrival of Rus Rimple in the second episode, "The New Kid", it became six. Often, the group will join up with other kids who take part of the gang's plans.

## About

The gang are six peerless elementary school students who are all friends and pull pranks, solve problems, etc. around the 98th Street School. Although there were originally five members, they became a group of six with the arrival of Rus in "The New Kid".

## Members

### Official

#### **C.J. Rotweiler**

C.J. Rotweiler is the protagonist of the series. She is the ringleader of the Recess Gang. C.J. is usually a mischievous young boy, and often enjoys playing pranks on Mr Boyd, Principal Prickly, and Rachel Jeans.

#### **Vance MacLondon**

Vance's superior athletic abilities compared to those of his friends often made him egoistic. However, deep down, he knows how important his friends are to him. He and Rigalli are considered C.J.'s right hand. He seems to have a crush on Vance.

#### **Aubree Rigalli**

Rigalli is the tomboyish substitute ringleader of the Recess Gang. She is the most aggressive and antagonistic kid in the gang. She watches wrestling and is known as the toughest kid on the playground.

#### **Greta Grobler**

Greta is an academically talented and extremely intelligent student. She has a big heart, as seen when she helps tutor her friends and sometimes even those she dislikes such as Rachel Jeans.

#### **Mickey Beaver**

Mickey is the most sensitive and most forgiving in the group. Many think that Mickey is a bully just because of his height, but, as once described by C.J., "He wouldn't hurt a fly".

#### **Rus Rimple**

Rus is the newest member of the Recess gang. Rus is a good natured, if occasionally naive, boy, as his recent attendance at Third Street made him aware of the school's traditions such as the kindergarten derby.

### Unofficial

#### **Sesame Boy**

In a few episodes, it is shown that Sesame Boy will run over to the gang to alert them of any mishaps going on on the playground.

#### **The Pale Kids**

After T.J. befriends the Pale Kids in "Lord of the Nerds", they have helped the gang out on different occasions, such as "Rigalli's Masterpiece" - where they were able to take a satellite image of Rigalli's chalk drawing

#### **The Kindergartners**

The Kindergartners, mainly King Sticky, Harold, and Chubby, sometimes look up to the gang and will assist them in some of their schemes.

#### **Rachel**

Although he's one of their primary enemies, Rachel has turned to the gang for help on occasions and vice versa, usually to benefit only one side and they return to their rivalry by the end

#### **Brinklow**

Brinklow is another kid of the school the gang is not fond of, and he shares the same feelings towards them. However, there have been a few occasions where one side has turned to the other for help. It is revealed in one episode he and C.J. were best friends in preschool, but drifted apart. C.J. made a promise to him that no matter what, she would attend his birthday party every year. Brinklow is usually treated as the "guy on the inside".

## Dawson's Crew

Main article: Dawson's Crew
In the 20-minute special episode "Dawson and his Crew", Dawson organized his own crew after being jealous of C.J. and the gang making things better, getting all the glory and getting rewards from Queen Barb. His crew was another version of the protagonist gang. Dawson's crew, however, became better than its rival and took care of everything first, so then they ended up getting all the glory, took care of all the problems and made everything better. the latter. though, did not really care about glory; they were just happy being friends, and being friends was the only thing C.J. and his crew had that Dawson and his crew did not. Because Dawson and his crew were only team members and not friends, they did not remain a crew permanently like C.J.'s crew. Eventually Dawson's crew dissolved and Dawson went back to hanging out with his two friends, Jimbo and Joey, as he thought, "Maybe a kid needs friends more than glory".