Recess - Lost Internship Recreation of the Outcast Ashley Episode

Remember when ABC showed saturday morning cartoons back in the late 90's and halfway through the 2000's? Well I do. One show I remember watching through out those days is Recess.

If you are unaware of this show, Recess is about 6 kids named TJ, Vince, Spinelli, Gus, Mikey and Gretchen as they tend to try to enjoy their daily lives while in 4th grade at a place called Third Street School.

You know, I have a few favorite characters, but the one I like the most is a character named Ashley Armbruster. Well, the main reason behind my liking of her is because her design is very cute and I could imagine myself being like her through out the days when I was 9 years old.

Clearly, this isn't what I mean. I'm here to tell you about a lost internship of one of the episodes of the show entitled "Outcast Ashley."

It all started when me and my mom were eating lunch at Applebee's. My meal was chicken parmesan with 2 breadsticks and a chocolate milkshake. After we left Applebee's, my mom said that we should go to Goodwill. I agreed with her and we drove down there. While my mom searched for some new clothes, I went to the VHS and DVD section.

I bought some VHS tapes like The Fox And The Hound, Spongebob Squarepants: Sea Stories, Recess: School's Out, Fun & Fancy Free, The Prince of Egypt and Blue's Clues: Story Time.

That wasn't until I discovered what appeared to be a rare Recess DVD in a CD case. The cover consisted of the scene from the Recess episode Outcast Ashley where Ashley A is kicked out of the Ashleys club and she begins searching for a new friend.

On the top right corner was a green circle that said, "See The Episode's Original Version That Never Made It To TV!" The DVD was entitled, "Recess - Lost Internship Recreation of the Outcast Ashley Episode."

I also recognized that the DVD had the Disney Channel logo on the bottom left of the cover.

Interested in another version of the Outcast Ashley episode, I bought the DVD along with the other tapes.

I showed my mom what I had found and she was impressed.

When we got home, I went into my bedroom and took out the tapes including the rare DVD. I then inserted the rare DVD into the DVD player of my DVD/VCR combo and it started.

It opened with the Walt Disney Home Entertainment logo, and then there were previews for Bambi, Jojo's Circus: Animal-A-Go-Go, Disney Learning Adventures with Winnie The Pooh and a teaser trailer for Cars.

It then went to the DVD menu. It consisted of Ashley Armbruster in a pink background. The Recess intro can be heard as the menu's theme. The menu options were Play Lost Internship Recreation of Outcast Ashley, Set Up, Bonus Features and Sneak Peeks.

Before playing the episode, I looked through the bonus features. They were 2 episodes of Recess entitled "Weekend At Muriel's" and "Rainy Days." It also had some character galleries of the Recess characters.

I then pressed play on the menu and it began with the Disney DVD logo and then it showed a warning that said this:

"This lost deleted internship recreation of the Recess episode Outcast Ashley was going to be the original version of this episode, but was scrapped entirely due to it being way too dark for audiences. We must warn you that what you are about to see is absolutely dark. Watch this at your own risk!"

"So it's like this? Bring it on!" I muttered.

It began with the Recess intro in a normal format. The first few minutes of the episode was original, with TJ and his friends excluding Gretchen talking about somebody eating a worm until they see Gretchen in a box mainly because she doesn't want to blind herself by an upcoming solar eclipse.

And then it cuts to the original scene where Ashley Armbruster comes to Third Street School in a yellow dress.

Once the scene of Ashley Boulet confronting Ashley A finished, some things seemed a little off. To start, rather then the scene with Ashley Armbruster looking for a new friend, it cuts to the end of the day as the bell to the school rang. It then cuts to a scene of Ashley Armbruster with a rather sad expression walking down a street in the neighborhood meaning she was going home.

The scene then cut to black as a time card popped up that said "3 Hours Later." The scene then cut to what appeared to be Ashley A sitting in what appeared to be a backyard. However, the backyard did not have the same animation as the character. Ashley had a more sad expression.

During this scene, the sound of wind from the opening to The Fox And The Hound could be heard

After 10 seconds, she then began crying. However, Ashley's crying didn't sound like cartoon crying, it sounded realistic.

This scene went on for about a minute or so. It then went to another time card that said, "The Next Day." After the time card ended, Ashley Armbruster's appearance in the next scene disturbed me. She was carrying a gun what looked like a gun while walking to school.

The next scene shows TJ and the gang walking to school while Gretchen annoyed them with her talk about the science of a solar eclipse. As she did that, Spinelli began screaming while she pointed at something, only her scream sounded like an actual kid screaming.

They then see Ashley A with a gun.

Vince said, "It's one of the Ashleys, and she's got a gun! You know guns aren't allowed in school!"

Ashley then said, "Oh don't worry, I'm not gonna kill you, I'm only going to hurt you in a way you've never felt before."

TJ then told the others that they should make a run for it. They did as he said and they both ran off with Ashley A on their trail. They then managed to get inside the school as Miss Finster showed up making the gang gasp.

"What's wrong? You guys look like you are in desperate fear!" Miss Finster said.

TJ then said, "To put things simple Finster, one of the students here at school might be on the edge of killing someone!"

Spinelli said, "Correct, so we have to do something about her!"

Miss Finster then said, "Don't worry, I'll have a talk with her parents!"

As soon as she said that, Ashley Armbruster then burst the door open by saying, "What did you say punk!"

Miss Finster told the gang to get out of here so she could talk to Ashley in private. They did as she said.

She then took the gun away from Ashley A and said, "Listen here, you know darn well that schools are a gun free zone. Just what on earth are you thinking? I will be calling your parents so that they know about this!"

Ashley then kicked Miss Finster in the crotch and took the gun back. She then aimed at Finster's head and shot her.

She then left the hallway to go kill the other students like in a school shooting. Before Ashley found all the kids outside, Principal Prickly grabbed her by the shoulder.

"What is this thing you have on your hands Ashley?" Principal Prickly said.

As he took the gun away from Ashley A, Ashley then pulled out a chainsaw and began ramming the chainsaw up his chest. Principal Prickly screamed, but he wasn't screaming in a cartoony way, it was as if his actor Dabney Coleman was actually in pain.

After Ashley killed Principal Prickly killed him, she then burst the door open and said, "Playtime's over suckers!"

It was unclear where TJ and the gang were at the time. They probably got to a very safe place to avoid getting killed by Ashley.

The kids of the playground screamed. Some screamed in a cartoony way while some screamed realistically.

She managed to kill everyone very terrifyingly. Only, that she had one more 10 more criminals on her to kill list. The names on her to kill list were TJ, Vince, Spinelli, Gus, Mikey, Gretchen, Cornchip Girl and the rest of the Ashleys.

Ashley saw Cornchip Girl coming out from a tree. She took out a shotgun and aimed it at Cornchip Girl's forehead and she died entirely. Ashley then saw the club of the Ashleys. As she went inside, the talk that the Ashleys had were off screen as I just stared at the tires of the club nervously.

Here's what I heard:

Ashley B: Hey Ashley A, I thought that we told you that you're, like banned from the club.

Ashley A: That day is over, you guys put me in a state of killing.

Ashley B: You wouldn't hurt me, would you? I'm a different skin color! Spare my life!

After she said that, the sound of gunshots were heard as the Ashleys screamed. Ashley A then came out after killing them.

She then looked around wondering where TJ and his friends were. A time card then popped up again, but this time it said, "2 Minutes Later."

After Ashley spent 2 minutes of looking, she said, "Well, I guess my work is done for now. I gotta get out of here before the cops come."

The screen then faded to black, only to show another scene. This scene depicted a picture of TJ and the gang hiding in the same playground structure from the episode Lost Leader.

However, it was more darkened like it was night time. During this scene, a music box version of What A Wonderful World by Louis Armstrong was heard in the background. As this happened, there were lyrics in a different version that were being sang by a man who sounded like he was trying not to cry.

"I see blood on the ground, guns everywhere. I see them shoot, in the air. And I think to myself, what a horrible world."

It then faded to black. After that, it showed the credits as they played normal. But after the Disney Television Animation logo played, I thought that it was over. Only to be greeted with one more thing. It was an edited picture of Ashley Armbruster from the scene of the original version of Outcast Ashley where the other Ashleys notice that she is wearing a yellow dress. However, her eyes were black with red pupils and she was crying out blood.

It was accompanied with a very loud version of the gut wrenching/Howie scream. I also recognized that it had the same Disney Channel logo from on the cover of the rare DVD.

After the jumpscare ended, it took me back to the menu.

I was scared shitless like the time I saw the Hit Entertainment THX trailer. I told my dad to come to my room so he could watch the trailer. He was frightened too.

A little while later, I began smashing the lost internship recreation DVD with a hammer and threw it in the garbage. I then wrote an email to Disney Television Animation about my experience.

They told me that there was an animator named Clenny Brown, who also did the lost episode of Spongebob entitled Spongebob Can't Take It. He was later fired from the studio after designing that terrible version of the episode.

I still enjoy Recess to this day, but not that lost version of Outcast Ashley. So listen carefully, if you ever come across a DVD that is a lost internship recreation of a movie scene or TV episode, do not pick it up.

The End.