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"Operation Stuart" is the first segment of the twenty-first episode of Recess.

Synopsis[]

Mikey rescues Stuart, a stray cat, who wreaks havoc at Third Street School.

Plot[]

The episode begins with Hank the janitor taking out the trash, when he notices the lid off the trashcan and puts it back on, unaware there's something alive in there.

All of a sudden, T.J. and his friends come along talking about their favorite movie monsters, when they see the trash can move. Spinelli opens it and out jumps a mangy stray cat, that Mikey thinks is cute, while Spinelli states that he's hosting a bug convention. The kids decide to adopt the cat and Mikey names him Stuart. Spinelli states that their teach won't allow him in the classroom, so T.J. suggests leaving outside so they can visit hi during recess. But Mikey worries that Hank might find him and turn him into the office and and they'd send him to the pound. When recess ends, they slip Stuart into Mikey's backpack and decide to keep him safe by hiding him. As they head inside, they are unaware that Stuart is really a female who has kittens to care for back under the dumpster.

While in class, Mikey hides Stuart in his desk. T.J. tells him to keep the desk closed, but Mikey opens it and Stuart gets out. The kids head outside to recess once more to find their cat, asking the other kids if they've seen him? They soon find Stuart with The Ashleys, who have Stuart in a baby carriage, dressed like one. T.J. and friends try and take him back, but during an argument with the Ashleys Stuart gets away once more and they begin chasing him all over the playground. As Stuart is about to get back to her kittens, she is captured by the kindergartners. They kids find the kindergartners feeding Stuart, thinking they're fatting him up so they can eat him. Mikey goes in to stop them, but Stuart manages to escape once more as the kids pursue after the cat.

Stuart then jumps through an open window into Principal Prickly's office, startling him and tells his secretary Miss Lemon to call animal control. Prickly, along with Miss Finster chase the cat outside, until she retreats under the dumpster. Prickly orders Hank to move the dumpster so they can catch the cat, but Mikey intervenes stating that Stuart isn't just a cat, but a living being like them and states that they all should be ashamed for they way they've been treating him, even trying to eat him. But the kindergartners state they weren't trying to eat Stuart, but feed him because they loved him. Despite all this, Prickly insists that Hank removes the dumpster, much to everyone's objection. Once the dumpster is out of the way everyone discovers Stuart's litter of kittens and they realize that Stuart is really a Stella (being am female). Animal control arrives, but Prickly says that the cat jumped over the fence 10 minutes ago. Thinking that the cat is gone, the two officers leave the school and go to get donuts, as the kids rejoice with joy.

When school is over, T.J. states that since the vet said the kittens are old enough to be weened they can now have owners of their own, three of which leave with Ashley Armbruster, Miss Finster, and Prickly, while Stella goes home with Mikey.

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Media
Recess (Videography) • Recess: School's Out (Soundtrack) • Recess: All Growed DownRecess: Taking the Fifth GradeRecess: Miracle on Third Street"Lax" (Lilo & Stitch: The Series crossover episode)"Codename: Electric Haircut" (Fillmore! crossover episode)
Characters
T.J. DetweilerVince LaSalleAshley SpinelliMikey BlumbergGretchen GrundlerGus GriswaldCaptain BradleyCornchip GirlThe KindergartnersThe DiggersHustler KidErwin LawsonMiss GrotkeMuriel FinsterBecky DetweilerDr. Phillium BenedictMenloBrockPeter PricklyKojakMiss SalamoneButchAshley ArmbrusterAshley BouletAshley QuinlanAshley TomassianFenwickBrandon the SingerGelmanKing BobChuckoJockoRandall WeemsKing Freddie IICheaySpencerThe MegansThe BrittanysThe TylersBob and Flo Spinelli
Episodes
Season One: "The Break In" / "The New Kid" • "The Experiment" / "The Great Jungle Gym Standoff" • "Jinxed" / "Officer Mikey" • "First Name Ashley" / "To Finster with Love" • "King Gus" / "Big Brother Chad" • "My Fair Gretchen" / "Speedy, We Hardly Knew Ye" • "I Will Kick No More Forever" / "The Kid Came Back" • "The Pest" / "The Legend of Big Kid" • "The Box" / "The Trial" • "Teacher's Lounge" / "Randall's Reform" • "Rainy Days" / "The Great Can Drive" • "The Voice" / "Kids in the Mist" • "Parents' Night" / "Swing on Thru to the Other Side"

Season Two: "The Break-up" / "The Hypnotist" • "Mama's Girl" / "Outcast Ashley" • "The Game" / "The Lost Ball" • "Gus' Last Stand" / "Operation Field Trip" • "The Challenge" / "Wild Child" • "The Substitute" / "Gretchen and the Secret of Yo" • "The Girl Was Trouble" / "Copycat Kid" • "Operation Stuart" / "Pharaoh Bob" • "The Story of Whomps" / "Weekend at Muriel's" • "Economics of Recess" / "Omega Kids" • "Yes, Mikey, Santa Does Shave" • "Bad Hair Day" / "Dance Lessons" • "Principal for a Day" / "The Beauty Contest"
Season Three: "One Stayed Clean" / "A Genius Among Us" • "Dodgeball City" / "A Career to Remember" • "Kindergarten Derby" / "The Bet" • "Space Cadet" / "Stand Up Randall" • "The Shiner" / "Lord of the Nerds" • "That Stinking Feeling" / "My Funny Valentines" • "The Barnaby Boys" / "Buried Treasure" • "The Library Kid" / "The Ratings Game"
Season Four: "The First Picture Show" / "The Big Prank" • "Hustler's Apprentice" / "The Spy Who Came in from the Playground" • "Gus' Fortune" / "Rumor Mill" • "Recess is Cancelled" / "Tattletale Heart" • "The Madness of King Bob" / "Call Me Guy" • "Prickly is Leaving" / "Randall's Friends" • "The Biggest Trouble Ever" / "The Rules" • "Gus and Misdemeanors" / "A Science Fair to Remember" • "Mikey's Pants" / "Here Comes Mr. Perfect" • "Good Luck Charm" / "Diggers Split Up" • "Schoolworld" / "Bachelor Gus" • "The Dude" / "Partners in Crime" • "The Candidates" / "This Brain for Hire" • "Spinelli's Masterpiece" / "Nobody Doesn't Like T.J." • "A Great State Fair" / "The A.V. Kid" • "Yope from Norway" / "Bonky Fever" • "Don't Ask Me" / "The Secret Life of Grotke" • "The Fuss Over Finster" / "Soccer Boy" • "Fort Tender" / "Germ Warfare" • "More Like Gretchen" / "Prince Randall" • "Me No Know" / "Good Ole T.J." • "Chez Vince" / "Tucked in Mikey" • "Old Folks Home" / "Some Friend"
Season Five: "The Coolest Heatwave Ever" / "No Strings Attached" • "Beyond a Reasonable Scout" / "The C Note" • "The Army Navy Game" / "Big Ol' Mikey" • "The Principals of Golf" / "All the Principal's Men" • "Lawson and his Crew"
Season Six: "Terrifying Tales of Recess" • "Kurst the Not So Bad" / "League of Randalls" • "Mundy, Mundy" / "Lost Leader"

Locations
Third Street SchoolOld RustyFifth and Sixth Grader ClubAshley's ClubhouseKing's Jungle Gym
Songs
We Shall Not Be MovedBorn to Be WildGreen TambourineDancing in the Street
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