Recess: School's Out (2001)
Ashley Johnson: Gretchen
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Quotes
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Gretchen : I've been studying the moon with the 200-inch telescope at the observatory, and I've discovered some peculiar eccentricities in it's orbit.
Counselor : You know, Gretchen, maybe you should try out one of these neat anti-gravity harnesses. The other kids love 'em, and look - you can do backflips, just like real astronauts.
Gretchen : But...
[Counselor flips away. Gretchen sighs]
Gretchen : Why do I bother?
TJ : [from space suit] Because you're driven by a passionate desire for knowledge.
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Ashley : Hey, remember that summer after the second grade when we went down to the pond every day to catch minnows?
Gretchen : Or how about that summer we all carved our initials in that big tree in the Wilson's backyard?
Vince : And Spinelli spelled her's wrong.
Ashley : Hey, I was seven. And "S's" are tricky.
[Gus begins sobbing]
Ashley : What's your problem? This is the first summer you've lived here.
Gus : I know, and I'll never have any of those memories.
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Vince : [Whilst looking out a telescope from the treehouse] Infrared night vision, 200-to-1 zoom. I gotta hand it to you, Gretch. You can see the whole school with this thing.
Gretchen : You can make lots of handy devices out of the spare parts in a family's garage. I once fashioned a particle accelerator out of a broken hair dryer. and a four-slice toaster oven.