Dr. Slicer

Dr. Slicer is arguably one of the most openly evil antagonists in the animated show Recess, surpassing regular antagonists such as Ms. Finster and unlike Finster (who meant well despite her methods) he was never shown to be a man who wanted good for the school.

In fact Dr. Slicer employed tactics that would be considered cruel and unusual, such a public humiliation and inflexible adherence to rules - he also saw any form of emotion as weakness and sought to transform the school into a strict authoritarian institution that would doubtlessly of caused great distress to those under his "care".

Indeed even though he had not gained proper control over the school during his first and final appearance he treated it as though it was his own and subjected the students and staff to excessive cruelty and contempt.

Most surprising of all, given the family-friendly nature of the series, was that Dr. Slicer was clearly inspired by a Nazi general both in appearance and mannerism - a fact backed up by his arrival in a black car of old fashioned design, his contempt for "weakness" of any kind and his general outlook on life.

Thankfully for the students and staff Dr. Slicer was defeated when Principal Prickly decided to stay after all, although Prickly claimed he did so because of money (not being paid enough) it is implied that Prickly actually gave up his new position after seeing how badly Dr. Slicer was treating his students and Ms. Finster thus decided to ensure that Dr. Slicer would not get the school.

Dr. Slicer's final words to Principal Pricky was that he was making a big mistake before driving away.