Tad White

Tad White was an antagonist turned minor villain in Disney's Recess, he is notable for being a full-grown antagonist who crossed legal and moral lines, which was rare in the series as most of the characters were either morally dubious (such as Finster and Prickley) or youngsters (such as Gelman and Randall).

History
Tad White was an agent for the Board of Education and functioned much like a spy or special agent would, since the B.o.E. held a lot more power in the Recess universe than in real world - he was first introduced as an antagonist who wished to remove the word "whomp" from the school grounds on the belief it was obscene.

This put him in conflict with the fourth-grader TJ, who often used "whomp" as a catchphrase of sorts - Tad White went as far as putting TJ in a real court room to face trial for his "crimes" but the case was ultimately dismissed by the Superintendent.

This would infuriate Tad White, who grew to believe TJ had publically humiliated him and undermined his authority - this would lead to White developing a personal hatred of TJ that would grow into a festering grudge.

Tad White would be called upon later when TJ refused to return to school as protest over extremely negative changes to the school by the B.o.E. and White took delight in the prospect of finally "defeating" TJ.

Entering TJ's home White would proceed to threaten and blackmail TJ, claiming that if TJ did not return to school White would personally see that worse rules would be enforced and even threatened TJ's friends, showing he was willing to abuse his powers to ensure TJ's compliance.

Ultimately Tad would lose this battle as well when the directors of the B.o.E. decided to undo the changes, feeling it was unjustified and that none of them particularly liked the changes but were simply afraid to voice the matter.

This enraged White, who outright complained that the B.o.E. couldn't undo the changed or TJ would once again "win" - however, he was unable to do anything about it and thus was defeated for the final time, never being seen nor mentioned again.

Personality
Tad White has always had a cunning and manipulative personality but in his second encounter with TJ he is shown to hold unhealthy grudges, even against a minor - he even goes as far as threatening TJ's friends with "unpleasant" fates should TJ not comply with school rules.

While Tad White enforces rules he does so for vindictive reasons and employed tactics that were far beyond those acceptable even in the show - for example, he outright stated that would rather enforce rules seen as unfair even by the B.o.E. itself rather than allow TJ to "win" against him, showing he was as much motivated by petty vengeance than any actual good intentions.

Abilities
as an agent of the Board of Education (which ran much more like the FBI or CIA in the Recess universe) Tad White had near unlimited governmental powers and resources, which he was not afraid to misuse if needed : his powers were so great he could easily arrange for TJ to be taken to court and he even implied to TJ that he could arrange for his friends lives to be ruined in many ways if he so desired.

despite his great power White was able to be defeated by superiors, such as the Superintendent or the board of directors for the B.o.E.