Dr. Rosenthal

"Oh no... not detention! Not DETENTION!! (Benedict: TAKE HIM AWAY!!) No, please, I can fix it! DON'T DO THIS TO ME!!!"

- Rosenthal before being detained.

Dr. Rosenthal is a minor antagonist of the 2001 Disney film Recess: School's Out!. He was a head scientist who worked for Dr. Phillium Benedict of the Anti-Recess Legion until his dismissal.

He was voiced by Tony Jay, who voiced Judge Claude Frollo in The Hunchback of Notre Dame.

Biography
Being involved in Benedict's plot to abolish summer vacation by bringing in permanent winter, Dr. Rosenthal was tasked to utilize a tractor beam that Benedict stole from a U.S. military base. After the Legion took control of Third Street Elementary School as their own base of operations, Rosenthal started performing numerous preparations on the tractor beam.

After the preparations, Rosenthal informed Benedict that they were ready to conduct a new test, and orders the other scientists to activate the beam on the Moon. Unfortunately for him, the test proved to be a failure as the beam only moved the Moon a few feet before shutting down. Upon witnessing this, Benedict demands for Rosenthal to answer why it failed. Rosenthal tried to explain that there were a few bugs in the system and that he'll fix them as soon as possible, but Benedict didn't care by comparing this event to dealing with a 'repeated troublemaker'. This made Rosenthal realize in horror that Benedict is planning to have him detained in 'detention' for his failure. As an angry Benedict orders his right-hand Kojak and an Anti-Recess Agent to take Rosenthal away, Rosenthal begged for mercy to no avail just as Benedict promotes Rosenthal's assistant to fill in the empty position.

It is unknown what happened to Rosenthal afterwards, though it might be implied that he, along with Benedict and the other members of the Legion, were arrested for their crimes following their plot being foiled.