Anti-Recess Legion

"Summer as we know it... will become a thing of the past, and without summer...... no summer vacation."

- Benedict commending of the Anti-Recess Legion's motive.

The Anti-Recess Legion is the main antagonistic faction of the 2001 Disney film Recess: School's Out!. It is an organization founded by Dr. Phillium Benedict in his plot to abolish recess in order to raise test scores.

Beginnings
The Anti-Recess Legion was founded by Benedict following his dismissal as Secretary of Education due to his attempt of abolishing recess thorughout the country. With a team of agents, ninjas, and scientists by his side, Benedict plotted to do the next best things by getting rid of summer vacation, and to do so, he would have to bring about permanent winter throughout the world for it.

Taking Over Third Street
As part of the plot, the Anti-Recess Legion broke into a U.S. military base, where they stole a tractor beam. They would later take over Third Street Elementary during the summer, as Benedict used to be principal until his firing in 1968 due to his anti-recess policy. With the school closed for the summer, the Legion used the school as a base for their own operations, even turning the school auditorium into a laboratory when they start experimenting with the tractor beam.

As it turns out, Benedict plans to use the tractor beam to move the Moon at lunar perigee (the time when the Moon is closest to the Earth) to create permanent winter throughout the world so that student will have to stay in school, in hopes that it would raise test scores. Upon hearing that his former friend Peter Prickly (the current principal of the school) and T.J. Detweiller are investigating the situation, Benedict had them locked up, where he reveals his plan to them, much to their horror.

Fighting Against the Students and Staff
With Prickly and T.J. in danger, T.J.'s friends gathered up all the student from their summer camps to help fight back against the Legion; even the groundskeeper Ms. Finster brought up the teachers and staff to help the students fight back against the Legion. This allowed Prickly and T.J. to free themselves and foil Benedict's plot by having Vince to throw a baseball at the tractor beam to destroy it.

With the tractor beam destroyed, the students and teachers cheer of their victory of saving summer vacation, and Benedict and his forces end up being arrested for their crimes. It can be implied that the Anti-Recess Legion is shut down following the arrest of Benedict and his men.