Dr. Slicer

Evil-doer
Full Name	Dr. Slicer
Alias	None
Origin	Recess
Occupation	School administrator (likely fired)
Powers / Skills	Intimidation
Goals	Take over Third Street Elementary and turn it into a strict authoritarian institution (failed).
Crimes	Child abuse Abuse of power Unlawful punishments
Type of Villain	Control Freak

“	Main compound needs new cover paint. Hedges, there, there, and there, require trimming! They obscure the northeast and southeast approaches to the main entrance, leaving it VULNERABLE! Overall impression: could use more... DISCIPLINE!!	„
	~ Dr. Slicer having Gilda to write down notes upon his arrival to Third Street Elementary.

“	Bravo! Very touching indeed. From now on, we'll just call you Captain Sappy!!	„
	~ Dr. Slicer openly mocking T.J. simply for saying goodbye to Principal Prickly.

Dr. Slicer is the main antagonist of the Recess episode "Prickly Is Leaving". He serves as the strictest and meanest administrator of the school district where Third Street Elementary is located in.

He was voiced by Tim Curry, who also played Frank-N-Furter in The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Lord of Darkness in Legend, Wadsworth in Clue, Pennywise in It television miniseries, Thaddeus E. Klang in TaleSpin, Taurus Bulba in Darkwing Duck, Hexxus in FernGully: The Last Rainforest, the Evil Manta in The Little Mermaid television series, Cardinal Richelieu in The Three Musketeers, Farley Claymore in The Shadow, Kilokahn in Super Human Samurai Syber-Squad, Drake in The Pebble and the Penguin, Dr. Anton Sevarius in Gargoyles, Long John Silver in Muppets Treasure Island, Simon Doonan in the Titanic TV movie, Maestro Forte in Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas, Slagar the Cruel in Redwall, Ben Ravencroft in Scooby-Doo and the Witch's Ghost, Big Brother in Johnny Bravo, the Mouse King in Barbie in the Nutcracker, Professor Calamitous in The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, Scarlet Fever and Nick O' Teen in Ozzy & Drix, Dale "The Whale" Biederbeck in Monk, Belial in The Legend of Atlantis, El Maléfico in ¡Mucha Luca!: The Return of El Maléfico, Von Talon in Valiant, Yegor in Fly Me to the Moon, Pretorius in the animated series The Mask, Anatoly Cherdenko in Command and Conquer: Red Alert 3, Philippe in Barbie and The Three Musketeers, Billy Flynn in Criminal Minds and Emperor Palpatine in Star Wars: The Clone Wars.

Personality

“	I believe I read your dossier. Yes, Detweiller, Theodore J., the trouble-making 'funny boy'. You do consider yourself a 'funny boy', don't you, Detweiller? Well, I don't like 'funny boys', Detweiller. It was a 'funny boy' who gave me this scar. How you ask? Let's just say electromagnets were involved. Gilda, pen and paper! For your information, Theodore Detweiller, my name's not Slicey, it's Dr. Slicer. I have a PhD in discipline with a minor in punishment. Do NOT forget it!	„
	~ Dr. Slicer revealing his true nature to T.J. Detweiller.

Being the strictest, meanest and most dangerous administrator in the school district, 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 doubtless cause 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.

Biography

Upon learning that Prickly is about to fulfill his lifelong dream of becoming the new principal of a middle school, the students cheer at this. However, T.J. and the gang soon learns from Menlo that their new principal, Dr. Slicer, is far worse than Prickly, and that he is coming for an inspection in the school tomorrow.

At first, T.J. and the gang scoff at this, but as Dr. Slicer and his assistant Gilda arrived to make 'special notes' the next day, Dr. Slicer has Gilda to write down his plans for the school: applying new cover paint for the main compound building, creating up a school uniform and regulation haircut code, tearing down all tether ball poles, and turning the jungle gym into a guard tower. He even planned to have the retired cannonballs lodged in front of the school to be cleaned out and made operational. Worse, once T.J. had to introduce himself, Dr. Slicer strikes fear into the boy's heart by calling him 'Funny Boy' and that he has a major in Discipline and a minor in Punishment. Slicer then makes a newspaper hat written with the name 'Funny Boy' and puts it on T.J., reminding that this will be the hat he'll be wearing when Slicer becomes the new principal. Even Ms. Finster, who is outright cruel but well-meaning in nature, is not happy to be working for Slicer.

Realizing that Menlo was right about Slicer being far more worse than Prickly, T.J. and the gang plan to make Prickly stay, but they soon learn that they cannot get in the way of his lifelong dream of running a middle school, as Ms. Finster once stated that for a person who cares about someone else, sometimes it is best for forget what is best for oneself to give support of what is best for others. As Prickly is about to leave with his remaining stuff, T.J. decides to express everyone's feelings for Prickly, admitting that he has been a good principal to them and that they will definitely miss him. Just before a touched Prickly is about to respond to this, Dr. Slicer arrives to mock T.J. for his honesty towards Prickly by giving him another newspaper hat with the name "Captain Sappy", much to T.J.'s dismay. A furious Finster confronts Dr. Slicer for his cruel behavior towards T.J., but Slicer furiously silences her and appoints Gilda as the new school groundskeeper and demotes Finster to being Gilda's assistant, much to Finster's distraught.

The next day, as school is about to begin, all the students are awaiting for Dr. Slicer's arrival, as they are now down in the dumps, even Ms. Finster is sulking over this. However, when Slicer's car arrives, Prickly steps out instead, having changed his mind and decided to stay. Prickly claimed he did so because the superintendent couldn't cash up on his paycheck on his new job, but it is implied that Prickly actually gave up his new position after seeing how badly Dr. Slicer was treating Ms. Finster and the students, thus decided to ensure that Dr. Slicer would not get the school; this was proven when Prickly enters back into his school, he makes a secret smile as he hears the students cheering for his return.

Before he drives away, Dr. Slicer tells Principal Prickly that he was making a big mistake.

Trivia

• Despite appearing in one episode, Dr. Slicer was thought to be the most evil character in the entire series, surpassing all other Recess antagonists and making all students (including T.J.) scared of him; even Principal Prickly, Ms. Finster and the staff scoff at his brutal methods. However, he is nothing compared to Dr. Phillium Benedict, who is far worse due to his desire of sending the Earth into a new Ice Age in order to abolish recess and raise test scores for his own agenda.