Recess (TV Series)
A Genius Among Us (1999)
Ashley Johnson: Gretchen Grundler
Quotes
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Gretchen Grundler : Abstract fractals, here I come!
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Miss Alordayne Grotkey : Is there a problem, Gretchen?
Gretchen Grundler : Not A problem, Miss Grotke; THE problem. The integral equation that grounded Gretchen Grundler.
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Theodore J. 'T.J.' Detweiler : Well, what'd he say?
Spinelli : Is he going for firepower, or high tech gizmos?
Gretchen Grundler : It's Hank's life, and whatever he decides we should be happy for him. That's what a real friend does. No what ifs, no second guessing, no slipping into a deep dark funk of bitter and relentless grief.
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[last lines]
Gretchen Grundler : Well Hank, if you're happy I'm happy. I say we celebrate. Let's take a crack at the linear independence of exponential functions.
Hank the Janitor : Gretchen, that's the best offer I've had all day.
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Gretchen Grundler : Gee Hank, I guess word somehow got out about your abilities.
Hank the Janitor : Yeah. Supercomputers, intergalactic travel, blowing stuff up... These are the things us number guys dream about. But what to choose? What?
Gretchen Grundler : Wanna know my opinion?
Hank the Janitor : Heck, yours is the only one I'm interested in.
Gretchen Grundler : Well, it occurs to me that in the equation of happiness, there's only one choice: Follow your heart.
Hank the Janitor : Follow my heart?
Gretchen Grundler : That's what I think. Anyway, I just want to say well, whatever your decision Hank, good luck.
[Gretchen leaves and closes the door, teary-eyed]
Gretchen Grundler : And goodbye.
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Gretchen Grundler : Hey guys, great news! Hank says we mathletes can meet every day after school, even the occasional lunch hour!
Mikey Blumberg : No! I can't take another minute in the cold unyielding world of numbers!
Gretchen Grundler : What? But Mikey, I don't understand.
Theodore J. 'T.J.' Detweiler : Look Gretch, we helped you find your genius. We even joined the math club -- you know, in theory. But we're kids! We belong in the wild with the fresh air and the asphalt.
Gretchen Grundler : [sighing] Of course. Far be it from me to force my friends to endure something antithetical to their very nature.
Theodore J. 'T.J.' Detweiler : Uh, yeah. Glad you... understand.
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Gretchen Grundler : Hank, you solved the generalized Fermat-Wiles equation in five seconds flat!
Theodore J. 'T.J.' Detweiler : Yeah, a janitor who knows math? What's up with that?
Vince LaSalle : Are you a spy?
Mikey Blumberg : Or an alien?
Gus Griswald : Out with it, man!
Hank the Janitor : A spy? An alien? Naw, I just like math is all. Sometimes teachers leave these problems on the boards, and I solve 'em. You know, for fun.
Spinelli : You mean fun like in... FUN?
Hank the Janitor : Yep. Nothing more fun than a good hard math problem.
[leaving]
Hank the Janitor : Well, you kids take 'er easy.
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Gretchen Grundler : [Gretchen and Hank are working on a math problem on the blackboard] So, you're saying the formula for 'A' is based on the definition of area in terms of a Riemann integral, ie unlimited Riemann sums?
Hank the Janitor : Bingo! And the formula for 'C' uses the definition of arc length, given a continuously differentiable curve.
Gretchen Grundler : Guys, is this great or what?
[the rest of the gang is fast asleep]