Cornchip Girl

Background Information

Created By

Voiced By

Anndi McAfee ("The Break In")
Francesca Smith ("The Game")
Ashley Johnson ("Weekend at Muriel's")
E.G. Daily ("The Big Prank")
Aria Noelle Curzon (Rest of the Series)

First Appearance

"The Break In"

Character Information

Full name

Theresa Laverne LaMaise

Other names

Chippy
Corney (notably by Gus)
Theresa
LaMaise
Frito Girl (The Break In)

Gender

Female

Age

8
9 (Recess: Taking the Fifth Grade)

Year of Birth

1989

Personality

Nice, polite, obedient, somewhat emotional, very sweet

Appearance

Short, short brown hair, white top with a blue Peter Pan collar, skirt, black Mary Jane shoes

Occupation

Third (later Fourth) Grade Student at Third Street School

Alignment

Good

Affiliations

The Recess Gang

Relatives

Luke LaMaise (father)
Mrs. LaMaise (mother, Mentioned in "The Break In")
LaMaise (older brother, Mentioned in "The Break In")

Allies

Gus Griswald (love interest)
Mikey Blumberg
Ashley Spinelli
T.J. Detweiler
Gretchen Grundler
Vince LaSalle

Likes

Chipped Beef and Crackers

Dislikes

Havoc in the playground

Fate

Graduated to the Fourth Grade

Theresa Laverne LaMaise^{^[1]}, more commonly know as Cornchip Girl, is a fictional character in the Recess TV series. Her primary role is as King Bob's minor servants, breaking and throwing potato chips (or corn chips) to mark his arrival at formal events (hence her name).

Personality[]

Cornchip Girl is a very sweet and somewhat emotional eight-year-old girl. She is close friends with The Recess Gang, especially with Gus. In "The Army-Navy Game", she kept her friendship with Gus a secret due to her dad being a rival of his dad in the military, but everything is worked out by the end of the episode. She originally started out as a background character in the show, but by season three, she became a more prominent character. Her nickname most probably comes from her throwing corn-chips behind King Bob whenever he goes by and offering him some at his throne. She usually speaks in a quiet voice and can be shy sometimes.

Relationships[]

Starting from "The Army-Navy Game", she is shown to have a crush on Gus, which can be seen in various other episodes. She always appears to be closer to him than any other member of the group, which also shows this. It is semi-confirmed in the Japanese title for the episode, "Gus' Girlfriend".

Appearance[]

Cornchip Girl is short and slender. She has short brown hair with bangs that goes down slightly before her shoulders. She usually wears a white dress with a blue collar and skirt, along with black Mary Jane shoes.

Trivia[]

In the first recording for "The Break In" (before the animation was done for the pilot), her name was "Frito Girl". Her name was changed due to legal reasons.^[2]^[3] In the second recording (used in the final version of the pilot and the episode itself), she was not referred to by name.
Her name was not revealed until "The Bet", two seasons after her debut.
Her age and grade have been debated amongst fans. She appears with the kindergartners in "One Stayed Clean," but an earlier scene in the episode shows her running away from them, making some to believe that the former scene was an error or that she was a first/second grader just hanging around in the Jungle Gym. She appears to be younger than the fourth-grade students, and also never appeared in Miss Grotke's class or any group scenes with only fourth graders, confirming that she is not in their grade. Most fans place her in the second or third grade.
Maize is a word for Corn, thus the name Cornchip Girl.
Because of her frequent inclusion within The Recess Gang in later episodes, she is considered by fans to be the gang's "unofficial seventh member".
Her voice actress Aria Noelle Curzon was also known for voicing Ducky in The Land Before Time series
Cornchip Girl is one of the few students who does not appear in Recess: School's Out.
According to "The Break In", Cornchip Girl has an older brother. He has never been seen in the show, mentioned by name, nor is he ever mentioned after that episode.
In the episode "The Army-Navy Game", it is implied that Cornchip Girl has a crush on Gus after her dad forbid her from talking to him after knowing that Lt. Griswald was his archenemy from high school.