*Ashley Funicello Spinelli, commonly referred to by her last name Spinelli, is the tough member of the gang in Recess. She is T.J.'s best friend and neighbor.

Age 9 10 (Recess: School's Out & Recess: Taking the Fifth Grade)

Date of Birth c. September 24-October 23, 1988

Spinelli is one of the six kids in The Recess Gang and T.J.'s best friend. She is a gruff, tough tomboy, and hates whenever she's referred to by her first name, due to it being associated with the local snobs of the school, the "Ashleys", with whom she wants nothing to do with. She often tries to result in physical violence, with one of her friends usually stopping her. Despite being very violent at times, she is very kind and warmhearted, and roots for the underdog. She and Vince are considered to be T.J.'s "right-hand men" in the show, and it has been revealed many times that she has a crush on T.J. as well. She is also an accomplished artist, as seen in the episode, "Spinelli's Masterpiece". In the episode "Parents' Night", it's shown that she has very embarrassing parents, as they arrive at the school pronouncing her friends' names wrong and also show her friends pictures of her as a baby, we also learn that they are secret agents. She also dislikes her mother's pressure on her to have more "girly" traits. Because of this, she often looks up to her teacher, Miss Grotke, as a mother figure to her. In "Weekend at Muriel's", it is revealed that her parents and her maternal grandmother, Aggie, are family friends of Miss Finster. In fact, Spinelli's grandmother used to have fun with Miss Finster in Guam back in the 1950s.

Likes Being tough, pranks, fun, wrestling, her friends (mainly T.J.), "newies" (anything new)

Dislikes Being in trouble, being outsmarted, her mom and dad embarrassing her, Randall, the Ashleys (sometimes), being called a "girl", having to participate in "girly" activities, her first name, Bonky, oldies, being reminded of her height*