Pepper Ann is an American animated television series produced by Walt Disney Television Animation.
Series overview
edit| Season | Episodes | Segments | Originally aired | |||
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| First aired | Last aired | Network | ||||
| 1 | 13 | 23 | September 13, 1997 | January 24, 1998 | ABC (Disney's One Saturday Morning) | |
| 2 | 13 | 25 | September 12, 1998 | January 16, 1999 | ||
| 3 | 26 | 42 | September 11, 1999 | February 27, 2000 | ABC (Disney's One Saturday Morning) UPN (Disney's One Too) | |
| 4 | 13 | 23 | September 9, 2000 | November 18, 2000 | ||
Episodes
editSeason 1 (1997–98)
editThe first season of Pepper Ann consists of 13 episodes (23 segments). Due to crediting inconsistencies, the episodes are ordered below by their package order (as featured on Disney+) and not their original broadcast order.
Note: All episodes in this season were directed by Sherie Pollack.
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Animation director(s) | Written by | Storyboard by | Original air date | Prod. code | ||||||
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| 1 | 1 | "Ziterella" | Daniel De La Vega & Joanna Romersa | Mirith J.S. Colao | Perry Kiefer & Chuck Klein | September 13, 1997 | 4346-001[1] | ||||||
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On the week of yearbook photo day, seventh grader Pepper Ann Pearson gets her first pimple and must choose between her looks and her dignity when her mother tells her to go to Abe's Mall (referred to as the "Abys-Mal") to buy pimple cream. Meanwhile, Hazelnut Middle School principal Mr. Hickey tries to find a replacement photographer after the current one gets conjunctivitis from infected nerd, Pinkeye Pete. | |||||||||||||
| 2 | 2 | "Romeo + Juliet" | Cullen Blaine & Rick Leon | Matthew Negrete & Nahnatchka Khan | Suraiya Daud, Fred Gonzales & Perry Kiefer | September 20, 1997 | 4346-002[1] | ||||||
| "Food Barn" | Laura McCreary | 4346-003[1] | |||||||||||
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"Romeo + Juliet": The school's drama club is producing the play "Romeo and Juliet. At first Pepper Ann thinks it's the lamest thing ever, but when she finds out that Craig Bean (an eighth grader with whom she is infatuated) is playing Romeo, she goes after the role as Juliet, but ends up playing Juliet's nurse. | |||||||||||||
| 3 | 3 | "Old Best Friend" | Daniel De La Vega, Eddy Houchins & Joanna Romersa | Mirith J.S. Colao | Shawna Cha & Wendy Grieb | September 27, 1997 | N/A | ||||||
| "Crunch Pod" | David Hemingson | ||||||||||||
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"Old Best Friend": Pepper Ann's old best friend Brenda visits, but P.A. realizes that her old best friend is very annoying and possessive. "Crunch Pod": When Pepper Ann inadvertently beats Milo's high score on a video game, Milo gets jealous and challenges Pepper Ann to a rematch. | |||||||||||||
| 4 | 4 | "Psychic Moose" | Eddy Houchins, Rick Leon & Joanna Romersa | Laura McCreary | Suraiya Daud & Wendy Grieb | October 4, 1997 | N/A | ||||||
| "Doll + Chain" | Mirith J.S. Colao | ||||||||||||
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"Psychic Moose": Pepper Ann starts spending time with her sister Moose when she thinks Moose is clairvoyant. "Doll + Chain": Pepper Ann learns a lesson in responsibility when she's assigned to care for a plastic baby doll as part of a school project.Note: This episode is also sometimes listed as "Doll and Chain."[2] | |||||||||||||
| 5 | 5 | "Megablades of Grass" | Cullen Blaine & Joanna Romersa | Scott M. Gimple | Lyndon Ruddy & Fred Gonzales | October 11, 1997 | N/A | ||||||
| "Family Vacation" | David Hemingson | ||||||||||||
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"Megablades of Grass": Pepper Ann must earn her own money for a new pair of rollerblades, but finds work too tedious, so she exploits Milo's talent for creating freshly mown art for cash. "'Family Vacation"': The Pearson family takes a vacation, but between the lame car drive and Moose's neurotic friend, Crash, Pepper Ann wishes she could go on her own vacation. | |||||||||||||
| 6 | 6 | "Sani-Paper" | Richard Bowman, Eddy Houchins & Rick Leon | David Hemingson | Shawna Cha, Perry Kiefer & Bob Logan | October 18, 1997 | 4346-011[1] | ||||||
| "The Big Pencil" | Mirith J.S. Colao, David Hemingson, Nahnatchka Khan & Sue Rose | 4346-013[1] | |||||||||||
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"Sani-Paper": On a field trip to a toilet cover factory, Pepper Ann and Milo (who's extremely thirsty) go undercover when Pepper Ann suspects the company of being corrupt. "The Big Pencil": Pepper Ann vows to beat perennial Science Fair rival, Alice Kane, once and for all.Note: The order of this episode's segments were swapped during UPN broadcasts.[2] | |||||||||||||
| 7 | 7 | "Uniform Uniformity" | Cullen Blaine & Rick Leon | Laura McCreary | Suraiya Daud & Gilbert Weems Jr. | October 25, 1997 | N/A | ||||||
| "Snot Your Mother's Music" | Roger Reitzel | ||||||||||||
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"Uniform Uniformity": Hazelnut Middle School enforces a uniforms-only dress code, and Pepper Ann's mom is hired to design them, which doesn't sit well with Pepper Ann, but sits well with everyone else. "Snot Your Mother's Music": Pepper Ann is shocked to discover that Mick Snot, her favorite rock star, is friends with her mother -- and more shocked when Mick Snot comes to stay at the Pearsons and is a different man when he's not onstage.Note: The order of this episode's segments were swapped during UPN broadcasts.[2] | |||||||||||||
| 8 | 8 | "The Environ-Mentals" | Dainiel De La Vega & Joanna Romersa | Matthew Negrete & Nahnatchka Khan | Perry Kiefer, Chuck Klein & Lyndon Ruddy | November 8, 1997 | 4346-017[1] | ||||||
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Pepper Ann tries to make the 'Clean Up Lupkin Park' talent show the coolest event of the year, while trying to hide an embarrassing family tradition. Meanwhile, Milo's art gets him beat up, criticized, and chased down by everyone in town, and Lydia imposes on her younger sister, Janie's, plans to make "Clean Up Lupkin Park" the best it's ever been. | |||||||||||||
| 9 | 9 | "In Support Of" | Eddy Houchins & Joanna Romersa | Matthew Negrete & Nahnatchka Khan | Chuck Klein, Gilbert Weems Jr. & Wendy Grieb | January 24, 1998 | 4346-012[1] | ||||||
| "Nicky Gone Bad" | Mirith J.S. Colao | November 1, 1997[2] | 4346-019[1] | ||||||||||
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"In Support Of": When Coach Doogan announces that the next gym class will focus on the trampoline and that the girls need a support, Pepper Ann takes it as a sign that she needs a bra and must endure a humiliating day of bra-shopping with her mom and sister. "Nicky Gone Bad": Fed up with her friends taking her for granted and being seen as a goody-goody, Nicky becomes a bad girl known as Nic'kay, but Pepper Ann worries that her new attitude will lead to a life of ruin.
Note: This segment was paired with "Romeo + Juliet" for its ABC premiere.[1] Due to the suggestive content featured in "In Support Of," this episode was rarely aired on Toon Disney. The episode is currently available on Disney+. | |||||||||||||
| 10 | 10 | "Soccer Season" | Richard Bowman & Rick Leon | David Hemingson | Wendy Grieb & Fred Gonzales | November 15, 1997 | 4346-020[1] | ||||||
| "Crush + Burn" | Mirith J.S. Colao | 4346-016[1] | |||||||||||
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"Soccer Season": Pepper Ann lets fame go to her head when she becomes the star player in the school soccer team. "Crush + Burn": Pepper Ann lies to Milo's insane crush, Gwen Mezzrow, about being his girlfriend -- which turns into a tangled web of deceit involving everyone in school.Note: This episode is also sometimes listed as "Crush and Burn." Note: The order of this episode's segments were swapped during UPN broadcasts.[2] | |||||||||||||
| 11 | 11 | "Thanksgiving Dad" | Daniel De La Vega & Joanna Romersa | Matthew Negrete & Nahnatchka Khan | Perry Kiefer & Chuck Klein | November 22, 1997 | 4346-006[1] | ||||||
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Lydia and Janie make every effort to make their Thanksgiving dinner a success, while Pepper Ann thinks her divorced father, Chuck, will come to visit instead of calling like he usually does. | |||||||||||||
| 12 | 12 | "Have You Ever Been Unsupervised?" | Daniel De La Vega & Mitch Rochon | Matthew Negrete & Nahnatchka Khan | Fred Gonzales, Lyndon Ruddy & Wendy Grieb | January 17, 1998 | N/A | ||||||
| "The Unusual Suspects" | Mirith J.S. Colao | ||||||||||||
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"Have You Ever Been Unsupervised?": Pepper Ann freaks out when she's invited to Dieter's unsupervised 13th birthday party and Dieter plans to play Spin the Bottle. "The Unusual Suspects": In this parody of hardboiled detective stories and the film The Usual Suspects, the Hazelnut Middle School Otter Statue is stolen, and Principal Hickey calls up Pepper Ann and four suspects to find out the truth. | |||||||||||||
| 13 | 13 | "Sketch 22" | Richard Bowman & Joanna Romersa | Laura McCreary | Suraiya Daud & Perry Kiefer | January 10, 1998 | N/A | ||||||
| "Manly Milo" | |||||||||||||
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"Sketch 22": Pepper Ann is mistaken for an eighth grader by a band of cool eighth grade girls. "Manly Milo": A distressed Milo turns to Pepper Ann for help in becoming more manly after realizing that spending time with girls has made him a laughingstock among his male peers.Note: The order of this episode's segments were swapped during UPN broadcasts.[2] | |||||||||||||
Season 2 (1998–99)
editThe second season of Pepper Ann consists of 13 episodes (25 segments). Due to crediting inconsistencies, the episodes are ordered below by their package order (as featured on Disney+) and not their original broadcast order.
Note: Starting with this season, the series switched to digital ink and paint, and all episodes were directed by Brad Goodchild.
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Animation director(s) | Written by | Storyboard by | Original air date | Prod. code | ||||||
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| 14 | 1 | "Quiz Bowl" | Joan Drake, Will Knoll, Terrence Lennon & Joanna Romersa | Laura McCreary | Stephanie Gladden, Perry Kiefer, Elaine Hultgren, Fred Gonzales & John Nevarez | September 12, 1998 | N/A | ||||||
| "License to Drive" | Matthew Negrete & Nahnatchka Khan | ||||||||||||
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"'Quiz Bowl"': Pepper Ann is chosen to be an alternate for the school's Quiz Bowl team, and sees it as a chance to goof off and travel for free, but when Nicky falls ill due to stage fright, Pepper Ann must cram to lead the school to victory. "'License to Drive"': Pepper Ann kisses up to her slacker cousin Ned who may be getting a "set of wheels" for his 16th birthday so Pepper Ann can get street cred for being driven to school by a high schooler. "'License to Drive"': Pepper Ann kisses up to her slacker cousin Ned who may be getting a "set of wheels" for his 16th birthday so Pepper Ann can get street cred for being driven to school by a high schooler. | |||||||||||||
| 15 | 2 | "Cocoon Gables" | Richard Bowman & Rick Leon | Matthew Negrete & Nahnatchka Khan | Lyndon Ruddy, Gilbert Weems Jr. & Rebecca Shen | September 19, 1998 | N/A | ||||||
| "Green-Eyed Monster" | Madellaine Paxson | ||||||||||||
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"'Cocoon Gables"': Pepper Ann is assigned to volunteer at Cocoon Gables, a retirement home, and learns a lesson in age discrimination and respecting one's elders. "Green-Eyed Monster": Pepper Ann becomes jealous when her chance at being the most popular girl in school is usurped by a new girl named Amber O'Malley. Meanwhile, Principal Hickey investigates a string of locker thefts. | |||||||||||||
| 16 | 3 | "Hazelnut's Finest" | Richard Bowman & Joanna Romersa | Sean Whalen | Fred Gonzales, Wendy Grieb, John Nevarez & Alan Wright | September 26, 1998 | N/A | ||||||
| "Cat Scan" | Mirith J.S. Colao & Laura McCreary | ||||||||||||
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"'Hazelnut's Finest"': Pepper Ann is assigned to document her Uncle JoJo's day of working as a cop, but becomes disillusioned that it's not as gritty and exciting as she thinks. "'Cat Scan"': Just when Pepper Ann finally gets around to renewing her pet cat, Steve the Cat's, license, he runs off and becomes a mascot for a local lottery show. | |||||||||||||
| 17 | 4 | "An OtterBiography" | Richard Bowman & Rick Leon | Scott M. Gimple | Jim Caswell, Wendy Grieb & John Nevarez | October 3, 1998 | N/A | ||||||
| "GreenSleeves" | Matthew Negrete & Nahnatchka Khan | ||||||||||||
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"'An OtterBiography"': Pepper Ann is chosen as the newest wearer of the Shania the Otter mascot costume, which is embarrassing at first, but finds that she can talk to her crush Craig when she's dressed as Shania. "'GreenSleeves"': Pepper Ann wants to become a piano virtuoso, but her skills are terrible, so she uses a light-up keyboard to pretend to be talented. | |||||||||||||
| 18 | 5 | "Vanessa Less Tessa" | Rick Leon, Mircea Mannta & Howie Parkins | Laura McCreary | Lyndon Ruddy, Gilbert Weems Jr. & John Nevarez | October 10, 1998 | N/A | ||||||
| "Peer Counsellor P.A." | Madellaine Paxson | ||||||||||||
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"Vanessa Less Tessa": Pepper Ann uses what she learned from her favorite sitcom Crazy Twin Shenanigans to get Vanessa to reconcile with her sister, Tessa. "Peer Counsellor P.A.": Pepper Ann's short attention span gets her in trouble when she signs up for peer counseling under the assumption that it's a vacation to a pier-side carnival. | |||||||||||||
| 19 | 6 | "A 'Tween Halloween" | Joanna Romersa | Scott M. Gimple | Fred Gonzales, Lyndon Ruddy, Llyn Hunter, John Nevarez & Rebecca Shen | October 31, 1998 | N/A | ||||||
| "Mash into Me" | Matthew Negrete & Nahnatchaka Khan | ||||||||||||
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"'A 'Tween Halloween"': Pepper Ann becomes ashamed of trick-or-treating as a preteen after being told by a little kid that she's too old to do it. "'Mash into Me"': Moose's friend, Crash, begins harassing Pepper Ann after he finds out that she looks just like his favorite superheroine. | |||||||||||||
| 20 | 7 | "Framed" | Richard Bowman & Rick Leon | Eve Ahlert & Dennis Drake | John Nevarez, Gilbert Weems Jr., Fred Gonzales & Rebecca Shen | November 7, 1998[2] | N/A | ||||||
| "Radio Freak Hazelnut" | Scott M. Gimple | ||||||||||||
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"'Framed"': Pepper Ann is accused of spraypainting the word "Hare" on every building in the town. "'Radio Freak Hazelnut"': Pepper Ann stumbles upon a pirate radio show run by a student named Wayne Macabre, who trashes everything Pepper Ann loves.Note: The order of this episode's segments were swapped during its ABC premiere and UPN broadcasts.[2] | |||||||||||||
| 21 | 8 | "Presenting Stewart Walldinger" | Will Knoll & Rick Leon | Laura McCreary | Fred Gonzales, Gilbert Weems Jr., John Nevarez & Rebecca Shen | November 14, 1998[2] | N/A | ||||||
| "P.A.'s Life in a Nutshell" | Scott M. Gimple | ||||||||||||
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"'Presenting Stewart Walldinger"': Pepper Ann adamantly objects to Nicky bringing Stewart as her date to Sketch's party because she thinks he's a big nerd.
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| 22 | 9 | "Like Riding a Bike" | Richard Bowman & Joanna Romersa | Matthew Negrete & Nahnatchka Khan | Elaine Hultgren, Robert Souza, John Nevarez & Carlos Spivey | November 28, 1998[2] | 4346-114[1] | ||||||
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Half-hour episode. Pepper Ann is horrified when Lydia befriends Mr. Carter (the science teacher who always gives Pepper Ann detention in the opening sequence of the show) and fears that the friendship will turn into romance. Meanwhile, Nicky has cold feet about being Stuart Walldinger's girlfriend, and Milo deals with his on-again, off-again crush on Gwen Mezzrow, who also oscillates between loving him and hating him. | |||||||||||||
| 23 | 10 | "Portrait of the Artist as a Young Milo" | Richard Bowman & Mircea Mannta | Matthew Negrete & Nahnatchka Khan | Fred Gonzales, Elaine Hultgren, John Nevarez & Rebecca Shen | December 12, 1998 | N/A | ||||||
| "The Sisterhood" | Laura McCreary | ||||||||||||
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"'Portrait of the Artist as a Young Milo"': For the first time in his life, Milo suffers a mental block when he tries to come up with an entry for the Dental Hygienapalooza Poster Contest. | |||||||||||||
| 24 | 11 | "Impractical Jokes" | Mircea Mannta, Joanna Romersa & John Kimball | Mo Rocca | Wendy Grieb, Lyndon Ruddy, John Nevarez & Rebecca Shen | December 26, 1998 | N/A | ||||||
| "Cold Feet" | Laura McCreary | ||||||||||||
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"'Impractical Jokes"': Pepper Ann, Milo and Nicky compete in a practical joke-off, but Pepper Ann turns the simple joke-off into an all-out war. "'Cold Feet"': During Grandpa Leo and Grandma Lillian's 50th anniversary vow renewal, Grandma Lillian tells Pepper Ann the story of how she was once a promising actress who gave up a chance at the big time to marry Leo (who was fighting in World War II at the time), almost got on the plane that killed Richie Valens, Buddy Holly, and The Big Bopper, and worked the pageant circuit in order to help Lydia pay for their house. | |||||||||||||
| 25 | 12 | "Doppelganger Didi" | Richard Bowman & Rick Leon | David Hemingson | Elaine Hultgren, Gilbert Weems Jr., John Nevarez & Rebecca Shen | January 9, 1999 | N/A | ||||||
| "Pepper Ann's Day Off-Kilter" | Scott M. Gimple | ||||||||||||
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"'Doppelganger Didi"': Pepper Ann freaks out when she sees a private schoolgirl who looks exactly like her. "'Pepper Ann's Day Off-Kilter"': Fed up with having no sick days, Pepper Ann fakes sick, and finds that life at home is boring. | |||||||||||||
| 26 | 13 | "A No Hair Day" | Mircea Mantta & Joanna Romersa | Laura McCreary | Fred Gonzales, Wendy Grieb, John Nevarez & Rebecca Shen | January 16, 1999 | 4346-115[1] | ||||||
| "That's My Dad" | Matthew Negrete & Nahnatchka Khan | 4346-125[1] | |||||||||||
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"'A No Hair Day"': When Craig shaves his head to be more aerodynamic for the swim team, Pepper Ann worries about whether or not she's shallow, as she's shocked to find that Craig doesn't look right bald. Meanwhile, Alice Kane is paired up with Pink-Eye Pete for a science project and tries (in vain) to treat his infected eyeball. "'That's My Dad"': Pepper Ann tries to learn everything about her father, Chuck, in time for a father/daughter game show. | |||||||||||||
Season 3 (1999–2000)
editThe third season of Pepper Ann consists of 26 episodes (42 segments). Due to crediting inconsistencies, the episodes are ordered below by their package order (as featured on Disney+) and not their original broadcast order.
Note: This season was produced concurrently with the following season.[3] Episodes from this season premiered interchangeably on ABC and UPN (in syndication).
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Animation director(s) | Written by | Storyboard by | Original air date | Prod. code | ||||||
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| 27 | 1 | "Burn Hazelnut Burn" | Mircea Mantta & Bob Shellhorn | Madellaine Paxson | Stephanie Gladden, John Nevarez & Alfred Gonzalez | November 6, 1999 | N/A | ||||||
| "The Wash-Out" | Laura McCreary | February 6, 2000 | |||||||||||
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"'Burn Hazelnut Burn"': Cameron Landisberg, a Hollywood director known for his cheesy action movies, challenges Pepper Ann to make a movie of her own after reading one of her disparaging reviews from the school newspaper, and Pepper Ann learns the trials and tribulations of filmmaking when Trinket offers to fund PA's film, recasts Pepper Ann and Craig as the leads with Cissy and Wayne Macabre, and hires Tessa and Vanessa to rewrite the script. Note: This segment was paired with "Def Comedy Mom" for ABC and UPN broadcasts. | |||||||||||||
| 28 | 2 | "G.I. Janie" | Rick Leon & Bob Shellhorn | Eddie Guzelian | Ryan Anthony, Gilbert Weems Jr., John Nevarez & Rebeca Shen | February 7, 2000 | N/A | ||||||
| "Miss Moose" | Scott M. Gimple | ||||||||||||
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"'G.I. Janie"': Aunt Janie buys a console and a collection of video games as research for an upcoming speech about the dangers of video game violence, and soon becomes hooked. "'Miss Moose"': Pepper Ann tries to make her androgynous sister, Moose (born Margaret Rose Pearson), into the epitome of femininity after everyone mistakes Moose for a boy and Pepper Ann fears that Moose will get in trouble for using the wrong public restroom.Note: This episode was rarely, if ever, shown in reruns on Toon Disney and the Disney Channel due to the references to video game violence in "G.I. Janie" and the themes of gender identity and sexism in "Miss Moose". Disney+, however, currently has the episode on their streaming service. | |||||||||||||
| 29 | 3 | "Pepper Shaker" | Frank Andrina & Joanna Romersa | Mirith J.S. Colao | Alfred Gonzales, Wendy Grieb, John Nevarez & Rebeca Shen | February 8, 2000 | N/A | ||||||
| "Flaw and Order" | Mo Rocca | ||||||||||||
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"'Pepper Shaker"': An earthquake in Hazelnut has Pepper Ann worried that her town isn't safe from natural disasters. "'Flaw and Order"': In a mock trial centered on the Boston Tea Party, Pepper Ann tries to breeze her way through the defense, but Cissy and Trinket's team have solid evidence and witnesses that show that, despite their noble protest against the King's unfair taxes, the Sons of Liberty are still liable for damages done to the tea thrown in the harbor. | |||||||||||||
| 30 | 4 | "Def Comedy Mom" | Frank Andrina, Mirce Mantta & Barbara Dourmashkin-Case | Sean Whalen | James Caswell, Wendy Grieb & John Nevarez | November 6, 1999 | N/A | ||||||
| "Career Daze" | Matthew Negrete | February 6, 2000 | |||||||||||
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"'Def Comedy Mom"': Lydia's witty remarks at a PTA meeting prompts her to try her hand at being a stand-up comic, but Pepper Ann is afraid Lydia will use her most embarrassing moments as comedic fodder. Note: This segment was paired with "Burn Hazelnut Burn" for UPN broadcasts. | |||||||||||||
| 31 | 5 | "Baggy Bean Buddies" | Richard Bowman & Joanna Romersa | Laura McCreary | Elaine Hultgren, Lyndon Ruddy, John Nevarez & Rebeca Shen | February 9, 2000 | 4346-210[1] | ||||||
| "The Spanish Imposition" | Mirith J.S. Colao | January 22, 2000 | 4346-213[1] | ||||||||||
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"'Baggy Bean Buddies"': During an addiction support group meeting, Pepper Ann tells the story of how she got hooked on collecting Beanie Baby-esque stuffed animals known as Baggie Bean Buddies. Note: This segment was paired with "Single Unemployed Mother" for ABC and UPN broadcasts. | |||||||||||||
| 32 | 6 | "The Beans of Wrath" | Fraink Andrina, Richard Bowman, Rick Leon & Bob Shellhorn | Madellaine Paxson | Elaine Hultgren, Gilbert Weems Jr., John Nevarez, Alfred Gonzales & Rossen Varbanov | February 9, 2000 | 4346-205[1] | ||||||
| "Effie Shrugged" | Scott M. Gimple | January 15, 2000 | 4346-211[1] | ||||||||||
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"'The Beans of Wrath"': Pepper Ann calls on Aunt Janie to help grow an organic garden for a school project. Note: This segment was paired with "Mom Knows What P.A. Did Two Nights Ago" for ABC and UPN broadcasts. | |||||||||||||
| 33 | 7 | "The Velvet Room" | Rick Leon, Mircea Mannta & Bob Shellhorn | Madellaine Paxson | Fred Gonzales, Wendy Grieb & >Rossen Varbanov | February 10, 2000 | 4346-214[1] | ||||||
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Half-hour episode. Lydia decorates one room in her house into a "velvet room" (a room that's only used for special occasions) for a magazine interview, but when she overdoes it on redecorating the house, Pepper Ann runs away — and finds that her friends' parents have similar velvet rooms, from Milo's game room to Tessa and Vanessa's front lawn to a basketball court in Gwen Mezzrow's basement. | |||||||||||||
| 34 | 8 | "One Angry Woman" | Richard Bowman & Joanna Romersa | Nahnatchka Khan | Lyndon Ruddy, Gilbert Weems Jr., Rebecca Shen, Rossen Varbanov & John Nevarez | February 11, 2000 | 4346-215[1] | ||||||
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Half-hour episode. Pepper Ann is forced to keep an orderly house when Lydia is called in for jury duty on a case involving a boy who allegedly spat at an ATM security camera. | |||||||||||||
| 35 | 9 | "The Sellout" | Rick Leon & Will Knoll | Mo Rocca | Wendy Grieb, Elaine Hultgren, Rebecca Shen & Rossen Varbanov | February 13, 2000 | N/A | ||||||
| "The Telltale Fuzzy" | Mirith J.S. Colao | ||||||||||||
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"'The Sellout"': Nicky regrets giving her last ticket to an upcoming Flaming Snot concert to Pepper Ann, and the ensuing fight tears apart their friendship. "'The Telltale Fuzzy"': Pepper Ann finds a wad of money at the mall and blows it on a velvet painting of Fuzzy, but her conscience begins to bother her, as she feels she should have, at least, turned in the money to mall security or asked around to see if anyone lost it. | |||||||||||||
| 36 | 10 | "Dances with Ignorance" | Richard Bowman & Joanna Romersa | Eddie Guzelian | Gilbert Weems Jr., Lyndon Ruddy, Ben Fried, Chuck Grieb, Rebecca Shen & Rossen Varbanov | September 18, 1999 | 4346-221[1] | ||||||
| "Girl Power" | Madellaine Paxson | 4346-220[1] | |||||||||||
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"'Dances with Ignorance"': While researching her family heritage, Pepper Ann finds out from her father that she's 1/16 Navajo Indian on her father's side of the family, but Pepper Ann's stereotypical views of American Indian culture cause her to offend the Navajo family she invited to dinner. "'Girl Power"': Moose's favorite comic book Tundra Woman gets adapted into a Saturday morning cartoon, but when Tundra Woman is turned into a shallow, shopaholic girly-girl, Moose, Janie and Lydia protest. | |||||||||||||
| 37 | 11 | "Sammy's Song" | Richard Bowman & Joanna Romersa | Scott M. Gimple | Wendy Grieb, John Nevarez, Chuck Grieb & Rebecca Shen | February 15, 2000 | 4346-223[1] | ||||||
| "Permanent Record" | Mirith J.S. Colao | 4346-224[1] | |||||||||||
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"'Sammy's Song"': Pepper Ann protests against a peanut butter company whose jars are dangerous to animals after a skunk gets its head stuck in one. "'Permanent Record"': Nicky is given a detention for the first time in her life (not counting a previous detention in "Tessa Less Vanessa") and plots to break into the school to have it removed from her permanent record. | |||||||||||||
| 38 | 12 | "Live and Let Dye" | Rick Leon & Mircea Mantta | Laura McCreary | Jim Caswell, Elaine Hultgren, Chuck Grieb, Rebecca Shen & Rossen Varbanov | February 16, 2000 | 4346-222[1] | ||||||
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Half-hour episode. Pepper Ann dyes her hair in order to stand out from the middle school crowd, but can't handle being known as "the green-haired girl". Meanwhile, Lydia dates a handsome country line-dancing teacher who isn't who he seems, and Aunt Janie protests against plans to disrupt a family of whooping cranes making a nest on top of a streetlight. | |||||||||||||
| 39 | 13 | "Remote Possibilities" | Rick Leon | Laura McCreary | Elaine Hultgren, John Nevarez & Rebecca Shen | February 17, 2000 | N/A | ||||||
| "Considering Constance" | Scott M. Gimple | ||||||||||||
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"'Remote Possibilities"': Nicky and Stuart try each others' hobbies out to gain perspective on their relationship. "'Considering Constance"': A shy middle schooler named Constance turns to Pepper Ann to help her be more confident and charismatic; Constance soon puts her advice into question once Pepper Ann takes her under her wing. | |||||||||||||
| 40 | 14 | "You Oughta Be in Musicals!" | Richard Bowman & Mircea Mannta | Laura McCreary | Wendy Grieb, Lyndon Ruddy, Shavonne Cherry, John Nevarez & Rebecca Shen | September 11, 1999 | 4346-203[1] | ||||||
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Half-hour episode. Pepper Ann auditions for a school musical in order to put some excitement in her life, but an accident knocks her unconscious and sends her to a world where every day is a musical. | |||||||||||||
| 41 | 15 | "Beyond Good and Evel" | Rick Leon, Bob Shellhorn & William Knoll | Scott M. Gimple | Jim Caswell, Elaine Hultgren, Shavonne Cherry, Rebecca Shen, Rossen Varbanov, John Nevarez & Mark Teague | September 25, 1999 | 4346-217[1] | ||||||
| "One of the Guys" | Madellaine Paxson | 4346-237[1] | |||||||||||
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"'Beyond Good and Evel"': Moose starts a petition to have Evel Knievel's likeness turned into a statue for Lupkin Park (after the old statue is taken down due to a town scandal), despite being turned down and ridiculed. "'One of the Guys"': Pepper Ann worries over her femininity when she's chosen to be the football team's newest placekicker and the other guys on the team love her for being rough-and-tumble, so Pepper Ann decides to compete in a beauty pageant...that's on the same night as one of her football games. | |||||||||||||
| 42 | 16 | "The First Date Club" | Will Knoll & Mircea Mannta | Matthew Negrete | John Nevarez, Gilbert Weems Jr., Rebecca Shen & Rossen Varbanov | November 13, 1999 | N/A | ||||||
| "Unicycle of Life" | Mo Rocca | ||||||||||||
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"'The First Date Club"': Pepper Ann starts to worry that a night out with Craig may be her first date with him. "'Unicycle of Life"': Pepper Ann puts Milo through hell attempting to stop a rumor that she and Milo are dating. | |||||||||||||
| 43 | 17 | "To Germany with Love" | Joanna Romersa | Matthew Negrete | Brad Goodchild, Gilbert Weems Jr., Chuck Grieb, Rebecca Shen & Tomas Sisneros | February 18, 2000 | 4346-225[1] | ||||||
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Half-hour episode. In this clip show episode, Dieter sends his father (who lives in Germany) a video letter about his time in Hazelnut (featuring clips from past episodes). | |||||||||||||
| 44 | 18 | "A Valentine's Day Tune" | Richard Bowman & Joanna Romersa | Madellaine Paxson | Lyndon Ruddy, Jim Caswell, Lonnie Lloyd & Rebecca Shen | February 14, 2000 | 4346-233[1] | ||||||
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Half-hour episode. In this Valentine's Day spin on A Christmas Carol, Pepper Ann is visited by the ghosts of her past, present and future to see why she hates Valentine's Day, what others think about her hatred of the holiday, and what will happen if she doesn't change her ways. | |||||||||||||
| 45 | 19 | "Bye, Bye Trinket" | Mircea Mannta & Bob Shellhorn | Matthew Negrete | Wendy Grieb, Elaine Hultgren, Robert Fuentes, Lonnie Lloyd, Rebecca Shen & Shavonne Cherry | February 20, 2000 | N/A | ||||||
| "P.A.'s Pop Fly" | Scott M. Gimple | ||||||||||||
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"'Bye, Bye Trinket"': When Trinket announces that she's transferring to a boarding school, Cissy is crushed, everyone wishes Trinket best of luck, and Pepper Ann is initially apathetic since she and Trinket have never gotten along, but reconsiders when she thinks that Trinket insulting Pepper Ann was her way of asking for her friendship. "'P.A.'s Pop Fly"': Pepper Ann catches a star baseball player's pop fly during a game and must choose to either sell it for big bucks or return it to the player, who wants it to commemorate the best moment of his life. | |||||||||||||
| 46 | 20 | "My Mother, Myself" | Richard Bowman & Rick Leon | Mirith J.S. Colao | John Nevarez, Gilbert Weems Jr., Shavonne Cherry & Rebecca Shen | February 21, 2000 | 4346-229[1] | ||||||
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Half-hour episode. In this homage to Freaky Friday, a comet passes over the Pearsons' house and Pepper Ann and Lydia are cursed to live in each other's shoes to see who has it tougher. | |||||||||||||
| 47 | 21 | "The Amazing Becky Little" | Mircea Mannta & Joanna Romersa | Laura McCreary | Jim Caswell, Lyndon Ruddy, Shavonne Cherry, John Nevarez & Rebecca Shen | February 22, 2000 | 4346-232[1] | ||||||
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Half-hour episode. Nicky's sister Becky was, without a doubt, Hazelnut Middle School's best student, and her visit to Hazelnut brings back feelings of inadequacy for Nicky. | |||||||||||||
| 48 | 22 | "A Kosher Christmas" | Richard Bowman, Rick Leon & Mircea Mannta | Madellaine Paxson | Fred Gonzales, Wendy Grieb, Lyndon Ruddy & Mark Teague | December 18, 1999 | 4346-244[1] | ||||||
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Half-hour episode. A holiday school assignment prompts Pepper Ann to decide whether she enjoys Christmas with her father or Hanukkah with her mother. | |||||||||||||
| 49 | 23 | "The Untitled Milo Kamalani Project" | Richard Bowman & Bob Shellhorn | Scott M. Gimple | Wendy Grieb, Gilbert Weems Jr. & Shavonne Cherry | February 23, 2000 | N/A | ||||||
| "Guess Who's Coming to the Theater" | Laura McCreary | ||||||||||||
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"'The Untitled Milo Kamalani Project"': Milo enters an album cover contest with a slapdash, no-effort art piece—and ends up winning and becoming Hazelnut's premier outsider artist. "'Guess Who's Coming to the Theater"': Pepper Ann appears in a school production of "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner", and P.A. worries that her mom (who is dating the handsome country line-dancer Bernie) and her father (who also has a date, courtesy of Pepper Ann) will embarrass her with their new dates. | |||||||||||||
| 50 | 24 | "Single Unemployed Mother" | Joanna Romersa | Mirith J.S. Colao | John Nevarez, Gilbert Weems Jr., Mark Teague & Shavonne Cherry | January 22, 2000 | 4346-239[1] | ||||||
| "Mom Knows What P.A. Did Two Nights Ago" | Scott M. Gimple | January 15, 2000 | 4346-243[1] | ||||||||||
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"'Single Unemployed Mother"': Pepper Ann's mother quits her job at "It's You!" (a clothing store at the Hazelnut Mall) after her demanding boss, Mitch, pushes her too far—and finds that searching for work is tougher than she thought. Meanwhile, Pepper Ann does whatever she can to rake in extra money while her mom is job hunting. Note: This segment was paired with "Effie Shrugged" for ABC and UPN broadcasts. | |||||||||||||
| 51 | 25 | "The Great Beyond" | Rick Leon & Mircea Mantta | Eddie Guzelian | Elaine Hultgren, John Nevarez & Mark Teague | February 25, 2000 | N/A | ||||||
| "Jaybirds of a Feather" | Mirith J.S. Colao | ||||||||||||
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"'The Great Beyond"': When Steve the cat is diagnosed with a pancreatic illness, Pepper Ann begins wondering about death and the afterlife. "'Jaybirds of a Feather"': Pepper Ann is excited when Moose joins the Junior Jaybird Girls because she was in the group once and is in the running to be Moose's sponsor—until P.A. discovers that she never got her last badge and must join the Junior Jaybirds in order to get it. | |||||||||||||
| 52 | 26 | "The Way They Were" | Bob Shellhorn & Woody Yocum | Matthew Negrete & Nahnatchka Khan | Jim Caswell, Lyndon Ruddy, Elaine Hultgren, Shavonne Cherry, John Nevarez & Mark Teague | February 27, 2000 | 4346-231[1] | ||||||
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Half-hour episode. Milo, Nicky and Pepper Ann's latest argument causes the three to split up, while flashbacks show how the trio met up in the first place. | |||||||||||||
Season 4 (2000)
editThe fourth season of Pepper Ann consists of 13 episodes (23 segments). Due to crediting inconsistencies, the episodes are ordered below by their package order (as featured on Disney+) and not their original broadcast order.
Note: This season was produced concurrently with the previous season,[3] and is sometimes considered part of the third season.[4] Episodes from this season premiered interchangeably on ABC and UPN (in syndication).
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| 53 | 1 | "The One with Mr. Reason" | Richard Bowman & Woody Yocum | Scott M. Gimple | Wendy Grieb, Elaine Hultgren & Mark Teague | September 9, 2000 | N/A | |||||
| "Sense and Senselessness" | Madellaine Paxson | |||||||||||
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"'The One with Mr. Reason"': It's a new semester and Pepper Ann is assigned woodshop with Mr. Reason, a teacher who uses tough love to make his students excel, which Pepper Ann doesn't like. "'Sense and Senselessness"': Pepper Ann uses a relationship book to figure out which of her three admirers she wants to take to a party. | ||||||||||||
| 54 | 2 | "Dear Debby" | Rick Leon, Mircea Mannta & Bob Shellhorn | Emily Kapnek | John Nevarez, Gilbert Weems Jr., Chuck Grieb & Mark Teague | November 13, 2000 | N/A | |||||
| "Reality Bytes" | Allison Heartinger | September 16, 2000 | ||||||||||
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"'Dear Debby"': Pepper Ann thinks her Aunt Janie is having marital problems after reading an advice column. Note: This segment was paired with "Forging Ahead" for ABC and UPN broadcasts. | ||||||||||||
| 55 | 3 | "Complementary Colors" | Richard Bowman & Woody Yocum | Madellaine Paxson | Elaine Hultgren, Craig Kemplin & Mark Teague | November 4, 2000 | 4346-307[1] | |||||
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Half-hour episode. Pepper Ann runs for student office against Alice Kane. Guest voices: Mark Hamill as himself. | ||||||||||||
| 56 | 4 | "Searching for Pepper Ann Pearson" | Rick Leon & Mircea Mantta | Mo Rocca | Wendy Grieb, Gilbert Weems Jr., Mark Teague & Chuck Grieb | November 16, 2000 | N/A | |||||
| "Forging Ahead" | Eddy Sato | September 16, 2000 | ||||||||||
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"'Searching for Pepper Ann Pearson"': Pepper Ann sneaks out of detention and heads to the park, where she wins her first game of chess ever against a seasoned master. Note: This segment was paired with "Reality Bytes" for ABC and UPN broadcasts. | ||||||||||||
| 57 | 5 | "Carmello" | Richard Bowman & Woody Yocunm | Allison Heartinger | Fred Gonzales, John Nevarez & Mark Teague | September 23, 2000 | N/A | |||||
| "Too Cool to be Mom" | Emily Kapnek | November 13, 2000 | ||||||||||
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"'Carmello"': Pepper Ann is excited when her science class begins dissecting frogs, but the excitement wanes when Pepper Ann bonds with her frog, Carmello, before the assignment. Note: This segment was paired with "Dear Debby" for UPN broadcasts. | ||||||||||||
| 58 | 6 | "The Word" | Rick Leon & Mircea Mantta | Mirith J.S. Colao | Elaine Hultgren, Craig Kemplin & Mark Teague | November 17, 2000 | N/A | |||||
| "The Perfect Couple" | Laura McCreary | |||||||||||
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"'The Word"': Pepper Ann sees a bizarre word ("frazny") written on the bathroom wall and tries to make it trendy. "'The Perfect Couple"': Pepper Ann throws Nicky and Stuart a surprise party since she considers them to be "the perfect couple", right when Nicky and Stuart decide to break up. Meanwhile, Milo and Gwen have trouble announcing their newfound coupledom. | ||||||||||||
| 59 | 7 | "The Merry Lives of Pepper Ann" | Richard Bowman & Joanna Romersa | Scott M. Gimple | Wendy Grieb, Gilbert Weems Jr. & Mark Teague | November 5, 2000 | 4346-309[1] | |||||
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Half-hour episode. Sick of the grind of everyday preteen life, Pepper Ann gets involved in a medieval fair, where she takes the alias of Lady Gwynne. | ||||||||||||
| 60 | 8 | "Strike it or Not" | Mircea Mannta & Woody Yocum | Matthew Negrete | Alfred Gonzales, John Nevarez & Mark Teague | September 23, 2000 | N/A | |||||
| "Moose in Love" | Madellaine Paxson | November 14, 2000 | ||||||||||
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"'Strike it or Not"': Hazelnut Middle School is shut down due to the teachers' strike, and Pepper Ann initially enjoys the time off from school -- until she learns that the school's budget cuts could affect the soccer team. Note: This segment was paired with "Two's Company" for UPN broadcasts. | ||||||||||||
| 61 | 9 | "Two's Company" | Rick Leon & Joanna Romersa | Mirith J.S. Colao | Elaine Hultgren, Craig S. Kemplin, John Nevarez & Mark Teague | November 14, 2000 | N/A | |||||
| "A is for Average" | Eddy Sato | November 6, 2000 | ||||||||||
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"'Two's Company"': When Nicky and Milo break up from their respective partners (Stuart and Gwen), Pepper Ann suggests Milo and Nicky date each other to make each of their exes jealous. Note: This segment was paired with "Alice Kane Went Down to Calcutta" for ABC and UPN broadcasts. | ||||||||||||
| 62 | 10 | "That's My Mama Destructo" | Richard Bowman & Joanna Romersa | Scott M. Gimple | Wendy Grieb, Gilbert Weems Jr. & John Nevarez | November 15, 2000 | N/A | |||||
| "Unhappy Campers" | Madellaine Paxson | November 16, 2000 | ||||||||||
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"'That's My Mama Destructo"': Pepper Ann wins the chance to have her favorite wrestler, Mama Destructo, teach seventh grade math for a week, which goes pear-shape when Mama Destructo turns out to be a lousy teacher. Guest star: Alex Trebek Note: This segment was paired with "Searching for Pepper Ann Pearson" for UPN broadcasts. | ||||||||||||
| 63 | 11 | "The Finale" | Rick Leon & Mircea Mannta | Matthew Negrete | Fred Gonzales & John Nevarez | November 18, 2000 | 4346-319[1] | |||||
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Half-hour series finale. Fifteen years into the future, Pepper Ann (now a 27-year-old educational toy maker) is invited to her reunion, where she must stop them from digging up a time capsule, which contains an embarrassing letter she wrote when she was 12. Guest voices: Mark Hamill and Alex Trebek Note: Despite being aired and written as the series finale, this episode was produced and packaged as the third-to-last episode. | ||||||||||||
| 64 | 12 | "Spice of Life" | Richard Bowman & Joanna Romersa | Mirith J.S. Colao | Craig S. Kemplin, Elaine Hultgren & John Nevarez | November 12, 2000 | N/A | |||||
| "Alice Kane Went Down to Calcutta" | Laura McCreary | November 6, 2000 | ||||||||||
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"'Spice of Life"': Pepper Ann deals with a mean old woman who doesn't like door-to-door salespeople, but when she dies (and Pepper Ann finds out that she's the mother of school secretary Vera), Pepper Ann offers to speak at her funeral, but how can she eulogize someone she hates and barely knows? Note: This segment was paired with "A is for Average" for ABC and UPN broadcasts. | ||||||||||||
| 65 | 13 | "T.G.I.F." | Richard Bowman, Mircea Mannta & Bob Shellhorn | Madellaine Paxson | Wendy Grieb, Elaine Hultgren, Gilbert Weems Jr. & John Nevarez | November 12, 2000 | N/A | |||||
| "Zen and the Art of Milo" | Scott M. Gimple & Laura McCreary | November 15, 2000 | ||||||||||
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"'T.G.I.F."': In this parody of the Bill Murray comedy "Groundhog Day", Pepper Ann fakes sick to get out of taking a history test she didn't study for -- and finds herself living the same day over and over again until she can change history. Note: This segment was paired with "That's My Mama Destructo" for UPN broadcasts. | ||||||||||||
References
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