Pepper Ann was the story of a seventh grade girl trying to live a normal life. It debuted on One Saturday Morning.
Characters[]
- Jennifer "Pepper" Ann Pearson- the star of the show. She is in seventh grade and has auburn hair. She is also Jewish. Her nicknames are "Peppie" and "P.A.".
- Nicky Little- Pepper Ann's best friend. She is a blonde.
- Lydia Pearson- Pepper Ann's mother. She is divorced.
- Margaret Rose "Moose" Pearson- Pepper Ann's very masculine little sister. She idolizes PA.
- Milo Kamalani- another friend of Pepper Ann. He is African-American and wears multicolored clothes and a stocking cap. He speaks like a surfer dude.
- Craig Bean- An 8th grader whom Pepper Ann has a crush on
- Principal Hickey- voiced by Don Adams
- Pink-Eye Pete
Specials[]
Chanukah- Pepper Ann celebrates her Jewish heritage.
Controversy[]
- In one episode, in order to save up money for a concert, Pepper Ann and Milo use "will work for" signs similar to those the homeless use
- In one episode, Pepper Ann needs a support for PE so she can prepare for using the trampoline. She mistakes this for needing to have a bra, leading the entire episode to be about puberty (although the word "puberty" is never mentioned, it is instead replaced with the word "support" as if censored). At the end, PA has to show her support. She displays her bra, much to the shock of the entire school as she has essentially flashed everyone.
- In one episode, PA's mom mentions that PA is not old enough for the lambada.
Trivia[]
- Each episode had a different ending for the introduction, similar to the Couch Gag at the end of the intro to The Simpsons.
- In one episode, PA imagines herself on "That's Entertaining", a parody of That's Entertainment. In the same episode, Milo wears an apron that says "Got Juice", a parody of Got Milk.
- In the first episode, Milo shows off a surreal artwork he is working on. It resembles The Scream by Edvard Munch.
- In one episode, the students get jobs. One of them says that Loco Yono was at her store, a parody of Yoko Ono.
- In the third episode, Pepper Ann reunites with her childhood friend Brenda, only to discover they have nothing in common anymore and cannot escape her no matter what. Brenda is even seen wearing an "I'm with her" T-shirt, popular for awhile in the nineties (I'm with him for the women). A billboard says "Got Brenda" during her mania, a parody of the iconic "Got Milk" campaign. When Pepper Ann is finally trying to convince herself to be honest with Brenda, she says "she can't handle the truth", an iconic line from the film "A Few Good Men".
- In one episode, Pepper Ann's favorite rock star turns out to be a good friend of her mom. However, whenever the public sees him at her house he instantly switches to his real identity as a dweeb. In one instance, he is seen watching a show about a horse that talks. This is a reference to 60s comedy Mr. Ed.
- In one episode, Pepper Ann is watching a TV show about "ducks that play hockey", a reference to Mighty Ducks: the Animated Series
- In one episode, Nicky gets tired of being perfect. She adopts a polar opposite lifestyle named "Nickay". Near the end of the episode she has a nightmare related to failing her Italian test where she gets the wrong response on Jeopardy with the category being "Basic Italian Phrases".