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[[File:pepperanncast_5224.jpg|frame|From Left to Right: Milo, Lydia, Pepper Ann, Moose, and Nicky]]

 

'''''Pepper Ann''''' is a [[The Nineties|1990s]] Disney-created [[Saturday Morning Cartoon]] that ran on ABC's ''[[One Saturday Morning]]'' from 1997-2001. It centers on Pepper Ann, a 12-year-old girl and her other classmates. Her parents are divorced; she lives with her mother and younger sister "Moose." With her two best friends, Nicky and Milo, she goes through a reasonably plausible series of junior high adventures. The series was inspired by short multi-paneled comic strips about Pepper Ann, which appeared intermittently in magazines geared at tween girls.

 

** Also with the character of ''Di''di O' ''S''haugh''n''ess''ey'', who is basically Pepper Ann after [[Executive Meddling]].

* [[Adorkable]]: The title character.

* [[Alpha Bitch]]: Alice and Trinket

* [[Dean Bitterman]]: Principal Hickey, early on was like this.

* [[Distant Finale]]: "The Finale" skips 15 years into the future to show what everyone will become after graduating middle school.

* [[Dumb Blonde]]: Cissy Rooney

* [[Everyone Went to School Together]]: As seen in a flashback episode, it seems that everyone in Hazelnut Middle School was in the same kindergarten class.

* [[Female Misogynist]]: In "The Sisterhood" Grandma Lillian is shown to have very old fashioned views on a woman's role in life.

* [[Fiery Redhead]]: Pepper Ann

* [[Fictional Video Game]]: Crunch Pod

* [[Freaky Friday Flip]]: There was a ''Freaky Friday''-style episode with Pepper Ann and Lydia switching personalities after the two of them argue over who has it tougher.

* [[Friendly Enemies]]: Janie and Margot in "The Sisterhood" until Janie realises she doesn't have to pretend to like Margot just because she's a fellow woman.

** In the episode "You Oughta Be in Musicals!," a police officer is seen releasing a hooker from handcuffs. Admittedly, she could easily be confused for an overdressed fashion victim, if not for the police officer exclaiming "Go free, you little vixen!"

** This exchange from the episode where Nicky's big sister visits:

'''Becky:''' No, after that. The swan part. }}

** On the episode where Pepper Ann tries to get her dad to appear on a game show with her, Pepper Ann reads some of her dad's old love letters to her mom...all of which have the risque parts removed (including one letter in which everything is cut except for "Dear Lydia").

* [[Girlish Pigtails]]: Gwen Mezzrow

* [[Gossipy Hens]]: Tessa and Vanessa

* [[Groundhog Day Loop]]: "T.G.I.F."

* [[Hartman Hips]]: Pepper Ann's mom is a rare overweight example.

** The cynical substitute teacher Ms. Bladdar is voiced by Bebe Neuwirth (who played Fraiser Crane's ex-wife on ''Cheers'' and ''Fraiser'').

** Milo Kamalani is voiced by Danny Cooksey, best remembered for playing Bobby Budnick on ''Salute Your Shorts'' and voicing Montana Max on ''Tiny Toon Adventures''.

** [[Rich Bitch]] Trinket is voiced by Jenna van Oy (Six from ''Blossom'').

** Coach Doogan is voiced by Kathy Najimy (Peggy Hill of ''[[King of the Hill]]'')

** Chuck Pearson (Pepper Ann's father) is voiced by Maurice [[La Marche]] and apparently the one thing he and Don Adams have in common is that they both voiced ''[[Inspector Gadget]]'' With Maurice voicing Gadget when Don Adams wasn't available.

** Moose is [[Recess|Spinelli]]...and [[King of the Hill|Bobby Hill]]...and [[Time Squad|Otto Osworth]]...and a lot of other prepubescent boys (Adlon rarely, if ever, plays girls. If she does play girls, they're tomboys, like Moose and Spinelli).

** Nicky's on/off boyfriend Stuart is [[Cam Clarke]], [[Metal Gear Solid|Liquid Snake]] and the singing voice of [[The Lion King|Simba]].

* [[Hold Up Your Score]]

** There was the episode "Myself, My Mother," which is an homage to ''[[Freaky Friday]]''.

* [[Hypocritical Humor]]: Pepper Ann's mother in "The Sisterhood" forces Pepper Ann to go to a Woman's bonding weekend seminar, talking about how ''her'' mother forced her to do all sorts of things she didn't want to and learned all sorts of skills that had no place in the real world (all the while making her do stuff like chainsaw ice statues and participate in a mock women's rights protest)

* [[Imagine Spot]]: Lots and lots. Let's just say Pepper Ann has a very... active imagination.

* [[I Want My Beloved to Be Happy|I Want My Friend to Be Happy]]: Nicky also has a crush on Craig Bean, but she's still willing to help Pepper Ann get with him.

* [[Jewish Mother]]: Averted with Lydia, but played straight with her own mom.

* [[Keep Circulating the Tapes]]: There have been no VHS ''or'' DVD releases of the show.

* [[Kids Shouldn't Watch Horror Films]]: Pepper Ann gets invited to a slumber party where they will be watching the R-rated film ''Gutter Clowns'', which Lydia warns Pepper Ann against seeing. At first Pepper Ann tries to stop the girls at the party from watching the film but ends up watching it anyway and is terrified for the next few days.

* [[Late for School]]: If the opening is any indication (and the fact that her science teacher has preprinted detention slips made exclusively for Pepper Ann's tardiness), Pepper Ann is late every day.

* [[Mama Bear]]: Lydia is hinted at having this side to her. One time, she physically threatens a waiter who is making her late for Pepper Ann's play.

** In the ''Romeo & Juliet'' episode, Pepper Ann, Nicky, and Milo wind up in Ms. Stark's.

* [[Muscles Are Meaningless]]: Nicky Little is just as skinny as her two friends, but ridiculously strong. A childhood flashback shows that ''she'' was the [[Cute Bruiser|local bully]], overpowering a much larger kid who would normally be considered the bully.

* [[Musical Episode]]: Parodied, with everything suddenly turning into a musical with Pepper Ann being the only one who notices everyone is bursting into song and dance spontaneously.

* [[My Hair Came Out Green]]: Pepper Ann's hair turns green when she tries dyeing it ''blue''.

* [[New Transfer Student]]: Amber, the Locker Bandit.

* [[Nightmare Fuel]]: An in-universe example that's [[Played for Laughs]]. Nicky and Becky are both terrified of swans, and none of them remembers why. At the end of the episode, their mom throws a box of their old toys out...and inside is a swan that, when active, has glowing red eyes and says, "Swan wants to PLAAAAAAAYYYYY" in a very intentionally scary voice.

** [[Mark Hamill]] is a [[Recurring Character]] with [[Running Gag|strong jokey overtones]]. [[Twenty Minutes Into the Future|In the near future]], he is elected President.

* [[Noodle People]]: Every character. Even the overweight characters have skinny arms.

* [[One of the Boys]]: Moose

** Also Pepper Ann on an episode where Pepper Ann enters a beauty contest to prove her femininity.

* [[Only Sane Man]]: When she is not having her random outburts, Nicky is close to being the only Normal person in Hazelenut.

** Maybe Moose as well.

* [[Parental Bonus]]: In the first episode Pepper Ann goes into Abe's Mall (which features a big statue of Abe Lincoln out front) to buy some pimple cream. The names of various shops in the mall float behind her, including "John Wilkes Photo Booth," "Getty's Burgers," "Four Score and Seven Year Pets," and "Civil Wear."

** Nearly everything the [[Jerkass]] [[Nietzsche Wannabe]] title character of the episode "Effie Shrugged" says is some kind of literary reference.

* [[Rise of Zitboy]]: "Ziterella"

* [[Samus Is a Girl]]: Most of the family (and the viewers) thought Moose was a boy until the Thanksgiving episode.

* [[Science Fair]]: An area of contention between Pepper Ann and Alice.

* [[Shallow Love Interest]]: Craig Bean to Pepper Ann.

* [[Shoulder Angels]]: Sort of. Pepper Ann often deals with situations by talking/arguing to her reflection, which can on any given day be her conscience and chide her for doing something wrong, be her anti-conscience and encourage her to not think about consequences, reassure her about something, express her doubts, or simply be her common sense, which loops back to being her conscience.

* [[Sibling Rivalry]]: Between Nicky and Becky. Nicky is jealous that Becky has all sorts of athletic trophies and good-name stuff under her belt and her parents ''clearly'' favoured her whenever she was around. However, when she finally confronts Becky about this, Becky admits that Nicky is far more creative (Being more musically inclined) and is ''far'' stronger than she is. [[Fridge Brilliance]] when you consider that even if Becky has athletic trophies; they're all for more agility-based sports.

* [[Slice of Life]]: Was made when this genre was starting to get popular.

* [[Spin the Bottle]]: Happens at Dieter's unsupervised birthday party, to Pepper Ann's chagrin. As it happens, Nicky is the only person to get spun (and subsequently smooched) before everyone decides that the game is boring and they decide to play video games.

Pepper Ann: "Don't you think I know that?" }}

* [[The Renaissance Age of Animation]]

* [[Tomboy and Girly Girl]]: Pepper Ann and Nicky.

* [[Tomboyish Ponytail]]: The title character has one, and yes, she's a tomboy.

* [[Tsundere]]: Gwen Mezzrow acted this way towards Milo.

* [[Unintentional Period Piece]]: Though it's aged better than other examples.

* [[Valley Girl]]: Cissy Rooney (only Cissy was voiced by [[Kath Soucie]], not Gail Matthius)

* [[Violent Glaswegian]]: Shelf McLain, the school bully. It apparently runs in the family.

* [[Voices Are Mental]]: A noteworthy rare ''aversion'' of this; when Pepper Ann and her mom swap minds, the voice actors do not trade jobs, but they do trade inflections and speech patterns.

** Allegedly, Pepper Ann's "real" name is Jennifer, but this is never spoken on the show, nor is it officially confirmed. It is only seen on some old Internet episode guide listings.

* [[Yamato Nadeshiko]]: Nicky Little is a lot more soft-spoken especially compared to her younger self, but still as tough as iron. Of course, she still shows streaks of...

** [[Cute and Psycho]]: A running gag with Nicky is her short tempered personality. It becomes even more apparent when it's revealed she used to be a grade-school bully in The Way They Were.