Pepper Ann
Series, 1997, One Saturday Morning, Set in Hazelnut
Pepper Ann is #15 of 22 in release order and #15 of 22 in chronological order in the ABC Saturday Morning Cartoons.
The story
The quirky adventures of Pepper Ann, a 12-year-old girl trying to get through life with her family and friends.
Pepper Ann recap
Pepper Ann Pearson is a bespectacled 12-year-old at Hazelnut Middle School whose everyday problems play out as big imaginary fantasies. She lives with her mother Lydia, who is divorced from her father Chuck, and her skateboarding little sister Moose. Her best friends are Nicky Little, an overachieving perfectionist, and Milo Kamalani, a laid-back artist. Her crush is the eighth-grader Craig Bean, and her rivals include the rich Trinket St. Blair and the academic Alice Kane. Principal Hickey runs the school, and Pepper Ann's schemes to look mature or popular usually fall apart by the end of the episode, leaving her a little wiser. Over four seasons, from 1997 to 2001, which aired on ABC, UPN and finally Disney Channel, the show deals with crushes, popularity, body worries and family life with an honesty unusual for a Saturday morning cartoon.
Pepper Ann ending explained
The episode written as the finale, "The Finale," jumps fifteen years ahead: Pepper Ann, now 27 and making educational toys, goes to a Hazelnut Middle School reunion and tries to stop her old classmates from opening a time capsule holding an embarrassing letter she wrote at 12. It was not the last episode to air. There has been no revival.
Where to watch Pepper Ann
Pepper Ann is streaming on Disney+ in the US.
Ratings
IMDb 7.1/10
Where it fits
- Release order: after Recess, before 101 Dalmatians: The Series.
- Chronological order: after Recess, before 101 Dalmatians: The Series.
Cast
- Kathleen Wilhoite as Pepper Ann (voice)
- Danny Cooksey as Milo (voice)
- Clea Lewis as Nicky (voice)
- April Winchell as Mom (voice)
- Pamela Adlon as Moose (voice)
- Jeff Bennett as Craig Bean / Pink-Eye Pete / Additional Voices (voice)
- Kath Soucie as Mail Lady (voice)
- Candi Milo as Rose (voice)
- Jenna Von Oÿ as Trinket St. Blair (voice)
- Tino Insana as Uncle Jo Jo (voice)
- Susan Tolsky as Aunt Janie Diggety / Aunt Lanie (voice)
- Cree Summer as Tessa and Vanessa James (voice)
Created by Sue Rose.