Pepper Ann

*Pepper Ann*
Pepper Ann
Genre	Animated sitcom; Teen comedy;
Created by	Sue Rose
Based on	Pepper Ann; by Sue Rose
Directed by	Sherie Pollack (season 1); Brad Goodchild (seasons 2–5);
Voices of	Kathleen Wilhoite; Clea Lewis; Danny Cooksey; Pamela Adlon; April Winchell; Cree Summer; Candi Milo; Don Adams; Jim Cummings; Kath Soucie; Tino Insana; Jeff Bennett;
Theme music composer	Brian Woodbury
Composer	Pat Irwin
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No.of seasons	5
No.of episodes	65 (113 segments)(list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Sue Rose; Nahnatchka Khan;
Running time	22 minutes
Production companies	Walt Disney Television Animation; Buena Vista International, Inc.
Original release
Network	ABC(seasons 1–3); UPN(seasons 4–5);
Release	September 13, 1997–; November 18, 2000

Pepper Annis an American animated television series created bySue Roseand aired onDisney's One Saturday MorningonABC.^[2]It first premiered on September 13, 1997, and ended on November 18, 2000.^[3]Pepper Annwas the first Disney animated television series to be created by a woman.

Tom Warburton,who later createdCartoon Network'sCodename: Kids Next Door,served as the lead character designer for the series.

Overview

Pepper Anncenters on the trials and tribulations that occur during the titular character's adolescence and charts her ups and downs at Hazelnut Middle School. The character originated in a comic strip published inYMmagazine.^[4]

Episodes

Season		Episodes	Originally aired
Season		Episodes	First aired	Last aired	Network
	1	13	September 13, 1997(1997-09-13)	January 24, 1998(1998-01-24)	ABC(Disney's One Saturday Morning)
	2	13	September 12, 1998(1998-09-12)	January 16, 1999(1999-01-16)
	3	8	September 11, 1999(1999-09-11)	January 22, 2000(2000-01-22)
	4	18	February 6, 2000(2000-02-06)	February 27, 2000(2000-02-27)	UPN(Disney's One Too)
	5	13	September 9, 2000(2000-09-09)	November 18, 2000(2000-11-18)	ABC (Disney's One Saturday Morning) UPN (Disney's One Too)

Characters

Main

Pepper Ann Pearson (voiced byKathleen Wilhoite) is the titularprotagonistof the series, who is a bespectacled, 12-year-old girl whose emotions come out in fantasies. She is of Jewish faith from her mother's side (as stated in the holiday-themed episode).
Nicky Anais Little (voiced byClea Lewis) is Pepper Ann's blonde-haired best friend, who is a shy and timid over-achiever.
Milo Kamalani (voiced byDanny Cooksey) is Pepper Ann's other best friend, who is a laid-back artist.
Lydia Pearson (voiced byApril Winchell) is the mother of Pepper Ann and Moose.
Margaret Rose "Moose" Pearson (voiced byPamela Adlon) is Pepper Ann's stoic younger 7-year-old sister.

Recurring

Principal Herb Hickey (voiced byDon Adams) is Hazelnut Middle School's tough disciplinarian with zero-tolerance for Pepper Ann's shenanigans. This was Adams's final role on television.
Vera Groober-Schwartz (voiced byPaddi Edwards) is Hazelnut Middle School'ssecretary.
Roland Carter (voiced byJim Cummings) is a science teacher at Hazelnut Middle School who is passionate about what he teaches. He is known for giving Pepper Ann detention slips, but does believe that she can be a good student even when she successfully does her assignments.
Abriola Stark (voiced byApril Winchell) is the math teacher at Hazelnut Middle School who is also in charge of the drama club.
Janie Lilly Diggety (voiced bySusan Tolsky) is Pepper Ann and Moose's aunt and Lydia's sister who served in the Peace Corps.
JoJo Diggety (voiced byTino Insana) is Pepper Ann and Moose's uncle and Janie's husband who works as a cop.
Trinket St. Blair (voiced byJenna von Oÿ) is a spoiled, rich, popular girl who is Pepper Ann's nemesis.
Cissy Rooney (voiced byKath Soucie) is an air-headed popular girl who is Trinket's best friend.
Dieter Lederhosen (voiced byJeff Bennett) is a German immigrant in Pepper Ann's class who loves food, especiallystrudel.
Tessa & Vanessa James (both voiced byCree Summer) are two gossipy black twin sisters who finish each other's sentences.
Peter "Pink-Eye Pete" Oglevee (voiced by Jeff Bennett) is a nerdy kid who suffers frompink eye.
Craig Bean (voiced by Jeff Bennett) is the "cool" 8th grader and Pepper Ann's love interest.
Alice Kane (voiced byLauren Tom) is Pepper Ann's nerdy rival.
Gwen Mezzrow (voiced byKimmy Robertson) is a bubbly girl who constantly alternates between stalking Milo and being entirely uninterested in him in favor of Dieter.
Sketch (voiced by Karen Duffy) is an 8th grader that Pepper Ann admires for her "coolness".
Shelf McClain (voiced by Jeff Bennett) is a Scottish student in Pepper Ann's class who bullies other students and steals their lunch money.

Broadcast and home media

Pepper Annwas aired as part of theDisney's One Saturday Morningblock onABCfrom 1997 to 2001. Reruns were also shown onDisney's One TooonUPNduring the 2000–01 season, and later onDisney Channel,and onToon Disneyuntil 2008.

All 65 episodes of the series were released onDisney+on September 8, 2021,^[5]with the episodes from seasons 4–5 listed under season 3 on the platform and most of the season 5's episode segments that are in mismatched order.^[6]

Internationally, the show aired on the likes ofGMTVandRTÉ

Legacy

Notes

^Animation outsourced toSunwoo Entertainmentand The Hana Animation Company.

References

^Mallory, Michael (March 19, 2000)."Move Over, Old Men".The Los Angeles Times.RetrievedJune 3,2022.
^Perlmutter, David (2018).The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows.Rowman & Littlefield. p. 451.ISBN 978-1538103739.
^Erickson, Hal (2005).Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003(2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. pp. 267–268.ISBN 978-1476665993.
^Gerston, Jill (November 23, 1997)."SIGNOFF; A Spunky Heroine Navigates Adolescence".The New York Times.RetrievedAugust 12,2011.
^Johnson, Zach (August 17, 2021)."Everything New You Can Stream on Disney+ in September 2021".D23.RetrievedAugust 17,2021.
^Pepper AnnonDisney+

External links

Pepper AnnatIMDb

[2] Animation outsourced toSunwoo Entertainmentand The Hana Animation Company.

[1] Mallory, Michael (March 19, 2000)."Move Over, Old Men".The Los Angeles Times.RetrievedJune 3,2022.

[Perlmutter-3] Perlmutter, David (2018).The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows.Rowman & Littlefield. p. 451.ISBN 978-1538103739.

[4] Erickson, Hal (2005).Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003(2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. pp. 267–268.ISBN 978-1476665993.

[nytimes-5] Gerston, Jill (November 23, 1997)."SIGNOFF; A Spunky Heroine Navigates Adolescence".The New York Times.RetrievedAugust 12,2011.

[6] Johnson, Zach (August 17, 2021)."Everything New You Can Stream on Disney+ in September 2021".D23.RetrievedAugust 17,2021.

[7] Pepper AnnonDisney+

[D-8] Productions listed here had Disney Television Animation's involvement go uncredited.

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