September 13, 1997 (1997-09-13) – November 18, 2000 (2000-11-18)
Pepper Ann is an American animated television series created by
Sue Rose and aired on
Disney's One Saturday Morning on
ABC.[2] It first premiered on September 13, 1997, and ended on November 18, 2000.[3]Pepper Ann was the first Disney animated television series to be created by a woman.
Pepper Ann centers 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 in
YM magazine.[4]
ABC (Disney's One Saturday Morning) UPN (Disney's One Too)
Characters
Main
Pepper Ann Pearson (voiced by
Kathleen Wilhoite) is the titular
protagonist of 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 by
Clea Lewis) is Pepper Ann's blonde-haired best friend, who is a shy and timid over-achiever.
Milo Kamalani (voiced by
Danny Cooksey) is Pepper Ann's other best friend, who is a laid-back artist.
Lydia Pearson (voiced by
April Winchell) is the mother of Pepper Ann and Moose.
Margaret Rose "Moose" Pearson (voiced by
Pamela Adlon) is Pepper Ann's stoic younger 7-year-old sister.
Recurring
Principal Herb Hickey (voiced by
Don Adams) is Hazelnut Middle School's tough disciplinarian with zero-tolerance for Pepper Ann's shenanigans. This was Adams's final role on television.
Roland Carter (voiced by
Jim 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 by
April Winchell) is the math teacher at Hazelnut Middle School who is also in charge of the drama club.
Janie Lilly Diggety (voiced by
Susan Tolsky) is Pepper Ann and Moose's aunt and Lydia's sister who served in the Peace Corps.
JoJo Diggety (voiced by
Tino Insana) is Pepper Ann and Moose's uncle and Janie's husband who works as a cop.
Trinket St. Blair (voiced by
Jenna von Oÿ) is a spoiled, rich, popular girl who is Pepper Ann's nemesis.
Cissy Rooney (voiced by
Kath Soucie) is an air-headed popular girl who is Trinket's best friend.
Dieter Lederhosen (voiced by
Jeff Bennett) is a German immigrant in Pepper Ann's class who loves food, especially
strudel.
Tessa & Vanessa James (both voiced by
Cree 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 from
pink eye.
Craig Bean (voiced by Jeff Bennett) is the "cool" 8th grader and Pepper Ann's love interest.
Alice Kane (voiced by
Lauren Tom) is Pepper Ann's nerdy rival.
Gwen Mezzrow (voiced by
Kimmy 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".
All 65 episodes of the series were released on
Disney+ 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 of
GMTV and
RTÉ
^Perlmutter, David (2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 451.
ISBN978-1538103739.
^Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. pp. 267–268.
ISBN978-1476665993.