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"A Valentine's Day Tune" is the 13th episode of the fourth season of Pepper Ann. It aired on February 14, 2000.

Synopsis[]

In this Valentine's Day spin on A Christmas Carol, Pepper Ann is visited by the ghosts of her past, present, and future to see why she hates Valentine's Day, what others think about her hatred of the holiday, and what will happen if she doesn't change her ways.

Plot[]

With Valentine's Day approaching, Pepper Ann is grumpier than ever; having a strong dislike for the holiday despite everyone including her friends enjoying the festivities. All of her school activities are muddled by the Valentine's decorations as she angrily lambasts the holidays, much to Milo and Nicky's displeasure, and comes home to Lydia trying to bake a reasonable cake. At night, Pepper Ann is visited by a spirit resembling Effie Shrugg who tells her that she will be haunted by three spirits who will change her ways or else face doom.

Pepper Ann awakens to the sight of Stan "The Cookie" Cookerstein, the first boy she ever had a crush on who takes Pepper Ann away to the past. One year after Lydia and Chuck's divorce, Pepper Ann attempted to bring them back together via Valentine's Day. Though both of them saw right through it, they admired her creativity. Sometime later, Lydia buys a locket that she once wanted as a child and decides to give it to Pepper Ann, who carelessly put it away without a second thought. Pepper Ann is brought back home where she is visited by the second spirit, Brenda.

Brenda takes Pepper Ann downstairs to show her that Lydia is hard at work baking and then shows bully Shelf McClain longing for a Valentine. At the dance, Milo and Nicky are disappointed that Pepper Ann did not come as they brought gifts for her and become sad and miserable while Craig decides to leave as well. Pepper Ann is visited by the third spirit, later revealed to be Vera, who shows that in the future, she becomes a Nobel prize winning scientist like she dreamed, but becomes a literal cold hearted person who despises all forms of love among her employees.

Pepper Ann awakens in a brighter mood and helps Lydia bake a proper cake for the holiday before heading to school. She happily greets Milo and Nicky who are surprised by her sudden change in tune. At the dance, Lydia's cake is such a hit that Dieter does not want to eat it for its design. Pepper Ann discovers that Milo and Nicky did not prepare any gifts, somewhat confusing her, but Craig arrives to play a song that he had written for Pepper Ann. Shelf, who angrily denounced getting a Valentine's card, privately declares his love for the holiday.

Cast[]

Desk Gag[]

"Cool, a mood ring!"

Trivia[]

  • The episode is obviously a riff on A Christmas Carol.
  • Craig finally performs the song he had prepared for Pepper Ann since "The First Date Club".
  • This episode features the return of characters Effie Shrugg and Brenda, referencing the events of "Effie Shrugged" and "Old Best Friend".

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Media
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Characters
Pepper Ann PearsonAlter EgoNicky LittleMilo KamalaniMoose PearsonBecky LittleDieter LiederhosenTrinket St. BlairCissy RooneyTessa and Vanessa JamesPink-Eye PeteAlice KaneGwen MezzrowStuart WalldingerShelf McClainConstance GoldmanLamar Abu-DabeCraig BeanSketchCrashLydia PearsonChuck PearsonJanie DiggityJo Jo DiggityNed DiggityCrying GirlBrendaMean GirlEffie ShruggAbriola StarkCarlotta SneedRoland CarterCoach DooganBronte BladdarSherman FinkyVera Groober-SchwartzPrincipal HickeyHazelnutians
Episodes
Season 1: "Ziterella" • "Romeo & Juliet" / "Food Barn" • "Old Best Friend" / "Crunch Pod" • "Psychic Moose" / "Doll & Chain" • "Megablades of Grass" / "Family Vacation" • "Sani-Paper" / "The Big Pencil" • "Uniform, Uniformity" / "Snot Your Mother's Music" • "The Environ-Mentals" • "In Support of" / "Nicky Gone Bad" • "Soccer Season" / "Crush & Burn" • "Thanksgiving Dad" • "Have You Ever Been Unsupervised" / "The Unusual Suspects" • "Sketch 22" / "Manly Milo"

Season 2: "Quiz Bowl" / "License to Drive" • "Cocoon Gables" / "Green-Eyed Monster" • "Hazelnut's Finest" / "Cat Scan" • "An Otterbiography" / "Greensleeves" • "Vanessa Less Tessa" / "Peer Counselor P.A." • "A 'Tween Halloween" / "Mash into Me" • "Framed" / "Radio Freak Hazelnut" • "Presenting Stewart Waldinger" / "P.A.'s Life in a Nutshell" • "Like Riding a Bike" • "Portrait of the Artist as a Young Milo" / "The Sisterhood" • "Impractical Jokes" / "Cold Feet" • "Doppelganger Didi" / "Pepper Ann's Day Off-Kilter" • "A No Hair Day" / "That's My Dad"
Season 3: "Burn, Hazelnut, Burn" / "The Wash-Out" • "G.I. Janie" / "Miss Moose" • "Pepper Shaker" / "Flaw and Order" • "Def Comedy Mom" / "Career Daze" • "Baggy Bean Buddies" / "The Spanish Imposition" • "The Beans of Wrath" / "Effie Shrugged" • "The Velvet Room" • "One Angry Woman" • "The Sellout" / "The Tell Tale Fuzzy" • "Dances with Ignorance" / "Girl Power" • "Sammy's Song" / "Permanent Record" • "Live and Let Dye" • "Remote Possibilities" / "Considering Constance" • "You Oughta Be in Musicals!" • "Beyond Good and Evel" / "One of the Guys" • "The First Date Club" / "Unicycle of Life" • "To Germany with Love" • "A Valentine's Day Tune" • "Bye Bye Trinket" / "P.A.'s Pop Fly" • "My Mother, Myself" • "The Amazing Becky Little" • "A Kosher Christmas" • "The Untitled Milo Kamalani Project" / "Guess Who's Coming to the Theater" • "Single Unemployed Mother" / "Mom Knows What P.A. Did Two Nights Ago" • "The Great Beyond" / "Jaybirds of a Feather" • "The Way They Were"
Season 4: "The One with Mr. Reason" / "Sense and Senselessness" • "Dear Debby" / "Reality Bytes" • "Complimentary Colors" • "Searching for Pepper Ann Pearson" / "Forging Ahead" • "Carmello" / "Too Cool to Be Mom" • "The Word" / "The Perfect Couple" • "The Merry Lives of Pepper Ann" • "Strike it or Not" / "Moose in Love" • "Two's Company" / "A is for Average" • "That's My Mama Destructo" / "Unhappy Campers" • "The Finale" • "Spice of Life" / "Alice Kane Went Down to Calcutta" • "T.G.I.F." / "Zen and the Art of Milo"

Locations
Hazelnut Middle SchoolPepper Ann's House
See also
House of Mouse