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"Doll + Chain" is the second segment of the fourth episode of Pepper Ann. It aired on October 4, 1997.

Plot[]

Pepper Ann learns a lesson in responsibility when she's assigned to care for a plastic baby doll.

Synopsis[]

At home, Pepper Ann displays an aloof attitude which contradicts her claim about being responsible. At school, the new teacher Mr. Sherman Finky gives the class an assignment: take care of a little doll over the weekend. Pepper Ann, who gets a doll named Erma, is unimpressed with the assignment as she once again claims that she is totally responsible. However, Nicky points out that Pepper Ann is already not carrying Erma right and Trinket and Cissy remind Pepper Ann of a couple of times she had taken "responsibility" of certain things only for them to get out of hand. Dieter then arrives and sells Pepper Ann an impressive baby stroller, but the stroller proceeds to roll down the street and Pepper Ann gives chase. The over the top, and clearly imagined, scene ends with the stroller ending up on a boat that is suddenly abducted by aliens much to Pepper Ann's horror.

The last part is revealed to be Pepper Ann practicing her excuse to Moose who points out that the stroller is in the backyard. Pepper Ann goes out to it, but finds that Erma's head is missing. After digging in the backyard, the head is found to be among the croquet set. Pepper Ann reattaches the head, but Erma suddenly begins crying. She tries and fails to get Erma to stop before finally giving up on her. Realizing that she is not as responsible as she had once claimed, Pepper Ann leaves the still crying Erma on the steps of a neighbor's house, later revealed to be Nicky's.

Pepper Ann returns home now claiming that she is not responsible, only for her to be doing things around the house responsibly, including making dinner for the family. Lydia comments on Pepper Ann's ability to take care of everyone and is invigorated to go and retrieve Erma who after hugging her suddenly stops crying. Pepper Ann proceeds to accomplish other things with Erma by her side and come the start of the school week, presents Erma who is now dressed to look like Pepper Ann. Mr. Finky praises Pepper Ann's assignment, util Nicky asks Pepper Ann if she remembered to do her science project. The final shot is of Pepper Ann's house inexplicably blowing up.

Cast[]

Main cast[]

Additional voices[]

* Marks an uncredited voice role

Other appearances[]

Trivia[]

General[]

  • This episode marks the first time Nicky's house is shown.

Allusions[]

  • While all the dolls have names, Pepper Ann's doll is the only one to have it printed on its belly.
  • Among the flash cards that Nicky makes for her doll one of them features Cokie Roberts, a famous journalist.
  • Barfey the Friendly Purple...Thing is a parody of Barney the Purple Dinosaur.

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Media
Pepper AnnPepper Ann Main ThemePepper Ann (song)
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