"Effie Shrugged" is the 11th episode of the third season of Pepper Ann. It aired on January 15, 2000.
Synopsis[]
Feeling neglected by Milo and Nicky, Pepper Ann befriends a gifted, overgrown elementary school student who can get P.A. anything she wants—through brute force.
Plot[]
Pepper Ann is once again late for class, having fallen asleep while waiting for her friends who had informed her that they were coming to school via alternate means. A new transfer student, a large, intimidating and soft spoken girl named Effie Shrugg, arrives and sits next to Pepper Ann who is mildly put off by her somewhat bluntly intelligent speech mannerisms. Pepper Ann asks Milo and Nicky if they want to hang out afterwards, but they have other plans. Effie approaches her and asks if they want to hang out and Pepper Ann reluctantly agrees.
Effie takes Pepper Ann to a bookstore and gets her interested in reading Dickens while the once long line suspiciously opens up. They go to the museum to learn about Darwin where Effie manages to secure two slushies despite them initially running out. When Pepper Ann returns home, Moose sees Effie and runs upstairs scared. Effie reveals that she is actually 8 years old (she will be 9 next month) and not only transferred, but moved up several grades. She speaks with Lydia and deduces personal information about her that causes her to sweat, much to Pepper Ann's confusion.
The next day, Milo and Nicky inform Pepper Ann that Effie is a bully. Pepper Ann disbelieves them, but upon seeing the signs and hearing her confirm it, she is shocked. Effie tells her that they need to take advantage of the weak and be superior to others. Pepper Ann takes her up on her philosophy, but when she is about to take on Nicky and Milo at the movie theater, Pepper Ann defends them and tells Effie that she needs to evolve and be better than a bully. Effie agrees, but her mother comes to tell her that she has been accepted into an Ivey college and leaves immediately. Pepper Ann is told to go to the back of the line, but Milo and Nicky decide to join her.
Cast[]
- Kathleen Wilhoite as Pepper Ann Pearson
- Jeff Bennett as Noah, Additional voices
- Danny Cooksey as Milo Kamalani
- Clea Lewis as Nicky Little
- Pamela Adlon as Moose Pearson
- April Winchell as Lydia Pearson
- Hedy Burress as Effie Shrugg
- Jim Cummings as Roland Carter
- Kath Soucie as Mean Girl
Desk Gag[]
"The letter Q!"
Trivia[]
- The episode's title is a play on the Ayan Rand novel Atlas Shrugged.
- This episode, along with "The Beans of Wrath" and "Def Comedy Mom" were the only post-season 1 episodes to use traditional cel animation. They were also the only episodes of the series to be animated by Hana Animation, instead of the show's primary animation studio, Sunwoo Animation.
- On Disney+, this episode is second next to "The Beans of Wrath".
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