"Hazelnut's Finest" is the first segment of the sixteenth episode of Pepper Ann. It aired on September 26, 1998.
Synopsis[]
Pepper Ann is assigned to document her Uncle JoJo's day of working as a cop, but becomes disillusioned that it's not as gritty and exciting as she thinks.
Plot[]
For social studies, Mr. Finky assigns the class to pick someone in their family to do a report on. Milo and Nicky have already picked their choices while Pepper Ann decides to do one on her police officer uncle, JoJo Diggity. Inspired by television and movie depictions, Pepper Ann believes that JoJo's police work is like that seen in media and wants to be close to the action. As Pepper Ann goes out with JoJo, she is quick to discover that his job is rather mundane; picking up the dry cleaning so that the owner can open the store, getting a cat out of a tree and helping someone park. Even his interactions with the chief are very practical.
Pepper Ann openly voices her disappointment over how the day turned out, but JoJo tells her that what he does is important because he is a cog in a constantly moving machine and if he was not there, there would be chaos. Pepper Ann scoffs at this notion and suggests that he go and do something with his career. In the morning, Pepper Ann learns that JoJo took her words to heart and is moving to Reno to stop illegal gambling. Pepper Ann tells her friends about how she successfully turned her uncle's life around, but suddenly everything begins to descend into chaos, just as he predicted. Pepper Ann screams in terror when she learns that the earth is headed for a black hole.
The events turn out to be a dream and Pepper Ann tells JoJo not to move away, much to his confusion. Pepper Ann enthusiastically puts her presentation together for the class about JoJo's job and relays what she had learned from her time with him, however everyone, including Mr. Finky, have all fallen asleep over Pepper Ann's admittedly boring presentation.
Cast[]
Main cast[]
- Kathleen Wilhoite as Pepper Ann Pearson
- Jeff Bennett as Dieter Liederhosen, Mr. Innocenzi*, Patient*, Dr. Lankershim*, Additional voices
- Danny Cooksey as Milo Kamalani
- Clea Lewis as Nicky Little
- Pamela Segall as Moose Pearson
- April Winchell as Lydia Pearson, Sherie Spleen, Police VO*, Mrs. Innocenzi*, Additional voices
Additional voices[]
- Tino Insana as JoJo Diggity
- Don Lake as Sherman Finky, Uncle Pat*
- Kevin Michael Richardson as Chief of Police
- Jenna von Oÿ as Trinket St. Blair
- Kath Soucie as Cissy Rooney*, Debbie*
* Marks an uncredited voice role
Other appearances[]
- Mr. Tiffy
- Steve the Cat
- Abe (does not speak)
- Gerta Liederhosen (does not speak)
- Alf (cameo)
- Constance Goldman (cameo)
- Crying Girl (cameo)
- Dieter's Friends (cameo)
- Tommy (cameo)
- Janie Diggity (mentioned)
- Ned Diggity (mentioned)
- Nicky's Cousin Nora (mentioned)
- Milo's Aunt Kathy (mentioned)
- Kyle and Maggie (mentioned)
Desk Gag[]
"Ooh, a glowing green stick!"
Trivia[]
General[]
- Clips from this episode, along with five other episodes, were used for a preview promo for Season 2 which aired a week before the season's premiere.
- This is the final of five episodes in which the HMS hallways and lockers are a darker tone, the others being most of the aforementioned episodes (bar "Cat Scan").
- This is the first digitally animated episode in which Pepper Ann's pineapple patterns are colored properly, indicating that this episode was produced after the aforementioned episodes, but before the following episodes.
- This episode marks the first of a few things:
- The first episode since "Thanksgiving Dad" in which Moose speaks.
- The first of a few times where the Diggity's side of the duplex is shown.
- During scripting of the episode, Milo originally mentioned that his Aunt Kathy's wife was a pit crew woman, which was shot down by Disney early on during pitching.[1]
Continuity[]
- Debbie, the owner of Owner the Nut Dry Cleaners, is one of the retail workers for Veronica's Treasures.
Allusions[]
- Nicky mentions Madame Defarge while stealing a pile of books during Pepper Ann's nightmare.
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