"The Tell Tale Fuzzy" is the second segment of the thirty-fifth episode of Pepper Ann. It aired on February 13, 2000.
Synopsis[]
Pepper Ann finds a wad of money at the mall and blows it on a Fuzzy velvet painting, but her conscience begins to bother her, as she feels she should have, at least, turned in the money to the police or asked around to see if anyone lost it.
Plot[]
While at the mall, Pepper Ann spots a wad of cash with no name or initials on it and is entices to spend it on the thing she has always wanted: A Velvet Fuzzy Painting. Upon bringing the painting home, it personifies and admonishes Pepper Ann; suggesting that the wad of cash may have belonged to someone who needed it. Feeling guilty, Pepper Ann decides to return it, but it was a final sale. Milo and Nicky come over to check on Pepper Ann who continues to hear the Fuzzy Painting talk to her, though Milo and Nicky do not hear it, and leave. Pepper Ann resolves to be a better person.
Skating through town, Pepper Ann begins to perform a wide variety of good deeds; becoming inhumanly determined to help those in need or be charitable. Her actions of returning a pile of quarters and giving Milo an ice cream cone are caught on television and soon Pepper Ann's good deeds are spread across all of Hazelnut with her name being plastered in the newspapers and many of her friends and family coming out and saying how much of a good girl she is. She is set to accept the "nutcracker to the city" in a charitable event.
Eventually, the pressures of the ceremony are interrupted by Pepper Ann who admits to taking the wad of cash and using it for her personal gain. Everyone agrees that if they were in that situation, they too would have probably done the same and that she was just being human; she is forced to give the nutcracker and all of the other honorary awards given to her back, though. Back at home, Pepper Ann tells Milo and Nicky that she plans to work to get the money back and return it with her friends supporting her. When they ask what she spent it on, she claims it was a skateboard for Moose, but the Fuzzy Painting comments that they will find out eventually. Milo and Nicky supposedly hear the painting this time.
Cast[]
Main cast[]
- Kathleen Wilhoite as Pepper Ann Pearson
- Jeff Bennett as Dieter Liederhosen, Avery Blake, TV Announcer, Businessman*
- Danny Cooksey as Milo Kamalani
- Clea Lewis as Nicky Little
- Pamela Segall as Moose Pearson, Cherub
- April Winchell as Lydia Pearson, Lillian Lilly, Operator, Soda Can Woman (Melba)
Additional voices[]
- Clyde Kusatsu as Mayor Kim, Father
- Edie McClurg as Estelle Sommers
- Sue Rose as Fuzzy
- Kath Soucie as Cissy Rooney, Tiny Tim, Young Mother
- Jenna von Oÿ as Trinket St. Blair
- Billy West as Businessman (Croquet Man), Abe Lincoln, Freezy Pleasy Cashier*
Other appearances[]
- Abriola Stark (cameo)
- Alf (cameo)
- Caricature Girl (cameo)
- [{Coach Doogan]] (cameo)
- Constance Goldman (cameo)
- Cossie Van Tuttie (cameo)
- Croquet Man (cameo)
- Crying Girl (cameo)
- Distressed Mother (cameo)
- Emit Swink (cameo)
- Gladys (cameo)
- Gwen Mezzrow (cameo)
- Jan (cameo)
- Janie Diggity (cameo)
- Jo Jo Diggity (cameo)
- Librarian (cameo)
- Margot LeSandre (cameo)
- Melba (cameo)
- Mrs. Little (cameo)
- Myrna (cameo)
- Ned Diggity (cameo)
- Newsstand Owner (cameo)
- Photographer (cameo)
- Projectionist (cameo)
- Pumpkin (cameo)
- Son of the Soil (cameo)
- Steve the Cat (cameo)
- Tessa and Vannessa James (cameo)
- Timid Boy (cameo)
Trivia[]
- This episode is also referred to as "The Tell-Tale Fuzzy" on some guide listings.
- This is the first episode in which Sue Rose, the creator of the show, stars in, playing the voice of Fuzzy. She shows up again in select episodes as Moira the Lunch Lady (who had appeared in previous episodes through cameos).
- This episode was released on VHS along with the following segment, "Dances with Ignorance". While being the only time Pepper Ann was officially released on video, it was intended to be used by teachers as an educational tool. The video was available on the Disney Educational Productions website as late as 2005.
- During the final shot of the episode, a set of hats can be seen on Pepper Ann's door, using that of Milo's, Ned's, and a young boy incidental.
Continuity[]
- Pepper Ann finally gets the Velvet Fuzzy painting, which was something referenced in previous episodes.
- At the start of the episode, Pepper Ann gets a brain freeze from an Endangered Slurshee, a drink which was established in "Effie Shrugged".
- Moose tells Pepper Ann that she's her hero (for the first time she meant it genuinely), which is a call-back to when she told her it in earlier episodes.
- Dieter is shown representing the Pup Scout Troop No.651, which he first joined in "Peer Counselor P.A.".
- Estelle Summers, chairwoman of Hazel's Angels, makes her first appearance since "G.I. Janie," giving PA a pair of wings and making her an honorary angel.
Allusions[]
- The title of this episode is a twist on Edgar Allan Poe's "The Tell Tale Heart".
