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"Vanessa Less Tessa" is the first segment of the eighteenth episode of Pepper Ann. It aired on October 10, 1998.

Synopsis[]

Pepper Ann uses what she learned from her favorite sitcom Crazy Twin Shenanigans to get Vanessa to reconcile with her sister Tessa.

Plot[]

Pepper Ann adores the sitcom Crazy Twin Shenanigans, though it clearly gives her the wrong idea of twins, which Nicky is quick to point out. At school, the two spot real twins Tessa and Vanessa James arguing about something and then splitting up. Pepper Ann, believing that the sitcom has informed her enough, decides to try and get the two back together by speaking to Vanessa. Vanessa thinks that it is easier to just apologize, but Pepper Ann thinks it is better to get caught in shenanigans; even though Tessa and Nicky believe that an apology is better.

Pepper Ann dresses up like Vanessa and tries to be her new twin. Through a series of "antics", Pepper Ann tries to bring Tessa and Vanessa back, but each ploy just makes things worse for the two and backfires horribly, such as Pepper Ann sending the wrong message around the school, having Vanessa sleep in her pantry and finally trying to use the intercom system at school; the last one resulting in Pepper Ann, Nicky, Tessa and Vanessa getting sent to detention. It is at this point that Pepper Ann admits that she has never seen the last ten minutes of any episode as she was called away for dinner each time.

Nicky finally has Pepper Ann watch the last couple of minutes of each episode where, to her surprise, they all end with Gina and Tina apologizing to each other. Pepper Ann apologizes to Vanessa and she and Tessa apologize to one another. Pepper Ann once again takes the credit for the revelation with Milo, who was at the Cheezy 'N' Greezy this whole time, agreeing. Pepper Ann gets furious however when she realizes that Tessa and Vanessa were fighting over who was the cutest.

Cast[]

Main cast[]

Additional voices[]

Other appearances[]

Desk Gag[]

"The letter Q!"

Goofs[]

Trivia[]

General[]

  • This episode marks Vera's first non-speaking appearance in an episode.
  • This the first time Pepper Ann is properly seen taking detention (and the only time for Tessa and Vanessa), although an empty detention hall was seen previously in "Uniform, Uniformity".
  • Ironically, Tessa and Vanessa's theme (as featured in episodes such as "Crush and Burn") is completely absent in this episode.
  • Tessa and Vanessa are implied to have a cat, as a frame of a white kitten can be seen in their room.
  • At the end of the episode, Dieter is inexplicably seen with a kiss mark on his cheek.
  • Milo doesn't appear until the end of the episode, having been forgotten over the course of the episode's events.

Continuity[]

  • Stuart Walldinger makes his debut before his proper introduction in "Presenting Stewart Waldinger".
  • Nurse Oomla also makes her first appearance.
  • This episode marks the first time we see Tessa and Vanessa's house, although only a handful of rooms are shown. The exterior of their house will be seen in "The Velvet Room".
  • Nicky gets her first detention in this episode. The third-season episode "Permanent Record" features Nicky getting another detention, and only then was she concerned about it going on her permanent record.
    • Since Pepper Ann was mainly responsible for the incident, it's likely that Nicky (and/or the Twins) were pardoned, as also seen in the latter episode.

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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