"Carmello" is the first segment of the fifty-seventh episode of Pepper Ann. It aired on September 23, 2000.
Synopsis
Pepper Ann is excited when her science class begins dissecting frogs, but the excitement turns into a "Save the Frogs" protest when Pepper Ann bonds with her frog, Carmello.
Plot
Pepper Ann is excited to learn that in Mr. Carter's class, they will be dissecting frogs. She believes that with this opportunity, she is one step closer to her dream of being a Nobel prize winner. Nicky is surprised that Pepper Ann would be all for something like this, as she has a tendency to be rebellious. Mr. Carter offers the option of watching an educational film about state flowers as an alternative, which Milo takes. Pepper Ann asks Mr. Carter if she can take a frog over the weekend and he agrees, but warns her against getting attached to it.
Pepper Ann takes the frog home and discovers that he responds well to her by ribbeting at her. Feeling that he is smarter than the average frog, she decides to name him Carmello. Pepper Ann begins taking Carmello around Hazelnut where he displays some rather impressive intelligence and is treated as part of the gang, though Nicky and Milo are confused. She continues to insist that she is not getting attached and that she is okay with the dissection. When she has a nightmare about being dissected by frogs, she panics and takes the flower film option on Monday.
Pepper Ann is bored with the film, while Milo is invested, and she decides to instead use the computer to read up on frog dissection. She returns to the classroom and asks to take the quiz, which Mr. Carter reluctantly allows. Pepper Ann confidently finishes the test, but believes that Carmello has been dissected, only for Nicky to reveal that she put him in a terrarium, though he ate Pepper Ann's pet sea monkeys. After school, Pepper Ann admits to getting attached to Carmello while Milo now has a vendetta against mowers due to the flower movie.
Cast
- Kathleen Wilhoite as Pepper Ann Pearson
- Jeff Bennett as Dieter Liederhosen, Additional voices
- Danny Cooksey as Milo Kamalani
- Clea Lewis as Nicky Little
- Pamela Adlon as Moose Pearson
- April Winchell as Lydia Pearson
- Jim Cummings as Roland Carter
Desk Gag
"Look, a French Poodle!"
-Poodle speaks in French, with subtitles at the bottom of the screen reading "Pepper Ann is a most amusing show."
Trivia
- This episode reveals that Pepper Ann thinks that Dieter is the dorkiest person she knows.
