Dances with Ignorance is the A segment of the tenth episode of Season 3 of Pepper Ann and the sixty-fifth segment overall; it premiered as part of Disney's One Saturday Morning on September 18, 1999.
Summary[]
While researching her family heritage, Pepper Ann finds out from her father that she's 1/16 Navajo Indian on his side of the family, but Pepper Ann's stereotypical views of American Indian culture cause her to offend the real Navajo family she invited to dinner.
Quotes[]
Pepper Ann: There's gotta be something more exciting than that! Isn't there a chance that one of our ancestor's DNA was fused with extra terrestrials? Grandpa Leo: Didn't your Aunt Gertrude have an extra thumb on her left hand? Grandma Lillian: Gerty could type like nobody's business! |
The Desk Gag[]
"Haha cool, maracas!"
Trivia[]
- The title of this episode is a spoof of the 1990 film Dances with Wolves.
- This episode was released on VHS along with "The Tell Tale Fuzzy". While being the only time Pepper Ann was officially released on video, it was intended to be used by teachers as an educational tool to teach kids about Native American culture (both how it really is versus how it's filtered through American pop culture and how easily people believe the stereotypes of a racial group). The video was available on the Disney Educational Productions website as late as 2005.
Cast[]
- Kathleen Wilhoite as Pepper Ann Pearson
- Jeff Bennett as Grandpa Leo, Dieter Liederhosen, Additional Voices
- Danny Cooksey as Milo Kamalani
- Clea Lewis as Nicky Little
- Pamela Segall as Moose Pearson
- April Winchell as Lydia Pearson, Grandma Lillian
- Irene Bedard as Carol
- Don Lake as Mr. Sherman Finky
- Maurice LaMarche as Chuck Pearson
- Cody Lightning as Dave
- Gregg Rainwater as Bob, Andy
- Cree Summer-Francks as Tessa and Vanessa James