Pepper Ann Theme is the main theme song of the Disney animated TV series of the same name. It is performed by Kathleen Wilhoite (the show's voice actress), with Brian Woodbury as composer and lyricist.
Intro[]
In the intro, it begins with her fantasy, Pepper Ann woke, changing clothes, taking lunch, roller skating, playing arcade, and entering class. In each episode, Pepper Ann finds something different under her desk at the end of the theme song. The items vary greatly, ranging.
Lyrics[]
(ROCK MUSIC PLAYING)
Pepper Ann: Who’s that girl? What’s her name?
Is she cool? Is she lame?
Oh, you’re talkin’ ’bout what’s-her-name...
Pepper Ann!
Chorus: Pepper Ann!
Is she lame? Is she cool?
Is she breakin’ every rule?
Is she anybody’s fool?
Pepper Ann!
Chorus: Pepper Ann!
Pepper Ann, Pepper Ann, marchin’ in her own parade
Pepper Ann, she’s that one in a million!
Pepper Ann, Pepper Ann, much too cool for seventh grade
Catch ‘er if you can, Pepper Ann!
Boy: Who?
Girl: Is that that girl from gym class?
Moose: No, that’s me.
Girl: ...oh...
Girl #2: Who is she, and why does she have her own song?
Boy #2: Did someone take my lunch?
Pepper Ann: Pepper Ann, Pepper Ann, marchin’ in her own parade
Pepper Ann, she’s that one in a million!
Pepper Ann, Pepper Ann, much too cool for seventh grade
No one’s cooler than Pepper Ann
She’s her own biggest fan Pepper Ann
Catch ‘er if you can, Pepper Ann!
The Desk Gag[]
In each episode, Pepper Ann finds something different under her desk at the end of the theme song. The items vary greatly, ranging from:
- Five bucks in the episode "Ziterella", “Romeo and Juliet”/“Food Barn”, “Old Best Friend”/“Crunch Pod”, “Psychic Moose”/“Doll and Chain”, “The Velvet Room”, “You Oughta Be in Musicals!”, “The Finale
- A bicentennial quarter in “”Megablades of Grass”/“Family Vacation”, “The Big Pencil”/“Sani-Paper”, “My Mother, My Self”
- Kiwi lip balm in "Uniform, Uniformity"/“Snot Your Mother's Music”, “Cocoon Gables”/“Green-Eyed Monster, “The Beans of Wrath” / “Effie Shrugged”, “One Angry Woman”.
- Mardi Gras beads in "The Environ-Mentals", “Soccer Season”/“Crush and Burn”, “Quiz Bowl”/“License to Drive”, “The First Date Club” / “Unicycle of Life”
- A mood ring in “In Support Of”/"Nicky Gone Bad", “Impractical Jokes”/“Cold Feet”, “The Untitled Milo Kamalani Project” / “Guess Who's Coming to the Theater”
- A dreidel in "Thanksgiving Dad", “Have You Ever Been Unsupervised”/“The Unusual Suspects”, “Portrait of the Artist as a Young Milo”/“The Sisterhood”
- Maracas in "Sketch 22"/“Manly Milo”, “Like Riding a Bike”, “Dances with Ignorance” / “Girl Power”
- A glowing green stick in "Hazelnut's Finest"/Cat Scan”, “Baggy Bean Buddies” / “The Spanish Imposition”, “To Germany with Love”, “The Great Beyond” / “Jaybirds of a Feather”
- An Iceberg in “An OtterBiography”/“GreenSleeves”, “G.I. Janie” / “Miss Moose”, “Sammy's Song” / “Permanent Record”, “A Valentine's Day Tune”
- The letter Q in "Vanessa Less Tessa"/“Peer Counselor P.A.”, “The Amazing Becky Little”, “The Word” / “The Perfect Couple”
- A French poodle that spoke “Pepper Ann is a most amusing show.” in Francois, in "A 'Tween Halloween", “A No Hair Day”/“That's My Dad”, “Burn Hazelnut Burn”/“The Wash-Out”, “Beyond Good and Evel” / “One of the Guys”, “The Way They Were”, “Carmello” / “Too Cool to Be Mom
- Her remote control in "Framed”/“Radio Freak Hazelnut", “Doppelganger Didi”/“Pepper Ann's Day Off-Kilter”, “Def Comedy Mom” / “Career Daze”, “Live and Let Dye”, “Bye Bye Trinket” / “P.A.'s Pop Fly”
- A singing Dieter doll in "Presenting Stewart Walldinger"/“P.A.'s Life In A Nutshell”, “Pepper Shaker” / “Flaw and Order”, “The Sellout” / “The Tell Tale Fuzzy”, Remote Possibilities“ / “Considering Constance”, “Single Unemployed Mother” / “Mom Knows What P.A. Did Two Nights Ago”
- A Snowman’s head in “A Kosher Christmas”
- A Pepper Ann action figure in “The One with Mr. Reason” / “Sense and Senselessness”
- A Black Velvet Fuzzy painting in “Dear Debby” / “Reality Bytes”
- A gold tooth in "Complimentary Colors", “Two's Company” / “A is For Average”, “That's My Mama Destructo” / “Unhappy Campers, “The Finale”, “T.G.I.F.” / “Zen and the Art of Milo”
- Scuff marks (on the floor) in “Searching for Pepper Ann Pearson” / "Forging Ahead", “Strike it Or Not” / “Moose in Love”, “Spice of Life” / “Alice Kane Went Down To Calcutta
- A falcon Pepper Ann calls “Sir Talonsworth” in The Merry Lives of Pepper Ann“
Trivia[]
- New musician SZA samples the show's theme song.