The Way They Were is the eighteenth and final episode of Season 4 of Pepper Ann and the ninetieth segment overall. It originally aired on February 27, 2000.
Summary[]
After Pepper Ann, Milo and Nicky have a huge fight, they all start reminiscing about when they first met back in kindergarten. Pepper Ann was the new kid, Milo was shy, and Nicky was the class bully.
Main Story[]
The episode begins with Milo in science class with several dead plants. Milo thinks that Pepper Ann was supposed to water the plants, while Pepper Ann thought Milo was going to water them, making the whole class laugh.
Then Nicky painted orange and Milo in a chicken costume are standing next to the otter statue, and Principal Hickey angrily yells at them for ruining the stock's fundraiser. Then at Greasy N' Cheesy, Pepper Ann gets into an argument with Nicky and Milo, causing them to break up.
At home, Pepper Ann and her mom talk about how long since Nicky and Milo were best friends with Pepper Ann since kindergarten. Then the scenes shows flashbacks of when Pepper Ann and her mom (while she was pregnant with Moose) are moving to Hazelnut, and Pepper Ann wasn't happy about it. She claims that Boutag and the Bezeez aren't some stage show, but are her family.
Quotes[]
Pepper Ann: My classmates! With this experiment, Milo and I have debunked the long-held myth of photosynthesis. |
Pink-Eye Pete: It's not germs! The doctor said it's a temporary bacterial infection. It'll be gone in two weeks, tops! |
The 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[]
- Being that Pepper Ann premiered in and takes place mostly in 1997, the flashbacks in this episode would have happened sometime around 1990.
- It's revealed in this episode that Nicky used to be a bully. However, in "Nicky Gone Bad", she is frustrated that everyone has always thought she was perfect.
- The title of this episode is a twist on the title of the 1973 film The Way We Were.
- In the French dub, the movie is in English with French subtitles and the angry man and Nicky speak English instead.
Cast[]
- Kathleen Wilhoite as Pepper Ann Pearson
- Jeff Bennett as Dieter Liederhosen, Craig Bean, Shelf McClain, Pink-Eye Pete, Additional Voices
- Danny Cooksey as Milo Kamalani
- Clea Lewis as Nicky Little
- April Winchell as Lydia Pearson, Ms. Abriola Stark, Gerta Liederhosen, Teacher
- Kath Soucie as Cissy Rooney, Muffy Appleseed, Mrs. Little, Additional Voices
- Susan Tolsky as Aunt Janie Diggety
- Tino Insana as Uncle JoJo Diggety
- Jenna von Oÿ as Trinket St. Blair, French Woman
- Cree Summer-Francks as Tessa and Vanessa James
- Don Adams as Principal Herbert Hickey
- Candi Milo as Constance Goldman, Nurse
- Glenne Headley as Becky Little
- Jim Cummings as Mr. Little, Mr. Roland Carter, French Man
- Cam Clarke as Stewart Walldinger (credited as "Stuart Walldinger"), Theater Patron
- Paddi Edwards as Vera Groober-Schwartz