Miss Moose

"Miss Moose" is the 4th episode of the fourth season of Pepper Ann. It aired on February 7, 2000.
==Synopsis==
Pepper Ann tries to make her androgynous sister, Moose (born Margaret Rose Pearson), into the epitome of femininity.
==Plot==
Pepper Ann is proud of her sister Moose for her athletic ability. While watching her sister play, Stewart refers to Moose as her "little brother". Pepper Ann playfully corrects him. Later, Lamar Abudabe also calls Moose a boy, which begins to anger Pepper Ann. She begins to think that people will continue to mistake her for a boy; leading to terrible consequences. After angrily spatting at Dieter, Pepper Ann resolves to do everything she can to make her sister more feminine.
Pepper Ann gives Moose make up, tries to get her to watch a high school drama and resorts to swapping out all of her things with more girly and effeminate wares. All of these backfire with Moose threatening Pepper Ann's roller blades to get her stuff back. Pepper Ann suggests taking Moose out to a fancy restaurant, though she chooses to wear a nice suit. Pepper Ann's actions begin to anger the lead waitress to the point that she scolds Pepper Ann for not being girly. Moose stands up for her and tells her that girls can act however they want regardless.
Pepper Ann feels terrible for how she was treating Moose and after having another encounter with Dieter resolves to set things right with her. She sees Moose playing with her friends by hopping over her arms. When Moose's friend Sean comments on how gross it is, Pepper Ann scolds him for being sexist. However, he was grossed out regardless and another girl comments that she thought it was cool. Sean reveals that he has a Suzy Bake Oven because he wants to be a baker. Realizing that the younger kids are more gender aware than she gave them credit for, Pepper Ann decides to play football with them. Ironically, Moose tells Pepper Ann she plays like a girl... who has never played football before.
==Cast==
* Kathleen Wilhoite as Pepper Ann Pearson
* Jeff Bennett as Dieter Liederhosen, Ned Diggety
* Pamela Adlon as Moose Pearson
* April Winchell as Lydia Pearson
* Kenny Blank as Lamar Abudabe
* Cam Clarke as Stewart Walldinger
* Roger Rose as Security Guard #2
* Kath Soucie as Sweet Lil Girl
* Adam Wylie as Crash
==Trivia==
* The premise of this episode, somewhat repeats the message of "One of the Guys".
* Moose calls her two lizards Ross and Rachel, a reference to the show Friends.
* It is revealed that following the events of "Cold Feet", a weasel nearly disrupted the ceremony.
* This is the first episode where Cam Clarke takes over as the voice of Stewart. Luke Perry briefly returns to voice him in "Two's Company" however.
== External links ==
* Miss Moose on Pepper Ann Wiki
Category:Pepper Ann episodes