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When Does Pepper Ann Season 6 Come Out? Is It Renewed?

Too cool to be twelve.

Pepper Ann ended after Season 5.

IMDb

7.1/10

Seasons

5

Episodes

113

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Network
ABC
First aired
1997-09-13
Last aired
2000-11-18
Runtime

Awards 1 nomination total

Predictive Logic Analysis

Pepper Ann has concluded its run. Production records list the series as ended, meaning the story has been brought to a planned close rather than left open. Barring a revival, there is no Season 6 in development.

What is Pepper Ann about?

Pepper Ann follows a scrappy, resourceful twelve-year-old navigating the minefield of middle school with a irreverent attitude and an unflinching eye toward the absurdities of growing up. Created by Sue Rose, the series centers on Pepper Ann Pearson as she stumbles through friendships, family drama, and the social hierarchies that feel monumentally important at that age, all while maintaining a sardonic sense of humor about the whole mess. The show's central appeal lies in its refusal to condescend to its audience or sanitize the genuine awkwardness and occasional chaos of adolescence, delivering comedy that resonates with both kids experiencing these years firsthand and adults remembering them with a mixture of nostalgia and relief.

The show's distinctive voice emerges from its willingness to treat its young protagonist as a fully realized character rather than a vehicle for lessons. Pepper Ann's misadventures feel organic to her personality—she's not stumbling into problems to learn valuable life lessons, but rather bumbling through situations with the same messy, trial-and-error approach that defines actual adolescence. The animation style and comedic timing give the series a scrappy, energetic quality that matches its protagonist's personality, while the supporting cast of friends and family members, particularly the memorably eccentric Moose, provides both grounding and comic relief.

The series earned solid critical marks and found an appreciative audience during its run on ABC, accumulating over a hundred episodes across five seasons and maintaining an IMDb rating of 7.1. While it never achieved the mainstream juggernaut status of some of its animated contemporaries, Pepper Ann developed a devoted following that appreciated its smarter, slightly edgier approach to kids' comedy. The show occupies a particular niche in late-1990s animation—not quite as irreverent as some cable offerings, but decidedly more sophisticated and self-aware than the typical network fare aimed at the same demographic, earning its unofficial motto "Too cool to be twelve" both as marketing and as an accurate descriptor of its sensibility.

Created by Sue Rose

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Pepper Ann Season 6 Release Date

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Pepper Ann seasons

Season 11997 · 23 ep
  • 1. Ziterella1997-09-13
  • 2. Romeo and Juliet1997-09-20
  • 3. Food Barn1997-09-20
  • 4. Old Best Friend1997-09-27
  • 5. Crunch Pod1997-09-27
  • 6. Psychic Moose1997-10-04
  • 7. Doll and Chain1997-10-04
  • 8. Megablades of Grass1997-10-11
  • 9. Family Vacation1997-10-11
  • 10. The Big Pencil1997-10-18
  • 11. Sani-Paper1997-10-18
  • 12. Uniform Uniformity1997-10-25
  • 13. Snot Your Mother's Music1997-10-25
  • 14. The Environ-Mentals1997-11-08
  • 15. Soccer Season1997-11-15
  • 16. Crush and Burn1997-11-15
  • 17. Thanksgiving Dad1997-11-22
  • 18. Sketch 221998-01-10
  • 19. Manly Milo1998-01-10
  • 20. Have You Ever Been Unsupervised1998-01-17
  • 21. The Unusual Suspects1998-01-17
  • 22. Nicky Gone Bad1998-01-24
  • 23. In Support of1998-01-24
Season 21998 · 25 ep
  • 1. Quiz Bowl1998-09-12
  • 2. License to Drive1998-09-12
  • 3. Cocoon Gables1998-09-19
  • 4. Green-Eyed Monster1998-09-19
  • 5. Hazelnut's Finest1998-09-26
  • 6. Cat Scan1998-09-26
  • 7. An OtterBiography1998-10-03
  • 8. GreenSleeves1998-10-03
  • 9. Vannessa Less Tessa1998-10-10
  • 10. Peer Counselor P.A.1998-10-10
  • 11. A 'Tween Halloween1998-10-31
  • 12. Mash into Me1998-10-31
  • 13. Presenting Stewart Walldinger1998-11-14
  • 14. Pepper Ann's Life in a Nutshell1998-11-14
  • 15. Like Riding a Bike1998-11-28
  • 16. Radio Freak Hazelnut1998-12-05
  • 17. Framed1998-12-05
  • 18. Portrait of the Artist as a Young Milo1998-12-12
  • 19. The Sisterhood1998-12-12
  • 20. Impractical Jokes1998-12-26
  • 21. Cold Feet1998-12-26
  • 22. Doppelganger Didi1999-01-09
  • 23. Pepper Ann's Day Off-Kilter1999-01-09
  • 24. A No Hair Day1999-01-16
  • 25. That's My Dad1999-01-16
Season 31999 · 14 ep
  • 1. You Oughta Be in Musicals1999-09-11
  • 2. Dances with Ignorance1999-09-18
  • 3. Girl Power1999-09-18
  • 4. Beyond Good and Evel1999-09-25
  • 5. One of the Guys1999-09-25
  • 6. The Wash-Out1999-11-06
  • 7. Def Comedy Mom1999-11-06
  • 8. The First Date Club1999-11-13
  • 9. Unicycle of Life1999-11-13
  • 10. A Kosher Christmas1999-12-18
  • 11. Effie Shrugged2000-01-15
  • 12. Mom Knows What P.A. Did Two Nights Ago2000-01-15
  • 13. The Spanish Imposition2000-01-22
  • 14. Single Unemployed Mother2000-01-22
Season 42000 · 28 ep
  • 1. Burn, Hazelnut, Burn2000-02-06
  • 2. Career Daze2000-02-06
  • 3. G.I. Janie2000-02-07
  • 4. Miss Moose2000-02-07
  • 5. Pepper Shaker2000-02-08
  • 6. Flaw and Order2000-02-08
  • 7. Baggy Bean Buddies2000-02-09
  • 8. The Beans of Wrath2000-02-09
  • 9. The Velvet Room2000-02-10
  • 10. One Angry Woman2000-02-11
  • 11. The Sellout2000-02-13
  • 12. The Telltale Fuzzy2000-02-13
  • 13. A Valentine's Day Tune2000-02-14
  • 14. Sammy's Song2000-02-15
  • 15. Permanent Record2000-02-15
  • 16. Live and Let Dye2000-02-16
  • 17. Remote Possibilities2000-02-17
  • 18. Considering Constance2000-02-17
  • 19. To Germany with Love2000-02-18
  • 20. Bye, Bye Trinket2000-02-20
  • 21. P.A.'s Pop Fly2000-02-20
  • 22. My Mother, Myself2000-02-21
  • 23. The Amazing Becky Little2000-02-22
  • 24. The Untitled Milo Kamalani Project2000-02-23
  • 25. Guess Who's Coming to the Theater2000-02-23
  • 26. The Great Beyond2000-02-25
  • 27. Jaybirds of a Feather2000-02-25
  • 28. The Way They Were2000-02-27
Season 52000 · 23 ep
  • 1. The One with Mr. Reason2000-09-09
  • 2. Sense and Senselessness2000-09-09
  • 3. Forging Ahead2000-09-16
  • 4. Reality Bytes2000-09-16
  • 5. Carmello2000-09-23
  • 6. Strike It or Not2000-09-23
  • 7. Complementary Colors2000-11-04
  • 8. The Merry Lives of Pepper Ann2000-11-05
  • 9. A Is for Average2000-11-06
  • 10. Alice Kane Went Down To Calcutta2000-11-06
  • 11. Spice of Life2000-11-12
  • 12. T.G.I.F2000-11-12
  • 13. Dear Debby2000-11-13
  • 14. Too Cool to Be Mom2000-11-13
  • 15. Moose in Love2000-11-14
  • 16. Two's Company2000-11-14
  • 17. Zen and the Art of Milo2000-11-15
  • 18. That's My Mama Destructo2000-11-15
  • 19. Unhappy Campers2000-11-16
  • 20. The Search for Pepper Ann Pearson2000-11-16
  • 21. The Word2000-11-17
  • 22. The Perfect Couple2000-11-17
  • 23. The Finale2000-11-18

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Pepper Ann cast

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Kathleen Wilhoite

Kathleen Wilhoite

Pepper Ann (voice)

Danny Cooksey

Danny Cooksey

Milo (voice)

Clea Lewis

Clea Lewis

Nicky (voice)

April Winchell

April Winchell

Mom (voice)

Pamela Adlon

Pamela Adlon

Moose (voice)

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    When does Pepper Ann Season 6 come out?
    Pepper Ann ended after Season 5.
    Is Pepper Ann renewed or cancelled?
    Pepper Ann has ended. Its final season has already aired and no further seasons are expected.
    How many seasons of Pepper Ann are there?
    Pepper Ann has aired 5 seasons so far.
    How many episodes of Pepper Ann are there?
    There are 113 episodes of Pepper Ann across 5 seasons.
    Who created Pepper Ann?
    Pepper Ann was created by Sue Rose.
    What is Pepper Ann's IMDb rating?
    Pepper Ann holds an IMDb rating of 7.1/10 from 4,252 votes.