"Nicky Gone Bad" is the second segment of the ninth episode of Pepper Ann. It aired on November 1, 1997.
Plot[]
Fed up with her friends taking her for granted and being seen as a goody-goody, Nicky becomes a bad girl known as Nic'kay, but Pepper Ann worries that Nicky's new attitude will lead to a life of ruin.
Synopsis[]
Nicky wakes up every morning getting ready and prepped for the day, even going so far as to make suggestions to her own parents and going to Pepper Ann and Milo's to wake them up for school. The tradition soon becomes monotonous for her, especially when Pepper Ann and Milo call her perfect and copy her work. She finally snaps and tells them that she is going to be a bad girl from now on. The next day, she comes into class tardy with messy hair and lipstick on and now calling herself Nic'kay, but Mr. Carter excuses her because of her usual perfect self which once again annoys her.
Nic'kay tries to do a variety of bad things such as buying her food at school, returning a book late, making lewd words at scrabble, messing with elevator buttons, buying tickets for a PG-13 film and trying to leave school to head to the mall. However, all of these attempts fail with some of them having an ironic comeback or making her seem more like her usual nice and perfect self. Pepper Ann begins imagining that if Nicky continues down this road she will succumb to terrible misfortune. She finally confronts her about her actions and suggests that she cannot pretend to be bad for long, which she challenges.
Nic'kay puts off her usual studies and tries to go to sleep, but she has a dream where she fails at everything because she gave up on her studies. She immediately gets back into studying. Pepper Ann and Milo barge into Nicky's room in the morning to try to get her to change her mind, but she tells them that she already has, or rather Pepper Ann thinks she got through to her. Pepper Ann and Nicky get to Mr. Carter's class, and he proudly embraces Nicky returning to normal. However, he still gives Pepper Ann a detention slip for being tardy, but she and Nicky laugh it off.
Cast[]
Main cast[]
- Kathleen Wilhoite as Pepper Ann Pearson
- Danny Cooksey as Milo Kamalani
- Clea Lewis as Nicky "Nic'kay" Little, Nicky's Angels*
Additional voices[]
- Don Adams as Principal Hickey
- Jim Cummings as Roland Carter, Mr. Little, Geezer*, Alan*, Violin Vendor*, Additional voices
- Kath Soucie as Mrs. Little, Gladys (Librarian)*, Harvard Advisor*, Additional voices
*Marks an uncredited voice role
Non-speaking appearances[]
- Timmy (does not speak)
- Constance Goldman (cameo)
- Lamar Abu-Dabe (cameo)
- Crying Girl (cameo)
- Mitch (cameo)
Desk Gag[]
"Cool, a mood ring!"
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
General[]
- For its ABC premiere, this episode segment was paired with "Romeo + Juliet" instead of its sister episode.[3][1]
- Due to this episode's sister segment being banned on ABC after its premiere, it was paired with different segments in reruns.
- For UPN broadcasts, this episode segment and "In Support Of" were swapped in order.[2]
- This is also the fourteenth segment in broadcast order.
- This episode would be removed from syndication on Toon Disney after a few years, also due to its sister episode's suggestive themes.
Continuity[]
- This episode marks:
- The first appearance of Nicky's father.
- The first appearance of Avery Blake (initially named "Alan"), who will later be portrayed as the host of Lafftown USA.
- The first appearance of Nicky's room.
- The first time Nicky is seen playing the violin, although it was established that she was taking lessons in a previous episode.
- Nicky's full name is revealed to be "Nicky Anais Little".
- Nicky is also revealed to bring Grilled Ahi, Steamed Carrots and Chi for lunch every day for the last six years.
- In a fantasy sequence, the Violon Vendor mentions Auto-Harps, a reference to a gag in a later episode (which would've been produced prior to this episode).
- Timmy, a character formally introduced in the next episode, makes an appearance in the library when Pepper Ann searches for Nic'kay.
Allusions[]
- Itzhak Perlman, a real-life violinist whom Nicky seems to be a fan of, is mentioned by Pepper Ann as playing at the Hazelnut Amphitheater.
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