* ClicheStorm: But was written well enough to get away with it.
* CrowningMomentOfFunny:
** Pepper Ann's looking for her dad's old letters to Lydia in the attic, and finds that they've all got lots of their content edited out (most of which verged on being risqué, and one of which was apparently so spicy that everything was cut except for "Dear Lydia" and "Love, Chuck"). PA calls to her mom downstairs and asks why the letters have parts cut out. We hear Lydia walking out the door and driving out.
** The end of the first episode when Principal Hickey is still mad at Pepper Ann ruining the school's chances at winning the Perfect Yearbook Award. His line: Only 1,478 days until she [Pepper Ann] graduates. I think I'm going to be sick!"
* {{Earworm}}:
** "Who's that girl? What's her name? Is she cool? Is she lame? Oh, you're talking about... What's her name? PEPPER ANN!"
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-keFuarj94c I SAID-UH PEPPER PEPPER PO PIDDLY YEPPER!]]
* EnsembleDarkhorse:
** Trinket.
** Lydia.
* NauseaFuel: Pink Eye Pete.
* NeedsMoreLove: Considered to be one of the best cartoons of the mid-to-late 90's, but never really hit it big. Its fanbase formed pretty much after the show ended.
* OvershadowedByAwesome: The series was really good, but it was also overshadowed by the Disney incarnation of ''Doug'' (which most fans of the Nickelodeon version despised) and ''WesternAnimation/{{Recess}}''
* RetroactiveRecognition: A non-acting example: Tom Warbuton (who would later create ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'') was hired as a main character designer for this series. Watch a ''Pepper Ann'' episode (if you can find one) and a ''Kids Next Door'' episode (which are in plentiful supply) and you'll see the similarities, to the point that those who watch both shows would think that he made Pepper Ann, which he didn't. Which leads to HilariousInHindsight as several Pepper Ann characters look like WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor {{expies}}.
* {{Twincest}}: Vanessa and Tessa are constantly fawning openly over each other, side-by-side, totally touchy-feely; and in the one episode where they fight, not only do they both want to apologize about five seconds later, but when asked what the one thing Tessa can't live without is, Vanessa bursts, "Me! That's supposed to be ''me''!" Then there's "Have You Ever Been Unsupervised?", where they can be seen behind Pepper Ann at a romantic movie as the only ones there with someone, plus they're not watching the movie, but are staring at each other cheek-to-cheek. Then later during the climactic Spin the Bottle game, everyone else is worried about where the bottle will stop, but they [[http://media.tumblr.com/e372cd4145af01ac795a93d194adc1a7/tumblr_inline_mjc9yatvi51qz4rgp.png sigh fawningly and do this]].
* ViewerGenderConfusion: Moose (real name: [[spoiler: Margaret Rose]]}
** Pepper Ann gets some of this herself, if YouTube comments are any indication.