Overview of 'Angela Anaconda' Season 2

Episode 1 - Vicious Cycle / To Catch a Thief

Release Date: 2000-09-11

Vicious Cycle An annual bike race is an event that could easily bring a smile to Angela's face. However, Angela is stuck with hand-me-down bikes from her goofy brothers while Nanette rides the best bikes that money can buy. Angela is doomed to another humiliating defeat. That is until Angela finds a wallet stuffed with two hundred dollars. Of course, Angela would normally turn in a lost wallet but two hundred is a magical number. Two hundred is the prize money for winning the race and two hundred is the cost of a new bike. The logical choice is, buy a new bike and win the prize money, then replace the wallet money with said prize. Angela hides the wallet until she can put her plan into action. In the mean time, Angela's father, Bill, has refurbished Angela's old bike. He would have bought her a new one except he lost his wallet...filled with two hundred dollars! Angela realizes it was Bill's wallet she found only it's too late. She herself has lost it. Now Angela has no choice but to win the bike race in order to replace her father's money. To Catch a Thief Someone is robbing the Manoir Manor of their precious trinkets. Tapwater Springs jumps into action, immediately calling for the formation of a neighbourhood watch. A leader is needed to head the initiative and Angela happily volunteers her father Bill, who chooses Angela as his partner in crime fighting. Angela sees this as a chance to establish herself as the town's greatest crime fighter. The only trouble is, crime suddenly appears scarce in the small town, and Angela is forced to fight off boredom instead. Suddenly, something happens. Angela is unsure of what the something is, but while using her father's spy-noculars, she spots a happening at the Manoir mansion. Angela climbs through Nanette's bedroom window, honing in on the criminal element. Unfortunately, as Angela enters, the seemingly miniature crook disappears. Nanette accuses Angela of being the Tapwater Springs crook, and Angela must prove her innocence. She does so, revealing that Oo-La-La, Nanette's precious purebred French poodle, has been treating Manoir heirlooms like common bones!

Episode 2 - French Connection / The List

Release Date: 2000-09-18

French Connection Angela is anticipating the arrival of an exchange student from Europe who is to stay with her family. She imagines the girl will turn out to be just like the sister she has always dreamed of, but it turns out that Cici is from France and is the total embodiment of all things French. Angela is disappointed to discover that her fantasy sister has more in common with real life nemesis Nanette. Instead of letting this coincidence get her down, Angela decides to use Cici to her advantage. With Cici's help, Angela hopes that Nanette's French façade can finally be exposed, only Angela's schemes hardly ever go according to plan, and Nanette and Cici become fast friends. Cici even invites Nanette to a slumber party. Imagine Angela's surprise when she walks into her bedroom to find January, Karlene and Nanette pillow fighting on top of her very own bed! Angela has had quite enough of her exchange school sister and wants to trade her in. Luckily, Nanette has been hiding a Dutch exchange student at the Manoir mansion who has too much in common with Angela, and for the first time in history, they agree on something...switching exchange students! The List A freak fire sprinkler accident has turned the halls of Tapwater Springs Elementary into an ice rink. Angela and friends struggle their way to class over ice covered floors. Eager to show off the special shoes her father invented, Angela glides to class like a world class skater. Her graceful poise comes to an abrupt stop when she falls flat on her derrière. Twice! Angela is triply humiliated when everyone decides to crack jokes at her expense. Angela is furious and she decides to get even by creating a list of everything about everyone else that annoys her. With this list, Angela will be prepared with a response for any insult that comes her way. But the next thing to come her way is a peace offering from her friends. They are proud of the seemingly great way she handled their good-natured ribbing. No longer angry, Angela tosses away the list only to have it promptly discovered by Nanette who sees the list as an opportunity to blackmail Angela into slavery. It seems that only the truth shall set Angela free.

Episode 3 - A Bug Responsibility / Pogo-A-Go-Go

Release Date: 2000-09-25

A Bug Responsibility Angela finds herself flushing the class goldfish down the toilet. This is not the first goldfish that has passed on to the bowl in the sky while in her care. Angela vows to never act as caretaker to any animal, ever again. That is until Josephine convinces Angela to watch over an insect orphanage. She sees this as an opportunity to repent for her past animal failures. Angela does everything she can to make sure Josephine's bugs live a safe and luxurious life. Her parents do not share the same love for bugs though, and hire an exterminator to get rid of the fleas that have begun to plague the family dog. Full aware of the trouble she could get into, she is forced to bring the critters to school to save them from certain extinction, but her attempts prove futile and Angela is faced with a lifetime of eraser duty. It appears as though Angela has failed once again when the bugs are discovered and tossed out a window. But Josephine reveals that once the bugs were set free, they were able to blossom into dignified members of bug society. Pogo-A-Go-Go The Tapwater Springs Elementary School annual handstand fundraiser is fast approaching. Angela practices her technique with great enthusiasm, preparing to win this year as she has in years past. But alas, her hopes are dashed when Mrs. Brinks changes the charitable event from a handstand competition to a pogo contest. The whole school, with the exception of Angela, welcomes the change. For years, Angela has been concealing the fact that she is the only person in Tapwater Springs who is unable to pogo, until Nanette uncovers her secret. Not only does it appear that Nanette will be the pogo queen, but thanks to her fare-haired nemesis, all of Tapwater Springs is aware of Angela's humiliation. She has no choice but to learn how to pogo and beat Nanette at her own game. On the day of competition, Angela finds a hole in the rules, and uses two pogo sticks instead of one! Angela proves, in her unique way, that she can pogo after all!

Episode 4 - Snow Mercy / Be-Trayed

Release Date: 2000-09-02

Snow Mercy Angela playfully throws a snowball Johnny's way. Not only does it hit an unreceptive Johnny, but it bounces off of him and hits Nanette too. Nanette vows to seek revenge, and Johnny vows snowball retaliation. His aim proves horrific when he ends up hitting Gina's pizza instead of Angela. Now that Gina is an unwilling participant of the snow war, Angela decides to defend Gina and her pizza's honour. Angela and Johnny build snow forts and prepare themselves for battle. Johnny reveals he has a secret weapon-Nanette! In order to get revenge, Nanette has enlisted Karlene and January to help Johnny win the snowball fight. Angela turns to Gina for help, but Gina's advice soon backfires and Angela gets bombarded with snow. It turns out Gina has been helping Johnny too. Gina could never say "no" to Johnny because he's her friend too. Just when it appears as though everyone has betrayed Angela, Nanette soon proves to be the real manipulator of mayhem. It is then that Nanette becomes their preferred target! Be-Trayed Someone at Tapwater Springs Elementary has violated the school "dump your food, not your tray" policy. Nobody may leave the cafeteria until somebody confesses to the crime. Everyone pleads innocence and the kids are held hostage for what seems an eternity. Boredom sets in and Angela cracks and confesses to the lunchtime crime, even though she is truly innocent. When all the other children are sent to art class, Angela's sacrifice for her friends and classmates is recognized, and she is seen as a hero. She remains a martyr of sorts until Nanette rationalizes that Angela was and is the only person capable of the crime. Now Angela has no choice but to confess that her first confession was a lie. This in turn outrages Mrs. Brinks who brings everyone back to the cafeteria where they are to stay until the real criminal confesses. The real criminal never does confess, but the truth is eventually exposed. Nanette is forced to admit to her criminal ways when traces of paté are found on exhibit 'A' - the lunchroom tray.

Episode 5 - Earhart's Heirloom / Ancient Greeks

Release Date: 2000-09-09

Earhart's Heirloom Angela has been on her best behavior for the past twenty-nine days. Mrs. Brinks has promised that if the class is trouble-free for one whole month, she will show them the compass that once belonged to flying ace Amelia Earhart. The day has finally arrived, and everyone, especially Angela, is extra careful not to upset Mrs. Brinks. Angela concentrates so hard at being good that she forgets she's chewing gum! When it is discovered, Mrs. Brinks refuses to show the class the compass. In order to get back on Mrs. Brinks' good side, Angela and the gang plan a surprise birthday party for Mrs. Brinks who is so thrilled she agrees to show them the compass. Unfortunately, while Mrs. Brinks is showing her treasured compass Nanette "accidentally" bumps into Angela who in turn knocks the compass out of Mrs. Brinks' hand. Mrs. Brinks is outraged until Gina discovers that the compass is a fake that was made in Taiwan only a few years ago. It was all just a trick to get the children to behave! Ancient Greeks When the students in Angela's class have to give a presentation about the Ancient Greeks, .Angela picks Hercules on account of he was the greatest ancient Greek. Nanette however has written an entire play of which she wants to cast and direct the class in to perform for the parents. Angela hopes to play Hercules but Nanette casts her in the part of Medusa. Angela decides to make the best of things, just like Hercules would. At the rehearsals she reads her part with very funny sssssnake ssssssounds and has the entire class in stitches. Nanette is not impressed and re-casts Angela in the part of Apollo. On the night of the performance Angela steals the show when she loses her balance and drops the heavy globe she is carrying on her shoulders. Nanette is furious that Angela has ruined her show but the audience all thinks that Angela was the best part!

Episode 6 - Brinks of No Return / Operation Ringside

Release Date: 2000-09-16

Brinks of No Return Today is a good day because an after-school snack awaits Angela. When finally the school bell rings, Angela rushes out to meet her mother. A few hours go by and Angela is still without snack because she is still at school awaiting her mother's arrival. Just then, Mrs. Brinks arrives with good news. Geneva is fine but her car has broken down. Angela is to go with Mrs. Brinks to the Brinks' Household. Okay, so maybe the good news isn't so good and Angela's good day has definitely turned bad. Angela will not only be spending the afternoon with Mrs. Brinks, but husband Connie too. And, Mrs. Brinks at home is just like Mrs. Brinks at school - a bullying tyrant! She even goes as far as punishing Angela and Connie for not knowing where a pimento loaf is. When it seems Angela's day couldn't get any darker, Nanette shows up for afternoon tea. Angela must flee if freedom is to be hers. With the help of Connie, an escape is quickly made. It just might turn out to be a good day after all. Operation Ringside Sunday afternoon and the kids fill the day and their stomachs with day old Abatti pizza. Everyone, that is, except Gordy Rhinehart. Gordy has spent a month's worth of Sundays without his father. Coach Rhinehart has been pre-occupied with something, but what that something is no one knows. And Gordy is having a hard time coming to terms with the fact that the something in his father's life might be more important then Gordy himself. Suddenly, a wrestling commercial featuring the Masked Menace appears on television. Various clues from said commercial lead Angela to believe Coach Rhinehart has taken to a double life in the squared circle. In order to prove her wrestling theory, Angela and friends go ringside with hopes of unmasking the Masked Menace and revealing him to be Coach Rhinehart. Then they will force him to give up this other life. There's just one catch - the Coach hasn't wrestled in years. He's been coaching the Masked Menace in an effort to raise money for Gordy's figure skating lessons. Even when father and son are apart, their thoughts are with each other.

Episode 7 - Eating With the Enemy / Brocc-Fest

Release Date: 2000-10-23

Eating With the Enemy Bill has just won the Annual Tapwater Springs Inno-ventor contest with his spectacular, accidental invention, the Food Rejuvenator 3000. And thanks to Angela's big mouth, Howell Manoir, is interested in investing in the device. Bill invites the Manoirs over for dinner so he can promote the Rejuvinator and negotiate a contract. Bill is positive that this could be his chance to make a lot of money and goes to great lengths to make sure everything is perfect for the meal. Angela is to be on her best behaviour. The Manoirs arrive and manage to insult with every compliment they give. Poor Geneva is at her breaking point. As for Angela, when she learns that Nanette has to be on her best behaviour, she manipulates the situation to make Nanette do whatever she wants. Nanette, of course, turns things around to her advantage and soon Angela is miserable again. Bill watches the evening unfold and decides that maybe money is not what he wants. Especially if it means the Anaconda family will start to resemble the Manoirs. Brocc-Fest It is the annual Tapwater Springs Broccoli Festival and the children are made to enter a broccoli poster-making contest. Angela is not happy. Firstly, everyone knows Nanette is going to win the contest, so what's the point?! Secondly, Angela hates the bushy green, which makes creating a poster in celebration of it even harder. Luckily, Angela discovers that Baby Lulu has a broccoli shaped head. Angela uses Baby Lulu as inspiration and creates a poster of the cutest broccoli anyone in Tapwater Springs has ever seen. To her amazement, Angela wins the contest while poor Nanette is runner up. Angela becomes the "keeper of the broccoli" and must give a speech extolling its virtues in front of the whole town. This forces her to find a way in which she can appreciate the funky florets or give up her title. However, in doing that, Nanette would become the "keeper" and letting Nanette win is almost as bad as the vegetable itself.

Episode 8 - All For One / Uncle Nicky's Midlife Crisis

Release Date: 2000-10-30

All For One Today is Nature Survival Day and the kids are taken on a field trip to the woods where they will partake in a character building obstacle course. On top of this, the kids are to give themselves a goal that they hope to accomplish by day's end. Angela's goal is to help every member of whichever team she is grouped with. Luckily, she is grouped with her closest friends. That is until Nanette shows up and is put on Angela's team. Nanette manipulates Gordy, Gina and Johnny to get herself elected as team captain. For the good of the team, the friends must also carry countless pieces of Nanette's heavy, back-breaking luggage as they trek through the forest's obstacle course. Of course, Nanette proves to be an inadequate leader and manages to get the troop lost. With her friends overcome with fear, it is left to Angela to save the day. It just so happens that Angela has left behind a trail of Nanette's useless luggage. Angela's trail leads them back to civilization and Angela achieves her goal. She did indeed help everyone on her team, even Ninnie-poo. Uncle Nicky's Midlife Crisis While the gang prepares to race Gina's turtles, a distraught Uncle Nicky distracts them. It seems Uncle Nicky has picked today to realize that he is getting old. Too busy with turtles to deal with his mid-life crisis, the gang offers little sympathy until Uncle Nicky offers the kids a lift in his car. Soon Uncle Nicky wins the kids over with his cool ways and the purchase of some ice cream. Uncle Nicky is allowed to partake in the children's afternoon of fun and frivolity. When it becomes apparent that what makes Uncle Nicky cool is also what makes him terribly obnoxious, the gang is forced to find a way to ditch him. Angela comes up with a hide and seek plan. It fails. She comes up with another plan involving dolls. This plan fails too. Finally, she comes up with a "work" plan but that only succeeds in leaving her alone with Uncle Nicky. Angela's friends sacrifice her in order to get away from him. Angela must convince Uncle Nicky that life as an adult is better then life as a child or her own childhood could be ruined forever!

Episode 9 - Oh the Humanatees / In a Pepper Pickle

Release Date: 2000-11-06

Oh the Humanatees Today is the day of the annual Save The Manatees Auction. The residents of Tapwater Springs sell and buy each other's junk with great enthusiasm. Angela has been saving up to buy a space helmet that once belonged to Astronaut Bob. Unfortunately, Nanette outbids Angela and gets the helmet. Fortunately, and amazingly, Astronaut Bob shows up and offers himself for auction. Angela is the only one with any money left and wins one whole day with her space hero. Not one to be outdone, Nanette schemes her way into Astronaut Bob's heart and manages to thwart any and all of Angela's attempts to have fun. Nanette even goes as far as having her father Howell bribe Bob into having dinner with them and ditching Angela. Will Angela's hero betray her? Well, this is the Angela Anaconda show and Bob better not get on her bad side if he knows what's good for him. In a Pepper Pickle Angela has unscrewed the cap of the peppershaker in order to play a devious trick on her brothers over breakfast. The pepper prank backfires and Angela winds up with pepper up her nose. The only way to get it out is to scratch it out. Unfortunately, "scratching" is a euphemism for "picking", which means Angela will have to do her "scratching" in private so as not to be made fun of. Angela searches for a private place to rid herself of the pepper. Angela rushes behind a tree, but Jimmy Jamal is there writing in his diary. Angela is assumed to be snooping on him. Angela rushes to the washroom but Nanette and her clone club soon enter the room in deep discussion. Angela is assumed to be snooping on them. In fact, wherever Angela goes, someone else is there and assumes Angela is spying on them. The more Angela concentrates on her nose, the more she is thought of as nosy. The only way to clear this misunderstanding is to clear her nose. Will our heroine ever sneeze? Only the nose knows!

Episode 10 - Boo-Who? / The Haunting of Angela Anaconda

Release Date: 2000-11-13

Boo-Who? It's nearing Halloween. Angela has hesitations because she is worried Geneva will create an embarrassing costume for her to wear like in years past. While eating breakfast for dinner, Angela reads on the back of her cereal box that she can purchase an Astro Nutties "Astro Nut" costume for a low price. She saves her pennies and cereal box tops until finally she has enough for the factory made creation. There's only one problem, Geneva has already made a "Happy Hoppy Bunny" costume of which she is very proud. On Halloween night, in order to avoid hurting Geneva's feelings, Angela wears the "bunny" costume...until she gets outside. Once outside, Angela changes into her "nut" costume. Her friends think Angela's costume is incredibly cool. Nanette decides to get Angela into trouble by exposing the costume charade to Geneva. But Geneva doesn't get angry at all. She's actually thrilled that the "nut" costume earned Angela plenty of trick-or-treat candy. Mother and daughter enjoy their sweets as Nanette seethes, angry that she was unable to ruin Angela's fun. The Haunting of Angela Anaconda It's nearing Halloween and the search is on to find the perfect garage to build a haunted house. Angela's garage wins because it is the darkest, the scariest-and quite frankly, the cleanest! The gang prepares for their spook-fest but prove ill prepared when Angela's brothers try and scare them. Only Angela knows better then to fall for Mark and Derek's silly tricks and shoos them on their way. Finally, the haunted house is ready for neighborhood tours. As the kids enter, one by one, it becomes clear the Anaconda haunted house isn't your run of the mill carnival ride. It's really haunted! Eeerie sounds come from the walls. The lights flicker with nobody at the light switch. Someone is even playing the piano, with no piano in sight. Angela is convinced her brothers are trying to scare them again. Her friends are positive it's a ghost and leave poor Angela alone to fight the so called demon herself. Luckily, the demon turns out to be a raccoon and Angela's house is spook free after all.

Episode 11 - The Lion, The Witch, And The Weasel / Curse Of the Mummy

Release Date: 2000-11-20

The Lion, The Witch, And The Weasel The best thing about field trips is that you're not in school. And when you're not in school you don't have to do any assignments. This is Angela's logic and why, as the class leaves for the Tapwater Springs Zoo, she is happy. That is until Nanette suggests to Mrs. Brinks that the class do an assignment on a zoo animal. To make matters worse, Nanette gets to do her assignment on the lion, which is the animal Angela wants. Angela is stuck with the weasel, a weasel that hasn't been seen since 1987! How is Angela supposed to do a report on an animal she can't even see? Angela must think of a way to lure the weasel out of its hole. She tries to win over the weasel with reason, and fails. She tries trickery but that fails too. As time goes by, Angela wants nothing more then to eat and figures maybe that's what the weasel wants too. Sure enough, the weasel pops out of its hole when tempted by Nanette's nuts. And when the zookeeper gets angry that an animal was fed, Nanette gets the blame, because after all, they were her nuts. Hey, field trips are great things! Curse Of the Mummy The gang is on another field trip, this time to the local museum. An exhibit on ancient Egypt is clearly the most exciting. Nanette gets so excited over ancient gold, she knocks Angela into a Mummy. The Mummy topples onto Angela. Normally, this wouldn't be a bad thing, except in this instance the Mummy is cursed. Since Angela touched the Mummy, everyone assumes that she is cursed too and wants nothing to do with her. Only Johnny, Gordy and Gina believe that their pal is curse free. They all agree to help Angela. But all too soon Angela is hit with some unfortunate coincidences, AKA bad luck, and her friends desert her too. If her life seems like it couldn't get any worse, it does. Angela is partnered with Nanette to do a science project. Nanette gets enraged over this turn of events and while throwing a fit, bumps into Angela. Normally, this wouldn't be a bad thing, except in this instance Angela is cursed. Since Nanette touched Angela the curse passes on to her. Now it is Nanette who everyone stays away from!

Episode 12 - No Thanksgiving / Family Tree

Release Date: 2000-11-27

No Thanksgiving Gina invites Angela to the annual Thanksgiving Lash Bash. Angela declines. The Anaconda household believes Thanksgiving is for family and so with her family Angela will stay. And though Angela loves her family, she does not enjoy spending Thanksgiving with them. The Anacondas have never had a successful Turkey Day no matter how hard they've tried. However, this year, they've decided to try harder. Each family member will concentrate on making the perfect Thanksgiving dish. Angela gets to be in charge of helping. Things start out smoothly, until Nanette briefly appears, coughing up a storm. Nanette parts and all Anacondas but Angela come down with the stomach flu! Thanksgiving is ruined again. Angela decides to crash the Lash Bash but Gina will not permit Angela in. Angela is contagious and could get everyone else sick. But Gina, being Gina, would never let Angela down. Just as the festive day seems to be at its bleakest, Gina leaves a full dinner at the Anaconda door. Angela's family makes a miraculous recovery and, yes indeed, there is reason to be thankful. Family Tree While researching her family history for a class project, Angela discovers that the Anacondas of yesteryear owned Miss Nettie. Miss Nettie is the cow, according to legend, that saved Tapwater Springs from a devastating fire. Nanette claims it was actually the Manoirs of yesteryear that owned the famed bovine. Angela sets out to prove Nanette wrong. She discovers an old partial photo of an Anaconda pulling the aforementioned cow. But, Angela's proof only proves Nanette right. See Nanette also has a piece of the same photograph. Side by side the pieces reveal a Manoir descendant riding the cow that an Anaconda descendant is pulling. The Anacondas were the Manoirs' milkmaids! The humiliation is overwhelming. Just then, Grandma Lou appears. Grandma Lou has a third and final piece of the Miss Nettie photograph puzzle. It reveals Miss Nettie actually kicked the lantern-the lantern that started the fire, which almost burned down Tapwater Springs way back when! Phew. Good thing Angela wasn't the real owner of Miss Nettie. Would you want to be related to the cow that almost destroyed your town?!

Episode 13 - Goodbye Mrs. Brinks / The Birdlady Of Tapwater Springs

Release Date: 2000-12-04

Goodbye Mrs. Brinks The school day starts out ordinarily boring as everyone awaits an announcement from Mrs. Brinks. What a surprise when Mrs. Brinks reveals that she has been offered a dream teaching position-at another school! Angela's not-so-secret wish of wanting to get rid of Mrs. Brinks may finally come true. All Angela and her pals have to do is be on their best behavior when the principal from the new school comes to inspect Mrs. Brinks' teaching methods. There's only one problem: Nanette doesn't want Mrs. Brinks to leave. So, when Dr. Fanny (the principal) arrives, Nanette behaves like Angela normally would. Even January and Karlene join in the truancy act, resorting to deeds they must have picked up from Johnny Abatti. If Angela doesn't do something soon, Mrs. Brinks will never go away. Unfortunately for Angela, it appears she has already done too much. Mrs. Brinks is so touched by Angela's new angelic demeanor, she decides to stay at Tapwater Springs Elementary in order to be with her new favorite pupil! The Birdlady Of Tapwater Springs Angela, Johnny and Josephine find themselves in detention staring out of the window when a bird crashes into it. They rush outside to find the bird has seemingly died. Angela picks it up and offers a few words of condolence before giving it a proper toilet funeral. As Angela finishes her prayer, the bird comes to and flies away. The bird wasn't dead, just stunned. Johnny and Josephine are stunned too. They feel that Angela's touch healed the bird. Soon the whole school knows of Angela's healing powers. They offer her all sorts of goodies so she will use her magical powers on them. Of course Angela knows that she doesn't have any special powers but if she can make people happy and get cool perks while doing it, then where's the harm? But when Mrs. Brinks gets wind of Angela's voodoo, she demands that Angela give her the ability to dance again. Somehow Mrs. Brinks does manage to do a very brief and very bad two-step. Angela, pleased that she helped Mrs. Brinks with her jig, decides that this healing gig isn't for her and gracefully retires.

Episode 14 - Secret Santa / Hooray For Chanukah

Release Date: 2000-12-11

Secret Santa It's Christmas and Christmas is Angela's favorite time of the year. Everyone seems to be happier and full of holiday spirit. Of course, the presents are greatly appreciated too! Every year the children of Tapwater Elementary engage in a Secret Santa gift exchange. Last year Angela and Gina were each other's Secret Santa and Angela hopes that they will get to be Secret Santas again. But the odds are against them. Angela and Nanette end up becoming each other's Secret Santa. Christmas is ruined! Angela tries desperately to get someone else to buy Nanette a present but not even Karlene or January want that task. Angela has a brainstorm. She will get Nanette toilet water, other wise known as eau de toilette. Nanette loves that stuff! Suddenly, Angela overhears Nanette tell her clone club that she has bought Angela a spectacular gift. Now Angela has no choice but to get her nemesis something great. Something French. The only question that remains is, will Nanette appreciate it? Hooray For Chanukah It's Chanukah and Chanukah is Gina's favorite time of the year. Everyone seems to be happier and full of holiday spirit. Of course, the latkes are pretty good too! Every year the town celebrates the last night of Chanukah at Mapperson's bakery. This year, Angela and the gang are helping Gina carry her Grandmother's gigantic antique menorah to the festivities. Along the way they get hungry and decide to stop for special latke pizza at Abatti's. They ask Uncle Nicky to watch the menorah while they eat. He obliges but ends up gambling it away during one of many dreidel games. By the time the children catch up to the person who won the menorah, it's been pawned. The kids race to the pawnshop but now the menorah has been sold to Spangley Jangles. Angela refuses to give up. They convince Spangley to give them the menorah back. But on their way to Mapperson's they forget the menorah on the bus! Somehow the menorah ends up in Nanette's hands and the Manoirs use it for a chandelier! Angela knows that a miracle is what Chanukah is all about and a miracle is just what Tapwater Springs could use right about now.

Episode 15 - Return To Sender / I Wanna Mold Your Band

Release Date: 2000-12-18

Return To Sender Angela has been waiting a whole month for this very moment. Angela and her friends signed up for pen pals while on a trip to the museum. And today, Angela's letter from her pan pal has arrived. While everyone has cool pen pals - Gina gets food from hers - Gordy's pen pal is a ballerina - Angela by far has the best pen pal ever. Marie Antoinette (the aforementioned letter writer) writes pages and pages of really neat stuff. So great is Marie Antoinette and her prolific writing abilities, that Nanette engages in a pen pal competition with Angela . Nanette is positive her pen pal is the very best and is determined to prove it. But soon Nanette discovers that due to a pen pal mix up at the museum, her and Angela have unknowingly exchanged letters. Completely embarrassed, Nanette pretends to have known Angela was her pen pal all along. The next letter Marie Antoinette sends to Angelita (Angela's nom de plume) is viscous and nasty and poor Angela is crushed. When Angela finally learns the truth behind Marie Antoinette she decides to get even the best way she knows how. She uses Nanette's own words against her. I Wanna Mold Your Band Mr. Tastee Twirl is holding a talent contest in which the winner will get to ride with him in the Tastee Twirl truck and ring the Tastee Twirl bell. None of Angela's friends think they have any talent that would win them such a coveted prize. Well, Johnny has a so-so ventriloquist act with his puppet Sir Ducksworthy, but Angela isn't sure that's enough to win. Angela suggests that the gang reform their old band: Angela And Her Band-A-Condas! The gang isn't so gung-ho about the idea. It turns out that when the friends first formed the band, many years ago, Angela kind of got out of hand. Everyone has since vowed to never be in a music group together, no matter what. Then Nanette and her clone club show up and gloat about their band, the Oo-La-La-La-Las. If Nanette wins, she'll get to ring the Tastee Twirl bell and ice cream will be ruined forever. So the Band-A-Condas are quickly reborn. But with more in-fighting to deal with then the Beetles had when Yoko became a factor, the Band-A-Condas' band battle is all up hill.

Episode 16 - Don't Be Caddie / The Pup Who Would Be King

Release Date: 2000-12-25

Don't Be Caddie Today is the hottest day in Tapwater Springs and Angela and her pals decide to cool off in Nonna's water sprinklers. Unfortunately Tapwater Springs is experiencing a drought and the Mayor has ordered all citizens to conserve water. Just when it seems Gordy will die from his heat rash, the friends stumble across the Tapwater Country Club and its big, beautiful pool. Angela would love to jump in, but the pool is for members only. What's a girl to do? Well, it just so happens that Mark and Derek have jobs at the Club. With a little help from her parents, Angela's brothers agree to get Angela and friends pool time. But there's a catch. The next day the gang has to do caddie duty. They must help golfers choose the appropriate clubs and also retrieve lost golf balls. Everyone takes their job a little too seriously, retrieving golf balls just as players place them on the tee. Mark and Derek are impressed with Angela's work but never had any intention of actually letting her swim. The pool is being cleaned and it's empty! Angela has two choices: either fill the pool herself, or get an invitation to the Country Club from someone other then her brothers. The Pup Who Would Be King Thanks to King, Angela and her friends get to witness the miracle of birth. King bares four adorable puppies. Angela is immediately taken with a scrappy one that affectionately bites her nose. But Geneva doesn't want any puppies in the house. One dog is enough for the Anacondas and the puppies will be given away. The next day, when Angela returns home from detention, all but the scrappy puppy are gone. Angela promises to find the perfect home for her favorite pup. She interviews many Tapwater residents but none live up to her high standards. Geneva's standards aren't so high. She knows of a perfect place for the puppy to go to. Geneva gives the puppy to Mrs. Brinks! Well, Angela is livid and enlists her friends to help save the puppy from this terrible fate. Can you imagine how horrible it must be to have to lick Mrs. Brinks' face? The more Angela tries to save the puppy, the more apparent it becomes that the puppy truly loves Mrs. Brinks. It seems anything is possible.

Episode 17 - Cheese Under Pressure / Troop Or Consequences

Release Date: 2001-01-01

Cheese Under Pressure The liverwurst sandwiches that Geneva gives to Angela everyday for lunch are becoming less appetizing. In fact, Angela isn't the only person bored with her lunch. The whole school seems unhappy with what their parents have packed and Angela suggests they all trade. There's only one problem-nobody wants Angela's lunch. Angela figures the answer to her problems is to bring something for lunch that every kid would want. So she brings peanut butter and jelly with her. But a kid can get peanut butter any old time and Angela is left out of the trading. Next stop: the supermarket. Surely Angela can get something cool to eat there. And she does. She discovers Squiggly Cheese, the artificial spray cheese from a can that not only tastes good, its fun to play with. Instantly Angela is the envy of the lunch room crowd. Even Nanette wants to trade with her! Will Angela trade away the best lunch she's had in a long while? Or will Nanette just manipulate Angela into giving her the coveted Squiggly Cheese? Troop Or Consequences Angela and Gina love being part of the Junior Ranger-ettes. They however don't love that Karlene and January are about to elect Nanette troop leader in an upcoming vote. Angela and Gina must recruit some new Ranger-ettes to prevent this from happening. They try desperately to recruit Josephine. She turns them down. The only girl who shows interest in becoming a Ranger-ette is actually-a boy! Gordy Rhinehart loves the crafts and other neat things the Ranger-ettes do. Being a Rangerette would also let Gordy be close to Gina Lash. When Nanette is unable to prevent Gordy from joining the troop, she points out that Gordy needs ten achievement pins before he can qualify to vote for troop leader. It would take a miracle for Gordy to get ten pins in time for the vote. But with sheer determination Gordy gets nine pins. Can Nanette foil Gordy before he reaches pin number 10?

Episode 18 - The Great Granny Grudge / News At Eleven

Release Date: 2001-01-08

The Great Granny Grudge Grandma Lou is back in town and Angela couldn't be happier. Grandma Lou is just as fun as any kid. One day while playing, Lou hurts herself and Bill decides that it's time his mother had a friend her own age. Angela knows just the person-Nonna Abatti. But Angela is unaware that Nonna and Lou were once good friends who now hate each other. As soon as Nonna makes the family connection between Angela and Lou, and Lou makes the connection between Johnny and Nonna, the Grannies forbid their respective grandchildren from ever having anything to do with one another. Angela enlists Bill and Uncle Nicky to help settle matters. However, these two sons have no idea why their mothers are truly fighting and end up trading insults with each other. Soon Angela and Johnny are forced to choose sides. Will the two of them be the generation where the feud finally ends? News At Eleven Mrs. Brinks' class has been chosen to do a newscast for the community-access channel. Everyone gets assigned plum positions. Gina gets to be the food critic, Gordy the weatherman. Even Johnny is excited because he's on the crime beat and is sure to get an "A" thanks to his Uncle Nicky's knowledge of crime. But Angela's hopes of becoming the news anchor are quickly dashed when Mrs. Brinks unsurprisingly chooses Nanette for the job. Angela is assigned-the farm report! Not one to let her bad luck bring her down, Angela decides to do the best farm report ever. Nothing exciting seems to happen though on Farmer Jangles' farm. The apples are rotten and the rooster is cranky, neither of which seems newsworthy. When Farmer Jangles mentions that his goat has just given birth to six kids, Angela instinctively knows that the goat will be the focus of her report. There's just one problem, Nanette gets wind of the goat story and scoops poor Angela. Now Angela has no story, no assignment, and no choice but to get even with Nanette!

Episode 19 - The Girl With All The Answers / Good Seats

Release Date: 2001-01-15

The Girl With All The Answers Gina Lash is only one gold star away from being crowned Questions &Answers Queen. When Gina wins, it will mean that the Q&A crown is one crown Nanette Manoir will never get to wear. Angela is ecstatic! Only Gina eats too much the night before her final competition. Mrs. Brinks seizes her absence as an opportunity to help Nanette win! Angela does everything she can to motivate Gina back to school before Nanette gets enough gold stars. But Gina is far too happy being taken care of to hurry up her healing process. Angela is forced to watch Mrs. Brinks hand Nanette the correct answers. Coincidentally, Angela stumbles upon the teachers' edition of an old textbook. She tries to explain to Mrs. Brinks what she found, but Mrs. Brinks is too concerned with Nanette to pay notice. With the help of the teachers' edition, Angela becomes the girl with all the answers. She answers all of Mrs. Brinks' questions correctly, even before they're asked. Angela would love to become the new Q&A Queen though in her heart she knows that Gina truly deserves the coronation. What's our heroine to do? Good Seats A Mega-Giants Movie craze has taken over Tapwater Springs. Angela, Johnny, Gina and Gordy learn that a local pop station is holding a contest with free movie tickets as the prize. All they have to do is be the first caller to call the station when the Mega-Giants theme is played. Angela decides that they will listen to the radio in shifts. She chooses the graveyard shift. Of course she falls asleep before the theme song is played. In a bizarre twist of fate, Nanette ends up winning the tickets. Now that the gang doesn't have free tickets, they decide to be the first in line and guarantee themselves the best seats. They show up for the movie over seven hours before show time before anyone else. Moments before the theatre doors open, Nanette and the clone club show up on cue and cut in front of Angela. It turns out that the free radio tickets gave them V.I.P privileges. Now Angela and her friends are forced to take even more drastic measures to ensure they get great seats. All Angela's hard work proves for naught though when Mrs. Brinks sits in front of her and blocks the screen with her big wig. Will Angela ever get to see the Mega-Giants Movie or will she be stuck staring at Mega-Brinks instead?

Episode 20 - Abra-Abatti / Stupid Cupid

Release Date: 2001-01-22

Abra-Abatti The Masked Magician is giving a performance at Tapwater Elementary and needs a special volunteer. Much to everyone's surprise, he picks Johnny Abatti and not Nanette Manoir! For his efforts, Johnny is given a magic set and immediately begins to create an act. Gina senses Johnny could use a little help and volunteers her assistance. Together, they put on a formidable show and dazzle ever increasing crowds. They're ready for the big time - a performance at Abatti's Pizza. Only Gina's back gives out two days before the show and Johnny is left sans assistant. Angela is eager to lend a hand but Nanette soon shows up to offer her abilities - Nanette will do almost anything for a spotlight. The archenemies compete with each other to impress Johnny until Nanette abruptly takes herself out of the competition. Nanette has figured out that Johnny is a horrible magician. Gina is the one who makes the magic work. Will Angela make the connection before Johnny "magically" saws her in half? Stupid Cupid Gordy Rhinehart has written a love letter to Gina Lash, which Angela offers to deliver. Needless to say, the letter never makes it to Gina-her mother gets it instead. Liz Lash is convinced Coach Rhinehart wrote the letter. The two start up an instant romance and Angela's friends are furious at her. Gina is upset because Coach is always at her house eating her food. Gordy is upset because Coach is too busy with Liz to spend time with him. And Gina still doesn't know how much in love with her Gordy is! Even Johnny is upset. Uncle Nicky has always had a crush on Liz and spends his days moping now that she and Coach have hooked up. And if Angela had delivered the letter properly in the first place, none of this would have happened. Angela tries to break up the happy couple but only makes matters worse. Soon, the whole town is affected by the Lash/Rhinehart coupling and they direct their anger at Angela. Angela quickly discovers that what the people of Tapwater really need is to be in love themselves. Can Angela succeed in being Cupid for everyone and bring love to town?

Episode 21 - Gordy In The Plastic Bubble / Camp Anaconda

Release Date: 2001-01-29

Gordy In The Plastic Bubble Angela has a brand new microscope and eagerly shows it off to her friends. Despite Gordy's lack of enthusiasm, Angela manages to convince him to look at his eyelash under the lens. Gordy gets more then a glimpse of an enlarged eyelash: he also spots a bug! Angela tries to calm his frazzled nerves by revealing that the bug on his eyelash is harmless. Everyone has microscopic bugs all over their body. This revelation offers little comfort and sends Gordy into a state of panic. He wears protective gloves and masks and keeps his distance from his friends lest their parasites find their way onto him. Then Gordy learns that it's just not other people's germs that he has to fear. Even inanimate objects such as books and food have parasites. Gordy doesn't know where to put himself. Angela tries to help but everything she tries backfires. Soon Gordy has no other alternative but to sit in a bathtub all day. Will Angela be able to calm her friend before he shrivels away? Or is Gordy destined to live in a plastic bubble forever? Camp Anaconda Bill and Geneva will be away during Spring Break and plan on sending Angela to Connie Brinks' Biology Camp. Angela's friends are stuck with the same fate. Now, there's nothing more boring then a week with Connie, so an alternative is desperately needed. Cue Mark and Derek who need money to buy hockey equipment. They agree, for a price, to take care of Angela, Gina, Johnny and Gordy - Camp Anaconda is born. However, if any harm comes to the children, Mark and Derek don't get paid. Fearing their charges might get the tiniest bruise, physical activity is forbidden. The brothers even go as far as tying the children up. When the children plead for water, a hose is turned on them! Camp Anaconda is sheer torture. Well, the kids finally do manage to trick Mark and Derek into taking them out on the town. While they're out though, the Anaconda garage floods because Mark and Derek left the above mentioned hose on. Of course, Angela is blamed for being thirsty in the first place. Having had the worst Spring Break ever, and facing the possibility that she may be punished for something she didn't do, Angela could sure use a quick change of fortune.

Episode 22 - Sound Of Silence / Johnny Learns To Swing

Release Date: 2001-02-05

Sound Of Silence Coach Rhinehart has lost his voice and football practice has been cancelled. Mark and Derek are left with nothing to do but torture poor Angela. To make matters worse, if Mark and Derek's football team lose their next game, they won't make it to the playoffs. This means even more time on their hands - even more time to torture their sister. Angela must find a way for Coach to get healthy again. While failing at playing doctor, Angela discovers that Gordy has the ability to understand Coach's silent gestures. Gordy can interpret for Coach on the football field. Football practice is on again. But Gordy's interpretations of Coach's unique sign language are quite flowery. In fact, the football players have a hard time understanding exactly what Gordy is trying to say. When Gordy tries to get aggressive, he loses his voice too! Once again Angela is forced to take matters into her own hands. Now when Coach makes a gesture, Gordy interprets it with his own. Angela in turn interprets Gordy. And somehow, as improbable as it seems, the team wins with one spectacular maneuver. Angela is a hero. Johnny Learns To Swing Angela innocently discovers something strange on Johnny's chest. None of the kids knows what it is but Uncle Nicky recognizes it. Johnny has genuine Abatti chest hair. This, of course, means Johnny is a man and Uncle Nicky must now teach his young charge the ways in which a real man behaves. The next day when Angela and friends pick Johnny up to go to school, Johnny is no where to be found. Their friend has morphed into John-O - a miniature Uncle Nicky, complete with leisure suit and lady-killer attitude. Angela has a few reservations. Johnny is trying to act older and his coolness is getting in the way of having fun. But Nanette seems repulsed by John-O's new charms and, if he can upset Nanette, he can still be Angela's friend! All too soon though the charm turns to smarm and Nanette falls for the insincerity John-O is oozing. Thankfully, Johnny is unable to give up his spitball addiction, something Uncle Nicky says is a manly no-no. Maybe Johnny can be rescued from John-O after all.

Episode 23 - Firm-A-Foam / For The Love Of The Game

Release Date: 2001-02-12

Firm-A-Foam Today is "Take Your Kids To Work Day". Since Bill is unable to make a living as an inventor, his day job is that of a salesman. Angela accompanies him to Tapwater Springs' only office tower where Bill tires to sell expandable foam to various business people. Johnny is also at the office tower helping Uncle Nicky deliver pizzas. Soon Johnny is tagging along with the Anaconda duo. Bill gives one great sales pitch after another. Angela and Johnny ruin the sale every time. Bill is left with only one more potential client - Howell Manoir! To make matters worse, Howell has brought Nanette to work with him. Angela has to be on her best behaviour in order for her dad to finally make a sale. However, Nanette is misbehaving and on the verge of ruining Bill's sale. And Angela is getting the blame! But despite Nanette's best efforts to infuriate Angela, Angela accidentally discovers a practical use for the expandable foam and makes a sale for her father. For The Love Of The Game Jimmy Jamal has reached new heights on his Immortal Wombat video game. He's about to beat the high score when Coach Rhinehart shows up to drag him away to a silent soccer retreat. Unfortunately, Immortal Wombat needs constant attention and battery changes or else the game will be lost. Angela is entrusted to watch over the Wombat. Moments after Jimmy leaves, Angela leaves the video unattended. Nanette "borrows" the batteries and Jimmy's score disappears. Neither Gina, Gordy nor Johnny has the skill needed to reach the level Jimmy left off at. It's up to Angela to figure out how to manipulate and ultimately win the game. This, of course, is easier said then done. Angela has too many chores and school duties to spend so much time on a computer game. But she has no choice - her reputation is at stake. Her home life and school life suffer until Mrs. Brinks shuts the computer off. Left with no other alternative, Angela tells Jimmy the truth. The truth turns out to be that Angela got to a level Jimmy never reached. Oddly enough, she's an Immortal Wombat hero.

Episode 24 - Jiggly Fruit Classic / Race Car Race

Release Date: 2001-02-19

Jiggly Fruit Classic Jiggly James, the official spokesperson for Jiggly Fruit, announces that the tasty treat has a new and improved recipe. Can perfection be improved upon? Naturally, Angela, Gina, Johnny and Gordy are the first in line to try New Jiggly Fruit. This also makes them the first to learn how truly awful their favorite snack has become. New Jiggly Fruit is disgusting! To make matters worse, the Jiggly Fruit corporation has stopped production of old Jiggly Fruit. Mrs. Brinks, a Jiggly connoisseur, is just as upset as Angela is over this turn of events. Angela is surprised that she and Mrs. Brinks have anything in common, especially dessert. The two soon form a strong bond as they join forces to battle the evil Jiggly James. When the two former nemesis combine their smarts and creativity, nothing is able to withstand their power. Soon old Jiggly Fruit is back in production and order is restored to Tapwater Springs. Race Car Race Parents in Tapwater Springs are busy helping their child build a soapbox-racing car for an upcoming race. Every car is unique, built with care to reflect the child's personality. For example: Gina's car has a built in doughnut holder and Gordy's is filled with flowers. Unsurprisingly, Nanette's car is a store bought one and it's really fast. Angela, Gina, Johnny and Gordy decide to take the best parts of their own cars and combine them into one super car. And since Johnny is deemed the best driver, he gets to drive. During practice Johnny gets into an accident. Disappointed with himself, Johnny is convinced he has lost his racing magic. He no longer feels he is able to beat Nanette and Angela must now sit it the driver's seat. While racing, Nanette cheats, causing Angela's racecar to lose two of its wheels. Just when it seems that all is lost, Angela convinces Johnny to work his racing magic and get back behind the wheel. To which he does, proving that a Johnny with two homemade wheels is better then a Nanette with four store bought.

Episode 25 - Surf's Up / Dog Gone It

Release Date: 2001-02-26

Surf's Up It's summer vacation! Liz Lash and her "associate" Francisco are driving Angela, Gina, Johnny and Gordy to the beach. The gang is thrilled and plans to spend the day in the glorious water. Their nautical intentions are quickly foiled upon arrival at the beach. For who should turn up but none other then Nanette and her clone club. To make matters worse, Mrs. Brinks has taken a summer job as a lifeguard. It doesn't take long until Nanette manages to get Angela and her pals dry docked! Angela refuses to be beaten. If they gang can't go to the water, they will find a way to bring the water to them. Of course, every attempt fails because around every corner lurks Nanette, all too ready to thwart their efforts. But eventually Nanette proves to be her own worst enemy when she inadvertently buries Mrs. Brinks up to the neck in sand. Angela, Gina, Johnny and Gordy get their fun in the sun after all. Dog Gone It While enjoying a harmless game of softball, said softball ends up landing in a neighbor's yard. This normally wouldn't be a problem, but, this neighbor's yard is inhabited by a dog named Carnivorous. To make matters worse, the softball belongs to Mark and Derek. If Angela can't get the ball back, she might not make it to her next birthday. She and her friends try to come up with a plan. Gordy is used as a decoy and the kids manage to retrieve the ball. They also free the dog from his yard in the process. Carnivorous lives up to his name as he chases everyone up trees and on top of cars. The only way the kids can get rid of the dog is to throw the ball back into the yard! Angela is back at where she started. She has no choice but to take matters into her own hands and go into the dog's yard herself. She marches right into the yard, only to be immediately chased into a garbage can! Mark and Derek turn out to be the heroes of this tale when they come home and reveal that Carnivorous is really Fifi and quite nice once you get to know her.